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The 2006 East Timor crisis began in May, 2006 as a conflict between the military and 600 ex-members of the military who had been sacked after protesting against discrimination. The conflict expanded to general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili, and prompted a military intervention by Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Portugal.

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One week after quake, geologists fear Mount Merapi eruption

June 4, 2006 An Indonesian government volcanologist reports that Mount Merapi spewed lava and ash many times on Saturday, renewing fears of a devastating volcanic eruption.

Government geologist Subandriyo said that Merapi's lava dome has swelled 56 feet (17 m) in the past week to a height of 330 feet (100 m), raising fears that it could collapse and release a pyroclastic flow of hot gases and rock fragments burning everything in its path. The quake is believed to contribute to the growing instability of the lava dome, scientists said.

The mountain also sent about 90 trails of molten lava down its western slope on Thursday, said geologist Tri Yani.

The announcement comes one week after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Yogyakarta, killing at least 6,000 people and injuring tens of thousands more. Since then, the region has experienced over one thousand aftershocks - most were weak, but some were strong enough to jolt villagers awake in the area.

Villagers in the vicinity of the mountain have started performing ancient religious rituals aimed at averting an eruption. The royally appointed guardian of the mountain, "Mbah" Maridjan, was reported to have led a silent procession of about 100 people on a march around a village near the volcano.


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Talk:Ubuntu releases 6.06 LTS version of popular Linux distribution

Too much fanboy crap in article and tittle. Can't wikinews do anything correctly?

 * To this I would respond that it's not "fanboyish" if it's true. Ubuntu is currently atop the Distrowatch list in hits per day; while this ranking is probably dubious in terms of worldwide popularity most mentions of the distribution I've seen tend to bring up it's popularity.  I'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who would say Ubuntu is not among the top 5 most popular Linux distributions, particularly for desktop use.  While Linux in general isn't "popular" among the general public, among people who know what Linux is, Ubuntu is well-known. - McCart42 15:49, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Iraq rejects US probe clearing US troops of killings civilians in Ishaqi

LATIMES Source link wrong; I can not fix; Yrtsihpos 13:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed, The part which included qouts from latimes was edited away earlier. There was inconsistent 'facts' about the video, therby the short unpublishing. I think some sources mixed up the videos from Ishaqi and Haditha. BBC got the one relevant in this case so refering to BBC must be better. international 18:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Collateral deaths
A made a change that may be provocative/pov but I feel a bigger story is behind the lines of this. How can US accept so many 'collateral deths' in this place of earth? If a copkiller was to be hunted down in US the police would not kill innocent US citisens if not as a totally last way out. This story make me feel sick. I take a brake for some days. international 18:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Just write "The killed are:" if to change but discuss it first to find out if it really is to povish. international 19:02, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


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Nigerian kidnappers release 8 oil workers

June 4, 2006 Eight oil workers who were kidnapped from a Bulford Dolphin oil platform off the coast of Nigeria on Friday have been freed. One American, one Canadian and six Britons were among those freed and were "in good health." The Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta was thought to have been behind the crime, but deny any involvement or connection.

"All the hostages have been released. They are with the governor now [and are] looking very fine," said spokesman for the state of Bayelsa in southern Nigeria, Ekiyor Welson.

Earlier reports stated that all 8 hostages were freed, but spokespeople for the Nigerian Police later withdrew that statement and said that only 2 had been freed and talk lead to the rest of the hostages being freed. The companies that the former hostages work for have denied paying for their freedom.

Those responsible for the kidnappings are not yet known and officials have not released the names of any of the hostages.


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Sex slave auctions held at British airports

June 4, 2006

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said people are being sold into the sex trade in auctions held at British airports.

Nazir Afzal, the CPS director, says British airports are becoming crime hotspots and "We are now seeing 'slave auctions' being held in public places at airports where brothel keepers are bidding for women destined for prostitution."

The people being traded are said to include those of Eastern European origin. Airports mentioned included Britain's "big three": Gatwick, and.

, the chief constable in charge of an investigation called "Operation Pentameter," said there might be hundreds of foreign slaves living in Britain.

A world-scale criminal activity, police have said men or women who have visited brothels where they suspect people have been coerced into prostitution should contact the authorities in confidence.

The scandal in which British airports have become key crossing points in slave markets is expected to be discussed more fully at a CPS conference on Monday.


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Iran warns disruption of oil may be a consequence of U.S. "wrong moves"

June 4, 2006

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has said that the oil flow between Iran and the United States will be "at serious risk" if any "wrong move" is made against the country.

"We are committed to our ideals and national interests and if anyone threatens our national interests it will face the Iranian nations' wrath," said Khamenei during the 17th anniversary ceremony of the death of the former spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

"If the U.S. makes a wrong move against Iran, energy flow in the region will be definitely put at serious risk. You [the United States] can never maintain security for [the distribution of] energy in the region. A country with war criminal records such as the US should never again take the term human rights into its mouth. We are a peace-willing nation and our only weapon is the belief and resistance of our people," added Khamenei.

However, the U.S. has stated that it wants to resolve its issues with Iran by diplomatic means, but it may use military force, including nuclear weapons, describing these as "options on the table". The U.S. has expressed a willingness to join talks with Iran along with Germany, France, China, Russia and the United Kingdom, but said that it will do so only if Iran ends its uranium enrichment program. Iran has responded by expressing a willingness to hold talks over matters of "mutual concern," but rejected the call to halt enrichment.

"We shouldn't put too much emphasis on a threat of this kind. After all, Iran is also very dependent on oil revenue," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also adding that the United States will "not allow Iran to drag [out]" talks on its nuclear program.

"We really do have to have this settled over a matter of weeks, not months, but the fact is there are two paths, and we hope they're going to choose the path that is a path away from confrontation and toward a solution," added Rice.

Iran is the fourth largest producer and supplier of crude oil in the world, it is party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and it has stated that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes and that it will "not start a war."

"We will never start a war. We have no intention of going to war with any government. We have no problem with the world. We are no threat whatsoever to the world and the world knows it... The other suggestion is that Iran is seeking a nuclear bomb. This is an irrelevant and wrong statement; it is a sheer lie. We do not need a nuclear bomb. We do not have any objectives or aspirations for which we will need to use a nuclear bomb. We consider using nuclear weapons against Islamic rules," said Khamenei.


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Explosion in Turkey injures eight

June 4, 2006

Eight people were injured in an explosion outside a shopping mall in the Turkish Mediterranean port of  on Saturday.

According to Dogan News Agency, the Governor of Mersin province Huseyin Aksoy said, "The explosion was caused by a remote-controlled bomb … connected to a mobile telephone."

As shown on private news channel CNN Turk, the injured were carried on stretchers to waiting ambulances. Damages amounted to broken windows in the immediate area.

While radical Islamic, Kurdish, and left-wing militants are active in Turkey, there has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

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Suspects deny London bomb plot, say lawyers

June 4, 2006

The two brothers who were arrested on Friday regarding intelligence of a chemical bomb plot in East London have denied all the accusations, according to their lawyers.

In relation to the accusations of manufacturing a chemical device, Kate Roxburgh, Mohammed Abdul Kahar's lawyer, said "(Kahar) says there's absolutely not a word of truth in any of it. He says the police are not going to find anything because there is nothing to find."

Koyair's lawyer has denied his client has been involved in a terrorist plot.

The announcement comes after the dramatic events of Friday morning, where over 250 police officers were involved in a raid on a house in the Forest Gate area of the city. The raid took place after British security services received intelligence of a "viable" chemical device within the property.

Mohammed Abdul Kahar, aged 23, and his 20 year-old brother Abul Koyair were arrested in a dawn raid on Friday under the Terrorism Act after several weeks of surveillance by MI5. During the operation, Kahar was shot in the shoulder.

Early reports suggested that police were responsible for the injury, from which Kahar is now recovering. However, one source claims that it was actually Abul Koyair who pulled the trigger, accidentally wounding his brother in the panic - an allegation that Koyair has denied.

The brothers, who are both Muslim and of Bangladeshi origin, are being questioned today at London's high-security Paddington Green Police Station. Meanwhile, police officers are still searching the house for a device, which they believe to be a conventional explosive with added chemical components.

Due to the ongoing investigations, there is still a large police presence at the residence, as well as a layer of sheeting surrounding the building. Despite the small yet ever-present chance of a chemical incident, other residents of the street have not been evacuated.

In response to safety fears, police said that "nothing suspicious was found in an initial search of the house and that neighbours are not in danger."

BBC News reported that Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt was "keeping ministers informed" about the unfolding situation but would not comment about specific points of the investigation.


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Portugal beats Luxembourg, in preparation for the World Cup

June 4, 2006

Portugal's national team defeated the Luxembourgish team by 3-0 yesterday, in Portugal's last game in preparation for the 2006 World Cup. Two goals of Simão and another of Figo resolved the game.

In the first part of the game, Scolari, the head coach of the team, used the same "eleven" players that were used on the Euro 2004. At halftime, Scolari changed Deco, Costinha and Pauleta for Postiga, Petit and Simão.

Simão was important for the win of the Portuguese team. After a few seconds in the game, the Benfica's player scored the first goal of the game. At the 74th minute, Simão, taking a penalty kick as the result of a foul committed against Figo, scored the second goal.

The team’s captain, Figo, scored the last goal in the 84th minute.

The next game of the Portuguese national team will be on June 11 against Angola, already at the 2006 World Cup. In Group D, Portugal and Angola will also face the national teams of Mexico and Iran.


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Talk:Iran warns disruption of oil may be a consequence of U.S. "wrong moves"

"warns" or "threatens"?
who is to decide? and why have we used the US state dept's view that this is a "threat"? the "warning" is a qualified one - saying what will happen if the US takes (unspecified) actions against Iran, which is not reflected in the current title. Doldrums 16:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
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Explosion in Turkey injures eight
Turkey

Eight people were injured in an explosion outside a shopping mall in the Turkish Mediterranean port of Mersin on Saturday.

Iran warns disruption of oil may be a consequence of U.S. "wrong moves"
Iran

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran has said that the oil flow between Iran and the United States will be "at serious risk" if any "wrong move" is made against the country.

Suspects deny London bomb plot, say lawyers
England

The two brothers who were arrested on Friday regarding intelligence of a chemical bomb plot in East London have denied all the accusations, according to their lawyers. The announcement comes after the dramatic events of Friday morning, where over 250 police officers were involved in a raid on a house in the Forest Gate area of the city.

Nigerian kidnappers release 8 oil workers
Nigeria

Eight oil workers who were kidnapped from a Bulford Dolphin oil platform off the coast of Nigeria on Friday have been freed. One American, one Canadian and six Britons were among those freed and were "in good health." The Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta was thought to have been behind the crime, but deny any involvement or connection.

One week after quake, geologists fear Mount Merapi eruption
Indonesia

An Indonesian government volcanologist reports that Mount Merapi spewed lava and ash many times on Saturday, renewing fears of a devastating volcanic eruption.

Sex slave auctions held at British airports
Great Britain

The British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said people are being sold into the sex trade in auctions held at British airports.

Portugal beats Luxembourg, in preparation for the World Cup
sports – football, or as the case may be soccer

Portugal's national team defeated the Luxembourgish team by 3-0 yesterday, in Portugal's last game in preparation for the 2006 World Cup.

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Australian nuclear power plants rejected by states

June 5, 2006

Australian media reports that Prime Minister John Howard is expected to push a nuclear energy inquiry through federal cabinet this week. Meanwhile, a list of possible sites for nuclear reactors has been leaked by the Opposition to media. The locations, listed in 1997, include Adelaide, Darwin, Perth, Lucas Heights, Goulburn, Holsworthy, and Broken Hill in New South Wales and other sites.

West Australian (WA) premier Alan Carpenter says the list of fourteen potential sites were a "facade to soften up Western Australians into accepting a nuclear waste dump." The WA Premier said people would not only be surprised but "stunned to learn that the federal cabinet considered possible sites... without disclosing them to any state government."

Mr Carpenter said in a media release that the document mentions a site near Perth airport. "People should wake up to what's happening around Australia, particularly in WA," said Mr. Carpenter. "Only a few weeks ago, we had three prominent WA Liberal MPs supporting a nuclear waste dump in WA," he said. "This is all a facade in the Howard Government's push to soften up West Australians for a nuclear waste dump."

Premier Carpenter, whose Labor government stridently opposes uranium mining in WA, stated his opposition to a nuclear waste dump: "I vehemently oppose the prospect of our State becoming the dumping ground for the world's nuclear waste and that is what will happen if we allow uranium mining in WA. The evidence is mounting and indisputable."

The South Australian Government has ruled out any possible nuclear power plant in SA. "A nuclear power plant would bankrupt our state," SA Premier Mike Rann said. "It would not be commercially viable and would not, in my view, be acceptable to the public. Nuclear power plants need giant populations to sustain them, there is no-one coming to me from the commercial sector or the mining industry or anywhere else, suggesting a nuclear power plant."

Earlier, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said South Australia should build a nuclear power station to run a desalination plant. Premier Rann dismissed the idea as ridiculous and said comments by Mr Downer highlight divisions within Federal Cabinet. He said Mr Downer is at odds with the Federal Finance Minister Nick Minchin, who says the high costs of nuclear power would rule it out. Mr Rann says South Australia will not allow nuclear power. "For once I'm agreeing with Nick Minchin," he said. "I think Nick Minchin is right that a nuclear power plant isn't necessary and won't happen and I think that Alexander Downer is having a bit of a lend of him."

Victoria's Energy Minister Theo Theophanous said nuclear energy in Australia did not make sense when the cost and problems of waste disposal were considered. Mr Theophanous has rejected a report that found nuclear power could be competitive with conventional energy generation if it was subsided with help from a taxpayer subsidy.

A recent report found nuclear power could compete with gas or coal-fired electricity if taxpayers helped to pay for it or shouldered the risk of its production. The ANSTO report found nuclear plants could be built in the next 10 to 15 years and an Australian version would cost about $2.5 billion to establish. To make it viable, taxpayers would pay hundreds of million towards start-up costs, said the report.

But Mr Theophanous said Victoria had already had concluded the nuclear proposal did not add up. "I had my department look at this and provide a report to me more than a year ago in relation to the prospect of nuclear power," he said. "The problem is a commercial one as much as anything else. It costs roughly double the price to produce power out of nuclear energy. If you're going to pay double the price, why not put in wind farms? Why not use renewable energy, which is even cheaper than nuclear energy?" said Mr Theophanous.

The Victoria Government urges householders to reduce greenhouse emissions by reducing daily energy consumption. A new campaign identifies simple measures residents can adopt to cut power bills and greenhouse emissions, including turning the heating thermostat to no more than 20C, washing clothes in cold water and turning appliances off at the switch when they are not being used.

New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has also declared his opposition to nuclear power. He said no nuclear power stations would be built in NSW as long as he is premier. Mr Iemma urged state opposition leader Peter Debnam to join him in opposing the construction of nuclear power plants in NSW. "While ever I'm premier of NSW there won't be any nuclear power plants in NSW," he told reporters.

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie says he "would not jeopardize the state's coal industry by supporting a nuclear power plant." Mr. Beattie has ruled out uranium mining in Queensland to protect the state's huge coal industry. He said he would not support a nuclear power plant. "The State Government would not support it," Mr. Beattie said.

"We have the power to block them and we would block them, we would not support nuclear power. Why would we have a nuclear reactor in competition with the coal industry?" Mr. Beattie told media.

Climate change
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) chairman Don Henry says a nuclear debate must consider climate change. "If the inquiry is just about nuclear power it will be a waste of taxpayers money because nuclear power is too dangerous, too dirty, and too slow to tackle climate change," he said. "If the inquiry is going to be fairdinkum, it needs to look at that issue: what can we do right now to tackle climate change in Australia?"

Australian Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Senator Christine Milne said in a media release: "Instead of turning to nuclear power, Australia should ratify the Kyoto Protocol, invest in renewable energy, adopt a national energy efficiency target and improve public transport. "Several studies examining options to achieve deep cuts in Australian greenhouse emissions all show this goal can be achieved, cost effectively, without resorting to nuclear power."

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says: "The nuclear industry is engaged in a concerted effort to be given one last chance for redemption... yet every step of the nuclear fuel chain, from mining, milling, enrichment and operating reactors to waste storage, is subject to the same human error, material breakdowns, complexity and incompetence as any other area of human endeavour." said Senator Siewert. "The current inventory of nuclear waste will already present our descendents with a monstrous intergenerational headache. Allowing so much as a kilogram more of this material to be produced is simply immoral."

The ACF say "nuclear energy is not a solution to climate change." ACF President Professor Ian Lowe says "Nuclear is too slow to provide any legitimate answer to climate change or to energy security for the developing world." The ACF report that, as an energy source globally, uranium provides less power than renewables do. "Uranium is inextricably linked to very serious environmental and health problems via nuclear weapons and radioactive waste. There is nothing ideological about opposing its use..."

Nuclear inquiry

The Australian Newspaper reports that Prime Minister Howard is preparing to appoint chief scientist Jim Peacock, a supporter of nuclear power, and other high-level nuclear industry experts to the team. The public inquiry, to be undertaken by three or four selected experts is expected to "examine the economics of nuclear energy, health, safety, environmental and proliferation issues as well as waste and storage." The taskforce will take submissions and is expected to prepare a report to Government within four or five months, with the Government's response early in 2007.

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Ian Smith, says "at least three" power plants would be required. Mr Howard said the ANSTO report challenged the view that the cost of nuclear power was prohibitive. Dr Smith told a Senate estimates hearing that Australia would require "multiple power stations to make the industry viable".

Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane said the nuclear energy inquiry would also include consideration of nuclear enrichment plants in Australia. Mr Macfarlane said he would consider a nuclear power plant in his own Toowoomba electorate.

Prime Minister John Howard insisted he would not be deterred by the unpopularity of nuclear power.


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Portuguese military land in East Timor

June 4, 2006 120 soldiers of the Portuguese Republican National Guard (GNR) landed this Sunday morning in Baucau, the second-largest city in East Timor, after their departure to East Timor had been delayed twice due to difficulties in arranging adequate air transportation. The soldiers were received by the Portuguese ambassador to East Timor, local representatives and hundreds of locals.

After the landing of the aircraft that transported the Portuguese soldiers at approximately 7 a.m. local time (2200 Saturday, UTC), hundreds of people started to enter the runway with flags of East Timor and Portugal. In addition to the hundreds of locals that were expecting the GNR soldiers, the Portuguese ambassador, João Ramos Pinto, and other local authorities received the soldiers.

Both the population and the authorities believe that the presence of the GNR troops, many of whom have also served in Iraq, may be essential to allow the inhabitants of Dili to return to their homes.

A Portuguese military column then left at the beginning of the afternoon, from Baucau to Dili, transporting the 120 soldiers and an medical team of Portugal's National Medical Emergency Institute, INEM. Now in Dili, the Portuguese contingent's main objectives will be to provide security in the city and its suburbs, and to train Dili's police force.

The destruction of many public buildings in the last days forced a move of the Portuguese headquarters from a Dili police station to the Dili Hotel 2001, a touristy complex just outside the East Timor's capital. The hotel's gymnasium will be converted to a command post. Some of the other hotel divisions have already a infirmary, set by a INEM team, and a communications center, set by a Portugal Telecom technical team, working.

An Antonov An-124 airplane is expected to leave Lisbon next Tuesday with the rest of equipment for the Portuguese force, mainly vehicles, six vans of public order, five jeeps, three pickup trucks, and six armoured vehicles, like those used in Iraq by the Republican National Guard.

Unlike the troops from New Zealand and Malaysia, who are under the direct command of the Australians, Portugal refused to put its troops under Australian command. This decision was announced by Portugal's Foreign Minister, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, during a news conference in Lisbon this Friday. Freitas do Amaral added that early that day a meeting was held between him, an Australian General, and a second unidentified person.

The Australian mission "was expressly sent from London to Lisbon to ask for clarifications" to a agreement that was signed last Thursday (June 1) in Dili, between Portugal and East Timor, reaffirming that the GNR group has its own operational command.

José Ramos Horta told Lusa News Agency that the soldiers of the GNR "have to start acting with autonomy and hardness" in the entire city, Dili, to reestablish the law and order. The Foreign Minister also told the Agency that he "respects" the decision of the Portuguese government to put the GNR force out of the Australian command of the international force, affirming that is essential to reach an agreement this Monday, so that the Portuguese Republican National Guard "can be operational."

Ramos Horta added that this would be the position that he will defend in a meeting this Thursday morning with the diplomats of Australia, Portugal, New Zealand and Malaysia. This meeting will define the way that the forces of the four countries will work on the country, having the troops of Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia working under a single Australian command, and the Portuguese force working in an "autonomous" way and reporting directly to President Xanana Gusmão.

The East Timorese Minister, guarded by Australian elite soldiers, and travelling in a civilian car, heard complaints about the lack of protection given by the 1.300 Australian soldiers already at the city, while saying "that is obvious that there's a arousing frustration of the population before the apparent impunity with those groups that continue to destroy".

The Portuguese military are in East Timor in response to a request of help made by the East Timor authorities to Australia, Portugal, New Zealand, and Malaysia. This is the second time that the special operations team of the GNR has been to this former Portuguese colony, after being in East Timor between February, 2000 and June, 2002.

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Retired Indian police official shot in train

June 4, 2006

An armed gang killed a retired IPS officer and looted cash and valuables from passengers in an air-conditioned compartment of the Rajendra Nagar - Lokmanya Tilak Superfast Express near the Patna junction, an official said. The six robbers, who were armed with five guns were arrested by the Government Railway Police Karbigahiya and Mithapur localities. Superintendent of Railway Police G.P Sinha said that Anil Kumar Singh was shot when he resisted the gang's attempts to steal his belongings.

As the news spread, railway personnel rushed Singh to a Patna Medical College hospital where he was declared dead. The GRP acted on a tip provided by one Rinku, who was among those arrested in the train itself, and took his fellow thieves into custody. Some articles, including wallets and suitcases, looted from the passengers during raids were recovered by the GRP.

Anil Kumar Singh had retired from the police force at the rank of DIG. He was also a practicing lawyer at the Patna High Court. Mintu, the attacker who had fired at Singh was also arrested. The train was allowed to resume its journey after being stopped for a few hours at the Patna Junction.


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Talk:Portuguese military land in East Timor

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think touristic is a word? MyName 19:54, 4 June 2006 (UTC) Best regards, Get_It 20:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * According to the talk page of the touristic entry on the Wiktionary, it's used mostly by non-native speakers of English (like me), so you must be right. Thank you for the correction.
 * No sweat :) MyName 21:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Could someone please check the structure of the article, also as the phrasing, before publishing? Thank you. -- Get_It 23:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


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Terrorists execute 19 Turkomen and two Kurds in Diyala province, Iraq

June 4, 2006

Gunmen in Iraq have killed 19 Turkomen, two Kurds and injured one while sparing the lives of four Sunnis. The deaths came after three minibuses were ambushed at a bogus "checkpoint" in Diyala province.

A police official said the victims were taken "one by one from their cars and executed." 12 students, as young as 15, and older men were among the dead in the attack, 55 kilometres northeast of Baghdad.

Some were shot as they tried to flee the scene. Reuters news agency has released photographs that showed six of the victims were shot in the chest.

The Mayor of Qara Tappah, Serwan Shokir, said the buses were carrying commuters from his town to Baqouba where the students were going to take exams.

Police questioned the Sunni Arabs who were not killed by the gunmen about the incident.

The killings in Diyala, an ethnically mixed part of Iraq, come as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is working to find interior and defence ministers for the fledgling US-supported Shiite-led democracy.

On the tactics used by the terrorists, police said they had created their own checkpoint near Udhaim and had stopped the vehicles to kill the passengers.


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User talk:Brian McNeil/Archive 03

 This is an archive of old talk page discussions! Do not add new comments to this page, please do so on my main talk page

Archives

Archive 01 — January 9, 2006 | Archive 02 — April 6, 2006 | Archive 03 — June 4, 2006 | Archive 04 — September 29, 2006 | Archive 05 — December 9, 2006 | Archive 06 — March 24, 2007 | Archive07 — May 30, 2007 | Archive 08 — November 4, 2007 Archive 08 — November 4, 2007 | Archive 09 — March 25, 2008

disputed semapedia article
I've added original reporting notes. Please take the time to look at the presentation at http://sohne.net/files/Semapedia.pdf and consider that to be the reporting notes. I didn't need to make notes, since I delivered the presentation myself. Guido 12:15, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding my RfA
Hey Brian "the other Brian" MC! Thanks for your support on my RfA. You the other man! irid:t 22:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Preview cats
We can preview cats. It's down at the bottom of the preview window. Took me a while to figure it out myself :). --Deprifry|+T+ 17:46, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

European spelling?
I edited British National Party to tempt voters in May local elections, reverting your copy edit on one word before I noticed you had changed it. Please remove my edit if I have returned the word edited to a locally incorrect spelling. Karen 16:16, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Sometimes my spelling isn't the best in the world, your spelling looks more correct to me so I'll leave it at that. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome
Thanks for the welcome. Jkelly 23:25, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I think this article has met the criteria required for deletion.
hi!I stumbled upon this at the articles for deletion page-.It has met the 3-day minumum for srticles derived from an external source (which in this case is,interestingly,Wikipedia).Also 2 out of 2 voters agreed on its deletion.This is clearly not a news artcle and belongs only on Wikipedia.Also the large number of redlinks make it seem like a rather shabby article.Please check it out.PVJ 18:13, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Help with new article
Saw your cleanup tag on 112 year old joke fools political activists, I was wondering if you could take a gander and see if some of your concerns were appropriately addressed. I think I've put the WWWWWH in the first three paragraphs, and someone else added a link to the AP article, and moved the external links into a further reading section. I split that up, renamed it to "external links" as per the style guide, and created a references section as well. It still reads fairly disjointed (often times correcting a misperception takes a lot more text than the original), but hopefully it can be cleaned up appropriately. Your attention to the first missteps of a newbie are much appreciated! I know it probably isn't very newsworthy beyond those paying attention to the native hawaiian sovereignty issue in the United States, but I thought wikinews might be a good place to one-up the AP who didn't do enough fact checking on their article :). --JereKrischel 23:34, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Greatly improved. ;-) I'm glad you didn't find my cleanup tag offputting, it's always good to see people take what might seem like criticism and treat it as a challenge. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:14, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

CNN-IBN
Hi Brian,you can e-mail Mr.Shyam Somanadh,Project Manager, Web Operations,CNN-IBN at shyam.somanadh@tv18online.com As for attributions and linkback-we cite sources and provide external links anyway so it shouldn't be much of a problem right?Yes,the AP article was probably not covered by their permission-I realised that only as I was adding the sources template (after creating the article),so I thought I'd just let someone else look into it.However,they might be having the reuse rights for AP material-I forgot to enquire about it-could you please ask them about that?According to the terms displayed on the website we may alter their material after obtaining consent.I feel that duplication of their artilcles may be a good idea since there are few India or rather South-Asia related articles on Wikinews and the number of Indian editors here is also low,duplicating CNN-IBN articles may be a time-saving measure.Nontheless,I request you to look into the matter yourself.PVJ 06:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I have exchanged emails with Mr Somanadh, and to be honest I got the impression he knows less about copyright law than I do - and I don't know a lot. I have raised this issue on the water cooler, and input from others can be solicited there.  However, I'd actually advise opting for the simple option here.  Namely, use CNN-IBN as a source, but write the story in your own words so we avoid attribution nightmares. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:29, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure,no problem-you're right a copyright dispute is the last thing we need.And Mr.Somanadh doesn't seem to a legal soprt of person either so if something goes wrong it'll probably be unnecessary touble.Thanks for your help.PVJ[[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] 03:32, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Your blocks of Neutralizer and DragonFire1024
I am aware of the above blocks. Well done. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:24, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Brian, I don't think you should ever assume that a reason for a block is apparent unless you provide diffs of the offending edits combined with an explanation. If you look on WN:ALERT (before it was cleared), you will see that the blocks that receive little and focused discussion are the ones where the administrator that handed out the block posted diffs and gave a short explanation. Imho, blocking without providing this information is counterproductive. Sending me now to Neutralizer's recent contributions as a justification for your block is mildly offensive. At least you could have provided a timeframe in which the offending edits happened. (Using times of blocks as reference points is utterly useless given the recent clutter in the blocklog.) Please note that I do not dispute the block (how could I as I still don't know what the reason was) and that I did not support Neutralizers attempt to get you blocked. I do sympathise with Neutralizer's request for a reason for the block, and as others have pointed out on the alert page, it would be quite helpful to have some diffs and an explanation to clear this up. Your behaviour of resisting to give a clear explanation for the block is undermining any educational value of the block, and I take issue with that.

 * While I don't agree with Neutralizer's effort to get you blocked, I am bewildered that you do not seem to understand his frustration about your apparent unwillingness to provide a clear reason for the block. Anyone who is blocked deserves a clear explanation. --vonbergm 22:40, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming me
Thanks Brian for welcoming me.I will strictly follow Wikinews guidelines.It's a great concept. Indrajitneogi 20:13, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Rapid welcome
Hi Brianmc. I appreciate the rapid welcome, but I actually haven't made any non-userspace edits to Wikinews yet. You should probably give users a bit of time first so that the "thanks for your contributions" part of the welcome template makes sense. You don't want to thank a vandal, do you? Mdd4696 21:44, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Date on Darfur rebel leader signs peace plan in Portal:Africa
Brian, i have a technical question. I posted an article dated May 5,2006 on Darfur. It has a category " Africa". When i click on Africa under Region, this aricle comes as dated May 7,2006. Why is it so ? I will appreciate if you let me know the reason so that i understand categorisation better. Indrajitneogi 12:42, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Dunno, I've raised this on the water cooler to see if anyone else has an idea. A stab-in-the-dark guess would be that Portal:Africa wasn't accessed until the 7th. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:51, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Thailand
I posted an article on Thailand some time back, later on, i realised you are writing on Thailand all along, and the recent political developement is nicely followed by you. Please check the article, and do the necessary alterations, if you feel like.

Since you are also an administrator, can't we work out a strategy so that news from all the regions are well covered in a systematic way, so that we don't miss out on any thing major. Right now, i think articles are written more randomly. Also, i think lot more work can be done on categorisation so that old news can be retieved in a more organised way, and we can create a nice library of events, as they progress.

I would like to specialise on news from Africa, and South Asia.Indrajitneogi 15:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Calling for Brian McNeil's resignation
I wanted to advise I have just placed this edit ;
 * So, Brian, you are approving of this type of language "This is the last time I'm going to tell you, Neutralizer, so listen up:"? If that's the case I'd like to see your resignation on the Admin. page forthwith! Your comments above are biased and personal as well as insulting to the letter and spirit of WN:E. I am calling for your resignation, Brian McNeil. Neutralizer 21:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * We both know that the RfDa process does not work here so I am calling for you to do the honourable thing and resign today. Neutralizer 21:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

 * This is my talk page, and I'm sure you've seen the block I asked for and received so I could freely express my opinion in an edit summary. You have exhaused my patience and I will take it before ArbCom to have you blocked for editing outside Main namespace and associated talk.  I am sick and tired of checking recent changes and seeing you frothing at the mouth over some trivial disagreement because you are incapable of collaborating, which — unfortunately — seems to be the point of a wiki that missed you by a mile.  This isn't Usenet where you can dive off tangentially as you try and flame someone into oblivion, it is a place where there is a goal, and we're all supposed to work towards it.  That doesn't mean shoving your opinion or pet conspiracy theories onto our readers, nor does it mean demanding that we implement a news blackout on information originating from the current US Administration.
 * Get with the programme or get out.Brian McNeil / talk 22:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

 * No, it's you who must get with the project or get out. Here are the most recent contributors who have been chased away   . If you really care about the project, read the exit edits of these good people and then face the reality of who is really flaming people off the site. Wake up and smell the coffee; none of these good contributors blamed me for flaming them off the site. While you are blocked maybe you can contact these 5 people and see what you can do to get them to come back here; at least that would be my suggestion for some constructive work instead of planning some kind of additional nipping at my heels. Neutralizer 04:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You help create the hostile enviroment where people are curt with new contributors. It isn't pleasant to look in recent changes and see constant bitching and whining all over policy and project pages.  Your trolling for a RfDA on WN:ALERT is just what I have come to expect from you, you waste no time taking every controversial situation and trying to divide the community into warring factions.  I am utterly sick of it, it is disruptive and a significant contributing factor in the cases you cite above. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:29, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

You have been blocked...
You have been blocked for an inappropriate edit summary on WN:ALERT -- specifically the bit that said, "Neutralizer, go fuck yourself". You understand that this kind of language is no appropriate and might constitute a personall attack. --Chiacomo (talk) 21:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * My choice, not a personal attack, just an anatomically impossible suggestion. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:58, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I have extended the block to 24 hours, another administrator may choose to shorten it if appropriate. The language chosen was offensive (you could of at least censored it) and was inappropriate - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 04:16, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Next time remember that blocks should be concurrent, not consecutive. What you imposed totalled my block time to over 30 hours for four words.  Not only that, if you check the log you'll see this was my first offence.  Thus I'd contend that there was insufficient basis for such a long block.  Had someone else applied the same sanctions to Neutralizer you'd probably be contending the block, or had my comment been directed at MrMiscellaneous you would not have applied the same block.  Now, one last thing... Please go and read the content of the edit I attached an offensive edit summary to.  I think the only person who has actually read that and considered it is Chiacomo. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:35, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Buncha date categories
Hey, I noticed that you made plenty of date categories. Have you heard about my tool? — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Cute, but I think my mainly keyboard entry method is just a bit faster. Someday I'll get it together enough to run a bot for things like that, it only needs to keep about a week or so ahead to allow for prepared stories.  --Brian McNeil / talk 20:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Disruptive indeed
If you've not seen this you should try it, I was reminded of it when I saw this edit in RC. It was bolded as the page was on my watch list - because I welcomed the user. So, who's this Gumboyaya guy, why, I welcomed him too, and he took an interest in spoken wikinews - with Brian N.Z. first to comment on it. Even big bad MrMiscellaneous gave some encouraging words. Now, if you follow the same sort of random links as those through other parts of the wiki there is a picture of administrators encouraging people to contribute.

One "lunatic-fringe" contributor is putting forth a conspiracy theory that people, including some of those involved in the above random sample, are out to destroy wikinews. I think it's nonsense, and that said "lunatic-fringe" is more destructive than any cherry-picked set of edits he can concoct.

I'm also tired of dealing with people who would prove my point so eloquently by demanding I resign adminship and abandon the project for four words. The above set of links are far more representative of the average administrator edit than the distorted picture that is used to disrupt this wiki on a near-daily basis. I have asked for the latest block of Neutralizer to be listed on WN:ALERT so others can comment on it. I think it is time people said exactly how sick they were of him demanding the entire admin corps "jump to it" and "block fred", "block wilma", "revert barney's edits", and "tell bam bam what he said made me think he was going to club me". --Brian McNeil / talk 22:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Neutralizer block
There is no requirement under Blocking policy to list a block on WN:ALERT. I generally only do it if I think the block will be controversial, or if I want other admins to review the block. In this case it was pretty clear cut, and I thought it best for the problem to just dissapear for 7 days, rather than bring it to everyones attention. If you think there have been further violations on his talk page, feel free to extend his block - I doubt that anyone will disagree. - Borofkin 23:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Rfda
This is a message to inform you that I have added every administrator to the Rfda section on WN:A. This is not personal and I feel as if the community, who did not have the option of voting for or against most of the administrators, should be able to choose who they want to be in charge. I also want to say that I value everyones work on this site and I know that everyone does their best. I hope that none of you will take this personally and I hope that all of us will continue to work together. Jason Safoutin 12:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Pope's visit
No, there wasn't any original reporting there. I was using articles from Polish Wikinews and in small part news from a Polish website.

What needs to be fixed in the article so that it becomes published? --Derbeth 20:26, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Don't disrupt Wikinews to illustrate a point
I have marked copyvio on Don't disrupt Wikinews to illustrate a point. Wikipedia articles are released under the GNU Free Document License -- content cannot be copied verbatim from Wikipedia as its license is incompatible with CC-BY. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 23:58, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.
Thanks for voting on my RfA. If I am granted Administratorship, you can be sure I will not misuse the faith you have in me. PVJ  (Talk) 06:16, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Terrorists execute 19 Turkomen and two Kurds in Diyala province, Iraq

Ealturner 23:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Terrorist is used in this article. While I recognise a Sunni insurgency is happening in Iraq this is not the BBC. We are wikinews: we conform to a neutral point of view. Therefore we can call the violence what it is, depending on the situation. Using "insurgent" to describe killing of unarmed civilians is not only biased in this instance to do so would be sloppy, inaccurate reporting.

The wikipedia definitions

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist

>> Terrorism is a controversial and subjective term with multiple definitions. One definition means a violent action targetting civilians exclusively. Another definition is the use or threatened use of violence for the purpose of creating fear in order to achieve a political, economic, religious, or ideological goal. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgent

>> An insurgency is an armed rebellion by any irregular armed force that rises up against an established authority, government, or administration. Those carrying out an insurgency are insurgents. Insurgents conduct sabotage and harassment. Insurgents usually are in opposition to a civil authority or government primarily in the hope of improving their condition.

 * Hmm. Interesting argument. I was just about to complain about the use of the word in the article, but you have a point here. One option to avoid this controvercy is to refer to the perpetrators as "gunmen", which is accurate and NPOV (but less descriptive). --vonbergm 23:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Ealturner 01:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC) Gunmen would be accurate but that would be to sacrifice detail to someone's ideological preconceptions about the word terrorist. Neutrality should mean we aren't affected by ideology in both what we say and NOT say. I posit both the words "terrorist" and "insurgent" are part of the English language that can be objectively defined; we can agree on what they mean, and they mean slightly different things. Would you replace "insurgents" for bombers/gunmen in each article about the Iraq insurgency? No. NPOV ought to be saying what it is. As such my position is in this case the perpertrators fit the description of terrorists, so those gunmen were terrorists.

 * I can accept a violent action targetting civilians exclusively as a definition for terrorism which justifies use of the term here. Thanks for bringing up that viewpoint.  --Brian McNeil / talk 14:12, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * What is wrong with "gunmen"? There is no dispute that they were gunmen. - Borofkin 08:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem with the word "terrorist" is that no group or person self-identifies as being terrorist. If we asked these guys they would specifically deny being terrorists. It's okay to quote someone calling them terrorists, but we shouldn't label them as terrorists as though it is a fact. - Borofkin 08:06, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Ealturner 08:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't know they'd prefer to be called "gunmen" over "terrorist" - we'd need to ask them.

Terrorist is an accurate term. There is no need to use a weaker one when a more specific word does the job.

Ealturner 08:21, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Coordinated terrorist attack hits London

It seems the argument we're having here crops up every time there is an attack on civilians - see link. My position is we can't strike "terrorism" from the English language because, maybe, some people think America is a terrorist. Let those people call America terrorists if the definition fits. Don't censor a word altogether. Let's get real - it's a word and that's it, if it fits use it. Being activist about not using it shows bias.

Iraqi?
how do we know that these terrorists are Iraqi? how about a title change to "21 dead in suspected ethnic killing in Iraq" Doldrums 11:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Ealturner 21:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC) The killers have a political purpose and had targeted civilians specifically. Ethnic killings happened in Bosnia and Rwanda. They targeted civilians mostly but to use that phrase might bring up images of village-village ethnic cleansing. The definition of terrorist seems to fit this case better than any other word so far suggested. Violence against civilians that does not appear to be "cleansing" but which most probably has a political purpose.

>> how do we know that these terrorists are Iraqi? <<

I agree with this point, thanks for bringing it up.


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Brazilian soccer team defeats New Zealand All-Whites

June 5, 2006

The New Zealand soccer team, the All Whites, was beaten 4-0 during a friendly match against Brazil in Geneva on Monday morning NZST.

New Zealand goalkeeper Glen Moss put in a good effort to keep the scoreline down by producing a string of saves, but Ronaldo, Adriano, Kaka, and Juniniho all managed to put the ball past him to score for Brazil.

New Zealand looked comfortable early on and Moss even managed to save a one-on-one with Brazilian skipper Cafu. However it was Brazil who went into the half-time break 1-0 up courtesy of Ronaldo's goal in the 43rd minute.

Brazil then stepped it up in the second half and New Zealand was forced to spend long spells defending.

Adriano put the ball through the legs of Moss in the 51st minute to put Brazil further ahead, and Kaka and Juninho then sealed Brazil's win with one goal each in the last minutes of the match.

For Brazil, the match was a warm-up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, which begins on June 9, with the hosts playing Costa Rica in Munich. Brazil's first match is on June 13, against Croatia in Berlin.


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Talk:Brazilian soccer team defeats New Zealand All-Whites

I recently reverted this article’s “Publish” Status to “Develop”. Any objections should be left on this talk page. Thanks MyName 23:48, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Added some details
I've added some details to the story. If someone could take a look and publish if they think its ready or maybe add a few more details... R2b2 03:45, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Researchers discover giant asteroid impact crater in Antarctica

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NSW Government walks away from Cross City Motorway negotiations

June 5, 2006 New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma announced on Sunday that his government would be reversing 13 controversial road changes and alterations that were carried out to force traffic into the Cross City Tunnel.

The road changes were initially approved by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and formed part of the contract with the Cross City Motorway (who operate the tunnel).

The government wished also for the company to lower the toll from AUD$3.37 to the $2.90 discounted toll that will expire at midnight Mon. Jan 5.

Cross City Motorway wanted AUD$96 Million as compensation but the government's highest offer was only $30 Million. Cross City Motorway were being "greedy" said NSW Roads minister, Eric Roozendaal.

NSW Premier Morris Iemma said that his government had tried to negotiate a suitable compensation package. "We've negotiated over the last three months in good faith. We've done our best ... to reach an arrangement satisfactory to all -- to taxpayers to motorists and one which the company could live with" he said.

Despite the government walking away from negotiations the company could still come to the government with an offer, Mr Iemma said.

"Obviously, the ball's in the company's court in relation to their response," he said.

The Premier said it would be wise for the company to continue the reduced toll. "It is in their commercial interest to ensure that motorists have got incentives to use this road."

The NRMA, the peak motoring organisation in NSW, also believes that the toll should remain at its discounted rate. "It's now up to the Cross City Tunnel operators to also make sure motorists get a fair deal by only charging a fair toll and not raising the toll back up to that exorbitant level it was before" said NRMA president Alan Evans.

Mr Iemma said he expected there might be a lawsuit made by Cross City Motorway against his government but believes his government is in a good position to defend any claims for damages.

Cross City Motorway is expected to respond on the issue today.


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Talk:Australian nuclear power plants rejected by states

I'm all for Nuclear power development in Australia. Austrlia has 28% of the entire worlds uranium and currently we're just exporting it. The reason why people wouldn't accept it is because they are generally uneducated about how safe Nuclear power plants are now. What is also funny to consider is that we already have a Nuclear reactor in Australia at Lucas Heights which is used for medical research (probably for creating Technetium-99), but really only people who're interested in it, or have done high-school grade science classes recently will know about it, and even then, those people will understand how safe nuclear power is. I think Australia needs to take advantage of their uranium stores.

Please cite your sources
1. "how safe Nuclear power plants are" 2. Lucas Heights is "probably" used for...

--elliot_k 04:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Not sure what exactly you want here. You want a source to prove people don't see nuclear power plants are safe? Then just look around you. If you want me cite my sources for how they are safe then I just have to cite myself because I've done the study. I've done physics etc. and anyone who has will know how safe Nuclear power is now. Ever wonder why experts in the nuclear feild never complain about how it isn't safe?

And as for Lucas Heights you're twisting my words. IT IS used for making Medically used Radioactive Isotopes. The "probably" is whether they specifically make Technetium or not, which I am not going to cite because it isn't relavent to this arguement.


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User talk:64.229.31.80

Hello,

Amgine has removed something from his talk page -- which is his right. You do nothing to increase your own credibility (or anyone else at Sympatico at this time) by reverting his removal of the text. If you wish to join the wikinews community, please create a username. Please let me know if I can assist you. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:20, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Abu Ghraib dog handler convicted

This article seems to be a duplicate of 90 days of hard labor for Abu Ghraib dog handler. No need to publish it twice. Also, not sure if it makes sense to merge the information at this late stage. --vonbergm 03:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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Handbag used in Hurricanes assault reached $22,750, New Zealand

June 5, 2006

The handbag used to hit Super 14 Hurricanes player, Chris Masoe by Tana Umanga after Masoe had punched a patron has just been sold on the New Zealand auction site, Trade Me. The brawl occurred in a Christchurch pub, The Jolly Poacher. Masoe was fined $3,000 for his actions, but Umanga received no punishment.

The confirmed winning bid was $22,750 (NZD) from Sue Langmaid, a.k.a. susie45, Wanganui, on behalf of an anonymous friend. There were numerous fake bids placed, one reaching one hundred million dollars.

The original owner of the bag, 22-year-old Nichole Davis, Christchurch said to the Sunday Star Times "At the moment I'm thinking it's pretty crazy. It's right up there. I thought I would get $600. I'm thinking it's an insane amount of money. I'll worry about it if it actually comes through. Right now I just want to relax. I've definitely been lucky and it's quite like winning Lotto."

The auction page got over one million page views, which made the site trademe.co.nz unusable for ten minutes.


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Montenegro article
hi, we've been covering this on wikinews, see article Montenegro prepares to declare independence. Doldrums 04:20, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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