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Tempodivalse [talk]  03:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

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Hello,

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Demonstrator killed in Tehran protest

June 15, 2009 Unconfirmed reports say that at least one person has been shot and killed, and several others were seriously wounded, during a rally against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Azadi Square, Tehran, Iran. Reports say that pro-government militia opened fire on protesters after they attempted to storm a Revolutionary Guard compound.

The defeated candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, appeared at the rally and addressed the crowd earlier in the day, in contravention of a ban. In the past few days there have been reports of violence and rioting, with many people arrested.

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Unconfirmed reports
I changed it to say the reports are unconfirmed, as that's what the BBC say. MSNBC says an AP staff member saw it, but that isn't confirmation. Computerjoe 's talk 17:38, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. Good eye. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:39, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * OK thanks, my first article so sorry about the formatting issues! Dottydotdot (talk) 18:37, 15 June 2009 (UTC)


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User:Jamesepain

James Pain Living in Essex, England

Used to maintain audio wikinews under another account, now just hanging out and doing what I can in my free free time.

http://www.jamespain.co.uk

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Welcome
Tempodivalse [talk]  18:18, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Heh, someone works fast. --Jamesepain (talk) 10:50, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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UK inquiry into Iraq war will be held in private

June 15, 2009

United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced today that the independent inquiry into the Iraq War will be held in private. It has been called for by opposition MP's and Labour MP's since the invasion and it was announced today that it will start next month.

It is planned to take at least a year, according to Mr. Brown, and is being held in private for national security matters and to protect Britain's military capability.

Protestors have reacted angrily to the news, believing the government will try to hide blame.


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The url for the second source is incorrect. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:01, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Is it too late?
Sorry, took out an apostrophe as article looked unreviewed, then saw the above template.

"and is being held in private for national security matters" Would "reasons / reasons of" be better?  Esowteric | Talk  20:32, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't worry - you are free to make minnor grammatical changes up until the time its archived (in about two weeks). Since i just reviewed this now - feel free to make pretty much any changes you want. Its generally ok to make content changes for about a day or so after its published (any changes will be marked as waiting for approval before they go in the main version of the article). Bawolff ☺☻ 20:41, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This is a top-day article. You can add new content as well (it is actually encouraged). It will have to be sighted by someone else before it is viewable. --SVTCobra 22:39, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Protestors have reacted angrily to the news, believing the government will try to hide blame.
This sentence seems a bit weasely. Which protestors? What blame? --SVTCobra 22:39, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll try & sort that out today. Dottydotdot (talk) 07:07, 16 June 2009 (UTC)


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Please don't insert opionins into news articles. If you have something to say, please click on the opinion tab near the top of the page. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:11, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

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Nepali capital Kathmandu shut down after rebel strike

June 16, 2009

Kathmandu, the capital of the Asian country of Nepal, has been shut down after former Maoist rebels called a strike to protest to the alleged killing of one of their leaders.

Businesses, schools, and factories closed down on Monday, when members of the Young Communist League (YCL) entered city intersections to enforce the strike. Vehicles of drivers who have defied the strike have been torched and vandalised.

The protests and strikes come several days after local Maoist leader Rajendra Phuyal was found dead in the country's capital on June 11. The rebels suspect that he had been killed, and want an investigation into the incident.


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Swine flu claims first UK victim

June 15, 2009 Yesterday, the first fatality in the UK caused by swine flu was announced. Jacqueline Fleming, who was 38, from Glasgow, Scotland, died at the Royal Alexandria Hospital in Paisley. She had been admitted to hospital two weeks earlier after the premature birth of her baby son, Jack. Reports suggest that she was admitted having suffered a and suffered further complications, in part related to the birth of Jack.

Professor Hugh Pennington, a bacteriologist at was quoted as saying that underlying health problems were likely to have been a significant factor in Jaqueline's death. He also dismissed speculation that the virus was getting worse, saying "This is what the authorities have been saying will happen for a long time. It does not point to the virus getting nastier. All the evidence to date suggests the virus is not changing at all."

Her son Jack died today in the special care unit of the same hospital at the age of two weeks, having been born 11 weeks early. He was not affected by the H1N1 virus.

Jaqueline's husband stated today "My beautiful son was born on the first of June 2009, 11 weeks early. He suffered from a number of complications and despite his brave fight he passed away earlier this evening at the Special Care Baby Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley."

On Friday, the said confirmed swine flu cases in the UK had reached 1004. Recently, the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak to be a worldwide.

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Bawolff, this is showing up in Category:Review. --SVTCobra 22:42, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot that mediawiki tends to silently expand templates inside script pages, and add all the categories. Should be fixed now. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:46, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --SVTCobra 22:53, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Instructions
First off, this has not really been tested/ is not totally finished, so use at your own risk. It might not even work at the moment.

If you really want to try it out (and you have editor privs):
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If you do try it, please let me know. I'd be anxious to hear if it worked, your thoughts, or really anything. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:27, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Status of this script: It should work if the page is failed review. However if the article passes review there are still major issues and it needs more testing (A succesful review requires the script to do a lot more things than a failed review, and is also harder to test). Bawolff ☺☻ 05:14, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

 * It should now fully work. I am unsure about its status on internet explorer (If anyone uses IE, let me know). I am not aware of any significant issues at this time. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:58, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Bug?
I noticed, though I might have missed something, that the easy peer review does not flag the review it does. At the moment you have to manually flag the revision in the history, by clicking 'prev'. Aside from that, this is absolutely a great gadget. Thanks for making it. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:30, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ should be fixed. There was a bug where it flagged the wrong revision. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:57, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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Wikinews:Google news

Outdated: See User:Brian McNeil/Google News for brief notes on current setup.

This page aims to describe how google news is currently mirroring us. This is off the top of my head, so take it with a grain of salt.

Googlebot loads the main page. It looks for links which it assumes to be articles. Any link with an id number in it is assumed to be an article. If a link does not have a number in it, it is ignored. If a link has a rel=nofollow tag on it, it is ignored.

Since by default we don't have id numbers in our articles, some software modifications were made. Specifically DPL's were modified to add an extra parameter,  when   the url changes from http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/example_article to http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/example_article?curid=1234. See WN:DPL for more details on dpl parameters. Changes were also made to output the url with parameters using the /wiki/title access point instead of the primary script access point (/w/index.php?title=... ), as links to the primary script access point have the nofollow tag, and thus don't work.

Please note that curid is not just a dummy parameter. It points the internal article id in the database. In fact it overides the title. For example, article 1234 is actually Gusenbauer reelected as Austrian Social Democrat Party leader. You can have a link to any title, and it will still point to that article if the right curid is there. For example http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/An_article_that_clearly_does_not_exist_but_goes_to_the_re-election_thing_anyhow?curid=1234

Flagged revisions and the review process which we all now know and love was also partially the result of trying to be included on google news. google news does not really like the idea of publishing without peer review which we used to do in our earlier years. Changes to the DPL were also made so that it has the option of showing only sighted articles (see WN:DPL). Main page dpl's take advantage of this (as thats what google uses), however most portals still display all articles, regardless of if they are sighted, simply because no one has changed the dpls. (this doesn't really matter much as the publish tag is only applied after the article is sighted anyhow)

As a result of how we are indexed we took the developing stories list off the main page, as even if we set showcurid to false, google would still index any page that contains a number in it (ex: Wikinews Shorts: April 14, 2007). Some people (as in the person who wrote this page, however most people disagree with him) were concerned that that may somewhat limit new users exposure to the wiki aspects of wikinews.

For more information, please the Water cooler archives, or ask someone.

- Other indexing schemes which i think are possible is using a non-mainpage page as google's starting point, or getting someone to write a special page extension that outputs the latest sighted articles in google's xml sitemap format.

other google
The above applies only to google news. It should be noted that other portions of google index us differently. This includes google news archive, as well as normal google web search.

All search engines are prevented from indexing the following pages:
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Oklahoma trooper on leave after altercation with ambulance personnel

June 16, 2009

An Oklahoma police officer is on paid administrative leave, following an altercation with ambulance personnel while they were transporting a patient to the hospital. Trooper Daniel Martin, a member of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), was caught on video by his police vehicle's dashboard-camera in a physical struggle with paramedic Maurice White, Jr. after Martin pulled the ambulance over. Martin had previously passed the ambulance while en route to another call, but came back and pulled over the ambulance. The incident occurred on May 24, and footage from the police dash-cam was released following a tort claim filed by paramedic White.

It has also been suggested that the previous call had in-fact been to pick up his wife from a police station who was then present in the car during the incident between Martin and the ambulance.

Footage by the OHP released Friday shows the ambulance personnel repeatedly informing Trooper Martin that they have a patient in the back of the ambulance that they are in the midst of transporting to the hospital. Martin yells at the ambulance driver for making what he claims was an obscene gesture – the ambulance driver asserts he raised both hands signalling confusion at the police officer's actions. Trooper Martin can be heard telling the ambulance driver "I'm going to give you a ticket for failure to yield, and when I go by you saying 'What's going on?' you don't need to give me no hand gestures now, I ain't going to put up with that [expletive], do you understand me?"

The video from the police dash-cam is eight minutes long, and paramedic White can be seen twice being pushed up against his ambulance by Trooper Martin. In one instance, Martin shoves White up against the ambulance while gripping his neck tightly with his other hand. In a written statement, paramedic White described the hold placed on him by the Trooper, stating "he engaged my trachea in a claw-like grip digging his nail into my neck while partially shutting off my air supply."

The sister of the patient in the ambulance, Clara Harper, was following the ambulance and witnessed the incident. Harper later viewed the footage from the police dash-cam, and she stated to Tulsa World paramedic White "never once became aggressive to that trooper." She asserted that "He did nothing wrong." After the ambulance was allowed to continue transporting the patient to the hospital, Harper got into the ambulance to be with her sister. "She was scared, and I was trying to calm her down and telling her everything was going to be all right," said Harper.

Paramedic White was interviewed by KOKI-TV, and recounted his thoughts as the incident was taking place. He stated his main concern was for his ambulance patient: "It was surrealistic because I've never had such an experience. My biggest concern was for the patient. If there's any nightmare from this, it's because of what that mother, that patient, had to go through." White's attorney told KOKI-TV that if White deemed the arrest to be unlawful, he had the right to resist it. White is a paramedic for Creek Nation Emergency Medical Services in Oklahoma. He told FOX News he was surprised at the actions of the police trooper. "He's taken an oath, just as I have, to protect and serve. I could not believe that this was happening," said White.

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety decided to release the police dash-cam video publicly after amateur video of the incident was posted to the video-sharing website YouTube. Captain Chris West, spokesman for the OHP, explained why the video was not released earlier. "We've been well aware of the fact that this incident has drawn enormous attention, but made the decision to protect the integrity of the investigation, any and all relevant evidence, as well as the rights of the department employees," said West. Prior to the release of the dash-cam video, a relative of the patient had posted video of the incident to YouTube. The son of the ambulance patient can be seen in a video stating to the camera "Highway patrolman pulled over my mom's ambulance because he's mad we didn't pull over, and he tried to arrest ... the EMT from taking my mother to the hospital."

Richard O'Carroll, the lawyer for paramedic White, said that Trooper Martin abused his authority as a police officer. "Everything on this needs to relate back to why are we here? One man is there protecting a patient and one man is there abusing his authority and throwing his weight around," said O'Carroll. White's attorney filed a tort claim on behalf of his client in order to get the video of the police vehicle's dash-cam released. Trooper Martin's lawyer says he did not realize a patient was in the ambulance at the time of the incident.

O'Carroll explained the decision of paramedic White not to use sirens while transporting his patient to the hospital: "There was a reason he wasn't running sirens. There was a suggestion of chest pains and a heart condition and sirens aggravate these conditions by increasing the blood pressure." However the attorney for Trooper Martin, Gary James, said that the ambulance was not exempt from regulations because it did not have its sirens on. "If they're not running their sirens or lights, they don't get afforded any emergency vehicle exemptions," said James. The OHP chief is handling an internal review into the incident. As of June 1, Trooper Martin has been on paid administrative leave.


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=What are your thoughts on the actions of the Oklahoma police trooper?=

not only should he be fired, but should be charged with obstructing the duties of the paramedic and the health of the patient. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 38.101.18.2 (talk • contribs)

The excuse the trooper provides (that he was unaware there was a patient in the ambulance) can be dismissed quite easily by simply watching the video. I believe I counted 2-3 separate occasions where he is informed of that very fact. This trooper should be fired, and I believe charged for interfering with the ambulance. Imagine if it were your wife/sister/mother in the back of that ambulance. Ridiculous! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.209.106.97 (talk • contribs)

I don't believe the trooper should have stopped the ambulance in the first place. However, things were made worse by a number of bystanders (were they following in another vehicle?) One of them appeared to enter the unattended squad car while others gathered threateningly around the cop, driver and medic. At the end it seems someone in a red shirt (which is not what the original driver was wearing) entered the ambulance and drove it off. Others entered and exited the rear. Very chaotic indeed. --SVTCobra 23:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually the person in the red shirt was in fact the original driver. If you were watching the police car video then it was difficult to tell since the video quality was very poor and it doesn't seem to distinguish the color red very well. When the driver is coming out of the ambulance his shirt looks black, but as the video progresses his shirt looks red. You have to watch the video very carefully to tell this. Its even more clearer that this was in fact the driver if you compare this video to the youtube video since in the youtube video it can clearly distinguish the color red much better. At one point in the youtube video you can see the cop pulling the driver aside who is a bald white man in a red shirt and yelling at him. Curiously the black ambulance man whom the cop assaulted was wearing the same exact red shirt. But you wouldn't know it from only watching the police car video. As far as the bystanders making things worse, I have to say I simply didn't get that impression at all. The youtube video gave me the impression that the only reason the black ambulance man wasn't arrested was due to the bystanders protests and the man's resistance to being arrested. Good thing too since who knows how their patient's health would have been affected had she been deprived of her paramedic and been taken to the hospital with any more delay.Chhe (talk) 23:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

 * I have since watched the other video and I can't fathom what was going through the mind of the trooper initially or later. All I can suppose is that he got frightened by the number of people there and went into some kind of paranoid turf war over who had authority over the situation. Truly ugly. --SVTCobra 00:22, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

FUCK THA POLICE KILL ALL PIG-COPS

I'm surprised the officer has not been sued by the patient. As a new EMT i know a little bit about this. Lights and Sirens are not necessarily required, at least not in my state. Especially if it would make the patients condition worse potentially. This officer was endangering not only the paramedic but the patient as well. If this was off duty or with no patient in the mix, i would suggest both of them being fired. But that wasn't the case. Unfortunately we live in a world of office and departmental politics, not right or wrong. I hope this officer is charged with something. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.33.138.221 (talk • contribs)

Unfortunately, just another example of police stupidity/ brutality. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.130.64.11 (talk • contribs)

Some people are ridiculous. It's common sense and the law. You must always obey a police officer when pulled over. It doesn't matter if you're an EMT, an iraq veteran or police officer yourself. Maurice White clearly flaunted the authority of the police officer and should have charges brought against him. If a police officer tells you to get back in the vehicle, you do it. THEN you tell them you have an emergency. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.216.1.132 (talk • contribs)
 * I completely disagree with the comment above! The EMT had every right to question this sad excuse for a police officer. The officer was clearly in the wrong in every single imaginable way.  It's people like you that give these scumbags the idea that they are GOD and that they have the authority to trample all over us citizens.  I respect all police officers that I come in contact with, but this guy gets no respect!  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:7:9c80:ef:72cd:60ff:fea9:71b4 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 7 February 2014

United States Department of Justice
If the local authorities won't protect their citizens, I hope the USDOJ steps in and conducts an investigation. This officer needs to be removed from the force. USDOJ should keep a database of such firings so that this person can not get a similar job in another jurisdiction. I wouldn't want him on the police force where my family and I live. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.190.54.55 (talk • contribs)

I think that trooper should be charged and jailed, it's not fair he had to pull over an ambulance just because it didn't pull over before, i mean, it's an ambulance, when it's out on the road it's because of an emergency, what would have happened if that patient needed to be treated immediately for some kind of condition?, that UNJUSTIFIED AND ABUSIVE delay may have hindered her chances of survival, everything because the trooper was annoyed they didn't stop, who does he think he is? don't MS have special privileges on the road? and what about assaulting that guy?, i think that trooper should be fired without any kind of liquidation or something, it "to Protect and Serve" not "to Punish and Detain"... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Der Feniks (talk • contribs)

he should apologise

take his pay away and put him in jail.

The Reason for the Pull-over:

After reviewing all the footage, a clear view of what was most likely in the minds of each driver is clear.

1. Trooper was going at a very high rate of Speed with lights and sirens(code three)on a county road with curves and small hills. 2. Ambulance driver was traveling code one with a patient, on the same country road. 3. Ambulance driver had a vehicle in front of it, following within about 3 seconds behind the car in front. 4. Ambulance drivers view of the mirrors provided some view of the road behind, and if mirrors are scanned every ten seconds, this would provide safety while keeping an eye on the car infront whose actions can be unpredictable with an ambulance following it. 5. Troopers only care was what was in front of him, due to his high rate of speed. 6. Ambulance driver was keeping an eye on front, the safety of the patient, and scanning mirrors for upcoming cars. 7. The time between the first visual of ambulance and riding the ambulance bumber was about 7 seconds. 8. The Ambulance driver was dealing with a car slowing down in front of it, and keeping his eyes's on front. Even if he scanned his mirrors 8 seconds prior, he would not have seen the Trooper. The Vehcile in Front could have been slowing down for many reasons, the siren, the ambulance or both...but the fact remains the car was slowing down, and the ambulance was focusing on his most immediate safety issue, the car in front slowing down. 9.The Trooper had the Visual, the time, and ability to adjust his vehicles speed and position for saftey, having all the information of what was in front of him. 10. Troopers actions gave little time for human reaction to his Code Three. Given the Road conditions, and situation, perhaps three seconds max after the physical factors could be heard or seen behind him. 11. The NUMBER ONE RULE OF THE ROAD IS SAFETY! Not code three or yielding.

12, The trooper should not follow to close, tailgating is not safe. The Trooper had control of this and choose to tailgate. 13. The Trooper mindset was simple: "I'm code three, get out of My way" 14. The Ambulance driver was simple: "I was focusing on the slowing car in front of me, and I did not see you till you were tailgating my bumper, and I was in the middle of avoiding the car in front of my as I was passing it.

15. The Code Three run by back-up on a situation that did not even require the Trooper to get out of his vehicle or radio for a situation update is suspect. The Fact the the Trooper did not get communicate with the emergency situation that he was running code three, but rather his focus was the ambulance was clear becuase of the fact he did not even communicate with officers on site. The alleged hand motion does not negate the fact that if the emergency was code three, if should at least communicate and make sure it is o.k. to leave and go after the offending ambulance. This did not happen..Why?

The Troopers attitude and words and actions all point to rage due to the Failure to Yield. But was their a failure to yield? In the troopers mind, yes, upon review all the facts and situation, the troopers assessment for a Failure yield was unreasonable, and put the public at risk for personal reasons. I would want a EMT like Mr. White when in need of medical assistance. I would be in fear of my life if pulled over by Trooper Martin. The Da decision to sweep this under the rug, is not protecting the public safety, but protecting the trooper from accountability.

Brett B

what a complete douchebag

Like the saying that "All the hypocrites are in church", "every cop is a criminal" is equally (more so?) true.

TROOPER AND THE AMBULANCE ATTEDENTS
I THINK THE TROOPER HAS ISSUES AND ANGER AND YOU SEE MORE AND MORE POLICE BULLYING THERE WEIGHT AROUND. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE THE LAW DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT OR THINK YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF ABUSE OF POLICE OFFICERS AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. BE AN OFFICER FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, NOT TO BULLY PEOPLE AROUND.

TROOPER ABUSE
WHY DO POLICE THINK THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT!!!!!! IN MOST CASES THEY JUST LIKE TO THROW THEIR AUTHORITY AROUND. THIS BEHAVIOR HAS TO BE STOPPED. NO WONDER WHY PEOPLE HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE LAW.

Welcome to the New Police State
Get used to it, buddy - it ain't changing anytime soon. You can thank the Patriot (or is it Paranoid) Act for that!

Welcome to the New Police State
Get used to it, buddy - it ain't changing anytime soon. You can thank the Patriot (or is it Paranoid) Act for that! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.150.206.225 (talk) 17:46, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

A whole mess of charges
Assalt, obstruction, civil rights of emt and patient. We all know he and his buddies are guilty. But, will he be found guilty? Why are the courts not serving our interests? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.145.172.153 (talk) 11:55, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Arrest the Trooper
Out of all the people there no one dared arrest that trooper for assaulting Mr. White. That's sad. As soon as he pushed White against the ambulance, I would have thrown him to the ground, ground my knee into his back and drawn my pistol to hold him there until law enforcement arrived. If he touched his weapon I would have shot him to eliminate the threat of violence (which would be a legally authorized killing under the Oklahoma Self Defense Act). If a law enforcement officer is acting unlawfully, he does not have the force of law and should be treated as if he is any other person attacking someone.

People need to start standing up to bad cops. It's not very practical unless we are equally armed though, so people need to start carrying firearms.

interesting!
Brings up a philosophical issue about the strict adherence to policies and how they can be very rational but misapplied for an irrational outcome. The policy of being able to pull over any vehicle for driving infractions is rational, but the application of it in this case is ludicrous. I notice he didn't use "I was just following policy" as his defense, rather "I didn't know there was a patient in there" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.202.14.203 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

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He should not be a trooper he makes other troopers look bad the badge gone to the head I would not want him to pull me over his ass is a time bomb ready to explode. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.33.94.75 (talk • contribs) 02:46, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Wow
The fact that the state of Oklahoma was paying this guy after that incident on leave...after watching this incident unfold is alarming and the trooper was in the middle of running personal business while on duty...just alarming and shocking wow and smh.


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NPOV
Why is it NPOV to still call the Maoists "rebels" after conclusion of Nepalese Civil War? And am I the only one who thinks the title is confusing? It brought to my mind the idea that Kathmandu was shut down after a military strike by anti-government forces or something. May I suggest "Nepali capital Kathmandu shuts down for a strike called by Maoists" as an alternative title? 67.244.35.186 (talk) 17:39, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


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Map
Once again this is not a date-stamped map on Commons; they will update as they see fit and not respect our use in reference to a specific date. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:58, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * So what should we do? Dottydotdot (talk) 18:29, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If the map hasn't been updated since the date of our article then copy it in it's entirety and make under a " as at . " version. Somewhere in the documentation link to this article as justification for having the new version which should not be updated.
 * This happens from time to time, last it happened was more obvious as it was the global spread map and several countries were added in a matter of days after our article was published. That was more problematic getting old versions of the image to use. And, while the date is important, preferable to use image credit for all images not in infoboxes. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:37, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Aha OK I understand-unfortunately I can't download images from where I am to reupload it-any chance you could(or someone else)? Cheers! Dottydotdot (talk) 19:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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Recount offered for disputed Iranian election

June 16, 2009

The Guardian Council of Iran has announced it is willing to recount contentious votes from Friday's presidential elections. Iran's top legislative body has said votes would be recounted in regions where other losing candidates contest the results, but the Council says they have no plans to annul the election.

Candidates opposing the current president elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, made the official request for a recount saying they believe thousands of ballots went missing. There will be a 10 day waiting period while the council reviews the election results.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme ruler of Iran, has announced there will be an investigation into possible voting fraud, after various countries including the United States and the European Union expressed discomfort with the way the election had been handled.


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Spelling error
The spelling error was in the secondary source, sorry I did not catch it when copying the individual's quote. Cirt (talk) 16:07, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Original reporting
Added tag Original reporting - article now incorporates material from multiple different primary sources. Cirt (talk) 21:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * A variation of broadcast report might be appropriate, but you need OR notes of original investigative research beyond watching recordings for OR - and both BR and OR need some notes. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:07, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Information and quotes were drawn from the report of the paramedic, as well as the primary source video material. Cirt (talk) 05:26, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * = Changed to template Broadcast report. Cirt (talk) 10:37, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Blog source
To what extent is the carlosmiller.com blog used as a source? From what I can tell the content is entirely redundant to the other sources. --SVTCobra 22:06, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That source was added by in this edit . Cirt (talk) 22:08, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a blog by someone with an axe to grind, I'd rather see it gone but thought I'd hacked enough already. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:08, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That was the source for the fact that the officer picks up his wife. It could/can be got rid of it its referenced in other articles or if someone wants to claim OR/BR on watching the video. --Mark Talk to me 23:14, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It is now gone. --SVTCobra 01:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Sources used in article inappropriately moved to External links section
= This edit was inappropriate. Sources used directly in the article for material in the article body text should not be moved to an External links subsection. Cirt (talk) 08:01, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I strongly disagree. This was not my intent when trying to clarify the appropriate article sections in the style guide. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:07, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * See above comments by multiple other users that support this position. External links sections are generally discouraged in articles anyways. Instead, sources should be used in the article instead of pointing to other resources, and then sources moved from external links to the Sources section. Cirt (talk) 08:08, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Who do you think originally wrote that external links sections were discouraged? I did after doing a little archiving. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:12, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * So because you originally wrote something on Wikinews, this means you get to singlehandedly override community consensus, and unilaterially dictate site policy? Cirt (talk) 08:15, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No it means I get to disagree based on what I was trying to achieve with the text. It was not meant to be a religious, "thou shalt not use external links" edict. Just a guideline that could be used to stop people spamming links to their pet hobbies. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:17, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * See above comments by and . As the links are sources used directly in the article, and not simply external resource links, then they should not be placed in an External links section, but rather in the Sources section. Cirt (talk) 08:18, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Sources moved back to Sources section. No reason was given to override current site practices. Dates adjusted to reflect dates given at source pages. Cirt (talk) 08:22, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I still disagree with this and will now seek further input with a view to clarifying policy. I cannot imagine any petition being a credible or valid source where anyone can start it, anyone can sign it, and they can claim to be anyone. The only newsworthy aspect is that it exists, not any content such as comments - it has no news value or credibility. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:26, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "The only newsworthy aspect is that it exists" - exactly, and that is all that is being stated in the article. Cirt (talk) 08:27, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Which, logically, means as no content is used it is not a source. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:30, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It is a source of direct information used in the article. If it were a resource for further information, such as a government informative page on a topic that was not used for any information in the article itself, then that would be something for an "External links" section. That is not the case here. Cirt (talk) 08:31, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree with the above comment by Cirt. In my opinion, "External links" should only be used as "further reading" that does not back up anything in the article text, while "Sources" are to be used to back up material covered in the prose itself. In this case, the link serves to corroborate some part of the story, so it should be placed in "Sources". Whether a mention of the petition in the article should be made at all is an entirely different question. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:50, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Thank you. Cirt (talk) 14:07, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Validity of the petition
Are we sure that the number of signatures in the petition mentioned in the article is reliable? As mentioned in the above section by Brianmc, it's not easy to determine the validity of the signatures and they could have been forged, seeing as it's an open petition. Just wondering. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Removed. Cirt (talk) 22:05, 17 June 2009 (UTC)


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Has it been confirmed how she caught the swine flu? No news reports appear to mention this.


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Also, my apologies for deleting your userpage - it was a mistake. I thought it was a different page and deleted it before looking properly - my apologies for this foolishness. (I've now restored the page.) Tempodivalse [talk]  18:00, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Demonstrator killed in Tehran protest

there were eight killed in the unrest here.

Some ANGRY
Iran people must get there rights to be muslim but also to be muslim how have same rights for man and woman, they are fight and die in the name of ALLAH. may there life be bless by ALLAH

U bullshit
this is fucking old and there were more than one killed I've been there. your Wikinews sucks


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Study says nearly every species of animal engages in homosexual behavior

June 16, 2009

According to a recent study, almost every kind of animal on engages in same-sex sexual behavior whether intentional or natural. Lead scientist on the study, Nathan Bailey, says the list includes, among others,, penguins, frogs and.

"It's clear that same-sex sexual behavior extends far beyond the well-known examples that dominate both the scientific and popular literature," said Bailey, a postdoctoral researcher of biology at.

The study was published in today's edition of the journal .

In some cases the animals are not aware that they are engaging in same-sex sexual behaviors. One example are male. According to the study, males in some cases will unintentionally cater to other male flies because they lack a gene which allows them to determine the sexes of other fruit flies. have also been known to sometimes engage in same-sex sexual behavior as a way to socially bond with other dolphins.

Bailey states that such actions will have an effect on, but that science is only just beginning to research what the effects might be. Bailey also said that natural selection could be playing a role in what animals engage in same-sex sexual behavior.

"Like any other behavior that doesn't lead directly to reproduction — such as aggression or — same-sex behavior can have evolutionary consequences that are just now beginning to be considered," Bailey said.

He added that "same-sex behaviors —, mounting or parenting — are traits that may have been shaped by natural selection, a basic mechanism of evolution that occurs over successive generations."

Scientists included in the study research on the origins of homosexual behavior in animals, examining whether the behavior is adaptive in an animal's environment, and whether it happens often.


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Yemeni troops search for missing hostages

June 16, 2009 Today, the Yemeni embassy in the United States announced that Yemeni troops and air support had been dispatched to search for six missing hostages, after three bodies were found on Saturday.

Reports suggest that the group of nine were having a picnic on Friday when they were abducted in the Saada province of Yemen. The three bodies discovered were those of a South Korean teacher and two German nurses. The missing six are believed to consist of five Germans, of whom three are children and a Briton.

A spokesman for the Yemeni Embassy said "[The foreigners] ventured outside the city of Saada without the required police escorts due to the heightened security situation in the area. This event was a heinous crime and constitutes not only a violation against the peaceful principles of Islam, but also the precepts of humanity."

It is currently unknown who is responsible for the kidnapping, with both Shiite rebels and drugs cartels being accused.

Yemen has suffered a string of kidnappings, normally of foreigners, although to date all were released unharmed. This would be the first instance first year of hostages being killed.


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problems
1. There are about 1.25 million animal species, according to enWP. Probably 1.24 million of them have not been investigated in this aspect. The article actually reads properly, but should be "kind" of animal, not species.

2. The article has not yet been published in ''Trends in Ecology and Evolution" ,nor does any paper by him appear in   that journal's  list of articles in press ,

3. It is not even yet listed in Google Science. there is an earlier one: by the same authors, Zuk and Biley.

5. The only citation available for it is on Bailey's web page, "Bailey NW, Zuk M (in press) Same-sex sexual behavior and evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution." I';ve written to him asking for publication details.

4. The article should also mention the senior author, Zuk,  his advisor. He's been giving the interviews, but he's not the only author. DGG (talk) 03:07, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

DGG, The article is currently in press, and available online only as of 17 June 2009. My problem with the article, however, has to do with the repeated use of the word "homosexual", as the authors of the paper explicitly notes the differences between "sexual behaviour" and "sexual orientation" and furthermore in their glossary objects to the use of the word "homosexual" in "scientific writing" because of its different connotation in nonscientific writing. 67.244.35.186 (talk) 17:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:24.209.106.97

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Greece: Athens Pride 2009

June 18, 2009 On Saturday, June 13, at the Klafthmonos (Κλαυθμωνος) square in Athens, Greece, the Athens Pride 2009 was held in support of LGBT issues. This Greek gay pride festival was held under the slogan "100% ισότητα" or "100% equality." On the square, organisations had stands representing issues such as representatives from human rights organizations, AIDS related health organizations, LGBT groups and political parties supporting LGBT rights.

About 18:00 local time, a parade was held through Athens, and later a party with music, concerts and performances. Among the performers were: stand-up comedian Tzimis Panousis, and the group Berlin Brides.

Shown here is a picture gallery of the event.

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I like news and the game Silent Hill: Homecoming! --SHHomecoming09 (talk) 23:15, 16 June 2009 (UTC) I currently use a Toshiba laptop to work on news articles, shorts. --SHHomecoming09 (talk) 23:42, 16 June 2009 (UTC) Please bear with me typing on a laptop is not that great for me make lots of typos etc lol sorry. --SHHomecoming09 (talk) 23:42, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
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$106 billion dollar war bill backed by House of Representatives
Hi, I noticed you are new like me! I've expanded the above article to an acceptable standard(I hope!). If you want any help/tips please feel free to ask! Dottydotdot (talk) 18:47, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

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U.S. President Barack Obama calls North Korea a "grave threat"

June 18, 2009

On Tuesday, United States President Barack Obama branded North Korea a "grave threat" to the world with regards to their nuclear weapons production.

President Obama's speech, delivered alongside South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, comes after North Korea claimed they will take action if any nation blocks the passage of its ships. Officials at the Pentagon have said North Korean missiles could be capable of reaching the US within the next three years if they continue military expansion at the rate of the past year.

Obama said that the United States was "more than willing to engage in negotiations to get North Korea on a path of peaceful coexistence".

President Lee asserted that the United States's support of South Korea would "prevent anything from happening" to his country.


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$106 billion war bill backed by U.S. House of Representatives

June 18, 2009

The United States' House of Representatives backed a US$106 billion dollar (€75 billion) war bill today. The Senate will take a look at the bill next. The bill would fund the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The final vote was 226-202 in favor of the bill. The bill will also give authorization for $108 billion for credit lines for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The bill will help to move President Barack Obama's plans to the next stage — namely reducing operations in Iraq and expanding in Afghanistan

The bill was tough to pass, with only five Republicans supporting it and thirty-two Democrats voting against. The lack of Republican support was due to the introduction of measures to provide $108 billion of new credit lines to the IMF, which they argue should have been part of a separate bill.

The bill also included compromises with regards to Guantanamo Bay, allowing suspects to be taken to the United States for questioning but not for permanent detention.


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I might take you up on you offer to work on maps. Welcome to Wikinews. --SVTCobra 00:16, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Study says nearly every species of animal engages in homosexual behavior

Hasn't this already been stated in numerous studies on the subject? (well, perhaps not in such a broad scope as this one) 70.153.98.240 (talk) 02:05, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

"According to a recent study, almost every kind of animal on Earth engages in homosexual behavior whether intentional or natural." I'd lolled hard on the last part.--KDP3 (talk) 05:15, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You know what your mother always told you: "If an animal does it, you should too!" 206.74.5.136 (talk) 13:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Many have tried, but only a few are obsessed enough to take up yoga so they can reach the parts that dogs lick. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:06, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm sure somewhere on 4chan they have that video.--66.229.17.49 (talk) 16:25, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Here is such a yoga class. --SVTCobra 22:34, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

The article does not define homosexual behavior beyond mounting, parenting, and courtship; did the researcher define homosexual behavior more extensively than that limited definition?

Moreover, an issue with the underlying study might be that the problem of the observer vs. the observed. What did the observed subjects think they were doing? Was this part of an ongoing social relationship in their view? We can't know the answer to these questions completely, as these are animals under study.

Is there some supposed link between animals and humans? I mean, why is this really interesting? Does this mean something to evolutionary biologists?
 * Yes. The link is that humans ARE animals. Wikidsoup (talk) 19:48, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "Is there a supposed link?" LOL
 * May it be that some humans are indeed vegetables as far as brain activity goes? -Alemaco (talk) 08:28, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Study says nearly every species of animal engages in homosexual behavior
This is pretty much old-hat information that's been out for some time, now. Gay people have known this for quite some time, too. How about reporting something new?

 * And they discovered it, of course, through their universal homo-sense. --128.243.253.103 (talk) 05:44, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * We call that 'gaydar', btw. 71.197.141.158 (talk) 06:48, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There are a number of variations on this technology and I find it somewhat uncomfortable that you neglected to mention such valuable extensions to the a-heterosexual (and, should a person outside this circle so wish for them to after installation) as: Yaoi and Yuri goggles, Seme vs Uke scripts, all manner of trap cannon, the various [w:Metasploit|metasploit] plugins for detection of trans~ variables and genderhacking, the use of the afore mentioned software for pen. testing (sorry for the terrible pun...), not forgetting of course the widely known (among certain circles) [w:redpill|Red pill / blue pill / green pill] choice. Also to the person who said bullshit: that wasn't very nice, swearing is bad kids, m'kay. <3 Unpure (talk) 19:52, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

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If thousands of ballots went missing, then it would be pointless to have a recount, since the ballots will "go missing" again.--206.210.160.19 (talk) 02:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)


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Swine flu deaths reported in Argentina

June 17, 2009 The first deaths from swine flu in Argentina have been reported. To-date there have been a total of four deaths tied to the disease. The first was a baby girl aged three months. According to a report from the government's health ministry, she died in a Buenos Aires hospital, having been there since earlier in June.

The Argentinian health ministry announced an additional 89 cases confirmed on Monday, bringing the total in the country to 733. As winter begins in the southern hemisphere, health officials believe that the virus will spread in the area.

The second person to die from the virus in Argentina was a 28-year-old man who had been receiving care after a bone marrow transplant. "He was a very severely immune-depressed patient. When a person gets a transplant, you have to depress his defense system, and so he is more vulnerable to agents that can cause illnesses," said health official Claudio Zin.

There have been a total of four deaths to date tied to the virus in Argentina, however no information has yet been released on the other two deceased patients. According to Carlos Soratti, Vice Minister of Health, 138 newly confirmed cases has brought the total as of Tuesday to 871 in the country. Chile has a recorded 2,335 cases, and Argentina has the second-highest amount of recorded cases in South America.

Last week the World Health Organization announced a declaration that Swine flu has reached the level of a pandemic. According to the WHO, excluding the deaths in Argentina there have been 163 deaths globally attributed to the virus as of Monday. There are approximately 36,000 cases of the virus in 76 countries.

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Comments:Protesters against police violence surround London's Scotland Yard

what do these people want, if our police get any more tied down we mite aswell not have them, it takes 4 hours and 2 cops to porcess to one arrested person. I do wonder thou who do all these orotesters call when they have there cars stolen or house broken into????, leave the police alone, take away the red tape and allow them to do there job. Just remeber that you arn't paid to take abuse form people, and neither are the police, swear or be intimiadting towards them are you will get what you deserve, listen to them and you'll be amased at how they are willing to help you. Leave the attitude at home.
 * What planet have you been interacting with police on? Not seen them use tasers on little old ladies? Those, "we're here to 'protect and serve' ourselves" attitudes are equally present in the UK.
 * If you have any gripe, get politicians to stop mucking about with the police's remit and giving them unachievable targets and failing to have laws that take dangerous criminals off the streets for long enough. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:36, 17 June 2009 (UTC)


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Could someone who speaks Polish please translate the text and sorting located here: pl:Grecja: odbył się Athens Pride 2009. Thanks, Calebrw (talk) 16:17, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

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From google: On Saturday 13 June, in the square Klafthmonos (Κλαυθμωνος) in the center of Athens, Athens Pride was organized in 2009 - Event of LGBT. This Greek gay pride was held under the slogan "100% ισοτητα" or "100% equity." On the square you can visit the stand among others, organizations representing human rights organizations, health and the fight against AIDS, LGBT and different political parties supporting the movement for LGBT rights. Around 18:00 hours began parade the streets of Athens, and after a late night party with music, concerts and performances. Among the performers were on, inter alia, Tzimis Panousis, a well-known Greek-vocalist female contests, and group Berlin Brides.

My stab On Saturday, June 13, at the Klafthmonos (Κλαυθμωνος) square in Athens, Geece, the Athlens Pride 2009 was held in support of LGBT issues. This Greek gay pride festival was held under the slogan "100% ισοτητα" or "100% equity." On the square, orginazations had stands representing issues such as representatives from human rights organizations, AIDS related health organizations, LGBT groups and political parties supporting LGBT rights.

About 18:00 local time, a parade was held through Athens, and later a party with music, concerts and performances. Among the performers were: stand-up comedian Tzimis Panousis, and the group Berlin Brides.

Comments This has to be a little off, but I welcome help. Google didn't do a perfect translation, so I would want this checked. Calebrw (talk) 16:17, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

 * I have a very slight understanding of Polish (mainly through similarities with another Slavic language i'm fluent in), and the translation seems to be overall correct to me. We'd better get this up and ready for review before stale comes up - it would be a pity if an original report like this with so many pictures went stale. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:50, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

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What is the aim of this page to become? Dottydotdot (talk) 17:08, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

 * A photo essay/story. We don't have a lot of them on Wikinews, but they come up from time to time and are not discouraged so long as they are done well. See the Polish language link on the main page. Calebrw (talk) 18:14, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Ah cool, hadn't come across them before-like it! Dottydotdot (talk) 18:34, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

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Diet Coke advert featuring singer Duffy cleared by advertising watchdog

June 17, 2009 A new television advert for Diet Coke featuring singer Duffy has been cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority in the United Kingdom after they received twenty two complaints.

The advert depicts Duffy cycling through a supermarket during a concert she was performing in. Eighteen viewers complained because she was not wearing reflective clothing and her bicycle had no lights. Four other viewers complained because they believed children could copy her actions.

ASA upheld Coca Cola's argument that the ad was supposed to reflect Duffy's fantasy and her escape from the pressures of celebrity and that children would realise cycling around a supermarket was not a realistic idea.


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EPA declares 'emergency' asbestos cleanup in Montana town

June 20, 2009 For the past ten years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been overseeing the asbestos clean-up in the small town of Libby, Montana, which has been on the EPA’s Superfund National Priorities List since 2002.

On Wednesday, the Obama administration declared Libby and the immediate area a "public health emergency". Under this state of emergency the EPA is increasing clean-up assistance and medical care. According to federal prosecutors, asbestos has taken 200 lives and is the root cause of at least 1,000 illnesses in the surrounding area. "This is a tragic public health situation that has not received the recognition it deserves by the federal government for far too long," according to EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson.

In the 1920's The Zonolite Company began producing vermiculite, a mineral that is often used in insulation. Between 1963 and 1990, W.R. Grace & Company took over the mine operations. Tremolite asbestos was discovered in the vermiculite product. A study conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry discovered that the incidence of asbestosis in the population of the mine site area is far higher than the national average.

Airborne asbestos exposure can lead to mesothelioma, a cancer which develops in the sac surrounding the lungs and chest cavity, the abdominal cavity, or the sac surrounding the heart. Prolonged exposure can lead to lung scarring, asbestosis, and lung cancer. Patients diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma generally are left with six months to a year before death.

The tremolite dust from the mine began leaking into the air from the plant in 1919. This resulted in a hazy asbestos dust cloud covering lawns, cars, clothing, and school athletic fields, creating an issue that citizens of Libby had to deal with on an everyday basis. The large amount of dust gave the impression of the aftereffects of a light sandstorm.

W. R. Grace and Company did not deny that asbestos was found contaminating the vermiculite in the old mine. They said they proceeded in a responsible manner to clean up contamination following the mine closure. Grace will reimburse the EPA for US$250 million of the US$333 million that the EPA and the Department of Health and Human Services has set aside for medical expenses and asbestos clean-up. This money will be invested over the next five years, and does not include the millions in medical costs already footed by the company for residents of Libby and the nearby town of Troy.

"Today is the day that after years of work we were able to succeed in getting this [emergency declaration] done," Senator from Montana Max Baucus said, speaking at the EPA press conference. "We will continue to push until Libby has a clean bill of health."


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US senator John Ensign resigns from leadership role after admitting extra-marital affair

June 18, 2009

John Ensign, the junior senator for Nevada has resigned his role as the Republican Policy Committee Chairman of the United States Senate one day after admitting having an extra-marital affair with a member of his campaign staff. Ensign, who had been in the role as chairman since January 2001, said that he had been involved in an affair between December 2007 and August 2008. He has stated that he will remain in the US Senate.

The Washington Post has called him a 'rising star' in the Republican Party and considered Ensign as a potential candidate in the 2012 United States presidential election.

Ensign told reporters that the affair "is the worst thing I have ever done in my life. If there was ever anything in my life that I could take back, this would be it."

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell accepted his resignation during a phone call. The campaigner with whom Ensign had the affair is married to a fellow aide. Neither has worked for the senator since May 2008.

Both Senator Ensign and his aide refused to comment on his long-term political future.


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Comments:U.S. President Barack Obama North Korea a "grave threat"

So here's my thoughts: "actions were worrying other nations and that the USA might be willing to negotiate." What happened to the USA not negotiating with terrorists? Those bombs serve only one purpose, to blow things up (to put it bluntly), and this puts fear into countries or perhaps even terror? Either North Korea want to freak us out or blow something up (my guess is South Korea). Now, we've had training for raiding countries for nukes, that's what Iraq was for right? So let's barge in and have a sniff around before we discover where the launch stations are aiming at. --James Pain (talk) 20:45, 17 June 2009 (UTC)


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A couple of points: Good work so far, this is well on its way to being published. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:05, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm confused by what is meant by "the grace that ran the plant" means. who/what is the grace.
 * This article seems to imply that the really long mineral name starting with a v is a form of asbestos, where wikipedia seems to say that it is just contaminated with asbestos.this should be clarified.
 * Ok. I have fixed the article. I hope it will be published soon :) (Note: This is my first article)

Copyvios
Entire sentences have been copied from CNN, such as: This is not permissible. --SVTCobra 21:36, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "Dust from the plant covered patches of grass, dusted the tops of cars and drifted through the air in a hazy cloud that became a part of residents' daily lives."
 * "did not deny that the asbestos came from its mine, but it said it acted responsibly to clean up the contamination. It paid millions in medical bills for residents of Libby and Troy, and agreed in 2008 to pay $250 million to reimburse the EPA for its cleanup efforts."

 * I fixed the first sentence but I kept most of it I found it a really powerful sentence and I could not find a free photo of how the scene looks. The second I will try to work on and I have tried to fix the rest of the sentences Irunongames (talk) 22:53, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Well, the way to do it is to not copy-paste anything. Read it, understand it, write it in your own words. --SVTCobra 23:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sentences are still nearly identical to the present sources. Still needs to be corrected. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:13, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I attempted to fix up the wording to not make it look the same as in the CNN document. Sorry if this is still not acceptable. SirMoo (talk) 21:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks better now, thanks. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:21, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I rewrote the other section that was posing a copyright issues. Can we have another review please. SirMoo (talk) 17:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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 * I don't doubt you. Even I said the same thing above. Point out the exact sentences, and I will see what I can do :-) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:06, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The copyvio issues seem to have been resolved by user:SirMoo. I've put the article back up for re-review. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:21, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Would it be possible to get another review? SirMoo (talk) 17:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This sentence But the vermiculite was contaminated with tremolite asbestos, a particularly toxic form of asbestos that has been linked to mesothelioma, a cancer that can attack the lining of the lungs, abdomen or heart.[sic] is still a copyviolation This page explains some of the aspects of writing without incurring plagiarism and this article shows examples of what constitutes plagiarism when placing copyrighted text into your own words.

These above have now been addressed, I believe.SriMesh | talk  18:36, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Also I am sure it was the two mining companies which mined vermiculate, and not the civic government The the town of Libby began producing vermiculite, a mineral that is often used in insulation. [sic]
 * I am not sure what a declared Wednesday is...The Obama administration is now declaring a "public health emergency" and giving Libby new clean-up and medical assistance under a declared Wednesday.[sic]

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I was finding mistakes where editing has gone a bit frey in every paragraph. I'm going to hold off reading it until it gets a bit more work done to it. --James Pain (talk) 18:35, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

After advice from IRC, I took this down from being published because it was unreadable for Spoken Wikinews. Sentences like: They and many more could use fixing. --James Pain (talk) 18:47, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "A study conducted between by the Agency for Toxic Substance and..."
 * "On Wednesday, the Obama administration declared Libby and area a "public health emergency""
 * "in the population of mine site area higher than the national average."

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Talk:Diet Coke advert featuring singer Duffy cleared by advertising watchdog

I dont mean to be a PITA but I have 2 things to say about this. #1 - WHAT THE FOXTROT!?! 2 - Is this really news worthy? -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 21:07, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I think this is certainly news worthy, if I'm wrong then perhaps we should make it so because this is the kind of story what would go on digg or what not and get us more views. I just can't help but find it humorous, not only by the image of duffy riding a bike through a supermarket, but also of the thought that people watch that kind of thing and think "Wait a moment, she's not wearing any safety gear, she could harm herself and my children might start riding around in supermarkets, this must stop". I must admit that if you're worried about your children riding bikes in supermarkets then perhaps you need to parent them better.....and perhaps I should paste all that in the 'opinions' page. --James Pain (talk) 21:22, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, I've seen this advert. I wondered, "what bimbo is on the bicycle?". Might I suggest Science proves paint dries faster in sunlight instead? --Brian McNeil / talk 22:29, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, no it's not current affairs but, trust me, it's the sort of story that people read because it is so stupid & bizarre. I'll clarify the location. Dottydotdot (talk) 07:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Where?
This article is missing any references to where in the world this is happening. --SVTCobra 21:47, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Title needs to be more descriptive. Reading the title now, I first thought that there was a new ad coming out for Duff Beer from the TV show The Simpsons. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:30, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Duffman can never die, only the actors who play him. Ooh yeah! --SVTCobra 22:20, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

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There is a Firefox 3.0.11 specific bug on this page. No idea what is causing it. I cannot (and another person who tested cannot either) see this page at all in FF 3.0.11. FF 3.5 does not have this issue, nor does any non-FF browser. Nothing shows up at all, just a totall blank page. This happens for all three pages, article, talk, and comments, as well as the history pages. I'm guessing that it has something to do with the title, since that's the only link between the three pages that I can see. Gopher65talk 20:30, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That's odd. I'm on Firefox v. 3.0.11 and everything appears fine to me, I never had any problems with what you described. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:37, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


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I looked at, and it seems to me that such types of DPLs would be quite beneficial and helpful for our wiki. However, we'd have to gain community consensus first before we could make such a change. I'd suggest you post your comment at Water cooler/technical to get more input and opinions from other users. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:55, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
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Talk:US senator John Ensign resigns from leadership role after admitting extra-marital affair

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Ensign did not quit the Senate, only a leadership post. Needs a rewrite and retitle. --SVTCobra 22:00, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed, ready for review. Gopher65talk 01:32, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

an extra-martial affair?
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I really don't understand
I really don't understand why so many people take these events so seriously. Is having an affair wrong? Yes. But how does that affect one's politics? -- Poe Joe (talk) 02:36, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Having an affair isn't wrong. Running on "family values" *and then* having an affair is what is wrong. If he lied about that, what else is he lying about? That, I think, is why his party is forcing him to step out of the limelight. If he'd run as a playboy millionaire then an affair wouldn't be an issue, since he wouldn't have lied about his values. Just like with Clinton, it isn't the act itself that matters, it is the lies beforehand and afterward that matter. Gopher65talk 04:43, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

US senator John Ensign resigns from leadership role after admitting extra-martial affair (new section)
I am getting very tired of these men not remembering to keep thier trousers zipped. What ever happened to the santity of marriage and fidelity? They all seem to take advantage of their position of power and get involved in extra marital relations or nefarious activities. It is no wonder that politicans are not trusted by the general population. We all sit with bated breath to see how soon it will happen that they will abuse their position.


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U.S. President Barack Obama fires Inspector General Gerald Walpin amid controversy

June 18, 2009

Washington, DC was the scene of growing controversy Wednesday evening over the firing of former Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Gerald Walpin. U.S. President Barack Obama, who ordered Walpin's termination last week, has been accused of doing so for dubious reasons. The chief of these is that Walpin had been aggressively pursuing an investigation into Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's purported misuse of federal grants meant for a nonprofit education fund.

Johnson is one of Obama's good friends and supporters. Some journalists and pundits have speculated that this creates a conflict of interests and that Obama fired Walpin for damaging the reputation of one of his key allies. Making matters worse is that Walpin was reportedly given only one hour's notice prior to his termination. This is in direct violation of a law that Obama voted to enact while a U.S. Senator, in which an inspector general must be notified thirty days before being fired.

Declining to comment on the apparent illegality of the termination, Obama insisted that political favoritism played no part in the seventy-seven-year-old Walpin's firing. Whilst he gave no further reason himself, a letter written by White House staff members to Senate congressional leaders intended to allay their concerns over the firing stated that Walpin lost his job because he had acted "confused" and "disoriented" in a board meeting of the CNCS on May the 20th, 2009.

These statements were re-iterated by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, who also stated that they were supported by the other members of the board at the meeting. Both Alan Solomont and Stephen Goldsmith, chairman and vice-chairman of the CNCS board respectively, stated that they strongly endorsed Obama's decision to fire Walpin. In an attempt to answer questions regarding the validity of Walpin's termination, the White House proclaimed that it was completely legal, but did not elaborate on why.

Walpin, however, does not agree with the Obama Administration's assessments of his mental health or job performance and accused Obama of blatantly lying to the public about both. Giving credibility to Walpin's defense is his attentive and alert behavior during numerous appearances on radio and television programs over the past seventy-two hours. During all of these appearances, he sharply refuted the Obama Administration's claims about his mentality. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Channel on Wednesday, Walpin not only accused Obama of lying about him but said that the claims themselves were "absolutely wild". He also said that he is now "the target of the most powerful man in this country" and that it seems like Obama's primary goals are "to attack....and get rid of me".

Other reasons given by the White House for firing Walpin, which he equally denies, include statements made by Norman Eisen, Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform, in a letter to two Senators. In the letter, Eisen says that Walpin had insisted upon working from home, in New York, over the objections of the board and had "exhibited a lack of candor in providing material information to decision makers," engaging in "troubling and inappropriate conduct."

Walpin states that he worked from home with the agreement of the board, travelling to the office two or three times per week, adding that he had, in fact, intentions of resigning his position before Obama became president because of the difficulties the commute to work had caused between him and his wife.

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Source diversity
I'll add a few more sources. Glenn beck is mentioned as that is where Inspector Walpin was interviewed. --WNewsReporter (talk) 07:02, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Scandal?
Is 'scandal' being used correctly here? I have heard almost nothing about this on mainstream media. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:50, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I suggest reading w:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerald Walpin firing. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 13:51, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Its up for deletion, although looking like a keep, that doesn't mean its news. I don't see a 'scandal' other than the select media groups making it into one. I simply just think the use of scandal in this case is POV...not to mention 'erupts'... DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 14:42, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This title does smack of sensationalism, true. Something like U.S. President Barack Obama fires Inspector General Gerald Walpin amid controversy might be better.  But I'm pointing you to the deletion discussion, not the article that is up for deletion.  There are strong indicators in that discussion that, yes, this firing is a news event. Uncle G (talk) 14:49, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes the event itself is news, but people get fired all the time. usually getting fired implies that you did something wrong or against company policy to begin with. if that is a scandal, then I have been a victim of several. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:21, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

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I've read all of the sources cited, and the content of the article describing "the attentive and alert behavior of Mr Walpin" is not supported by any of them. At the very best, this comes from a self-serving statment by the person xyrself saying "look at my behaviour". So what is the source that actually has looked at this behaviour, and analysed it in this fashion? None of the ones given so far state their having done so. Uncle G (talk) 14:49, 18 June 2009 (UTC)`
 * The 'scandal' seems to be Fox hyping this - business as usual for the Murdoch empire. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:09, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You're in the wrong section. You want the one above.  You haven't answered my question.  Unless I can find a source, or one is presented by the original author of the content (or indeed someone else) in response to this question, I'm going to take that content out.  Uncle G (talk) 15:37, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Additionally, the article fails to note Walpin's admission to Politico.com that he may have been less than fully functional at the May 20 meeting cited by the Obama administration. From the Politico article :

'Walpin said he did recall a board meeting where he became frustrated over “constant interruption…consistently breaking up my organization.” Asked about the May 20 session, Walpin said, “It’s certainly possible at that meeting I had a bug and was tired. I can’t remember right now…All I can say is this is a weak reed to now be relying on.” ' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.94.38 (talk) 05:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

No need for "Mr."; Wikinews doesn't do this
Wikinews doesn't use titles like that: Mr. Obama, Ms. Bush, Mrs. Cheney, etc. Calebrw (talk) 16:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Done. Calebrw (talk) 17:18, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm
Thought I'd draw everyone's attention to the comments section-Comments:U.S._President_Barack_Obama_fires_Inspector_General_Gerald_Walpin_amid_controversy Dotty•• |☎ 16:25, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that it reflects a genuine commitment to the NPOV to state that the losing side in an election does not matter. I recommend reading Talk:Former U.S. Inspector General Gerald Walpin requests congressional hearings on his firing; conservatives rally in support. Uncle G (talk) 22:40, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


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First trial without jury given the go-ahead in the UK

June 18, 2009

The, , together with two other judges, today ruled that a trial could be heard by a judge alone. This makes legal history in England and Wales, being the first time the power has been used in the United Kingdom since its introduction in 2003.

Four men are accused of taking part in an armed robbery at in 2004. Lord Judge said "the danger of jury tampering and the subversion of the process of trial by jury is very significant". The trial "will take place without a jury in due course". Media restrictions prevent identification of the defendants.

Reports suggest that three previous trials have collapsed due to interference with jurors, hence the landmark decision.


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Former head of Royal Bank of Scotland Fred Goodwin to reduce pension

June 18, 2009

Sir Fred Goodwin, the former head of Royal Bank of Scotland has said he will reduce his pension by up to £200,000 a year, leaving him with approximately £350,000 a year.

He has been heavily criticised for receiving a large pension, while being blamed for contributing to RBS' recent issues, which is now owned mainly by the UK government, after a £20 billion bailout last autumn. RBS has previously threatened legal action to recoup some of the money.

In October 2008, Goodwin agreed to a deal with the bank that allowed him to take his whole pension of £703,000 a year. There was no penalty for claiming it early, at the age of 50. Both the board of RBS and the UK government were criticised for failing to do more to prevent Goodwin gaining such a large pension.


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