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= Wikinews News in Brief for September 20, 2008 17:00 UTC =

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The time is 17:00 UTC, this is the Audio Wikinews Brief for Saturday, September 20, 2008. I'm Kevin Fields, and here is this evening's current stories.

Marriott Hotel in Islamabad bombed
In breaking news, the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan has been bombed. At least 50 people are dead and 120 injured. The explosion, believed to be a car or truck bomb, occurred at 14:00 UTC, just hours after newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari addressed Parliament and promised to destroy terrorism in the country. It is thought that more than a ton of explosives were used in the blast, which left a crater 30 feet deep and triggered a gas leak which sent the hotel up in flames. It is feared that the death toll may go much higher in what is one of the worst terror attacks in Pakistan's history. Ambulances have rushed to the scene of today's explosion, where rescuers ferry away the dead. Dozens of vehicles have been skeletonised, and trees nearby have been felled. Buildings hundreds of metres away have had their windows shattered. Witnesses, including a security guard, described a large truck approaching the building immediately before the explosion. The explosion was heard 30km away. No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.

United Nations requests US$700 million in aid for East Africa to avoid famine
The United Nations has called for wealthy donor nations to donate US$700 million (£382 million or €484 million) in emergency aid for Eastern Africa to prevent widespread famine. Since the start of 2008 the number of people living in hunger in the region has almost doubled to seventeen million, according to the UN. UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes states that food levels are dangerously low in much of Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Northern Kenya and Uganda. The area, known as the 'Horn of Africa', has seen drought, war and high food prices all worsen the situation. Holmes has warned that the levels of those in need could rise still further. A total of $1.4 billion is to be raised for the period from now to the year's end, but at least $716 million of that remains to be found. "We may need significant funds after that period - this is not the end of the story," warned Holmes. He described locals saying that the situation has never been as bad since 1928, when vast amounts of livestock died. They say rain is needed within the next few months if there is to be any grazing and cereal crops are impossible in the near future, it being well into 2009 before anything may be ready to harvest. The number of hungry people in the world rose by 75 million last year to 925 million. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says high food prices are to blame for the crisis.

15 killed, 30 injured attempting to steal fuel from train in India
Fifteen people are dead, and thirty more have become ill after attempting to steal fuel from a freight train travelling through Karbi Anglong, Assam, India. It is thought they broke into a tank containing toxic chemicals. According to a railway official, the train was in the remote region with 48 wagons of petrol and diesel when raiders intercepted it. The train was in a forested area at the time and was surrounded by armed men, a common occurrence in an area where trains transporting products to and from refineries are regularly targeted. Witnesses described liquid pumping out of a tank at high pressure. There are no reports as in to what the tank contained, but the fumes were toxic; when police arrived they found that fifteen had succumbed to the gas, and thirty more were sickened by it. A number of empty oil drums, presumably intended for fuel from the train, were also discovered.

False cancer cure claims lead to federal charges against five US companies
And, finally, in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission filed charges against five companies for "deceptive advertising of bogus cancer cures". An additional six companies also named in the federal agency's complaint have settled and their cases will not go into litigation; however, they will be required to send letters to their former customers, and four will be forced to offer reimbursement The five companies charged are Omega Supply, San Diego, California; Native Essence Herb Company, El Prado, New Mexico; Daniel Chapter One, Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Gemtronics, Inc., Franklin, North Carolina, and Herbs for Cancer, Surprise, Arizona. According to Lydia Parnes, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, "There is no credible scientific evidence that any of the products marketed by these companies can prevent, cure, or treat cancer of any kind." Attorney Richard Jaffe who represents the firm Native Essence, one of the companies charged, protested against the FDA's action. "In our view it's a battle between the right to speak and the government's censorship." Native Essence sells herbal supplements and informs customers of herbs that have historic use for cancer and other ailments. Jaffe asserts the claim of historic use is truthful and does not necessarily mean that the herb is effective. Other items marketed by the companies named in the action include laetrile, essiac tea, mushroom extracts, and black salve. FDA representative Douglas Stearn expressed concern that people who have cancer may select these items instead of treatments that have been studied and found effective, or that unstudied herbal treatments could produce drug interactions with conventional medicine. Before filing legal action the FTC sent over 100 warning letters and many firms dropped or changed the health claims for their products. In conjunction with the announcement the FDA announced a new website that urges cancer patients to discuss all treatments they consider trying with their physicians, warns about the dangers of delaying or stopping cancer treatments in favour of alternative medicine, and gives advice about spotting and reporting false health claims.

Conclusion
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I'm hoping the mainstream media catches wind of this, and moreso, that they actually report on it. Very scary. Children arrested? --Poisonous (talk) 08:01, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Don't care--KDP3 (talk) 12:21, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh dear... democracy in action? D: the more I read this election isn't a vote for Obama but a vote against 4 more years of Neocon mismanagement. Mind you I'm in Australia and everyone down here is basically counting on Obama winning --218.215.58.198 12:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Please take an American civics class, you are an idiot, Republicans are idiots, Democrats have 37 chromosomes. RIP Common Sense, you are missed. Also, you make it seem like the Minneapolis police are the Republican armed guard. I can guarantee you that the police took no orders from the RNC, there were violent protests that week, whether rights were violated were on part by the police, not the RNC. These people were stupid punks, they deserved their rights, but idiots none the less (which goes back to common sense). So, self-proclaimed spokesman for the people of Austrailia, go run into a knife. Sorry to keep you from your Communist Manifesto. 68.189.148.241 16:41, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I've got to make a response here. You are wrong on every count 68.148.241 and are a bad American if even that. You lack reading comprehension, and have little idea what you yourself write. It comes forth like vomit from your frothing mouth apparently. Everything you write is like the ravings of a lunatic. That's it. I'm done. 65.1.136.141 14:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Who is telling this story???
I would just like to point out that it seems this entire article is based one one person's perspective of events. You will noticed the lack of any citations or quotes of anybody who was actually invovled in what happened. Furthermore you will notice a "total" lack of effort on the authors part to get the "official story" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.165.172.37 (talk) 16:10, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. The presentation of this story sounds incredibly one-sided. Unless there can be included some account from the police officers involved, all you have is unfounded accusations coming from a group with political interests. 76.194.228.169 16:27, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It would be nice if authorities and police had enough respect to respond to Wikinews' queries, but they didn't. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:17, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

NPOV
Just in case the person who tagged this hasn't figured out that collaboration is the talk page, the reasons for tagging must be given or the tag can be removed. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:50, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

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I'm speechless. I didn't think it was possible for the government and its workers to lose more of my respect, but again I'm proved wrong. If I wasn't such a coward, I'd be all for a revolution. --96.252.61.169 20:58, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, it's pretty bad. I'm hoping news comes out about the people who were arrested. --Poisonous (talk) 06:49, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Who did this?
I am trying to presume the best intentions that I can of everyone involved, without coming across as too naive. I am willing to presume, for the time being, that most of the police officers there were merely following orders, and, even when the orders seem unnecessary, I can understand the need for soldiers and police to follow orders quickly because they may not have as clear a view of the overall picture as their superiors. Organizations like that depend on strong hierarchical systems.

However, it does appear, based on what I have seen, heard, and read about this incident, that these arrests and detainment were quite unnecessary. I would like to know who gave these orders, who misinterpreted them, or who disobeyed them. I think it is strange that no inquiry or investigation has been launched (as far as I can tell) to probe into this incident, find out who was really at fault, and to correct the problem. It would appear that someone, either the police or whoever was giving them orders, broke the law and illegally restrained and attacked these people. When something like that is done in broad daylight, with press right there, or especially when it is done to members of the press, I would think there would be no way to avoid an official investigation and a clear explanation for what went wrong.

Whom do I see about truth and justice? Agiar2000 (talk) 18:36, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Why was this not a bigger story?
Is this information accurate? Does it seem strange that so many people could be arrested for seemingly no reason? ____161.243.65.1 15:32, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


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May he rest in peace forever more, I only wish a Palestinian State would have been made in his time and to free his country from the terror of the Israelis. 78.148.133.109 22:04, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


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Welcome
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Hoperfully anyone that hears it is peaceful and will not come and destroy us!!


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Seriously? What, we're going to re-write physics for this?

This is just an experiment, and on the edge of policy, therefore it could be removed suddenly along with your comments.

hehe, I like that, thats funny and only serves to prove how small minded the majority is.. anyways.. my apologies to the majority.

I have spent my entire life studying this phenomena over and over again. And all the while it refuses, over and over again to be categorized. Might it be that it shouldn't or doesn't want to be? All reason aside. you cant reason with something outside of reason... let alone logic. There are no machines and/or technology that are capable to gauge 'will' yet we know its there. Its omnipresent. I dare anyone to defy will and tell me that life does not follow.

I do not speak of will as a tool, mind you, but an ever present entity. No, I am not an atheist, agnostic, or even a remotely a religious person. I have, however, managed to attain certain 'levels' of 'awareness' that most people do not bother with. Not recently anyways.

One might delve into the ethereal which is, by no stretch of the imagination, provable. Its only a facsimile based on here-say and... well... first hand accounts. Either by loved ones or mere subjects. Either way it cannot be exploited by our current technology. Not by a long shot. You may as well use a can to open a can opener.. yeah, bad analogy, but that's pretty much it. Sorry to say but science is not the end-all-cure-all. Reason is too limited. Logic too vague. Its time for us to grow up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rectauta Dfgata (talk • contribs) 02:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I just loved the headline of this story. I immediately thought 'what are they going to do...play Russian Roulette with eachother?' —Preceding unsigned comment added by Conman33 (talk • contribs) 06:33, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Already did this...fictionally
This has already been done, on a fictional stage. Remember the movie Flatliners? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 06:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Refeing to Don Piper, US
Refering to Don Piper and his book 90 Minutes in Heaven. He is tellig about his 90 minutes death, when he went to heaven.

Also in Sweden there is a man who was dead for 8 minutes. Also he left his body. His name is Martin Wentzel:

http://www.aftonbladet.se/kropphalsa/article2531016.ab —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.228.110 (talk) 20:25, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "So where are the results?"
So where are the results? —98.92.116.239 (talk) 02:10, 13 May 2011 (UTC)


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WWE SmackDown Results from Nashville, TN for September 19, 2008

September 21, 2008

Up-and-coming WWE star Vladimir Kozlov came to Nashville, TN on Tuesday night with an agenda. "I want better competition," the former sambo champion from Ukrane said last week. "If you will not give it to me, then I will find it myself."

Kozolv has done just that, and he started his quest by attacking the top contender for the WWE Championship, Jeff Hardy, at the end his match last week. Hardy would again be the target for Kozlov's frustrations, but he would not be alone. Hardy had just won a hard-fought match against Brian Kendrick, as he was walking up the stage, he turned around to wave to the fans. As Hardy turned around to go backstage, he was surprised by Kozlov with a stiff kick to the chest. The blow left Hardy on the stage, gasping for breath, he would be carried away by medical staff during a commercial break.

Later in the evening, it would be WWE Champion Triple H who would become the new target. After Triple H defeated Montel Vontavious Porter in the main event match, Vladimir Kozlov would ambush the champion as he was celebrating in the ring. Triple H, no stranger to being attacked unprepared, quickly retaliated and appeared to have the rookie handled. Kozlov was able to hold his own, and brought down the champion with a vicious head butt. As Triple H laid on the mat knocked out, Kozlov mouthed the words, "The end is near for you."

Vladimir Kozlov received word shortly before this second attack that his wish for tougher competition would be answered. If he wants a shot at the WWE Champion, he will have to first go through another former champion, the 7'3" Great Khali.

In other events, the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions were also looking for competition. Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder made an impromptu appearance during Carlito's Cabana as host Carlito Colon was introducing the fans to his younger brother, WWE newcomer Primo Colon. The brothers from Puerto Rico had won their first match as a tag team last week. Hawkins and Ryder came down to the ring and picked a fight with the Colon brothers, challenging them to a match next week. It appeared that the tag team champions were leaving the ring, but when the Colon brothers turned their backs to leave as well, they were attacked by Hawkins and Ryder. Jesse and Festus Dalton came down to the ring to break the scuffle up.

Full match results for the evening:
 * WWE Diva's Champion Michelle McCool d. Maryse Oulete by pinfall to retain the title;
 * R-Truth d. WWE United States Champion Shelton Benjamin by pinfall in a non-title match;
 * Jeff Hardy d. Brian Kendrick by pinfall;
 * Ryan Braddock d. Festus Dalton by disqualification;
 * The Great Khali d. Scotty Goldman by pinfall;
 * WWE Champion Triple H d. Montel Vontavious Porter by pinfall in a non-title match.


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Live notes from show
Kamnet (talk) 00:56, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Opening match Michelle McCool d. Maryse, retains Diva's championship
 * R-Truth d. Shelton Benjamin, non-title, Gregory Helms makes appearance
 * Vickie Guerrero interviewed by Eve, Big Show shows video of Undertaker
 * Jeff Hardy d. Brian Kendrick, attacked by Vladimir Kozlov
 * Ryan Braddock d. Festus Dalton by DQ, Braddock attacked by Jesse Dalton, wrapped in packing material & carried out
 * Chavo Guerrero mocks Undertaker in backstage skit
 * Carlitos Cabana, Primo Colon talks about tag title shot, tag champs Hawkins & Ryder come out, offer title shot
 * Great Khali d. Scotty Goldman
 * Kozlov vs. Khali for next week
 * Triple H d. MVP, non-title, HHH attacked by Kozlov after distraction by MVP


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Rumors of Oprah Winfrey's death a hoax

September 21, 2008

Internet users, as well as editors making edits on Wikinews and Wikipedia, have been the victims of a recent hoax that talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been found dead in her Chicago, Illinois home. The rumors are considered to be a hoax, connected with the online group known as Anonymous. Other reports say that the website 4chan.org is responsible for starting the rumor which began to spread quickly over the Internet.

Winfrey is set to appear on tonight's Emmy Awards ceremony broadcast.

The rumors started after a statement Winfrey made on a recent show, defending a United States Senate bill against pedophiles and child rapists saying a pedophile group has "over 9,000 penises" harming children. She was referring to a comment left on her website by an individual affiliated with Anonymous who was claiming to be a pedophile. Wikinews can confirm through anonymous sources that the rumor was started by the group Anonymous and the website 4chan. According to an edit made by Camalex, a registered user on Wikipedia, Winfrey was found dead "in her Chicago home early Saturday morning". It was followed by a source linking to a Digg.com article, which links to oprahsdeath, a blog website regarding her alleged death. The first edit to her Wikipedia article, which was posted by an anonymous user, stated that Winfrey was "lying dead on her bed" when a family member found her. According to the edit, she had been suffering chest pains for several days, but concealed the discomfort.

According to the oprahsdeath blog, Winfrey was found dead in her home at 8:21 a.m. on Saturday morning. Winfrey "appeared to have a bloody area around her eye, a bullet wound in her stomach and some cuts and bruises up and down her body." The post also says the suspect was "beaten" and "shot by a handgun".

Shortly after the Wikipedia edit, an anonymous user with the IP address, 24.109.236.254 on Wikinews, added an edit to the Newsroom that she had been "found dead".

On Digg users posted links to screen shots of websites allegedly carrying the news of her death via an alleged Associated Press report. Other Digg users left comments claiming to have seen it on their local news stations. Another screen shot apparently shows a BBC News article on her death which states that police released the claims.

Despite the reports, there were no other news agencies covering Winfrey's alleged death which had lead many to believe the reports to be a hoax. A user commented on the Reddit.com website that "there are over 9000 reporters currently converging on Chicago". According to Encyclopedia Dramatica, the term "Over 9000!" has been known to refer to an internet 'meme' which is derived from an Japanese television show called Dragon Ball Z and was often used to exaggerate the numbers of protesters attending recent anti-Scientology rallies.

The Post Chronicle state that the reports are nothing more than a hoax created by members of the internet website 4chan.org. According to the Post's report who quote the 4chan, they are vowing to create "joker-like chaos" for at least the "next week".

"Let us take control, create "Joker-Like" chaos, this week has been a cute start, but I believe we can do more, much more. We are the new world order. The Illuminati are like children compared to our stature. To put it simply, my point is, Kill the Oprah," stated the Chronicle.

A video posted on YouTube which shows a broadcast of Winfrey's show, shows her talking about the United States senate bill 1738 which is aimed at establishing "a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute predators." The bill is sponsored by 2008 vice presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate.

Near the end of Winfrey's statement on the bill, she states that on her message board on her show's website, someone claims to be "part of a known pedophile network."

"[He] doesn't forgive. [He] doesn't forget. His group has over 9,000 penises, and they are all raping children," stated Winfrey. "I want you to know they are organized, and they have systematic ways of hurting children". 'We don't forgive, we don't forget' is a phrase common among the group Anonymous. 4chan has claimed responsibility for the post, and in return allegedly began to spread the rumor of Winfrey's death.

One individual who claims to be part of the hoax, tells Wikinews that it "was fun as hell [spending] all day /b/ [4chan] photoshopping screenshots of news stories. She got what she deserved. She called anonymous a bunch of pedophiles. Believed a troll on her message boards".

Wikinews has contacted The Oprah Winfrey Show to get a statement on the incident, but has yet to receive a response.

The group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for several pranks, or hacks against famous people in recent days. Hackers first started by hacking into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account and the information contained in it was posted to Wikileaks.org. After the incident, FOX News commentator Bill O'Reilly made comments against Wikileaks and other press agencies who posted the material, which was met with retaliation by hackers who broke into his website, BillO'Reilly.com.

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This is going to get me a lot of crap. But nonetheless, I e-mailed her show. At least they can deny them. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I think based on my research, her death is a hoax. Is it safe to say that I can claim OR on this? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:45, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think it's probably best that you do claim OR. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 04:01, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Anonymous/4chan statement
I talked to someone who was part of this and got their quotes:

One individual who claims to be part of the hoax, tells Wikinews that it "was fun as hell" spending "all day /b/ [4chan] photoshopping screenshots of news stories. She got what she deserved. She called anonymous a bunch of pedophiles. Believed a troll on her message boards". DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * They are remaining anonymous. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

source template
I moved one link into a new external links section, but I think it is important this not be listed with the source template. My reasoning is that the |date parameter isn't completed; I regularly correct dates in sources so that if we decide to process the parameter content they are all formatted the same, i.e. Month Daynumber, Year. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

IP address?
Do we think it is really necessary to post the IP of the person who made the edit? M4tth3wg (talk) 17:00, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Why not? It can be seen regardless if its written in the article or not. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:10, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

If they want to look at their IP address they can search through the edit history. Not only is it unnecessary but it is also a violation of the privacy of that user.--208.89.210.123 05:02, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Oprah: "Rumors of my death greatly exaggerated"
IMHO that would make a much better headline, if you can induce her to say it. (I can't claim originality for this idea though). Bernard Macdougall (talk) 07:21, 6 June 2010 (UTC)


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Accidental email brings product placement agency under fire

September 21, 2008

An email accidentally sent to Jeff Crouse of the Anti-Advertising Agency recently brought the controversial techniques of the advertising firm Kluger Agency under fire.

"I'm writing because we feel you may be a good company to participate in a brand integration campaign within the actual lyrics of one of the worlds most famous recording artists upcoming song/album," the email read, offering to place Jeff Crouse's fake brand, Double Happiness Jeans, into the songs of popular artists. It was posted on his blog along with a reply that mocked Kluger and brought ridicule and criticism against Adam Kugler and his agency. According to Crouse, Kluger emailed him once again to claim it had been an automated email, and later requested that Crouse remove the post and comments criticizing himself and his agency, threatening a $150,000 lawsuit against Crouse for defamation.

Kluger Agency is known for advertising brands like Abercrombie & Fitch, Mercedes-Benz, and Nike by inserting the brand names in the songs of popular artists like Mariah Carey, Black Eyed Peas, Fall Out Boy, Pink, Lady GaGa and Ludacris. Kluger, founded in 2006, represents over 170 corporations and focuses on well-known record labels.

Kluger and his PR team have come forward defending the advertising techniques, stating that they do not have songs made just for the products in question and do not infringe on artistic integrity. "Now, we don't want an artist to write a song specifically to promote a brand, we just feel that if it's a product that's admired by the artist and fits his/her image, we now have the capability of leveling out the playing field and making things financially beneficial for all parties involved," he was quoted saying to Wired.

However, the agency's website shows video examples of its product placement, with brand images and names often being repeated, pointed at, praised, or being the basis of the song. The website also advertises that "a successful 'brand-dropping' campaign will imprint [the] brand name and product into your market's subconscious".


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Scientic?
Wow, scientifically proven effective treatments. Like Chemotherapy? That has a survivor rate that is border-line statistically insignificant? ( The typical patient lives for 16 to 18 months http://www.prostate-cancer.com/chemotherapy/survival-rates/prostate-chemotherapy-survival.html )And what kind of quality of life do chemo patients lead for those few months? In light of all this, they charge these guys with misleading the public?


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I'd appreciate some help on this. I've got no experience, and as boring as the subject and article may be, help would be wonderful to get better. =) --Poisonous (talk) 05:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


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Is the use of product placement in popular music degrading to the artists?
I don't think it takes away from artistic integrity. If they're selling their art out, there's not really any integrity in the first place. But it's an insult to the people listening to the music, and it's a dishonest, sneaky, and intrusive means of advertising. --Poisonous (talk) 08:35, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Product placement makes me more likely to avoid the product altogether. I've always held great contempt for that practice. --96.252.61.169 09:07, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I believe the phrase we are looking for is 'whored out'. It is commonly used in the music scene - at least, the heavy end where I listen - to attack bands for overcommercialisation instead of actual music, but it can be applied much more universally than that ("And tomorrow when I'm gone, will they whore my image on?"). The linked quote basically is typical of what is leveled at record labels then and always, but again goes far beyond. The 'New Morgue' is the record industry, where the music comes to die, and the 'Chainsaw' is Charlie's record label. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:24, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Considering that Run DMC had a hit with "My Adidas" in 1986, artists promoting their favoured brands can hardly be considered a new phenomenon. As long as the process is conceived and led by the artist and not the brand, I have no problem with it at all; indeed allowing artists to create their own material without interference is surely the very bedrock of artistic integrity.

More recently, control over this process has shifted to the brands themselves in some cases but the decision whether or not to get involved with such a tawdry excersise still sits with the artist themselves. As such, there isn't any direct effect on artistic integrity at all, rather the issue is one of the public perception of the integrity of the artists themselves, measured against a standard of their own devising.

It's perfectly possible for an artist to retain his integrity whilst promoting any number of brands in his or her work; if the individual is motivated purely by the acquisition of wealth using any means available, as is the case with many of today's rap artists, I see no conflict between the artistic and commercial endeavor because in any important sense they are the same thing.

At the end of the day, musicians will always make music and whores will always peddle themselves. The only issue here for artists is deciding which they are.

There are clearly other important issues to discuss when we turn to the effect of product placement on the "buying public", a topic that I don't have the time to get into right now, but again it's nothing new - TV and film companies have been doing it for decades. Context-sensitive internet advertising also comes under the same broad heading.

The "artists" listed are not artists if they allow their songs to be used like this. Aside from that, most of those listed should be accurately called "performers" instead of "artists" anyway. 66.186.98.204 19:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Product Placement is great
From a marketing standpoint, I think Product placement is fantastic. Most americans don't pay attention to commericials, unless they're running during the superbowl. How else are new products going to find their way into the target consumers mind. From an artistic standpoint, I think as long as it's done gracefully, all is well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.211.207.168 (talk) 01:38, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

its a damn great idea —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.7.78.225 (talk) 21:43, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Some of you puppies need excised from the gene pool. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:00, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

product placement
As long as it is for a GOOD product. So many times people advertise bad products. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.16.171.36 (talk) 19:15, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * What's a good product? What's a bad product? How do you judge? Popularity? How moral it is? How well designed? Etc? --76.20.28.156 19:21, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

UPDATE: Wired retraction
UPDATE: (A representative from Adam Kluger Public Relations in New York City (http://www.adamklugerpr.com/) contacted wired.com to say that there should also be no confusion over the fact that their New York City based PR Firm, founded by a former television producer (CNN, FOX), also coincidentally named Adam Kluger, is not involved in this issue in any way and should not be confused with the Adam Kluger quoted above in this article.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.166.97.106 (talk) 22:42, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


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Azamishaque (talk) 09:29, 21 September 2008 (UTC) Kindly publish this article and now it contains all the information which i think apparently foolowing all the guidlines and rules of wikinews, as it is already very late
 * I cleaned it up a little, changed it to requesting review, and fixed the sources for you :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poisonous (talk • contribs) 09:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Photo
Any photo is going to seem "POV" in a case like this, but when it's a question of whether to use an actual colour photograph of the person, or to use a black-white grainy "mock-up composite sketch" of how the federal government imagined her to look...I don't think there's much choice. Sherurcij 00:06, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

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Fresh floods in India claim sixteen lives

September 21, 2008

Floods in the eastern state of Orissa in  India have left 16 dead. Over 180,000 people have been evacuated to safer places, while hundreds of others have taken shelter on national highway and cyclone shelters. The flood, described as the worst since 1982 by officials, has marooned 191 villages. The rising Mahanadi river over flowed at Mundali along 28 breaches to inundate and cut off several villages.

A total of 1.5 million people living in 17 out of 30 districts of Orissa have been affected. Crop areas of over 2,470 square kilometers have been inundated. Cuttack, Kendrapara,  Puri  and  Jagatsinghpur  districts are worst affected. All major state rivers and their tributaries are flowing above the danger level due to the heavy monsoon rains.

The new flooding comes just weeks after Kosi river that flows from  Nepal to India, burst its embankment and submerged nearly 1,000 villages in the neighboring state of  Bihar in the north, killing at least 48 people and driving more than a million others from their homes. "The worst is yet to come," said Benudhar Dash, Additional Relief Commissioner of Orissa.


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Anonymous is awesome. Now more people will pay attention to the internet and internet security. --Poisonous (talk) 09:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Goodnight, sweet princess. 195.194.71.251 13:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

This was the work of ebaums. We all know it. 195.194.71.251 13:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Rules 1 & 2 ebaums did it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.18.51 (talk) 09:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

fuck this

Wow and i just seen the video of the 9000 penises--KDP3 (talk) 13:09, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Probably a move from the church of scientology
I think the church is trying to infiltrate the group and making those odd moves to lower the credibility of anonymous. Anonymous is only concerned with the church of Scientology, making it odd they spread useless rumors on other subjects. Yesterday again, "anonymous" hacked the email address of Sara Palin , it has nothing to do with the church , unless the church is behind the move.

Just my opinion... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.183.17 (talk) 14:23, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * "Anonymous is only concerned with the church of Scientology" You obviously don't know Anonymous. And yes, they were behind it. I have personally witnessed threads on their forums (won't say which ones) about these events. Almost immediately after Palin's email was hacked, there was a thread about it and the incident was dubbed... well... "THE INCIDENT". Before O'Reilly's site was hacked... there was a thread to plan it. Before Oprah's death was hoaxed... there was a thread to plan it. 24.61.102.23 19:09, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I would hardly call what happens on 4chan "plans". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.226.234.147 (talk) 18:33, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

 * The Bill O'Reilly plans were not on 4chan. But yes, I suppose "plans" wasn't the right term for the thread about Oprah's death. 24.61.102.23 21:30, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

I need to visit ebaums moar...
I almost didn't believe this for a second. And holy crap... HOTEL BEL-AIR Anyways, I lol'd. --TUFKAAP (talk) 15:07, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Do you think members of these groups have gone too far with their jokes?
Comments below:

They need to get a life. It's not funny not because it's rude, but because it's unoriginal. It's like an eighth grader laughing at a fart. GROW UP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.175.146 (talk) 22:41, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

They have gone to far, there must be no jokin abouth people's faked death's, its a bridge to far and says a lot about the people who created this hoax —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.146.78.141 (talk) 23:01, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

They are simply responding to the hilariousness of Oprah believing that 900 0 penisies are raping children. She is still alive and well, too many people in this world don't know how to take a joke.

= Um why are you always blaming "anonymous" and 4chan? =

What proof do you have? Further more, what proof do you have that Anonymous is a group. Anyone on the internet can be anonymous, hell look up the definition of Anonymous. So if you have proof that it is a group called Anonymous, and there are many, say that it "is a group calling themselves Anonymous". This could also just be one user using a bunch of proxies. Or a group of friends. This kind of reporting is what makes people get sensationalized. Your job here is to report news, not to make sensational stories that could possibly get you any kind of award. If you want to do that, get your own blog, untill then, find some real proof. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.104.32.27 (talk) 13:24, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * *cough*Fox 11 News*cough* --Smackdat (talk) 16:39, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Before you insult me or anyone else, maybe you should take the time to read the article. I talked to quite a few people, who wish to remain nameless, who are also very reliable sources. The evidence I have is their word. Not to mention the evidence in the sources, the video, oh and the quote from one of 'them'. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * NEVAR believe Faux News. 195.194.71.251 13:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

= not to be preachy but =

"Anonymous" as a group can never really be blamed for anything. The affiliation between different members is loose to not there at all, and at times they don't even use the same site. Obviously, a very small percentage of anonymous may have been involved in the hoax, perhaps it was only one person. It's basically like that episode of South Park where Cartman goes into a coma and dreams he's back in the 1700's, then discovers the founding fathers used democracy so the group (USA) could never be blamed as a whole for any given incident, as there will always be people who disagree with what decision is chosen. I think it would be more appropriate to say "The rumors are considered to be a hoax, connected with members of the online group known as Anonymous."

As for 85.146.78.141's comments about this being a terrible thing to do, you obviously haven't heard of anonymous before, they'll make you buy a dog.

P.S: The Over 9000 meme was popular WAY before chanology, at least 2 years before. --Smackdat (talk) 14:29, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

nope :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.159.218 (talk) 05:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Maybe it'll get harmful once they get OVER 9000!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.208.169.2 (talk) 11:16, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Too bad Oprah won't admit her mistake.
Unfortunately Oprah's message boards are the epitome of censorship, so her followers still don't know they were deceived by anonymous. Any post explaining what happened never makes it to the message board. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.95.252.31 (talk) 03:42, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

yes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.195.102 (talk) 01:42, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

peace
BAD joke !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.251.41.97 (talk) 00:39, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

She believed a troll
For God's sake Oprah, when you are talking about children falling prey to child molesters, isn't the most important thing to remember NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET!?!?!?!?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.9.147.1 (talk) 18:51, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

All stories and information posted here are works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posed here as fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.100.221.66 (talk) 06:57, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

lolno
it's funny fo'sho. >:D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.221.90.204 (talk) 15:51, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Not Funny!
Tottaly out of line! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.120.87 (talk) 17:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

not to be meen
i hope she is dead. i really dont like this girl. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.165.189.182 (talk) 20:47, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

OPRAH IS NOT DEAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.216.132.38 (talk) 20:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

the reason i really feel bad about oprahs death is bec. she was one of the only talkshow lady that dressed in a very appropiate way —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.148.29.167 (talk) 23:26, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

somethingd is not true and some are just have to know and not go by what people say but by what god says

Such a shame...
I can't help but classify reporters that are focusing on "Anonymous" to be in the same class of intelligence as "Anonymous". The "We" in the popular Anon-phrase is a single person, the person who speaks it. However reporters decide to feed this docile creature granting it a bigger existence that it should be. Much like spilling water on a mogwai (Gizmo of Gremlins). A user does something immature, the media covers it, the user has a moment of self-gratifying fame, other fools join in, the media continues to encourage it... However due to non-internet-users and their limited understanding of the internet culture, the image of many of us is ruined by these limited individuals. If it goes far enough, it will probably attract attention of the government and lead to poorly informed and misunderstood actions ending in new laws that may hurt us. Now if the few fools were ignored properly, what reason is there to do it if there's no response to laugh at? We can laugh at Oprah's serious "9000 penises" response, but naturally if no such comment was made there'd be nothing we could laugh at. --67.190.137.119 12:46, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Ip check
http://www.ip-adress.com/whois/24.109.236.254

Do you think members of these groups have gone too far with their jokes?
'''errh yes! You have got to be joking, people make me sick these days! I have had anough of these stupid jokes..''' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.85.1.2 (talk) 10:54, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Yall need ta chill with da liez.
Keep up the good work Anonymous.

oprah winfrey IS NOT DEAD IDIOTS !!!!!!!!!!!!

''Obviously, they are. And I wish Oprah in good health and thanks for all d wonderful program n d coming ones...r With luv from a truly fans, Sherlyn''

Comments from feedback form - "That's almost like a death thr..."
That's almost like a death threat to Oprah, omg. smh. How can people be so cruel? —67.87.16.49 (talk) 03:53, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "Have a nice day"
Have a nice day —24.192.244.141 (talk) 02:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)


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"Crop areas of over 2.47 lakh hectare have been inundated. " What does that mean? Can a translation to metric be given or something? :) --Poisonous (talk) 09:58, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Done--  T harikrish  Talk 10:22, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Rename
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Violence erupts in Germany between left and right wing protesters

September 21, 2008 The streets of Cologne, Germany erupted in violence Saturday as left wing demonstrators began attempting to halt a right wing rally. Leftist protesters began setting fire to barricades, throwing rocks, stealing weapons, and blocking passage to the "Stop Islam" rally. A force of 3,000 police responded with batons and water cannons, and reported that the violence had begun happening in "large formations" instead of small groups.

The anti-Islam rally, organized by the anti-immigration group Pro-Koeln (or "Pro-Cologne"), was protesting the construction of a mosque in the city and what the group referred to as an "immigrant invasion" of Europe. Plans are underway for the mosque to be completed by 2009 and to be constructed in the city's heavily immigrant district of Ehrenfeld. The mosque is intended to serve Turkish-speaking immigrants and began planning because their current mosque is not large enough for the congregations, and would be the largest mosque in the city.

German police had canceled the protest earlier, fearing violence would break out, and later attempted to halt the fighting between the left and right wing groups. Over 5,000 nonviolent objectors to the rally conducted a sit-down, blocking every entrance to the rally and preventing all but fifty supporters out of 1,500 expected from attending.

Objections have been heard locally and internationally, with local business owners refusing to sell the city's famous beer to supporters attending the right-wing rally. Iran demanded that Germany halt the rally, and the German Interior Ministry denounced the rally, stating that "populists and extremists harms the co-existence that the city and Muslim citizens have striven for." Cologne's mayor Fritz Schramma condemned it as well, referring to the Pro-Koeln group as "racists in bourgeois dress" but stressing that the city felt they had the right to free speech.


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KJ Noons stripped of EliteXC Lightweight Title

September 21, 2008 EliteXC Lightweight champion K.J. Noons was stripped of the title on Friday by EliteXC officials for failure to defend the title. Outlined in a press release, EliteXC Head of Fight Operations, Jeremy Lappen stated that Noons turned down two opportunities to defend the title against top contender Nick Diaz. "It's a very unfortunate situation but we cannot have belt-holders who refuse to fight the top contenders," Lappen said in the release. "We want champions who will fight anyone, anytime, anyplace. That's the mentality all champions should have." In June 2008 Noons reportedly turned down an opportunity to defend the title against Diaz in a rematch as the main event on the October 4 EliteXC show on CBS Sports. In August 2008, Noons again turned down an opportunity to fight Diaz for the belt on a future ShoXC card on Showtime Networks. "From my view, it is a fight against a top-named opponent in Diaz," Lappen went on to say, "a fighter KJ has bad blood with and a fight the fans really wanted to see. It seemed like a great opportunity for KJ to me."

K.J. Noons won the EliteXC Lightweight Championship on November 10, 2007 after the fight was stopped in the first round due to a cut over the eye of then-champion Nick Diaz. Noons has since successfully defended the title against veteran fighter Yves Edwards after Edwards was pummeled into a TKO 48 seconds into the first round. In an interview with Sherdog.com on August 29, however, Noons contends that the issue isn't over not wanting the rematch, but compensation by EliteXC.

"I always wanted to fight Nick Diaz," Noons told reporter Loretta Hunt. "It's the most marketable fight for me, the best style fight for me. I think the fans want to see it. But you have to pay for something you want to see." Noons went on to explain that he took exception with the fact while he made $84,000 in the last two years, Diaz was paid $60,000 to take on lower-ranked opponent Thomas Denny on July 26. "It is about the money and how they were paying somebody I already beat three times more."

The future of K.J. Noons in EliteXC is uncertain. "KJ has two more fights remaining on his contract," said Jeremy Lappen, "We are still looking forward to having him fight for us again soon, but not as our world champion." However, recent public finding have revealed that EliteXC is $55 million in debt. Whether or not they can pay out the remainder of Noons' contract remains to be seen. Nonetheless, Noons is determined to continue on. "I can guarantee you that for MMA, I won't be sitting on the sidelines," he said. "I want to continue with my dream of pursuing two sports."

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I am contacting EliteXC to see if they will release images of KJ Noons or Nick Diaz under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license. It may be several days before they respond to such a request. Kamnet (talk) 12:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
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Comments:Alaskan Governor and Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's email account hacked

The blog on hackers accessing her Sarahships files is good reporting. The hackers are a combo of vigilantes & invesgative reporters. Good on them. There is a fact of life in the computer that anything you put on a computer can be found & disclosed by hackers. If you use a computer, you must live with that fact. There is no privacy or secrecy on the web.

Evidence
It's hardly surprising that you find nothing incriminating on a low-security yahoo account. Chances are that she has a work account with higher security standards as well - a VP candidate must be receiving a lot more e-mail than a few a day, as this account indicated. Whether another such account hold incriminating stuff is speculation of course. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.82.179.226 (talk) 15:41, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Okay.............
Man people go really low to get what they want. Why can't we just have fair clean election. Seriously.......... -Ionman —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ionman (talk • contribs) 05:22, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

The man who hacked Palin's e-mail was the son of a Democrat (and perhaps a supporter of Obama). That could be a factor in the incident. Public figures have to endure criticism anyway. --74.130.244.188 00:23, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

David Kernell is a good kid who used some very poor judgement. From what I gather from various sources, the Yahoo account was set up by a staffer who warned Herself that she should be sure she changed passwords, etc., to secure the account, before using it for anything of value. Granted, he had no business poking into it, and, not wanting people to mess with my stuff as well, I don't think he should expect to go unpunished, but the woman, in her typical fashion, neglected to take reasonable precautions. If you leave your diary laying around, or your purse exposed in an unlocked car, expect the worst. I don't think hard prison time is appropriate, especially if this is a first offense. Banishment from the internet, certainly, but not forever. Public service time would be appropriate, maybe a heavy load of it. 72.53.194.237 (talk) 03:18, 3 March 2011 (UTC)


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Category:Mixed Martial Arts

Articles about the sport of mixed martial arts. Please see Portal:Mixed Martial Arts for the latest articles!

ru:Категория:Смешанные боевые искусства

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Comments:WWE SmackDown Results from Nashville, TN for September 19, 2008

a) This is not news b) It is irrelevant to Wikinews c) There are plenty of websites that already publish this stuff.

Newsworthy?
Despite being a small wrestling fan i dotn believe this is news. This is also debated here. Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 15:11, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


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Large Hadron Collider damaged, to be shut down for repairs

September 21, 2008

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in  CERN, Geneva suffered light damage on September 19, 2008 when one of the giant  superconducting magnets that guide the protons failed during a test. A large amount of helium, which is used to cool the magnets to 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) leaked into the collider tunnel. LHC will now be shut down for at least two months for repairs. Physicists say such setbacks are an inevitable part of starting up such a large and complicated machine.

Several mishaps, including the failure of a 30 ton electrical transformer, have slowed LHC's progress since the initial start-up on September 10, 2008. The laboratory said in a statement that an electrical connection between the magnets had melted because of the high current. The machine has more than 1,200 dipole magnets arranged end-to-end in the underground ring. These magnets carry and steer the proton beams which will accelerate around the machine at close to the speed of light. One of the LHC's eight sectors will now have to be warmed up to well above its operating temperature so that repairs can take place.

The collider is designed to accelerate protons to energies of seven trillion electron volts and collide them together in search of new particles and forces. After the initial success of accelerating protons through the machine, physicists had hoped they could move ahead quickly to low energy collisions at 450 billion electron volts and then 5 trillion electron volt collisions as early as mid-October.

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Award winning singer George Michael cautioned after caught with drugs in London public toilet

September 21, 2008 British Grammy Award winning singer George Michael has been cautioned over drug use. The 45 year old singer was caught with class A and C drugs in the Hampstead Heath area of London. He was arrested on 19 September after being caught in the public toilet. British Home Office Minister Tony McNulty said drug laws needed to be "flexible". He stated he did not know the details of the case when questioned why Michael was given a mild sentence.

Michael was banned from driving for two years after being caught slumped behind the wheel of his car twice. He pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs. On May 15, 2006 Michael was found semi-conscious apparently snoozing at traffic lights while in his Range Rover. In the early hours of October 1, 2006, Michael was found unconscious in his Mercedes-Benz S-Class car, causing an obstruction.

Michael found his fame as front man of pop band Wham!. He won two Grammy awards as well as 12 British number one singles. Michael announced that he would be retiring from touring after completing his first tour in 15 years last month. He announced that he would release a Christmas single in December.


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Are pop stars given an easy ride for drug use/abuse?
He has the worst luck in public toilets, I'm surprised he still goes in them. 68.189.148.241 18:31, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Haha, I know that's what I was thinking conman33 22:44, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Honestly, but looking at the regular penalties for the offenses he's accused of, it looks like he got a pretty standard sentence. Under US law, he'd definitely face a harsher sentence, though. Smackdat (talk) 15:55, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:Two largest known prime numbers discovered just two weeks apart, one qualifies for $100k prize

umm pretty cool.. i guess if im allowed to say that (i am sarcastic) its actually pretty lame.

The Natural World and discoveries
I am grateful to be still alive and see this discovery, because in the future with faster models necessary to retain information that may take 1,000's of years, we can experience now because life as humanly as we know it, does not last actually a long time, so retrieving information, data in faster ways and models assists the human being with accessing information faster and therby may assist in other discoveries for helping our world in all fields of research.

Good going GIMPS!

Jeanne Bedell-Bailey, PhD —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.34.15.83 (talk) 14:33, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

It would be interesting to state what order the two primes numbers found occuptyin Mersene "family". Some mention to other sources of Mersene primes woulb be interesting Is there a list of who and when Mersene primes have been found?

Comments from feedback form - "hello"
hello —80.246.0.114 (talk) 17:41, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "wow...great"
wow...great —210.212.235.242 (talk) 12:21, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "AMAZINF. :-)"
AMAZINF. :-) —24.186.74.35 (talk) 02:16, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Good news.
$100,000 soon.


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Talk:Violence erupts in Germany between left and right wing protesters

German police ban anti-mosque rally
I have just seen a video of this story at Reuters. The story is ready for publication.--71.108.26.247 18:28, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Additions would be helpful
I wanted to bet that Jihad Watch would have entries about this news topic. Lo and behold! Cologne mayor on Anti-Islamization Conference: "We're here to show racism the red card" & Two Methodists arrested in Germany on terror charges -- no, wait...--71.108.26.247 18:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


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This is about construction of a mosque which is going to receive the financing of the state--probably; the other issues are concomitant.--71.108.26.247 18:33, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Seems more like a protest against political correctness and government sticking their nose into private matters than a protest against Islam. The left sure does like to twist things around to make people seem like racist, just part of their plan to tell people "you can't make it, so the government is here to help." Right out of Marx doctrine. Don't fall into their trap, use what makes you human and don't be a sheep. 68.189.148.241 19:43, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * The right twists too. So does the centre. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Wow, paranoid much? Seems like everything you write is about some sort of evil enemy stamping their ais, but isn't that what you are doing? 65.1.136.141 20:22, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I comment on what bothers me. Generally, that is things I disagree with. It creates a negative air as a by-product. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:31, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Note indentation, that reply was to 68. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.227.163.224 (talk) 12:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Oh, right. It could have been applied to me, too. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:40, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Whaaaaaah? It was an anti-Islam rally, not sure why you want that to be censored. I personally feel the nonviolent protesters to the rally were in the right, protesting the rights of an ethnicity is racist: but the violence was worse. It hurt their cause and was worse than the rally itself.--Poisonous (talk) 23:00, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Of course not! They are in their right to express inconformity at a religion that is mainly based on terrorism. Note: I do not practice any religion so please don't scold me supposing that I am a christian fundamentalist, which of course I am not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.143.106.130 (talk) 05:46, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

==The Right=

The Right often uses violence look at the KKK or nazis in the 20's. And they cry about PC Leftwing Marxism but as long as you don't insult them or the flag.


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Two people die in bus crash in North Yorkshire

September 21, 2008 A British couple have died after their car collided with a bus carrying a group of children. The crash took part on the A64 at Staxton near Scarborough, North Yorkshire on Sunday morning. The bus continued on through a hedge line and hit an unoccupied camper van. Six passengers on the bus were treated for minor injuries.

Detective Inspector Geoff Carey of the North Yorkshire Police said that "The coach was carrying a group of young people as well as adults and they are very shocked. They have slight injuries but a great deal of shock." He also commented on the after crash saying that "Had the Winnebago not been there the bus could have gone into the house."

The bus was traveling from Pelsall to Primrose Valley holiday park in North Yorkshire to attend marching band competition when the accident happened.

The North Yorkshire police were unable to give any more details. The A64 was closed in both directions at Staxton at the junction with the B1249. Motorists were advised to avoid the area, which has become congested, according to police.


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Coach/Bus
Given the international readership of Wikinews, I think replacing coach with bus would be a little more understandable. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:14, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't understand. Where is coach not understood? The US I know gets it; see for example here. We in the UK also do - which bits of the world don't? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:45, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know anyone that uses that term in the US. Its not widely used. I just think if we are talking on an international level, everyone knows what a bus is. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:48, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * For the benefit of people out of sight, I nodded understandingly at that. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * But in the UK Bus and Coach have two different meanings. Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 19:55, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I think people will work it out no bother. Technically, yes, they are seperate but realistically you could call a coach a form of bus. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:57, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


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2008-09-21: CCTV footage shows bombing of Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan

September 21, 2008 CCTV footage has been released showing a truck bomb exploding outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. The footage shows a camera, which was manually controlled to focus specifically on the developments as they happened.

The nearly four minutes of footage, shows a large truck pulling up in front of the hotel at a guarded gate. After the truck attempted to ram through the barrier, some reports stated that guards began to fire shots into the truck.

"The truck was stopped at the barrier and there was an altercation between the attacker and the guards," said Pakistani Interior Ministry official Rehman Malik in a statement to the press.

Guards began to run away once the truck slammed into the gates, but began to approach the truck seconds later. The cabin of the truck then explodes sending sparks and debris in all directions, with some of it hitting the camera. The truck begins to catch fire and people can be seen returning to the scene in an attempt to put out the blaze. Unsuccessful, the truck explodes, taking the camera out with it.

Officials believe al-Qaeda is responsible for the attack which killed 53 people and injured almost 300. Rescuers are searching for survivors, as an unknown number of people are still missing. At least 21 of those killed were from foreign countries.

Officials say the target was aimed for a residence a block away which was said to be housing Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's new prime minister. He was attending a dinner with several other Pakistani officials.


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Hoax
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Wikinews:Briefs/September 21, 2008

= Wikinews News in Brief for September 21, 2008 21:00 UTC =

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The time is 21:00 UTC, this is the Audio Wikinews Brief for Sunday, September 21, 2008. I'm Kevin Fields, and here are this evening's current stories

Fresh floods in India claims sixteen lives
In India, floods in the eastern state of Orissa have left 16 dead. Over 180,000 people have been evacuated to safer places, while hundreds of others have taken shelter on national highway and cyclone shelters. The flood, described as the worst since 1982 by officials, has marooned 191 villages. The rising Mahanadi River overflowed at along 28 breaches to inundate and cut off several villages. A total of 1.5 million people have been affected. Crop areas of over 2,470 square kilometers have been inundated. The new flooding comes just weeks after Kosi river that flows from Nepal to India, burst its embankment and submerged nearly 1,000 villages in the neighboring state of Bihar in the north, killing at least 48 people and driving more than a million others from their homes. A local official said that the worst is yet to come.

Rumors of Oprah Winfrey's death a hoax
The Internet was abuzz over the weekend after rumors surfaced that talk show host Oprah Winfrey was been found dead in her Chicago, Illinois home. The rumors have been confirmed by Wikinews to be connected with the online group known as Anonymous and the website 4chan.org. The rumors started after a statement Winfrey made on a recent show, defending a United States Senate bill against pedophiles and child rapists saying a pedophile group has "over 9,000 penises" harming children. She was referring to a comment left on her website by an anonymous person claiming to be a pedophile. Allegedly a member of Anonymous left the comment on the website, and members of the 4chan.org started work on spreading the rumors via Wikipedia, Wikinews and social bookmarking sites such as Reddit.com and Digg.com.

CCTV footage shows bombing of Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan
The Pakistani Interior Ministry released closed circuit television footage on Sunday showing the truck bomb explosion outside of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday. Four minutes into the footage a large truck pulls up in front of the hotel and stops at a guarded gate. The guards and the driver of the truck exchange gunfire, before the guards scatter as the cab of the truck explodes. Guards and other individuals are then seen rushing towards the cab to try to put out the fire, but the fire spreads to the rest of the truck and explodes, causing extensive damage and taking out the security cameras. Pakistani officials believe that the truck carried over one ton of explosives. Officials also believe that al-Quaeda is responsible for the attacks, which injured over 300 civilians and killed 53, 21 of whom were foreign citizens.

Violence erupts in Germany between left and right wing protesters
The streets of Cologne, Germany erupted in violence Saturday as left wing demonstrators began attempting to halt a right wing rally. Leftist protesters began setting fire to barricades, throwing rocks, stealing weapons, and blocking passage to the "Stop Islam" rally. A force of 3,000 police responded with batons and water cannons, and reported that the violence had begun happening in "large formations" instead of small groups. German police had canceled the protest earlier, fearing violence would break out, and later attempted to halt the violence between the left and right wing groups. Over 5,000 nonviolent objectors to the rally conducted a sit-down, blocking every entrance to the rally and preventing all but fifty supporters out of 1,500 expected from attending.

Conclusion
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SECURITY LAPS
this attacked could have happen in PM house because if the sucicde bomer can reached in a highly security zone with 600kg of explosives he can reached any where the trucks colour is said to be (army colour) so if a truck in army colour can bring 600kg of explosives in highly security zone he can be anywhere.therefore one can said that any car or truck in army colour can reached anywhere in pakistan without security check.how the truck with so much explosive reached in this area. 1: does the explosive is made in islamabad? 2: is it reached from outside islamabad?

 * It was a Garbage truck. But it dos show that if the Terrorist are willing to hit anything. And the PM was going to be their but he decided not to go too the Hotel. --66.229.17.181 16:41, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


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Contaminated baby's milk induces wave of child illness in China

September 22, 2008

Almost 13,000 children in China have fallen sick in a wave of sickness caused by baby's milk contaminated with melamine, a banned chemical which can cause kidney stones, irritation, and ulcers. Most of the sickened children are infants two years or younger, and four children have died from the chemical so far.

The Chinese Health Ministry has stated that most of the tainted milk was produced by Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co.'s infant milk powder and have pulled several dairy products off the shelves of Chinese stores. Sanlu, Mengniu and Yili were among the largest brands recalled, and have been attempting to repair their damaged public image. Yili announced that it would be reviewing its manufacturing process and making necessary safety changes. Yang Wenjun, president of Mengniu, apologized for the contamination and promised to make changes as well. Sanlu, meanwhile, has stopped production and is checking all products.

The Ministry is conducting an investigation into why the number of illnesses doubled Saturday. Ten percent of yogurt, milk and ice cream is also contaminated, however adults will not be affected if they drink less than two litres a day of the contaminated products.

Melamine is an industrial byproduct, infamous for poisoning thousands of pets in the United States in 2007. Investigators believe it was used by desperate dairy companies to disguise diluted milk in dairy products in order to pass quality tests and make higher profits.


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The reports on the number of children sick vary, but more and the most recent sources agree in almost 13,000 to over 12,900. --Poisonous (talk) 04:21, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:Dr. Aafia’s son freed by Kabul, flown to Islamabad

Poor kid. This is how terrorists are made, abusing parents and children, the kids grow up hating the U.S., and perhaps rightly so. Glad he's free. --Poisonous (talk) 06:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Second Paragraph, It said he was abducted in Karachi, who kidnap him? --66.229.17.181 12:14, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Likely by U.S. friendly troops in the area, possibly under orders by the U.S. --76.20.28.156 14:17, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

 * The city they lived is in Pakistan and way far from the border, and it the same city that famous Jewish American reporter was killed.--66.229.17.181 16:43, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

what we can do for Aafia siddiqui.plz answer.iam engineering student. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.154.38.165 (talk) 07:28, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Editorial reviewing

In order to try and ensure that all news made available via Wikinews is as accurate as possible, a number of technical and social measures are applied.

Restrictions on the front page and material presented to casual readers
Content displayed on Wikinews' front page must first be viewed and approved by an administrator or other established and trusted contributor. This is not generally a feature found in the MediaWiki wiki software, but is use of an extension to the package developed to allow the German language Wikipedia to implement a quality control procedure. The extension is called Flagged revisions and, through selecting only revisions which have been subject to a review, the content displayed on the front page is limited.

This restriction to reviewed content is also automatically applied where the reader is not a registered and logged in Wikinews user. Thus, for casual readers who may be directed to the site from a news portal, the risk of encountering vandalism or other abusive content is minimised. Such "casual readers" also include software agents (or robots) which may automatically read the site's content for presentation in an index of recent news articles.

The review process
To ensure that reviewing is meaningful the above approval process is - as mentioned - restricted. Technical measures cannot ensure that people behave in an ethical manner, so the process of deciding who may mark an article as ready for the front page is decided by Wikinews' established community of regular contributors. This is complemented by certain basic guidelines for those who may approve articles, such as requiring an article to have been fact-checked against the used sources or the author quizzed over their original reporting work. The most obvious measure here is that no article author may review and approve their own work; each article must go through a review by an independent contributor. This should be documented on the article's collaboration page using the peer review template. This review may include minor copyedit, spelling corrections, and categorisation of the article, but any substantial contribution disqualifies contributors from carrying out the review. Breach of this "Wikinews etiquette" is grounds for removal of the privilege to approve articles for use on the main page. In the case of such action being taken by a previously elected site administrator this will also involve removal of their administrative privileges.

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Please try to adhere to the following with this.

 * 1) Avoid jargon only familiar to Wikinewsies
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 * 3) Double-check terms are used consistently
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 * 5) Always assume the reader is a first-time visitor
 * 6) Avoid wikilinking to overly geeky pages
 * 7) Check all wikilinked to pages are at least semi-protected (on Wikinews, not elsewhere)

The intended use of this page is preferably as a footer link on every page, and/or as a link from the main page. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:39, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

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ETA bomb kills soldier in northern Spain

September 22, 2008

A car bomb exploded early Monday near a military academy in the coastal town of Santona, in northern Spain, killing a soldier and wounding several others. The authorities blame the Basque separatist group ETA for the attack. It was the third car bombing in 24 hours believed to have been caused by ETA.

The first bomb exploded early Sunday near the headquarters of the Caja Vital Kutxa bank in the Basque political capital, Vitoria-Gasteiz. No one was injured, but the building suffered heavy damage.

A few hours later a second bomb exploded near an Ertzaintza (Basque police) station in the coastal town of Ondarroa. Three police officers and seven civilians were injured. Officials said two suspected bombers parked a car close to the outside wall of the station, threw a Molotov cocktail to attract attention, and then detonated about 100kg of explosives.

The latest blast happened at about 01:00 (2300 UTC Sunday) and was preceded by a warning call in the name of ETA. The army officer Brigadier Luis Conde de la Cruz was killed and another soldier severely injured while the police were securing the area.

The attacks come at a time of increased turbulence in Basque politics. This week Spanish courts outlawed two Basque nationalist political parties (which have hundreds of elected town councillors and regional parliament deputies) charged of being directly linked to ETA and jailed 21 people who work on behalf of ETA prisoners and their relatives.


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First play after retirement a success for former Czech president

September 24, 2008

The first play written by former Czech president Václav Havel after his presidential retirement saw a great success at its first showing outside of the Czech Republic. Leaving was staged by the London Orange Tree Theatre starting on September 20.

The audience in the sold-out theatre reacted spontaneously to the play’s text and to Havel’s own notes. The playwright commented his play and characters' acts through his pre-recorded words. He was not present at the premiere himself, his visit is expected on Friday, September 26. Geoffrey Bevers played the main role of chancellor who is suffering when leaving politics. The play was translated to English by Canadian writer Paul Wilson and directed by Sam Walters, the artistic leader of the Orange Tree.

Wilson knows Czech society and language because he stayed in Prague in the 1970s (he was also member of a famous underground musical group The Plastic People of the Universe). In 1977, he was forced to leave former Czechoslovakia after The Plastic People were disbanded. Wilson has rich experiences from translating Havel’s texts into English; he has translated two more Havel plays. He thinks Leaving can be the work that can be best accepted outside Czech Republic because of its dateless topic.

Director Sam Walters named the play "funny and sad, about big things, about politics, but also about personal fortunes." His company will perform Leaving till the middle of December and it will add other Havel plays Mountain Hotel, Audience, Private View and Protest.

Havel's Leaving was first staged in Czech language in Prague May 22, 2008. Havel tried to have the play in the National Theatre, but the premiere took place in the Archa Theatre at the end. The expected participation of Havel's wife Dagmar Havlová was also cancelled.