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Hamas is a terrorist group and should not be included in any legitimate discussion with any country. They have shown in the past that they will stop at nothing to try and destroy Israel by any means. They have launched thousands of missiles into Israel and have the people of gaza in terror with their strong arm tactics. To include them in talks, says to the rest of the world that Hamas should be recognized as a honest broker, which they are not. Every world government realizes that they are a group that is heavily financed by Iran, Syria and have the same mindset as Hezbollah as far as their intent to destroy Israel and they make no apologies for this. If Russia deals with groups like Hamas, they are in fact indirectly supporting terrorism in it's crudest form and that makes Russia look weak and perhaps even more ominously have a shared viewpoint of Israel's demise. My advise to the Russians, let hamas make fools of themselves as they have in the past. But remember one thing, they have weapons and use them freely, which can only bring trouble for the people of Gaza. The Arab States that support hamas are using them as a proxy to create havoc in the region and to ultimately escalate the rhetoric until Israel has to take measures to defend themselves at one point or another. Think about it Russia.


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Karzai visits UK for talks with new PM

May 19, 2010 Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday visited the UK for talks with newly-elected Prime Minister David Cameron. The meeting took place at, the prime minister's official country residence, and is Cameron's first since last week's general election. Karzai was en route back to Afghanistan from a visit to the United States where he held talks with President Barack Obama.

Downing Street called the meeting "an opportunity for early discussions" between the Afghan president and the new prime minister, pointing out that Karzai himself had requested the meeting to follow up on conversations the two leaders had had while Cameron was leader of the opposition. According to a spokesman, the discussions had centred around Karzai's visit to the US, which he called "very successful", and "[b]oth the president and prime minister agreed that the relationship between Afghanistan and Britain should be further strengthened [...] The president and the prime minister expressed their admiration for the courage and skill of the British military in Afghanistan, and the sacrifices that British forces have made".

After the meeting with Karzai, Cameron held further discussions with his Defence Secretary along with senior civil servants and service chiefs. The UK's contingent of the NATO force in Afghanistan currently numbers around 9,500— the second largest contingent after the United States.

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Hong Kong by-elections start Hong Kong's by-elections, triggered by the resignation of five legislators, Wong Yuk-man, Tanya Chan, Leung Kwok-hung, Albert Chan and Alan Leong, will take place today. The five legislators left the Legislative Council earlier this year in protest of the government's indifference towards universal suffrage and the abolishment of functional constituencies. Full story >>

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BP - British Petrolium. A large, multinational oil company.

Of course, you could have just fucking googled it.


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Metal singer Ronnie James Dio dies aged 67

May 16, 2010

American metal singer died today at the age of 67, as announced by his wife, Wendy. Dio passed at 07:45 (13:45 ) at the, an American disease treatment center, after a two-year fight with  that caused him to stop singing while he received treatment. "Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all...Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever," added his wife in a statement on Dio's website.

Dio (born Ronnie James Padavona) was born in July 10, 1942 in the American city of, New Hampshire. He was most noted for his high pitched vocals and lyrical tales involving battles and themes of good versus evil.

He performed with several hard rock and metal groups, but he was most notable for his first act, when he joined as singer of the British metal group after lead singer and frontman Ozzy Osbourne left the band in 1979. Before Black Sabbath he performed with several less successful bands, including, led by former 's , and.

He also had a very successful solo career under the simple name "Dio", and had recently reunited with former Black Sabbath band mates under the moniker. Some of Dio's hit songs were ', ', and .

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Wikinews:Briefs/May 16, 2010

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Today on Wikinews : BP fails again to cap the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a Cathay Pacific airliner is escorted by military jets after a bomb scare, students in Chile celebrate Student's Day, and in history, American pioneers set out along the Oregon Trail.

Today is Sunday, May 16th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and this is Wikinews.

Efforts to cap Deepwater Horizon oil spill delayed again (0:37)
Officials from British Petroleum have reported their latest attempt to cap the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has hit yet another obstacle.

Previous efforts to contain the spill failed when the company had first tried to enclose the leaking pipe with a large container dome and when that failed, it tried a smaller "top hat" dome. This latest setback occurred when a siphon tube designed to be inserted into the broken oil pipe on the sea floor had to be brought back to the surface aboard the drill ship Discover Enterprise and altered because a metal frame on the tube had changed position and thus could not be connected to the pipe via robotic submarines.

The siphon tube method, which will be attempted again on Saturday night, is designed to reduce the amount of oil flowing into the ocean, but is not a permanent solution to stopping the leak altogether but it will allow a tanker at the surface to draw the oil from the broken pipe.

If this latest attempt is unsuccessful, BP will use the smaller dome to cap the leak, and may also try to plug the leak by covering it with trash, mud, or concrete. BP was also given permission yesterday by the US Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency to use chemical oil dispersants to combat the spill.

The company is already in the process of drilling relief wells to completely stop the leak, but this is expected to take several more months. The amount of oil currently leaking from the pipe is disputed, and BP said it has spent several hundred million US dollars in response to the oil spill.

In an effort to take a more relaxed approach to relations with the US,

UK Foreign Secretary meets US Secretary of State in Washington, D.C. (2:08)
British Foreign Secretary William Hague traveled to Washington, D.C. on Friday to meet his opposite number, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Hague, who was leader of the UK's Conservative party between 1997 and 2001, traveled to the United States in his first overseas visit in his capacity as foreign secretary almost as soon as his appointment to the post was confirmed since the election ten days ago and the formation of a coalition government six days later.

Hague was keen to point out that US President Barack Obama had been the first foreign leader to telephone David Cameron and congratulate him upon becoming the UK's new Prime Minister and that the promptness of his visit was intended "to ... reciprocate that warmth" shown by the US to the new coalition government.

Clinton told Hague that she was "enthusiastic" about the new government in the UK and the "chemistry" between Cameron and his Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg. The talks focused on the major foreign policy concerns shared by both countries, such as Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle-East and the pair ended the subsequent press conference by expressing their unity on those issues, particularly on further UN  sanctions against Iran and on the ongoing campaign in Afghanistan.

Clinton, who ran against Obama in the Democratic Party's primaries during the 2008 presidential election, was at pains to emphasize that any future disharmony in the Westminster coalition government would not affect US–UK relations, nor the ability of the US to rely on the UK as partner in the future. Comparing the two political systems, Clinton said "We don't formally have a coalition government in the way that you have formed one in the UK now, but we have enough of our own internal differences that we have to sort through."

Cameron and Obama are scheduled to meet in person at next month's G20 meeting in Canada.

In the skies over Canada,

Canadian military aircraft escort airliner after bomb threat (3:59)
a Cathay Pacific passenger aircraft from Hong Kong was escorted by two Canadian military aircraft after the pilot issued an alert of a bomb threat to the aircraft.

Two Canadian CF-18 fighter jets had taken off from a military base on Vancouver Island to intercept the plane after the pilot's alert and, according to a Canadian official, "[the] fighters escorted the aircraft until it landed safely ..." at Vancouver International Aircraft at around 1:40pm local time. Passengers were initially kept on board the aircraft before being allowed to deplane and according to an unidentified passenger from the flight "They told us there was some sort of terrorist problem and the baggage would be held up."

The plane was then moved to a secure section of the airport while police investigated the incident, though no dangerous substances had been found on board and passengers had not been in danger.

While passengers from Hong Kong are dealing with the bomb scare over Canada, back home,

Hong Kong by-elections start (4:54)
A special election will be held today following the resignation of five legislators in Hong Kong's Legislative Council earlier this year in protest of the government's indifference towards universal suffrage and the abolishment of functional constituencies.

Prominent politicians Leung Chun Ying and Anthony Cheung have refused to vote as have the heads of the DAB and Liberal Party, the former going on a trip to avoid voting. Their absence provoked the criticism of several pan-democrats, including Audrey Eu, party leader of the Civic Party.

The elections began at 07.30 local time and are due to end at ten o'clock tonight. Results are expected to be released tomorrow morning.

Jessica Watson becomes youngest solo sailor to sail the world (5:41)
Jessica Watson, a 16-year-old Australian, became the youngest person to sail around the world unassisted and alone when she arrived in Sydney Harbor on Saturday.

As Watson neared land, a large assortment of other watercraft began to parade alongside her yacht. She was greeted by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who called her "Australia's newest hero." and congratulated her with a free driving lesson and a copy of the Australian "Keys to Drive" program. Watson completed her journey days before her seventeenth birthday.

Watson departed from Sydney on October 18th of last year and after 210 days, she traveled, by herself, for over 23,000 nautical miles on a 34-foot yacht, called Ella's Pink Lady.

Watson caught some criticism when she first announced her intention to sail solo around the world. Some thought that she was too young and too inexperienced to safely travel alone, but Watson's mother stated that she had been sailing since she was eight years old. And last week, it was questioned whether Watson had sailed far enough past the Equator to satisfy the requirements for achieving the record.

Watson's record is unofficial because the World Speed Sailing Record Council no longer has a category for the sailors under eighteen. Jesse Martin, also Australian, held the previous record in 1999, when he was eighteen.

Meanwhile, young people on dry land celebrated

Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu, amidst other Chilean schools celebrate Student's Day (7:04)
Students' Day in schools across Chile.

Student's Day was created in May 11, 1990 by Chile's Ministry of Education and allows students to engage in fun and team building activities such as live music performances by local bands and an event known as gymkhana which pits teams of students against each other in fun competitions that include threading a needle and eating a pear while playing with a basketball.

In the town of Pichilemu, team Verde edged out team Rojo in these student competitions.

All across the nation, students enjoyed a wide range of activities, most notably free food, especially in Parral where Savory's ice cream was given to people in front of the the city's Municipality building.

Meanwhile, the Clerk of the Municipality of Punta Arenas, Orlando Estefó, congratulated students for "making history every day by day, as the main actors in the educational process."

On this day in history (8:01)

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In 1842, the second organized wagon train along the famed Oregon Trail, set out from Elm Grove, Missouri, with more than 100 pioneers. The party was led by Elijah White, a missionary and agent for the United States government in Oregon Country.

The Oregon Trail was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations along the Missouri River to the Oregon Country, located in the America's Pacific Northwest region.

The trail was used extensively between 1841 and 1869 by settlers, ranchers, farmers, miners, and business men looking for new opportunities away from the rapidly growing eastern portion of the pre-Civil War United States.

To complete the journey in one traveling season most travelers left in April to May as soon as grass was growing enough to support their teams and the trails had dried out. To meet the constant needs for water, grass, and fuel for campfires the trail followed various rivers and streams and the network of trails required a minimum of road work to be made passable for wagons. People using the trail traveled not only by wagon but also on pack trains, horseback, on foot, by raft, and by boat.

The cost of traveling over the Oregon Trail and its extensions varied from nothing to a few hundred dollars per person. The cheapest way was to hire on to help drive the wagons or herds, allowing one to make the trip for nearly nothing or even make a small profit. Those with capital could often buy livestock in the midwest and drive the stock to California or Oregon for profit.

The journey itself was arduous and filled with many dangers, but the number of deaths on the trail is not known with any precision and there are only wildly varying estimates. The estimates are made even harder by the common practice then of burying people in unmarked graves that were intentionally disguised to avoid them being dug up by animals.

While Indian attacks were a hazard and increased significantly after 1860 when miners and ranchers began fanning out all over the country which, incidentally, often encroached on Indian territory, it was diseases such as cholera that were the main killer of travelers with up to 3% of all travelers dying of the disease in the cholera years of 1849 to 1855.

By the time the first transcontinental railroad by the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways was completed in 1869, the use of the trail rapidly diminished, yet one of the main enduring legacies of the Oregon Trail is the expansion of the United States territory to the West Coast. Without the many thousands of United States settlers in Oregon and California and thousands more on their way each year, it is highly unlikely that this would have occurred.

When Elijah White had set out in 1842 with his 100 pioneers, the Oregon Country was subject to competing claims by the United States and Britain, but after years of industrial expansion and western migration the territory was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889.

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And those are the top headlines for Sunday, May 16th, 2010

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Thread:Comments:Metal singer Ronnie James Dio dies aged 67/A surprise

I remember seeing Dio live, it comes as a reminder of my own mortality (and age) that he's dead at 67.

But, what the fuck,... the "classical" lifespan is three-score years and ten. He nearly made it. Rather that, and a life enjoyed, than drooling in a nursing home up into the century-plus.


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--Brian McNeil / talk 23:52, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction
Thank you for making a correction on Wikinews. We need all the contributors we can get, so have a look through the welcome template above and keep an eye on the project. You've obviously had your account for a long time as you didn't get automatically welcomed. I'd like to think you've found the Wikimedia project with the most potential. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:52, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Your edit
Just thought I'd let you know that your edit to Race to save Chilean miners trapped underground from spiralling into depression continues was reverted by another user, because it is misleading to change a quote taken from a separate news article by a third-party news agency, and indeed it is misleading to change any quote. Regards,  WackyWace talk 17:59, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I've replied at my talk page.  WackyWace talk 18:28, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

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Thread:Comments:Canadian military aircraft escort airliner after bomb threat/Escorting/reply

The two fight jets were sent in case the plane really did have a bomb on it, or in case it had been taken over. If the airliner had been taken over, and it failed to heed warnings to stay away from populated areas, they would have shot it down.


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Comments:Photo essay: Valentine's Day at the U.S. Viet Nam War Memorial

Comments from feedback form - "I wish there was more on this ..."
I wish there was more on this page. It feels so incomplete. —97.116.113.232 (talk) 00:34, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. --Diego Grez return fire 00:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)


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__NOINDEX__ An archive of past discussions (until February 2012) here.

Nomination for de-sysop
WN:RFP#Diego Grez (talk · contribs) — remove admin. --Pi zero (talk) 14:34, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * So, to be reasonable here, can you jump over there and tell us what happened with this?? Why did you do this? What was your rationale? --Bddpaux (talk) 16:29, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Retrait du groupe bot pour Diego Grez Bot / Bot flag removal for Diego Grez Bot
Bonjour Diego Grez,

J’ai constaté que ton bot Diego Grez Bot n’a pas fait de modification sur FR:Wikipédia depuis de nombreux mois et j'ai proposé de le retirer de ce groupe. Si tu souhaites commenter cette décision, merci de te rendre ici. Sans réponse de ta part le flag devrait être retiré dans un mois. Merci pour les contributions de ton bot à la Wikipédia en français.

Bonne continuation. Bub's (talk) 16:55, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Diego Grez,

I noted that your bot Diego Grez Bot hasn’t altered FR:Wikipédia for months and I have suggested to remove it’s bot flag. I you whish to comment on that proposal, please go there to do so (you can write in English). By default the flag should be removed in a month. Thank you for your bot's contribution to the French Wikipédia.

Best regards, Bub's (talk) 16:55, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

De-flood
I've been less careful than I should have about the ethics of the flood bit. The flood bit should never be used when doing something potentially controversial — anything that anyone might possibly resent having not seen in RC. (See Flood flag.) Since you don't have the ability to toggle the flag for yourself, and you're —demonstratedly— holding the bit for longer than you're willing to forgo potentially controversial edits, one of your accounts needs to not have flood, so that when you want to do something that shouldn't be hidden from RC, you can. Since the point of avoiding controversial flood edits is that pseudo-bots get less oversight, it makes sense to me that this account, which claims to need more oversight, is the one to de-flood. So, guessing that's probably the way to go, I'm doing that. Let me (or somebody) know if some other arrangement will work better for you. (I'm going to be around less and less this week.) --Pi zero (talk) 17:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

De-reviewer
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
 * Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dies aged 58
Unfortunately, I found less than half the article content in its sources. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 23:05, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

 * Thanks. :-) --Pi zero (talk) 01:25, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Response
Hello, I responded to your message on Pi Zero's talk page. (Iuio (talk) 03:15, 1 June 2014 (UTC))
 * Ok, I left you another response on Pi Zero's talk page. (Iuio (talk) 04:21, 1 June 2014 (UTC))
 * Alright, I responded to your last message. (Iuio (talk) 04:37, 1 June 2014 (UTC))
 * I responded to your message. (Iuio (talk) 05:29, 1 June 2014 (UTC))

Accreditation
Btw, just to note how all that fuss settled:. --Pi zero (talk) 20:41, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks . Much appreciated :) --Diego Grez Cañete (talk) 20:53, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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__NOINDEX__ Welcome to my userpage! I used to be an administrator and reviewer of Wikinews, and also an accredited reporter. That was long ago. I am from Chile.

My articles

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Other articles Awards
 * 1) Wikinews interviews Diego Grez, Chilean earthquake survivor (by Peter Coti)

— Mike moral  ♪♫  23:56, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Furthermore you came in second. Good work! Bawolff ☺☻ 08:50, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

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Iran, Turkey, Brazil reach nuclear agreement

May 17, 2010

Iran, Turkey, and Brazil emerged with an agreement yesterday from talks regarding Iran's nuclear program.

In this new deal, Iran will send its to Turkey for processing in return for nuclear fuel. Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu revealed the agreement Sunday night, which may alleviate international tensions about Iran's nuclear program. However, he did not specify how much uranium would be transferred, or how the plan will be implemented. Leaders of each country will finalize the plan later today.

The eighteen-hour discussion in Tehran yesterday included Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who acted as a neutral broker in the deal. Lula da Silva also visited Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, although only Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was actively involved in the talks.

Prior to the meeting, many had thought the chance of an agreement slim. Iran, however, seemed to be open to new ideas. Iranian atomic director Ali Akbar Salehi said Saturday that “things are moving along positively” in regard to such proposals. Iran had originally refused to trade its uranium, but seemed to indicate last week that it had changed its mind.

Earlier, Iran denied claims by other countries that it plans to advance its nuclear arms program using enriched uranium, saying that it will be used for energy purposes only. The country had also rejected a previous plan by the United Nations for processing uranium elsewhere.


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Greece and Spain won't pay back. This was a calculated Risk, and a Lesson for the Banking System. What is happening in Greece, is a very well orchestrated show, to get granted €110bn aid, to avert meltdown. A new deception compared with the old Trojan Horse. The only thing Germans can do is: REPOSSESS 170 Leopard 2AEX Battle Tanks from Greece, and 190 Leopard 2A6E Battle Tanks from Spain. U.S.A must REPOSSESS 170 F-16 Jet Fighters from Greece,  … the rest is gone with the wind …forever … Greece must stop paying lucrative pensions with borrowed money, reform the free health care system, and cut down, 4 times the military budged. Greece’s problem is too much debt. Greece has a budget deficit of 12.7% of GDP – meaning that the country is spending 12.7% more than the value of one year’s economic output. Greece is no different to a serial credit card borrower who can’t pay back his loans. But just like a serial credit card borrower, as long as Greece keeps relying on borrowed money to fund itself, the problem won’t go away. It will just get worse. http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Greece-in-Default-on-U-214-Submarine-Order-05801/ But don't worry; the ECB, the Feds or both will print the money. And all of us will share the pain, with our hard-earned money. Bad is never good until worse happens.


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Seven-year-old girl killed in Detroit, Michigan police raid

May 17, 2010 A seven year-old girl was shot and killed Sunday during a police raid in, Michigan, United States when one of the officer's guns was accidentally set off during an argument with the girl's grandmother. Police were raiding the home in search of a 34 year-old male suspect accused of murdering teenager Jarean Blake near a local liquor store the previous night.

According to police reports, Mertilla Jones got into a verbal confrontation with a police officer, which quickly turned physical. The woman, according to the police, then came into contact with the officer which inadvertently set off the gun that he was carrying. The bullet then struck the girl, Aiyana Jones, in the neck while she was sleeping on the family's couch.

The murder suspect was apprehended later that day. However, the family and public became outraged at the killing of seven year-old Aiyana. In response, the held a press conference.

"We cannot undo what occurred this morning [...] All we can do is to pledge an open and full investigation and to support Aiyana's family in whatever way they may be willing to accept from us at this time," said Assistant Police Chief Goodbee speaking on behalf of the Police Chief, who was on vacation at the time of the shooting.

Meanwhile the girl's father, Charles Jones, was outraged about the incident. "She had a lively, free spirit," said Jones. "They came into my house with a flash grenade and a bullet [...] They say my mother [Mertilla] resisted them, that she tried to take an officer's gun. My mother had never been in handcuffs in her life. They killed my baby and I want someone to tell the truth," he added.

The incident is currently under investigation by the Detroit Police Department. It is not known who fired the shot that killed the girl, or whether or not they will receive any disciplinary action from the department.


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French teacher returns home after being held in Iran for ten months

May 18, 2010

24-year-old Clotilde Reiss, a French who had been detained in Iran for ten months, returned to France Sunday.

Iranian officials arrested Reiss as she was about to leave the country on July 1, 2009. The arrest came after she had attended a protest regarding the country's elections, with the officials calling her a foreign spy. Reiss was in Iran for a five-month teaching position in, and was later sent from Tehran's to the French Embassy on bail. During the trial, which included over 100 others thought to be trying to cause a, she pleaded not guilty and said that she only went to the protest because she was curious. Reiss was originally given two five-year sentences of jail time for spying and provoking unrest, but the sentence was to a 300 billion  fine, or about USD300,000. Reiss' lawyer said that the money was given on Saturday, freeing the young academic.

Reiss landed at Sunday afternoon. She met Nicolas Sarkozy at the  in Paris shortly after. Sarkozy later released a statement thanking the presidents of Brazil, Senegal, and Syria for aiding in Reiss' return, but did not elaborate on the role each played.

The governments of both France and Iran have denied rumors that Reiss' freedom was part of a deal involving two Iranians in France. One of the two, Majid Kakavand, was released a couple of weeks ago after France refused on May 5 to him to the U.S. The other, Ali Vakili Rad, will likely receive parole and return to Iran later today. Kakavand had supposedly tried to give U.S. goods to the Iranian military, while Rad was responsible for the assassination of former  in 1991.


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Thread:Comments:Metal singer Ronnie James Dio dies aged 67/A great loss

Never got the chance to see Dio live, but I've always loved his music...what a terrible loss to the rock community.


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it could be the number 1 reason behind vandalism... boredom


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User talk:Johnk~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.

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Renamed
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Talk:Iran, Turkey, Brazil reach nuclear agreement

Title confusing
Hi, The article currently says "Iran, Turkey, Brazil reach nuclear agreement" which seems to indicate that Brazil was involved in the deal in a way different from an impartial mediator. I think the page should be moved (renamed) to something like: "Iran and Turkey reach nuclear agreement" This is more clear and the mention of Brazil's involvement is already clear enough in the article.

Any objections?--Sampi (talk) 05:33, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Technically, Brazil played a major part in helping to reach this agreement. I don't think it's overly misleading after reading the article, though.  — fetch · comms  07:14, 18 May 2010 (UTC)


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Talk:Seven-year-old girl killed in Detroit, Michigan police raid

This Article Should Be Updated
During the raid, the police were accompanied by a camera crew documenting for the show "The First 48." Allegedly the video recorded shows events that completely contradict the officers account of the incident. According to Geoffrey Fieger, the family's attorney, "Aiyana Jones was shot from outside on the porch. The videotape shows clearly the officer throwing through the window a stun grenade-type explosive and then within milliseconds of throwing that, firing a shot from outside the home." AP Article


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Thread:Comments:Girl aged 7 killed in Detroit, Michigan police raid/Comments from feedback form - "Maybe a bit of spin, this was ..."

Maybe a bit of spin, this was clearly an accident, but the grandmother was potentially harboring a fugitive.


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Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2010/20

Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

Last Updated: May 17, 2010

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I second that. Also, they were the sole to use them.


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Thread:Comments:Metal singer Ronnie James Dio dies aged 67/Comments from feedback form - "What a tragedy. He will be sor..."

What a tragedy. He will be sorely missed by his fans.


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straight to the point and informative :)


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Should be interesting to see how far Con-Lib goes


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Thread:Comments:Girl aged 7 killed in Detroit, Michigan police raid/Comments from feedback form - "Maybe a bit of spin, this was ..."/reply

I agree, it is sad but so far from what we know it is certainly not entirely their fault.


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"o hai, i accidentaly your daughter. what do?"

This is clearly police incompetence. Allowing a civilian to reach for your gun is a sign of extreme incompetence.

And the part of not knowing who did it is complete bs. How the hell can they not know who fired. Clearly the police is defending one of their own from getting kicked out for being incompetent.


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The title should say "during Michigan police raid"


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Thread:Comments:Metal singer Ronnie James Dio dies aged 67/Comments from feedback form - "More information regarding Dio..."

More information regarding Dio's relationship with Black Sabbath post Ozzy should be added to attract users that view this sort of content.


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User talk:99.155.159.39

Hi i moved your link to Sign of the horns to the image caption, as that seems a better spot. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:47, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Russian Wikipedia "a top internet community"

Is there a way to make a Category:Russian Wikipedia and add this article to there? --Ssr (talk) 07:42, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Yes. But as I understand it, English Wikinews waits until five or six articles are written before creating a category.  Discuss at the water cooler, where an exception for politicians was recently explained. --InfantGorilla (talk) 11:51, 17 May 2010 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:Russian meeting with Hamas provokes criticism from Israel/Comments from feedback form - "lol"

lol


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Thread:Comments:Church of Scientology attempting to block 'intolerant' German film/Comments from feedback form - "We need a series of articles o..."

We need a series of articles of allegations of illegal activities attributed to different groups, for the purpose of record keeping, along with in-depth analysis of each allegation. Allegations making it to court will be reported as such, those that are upheld will be reported, as will those that are decidedly unable to be upheld. a section for obvious contraversies of the legitimacy of said court decisions should be considered as well, telling from past historical dealings with religious, social, and govornment-based organisations. the trend suggests that an extra caution be kept when dealing with such groups, as a majority influence, or 'peer pressure' situation may occur, or the sheer weight of monetary assets may sway a court to one decision or another. these types of contraversial things should be mentioned and elaborated on if they are brought up in press coverage and things cropping up in general during or after legal proceedings have ended.


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Thread:Comments:Seven-year-old girl killed in Detroit, Michigan police raid/Comments from feedback form - "Shu"

Shu


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Thread:Comments:Stephen Hawking: aliens "almost certain to exist," could invade Earth/Comments from feedback form - "The information is very abstra..."

The information is very abstract, it should have been detailed enough to attract space lovers.


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England defeats Australia and wins 2010 Twenty20 Cricket World Cup

May 17, 2010

have defeated in the final of the  to win the tournament. England won by 7 wickets at the, , Barbados to lift the World Cup. A 111 run partnership between, the man of the match and , the man of the tournament, helped them in chasing down the target of 148 runs set by Australia.

England won the toss and opted to. Australia scored 147 runs, losing 6 wickets in their twenty overs. was the top scorer, getting 59 runs. Australia scored only 47 runs for 4 wickets in their first ten overs. David Hussey and added 22 runs in the thirteenth over, thus helping their team to get to 147 for 6 in their innings. For England, Ryan Sidebottom took two wickets for 26 runs in four overs.

Early in England's innings, of Australia took the wicket of  of England, when the latter was caught by David Hussey at mid-wicket. of England came when Lumb got out, and helped England to reach 44 runs in the six overs. The partnership between Pietersen and Kieswetter helped their team to reach the target of 148 runs in seventeen overs, with three overs in hand.

England captain told the media  that he thought "belief ha[d] been the key." "As soon as we got the squad together, seeing how much power we have in the squad, I know that is all on paper but we could tell that we had a lot of potential," he commented.

"I think a lot of credit goes to every single player in the dressing room to have the confidence to go out there and really give it their best shots and have no regrets. I think we have done that throughout the tournament and it has certainly paid off," he noted.

For England, this is the first victory in a as they had never won a single one-day or T20 World Cup or the  tournament till this victory. In this connection, Collingwood said: "[t]his is right up there, with the best," adding "[t]o be the first [England] team to win a 'World Cup' is very special. We knew it was a ."

Meanwhile, Australian captain admitted his disappointment at the result. He conceded that his performance was poor, saying, "There's no doubt the selectors will need to have a look at my performances. I certainly know they haven't been up to scratch through this whole tournament and probably in Twenty20 cricket in general. I'm sure the selectors will sit down and have a look and if I'm not the right guy for No 3 and the captaincy then they'll make that decision"

Newly elected UK David Cameron praised the English team. "Congratulations to Paul Collingwood and the England Twenty20 team on becoming world champions for the first time with a magnificent victory over Australia. Let's hope this marks the start of a great summer of sport for England," he said.

The  commented: "I'm absolutely delighted England have won the World Twenty20. They have played exciting and intelligent cricket and are worthy winners."

Scorecard
Toss: England won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Watson, 0.3 ov), 2-7 (Warner, 1.5 ov), 3-8 (Haddin, 2.1 ov), 4-45 (Clarke, 9.2 ov), 5-95 (White, 15.4 ov), 6-142 (DJ Hussey, 19.2 ov)

Did not bat: Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait, Dirk Nannes

Fall of wickets:1-7 (Lumb, 1.5 ov), 2-118 (Pietersen, 13.1 ov), 3-121 (Kieswetter, 14.1 ov)

Did not bat: Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Michael Yardy, Greamme Swann, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom

England:, , , , , , , , , , ,

Australia:, , , , , , , , , ,

Man of the match: (England)

Umpires: (Pakistan) and  (West Indies) TV Umpire: (New Zealand) Match Referee: (Sri Lanka) Reserve Umpire: (South Africa)


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Bus attack in India kills many

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Official reports say that Maoist rebels attacked a bus earlier today in central India, killing many people.

The incident occurred in the of the Chhattisgarh state, when the fighters blew up a landmine underneath the bus. Al Jazeera and local television stations say up to fifty people may have died, although officials put the death toll at twenty in comments to the Agence France-Presse news service.

An official said the vehicle, although intended as a regular transport bus, was occupied primarily with security forces.

Violence in Chhattisgarh has increased recently, blamed on. Rebels killed 75 security personnel in the province last month. The Indian government initiated a "massive anti-Maoist offensive" in October 2009, deploying 50,000 troops to several states, among them Chhattisgarh.

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This. Dio lived one hell of a life.

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Plane crash in northern Afghanistan kills at least 43

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Officials say an Afghan passenger plane carrying 43 passengers, including six foreigners, has crashed in the mountains of northern Afghanistan.

Authorities say that  went down earlier today while on its way from the northern city of Kunduz to the capital, Kabul.

Rescuers were headed to the presumed crash site near the in the  mountains, north of the Afghan capital; however, poor weather conditions, including fog, reportedly hampered an aerial search.

"This is terrain that is very, very difficult to reach," said Tom Popyk, a Canadian freelance reporter, to the by telephone.

Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said NATO-led forces had been asked to help locate the plane using pilotless drones. NATO said in a statement that it had dispatched a manned aircraft to the last known position of the missing plane; two helicopters were also en route to the area.

The privately-owned Pamir Airways began operations in 1995. The Afghan airline has daily domestic flights and also flies to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.


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Update?
Do you guys want this updated to reflect that the wreckage has not yet (≈16.00 UTC 19 May) AFAIK been found? This is a slightly edited version of my last update to the WP Pamir Airways Flight 112 page, ie.:
 * "Reports the planes wreckage was located late Tuesday evening (May 18th) proved to be untrue, and the search continued late on Wednesday May 19. Afghan police, local people and International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) helicopters were involved. The rugged, mountainous terrain, fog and snow again hampered the search."

Feel free to use it if you want to! --220.101.28.25 (talk) 03:56, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

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On 20 May, it was announced that the tail section of the aircraft had been spotted. --220.101.28.25 (talk) 11:03, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Afghan Pamir Airways plane wreckage spotted BBC News. 20 May 2010.Retrieved 20 May 2010.


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I think that the fire that swept Manila Philippines is sad because my dad is from the Philippines. and I'm going to tell my dad that this fire happened. And my dad and his two sisters are from Manila Philippines. Also, thank god that no one was killed. and i hope that the fire is out and if you have any thing to tell me about the Manila Philippines, Email me at shaesc@mychawanakee.org. also I want to start a foundation for the homeless people. and for the people that were in the big earthquake. Love, Shayne Escalante


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Same-sex marriage allowed in Portugal

May 19, 2010 On May 17, 2010, the Portuguese President,, signed into law a bill that allows same-sex marriages, making the predominately Portugal the eighth country in the world where same-sex marriage is allowed country-wide. The law will become effective within a few days, after publication in the official gazette.

The new law removes the previous legal stipulation that marriage is between two people of different sexes. Gay rights activists note that the law does not include provisions for same-sex couple's parental rights, including adoption, for which they say they will continue to fight.

In 1982, homosexuality was decriminalized in Portugal. In 2001, "civil unions" were granted to same-sex couples and provided certain legal, tax and property rights. However, the União de Facto limited a surviving partner's ability to inherit his or her partner's possessions or state pensions.

Portugal will become the sixth country in Europe to legalize same-sex marriages (after Belgium, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden). Canada and South Africa also have legalized same-sex marriage.

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File:Fariba-iran-evin1.jpg in the article has been deleted and should be removed or replaced. Mattisse (talk) 19:43, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll see what can I do. It is most likely that if I can recover the picture, it will need a fair use rationale (the most common deletion reason at Commons), would you please prepare one? Thank you. Diego Grez return fire 20:33, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
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 * I asked for the image to be restored momentarily in Commons, and reuploaded it here. It is the picture that was on the article. --Diego Grez return fire 22:22, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * If I read correctly, Diego retrieved the image from Commons. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:22, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Why is there not a link to the Commons description? I hunted for the image on the Commons using its current name and could not find it. A link to the Commons file is needed. Also, he requests a completed Fair use rationale template (above), so he needs to provide the information for the rationale. He indicates that the image was deleted from the Commons for lack of a Fair use rationale. At least, that is my understanding of what he is saying. Mattisse (talk) 22:29, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Quoting my previous edit summary, "how stupid", you are just making things harder. Read this carefully, okay? 'The image was deleted on Commons because it was a copyright violation. You asked for the image to be removed [from the article], that can't be done AFAIK, so I proposed to request the image to be restored at Commons momentarily in order to transfer it to here, and YOU would add a fair use rationale, since the picture is not free, and subsequently needs it. Everything that follows what I said, is completely moot and stupid.' Said that, I recuse myself from responding you anymore. KTHX. Diego Grez return fire 22:37, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Image had already been removed and was a red link - an image was uploaded today so that it no longer shows up as a red link
The red link was restored because an image was uploaded to wikinews today with the same name as the deleted image. See File:Fariba-iran-evin1.jpg uploaded on April 3, 2011. However the uploaded image contains a fair use warning:

It has apparently been deleted from the Commons because it lacks a Fair use rationale. The uploader requested that I provide a Fair use rationale (see above) which I cannot do. Perhaps wikinews does not follow the WMF rules regarding Fair use? Mattisse (talk) 23:21, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Briefs/May 17, 2010

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 * Music credit Gymnopédies - la 1ére. lent et douloureux

Today on Wikinews : Maoist rebels in India attack a bus, killing up to 50 people, Iran makes a deal with Turkey over uranium and nuclear fuel, metal singer Ronnie James Dio dies at the age of 67, and in history, French composer and pianist, Erik Satie, is born in Paris in 1866.

Today is Monday, May 17th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and this is Wikinews.

Bus attack in India kills many (0:48)
Official reports say that Maoist rebels attacked a bus earlier today in central India, killing up to fifty people, according to the Al Jazeera news service, however, the Agence France-Presse news service places the death toll at twenty.

The incident occurred in the Dantewada district of the Chhattisgarh state, when the fighters blew up a landmine underneath the bus. An official said the vehicle, although intended as a regular transport bus, was occupied primarily with security forces.

Violence in Chhattisgarh has increased recently, blamed on an Indian Maoist movement. In October 2009, the Indian government initiated a "massive anti-Maoist offensive" deploying 50,000 troops to several states, though last month alone rebels killed 75 security personnel.

Please visit wikinews.org for the latest on this breaking story.

In Afghanistan today,

Plane crash in northern Afghanistan kills at least 43 (1:35)
An airliner carrying 43 passengers, including six foreigners, is reported to have crashed in the mountains in the northern region of Afghanistan. Authorities say that Pamir Airways flight 112 went down earlier today while on its way from the northern city of Kunduz to the capital, Kabul.

Rescuers were headed to the presumed crash site near the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains, north of the Afghan capital; however, poor weather conditions, including fog, reportedly hampered an aerial search.

According to Tom Popyk, a Canadian freelance reporter working with the CTV News Channel, he described the region as "... terrain that is very, very difficult to reach,"

Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said NATO-led forces had been asked to help locate the plane using pilotless drones. NATO said in a statement that it had dispatched a manned aircraft to the last known position of the missing plane; two helicopters were also en route to the area.

The privately-owned Pamir Airways began operations in 1995. The Afghan airline has daily domestic flights and also flies to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Seven-year-old girl killed in Detroit, Michigan police raid (2:45)
A seven year-old girl was shot and killed Sunday during a police raid in Detroit, Michigan, United States when one of the officer's guns was accidentally set off during an argument with the girl's grandmother, Mertilla Jones. Police were raiding the home in search of a 34 year-old male suspect accused of murdering teenager Jarean Blake near a local liquor store the previous night.

According to police reports, Mertilla Jones got into a verbal confrontation with a police officer, which quickly turned physical. The woman, according to the police, then came into contact with the officer which inadvertently set off the gun that he was carrying. The bullet then struck the girl, Aiyana Jones, in the neck while she was sleeping on the family's couch.

The murder suspect was apprehended later that day. However, the family and public became outraged at the killing of seven year-old Aiyana. In response, the Detroit Police Department held a press conference. Assistant Police Chief Goodbee, speaking on behalf of the Police Chief, who was on vacation at the time of the shooting, said "We cannot undo what occurred this morning [...] All we can do is to pledge an open and full investigation and to support Aiyana's family in whatever way they may be willing to accept from us at this time,"

Meanwhile the girl's father, Charles Jones, was outraged about the incident. Jones described the girl as a "lively, free spirit" and of the police, said that they are falsely accusing his mother of resisting the police, and killing his baby and he wants "someone to tell the truth".

The incident is currently under investigation by the Detroit Police Department. It is not known who fired the shot that killed the girl, or whether or not they will receive any disciplinary action from the department.

Iran, Turkey, Brazil reach nuclear agreement (4:23)
Iran, Turkey, and Brazil emerged with an agreement yesterday from talks regarding Iran's nuclear program.

In this new deal, Iran will send its uranium to Turkey for processing in return for nuclear fuel. Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu revealed the agreement Sunday night, which may alleviate international tensions about Iran's nuclear program. However, he did not specify how much uranium would be transferred, or how the plan will be implemented. Leaders of each country will finalize the plan later today.

The eighteen-hour discussion in Tehran yesterday included Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who acted as a neutral broker in the deal. Lula da Silva also visited Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, although only Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was actively involved in the talks.

Prior to the meeting, many had thought the chance of an agreement slim. Iran, however, seemed to be open to new ideas. Iranian atomic director Ali Akbar Salehi said Saturday that “things are moving along positively” in regard to such proposals. Iran had originally refused to trade its uranium, but seemed to indicate last week that it had changed its mind.

Earlier, Iran denied claims by other countries that it plans to advance its nuclear arms program using enriched uranium, saying that it will be used for energy purposes only. The country had also rejected a previous plan by the United Nations for processing uranium elsewhere.

In the world of sports,

England defeats Australia and wins 2010 Twenty20 Cricket World Cup (5:54)
England defeated Australia in the final of the 2010 Twenty20 Cricket World Cup, winning the tournament. England won by 7 wickets at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados to lift the World Cup.

Newly elected UK Prime Minister David Cameron praised the English team as did English Sports Minister Hugh Robertson who commented: "I'm absolutely delighted England have won the World Twenty20. They have played exciting and intelligent cricket and are worthy winners."

For England, this is the first victory in a limited overs championship as they had never won a single one-day or T20 World Cup or the Championship League tournament until this victory.

Finally,

Metal singer Ronnie James Dio dies aged 67 (6:35)
American metal singer Ronnie James Dio died Sunday at the age of 67, as announced by his wife, Wendy. Dio passed at 07:45 (CST) (13:45 UTC) at the Mayo Clinic, an American disease treatment center, after a two-year fight with stomach cancer that caused him to stop singing while he received treatment.

A statement posted on Dio's website by his wife said, "Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all...Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever."

Dio (born Ronnie James Padavona) was born in July 10, 1942 in the American city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was most noted for his high pitched vocals and lyrical tales involving battles and themes of good versus evil.

He performed with several hard rock and metal groups, but he was most notable for his first act, when he joined as singer of the British metal group Black Sabbath after lead singer and frontman Ozzy Osbourne left the band in 1979. Before Black Sabbath he performed with several less successful bands, including Rainbow, led by former Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore.

He also had a very successful solo career under the simple name "Dio", and had recently reunited with former Black Sabbath band mates under the moniker Heaven and Hell.

Dio's hit songs included "Holy Diver", "Neon Knights", and "The Last In Line".

On this day in history (7:59)

 * Music credit Je Te Veux(I want you), performed on a Korg Wavestation and Akai S5000 sampler.

In 1866, French composer and pianist, Éric Alfred Leslie Satie, was born in Paris to his father Alfred, a translator, and his English born mother, Jane. At the age of four, Erik's mother died and he was sent, together with his younger brother Conrad, to Honfleur, to live with his paternal grandparents. It was here that he received his first music lessons from a local organist but when his grandmother died in 1878, the two brothers were reunited with their father in Paris, who remarried a piano teacher shortly afterwords.

In 1879 Satie entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he was soon labeled untalented by his teachers. Émile Descombes, believed to be one of the last pupils of Frédéric Chopin, called him "the laziest student in the Conservatoire" and he was sent home from the school. In 1886, he resolved to take up military service, but that career did not last long and within a few weeks he left the army through deceptive means.

It was a year later, in 1887, that he started publishing his Gymnopédies which consisted of three short and atmospheric piano compositions. These compositions represent his attempt to cut himself loose from the conventional 19th century "salon music" environment of his father, who had also become a composer, and stepmother.

The name Gymnopédies derives from an anecdote when Satie introduced himself as a "gymnopaedist" in December 1887 to the director of the Chat Noir cabaret, Rodolphe Salis, who in the grand French tradition, was famous for serving sharp comments. Being coerced to mention his profession, Satie, lacking any recognizable professional occupation, presented himself as a "gymnopaedist", supposedly in an attempt to outwit the director.

One of the criticisms of Satie's work was that his harmonisations were erratic, and this is somewhat reflected in his social life and choice of friends in the avant-garde scene of Paris. Satie befriended famous artists such as filmmaker Jean Cocteau, writer Gertrude Stein, the composer Igor Stravinsky and artists Pablo Picasso and Man Ray with whom he helped create the dada sculpture "The Gift", a clothes iron with 14 nails glued to its sole. Satie contributed written work for a range of publications, including the American top culture chronicle Vanity Fair and kept a filing cabinet with a collection of imaginary buildings, which he drew on little cards that he would, occasionally, publish as anonymous small announcements in local journals, offering some of these buildings, such as "castle in lead" for sale or rent.

On 1 July 1925, after years of heavy drinking, Satie died from cirrhosis of the liver. At the time of his death absolutely nobody had ever entered the room he had moved into twenty-seven years earlier. What his friends would discover there, after Satie's burial, had the allure of the opening of the grave of Tutankhamun. Inside, they found four pianos, two of which were back to back, and the others sitting upside-down on top of the other two, a great numbers of umbrellas and seven velvet suits from his Velvet gentleman period.

Though not considered a major composer, his work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.

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