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China censors, arrests Catholics in wake of Pope's death

April 5, 2005 Chinese Catholics' response to the recent death of pontiff John Paul II have motivated more actions against free speech and arrests in China by the government, AsiaNews reports.

At the same time as the Chinese government is expressing condolences for the death of John Paul II, it has begun the arrest of dozens of Catholics, particularly among the underground church. The Vatican has already protested the arrest of Catholic leaders. Some of the most recent arrests include auxiliary bishop Yao Liang on 31 March and Father Wang Jinling on 1 April, both from Hebei province dioceses.

Many other Catholic leaders have been arrested without having charges brought against them.

Various websites have apparently been censored by the government. Likewise, many online forums and chat groups discussing the figure and life of John Paul II have appeared, yet, on 2 April, almost all news about the pope disappeared, stated AsiaNews.

One Chinese priest is reported as declaring, "the pope knew communism, and has always helped and encouraged us to live the faith and to be courageous in the face of persecution," AsiaNews quoted.

Alongside the Catholic Patriotic Organization, the government-approved church's official name, underground churches throughout China have been holding religious services.

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Wikinews:2005/April/5

 * 2005 National Conference in the Norwegian Centre Party
 * 2005 National Conference in the Norwegian Socialist Left Party
 * Taiwan’s Blue Camp pays respects on the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of Chiang Kai-shek
 * Jeter saves the day for the Yankees
 * China to sell warships to Pakistan
 * Miles-long queue to view Pope John Paul one last time
 * Talk-therapy can make a difference in early treatment of severe depression
 * Owner of Wendy's chili finger still not found
 * China responds to US plan for import quotas
 * Arinze and Tettamanzi equal favorites as new Pope
 * UK Prime Minister sets 2005 General Election date
 * Abu Ghraib prison camp struck by tractor bomb
 * Triple limb-reattachment fails - boy loses foot
 * India-China border talks resume
 * Maiyo and Romanova triumph in Charleston's Cooper River Bridge Run
 * China censors, arrests Catholics in wake of Pope's death
 * Advocacy groups complain about 4parents.gov sex-ed website
 * Nigerian Housing Minister fired in anti-corruption drive

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Nigerian Housing Minister fired in anti-corruption drive

April 5, 2005 Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed the Minister of Housing, Alice Mobolaji Osomo, as part of an on-going anti-corruption drive to clean up Nigeria's world image.

A statement from the president's office said Mr. Osomo was sacked after the sale of public property violated instructions. According to a BBC report, the Minister allocated more than 200 properties to top officials rather than going on public sale.

President Obasanjo has been vocal in tackling corruption and reportedly warned officials their greed is undermining his attempts to win international debt relief. In March, he fired Education Minister Fabian Osuji in a broadcast to the nation during which he said 14 people had been involved in fraud and accused Mr. Osuji of offering a bribe of 55 million naira (US$417,000) to senate president Adolfus Wabara in order to get a bigger budget for his ministry.


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US Highway Administration releases interim report on Boston's Big Dig: press release claims tunnel safe, but report does not

April 6, 2005

On April 4, the Federal Highway Administration released an interim report on leaks in the Central Artery Tunnel, part of Boston's Big Dig. The press release about the report claims that the report "concludes that the project is structurally sound and remains safe for traffic." However, the report does not reach those conclusions.

The report does not evaluate the current safety level of the tunnel; and on the subject of safety, it notes that ensuring the safety of the tunnel will require speedy implementation of a permanent repair of last September's major leak. The safety claim is repeated and touted as a "rare bit of good news" about the Big Dig in an Associated Press story by Steve Leblanc.

The Central Artery Tunnel, which allows Interstate 93 to pass beneath downtown Boston, experienced a 300 gallon-per-minute leak of water into the tunnel in September of 2004, according to the recent report. Mac Daniel of the Boston Globe notes in a recent article that the September leak caused "a 10-mile traffic jam".

In response to the leak, the Federal Highway Administration formed the Tunnel Leak Assessment Team to provide an independent assessment of the leaking in the tunnel and the efficacy of the repairs underway.

The report reaches three main conclusions:
 * "Chronic low level leaks" continue, but sealing work is expected to seal them "in the summer of 2005".
 * A temporary repair of the major leak which occurred in mid-September, 2004, has been completed, and permanent repairs are "under review".
 * Regarding permanent repairs, it adds, "Whichever option is selected must be implemented quickly to ensure the safe and uninterrupted passage of the traveling public."
 * "Additional defects" have been discovered in the slurry wall panels where September's major leak occurred.
 * In response to these discoveries, the report recommends, "The Project is encouraged to quickly complete the inspection of all panels and develop a standardized inspection process and related documentation."

According to the New York Times, Matthew Amorello, chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, praised the report, stating that, "This independent affirmation that the I-93 tunnels are safe and structurally sound will allow drivers to use them with confidence."


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University of North Carolina wins 2005 basketball tournament

April 7, 2005

The University of North Carolina Tar Heels won the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men's Basketball Championship Title in the U.S. National college Basketball tournament, beating the University of Illinois Fighting Illini by 75 points to 70. This tournament is sometimes referred to as March Madness. The final championship game was played on the evening of April 4, 2005 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri.


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Al Gore-owned cable news channel to relaunch August 1 with viewer-created content

A year after buying the struggling Newsworld International 24-hour U.S. and Canada cable news channel, former U.S. vice president Al Gore and his partner, millionaire Ohio attorney and politician Joel Hyatt, plan to re-launch the channel with a new name, a new concept and a new target audience.

Starting August 1, the channel will be known as Current and will aim its news programming at the 18-34 year old demographic that traditionally does not tune into cable news. "The Internet opened a floodgate for young people whose passions are finally being heard, but TV hasn't followed suit. Young adults have a powerful voice, but you can't hear that voice on television ... yet," Gore said in a press release issued from the network's San Francisco studios.

Gore said the new channel will be partly created by citizen journalists, where viewer-created reports will find their way on air. "We want to transform the television medium itself, giving a national platform to those who are hungry to help create the TV they want to watch. We're creating a powerful new brand of television that doesn't treat audiences as merely viewers, but as collaborators," Gore said in the release. The network posted submission guidelines on its new website which launched Monday.

Gore bought Newsworld International (NWI) from Vivendi Universal last year for $70 million. It was the only TV asset of Vivendi's not snapped up by NBC in the creation of the NBC Universal media conglomerate. NBC already had two struggling cable news channels of its own. NWI's current news content is mostly rebroadcasts of news produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Originally, the network was going to be remodled as a liberal counterpart to the popular Fox News Channel, which some critics claim is a conservative-slanted newscast despite the network's denial that it is "fair and balanced" in its reporting. But after market research, the new owners of NWI decided that a liberal news network was not financially feasible.

Instead, they focused on a youth-skewed news channel under the code name "INdTV" (pronounced "Indy Tee Vee"). The new name, Current, and re-launch date announcement was timed to coincide with the annual National Cable & Telecommunications Association convention, which is being held this week in San Francisco, the same city as Channel's new headquarters.

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Abu Ghraib prison camp struck by tractor bomb

April 5, 2005

A suicide tractor bombing struck the American held Abu Ghraib prison camp Monday, the 2nd attack in two days. Four Iraqi civilians are reported wounded.

The explosion occurred near the gates to the prison camp, and comes on the heels of a large attack earlier on Saturday, where both US soldiers and Iraqi detainees were injured. The apparent motive of the Saturday attack was to free detainees.

The New York Times reports that an official of the Interior Ministry said a letter was written by a woman who claims to be a detainee at the prison. In the letter, she reportedly begs to have the prison attacked to save her from the dishonor of rape by her American captors. The letter was circulated among Sunni mosques.

An internet posting by the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claims responsibility for both the Abu Ghraib attacks. The Al Qaeda militant group also claimed responsibility for the first attack.

The report of the tractor bombing came as military officials were announcing that a short riot broke out Friday in another American prison called Camp Bucca. Rocks were thrown and tents set on fire during a protest over several prisoners who were being transferred. Four guards and twelve prisoners were injured.

The Camp Bucca facility holds about 6,000 detainees, while Abu Ghraib holds 3,300.


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Talk:Terri Schiavo cremated

Better proofreading next time before moving to front page?
Come on...Flordia? Dispell? How was this made a front page article? - McCart42 04:00, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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This article correctly says "arrests", but the one linked from the title says "arrestments" (I think that is a mistake). I can't edit one, as it shows as some sort of redirect to this one.


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For the time being, I am mostly active on [the Neonorwegian Wikipedia].

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Google Maps incorporates satellite images

April 6, 2005 Google Maps has incorporated satellite images as a feature in their Beta Google Maps service. Now users can opt for a satellite image after they search for an address or driving directions, by clicking the satellite link at top left of the page.

Satellite images are provided by Keyhole Corp. which was acquired by Google six months ago. Satellite images will be at least 6 months old. According to John Hanke, Keyhole's general manager, nobody will be able to read a license plate on a car from an image or see what an individual doing at the time it was taken.

Google Maps still only covers road maps in North America.

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Tech heavyweights unite to offer $100 laptops to poor nations

April 7, 2005 MIT media lab, together with AMD, Google and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, is developing a laptop which will cost $100 or less, after making a $10 profit on each unit when it is mass-produced. The laptops will be used by children in the developing world.

The project aims to allow children to take a laptop home after school hours, to enable more families to "cross the digital divide".

The laptops will have a processing power of 500MHz; 1GB storage; a 1 Megapixel, 12 inch display; and USB, Wi-Fi, and cell phone connectivity. The laptops will use open source software, running on GNU/Linux, to reduce the cost.


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Triple limb-reattachment fails - boy loses foot

April 5, 2005 Terry Vo, the 10-year old Australian boy who had two hands and a foot reattached by surgeons after losing them in an accident, has had to have the foot re-amputated. He will be given a prosthetic foot in its place.

The operation to re-attach three limbs was thought to have been a first - but was ultimately unsuccessful, with the foot having died inside, and receiving insufficient blood supply following the surgery to reattach it.

"That would lead to the small muscles in the foot actually constricting, the toes bending over and a deformed .... foot that is sort of clawed over and doesn't have good sensation," said plastic surgeon, Mr Robert Love today, on Australia's ABC Radio.

"Even if you can get all of that to survive, he [would be] worse off than having had an amputation."

"What is very disappointing is that for the first two days after [the operation] the foot looked absolutely magnificent," he said.

Terry's hands were healing well, said the surgeon. The prosthetic foot would allow him to walk normally, since his knee was intact.


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'Great' title for John Paul?

April 6, 2005 If recent trends are to portend the future, late Roman Catholic pontiff John Paul II may be known to posterity as "John Paul the Great."

A growing portion of Catholics, and even senior clergy, have begun to use the title, which has been held previously by only three out of history's 264 popes.

Pope Gregory I of the sixth century, of the fifth century, and  of the ninth century up to now, have alone been acclaimed "Great" in church tradition.

of New York, Cardinal O'Brien of Edinburgh (Scotland), Dublin's Archbishop Martin, and of Westminster — the highest Catholic clergyman in England and Wales — have been among those reported to have used the honorific for John Paul II.

Historian Robert Louis Wilken, writing in Catholic periodical Commonweal in 2003, "Greatness is as mysterious as it is elusive," alluding to the ambiguity of the criteria used in applying the title.

For instance, some figures — such as theologian or the apostle, the first pope — despite their wide influence in church history, have not been granted the honorific by historians or Catholic tradition, while others relatively unknown today were indeed accorded it.

Newspapers in Italy, the United States, and throughout the globe have featured the acclamation "Great" for the deceased pontiff. Catholic-oriented websites and online forums, as well, abound with the title.

The 's official paper, L’Osservatore Romano, also echoed the "Great" appellation.

Moreover, a Vatican homily text for Sunday, 3 April, contained a reference to the title. Though the honorific was ultimately not used during the homily's delivery by Cardinal, until John Paul II's death, it is maintained that Vatican documents can be considered official even when not read aloud.

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Owner of Wendy's chili finger still not found

April 5, 2005 Health officials in San Jose, California are still unable to identify the owner of the missing finger found in a bowl of chili at a local Wendy's restaurant last week.

Fingerprints on the detached digit have been run through an FBI database as well as the local criminal database in Santa Clara County, but no matches were found. According to Rich Reneau, who is currently leading the investigation, the fingerprint was marginal, and the likelihood of finding a match is slim.

The finger is also undergoing DNA tests by the county medical examiner, which could determine the race and gender of the owner of said finger.

Plans for a toxicology lab to run tests on the finger to see if the tissue contains preservative chemicals, such as embalming compounds are underway.

According to Lt. Chris Forrester, the coroner may end up hiring a private lab to run further tests on the finger.

Wendy's International stock was trading at US$39.37 Tuesday morning, relatively unchanged from its levels last week, before the news hit the stock markets.


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China to sell warships to Pakistan

April 5, 2005 As Chinese premier Wen Jiabao continues his tour across South Asia, visiting first India and now Pakistan, it has been announced that Pakistan will purchase frigate warships from China.

China has also previously declared its hope of cooperation with India's government.

A frigate is a warship typically used to protect other naval vessels or merchant marine ships and to combat enemy submarines.

Pakistan and India have traditionally been considered rivals. Both nations, however, have garnerned favor and support from the US in recent times.

Pakistan has granted much support to the American campaign against terrorists in Central Asia. The United States has recently announced its intention to help India, a past rival of China, become a "superpower." India has also been planning military expansion/modernization. The United States has also declared its willingness to supply F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan as well.

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ACLU: Gen. Sanchez possibly perjured himself at 2004 Senate inquiry

April 6, 2005 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims that a recently obtained 18-month-old memo shows that a top U.S. commander of armed forces in Iraq was untruthful when he testified before the United States Congress last year on Iraqi prison abuse. The September 14, 2003 memo was among government documents concerning the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The ACLU gained access to the documents after successfully suing the government under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.

The 2003 memo seemingly contradicts sworn testimony by Sanchez given during the Senate Hearing on Iraq Prison Abuse. Intentionally being untruthful at a Congressional hearing is considered the crime of perjury.

On May 19th, 2004, during those hearings, Jack Reed, a Democratic U.S. senator from Rhode Island, asked Sanchez about claims of abuse of Iraqi prisoners under U.S. care. "General Sanchez, today's USA Today, sir, reported that you ordered or approved the use of sleep deprivation, intimidation by guard dogs, excessive noise and inducing fear as an interrogation method for a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison," Reed asked Sanchez. "Is that correct?"

"Sir, that may be correct that it's in a news article, but I never approved any of those measures to be used within CJTF-7 at any time in the last year." He then reiterated, "I have never approved the use of any of those methods within CJTF-7 (Coalition Joint Task Force-7) in the 12.5 months that I've been in Iraq," Gen. Sanchez's answered at the hearing.

But Sanchez's 2004 answer is at odds with the 2003 memo bearing his signature, which specifically addressed sleep deprivation ("sleep management"), intimidation by guard dogs ("presence of military working dog"), excessive noise ("yelling, loud music, and light control"), and inducing fear ("fear up harsh"). The following are excerpts from the memo:

The label "S/NF" stands for Secret/Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals. Information is properly exempted from The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) if it contains National Security Information.

The only section in the memo that Gen. Sanchez labeled "U" for Unclassified was: The ACLU said it sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales requesting an "Investigation of Possible Perjury by General Ricardo A. Sanchez" and renewing their prior request "for an Outside Special Counsel to Investigate and Prosecute Violations or Conspiracies to Violate Criminal Laws Against Torture or Abuse of Detainees."


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Talk:ACLU: Gen. Sanchez possibly perjured himself at 2004 Senate inquiry

April 2005
This was said previously:
 * 05:30, 5 Apr 2005 Davodd (→Memo shows Gen. Sanchez purjured himself to senate - cut & paste from ACLU site - copyvio)

How about a little proof to back that up, bucko? Yes, some similar words are used, like "memo" "Sanchez" and "purjured." Other than that, though, there was no copying.

Try having a bit more respect for other people's work.

Pencil Pusher 07:56, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Many of the longer phrases selected randomly matched exactly with various reports on the ACLU site and are uncited in the report - which means that they are likely copyright violations. Everyparagraph with borrowed quotes needs to be cited. -- Davodd | Talk 16:11, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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'''Article paragraph without citation, copyvio? Congressional record?:'''
 * On May 19th, 2004, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) asked Sanchez, "General Sanchez, today's USA Today, sir, reported that you ordered or approved the use of sleep deprivation, intimidation by guard dogs, excessive noise and inducing fear as an interrogation method for a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison. Is that correct?"

 * Exact phrase found on these sites:
 * GFoogle News Search

'''Article paragraph without citation, copyvio? Congressional record?:'''
 * Gen. Sanchez's response was, "Sir, that may be correct that it's in a news article, but I never approved any of those measures to be used within CJTF-7 at any time in the last year." He then reiterated, "I have never approved the use of any of those methods within CJTF-7 in the 12.5 months that I've been in Iraq." CJTF-7 is the initialism for Coalition Joint Task Force-7.

 * Exact phrase found on these sites:
 * Google news search

-- Davodd | Talk 16:23, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Can you possibly be serious? You are claiming that a quote -- a quote taken from a transcript -- a transcript that is cited at the bottom of the article -- is a copyright violation.

Your user page says you are a law student -- a law student specializing in "Journalism law." You should be ashamed of yourself. You were sloppy when you originally deleted the article from the "submit a link" page. I called you on it. Instead of backing down (or *gasp* apologizing) you stuck to your guns, asserting copyright violations.

How dishonest is that? How dishonest is it to stick to an argument you know to be false. You better change your tune before you become an attorney, otherwise you are going to have some unpleasant experiences with Rule 11. If anyone else is interested in why congressional testimoney isn't copyright protected, I explained it here http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Pencil_Pusher.

I don't mind honest editing. I don't mind honest criticizm. I cited the transcript on the bottom of the page. The cite has been there since the beginning. If you want to fix up the html, fine. If you want to pretty up the cites, fine. Just don't be dishonest and stick to an argument you know to be false. Pencil Pusher 19:50, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I withdraw my previous comments (you can delete above if appropriate). Pencil Pusher 03:06, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * As you can see by my recent edit, I've cited the sources for the quotes to make it more clear that it is not a copyviolation. I have removed the cite tag. If you quote from a public domain document, you need to cite the quote in the same paragraph as the quote to avoid confusion. -- Davodd | Talk 02:49, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * P.S. my citation tag was a note to any editor to address some very real issues with an otherwise good story. It was in no way a personal attack. -- Davodd | Talk 02:52, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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edit protected Please add this article to Category:USA Today and update the wikilink to become local. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 16:57, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 01:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)


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Arinze and Tettamanzi equal favorites as new Pope

April 5, 2005 Irish betting shop chain, Paddy Power, is taking bets for a new Pope. The current front runners are Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria and Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi of Italy, who have each been given odds of 11-4.

"Our feeling is, we held off a few days, and now the cardinals themselves are convening in Rome," Darren Haines, a spokesman for Paddy Power said.

"We do it very much in the same way as a horse race," Haines added, "Without sounding so callous, in a sense, we have contenders, and you very much rate the speculation on the contenders, very much by going on media reports in the religious press ... Our trading manager is very clued up on this, though she hasn't had divine intervention."

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I can't find any images of Blair which aren't copyrighted. Surely there is a public domain image of him, but for now I'll add the UK flag. — DV 14:34, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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China responds to US plan for import quotas

April 5, 2005 China is questioning a decision by the U.S. Commerce Department that seeks to re-impose trade quotas on Chinese textiles. The three-decade long system of quotas was lifted on January 1.

"This is not reasonable," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. "This is unfair. This is protectionist."

The U.S. administration justified their decision by presenting data which showed increases of over one thousand percent for cotton knit shirts and cotton trousers. The administration also cited a 300 percent increase of imports of underwear.

Qin disputed the U.S. reasoning for the decision.

"The major reason for this issue is that the United States has over-protectionist, irrational and unreasonable arrangements," he said.

"Other countries that are more competitive will still take over from China, and the US can't impose safeguards on those countries," Peter Liu, chairman of the textiles and apparel committee at the American Chamber of Commerce, told the Financial Times in Hong Kong. "Obviously, the US textile industry has concerns about job elimination, but on the other hand there are a lot of US industries that like to do business with China by exporting to China. If this escalates into a trade war, that's to nobody's benefit," he said.

The U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (AITA) also supports China's product imports.

"There is no reason to believe that imports of these products from China are causing market disruption," AITA spokeswoman Laura E. Jones said.

The U.S. administration cited a need to avoid "market disruption."

"Free trade must be fair trade, and we will work to ensure that American manufacturers and workers compete on a level playing field," read a statement issued by U.S. Commerce department spokeman Carlos M. Gutierrez. "The decision is the first step in a process to determine whether the U.S. market for these products is being disrupted and whether China is playing a role in that disruption." The statement also said the administration was "providing assistance to our domestic textile and apparel industry consistent with our international rights and obligations."

"We are very pleased that the government is taking this action," Lloyd Wood, a spokesman for the American Manufacturing Trade Coalition told The New York Times. "It sends a strong message to China that predatory trade practices will be investigated."

The U.S. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements issued its decision on Monday, under the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). China joined the WTO in 2001.

Shirts, trousers, and underwear are one of the few remaining types of clothing manufactured in the United States. The United States is running an all-time high trade deficit with China of US$162 billion.


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Talk:'Great' title for John Paul?

This would be cool, because it would silence all that "JP2 we love you" crap. I mean, I respect his holiness just as much as the next guy, but that's just annoying.

 * Maybe next time try not to call other people's devotions "crap"? Thanks. Dpr 04:24, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh, sorry. "Fecal matter". That better? Ah, but I kid. In all honesty, I didn't mean to offend anybody.

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 * Which, and why? --InfantGorilla (talk) 17:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I've added a correction notice. Be nice to clear up which figure is correct, though, so I've left the template for now. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:18, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Three is the correct number, and they are correctly listed in the article. The image text is incorrect. I've changed the correction notice to reflect this fact. Gopher65talk 18:57, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
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Talk-therapy can make a difference in early treatment of severe depression

April 5, 2005

An individual in the initial stages of moderate to severe depression may experience relief from cognitive therapy equivalent to careful drug therapy. This is the conclusion from the April issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, a publication of The Journal of the American Medical Association’s “Archives.”

Although antidepressant medications are the most widely used and effective treatment, cognitive, or talk-therapy, under the direction of highly trained professionals, has now shown potential in treating the early stages of major depressive disorder.

An eight week study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University examined the response of 240 depressed patients, randomly placed into three groups. The first group (n=120) received psychological therapy; the second (n=60) a more traditional drug routine, and the third group (n=60) only placebo pills.

The study found that both treated groups recovered wellness much better than the placebo group. At eight weeks, the medication group was at 50 per cent, the cognitive therapy group was at 43 per cent while the pill placebo group had only a 25 per cent improvement.

After 16 weeks both medically treated groups had about 58 per cent improvement. Remission rates were better with the antidepressant medications at 46 percent with 40 per cent for the cognitive therapy group. Further follow up showed sustained improvement with the medicine-treated group in the Vanderbilt University location. The U of P groups remained about equal.

In conclusion, the report stated, “Cognitive therapy can be as effective as medications for the initial treatment of moderate to severe major depression, but this degree of effectiveness may depend on a high level of therapist experience or expertise.”


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2005 National Conference in the Norwegian Centre Party

April 5, 2005 NORWAY; Kristiansand: In the weekend between the 11. and 13. of March the Norwegian Centre Party held its annual National Conference in Kristiansand. The conference was clearly inspired by the prospects of a majority in the parliament together with the Norwegian Socialist Left- and Labour Party, according to all polls.

In this conference the leader, Åslaug Haga, was re-elected against one vote and to great applaus from the 187 other voters.

Compromise on oil drilling in the Barents Sea The matter of greatest anticipation before the convention was a question if the environmentalist Centre Party would open for oil drilling in the Barents Sea. The Centre Youth had clearly announced its opposition to the suggestion at an earlier point.

After a long debate with both very young and very old committed debaters the coalition of the hardest environmentalists, the leader and the Centre Youth surprisingly lost the voting. The Centre Party opened for a compromise proposed by one of the two second leaders, Lars Peder Brekk, on accepting oil drilling with untraditionally strong demands for environmental safety.

Focus on decentralization The leader, Åslaug Haga, and most of the debaters in the conference made it clear that the Centre Party was sharpening it decentralization-knives. In the conference Haga was joined by several other active members in underlining the Centre Partys role as the most dedicated decentralizationing-party in Norway.

It was clear from the debaters that the main role of the party in a possibly upcoming majority-government (majority in parliament) with the Labour and Socialist Left Party mainly was to make the government focus on turning around the sentralization of Norway and to hinder the Labour Party and the Conservative Party from cooperating on sending a new application for membership in the European Union. Kurtber 07:42, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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2005 National Conference in the Norwegian Socialist Left Party

April 5, 2005 NORWAY, Kristiansand: This weekend (1. - 3. April) the Norwegian Socialist Left Party held its 16. ordinary National Conference. The conference was characterized by the members and speakers obvious belief in themselves winning the upcoming election together with the Norwegian Labour Party and the Norwegian Centre Party. This partly unofficial alliance has lately been leading all polls with the rarity of a majority of the members of parliament ("Stortinget"). Norway has not seen a government with a majority in the parliament since shortly after WWII, when the Labour Party governed.

New gas powerplants in Norway In a resolution from the conference the Socialist Left Party opens for the building of new gas powerplants in Norway, as long as these powerplants do not release any CO2 into the atmosphere.

This has been a matter of great discussion in Norway and prime ministers have given away their chairs in the dispute. In the latter the Centre Party also made a similar resolution, and so it seems the upcoming government will open for the building of these plants.

Agains membership in the European Union The Socialist Left Party is still clearly opposed to Norway entering the European Union (with only five votes for membership).

As both Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party are clear non-unionist parties, it seems they will block the Labour Party from sending any applications for membership in the upcoming four-year government period.

More abortion and status quo on prostitution The Socialist Left Party wants to expand the time limit for abortion to 16 weeks after impregnation.

The Socialist Left Party does not want to criminalize the act of buying services from prostitutes.

There was a great deal of discussion surrounding the subject of prostitution. As the Socialist Left Party has a large group of feminists among its active members, there was a great minority voting for criminalization.


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Dmitri Young hits three home runs in Tigers' opener

April 6, 2005 The Detroit Tigers began their 2005 season in style on April 4, defeating the Kansas City Royals 11-2 in their home opener of the Major League Baseball season. The game, played in front of a record crowd of 44,105 at Detroit's Comerica Park, was an offensive showcase for the Tigers, led by Dmitri Young, who went 4-for-4, matching a career-high 5 RBIs. Three of Young's four hits were home runs, making Young only the third baseball player in history to hit three home runs in a season opener. The previous two players to accomplish that feat are George Bell, who hit three home runs for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Royals on opening day, 1988; and Tuffy Rhodes, who hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Mets in 1994. Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman was the winning pitcher, the youngest starter to win an opening day game since 1986.

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Miles-long queue to view Pope John Paul one last time

April 5, 2005

Tens of thousands of regular people walked through the domed St. Peter's Basilica today, but the queue behind them never seemed to ebb, according to reporters in The Vatican.

Winding over two miles from the bier holding the Pontiff's body all the way to the Tiber River, backpackers from all over the world, young and old, students and the disabled, waited and slowly shuffled toward their goal: one last look at the pope they had come to feel was like a father to them.

A French park ranger spoke of the physical pain the pope must have suffered while remaining so peaceful in spirit. Another visitor was hoping to kiss his hand or touch his robe. They were satisfied with merely a chance to view his crimson-robed body, as visible in death as he had been only weeks earlier, in life.

Nearly 2 million people will visit The Vatican for the funeral service on Friday, an unprecedented salute for a public figure who may have helped bring down the Iron Curtain.

Other voices were heard as well, but they were in dissent. Amidst Pope Paul’s uncompromising orthodoxy, they said, he had destroyed democracy in the Church and alienated many. And although most of the mourners were contrite and moved slowly through the long queue, there were the usual “line jumpers,” greeted by catcalls and impatient reactions from others.

“Filthy pigs! We’ll all be dead by the time we get in,” an elderly woman spat in Italian.

The city of Rome, which surrounds Vatican City, has set up campgrounds in stadiums and public places for open use during the events. One lady said she didn’t care where she slept or even if she would.

Sabina La Versa had taken the all-night train from Sicily to view the pontiff. She said “The pope’s love for us flowed like water from a jug. I’d wait here forever to say arrivederci,” Italian for “see you again.”


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Talk:Miles-long queue to view Pope John Paul one last time

The image I just uploaded, Pope John Paul II first time.jpg, was being questioned (I didn't see that part) by someone in WCommons. It looks free. It feels free. It wants to be free. If you get to go to the page and say it looks free maybe it will survive someone's hawk eye ;-)? --HiFlyer 21:26, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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I'd rather these country links went to their respective wikinews category or bureau than to wikipedia. When I go to a region bureau and want to dive deeper into a country level, that is the perfect link. Should someone want encyclopedia knowledge on a country, that wikilink can be on the country page, no? Double  Blue  (Talk) 21:36, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Cuba does not belong in North America section
I removed Cuba from the North America country selections because it does not belong there unless you want to eliminate the Central America section and have only North and South Americas, which I don't. Cuba belongs in either Central America, as now established, or in a new Caribbean or Antilles section. North_America Double Blue  (Talk) 17:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC)


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Alex Sanchez suspended for drugs

April 3, 2005 28 year old Alex Sanchez, outfielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, is suspended without pay for 10 days for using a performance enhancing drug. Sanchez is the first player to be suspended under Major League Baseball's new, stricter drug policy.

The Baseball officials and the players' union have both decided to not disclose the specific substance which tested positive.

Sanchez originally planed an appeal against the ban, but decided against it. He denies taking any performance enhancing drugs and blames the positive test on over-the-counter vitamins, muscle relaxants and protein shakes that he takes, but has not identified any specific medications as of yet.

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Bomb explodes on historic Kashmir bus route

April 6, 2005 A bomb, injuring three people, exploded on a new bus service route between the Indian and Pakistani sides of the Kashmir border. Two other bombs on the route were found and defused. A replacement bus is scheduled for an inaugural run this Thursday.

Threats of violence against passengers, and attacks on the bus on the inaugural trip, were issued by Muslim militants.

The bombs were found on a section of highway between Srinigar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, and Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. The defused explosives weighed more than 60 kilograms each.

No civilians have traveled this route since 1947, when India and Pakistan won independence from Britain. The Kashmir territory has been under dispute by India and Pakistan since that time, with China joining the dispute in 1962 when it took control of a region along the eastern border.

The bus link is seen as a major step toward healing the hostilities between India and Pakistan by allowing families, separated for decades during the dispute, to re-unite.

Since 1989, a handful of  Islamic  militant  groups have fought for Kashmir to  become  independent or to merge with predominantly Muslim Pakistan. With the bus route  opening coming on the top of other  so-called  "confidence-building"  moves  between  Pakistan  and India, the militants apparently feel their movement is under threat.

Bharat Karnad, an analyst with New Delhi think-tank Center for Policy Research, stated: "Once people get their free access and they can freely move from one territory to another, meet the families and so on, the great incentive and motivation is gone to risk their lives to fight for some notion of jihad that some groups may propound."

Most of the 24 passengers expected to take the maiden voyage, officials say, are in protective custody because of threats made by some of the militant groups against them and their families.


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Harvard University divests $4.4m of PetroChina stock

April 6, 2005

In response to pressure from students and faculty, Harvard University announced on April 4 that it would sell its shares of stock,  reported. The Crimson noted that the University held 67,200 shares of PetroChina in December of 2004. At present prices, the stock would be worth approximately $4.4 million, said the paper. The precise details of Harvard's holdings in PetroChina were not specified in the University's statement; it stated simply that it would direct the Harvard Management Company to "divest its holdings of PetroChina stock."

PetroChina is a subsidiary of, which invested $1 billion in what the Crimson called a "joint venture" with the government of Sudan to develop the nation's oil infrastructure. The company was characterized as playing a "leading role . . . in the Sudanese oil industry, which is so important to the Sudanese regime" by Harvard president, said the Globe.

According to , Harvard's divestment is particularly significant because Harvard "never fully divested itself from companies doing business with apartheid South Africa, unlike many other major universities."

The divestment occurred after a petition started by two Harvard juniors, Ben Collins and Manav Bhatnagar, circulated at the university, receiving signatures from more than 80 faculty members and hundreds of students.


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NASA's Mars rovers exceed all expectations

April 6, 2005 With the approval of an additional 18 months of funding, NASA's twin Mars rovers, the Spirit and Opportunity, will continue their exploration of "fantastic" landscapes for an additional 14 months. "The rovers have proven their value with major discoveries about ancient watery environments on Mars that might have harbored life," said Dr. Ghassem Asrar, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "We are extending their mission through September 2006 to take advantage of having such capable resources still healthy and in excellent position to continue their adventures."

With 11 months of extensions exceeding their successful three-month prime missions, "We now have to make long-term plans for the vehicles because they may be around for quite a while," said Jim Erickson, rover project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Scientists are within a few football field’s distance of a region called “Etched Terrain,” with rocks exposed by actual wind erosion rather than craters. There are rocks different from others in any other time in Mars’ history. "This is a journey into the unknown, to something completely new," said Dr. Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and principal investigator for the rover's science instruments.

The rover Opportunity has overtaken Spirit in total distance driven. It has been pushed by rover planners to roll more than three miles—eight times the original goal.

On March 20, a new Martian record of 722 feet in a single 24-hour drive was accomplished by Opportunity. Even Spirit is exceeding expectations although it is in much rougher terrain, climbing a rocky slope toward an area called “Husband Hill.”

The rovers have shown signs of wear and tear. Spirit’s rock abrasion tool grinding teeth might be nearly useless after exposing the interior of five times more rocks than its original design goal of only three rocks.

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 * Study: cognitive therapy as good as medication, but lasts longer
 * 16 dead after U.S. helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
 * Businesses shy to adopt Windows XP SP2
 * Swift mission measures distance to star explosions
 * Militants attack Kashmir bus route safe house
 * Canada presses Iran for an international investigation into Kazemi death
 * Japan announces moon program
 * Iraq elects Kurdish president, Saddam said to be shaken
 * Space Shuttle Discovery resumes rollout to launch pad
 * Prince Rainier III of Monaco has died
 * Toronto transit union threatens strike for Monday
 * Nigeria destroys illegal small arms
 * North American citizens dealt passport requirement
 * First female boxing death occurs in US sanctioned match
 * Google Maps incorporates satellite images
 * US Highway Administration releases interim report on Boston's Big Dig: press release claims tunnel safe, but report does not
 * Dmitri Young hits three home runs in Tigers' opener
 * 'Great' title for John Paul?
 * Harvard University divests $4.4m of PetroChina stock
 * ABC to move Internet news network back to U.S. TVs
 * Bomb explodes on historic Kashmir bus route
 * British journalists on trial in Zimbabwe
 * ACLU: Gen. Sanchez possibly perjured himself at 2004 Senate inquiry
 * 51 suspects named by UN for war crimes in Darfur
 * Brazil organizes Summit of South American and Arab Countries
 * NASA's Mars rovers exceed all expectations

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51 suspects named by UN for war crimes in Darfur

April 6, 2005 The Sudanese Government said it will not hand over 51 suspects named by the UN for war crimes in the Darfur region.

The sealed list, presented to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, was drawn up following an investigation by the UN into claims of killings, torture and rape committed by Government forces and militias in the Darfur region. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, backed by huge protests against the UN in Sudan's capital of Khartoum, snubbed the UN resolution which was passed last week to bring suspects to trial before the court. Omar al-Bashir explained that he "shall never hand any Sudanese national to a foreign court".

ICC's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said, "Now, we have a common task to end the culture of impunity," upon receiving the list of suspects at the UN headquarters in New York. He continued: "I will closely monitor ongoing crimes in Darfur as well as efforts to prevent and stop them". The Darfur case is expected to demonstrate the effectiveness of the ICC, whose purpose is to try alleged genocide, war crimes and mass human rights violations criminals.

As the ICC, based in the Hague, received thousands of pages of evidence collected by UN investigators, Sudanese protesters descended upon the gates of the UN compound in Khartoum, fiercely criticising the UN's involvement in the Darfur conflict.

"We are coming here to say to America 'no' to these orders. We are not people who have to listen to orders from anybody except the Sudan," one demonstrator told the BBC. Stating that it will prosecute suspects itself, Sudan's government earlier described the UN's decision to try individuals allegedly linked to the atrocities committed in Darfur as "unfair, ill-advised and narrow-minded". The UN has since said it hoped the Sudanese Government would cooperate before indictments and arrest warrants are issued, and the UN understood that Sudanese rebels will surrender to the court if they are indicted.

According to the UN, at least 180,000 people have died and more than two million have fled the region since the conflict between black African rebels and Arab militia began two years ago.


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Brazil organizes Summit of South American and Arab Countries

Brazil's capital city of Brasilia is scheduled to host the Summit of South American and Arab Countries from May 10 to the 11th, according to the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations. The organizers say that South American and Arab Countries will discuss political, commercial, cultural, and scientific and technological cooperation.

The summit was proposed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his visit to several Arab countries in December, 2004. This was the first time some of the countries visited by Lula had entered into contact with a Brazilian ruler since 1876 with then Brazilian Emperor, Dom Pedro II.

During a visit to the headquarters of the Arab League, in Cairo, Egypt, Lula da Silva proposed the creation of a Summit of South American and Arab Countries. "The summit aims the creation of a new world where the Third World countries can have a new role", Lula added.

The countries scheduled to meet next month are:
 * from South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Some concerns from Israel and the United States have been raised since the announcement of the meeting. However the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, said that the meeting is intended as a forum to discuss only cooperation between the two regions and it is not a political attack on Israel. "It is a meeting of two regions, which will discuss mutual cooperation", he says.
 * from the Arab world: Algeria, Bahrein, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.


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British journalists on trial in Zimbabwe

April 6, 2005 Correspondent Toby Harnden and photographer Julian Simmonds of The Sunday Telegraph weekly, were put on trial for violating Zimbabwe's "Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act". The act requires all journalists in Zimbabwe to obtain accreditation from the state media commission. The two are also accused of breaking immigration laws by overstaying their visas.

The journalists were arrested last Thursday during the election that saw victory for President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF. The trial is being held in a small town 40 kilometers north of Harare, capital of Zimbabwe. Despite being granted bail, the pair are spending a fifth night behind bars in Harare. Although they face two years in jail, it is believed they will instead be fined and deported.

"The accused persons had no right to cover the elections because they had no accreditation and had no right to stay in the country beyond March 28," State prosecutor Albert Masama said in court statements.

The prosecutor said the two flew into Harare and met unnamed members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Simmonds was arrested after he was seen taking photographs of a line of voters at a polling station.

Defence lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, said the men had valid visas and believed they were in Zimbabwe legally when they were arrested. She said the two were tourists and visited such resorts as the Victoria Falls.

More than 200 journalists were accredited to cover last week's elections, but many more had their applications rejected.

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Jeter saves the day for the Yankees

April 5, 2005 After a blowout win for the New York Yankees on Sunday, their ancient rivalry with the 2004 World Series champion Boston Red Sox resumed with a close game on Tuesday that went down to the wire. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera had a blown save in the top of the ninth when he surrendered a solo home run to Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek that tied the score at 3-3. Yankee Derek Jeter saved the day in his lead-off at bat in the bottom of the ninth, hitting a walk-off home run off Keith Foulke to win the game for the Yankees. Yankees manager Joe Torre said, "We escaped today. Mariano is still the best in the game as far as I'm concerned. That doesn't mean that clubs aren't going to get to him once in a while. These guys we're playing are the world champs."

Rivera and the Yankees won't soon forget the glory snatched from them by the Red Sox in last year's American League Championship Series. The Red Sox were within three outs of being defeated in a sweep when they rallied against Mariano Rivera at Fenway Park in Game 4. They went on to win in 12 innings, and won the next three games to take the Series, and went on to win the World Series.

Other spotlights included starting pitcher Carl Pavano's debut for the Yankees and Hideki Matsui, who hit his second home run in two games.

Today's game was played in front of 54,690 at Yankee Stadium.

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 * WP: Mariano Rivera (1-0)
 * LP: Keith Foulke (0-1)

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First female boxing death occurs in US sanctioned match

April 6, 2005 Becky Zerlentes, 34, died on Sunday, April 3 in what was to be her last boxing match before retirement. The match, a Colorado State Golden Gloves bout, was held in Denver on April 2. Her opponent for the senior women's title in that match was Heather Schmitz, 32.

Zerlentes received a knockout punch in the third round by a straight blow to her left temple. She received immediate attention from ringside physicians, but never regained consciousness, even after being admitted to Denver General Hospital for emergency surgery on Saturday night. She expired on Sunday due to blunt-force trauma injuries received to the head, resulting in a blood clot on the brain.

Her opponent Heather Schmitz met with reporters and expressed her regret, saying, "I didn't want to hurt her. I feel very bad about that."

"Nobody thought it was a very hard blow," said Jeanne DePriest, manager of Zerlentes' team. "We've been talking to people all day trying to find out what happened." Zerlentes was wearing her required protective headgear at the time of the accident.

Several commentators have remarked on the coincidental similarities between Zerlentes' death and the events depicted in the recent Oscar-winning film, Million Dollar Baby, in which a character becomes quadriplegic as a result of a spinal cord injury suffered during her last fight.

USA Boxing oversees the sport of amateur, Olympic-style boxing in America, as a member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA). The non-profit organization has overseen men's amateur boxing since 1888, but has only admitted women to the sport since 1993. There are currently 2,200 registered women boxers, according to USA Boxing, and interest in the sport is increasing.

"The USA Boxing family's thoughts and prayers go out to Becky's family and husband. We are deeply saddened by this loss," said Sandy Martinez-Pino, president of USA Boxing.

In the aftermath of Zerlentes' tragic death, the USA Boxing authorities have continued to affirm their high level of safety precautions and close oversight of the sport's conditions and equipment. According to their website, amateur boxing was ranked 23rd in rate of injuries, behind soccer and gymnastics (National Safety Council, 1996) and 8th in rate of sports-related fatalities, behind football and scuba diving (Boxing and Medicine, Human Kinetics Illinois, 1995).

Zerlentes had an amateur record of 6-4 (6 wins to 4 losses), and was a former regional boxing champion with several brown belts in martial arts. She had a PhD in Geography from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and was an Adjunct Instructor in geography at Front Range Community College in Colorado. She is survived by a husband and family.


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North American citizens dealt passport requirement

April 5, 2005 North American travelers will see a phased-in requirement to carry passports in the coming years. In a multi-national initiative to restrict illegal immigration and travel, a passport layer of stricter identification will be introduced for travel throughout the continent by the year 2008. The US State Department announced the new American travel rules Monday.

For the most part, North American citizens can now travel to neighboring countries without formal papers. But starting in December 2005, U.S. citizens travelling by air or sea to or from the Caribbean, Central and South America will need a passport to get back into their native nation. Showing a driver's license or a government-issued photo ID card will no longer be sufficient for making the border crossing back.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that passport restrictions will help keep out "people who want to hurt us."

Rice made a brief trip on March 10 to meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox before leaving on her Far East tour. The Mexican meeting was to pave the way for a March 23 summit with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Fox at the President Bush ranch in Texas. Issues concerning immigration, border security and water rights were discussed at the meeting. The intent of the summit was to produce a North American initiative that will strengthen security and economic ties.

The passport rules are a result of that summit.

The next phase of the passport requirements begins Dec 2006, when passports for air and sea travel to, or from Mexico and Canada, the Caribbean, Bermuda and US will be required. The final phase involves any travel: whether air, sea or land crossings, passports will be required at borders by Dec 7, 2008.


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By the way, could you include a link to the original story on your Cricket article? And could I entice you to add cricket stories/articles to Sports? That's a great spot for this kind of article, and we need *lots*! - Amgine 03:17, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Here's your article: India beats Pakistan in Visakhapatnam ODI - Amgine 05:59, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Love that box score! -edw 03:21, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Businesses shy to adopt Windows XP SP2

April 6, 2005

A survey of 251 North American companies revealed that less than 10% of their computers have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed. The results of the study, conducted by AssetMetrix, were released this week after 136,000 PCs running Microsoft's Windows operating system were examined. Although many of the companies in the poll are still using earlier releases of Windows, such as Windows 2000 and Windows 98, only 24% of businesses using Windows XP had successfully rolled out SP2.

Released in September 2004, SP2 includes security improvements for the Windows XP operating system, including an enhanced firewall and a pop-up ad blocker for Internet Explorer. When it was first made available, businesses could opt to postpone installation of the service pack so that their respective IT departments could prepare for the update. However on April 12, Microsoft will force users to upgrade to SP2 via their automatic Windows Update system, which delivers software over the Internet. AssetMetrix believe this move will catch out unprepared companies.

"Microsoft allowed a significant period of time to accommodate companies' demand to test and validate Windows XP SP2 within their IT infrastructure," explained AssetMetrix Research Labs' managing director Steve O'Halloran.

He added: "Based on our research, a substantial number of companies have yet to decide whether to accept or embargo Windows XP SP2. To date, we have observed that 40 percent of companies using Windows XP have actively avoided upgrading to SP2, and only 7 percent have actively accepted it. The other 52 percent of the companies showed no direction or policy towards SP2, and may find themselves having support issues by allowing multiple editions of Windows XP to exist in their infrastructure."

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Taiwan’s Blue Camp pays respects on the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of Chiang Kai-shek

April 5, 2005 Translated from report by: Zhang Yongtai (Voice of America/ Taipei) ''In order to remember the passing away of Taiwan's former leader, the opposition parties of the Pan Blue Camp used the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday to visit Chiang’s tomb and pay respects. However the Democratic Progressive Party government did not hold any similar activities.''

The chairs of Taiwan’s opposition parties, the Kuomintang (KMT), New Party (NP) and People First Party (PFP) used the Tomb Sweeping Day break to lead trips to the Taoyuan county Tzuhu and Touliao mausoleums (resting spots of Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo respectably.) Because the bodies of Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo are planned to be moved to Wutzushan military cemetery in Taipei County in August of this year, the opportunity to visit the tombs of the two former leaders is almost gone.

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) pays no visits to Chiang’s tomb

During the rule of the Kuomintang government, visiting the tombs was a major event, presidents lead the chiefs of the five branches of the government in a memorial at the tombs. Though following Taiwan's gradual shift towards democracy the visits to the tombs have become more and more simple and forlorn. After the Kuomintang lost control of the government the event even became an activity only for the Pan Blues; the DPP government not only didn’t visit the tombs, they didn’t even hold similar ceremonies.

Lien Chan: “would be pleased to visit the mainland”

Because KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Pin-kun’s recent visit to mainland China caused such mixed reactions in the political arena, the question of when KMT Chair Lien Chan would visit the Chinese mainland was also a hot topic. After paying his respects Lien expressed that he was honored by the invitation to visit the mainland, but a time frame for the visit is still awaiting further confirmation: "I would be pleased to accept such of visit, and go on a 'journey of peace, the time (of the trip) should be in the near future, as for how to determine the time for certain, it will require contact from both sides to decide."

James Soong: don’t rush

As for the People First Party chair James Soong, who in the month of February held talks with President Chen Shui-bian in the so-called “Chen-Soong meeting”, appeared conservative in answering questions about himself visiting China: “Which party wants to rush to go first, the PFP wont do like others did and try to go against the policy, today we hope to place policy before politics.”

Soong also said that the relationship between Taiwan and mainland China is very complex, and the KMT and DPP both can’t solve the problem within fifty years or five years. The PFP hopes that both sides of the Taiwan Strait can benefit; he said he believes that a relationship between the two sides is not a one-sided wish, and hopes it can take place in an atmosphere in which both sides desire not to encroach on the dignity of Taiwan. Soong also stated that he will soon be able to meet with Chen Shui-bian and Lien Chan to discuss the Taiwan Strait situation.

John Chiang: tombs should become a “tomb containing clothing without the body,”

Also worth mentioning is the discussion about what will be done with the mausoleums of the two Chiangs once their bodies are moved to Wutzushan military cemetery. John Chiang, Chiang Ching-kuo’s illegitimate son, said that he hopes the Taoyuan County government will be able to maintain the original spirit and cultural spirit of the mausoleums. He also suggested that once the bodies are moved, the tombs become a “tomb containing clothing without the body,” and hopes the places will remain open to the public so they can remember the ways of their predecessors.


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The illustration I used has allusions to an image of Chiang used after his death; I would appreciate it if you would not replace it. The image it was replaced with did not have these same references and was just a picture of Chiang.--Tlarson 04:36, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I understand this. Would it be possible to also include a picture of Chiang which is not referential? The reason I ask is very few readers outside Taiwan/China will understand the allusions. Also, may I ask if the allusions are strongly point of view? - Amgine 04:41, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

no, the allusions have nothing to do with point of view, it's just an illustration I made of a photograph which was often displayed after Chiang's death. I don't see why you would want to replace it, it is at least original and i feel high of high enough quality for wikinews. the other picture can be saved for another article.--Tlarson 04:53, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I would like to replace it because for me it is not recognizable as Chiang Kai-Shek. So, for me, it does not illustrate the article. - Amgine 04:57, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Does anybody else feel that it's not recognizable or just you? I don't have any problems recognizing him, Chiang Kai-shek had a very destinctive look, and I feel the illustration captures his likeness quite well. His crows feet, smile, white hair and bald crown, along with the collar of his "Sun Yat-sen tunic" all identify him as Chiang Kai-shek.--208.187.180.214 17:59, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I would just like to point out that this man is no different than Hitler. Chiang-kai shek massacred thousands and thousands of Taiwanese when they were trusting of him. The world needs to rid itself of Fascism. However, sometimes it seems that those who can overthrow Fascism are no better themselves. The U.S. supported Chiang-kai chek's massacres simply because he was anti-Communist. A revolution might be welcome for many people, but who knows if it's any different.

Wrong link to citation
The link at the bottom of this article is for a completely different story, "Syria Promises Lebanon Withdrawal by April 30" in The New York Times.

I searched on the Voice of America web site, and could not find the cited article.

Is there a link to this story?

It sounds somewhat plausible, but as it stands this story does not have any citations to back it up.

I was only able to find a historical and an indirect piece for the background of this story:

 * Chiang planned to take action to reclaim lost lands
 * PFP CHAIRMAN VOWS TO COMMUNICATE WITH PRESIDENT ON CROSS-STRAIT TIES

If there is only a link to a page written in Chinese, that would help - I can ask someone to read it for me to at least verify its contents. — DV 08:33, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

oops, fixed the link, it's in chinese though. i translated the Voice of America article into English, which should be okay since it is made by the US Government and thus is public domain, VOA also gives permission to reproduce its articles.--Tlarson]], 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)