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June 1, 2010
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 * Rockerball, I just saw you are on the schedule, but for May 31 - do you mean June 1st instead? I didn't see you on the schedule for the 31st show otherwise I would have been in contact with you. If you did actually mean the 1st show, then no worries - just remember we are on opposite sides of the planet so our schedules may be a litle tough to coordinate lol. Oh, btw, I already have the This Day In History pretty much done for the June 1st and 2nd shows but we can add a second type of feature if you want as well. I'm off to bed right now (it's 11:00pm here in Colorado) but I'll be on later tomorrow. Turtlestack (talk) 04:58, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

This is kind of a slow news day, so I'll wait a little longer to see if the other 2 stories that are ready for publishing drop. Turtlestack (talk) 23:00, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Egypt to open Gaza Strip crossing for humanitarian and medical aid
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Relics found behind The Ruins of St. Paul, Macau
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Ice hockey: Blackhawks score two goals in 28 seconds to gain 2-0 series lead in the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals
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Australian rules football: Maffra go a game clear ahead of Traralgon clash
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 * Rockerball, I'm so sorry I forgot this for Monday's show. I meant to check the site for a new stories dropping before I finished the show, but I forgot so I'll make sure to add it to the Tuesday show. Turtlestack (talk) 02:49, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

On This Day In History

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In 719, one of the Four Beauties of ancient China is born; her name is Consort Yang Yuhuan.

She was born early in the reign of her future husband Emperor Xuanzong, the seventh and longest reigning emperor of the Tang dynasty in China. Her father Yang Xuanyan served as a census official at Shu Prefecture and appeared to be sonless, but he had four daughters, all known to history and who were also beautiful. Yet her father died when she was still young and so she was raised by her uncle Yang Xuanjiao who was a low-level official at Henan Municipality.

In 733, Yang Yuhuan married the son of Emperor Xuanzong and Consort Wu, Li Mao the Prince of Shou when she was 16. She thus carried the title of Princess of Shou but after Consort Wu died in 737, Emperor Xuanzong was greatly saddened by the death of his then-favorite concubine. Though it is unkown how, Princess Yang somehow came into the Emperor's favor and he decided to take her as his own consort. However, since Princess Yang was already the wife of his son, Emperor Xuanzong steathily arranged her to become a Taoist nun in order to prevent criticisms that would affect his plan of making her his concubine. Yang then stayed, for a brief moment, as a Taoist nun in the palace before Emperor Xuanzong made her an imperial consort after bestowing his son Li Mao a new wife, the daughter of a general. Yang hence became the favorite consort of the emperor like Consort Wu was before.

Yang Yuhuan was held in such high esteem as consort by the emperor that he created a new rank of Guifei, which was even greater than the previously highest rank of Huifei, held by Consort Wu. He also bestowed posthumous honors on her father and gave high offices to the uncle who had raised her. Her three sisters were each made Ladies of Han and it was said that whenever the noble women were summoned to imperial gatherings, even Emperor Xuanzong's highly honored sister, the Princess Yuzhen, did not dare to take a seat more honorable than theirs.

Consort Yang became so favored that whenever she rode a horse, the powerful eunuch Gao Lishi, believed to have been richer than many of the nobility of the era, would personally attend to her. 700 laborers were conscripted to sew fabrics for her and officials and generals flattered her by offering her exquisite tributes.

In 746, there was an occasion when she angered the Emperor by being jealous and rude to him, and he had her sent to her cousin's mansion. However, later that day, his mood was such that he could not eat, and the servants were battered by him for minor offenses. Gao Lishi knew that he missed Consort Yang, and Gao requested that the treasures in Consort Yang's palace be sent to her. The Emperor agreed and even added that imperial meals be sent to her. That night, Gao requested that the Emperor welcome Consort Yang back to the palace, a request he easily agreed to. Thereafter, she was even more favored, and no other imperial consort drew the favor of Emperor Xuanzong.

4 years later, she once again offended the Emperor, who at first sent her away, then regretted the decision, sent her imperial meals once more and as she ate, she cried to the eunuchs delivering the meal, stating:

"My offense deserves death, and it is fortunate that His Imperial Majesty did not kill me, but instead returned me to my household. I will forever leave the palace. My gold, jade, and treasures were all given me by His Imperial Majesty, and it would be inappropriate for me to offer them back to him. Only what my parents gave me I would dare to offer."

She cut off some of her hair and had the hair taken back to Emperor Xuanzong. Emperor Xuanzong had Gao escort her back to the palace, and thereafter loved her even greater.

Her influence and cunning had become so great that in 752, when her powerful cousin Yang Guozhong was requested to defend against an attack in what is now modern day Chengdu, Sichuan, she interceded on his behalf, and the requesting chancellor soon died, allowing Yang Guozhong to become the new chancellor. Yet her cousin and another powerful military commander, An Lushan, were soon were in conflict with each other and when Yang Guozhong provoked his rival into rebelling, the situation became so dire in the region that the Emperor considered abdicating the throne to an enemy of Yang Guozhong but Consort Yang intervened again and the emperor relented.

But the situation grew worse and soon An Lushan had the upper hand militarily forcing the emperor to personally escort Yang Guozhong as he fled towards Chengdu. On 15 July, 756, the emperors imperial guards became angry that they had not been fed, and, fearing Yang Guozhong was planning treason, attacked and killed him. The soldiers then surrounded Emperor Xuanzong's pavilion and demanded that Consort Yang also be put to death believing her enormous influence with the emperor had created the situation in the first place. The the emperor initially declined, Gao Lishi, the powerful eunuch, changed the emperor's mind and so Gao Lishi took her to a Buddhist shrine and strangled her.

Consort Yang was buried without a coffin, but instead with masses of fragrances and was wrapped in purple blankets. A year later, the emperor wanted to locate her body and rebury her with honor but was advised against doing so. Yet secretly he sent eunuchs to rebury her with a coffin. When they found the body, it had decomposed, but the fragrance bag buried with her was still fresh. When the eunuchs returned with the fragrance bag and presented it to the emperor, he wept bitterly.

In the following generation, a long poem, "Song of the Everlasting Sorrow" was written by the poet Bai Juyi describing the Emperor's love for her and perpetual grief at her loss. It became an instant classic, known to and memorized by Chinese schoolchildren far into posterity. The poem also became highly popular in Japan and served as sources of inspiration for the classical novel The Tale of Genji which begins with the doomed love between an emperor and a consort who is likened to Consort Yang.

A Japanese rumour states that Lady Yang may have even been rescued, escaping to Japan and lived her remaining life there.

June 2, 2010
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 * Ugh, I had a loooooong day at work today and am tired. I'll have to be getting a late start on today's show (probably around 01:00 UTC). Turtlestack (talk) 20:30, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Israel to release activists arrested in flotilla raid, Israel may free all Gaza flotilla detainees
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 * Will combine these into 1 story. Odd that these got published so close together (less than 1/2 an hour) - these really should have been combined before being published IMO. Turtlestack (talk) 23:14, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Manhunt in Cumbria, United Kingdom, after series of shootings
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Hewlett-Packard to cut 9,000 jobs in a $1 billion restructuring plan
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US Supreme Court relaxes strict interpretation of self incrimination ruling
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Poker's all about luck, says Swiss Supreme Court
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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to resign
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Former Vice President of the United States Al Gore and longtime wife Tipper separating
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Jetstar to offer iPads as an in-flight entertainment option
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Chile announces official list of players for South Africa Football World Cup
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On This Day In History

 * I was going to do Edward Elgar today, but it was too long - so I'll have to do it next year :) Turtlestack (talk) 00:50, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

In 455, the second of three barbarian sacks of Rome, the sack of 455, came at the hands of the Vandals, then at war with the usurping Western Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus.

In 440s, the Vandal king Genseric and the Roman Emperor Valentinian III, had betrothed their children, Huneric and Eudocia, to strengthen their alliance, reached in 442 with a peace treaty. The marriage had to be delaye, however, as Eudocia was too young at the time.

In 455 Valentinian was killed, and Petronius Maximus rose to the throne. Petronius married Valentinian's widow, Licinia Eudoxia, and had his son Palladius marry Eudocia; in this way Petronius was hoping to strengthen his bond with the Theodosian dynasty, a Roman family that rose to eminence in the waning days of the Roman Empire.

This move, however, damaged Genseric's ambitions. The king of the Vandals claimed that the broken betrothal between Huneric and Eudocia was an invalidation of his peace treaty with Valentinian, and set sail to attack Rome.

Upon the Vandal arrival, according to the chronicler Prosper of Aquitaine, Pope Leo I requested that Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its inhabitants. Genseric agreed and the gates of Rome were thrown open to him and his men. Maximus, who fled rather than fight the Vandal warlord, was killed by a Roman mob outside the city, possibly together with his son Palladius.

There is, however, some debate over the severity of the Vandal sack. The sack of 455 is generally seen by historians as being more thorough than the Visigothic sack of 410, because the Vandals plundered Rome for fourteen days whereas the Visigoths spent only three days in the city.

The cause of most controversy, however, is the claim that the sack was relatively "clean", in that there was little murder and violence, and the Vandals did not burn the buildings of the city. This interpretation seems to stem from Prosper's claim that Leo managed to persuade Genseric to refrain from violence. However, Victor of Vita, an African bishop of the Province of Byzacena, records how many shiploads of captives arrived in Africa from Rome, with the purpose of being sold into slavery. Similarly, the Byzantine historian Procopius reports how at least one church was burnt down.

It would be nearly 100 years before Rome was once again sacked, this time in 546 by the Gothic king Totila, but Rome's influence and glory had faded and Europe began to splinter into various feudal states with only the Byzantine's in Constantinople left to carry on the tradition and wealth of knowledge of the empire.

June 3, 2010
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 * Recording now, any new stories will go on tomorrow's show. Turtlestack (talk) 22:32, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Apple sells two million iPads in two months
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Second round of Bonn UN Climate Change negotiations continue

 * Rewriting this entire article for the show for clarity: (all sources from Wikipedia and another wikipedia article)

The second of four preparatory rounds of negotiations leading up to this years United Nations Climate Change Conference continued in Bonn, Germany today. The 4,500 attendees include government delegates from 182 governments, representatives from business and industry, environmental organizations and research institutions.

Among the discussions were a focus on emissions reduction commitments for the 37 industrialized countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol for the period beyond 2012.

The talks were designed to discuss issues that were not resolved at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference which were held in Copenhagen amid mass protests. Between 40,000 and 100,000 people attended the protests in Copenhagen and activists claimed that the police had used wire-taps, undercover officers and pepper spray on people who had been detained. In all, 968 protesters were arrested but only 13 were finally charged. Protests had also been held in London, England and Melbourne, Australia.

This year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Cancún, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December

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British soap opera Coronation Street postponed after Cumbria shooting
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Ice Hockey: Claude Giroux scores overtime goal to lift Flyers to victory in Game 3 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals
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On this day in history
To honor Detroit Tigers pitcher, Armando Galarraga, who pitched a perfect game yesterday only to have it taken away on a blown call in the ninth inning from umpire Jim Joyce: in 1888, the poem "Casey At The Bat" was published for the first time by Ernest Thayer, a humor columnist for the San Francisco Examiner.

The poem is about an American baseball team from the fictional town of Mudville (implied to be the home team) who are losing by two runs with two outs in their last inning. Both the team and its fans believe they can win "if only" they could somehow get "Mighty Casey" (Mudville's star player) up to bat. However, Casey was scheduled to be the fifth batter of the inning – the first two batters (Cooney and Barrows) did not reach base, while the next two batters (Flynn and Jimmy Blake) were perceived to be weak hitters with little chance of reaching base to allow Casey an at bat.

Surprisingly, Flynn hits a single, and Jimmy Blake follows with a double (Flynn reaching third on the play). Both runners were now in scoring position and Casey represented the potential winning run. However, Casey is so confident in his abilities that he doesn't swing at the first two pitches, both strikes. On the last pitch, the overconfident Casey strikes out, ending the game and sending the crowd home unhappy.

Here is DeWolf Hopper's famous recording of the poem which was relased in October 1906.

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June 4, 2010
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Turkey mourns flotilla dead
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Large fires kill many in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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WHO: H1N1 influenza virus still a pandemic
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Irish 1901 census goes online
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SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket
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=== Basketball: Lakers score 102 to defeat the Celtics in Game 1 of the 2010 NBA Finals, Manager Benitez parts company with Liverpool Football Club, French Open: Stosur and Schiavone to compete in women's final; Nadal to meet Soderling in men's final === ✅ : will be combined into the outro for listeners to visit the site for a complete rundown of the latest news in sports as per Rockerball's idea.

On This Day In History
We first need to begin in the year 1777 where in southeastern France, in Avignon, Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, the son of a paper manufacturer was contemplating a particularay vexing military problem of the day. 65 years previously, Spain had ceded Gibraltar to the Britian under the Treaty of Utrecht thus ending the War of the Spanish Succession. Spain was keen to retake the peninsula but an assault on the fortress of Gibraltar had been impossible as the garrison had proved impregnable by both sea and land.

Why Joseph as contemplating this matter is unknown, but as the 12th child in the family, he possessed a typical inventor's temperament. Joseph was a maverick and dreamer, and was impractical in terms of business and personal affairs, quite unlike his younger brother, Jacques-Étienne who had a much more even and businesslike temperament and had been chosen to the family business after the death of their father in 1772.

So, while his younger brother, who was commonly refferred to as Étienne, was toiling away incorporating the latest Dutch innovations of the day into the family paper mills, Joseph sat before a fire one evening watching laundry dry over a fire and observed how the cloth billowed upwards with the embers from the fire. Joseph then began to muse on the possibility of an air assault at Gibraltar using troops lifted by the same force that was billowing the cloth over the fire. He believed that contained within the smoke was a special gas, which he called 'Montgolfier Gas', with a special property he called levity.

As a result of these musings, Joseph set about building a box-like chamber 1 meter cubed out of very thin wood and covering the sides and top with lightweight taffeta cloth, a crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk. He then crumpled and lit some paper under the bottom of the box and the contraption quickly lifted off its stand and collided with the ceiling.

Amazed, he recruired his brother Étienne saying "Get in a supply of taffeta and of cordage, quickly, and you will see one of the most astonishing sights in the world". One can only imagine what crazy scheme Étienne must have assumed his brother was getting into, but he agreed and the two brothers set about building a contraption 3 times larger in scale, however, the lifting force was so great that they lost control of their craft on its very first test flight on 14 December 1782 as the device floated nearly 2 kilometres and was then destroyed after landing by the "indiscretion" of passersby.

Even with the accident, the brothers saw this as a major success and they decided to make a public demonstration of a balloon in order to establish their claim to its invention. They constructed a globe-shaped balloon made of sackcloth with three thin layers of paper inside. The envelope could contain nearly 28,000 cubic feet of air, weighed 500 lbs and was constructed of four pieces (a dome and three lateral bands), and was all held together with 1,800 buttons. A reinforcing "fish net" of cord covered the outside of the envelope.

On 4 June 1783, they flew the craft as their first public demonstration at Annonay, France in front of a group of dignitaries who were amazed as the flight covered 2 km, lasted 10 minutes, and had an estimated altitude of 5,200 - 6,600 ft. Word of the success quickly reached Paris and Etienne, the epitome of sober virtues; always modest in clothes and manner, went to the capital to make further demonstrations and to solidify the brothers' claim to the invention of flight. Joseph, given his unkempt appearance and shyness (he never married), remained with the family.

Étienne was already well connected as he had already been awarded by the government of France a grant to establish the Montgolfier factory as a model for other French papermakers due to his penchant for technical innovation. This, combined with the widespread acclaim of the demonstration, allowed him to collaborate with a successful wallpaper manufacturer and they constructed a 37,500-cubic-foot envelope of taffeta coated with a varnish of alum, which has fireproofing properties. The balloon was sky blue and decorated with golden flourishes, signs of the zodiac and suns.

However, there was some concern about the effects of flight into the upper atmosphere on living creatures. King Louis XVI himself suggested to launch two criminals to test the effects, but it is most likely that the inventors decided to send a sheep, duck, and rooster aloft first. The sheep was believed to have a reasonable approximation of human physiology. The duck was expected to be unharmed by being lifted aloft and was included as a control for effects created by the aircraft rather than the altitude. The rooster was included as a further control as it was a bird that did not fly at high altitudes.

The demonstration was performed before a crowd at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. The flight lasted approximately eight minutes, covered two miles and obtained an altitude of about 1,500 feet and landed safely after flying.

On October 15th, 1783, Étienne became the first human to lift off the earth, making at least one tethered flight from the yard of their workshop.

These early flights made a sensation and numerous engravings commemorated the events. Chairs were designed with balloon backs, and mantel clocks were produced in enamel and gilt-bronze replicas set with a dial in the balloon. One could even buy crockery decorated with naive pictures of balloons.

In December of 1783 in recognition of their achievement, their father Pierre was elevated to the nobility and the hereditary appellation of de Montgolfier by King Louis XVI of France.

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June 5 & 6th weekend note
I'm gonna try and clean up a few pages here on the AW project (including the archives on this workspace) this weekend as Patrick (thank you, by the way) has the producer responsibilities for the next 2 shows. Turtlestack (talk) 03:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

 * I'm doing one big week end show as the fifth only had three articles published. (interesting note - I'd actually recorded the stories but felt that the show would be a bit light on)--RockerballAustralia c 08:07, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I would have done the same with only 3 stories for the show - or I would have done a 20 min day in histlory lol :) Turtlestack (talk) 15:58, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't particularly like doing the Day in History bit unless it's on some thing I can get excited about. You make them sound good --RockerballAustralia c 07:26, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about doing a TDiH, but it is important to find something you can stamp your shows with. Most people listening to these already know what's in the news and are really looking for the few stories they have not heard and also any interesting bits we add to the show. The purpose of AW is to attract new users to the site to write articles so really, it's the extras we add that will drive an audience. This is the entertainment aspect of this project that we can't neglect - it's not just about reading the news, it's using all of the wikiverse to put together a show to get people interested in the project. Turtlestack (talk) 18:32, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm...it seems that a crisis in the community can affect all aspects of Wikinews. :( Benny the mascot (talk) 04:17, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * What exactly is going on? Turtlestack (talk) 15:58, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * True. I think we're all forgetting why we're here - to provide news content --RockerballAustralia c 04:54, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


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Shot in the back... right... think you can believe the turks? of coarse not. they as well as the rest of the so called pro-palestinian bleeding hearts are anti-semitic and determined to do all in their power to see Israel destroyed. Wake up! they are not the peace loving protectors of human rights they portray themselves to be.


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Oh please. You have the right to defend yourself against an illegal attack with the use of any force required for the situation. Not only that, but the if you fight back against legal self-defence - as the Israelis did - then you have murdered people.


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Have you stopped to ask yourself why similarly armed soldiers on the other 5 boats did NOT have to shoot anyone? Think about it. And in case you don't realize it, a baseball bat is a deadly weapon, don't think so? Let me hit you in the head with one then see if your opinion changes.


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In a hectic situation like that I don't know one person who wouldn't pick up whatever weapon they had available. It's natural instinct. Fight or flight response. You can choose to run away or fight back, even very basic organisms have it. When you're on a boat, fleeing is not a really good option, so fighting is. It's all very simple. You people act as if you'd do something different on that boat. They were shooting from the helicopters before they even got down to the ship, ask any of the reporters there. Even if you don't buy that, maybe coming with live weapons loaded was a bad idea. They could have used tear gas, ACTUAL rubber bullets (not steel bullets with 1mm rubber coating), signal flares, blank rounds, etc.

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RE: Vietnamese police accused of hacking and harrassing Facebook user in Europe
I would forward what you do have to scoop@wikinewsie.org or join our IRC channel on freenode: irc.freenode.com at #wikinews. Sounds like an interesting story, but would need to see all the evidence at hand before passing any judgment on it being news. If you need help connecting to our channel, feel free to ask me for assistance. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:01, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

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How can date "June 3 at 2031 UTC" be valid? It is a future date and can not be found in the references. The closes thing it comes to is "June 3 at 4:31 p.m. ET" from NAT GEO. Hspaans (talk) 09:18, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * How is that a future date? the only thing I can think of is you're thinking "2031" is a year when it's a timestamp (8:31pm UTC).Randal6546 (talk) 16:52, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

It is only a matter of time before Earth gets hit by one and we all die Benmyers31 (talk) 02:08, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


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Facebook unblocked in Bangladesh

June 6, 2010 After a week's block, the social networking website Facebook is finally back in Bangladesh. Facebook was blocked by local authorities in Bangladesh after some "offensive" content of local politicians were uploaded and one man was arrested.

The block was lifted 23:58 local time (17:58 ). According to BDNews24.com, Mir Masud Kabir, the Mango Telecom Services managing director, had received a phone call from at 11:57 p.m. (17:57 UTC), asking him to lift the Facebook block. Kabir unblocked Facebook a minute later.

The authorities had decided to unblock Facebook after the company promised to remove the content considered blasphemous as well as the "obnoxious" pictures of the country's leaders.

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Good "get" Go! Incredible job getting this on video - I'll be looking through my scope as soon as weather permits. Thank you!


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Clearances
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Inside fifties
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Score 1QG 	1QB 	2QG 	2QB  	3QG 	3QB  	4QG 	4QB  	PTS Maffra  	2 	2 	8 	5 	9 	7 	15 	11 	101 Traralgon 	3 	3 	3 	5 	6 	10 	6 	13 	49 --RockerballAustralia c 07:14, 6 June 2010 (UTC)


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San Francisco hit-and-run suspect caught after lying

June 7, 2010

A suspect in a located in San Francisco, California, was arrested after hitting four cyclists and, two days later, lying to the police. Over the course of six minutes, the 39-year-old man hit four people with his car and then ran off when his car crashed into another vehicle and hit a pole. The investigators tracked down the man's address with the evidence found in the car; however, as he had moved, they were unable to find him.

The suspect later told the police at Police Station that his car was stolen, and after the police identified that as a lie, he was arrested. The police believes that the victims were deliberately targeted, although the motive remains a mystery. The suspect is currently in hospital for medical and psychological testing.

"I was only a block from my house and I saw something coming at me, from the corner of my eye. I managed to swing out of the way and avoid the full brunt of an impact," said one of the victims, Rory Madden. "It doesn't make any sense that anybody would do that, so whatever he has to say is not going to make sense." The other three men were hospitalized, two in serious condition and one in fair condition.

The attack left bicycles crumpled and some cars damaged, one severely, according to San Francisco police spokeswoman, Lyn Tomkioka. "We're just really glad that he's been arrested," she said. Mayor and the  condemned the attack, stating that there are currently efforts to make San Francisco "one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country".


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I'm extremely disappointed in both Israel and the U.S. for allowing this type of situation to fester and threaten what both sides have worked so hard and long for, at a high cost of lives and U.S. taxpayer dollars at a time when the working class in the U.S. is under so much distress. That idea has me leaning toward the Palestinians on this flotilla issue - for the first time in my life! I was a child but vividly remember when the 1972 Olympics were disrupted by PLO terrorists and I've been pro Israel ever since but this nonsense has to stop IMO - for Israel's benefit as well those Palestinians who are innocent by and large. If Israel doesn't try to bring an end to the suffering of innocent Palestinian people, many of whom are children, the goal of a secure homeland and world recognition seems moot in the bigger picture of life. A marginalized Israel, in the opinions of the American people, will be the result if this perception continues to build - worsened by the almost non-existent coverage of Rachel Corrie's death in 2003. A marginalized Israel, in terms of world opinion, would be very negative in the fight of terrorism for the West, Europe and Russia. Iran's nuclear pursuits are of utmost importance in this ongoing issue which will be undermined if people in other countries begin believing they are supporting State sponsored action that amounts to illegal activities which include the blockade of Gaza (which may be necessary for the safety of Israel) and murder.


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Spelbound declared winner of Britain's Got Talent 2010

June 7, 2010

An acrobatic group known by the name of has been declared as the winner of, a televised variety talent show competition broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. As the winning act of the show, Spelbound have won 100,000 (US$144,580, €120,313, 175,079) and a place at The, an annual gala evening that is attended by senior members of the.

In no particular order, the top three acts were revealed to be two dancers known by their stage name of Twist and Pulse, gymnastic group Spelbound and Kieran Gaffney, whose act involves playing on the drum kit. After Kieran Gaffney was revealed to be in third place,, who hosts with , said to Kieran: "Well done Kieran. Kieran, you're a star, you came back, you got all the way to the final. I know you've loved this. You've loved this, haven't you?" In response to this, Kieran Gaffney stated: "Thank you very much. Thank you, everyone for supporting me. Thank you."

Shortly afterwards, on the episode that was broadcast live on ITV1 on Saturday, Anthony announced: "After tens of thousands of auditons, five semi-finals and an amazing final, this...this is it. One of you is about to walk away with £100,000 and a place at this year's Royal Variety Performance. The winner of Britain's Got Talent 2010 is...Spelbound!" Glen Murphy from Twist and Pulse commented about finishing in second place, stating: "Yeah, it's amazing. I can't even believe it. I can't believe it at all."

Alex Uttley, a 24-year-old member of Spelbound, commented on the gymnastic group's victory, commenting: "Oh, my god. This is unbelieveable. We just want to say thank you to everyone out there. It just shows that all our hard work has paid off." One of the coaches of Spelbound, named Neil Griffiths, stated about Spelbound: "Oh, they've worked so hard over the last few weeks. Um, since the semi-final, we...we really had to pull out the stops to try and up the game. They've not known they've worked in the gym from six in the morning till twelve...twelve o'clock of the night. I couldn't have asked for more. Um, it's a team of coaches. I don't take all the credit myself. There's, uh, two people up there that know who they are who've been fantastic."

Spelbound consists of 24-year-old Alex Uttley, Nicholas Illingworth, aged 24, Adam Buckingham, aged 21, 20-year-old Adam McAssey, 19-year-old Douglas Fordyce, 18-year-old Edward Upcott, 18-year-old Leighanne Cowler, 17-year-old Katie Axten, 17-year-old Lauren Kemp, 15-year-old Jonathan Stranks, Abigail Ralph, aged 15, 13-year-old Hollianne Wood and Amy Mackenzie, aged 12. Bookmakers had previously predicted that Spelbound would be the most likely act to become the winner of the series.

The running order for the final started with Twist and Pulse. The second act to perform was Liam McNally, a 14-year-old singer. The running order subsequently continued with 40-year-old impressionist Paul Burling, singer Christopher Stone, aged 28, Tina & Chandi, a woman and dog dancing act, Connected, a five-piece singing group, Kieran Gaffney, aged 12, 22-year-old Tobias Mead, a dancer, 80-year-old singer Janey Cutler and Spelbound in that particular order.

Earlier on in the final, Britain's Got Talent judge has stated to Spelbound: "We are hosting the 2012 Olympics and I think 'what a brilliant opening act'." Fellow judge also commented that "[t]he purpose of this show is to identify hidden great British talent. You are that act." After Spelbound won in the final, another judge, named Simon Cowell, stated that "the right boys and girls won on the night" and that he could "only say on live TV that that was one of the most astonishing things I have ever seen. Seriously."


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I watched the Britain's Got Talent final on STV last night. I'll be providing some notes for you. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 09:06, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I know the information about Twist + Pulse. All of the quotes have been copied almost exactly as they were said. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 10:14, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I've managed to pick up the information about the acts and their ages by watching the final as well as the acts' original auditions. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 17:47, 6 June 2010 (UTC)


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User talk:87.15.214.119

I had to undo your comment because you overwrote the comment of another user. Please go to the comment you wish to respond to, click reply and put your comment in there. To save you having to type it out again, here's the comment you made so you can just copy and paste:

Yes baseball bats are dangerous but how come that at the g8 protests rarely someone get killed? The violence there, and at football match in europe, is equal or even superior. There has been great incompetence from Israel to not send people who can handle riots without starting shooting Pasdaran style.

Thanks for getting involved! :) Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:58, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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Yes baseball bats are dangerous but how come that at the g8 protests rarely someone get killed? The violence there, and at football match in europe, is equal or even superior. There has been great incompetence from Israel to not send people who can handle riots without starting shooting Pasdaran style.


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The issues pointed out above are fixed. I think the comments made in the review were very helpful, but since I am a beginner some of the ironic remarks were unneeded. Everybody makes mistakes, no need to be so harsh about them. Thanks Nuburos (talk) 17:28, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd also like to add that I'm not an American, just if you thought I was an egocentric American.Nuburos (talk) 17:37, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Sorry, that was how it came accross to me. Tension has been high in the community over the past few days and I took it out on you. The issues I raised have been fixed. I doubt I have time to do a full review on the remaining stuff, though. Hopefuly it will pass when somebody gets to it. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:22, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hehe, no problem. Guess everybody has some bad days. I'll admit I'm not on one of my best too :) Nuburos (talk) 19:32, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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God do I feel stupid. I based much of my expansion of the article on the BBC report... then I forget to add it as a source. My apologies for wasting the reviewer's time. Nuburos (talk) 20:23, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
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Hello, !

This is Wikinews, a free news source. Wikinews is an experiment in citizen journalism, not an encyclopedia. You may be confusing us with our sister project Wikipedia. Your encyclopedic addition to Wikinews was deleted. Please add it to Wikipedia if it is relevant there. We would be happy to welcome you as a contributor to Wikinews! Bawolff ☺☻ 13:19, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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Thread:Comments:MV Rachel Corrie seized by Israeli Naval Forces/Comments from feedback form - ""This comes after the death of..."/reply (11)

Rarely gets killed? They showed so much restraint that they were sent in with paint ball guns and only sidearms as a last resort, how much more restraint do you want them to show?? People died on ONE of five boats. why? Because on that one boat, loaded with expired meds and camo fabric (Yeah, humanitarian aid, right!) they decided to provoke an incident, they don't give a rip about the people of Gaza, they wanted exactly what they got, they are on film proclaiming their desire for martyrdom. Well, they were obliged.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die I suppose. You don't meet force with like force, you meet force with greater force if you want to win, the Israeli's did that. Don't want to get shot? How about not attacking an armed soldier with a steel rod? That might be a great way not to get your melon popped with a 9mm bullet, you think?

They were warned, they were told to heave to, they were told they would be boarded and inspected, all they had to do was comply, they chose not to, they paid the price. Bummer, I don't feel sorry for them in the least.


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Slovenia votes in favour of Croatian border deal

June 7, 2010

Slovenians yesterday voted in a referendum in favour of a border deal with Croatia. The Border Arbitration Agreement allows for international arbitrators to resolve a 20-year border dispute that dates back to the break-up of Yugoslavia.

Parliaments in both countries approved the deal, which will be binding on both countries. In March, Slovenian Prime Minister 's centre-left government yielded to demands for a referendum on whether to accept a border deal. "Solving the border dispute with Croatia is the basis for a lasting peace, security and friendship of both nations," Pahor said. "If it is rejected, it is questionable how long I or my successor will need to reach another agreement which, I believe, could not be better." he added.

The national Electoral Commission said that after 99.9 per cent of votes were counted, 51.5 per cent voted for the deal and 48.5 were against it. It is impossible for the remaining 2,000 votes, cast by Slovenians living abroad, to change the outcome.

Slovenia is situated between Italy and Croatia, where the dispute involves land on the peninsula in the northern Adriatic and the small  in the. A panel of five international experts will define the new land and maritime borders and could force Croatia to cede some of the sea it views as its own. In the past, Croatia has called for the border to be drawn down the middle of the bay. However, Slovenia, which has a much shorter coastline, feared that this would deny its ships direct passage to international waters.

Slovenia is the only former Yugoslav state to have joined the European Union (EU), while Croatia hopes to conclude talks this year and join the twenty-seven member union in 2012. A rejection could have delayed Croatian membership. Slovenia has blocked Croatia's membership talks over the border issue in the past. Croatian President welcomed the outcome as "a victory for Slovenia, Croatia and Europe."

Brussels and Washington welcomed the deal. , President of the said, "This is an important step forward. We now look forward to a final settlement of the dispute. Resolving this bilateral issue is an important signal for the region and the relations between Slovenia and Croatia."


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Boy dies after falling into river in North Yorkshire, England

June 7, 2010

Last weekend, an eight-year-old boy died after falling into the in, England. The river is known for its depth and strong undercurrent. The accident took place on Aaron Page's birthday, following celebrations with over twenty family members.

Page made his way to the river near around 3pm  (1400 ) on Saturday; his brother, aged thirteen, was the first to call for assistance after spotting Aaron in the water. Emergency services subsequently assisted in searching for Aaron; the body was recovered at approximately 6:25 pm the same day. Members of the ambulance service failed to resuscitate him, pronouncing him dead at the scene.

"This was a happy family day out to celebrate a birthday at a local beauty spot [...] and unfortunately this young boy has got into difficulty in an area of water," stated Inspector Kevin Franks of. "Despite efforts from members of the public and some quite sterling efforts from the emergency services and everyone else there, sadly we've been unable to bring him out alive."

Inspector Mike Woodhall of Harrogate police cautioned; "[n]o matter how safe a river seems sometimes there are inherent dangers."


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Containment capsule captures 10,000 oil barrels a day in Gulf of Mexico

June 8, 2010 According to BP's chief executive the equivalent to 10,000  of oil is being captured each day in the Gulf of Mexico by a containment cap. Around 12,000 to 19,000 barrels are leaking each day, implying that more than half of the oil being released is captured by the containment cap.

Tony Hayward expressed his company's intention of restoring the Gulf to its original state, after what has been described by many as one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the US. "As we speak, the containment cap is producing around 10,000 barrels of oil a day to the surface." Hayward said. When asked about what amount of the leak the oil being captured represented, he claimed it was "the majority, probably the vast majority".

Hayward feels confident that almost all of the leaking oil will be captured in the following week. "We have a further containment system to implement in the course of this coming week which will be in place by next weekend so when those two are in place, we would very much hope to be containing the vast majority of the oil." he said.

According to CNN, the US federal government's response manager, Adm. Thad Allen, said it was too early to call the operation a success, while admitting that BP had made progress in the handling of the situation. "We're making the right progress. I don't think anyone should be pleased as long as there's oil in the water," he said.


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So your idea is that every time the police or the army confront riots they should start shooting people... I guess a lot of dictators or the regimes of XIX century europe agree with your view. By the way considering this as a "victory" for Israel is quite baffling. Thanks to their mismanagement of the situation they have walked in a shitstorm of public relations and alienated their first, most powerful and only allie in the muslim world.


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I was referring to the actions of the Israeli Navy. But, who am I to complain if your reading comprehension is poor?


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And i was referring to 24.96.228.101! Oh well internet communication fails happen quite often. No offence taken on my part


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Chilean football team arrives in South Africa

June 7, 2010 Chile's football team, coached by, arrived in South Africa on Sunday. The team's leading scorer in South Africa qualifying,, is currently injured and it is not known when will he play. Suazo scored ten times.

'La Roja' arrived at, where they were warmly welcomed by local authorities, Chilean residents, and many Chilean fans. "They arrived very well, very relaxed," said Chilean Ambassador Francisco Marambio to AFP. "I welcomed them and I wished them the best," he added.

Chile last played in a World Cup at France in 1998, where they managed to reach eighth place.

"Suazo seems OK, and he's recovering," said Marambio, who talked to Bielsa and Harold Mayne-Nichols, President of the Chilean Football Association. "We aren't a surprise, we aren't the favorites, but we can be," said Mauricio Isla, one of the players.


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Argh! LiquidThreads is retarded :P

It gives me an alert that you have replied to me, when that is not the case.


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hi my name is jacob


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User talk:Rum~enwikinews

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Rum. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Rum~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Thread:Comments:MV Rachel Corrie seized by Israeli Naval Forces/Comments from feedback form - ""This comes after the death of..."/reply (17)

"Let me hit you in the head with one then see if your opinion changes." I'm sure that would be lethal, although on the boat it wouldn't considering the soldiers had helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, flak jackets, and gloves. I'm pretty sure you can't beat someone to death if they have all that with even a metal baseball bat. Besides, they had guns, they could easily kill anyone holding a bat...which they did.

Besides, you just set up a great counterargument. "And in case you don't realize it, a gun is a deadly weapon, don't think so? Let me shoot you in the head, or chest, or foot, or hand with one then see if your opinion changes." --64.252.143.208 (talk) 01:22, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:Facebook unblocked in Bangladesh/Horrible

I just hate facebook, period. It's the greatest example of a privacy nightmare on the internet and people still blindly buy into it. It makes people who live within walking distance of each other hunched over the computer "writing on each others' walls". What a ridiculous way to waste time.


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I actually wondered about that after the last news story which stated that the WHO still considered H1N1 a pandemic. It seemed like something that was just set up by a drug company and didn't seem to connect with the real world situation at all because I'm pretty sure if there were actual H1N1 outbreaks, we'd hear of the deaths by now.


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User talk:64.252.143.208

Welcome
Tempodivalse [talk]  01:33, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

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User:Benmyers31

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User:Amgine/Review of BrianMc contribs

I've been asked to examine recent contributions/actions by BrianMc.

Caveats: a long time ago in a galaxy far far away BrianMc was... competitive with me on en.wn. While we did not necessarily agree on some topics (I'm being very british to annoy his scotish), I may have been involved in putting him up for adminship. We have had a long and generally respectful relationship.

 * 1), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , : All appear to be fiddling with overly-complex, difficult-to-understand templates which will further prevent non-professional contributors from working on en.wn portals, or writing documentation to thoroughly muddle them.
 * 2),  discussion re: portal crap.
 * 3),  Comments on ME drama.
 * 4), , , , , , : Appears to be presenting evidence and argument to support xyr position.
 * 5), , , , , , , : Normal admin janitorial work.
 * 6), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , : Normal en.wn contributorness/wikignomishness.
 * 7), , , , , , , , : Owns up to CU abuse, and responds to vote comments, requests bit removed.
 * 8), , : resigning from ArbCom, and updating user page to reflect recent changes.
 * 9), , , , , , , , , : Watercooler policy discussions, whingeing, commiserating.
 * 10), , , , : Misc. category of non-mainspace or project pages.
 * 11), , , , , , , , , : Flagged revs vote and comments.
 * 12) *, : Subset that veered off into ME drama.

Logged actions over the same period of time:
 * Deletions: 12
 * Blocks (unrelated to ME Drama): 3
 * Page moves: 1
 * Privinfo: 1

Okay, after wading through a fair bit of this crap here's the synopsis.

The first thing to note is: in almost a week's worth of edits, the majority of Brian's edits are to articles, templates, and watercooler. While not in the least bit uncontroversial, the Mathew Edwards dramafest does not make up even a sizeable number of the 100 edits I examined.

Overall, Brian is not active enough as a reporter, or as a copyeditor, although he has a high average compared to most contributors. As a bureaucrat and admin he has been more involved in policy and application discussions; more than should be necessary. However a number of his edits are mentoring, both of other admins and newer contributors. Brian's tone is more abrupt, and more cryptic, than is beneficial between peers. Brian's edit summaries include impolitenesses, reflective of his personality but perhaps harmful to a collegial environment.

Based solely on the contributions I examined I would happily nominate Brian McNeil for adminship. He is conversant with Wikinews policy, journalism in general, and a reasonably dedicated wikignome. I would strongly fault him for instigating no news articles, and less than half his edits being in the main namespaces, but I'd also compliment him that only one edit was to his personal user page and none of his edits, even on talk pages, were unrelated to the project. I would also give him a severely condescending tongue-lashing about feeding the trolls, and exacerbating community disruption through confrontation, which in fact I already have done.

Here endeth the sincerely annoyed review by Amgine, with one final caveat to the community:

YOU'RE A BUNCH OF LOONS! THIS IS CHILDISHLY STUPID! GROW UP, QUIT SQUABBLING LIKE TODDLERS IN A SANDBOX!

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Talk:'Blaspheming' movie should be prohibited says Iran government

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"Fitna" link leads to disambig page. Should be changed to "Fitna" Fitna. -- OlEnglish (talk) 03:15, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

 * ✅, thanks for the pointer. Tempodivalse [talk]  03:26, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


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User talk:75.19.121.242

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Thread:Comments:SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket/Comments from feedback form - "right to the point and interes..."

right to the point and interesting :)


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Thread:Comments:Large fireball observed after object strikes Jupiter/Uh oh

Only a matter of time before Earth gets hit..


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Wikinews:Briefs/June 5 and 6, 2010

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Thread:Comments:WHO's reaction to H1N1 influenced by drug companies, reports claim/Comments from feedback form - "'...a 'monumental error' drive..."

'...a 'monumental error' driven by profit-hungry drug companies spreading fear.' looks like a tabloid headline.


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Thread:Comments:Facebook unblocked in Bangladesh/Horrible/reply

and 'poking' people who you haven't spoken to since grade 5..


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Eight injured after train derails in Argyll, Scotland

June 8, 2010

An investigation is currently under way in, Scotland, following a on the  – Oban railway. The incident took place at 2100 (2000 UTC) on Sunday, close to the Falls of Cruachan station. According to reports, both carriages of the derailed unit had also caught fire. At the location of the incident, the railway line is on an embankment above a local roadway, and the lead car came to rest overhanging this road.

All passengers have been successfully evacuated, with eight being taken to hospital with "serious but not life-threatening" injuries. There were no fatalities. A spokesperson for the ambulance service stated soon after the incident: "There's quite a lot of walking wounded. There's a couple of bumps to necks and backs and things like that." The British Transport Police gave a short statement: The train involved was the 1820 hours Glasgow Queen Street to Oban service. This is a two-car train and the leading car has derailed and caught fire.

Inspector David McEwan being quoted as confirming that the lead coach was "sitting in a precarious position overhanging the roadway", and continued "the coach could slip further down the embankment on to the roadway [...] This is obviously a major concern for the engineers at this moment in time."

Railway engineers are currently working to stabilise the site, and re-open the line. According to a Scotrail spokesperson "an investigation is already under way into the cause of the incident by appropriate agencies and industry partners". The line between Glasgow and Oban remains closed, with buses to and Oban replacing trains.


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This is terrible. Now that even WHO is commercialised, I can't imagine which organisation will 'turn bad' next. Please don't let it be GreenPeace or FoE. :(


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User talk:Trust-IT Security Intelligence

 — Mike moral  ♪♫  06:58, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


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this news was fantastic but i have also heard about the artificial baby,so i think approx. same is the thing is presented here


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Portugal holds first same-sex marriage

June 8, 2010

A lesbian couple, Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, married in a Lisbon on Monday. As they kissed and hugged Pires said, "This is a great victory, a dream come true," and that they would continue to fight for equal rights for homosexuals, including.

The couple had campaigned for a change in the law since 2006, when they were turned away from a registry office. Officials said the law stipulated that marriage was between people of different sexes. They appealed to, saying that the constitution forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation, but the Court rejected their appeal.

Afterwards the government of introduced a bill removing the reference to marriage being between different sexes. The bill was passed by parliament in January and ratified by conservative President in May.

The government said the law is part of its effort to modernize Portugal, where homosexuality was a crime until 1982. Portugal is a predominantly Catholic country and is the sixth country in Europe to allow same-sex couples marriages, after Belgium, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

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User talk:Safety Cap

Margot Kidder dies
I am sorry, but time ran out on this article a week ago. We simply do not publish articles about events that happened so long ago. I direct to read the 'Freshness' section of Newsworthiness. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:18, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

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US White House correspondent Helen Thomas retires

June 8, 2010

Veteran White House journalist, 89, announced her retirement yesterday with immediate effect, ending her fifty-seven year career, amid criticism over controversial remarks.

Thomas has been a correspondent for over fifty years and has covered every president from to. Thomas, the daughter of Lebanese immigrants, who blazed a trail for female reporters in politics in the United States, has ended her career after apologizing for saying that Israel should "get the hell out of Palestine."

In retiring, Thomas stated: "I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon."

Her departure as columnist was announced after she was captured on video saying: "Remember, these people are occupied and it's their land. It's not Germany, it's not Poland," and that Israelis should "get the hell out of Palestine" and "they should go home" to Poland, Germany, the US and "everywhere else."

Rabbi David Nesenoff, an independent filmmaker, said he spoke to Thomas outside the White House on Jewish Heritage Day on May 27. Video of her controversial comments were widely disseminated on the Internet by his website, rabbilive.com, that relaunched last week.

Thomas was absent from Monday's briefing. She was dropped by her public speaking agency and a high school commencement address was canceled. The White House Correspondents Association called her remarks "indefensible". The Hearst statement came shortly after White House press secretary called her remarks "offensive and reprehensible."

Thomas has been a correspondent for fifty-seven years, she had worked for decades as a White House correspondent for and became a columnist for the Hearst newspaper chain in recent years. She was the first female officer of the, the first female member and president of the , and, in 1975, the first female member of the.

Thomas did little to hide her views, with her questions to Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and their press secretaries often about the wars in the Middle East. Two weeks ago, she asked Obama, "Mr. President, when are you going to get out of Afghanistan? Why are you continuing to kill and die there?  What is the real excuse?  And don't give us this Bushism, 'If we don't go there, they'll all come here.'"

Helen Thomas has written five books. During Kennedy's administration, Helen ended all presidential press conferences with a signature "Thank you, Mr. President" and always issued a caveat about her work: "In my career you're only as good as your last story."


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"clarify for international audience: who is Helen Thomas?" Thank you, Tempodivalse! Safety Cap (talk) 16:52, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No problems, glad to help. Also, may I suggest that you try expanding the article a bit more (like by a few sentences). While it technically meets the three-paragraph minimum, those paragraphs should ideally each consist of more than one sentence. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Added background, is it needed?
Would it make sense to link to her Wikipedia article, rather than directly post her more detailed biography? Safety Cap (talk) 21:15, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:Oil company BP to pay for Gulf of Mexico spill/clean it up

dont freaking speculate on who's responsibility it is and don't "wait" for facts... the only fact i can see is that there is more oil spilling out every minute. just clean this mess up and make it stop... dummies... makes me mad! >.<


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Thread:Comments:Facebook unblocked in Bangladesh/Horrible/reply (2)

I'm not sure how facebook is the "greatest example of a prvacy nightmare."

But I do agree that all that crap is a nightmare.


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Comments:Series of earthquakes hit Indonesia, Turkey, and Norway

Comments from feedback form - "makan"
makan —118.96.211.194 (talk) 17:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:MV Rachel Corrie seized by Israeli Naval Forces/Comments from feedback form - ""This comes after the death of..."/reply (18)

I saw the video, they were hitting them before they were even on board, hitting them on the boats and fast roping down.


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The Israelis first boarded with paintball guns loaded with pepper balls, essentially pepper spray, and handguns as a last resort, they only resorted to those after several Commandos had been seriously injured and their handguns taken and shot at Israelis. A second chopper dropped off more Commandos to relieve the ones who were under attack, this time armed with rifles. Watch the video, the "peace activists" are swinging flails before they are even on the boat. Tear gas is banned in armed conflict by the UN, so they could not use that, and flair guns can seriously burn someone, pepperballs were a better choice. The Israelis had every right under the law of the sea to inspect a vessel in a blockade zone, or that has the intentions of breaching the blockade.


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Nurseries not harmful to children, says new UK study

June 8, 2010 A new study by a professor at the University of Oxford has concluded that attending does not have harmful effects upon "the vast majority" of children under two years old. The research contrasts with the views of other writers in the field, who argue that pre-school children achieve the best results when cared for by their parents full-time.

Kathy Sylva, Professor of Educational Psychology at the university, has based her findings upon data from the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Project. This has been running since 1996, tracking the development of 3,000 children to discover the effects upon their development of pre-school care and education.

Sylva told The Sunday Times that "[a] lot of parents worry unnecessarily about this issue but my research shows that the vast majority of children are not impaired on any measure by attending nursery under the age of two", although she admits that there is an increased risk for children from deprived background, and for boys. Those attending better-quality nurseries go on to make better relationships when they start school, she says, and urges parents to check the standards of nurseries for themselves.

Her conclusions come in the wake of a vast expansion in nursery care provision in the United Kingdom in recent years, aimed at getting mothers of young children back to work. One study states that 5% of "middle-class" parents in Britain put their children in full-time nursery care.

According to others such as the child psychologist, however, full-time care by parents gives the best results for children. James states that there is evidence that nursery care is "highly stressful and can be harmful", since levels of the hormone double after one hour in day care, and raised levels can be detected for some months afterwards. Sylva agrees, though, that some children who attend nursery before they are two are slightly more aggressive at primary school – a finding in line with other research – but says that this aggression disappears by the time the child reaches eleven.

Sylva, a of, was awarded the  in 2008. She is a former special advisor to the and the.


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Under Turkish law, it is an offence to "insult Turkishness." lol.


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Cadmium
Safety Cap (talk) 21:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe include why cadmium is bad?
 * How much of the design contained cadmium?
 * Where were the glasses manufactured?


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Flow estimates
I would point out that the flow estimates listed are extremely conservative and most likely very wrong. "Independent scientists and groups have said the flow could even be as high as 100,000 barrels a day." per National Journal Stepshep (talk) 22:55, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I'd argue that article is a bit outdated to be included in this article, being published almost two weeks ago. It is likely that new estimates have been made since then, since the used sources point at 12 000 to 19 000 barrels. Nuburos (talk) 23:03, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


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Never assume
In working up a first draft of the long-discussed upgrade, I went through the existing essay expecting to have lots of ideas in need of preservation by weaving into the upgrade — and was bemused to find that almost all the old material is simply struggling to compensate for having recommended assuming anything in the first place.

There are a few ideas in the old version that could be at least partly reused, at some point — but they didn't seem to fit in the needed replacement essay on the primary theme that needs redress here, assumption. --Pi zero (talk) 03:34, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

 * To provide clarity in addressing content under the new title, I've also archived the earlier contents of the talk page. --Pi zero (talk) 04:34, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Guideline
I'm thinking it's time to call this a guideline. --Pi zero (talk) 17:08, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

 * It is certainly a guiding principle. I just wonder if it has sufficient nuance. Interestingly, all of the Wikinews in other languages sisters seem to have AGF. --SVTCobra 18:04, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure what you mean in this context by nuance. Seems to me this page means exactly what it says, and emphasizes not reading things into it that aren't there.  The long-ago "assume good intentions" started out by saying assume something, and then had to spend a great deal of text backpedaling from the not-meant-to-be-taken-literally instruction to assume anything in the first place; the shift to "never assume" was attended by a spectacular reduction in length because it was no longer necessary to madly backpedal.  So, honestly, I see it as a good thing that no fancy footwork is needed.  Perhaps you mean something else, though. --Pi zero (talk) 18:33, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Perhaps 'nuance' wasn't the best choice of words, but maybe 'clarity' or 'fleshing out'. I feel the opening paragraphs should specify this applies to content (i.e. the articles) and not so much anything else. We pretty much AGF when it comes to ideas and the intent of users. An explanation might be helpful, too, about how Wikinews articles are a snapshot in time and we have a very small window of time to get things right, so even the smallest factual claim cannot be left unchallenged, unlike Wikipedia articles which are sometimes allowed to sit for years as and unsourced stub until it gradually gets improved (keep it short an point to our "Introduction for Wikipedians"). Does that make more sense? Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:21, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh, and the whole thing about "people" ... well, that's about OR, right? One does not need a pre-established reputation to write a good synthesis article. So that could be clarified as well. --SVTCobra 22:25, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * On the contrary, a good reputation is useful for synthesis, exactly (well, in part exactly) because never-assume is not limited to content but also applies to people. We don't AGF.  Nor do Wikipedians AGF, because "AGF" doesn't mean what it says.  I've observed (btw) that AGF is a long-term toxin for a project and has done great damage to Wikipedia; part of that has to do with social dynamics, but also part is because it doesn't mean what it says: it either misleads users or teaches them that saying things you don't mean is okay, the latter of which is a terrible thing to teach people who are supposed to act as information providers.  And it suggests that assuming things is ever okay, which it isn't.  (There's a saying in journalism: If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.) I reiterate: this means what it says.  It says not to assume things, and means it. --Pi zero (talk) 22:41, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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