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Discovery going for second launch since 2003 Columbia loss

July 1, 2006 With a planned launch time of 3:48 (19:48 ), NASA's shuttle Discovery embarks on the second mission since the loss of shuttle  in 2003. The mission designation is.

The crew are as follows:
 * – Commander – USA
 * Mark E. Kelly – Pilot – USA
 * – Mission Specialist – USA
 * – Mission Specialist – USA
 * – Mission Specialist – USA
 * – Mission Specialist – USA
 * – Astronaut – European Space Agency

As of 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC), the weather has delayed the launch until July 2, with a planned launch time of 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 GMT).


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Superman returns to theatres

July 1, 2006

Superman returned to theatres for the first time in nearly 20 years, when Superman Returns opened on Wednesday. The film earned $21 million on its first day of showing, making it the eighth biggest box-office draw ever for a Wednesday opening in North America.

The film has so far received generally positive reviews from the media. It is directed by Bryan Singer, who also did the first two X-Men films. Superman is played by Brandon Routh, and Lois Lane by Kate Bosworth, with Lex Luthor played by Kevin Spacey. It is the first Superman film since 1987's Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.

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2006 Chinese wiki conference occurs in Shanghai

August 12, 2006 Today, Chinese Wiki Conference 2006 (CWC2006) organized by Cnic.org, a wikipedia-like wiki site, will be held in Shanghai.

Those approximately 80 participants discussed in the municipal library Schanghais the future of the Wikis and tried to give to the movement in China new wind.

The Chinese Wiki Conference, the first such meet for Chinese Wikiers, aims to explore the further growth of Chinese wiki, and to provide a forum facilitating deeper exchanges among Chinese wikiers. (from CWC2006 English page)


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Portugal taken to penalties; beat England and reach historic semi-final

July 1, 2006

Portugal reached the semi-final of the Fifa World Cup for the first time since 1966 after a penalty shootout win over England, Saturday.

Ricardo was the hero for Portugal making three saves to defeat a resolute England team that had been down to 10 men since 62 minutes.

Portugal were the better team on the day having got twice as many shots than England and 57 per cent of ball possession. Ronaldo was a terror holding down England's left flank.

However; England's excellent defending kept the score level for 120 minutes. Portugal captain Luis Figo was one of Portugal's less effective players due to England's quickness into the challenge and was substituted for Helder Postiga on 86 minutes.

Owen Hargreaves won the Fifa Man of the Match award for many important tackles breaking up dangerous Portugal plays near the England penalty area. The crowd in the Veltins Arena enjoyed the drama of penalties in part due to the hard work of the Bayern Munich player, particularly when England were down to ten.

The turning point of an uneventful first hour, which saw neither keeper troubled, was Wayne Rooney's sending off. The striker was visibly frustrated with his lone role in England's attack and with two Portugal players attempting to tackle alerted the attention of Horacio Elizondo. A red card rose above the melee in front of the referee and Rooney was off to the dressing room.

Portugal used the extra-man to apply more pressure on England's goal, with Miguel getting to England's goal line. But Luiz Felipe Scolari's team did not finish well. Paul Robinson made nine saves but none tested him.

In extra-time England mounted counter attacks but did not cross well and managed only four shots on target in the game.

Portugal won on penalties against England in the Euro 2004 championship and after Frank Lampard's effort was saved by the magnificent Ricardo the result did not look like it would go any other way.

Quarter-finals
Match 59

Attendance: 52'000

Penalties
Notes are from the goalkeeper's view.

England

Substitutes
 * 52'+ Aaron Lennon (-119')
 * 65' Peter Crouch for Joe Cole
 * 119' Jamie Carragher for Lennon

Coach: Sven Goran Eriksson

denotes one goal scored.

Portugal

Substitutes
 * 63'+ Simao Sabrosa for Pauleta
 * 74'+ Hugo Viana for Tiago
 * 86'+ Helder Postiga for Luis Figo

Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

denotes one goal scored.

Officials
Referee: Horacio Elizondo

Assistant referee: Dario Garcia

Assistant referee: Rodolfo Otero

Fourth referee: Coffi Codija

Fifth referee: Aboudou Aderodjou

Related news
France beat Brazil 1-0 to take last semi-final spot


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All Ferrari front row on 2006 United States Grand Prix

July 1, 2006

Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher and his teammate Felipe Massa won the front row on the FIA Formula-1 United States Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Renault driver Giancarlo Fisicella qualified third. Rubens Barrichello, Honda driver, wedged between the Renault cars on the starting grid and oust Fernando Alonso to the fifth place.

A very successful qualification for the only American driver Scott Speed, showed thirteenth result and for both MF1-Toyota team drivers, Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro, right after Speed.


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Talk:Discovery shuttle launch scrubbed

Transcribed from NASA TV - Could most likely be merged iunto the existing Discovery article (did not see first time around) --Skenmy(talk) 19:48, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:All Ferrari front row on 2006 United States Grand Prix

Original reporting notes
TV channel - Ren TV, Russia

Date - 01.07.2006

Time - 21:55-23:15 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Qualification: Live from United States»

Commentator - Alexey Popov

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France beat Brazil 1-0 to take last semi-final spot

July 1, 2006

In a quarter-final rematch of the 1998 Fifa World Cup final France beat Brazil 1-0 to progress to the semi-finals, Saturday.

Brazil had not lost a Fifa World Cup match since the 1998 game but Zinedine Zidane, the three times World Player of the Year who had authored Brazil's downfall in Paris, left the signature of his gifts in his trademark flair at the Commerzbank Arena.

The experienced French defense of Liliam Thuram, Claude Makelele and Patrick Viera did their bit to confine the 2002 World Champions to a single shot on target in 90 minutes. The attacking pace and skill of newcomer Frank Ribery ripped Brazilian defence open and Zidane found him time and time again.

Thierry Henry scored the only goal of the game 12 minutes after half-time. Zidane flighted a free kick to the far post where Henry ran in and jumped to side-foot a volley past Dida.

Zidane's performance in the eyes of experienced observers reawakened memories of his best games for France. He orchestrated nearly everything France did well and always had time for graceful turns, effortless passes, mesmerizing footwork that evaded legs to keep the ball under control.

If 34 year old Zidane played like the game might have been his last match, Brazil's Ronaldo, Cafu and Roberto Carlos, also over 30, were unable to rise to the same heights on this occasion.

On 90 minutes Ronaldinho had a free kick opportunity 25 yards from goal but it was not to be the 2006 Fifa Player of the Year's night either; his shot fizzed over the bar.

The result meant Raymond Domenech's side would meet Portugal in the semi-final round of the World Cup in Munich on Wednesday, July 5.

Quarter-finals
Match 60

Attendance: 48'000

France

Substitutes
 * 77' Sidney Govou for Ribery
 * 81' Slyvain Wiltord for Malouda
 * 86' Louis Saha 87'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] for Henry

Coach: Raymond Domenech

denotes one goal scored.

Brazil

Substitutes
 * 63' Adriano for Juninho
 * 76' Cicinho for Cafu
 * 79' Robinho for Kaka

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

denotes one goal scored.

Officials
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Assistant referee: Victoriano Giraldez Carrasco

Assistant referee: Pedro Medina Hernandez

Fourth referee: Mark Shield

Fifth referee: Ben Wilson

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Chavez asks Africa to unite against U.S.

July 2, 2006

Hugo Chávez called on Africa Saturday to develop closer ties with Latin America to fight what he called the threat of U.S.A. hegemony.

"In Venezuela, we were tired of all our oil going to Count Dracula," Chávez said to applause in the Gambian capital of Banjul. "Now Venezuela is free and we have recovered control over our oil. We should march together, Africa and Latin America, brother continents with the same roots ... Only together can we change the direction of the world," he told the opening day of the African Union summit. In Africa "we know there are international companies that do not pay taxes on what they get from petrol, or some pay very little." Chávez said.

"The world is threatened by the hegemony of the North American empire," said Chávez, following speeches that had criticized colonialism; speeches made by African leaders.

Hugo Chávez is attending the African Union summit and has long been opposed to U.S Foreign policy. He has also praised the leader of Iran in his policies against the U.S and raised taxes significantly on oil companies in Venezuela.


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npov
Perhaps someone can npov the article somewhat? I could not find npov info to use for that purpose. Neutralizer 00:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I tried to find some different slant on the coverage but this is the best I could come up with. Neutralizer 01:52, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

i did'nt find ...
Catholic Relief Services publication cited by Bloomberg. I went on crs web site and found nothing. Jacques Divol 15:13, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Nice catches, Jacques, both the partial reference and the research. Neutralizer 22:30, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * your're welcome, Chavez is a very offensive guy, not neutral at all. When we report his speaking, if we try to give POV of other people, thinking its NPOV, in fact it's a tricky way to counter fire his speaking, and it's POV (i do not know if i am clear, sorry, i think in french ...) Jacques Divol 08:40, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I think I understand; when we report the speeches of "offensive" guys (actually the word "offensive" might be applied in this case in it's definition as the opposite of "defensive") like Chavez or Bush, their words will not be neutral at all. When editors then throw in the POV of outsiders who are not directly involved in the news event; that act of insertion is injecting POV into an article that is supposed to be solely about the news event and not outside opinions or events. Neutralizer 13:18, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Interwiki to update

 * From Hugo Chavez demande à l'Afrique de s'unir contre les États-Unis
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Canada Day celebrated at Parliament Hill

July 2, 2006

Canada Day was celebrated at Parliament Hill. People came across Canada to Ottawa to celebrate Canada's 139th birthday.

About 25,000 people including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his wife and their two children were there. The party got started at about 12:00, noon ET. The ceremony was in English and in French.

Military veterans, medal-winning Olympic athletes and some of Canada's biggest names in music were there. Canadian artists like Colin James and Annie Villeneuve performed in front of the Peace Tower. Other performers included Jesse Cook and the Samba Squad. Since Canada has two official languages (English and French) some artists were from Quebec and sung in French.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged Canadians to pay tribute to the soldiers and aid workers in Afghanistan. "Let's show our appreciation, today and every day, to those who do it best for us in Afghanistan and around the world," Harper said. "Our diplomats, our development workers and brave men and women of the Canadian Forces." said the Prime Minister.

Gov. General. Michaëlle Jean noted Canada's prosperity, including in her remarks a thank you to the people who toil to provide the country with a safe and plentiful food supply.

"Ours is a country of great wealth from its plains, forests and mountains that nourish us to the crystal clear waters of our abundant lakes and rivers," she said. She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haïti and is the current Governor General of Canada. Harper and Jean took part in a wreath laying at the National War Memorial at an event marking the 90th anniversary of the Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel in France.

Bill Graham released a statement describing Canada as being like no other country, "made up of individuals, representing all ethnicities and all religions, bound together by our shared values of family, community, tolerance and freedom."

Musicians performed in front of the Peace Tower, and fireworks ended the show.


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But Canada Day was July 1st, why is this story dated for the 2nd? -Salami 22:16, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Original reporting notes
TV station - CBC, Canada

Date - 01.07.2006

Time - 16:00, UTC

Commentators - CBC

Subject - Canada Day celebration at Parliament Hill

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Australian Big Brother contestants removed for alleged sexual assault

July 2, 2006

Two contestants from Big Brother in Australia have been escorted from the show. Ashley, a pseudonym for Michael Cox of Perth, and John, a pseudonym for Michael Bric of Melbourne, sexually assaulted a contestant known as Camilla. Camilla climbed into John's bed after stating that she wished one of the boys "would put your arrow near me" at around 4.30am. John was then seen to have held her firm as a half-naked Ashley rubbed his penis on her face in an act know as "turkey slapping". Immediately after the incident Camilla grabbed John's penis and laughed as he jumped.

Its unlikely that charges will be laid over the incident. The Age newspaper reported that "Camilla" last night talked about the incident, saying she believed the men were joking. The only people alleging that this was sexual harassment are politicians and journalists.

“We had a great time in the house and it is unfortunate it had to end this way, but BB has rules and regulations and we broke them,” they said in a joint statement. “We are all very close in the house and we would never do anything to offend our fellow housemates.”

This is the first time contestants have been removed from the show for breaching rules.

They will not receive further endorsement or prizes from the show.

"I can't comment [on the sexual allegations]," said David Brown, from Southern Star Endemol, "But their removal from the house should indicate how serious the matter is."

The discussion forum of official Big Brother site has been shut down due to the incident. There is no notice on when the forum will be reopened.

There are now eight contestants competing for the remaining $275 thousand. It has been reduced after fines for not wearing microphones when talking, discussing nominations and singing commercial music.

Several weeks ago the show's adults-only series, Big Brother: Adults Only, was axed.

Last year the show was under scrutiny when a male contestant rubbed himself on a female contestant during a massage.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard called for the show to be pulled saying "Here is a great opportunity for a bit of self-regulation and get this stupid programme off the air" adding "It is just a question of good taste".


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Israeli barrage of Gaza continues with strike on PM's office

July 2, 2006

Israel has continued its barrage of the Gaza Strip with an attack by a helicopter gunship on the office of the Palestinian prime minister. The attack, which left the building ablaze, injured three Palestinian security guards and was described by the prime minister, Ismail Haniya, as senseless. "This is the policy of the jungle and arrogance," Haniya told Reuters. "They have targeted a symbol for the Palestinian people."

Israel claims the attack on Gaza, codenamed Operation Summer Rains, is to pressure the Palestinian government into freeing Cpl. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli tank gunner Israel describes as having been kidnapped by Palestinian militants on Monday.

Other Israeli strikes on Saturday night hit a school in Gaza City and Hamas facilities in the town of Jabalia in the north of the strip where one 34-year-old Hamas operative was killed and another wounded.

"Difficult days"
Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert stated "these are difficult days for Israel," and continued to proclaim that "we won't give in to terror." Olmert's cabinet met on Sunday morning to discuss the continuing operation in Gaza and the, as yet unsuccessful, efforts to have Shalit returned to Israel.

Palestinian militant sources claimed overnight that an agreement over the release of the soldier was close. They stipulated that Israel must make a commitment to a third party to future releases of Palestinian prisoners and end its attacks on the Gaza Strip, although they accepted that immediate releases were unlikely.

Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejected these demands and said that Israel would make no deals.

Attacks labelled "war crimes"
In other developments, human rights group Amnesty International described what they called Israeli forces' deliberate attacks against civilian property and infrastructure as acts which "violate international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes." Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions prohibits "indiscriminate attacks ... which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated."

"Israel must now take urgent measures to remedy the long-term damage it has caused and immediately restore the supply - at its own cost - of electricity and water to the Palestinian population in the affected areas," urged the organization. "As the occupying power, Israel is bound under international law to protect and safeguard the basic human rights of the Palestinian population," Amnesty International said.

Israeli air strikes earlier damaged Gaza's only power plant, knocking out 43 percent of the electricity supply to 1.4 million Palestinians. UN and Palestinian officials predicted water shortages and sewage flooding within days if emergency generators run out of fuel. Israel has closed border crossings and shut off its fuel pipeline into Gaza.

"I'll be lucky if I can continue [pumping] for a few days. Then, unfortunately, there will be shortages of drinking water," stated the mayor of Gaza City, Majed Abu Ramadan.

Water shortages could lead to a health crisis in the Gaza Strip, with some reports of hospitals already cutting back on routine care in order to save fuel. It is expected that damage to the power plant will take five to six months to repair.

University Airstrike
There have also been witness reports of the bombing of a pro-Hamas Islamic University within Gaza City. Initially reported by the Reuters News Agency the army has said it is looking into the report. There were no casualties.


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Talk:Australian Big Brother contestants removed for alleged sexual assault

"Alleged Sexual Assault"
The show had video cameras everywhere. They caught it on video. Anybody viewing the show live on the internet and 4:30am (AEST) would see it. It was not alleged. If I'm correct we should take the alleged out of the article title --Apartmento2 07:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Until convicted by a court of law, it should remain alleged. All the video proves is that the incident took place. It does not prove that what took place qualifies as sexual assault (it probably does but we are not qualified to judge).--Cspurrier 14:59, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

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article has weasel words and should be cleaned from POV. talking about unofficial forum users is no good. 85.101.82.186 08:58, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah, 'hear say' is not 'news say'

How about, Instead of "Australian Big Brother contestants removed for alleged sexual assault" Have a more accurate title "Australian Big Brother contestants removed for holding down a fellow contestant and rubbing his penis in her face". That much is undesputed.
 * But that's a bit long. The style guide says 'Headlines are as short as possible'.--Apartmento2 03:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


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Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto dies

July 2, 2006

Ryūtarō Hashimoto, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1996 to 1998, died in a Tokyo hospital on July 1, 2006. He was 68 years old.

Born in Soja city, Okayama Prefecture, he moved through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), getting elected to the lower house of parliament for 14 consecutive terms. He held several cabinet posts and in 1989 became secretary general of the LDP.

He was Prime Minister of Japan from January 11, 1996 to July 30, 1998. He remained a powerful back-room player in Japanese politics until scandal forced him to resign his leadership position in 2004.


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5 charged, 12 taken to hospital after Sydney rave

July 2, 2006

Police have charged five people with drug-related offences while 12 were taken to hospital during a rave in Homebush Bay, a suburb in Sydney's inner-west overnight. Over 4,500 people attended the party.

The party was held overnight at Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay - the home of the 2000 Olympic Games.

According to police, 12 party-goers were taken by ambulance to Auburn and Concord hospitals where they were treated for suspected drug overdoses. All are believed to be in a satisfactory condition.

Inside the rave, police arrested two males and a female. The males, aged 19 and 20 were charged with drug possession and a female, aged 35 was charged with two counts of drug possession.

Outside the party, police charged a 16-year-old male with drug possession and supplying a prohibited drug. Police also charged a 27-year-old male for drug possession outside the venue.

During the rave, security reported that they removed three people following offensive conduct. The rave ended at 7 a.m. without further incident according to police.


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Talk:Israeli barrage of Gaza continues with strike on PM's office

This article is clearly biased and is not fit for publishing. It is a shame it wasn't removed earlier.

It should be clearly stated that the purpose of the attack is to pressure the government into freeing the captured soldier. The targets are not civilian targets but government offices, the same government that kidnapped the soldier.

When did wikinews become the voice of the arab world? TiB 14:07, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Please sign your comments. If you feel the article is biased please make specific points and/or correct or add additional clarifying information. Jobrahms 11:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

This article is clearly biased and is not fit for publishing. Just for arguments sake: it's not clearly biased to me. Claiming an article is biased without referring to parts of the article to be fixed is not helping.

It is a shame it wasn't removed earlier. It just got published this morning. Makes me wonder how soon is soon enough.

It should be clearly stated that the purpose of the attack is to pressure the government into freeing the captured soldier. It is in the article.

The targets are not civilian targets but government offices The word civilian is only found in the Attacks labelled "war crimes" section of the article. The Amnesty International press release is not referring to the attack on the offices of the Palestinian government, but to the attacks on the power station, bridges, roads and other infrastructure. I'm not sure if Amnesty International would call government offices military targets, I think they would consider them civilian to.

When did wikinews become the voice of the arab world? This is a long shot, but i would say at it's founding. As i understand, though i might be wrong, wikinews is a voice of the world and that includes "the arab world" if such a world even exists. 83.160.232.32 13:58, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

usual predictable accusations of bias
In response to the unsigned comment above I have added information about Israel's stated reason for the attacks and changed the order of the article. Please make any specific POV arguments on this page. Jobrahms 11:32, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * It might be wise to replace barrage with a word that stirs up less emotions.
 * The Attacks labeled "war crimes" section could be made into a separate article
 * 83.160.232.32 12:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * How about "bombardment"? I suppose "attack" is OK, but it's just getting a little repetitive...
 * I think the Attacks labeled "war crimes" should stay in this article. At this stage, at least, it's not getting too long and it seems better to have just the one Gaza attack article to work on (and argue over!).
 * Jobrahms 13:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I like attack and i don't have a problem with repetitiveness. How about "Israeli attack on Gaza continues with bombardment of PM's office" or "Israeli attack on Gaza continues with bombing of PM's office"? 83.160.232.32 14:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * They are both fine, even barrage is fine by me aslong as you state the reason for the attack.TiB 14:15, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

It should be clearly stated that the hamas government that was hit is the same organization that captured the soldier and refuses to free him despite international pressure.

about the amnesty internation statement, I don't believe a word they say, but you might do so I didn't remove it.

Also, it was me who wrote the first comment, I wasn't home so couldn't sign. TiB 14:07, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * TiB - I'm sorry, but your additions were both badly written and were clearly biased. The reasons for Israel's attack are highly complex and cannot be stated as a simple fact. Your statement "This is the same prime minister who ordered the capture of the israeli soldier and refuses to free him despite international presure and criticism." is unsourced, badly written and not even capitalised correctly. By all means add to the article, but improve it, don't degrade it. Jobrahms 16:34, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

quote 83.160.232.32: "It is in the article." - Yea, at the very very end of the article.

 * I don't think it was ever at the "very end", but anyway, it's now in the first paragraph. Jobrahms 16:35, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I am sorry but I didn't have the time to recheck my spelling.

Quote of reuters:

"Israeli forces thrust into the southern Gaza Strip this week as part of efforts to free the 19-year-old corporal, Gilad Shalit, seized in a cross-border raid last Sunday. It was the biggest such incursion since Israel withdrew troops and settlers from Gaza in August after 38 years of occupation."

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-01T162725Z_01_N01332023_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-USA.xml&archived=False

Even reuters admits that this is the reason for the attack, so why not say it in the article?

Quote Bush: "Freeing Israeli troop key to ending crisis"

How can you say its not the reason for the attack?

And another thing, How can you quote Ismail Haniya twice, and not give even one counter quote of the other side? isn't that bias?

TiB 21:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * TiB Reuters and George Bush aren't NPOV. That doesn't meant hey're wrong but when we SPECULATE on aims - eg. to free Gilad Shalit - we must cite our sources. We can't write as if that's fact even though the facts currently support that interpretation - Israel have had a soldier they claim was kidnapped and have demanded his release. Likewise, SPECULATION that Israel is using the kidnapping as an excuse to target civilians rather than terrorists - these must be cited, everytime. While it is fact Israel has blown up some civilian infrastructure - bridges, power plant - it is still currently speculation that this is their only aim. If we have to have speculation we need it balanced on both sides. Ealturner 23:22, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Currently the article has is written such that we get POV situations. Eg: "freeing Cpl. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli tank gunner captured by Palestinian militants on Monday". The word captured is controversial. It would be better to phrase this "freeing Cpl. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli tank gunner they say was kidnapped by Palestinian militants on Monday". This gives a voice rather than pushes Wikinews opinion, which we aren't supposed to have. Likewise the phrase "deliberate attacks against civilian property" is an opinion and must be attributed to Amnesty International Ealturner 23:22, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Civilian damage: deliberate or incidental?

 * More on the phrase "deliberate attacks against civilian property." We have to be careful using the word "deliberate". To give the impression it is the intention of Israel to target civilians is POV. However; the targeting of such things as powerplants and bridges may also target the people holding the soldier. So from the Israeli perspective the civilian effects are incidental, not the aim. Although the attack on the power plant and bridges were intentional we can't say they intended to damage "civilian" infrastructure. To be neutral we need to attribute that to AI. Effects on civilians from an Israeli POV are incidental, not deliberate. Ealturner 23:34, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I do believe that the fact that the soldier was kidnapped by Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is just that, a FACT, not opinion, they actually confessed it and are proud of it. It is also FACT that the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades are the military wing of the currently ruling party, the hamas. So, In affect, it is the palestinian government who has kidnapped the soldier and should be held accountable for it, which is exactly what Israel is doing. TiB 05:02, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Whilst it is true that the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades are the military wing of Hamas, they are (1) not the only group claiming to have captured Shalit; and (2) not under direct control of Ismail Haniya. Hamas is more a collection of factions than a single political group. Statements such as This is the same prime minister who ordered the capture... are unhelpful to the development of the article.

 * As to your earlier point: I am sorry but I didn't have the time to recheck my spelling; if you don't have the time to do a proper, well-considered edit, then note your points on the Talk page urging somebody else to make the changes. Incorrect spelling and punctuation in published articles will not help Wikinews' reputation.

 * And another thing, How can you quote Ismail Haniya twice, and not give even one counter quote of the other side? The article in fact has precisely one quote (in two parts) from Haniya and one quote (in two parts) from Olmert. There was also an indirect quote from Regev. (This was also the case at the time of this accusation.) Even putting that aside, instead of just whinging about it on the Talk page, why did you not add an appropriate counter-quote if you felt it necessary?

 * Ealturner has dealt with your points regarding Reuters and Bush. Jobrahms 08:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Earlturner - they are civilian targets, whatever the Isrealis aims where in attacking them. I understand that they were attacked on purpose and not by off target missiles so I fail to see how the phrase deliberate attack on civilian targets is anything but statement of fact.


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Sadr City suicide bomber uses fruit truck to kill 66 on market day

July 2, 2006

A suicide bomber exploded a truck bomb in the crowded Al-Ula market in Sadr City in Baghdad on Saturday, killing 66 people and injuring over a 100.

'At the beginning of this market, the criminal blew up his dynamite-packed truck after trying to go over the pavement,' said Iraq's Deputy Health Minister Sabah al-Hussein.

The explosion happened when a police patrol was passing by and caused heavy casualties in the morning market rush. Some shoppers were sent flying on top of nearby two-storey buildings.

The force of the blast left a large crater and wreckage of blown-out cars and windowless buildings. Rescuers were left to pick through a sickening scene of human remains mixed in with exploded vegetable matter and dead animals.

Sadr City, a Shiite city of two million in which religious leader Moqtada Sadr has found popular support, had many times before been targeted by Sunni terrorists who were blamed by some residents for this attack.

It was the deadliest bombing of civilians since Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government assumed responsibility for domestic security in May 2006.

Experts said the truck bomb was a lethal concoction of explosives, shells and shrapnel hidden under a consignment of fruit. The driver of the truck blew himself up in the explosion.


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Rally in Australian forests to oppose woodchip industry

July 2, 2006

A rally organised by a coalition of nearly 30 environmental groups took place at the site of the Eden wood chip mill in the south east forests of New South Wales today. Organisers estimate that 600 people attended the event, many of whom had travelled hundreds of kilometers to the site from various parts of New South Wales and Victoria.

The protesters sought to highlight the trade in wood chips made from old growth native forests which has continued in Australia despite promises by governments to discontinue the practice. It is thought to be an unnecessary sacrifice of a publicly owned resource and the habitat of native animals for short term profits. The industry is subsidised through provision of publicly funded infrastructure and a unreasonably low royalty levied on harvesters of the resource.

All Eden wood chips are exported, mostly to pulp and paper mills in Japan and the paper made from Eden chips is generally copy paper used in the printing industry and it is consumed within Japan. Since its establishment, Eden has exported over 35 million tonnes of native forest chips.

The Eden chip mill exports approximately 900,000 tonnes of chips a year, and is heading for 1 million tonnes in the next couple of years, produced from native forests each year and Australia is the only country that continues to trade forest wood chips to Japan, as all other supplier countries use plantation stock to produce chips.

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Wiki sites share ad revenue with editors

July 2, 2006

In what may be the first wiki sites to do so, two websites have (independently) begun to offer ad revenue sharing to their wiki contributors.

Wikitysplit.com began its site on March 15, 2006.1

Another website, Allyourideas.com, which had been existence since September 4, 2005, began its ad revenue sharing on March 31, 2006, having started its ad sharing independently and without knowledge of the former site.

Both sites allow creators of wiki pages to get a potential share of the site's ad revenue. AllYourIdeas.com also offers editors of others' pages the chance to make money from their edits.

The present compensation system listed at these sites is as follows. Wikitysplit states it will add ads 50% of the time to be credited to the original author, whereas AllYourIdeas only offers them 35% of the time. However, AllYourIdeas will credit the remaining 65% of the credit to the most frequent editor of the page (which, of course, in the beginning at least, will be its creator).4 (The site owner of the latter states that he always obtains revenues for one of the other ads on the pages.)

Allyourideas.com also offers a means on each relevant page for Paypal donations to be received by the site founder and most frequent editor.

Revenue sharing has become a popular means for businesses to gain visitors to their sites. Google is famous for widening this possibility for individual site owners with its Adsense program, and later opening it up to blogs in conjunction with Blogger.com. Later, a number of forums eventually began to offer this chance for revenue to their own contributors, starting with Digitalpoint.4


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"Armageddon" rock misses Earth by Moon's distance

July 2, 2006

Asteroid, a half-mile wide chunk of hard rock travelling at 40 000 miles an hour, will miss the Earth by a few hundred thousand miles, Monday.

Dr David Asher from the in Northern Ireland said if the rock, discovered in 2004, were to hit the Earth the result would be devastating. "It would probably be big enough to wipe out a small country," he said.

Amateur astronomers with 6-inch telescopes would be able to follow the speeding space debris in Europe and North America at its closest approach to the planet at 0425.

At this time it would be at a safe distance of 268,624 miles from Earth - closer to the Earth than the Moon would be at its farthest extent in its orbit.

2004 XP14 is named as a (PHA), along with 782 known others by Astronomers at the  at Harvard.

Zipping about in the solar system no PHAs have yet been found on direct collision course with the Earth. Still, "For something of this size to come this close is unusual," said Don Yeomans, the head of NASA's Near Earth Object Program."

An expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in, California said it was the closest approach by such a massive object for over 80 years - since 1925.

Before 2004 XP14's exact orbital path around the sun was known with more precision, there were concerns it would hit the Earth.

In the near future Jon Giorgini said such cosmic uncertainty would be much less and the public less alarmed. "In the next 20 to 30 years, we'll have a complete catalog of hazardous objects," Giorgini said.

Edward Lu and Stanley Love, of, Houston, Texas also have allayed fears about a collision. In a 2005 article in  they theorised a "gravity tractor" could move any known threat within a year.


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This page can't be edited by clicking on the "edit" link. Perhaps related, no recent news is posted and misleading headlines haven't been fixed.
 * Recent news requires writing (always), there are links to do so from the main page. As a Category page, there is very little to edit here, you can - it isn't protected, but the main purpose is to collect all articles tagged with the Avian Flu category. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:20, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

From WikiNews, the free news source you CAN'T write
I'd like to suggest that either this page be made editable by clicking "edit" or that clear instructions on how to edit be provided on a page that comes up when one clicks "edit."

The editing help provided via the water cooler seems unhelpful for WikiNews. Clicking through "technical" bring up the usual laudable editing techniques used in the rest of WikiMedia, e.g.,

General

To edit a MediaWiki page, click on the "Edit this page" (or just "edit") link at one of its edges. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the wikitext: the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage.

Unfortunately, these seem to be the very techniques that you CAN'T use to edit WikiNews.

The H5N1 material is embarrassingly out of date and the headlines are misleading. Until the resources are not available to make this a living system like Wikipedia by allowing edits, the page should be taken down.
 * Where do you not see the edit button? ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  00:19, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Its out of date, because its archived news. old news is meant to reflect the time it was written. Wikinews is not a work in progress, therefor after a period of time we freeze articles. see archive conventions Bawolff -)(-: 00:34, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * If there is more up to date information, there whould be a new article for it. Bawolff -)(-: 00:34, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

If it's just an archive, say so
Don't lead the reader (and the potential editor) to expect that one can "Catch up with the latest articles just below", as the page currently does.
 * The category page is unprotected, if you feel the text on it could be better worded have at it. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

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David Beckham resigns as captain of England football team

July 2, 2006

David Beckham, a football player for England and the Real Madrid football club, has announced he no longer wishes to be the captain of England's football team. After the teams loss to Portugal in yesterday's (1 July 2006) World Cup quarter-final, Beckham announced at a press conference at the team's training camp in Germany that he stands down from his position of captain immediately but would remain a part of the England team.

"I came to this decision some time ago but I had hoped to announce it on the back of a successful World Cup. Sadly that wasn't to be. This decision has been the most difficult of my career to date. But after discussing it with my family and those closest to me I feel the time is right," he said.

Beckham became the captain in 2000 by caretaker manager Peter Taylor. He had served 58 games of the 92 he has played as the national captain.


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Michael Schumacher wins 2006 United States Grand Prix

July 2, 2006 Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher and his teammate Felipe Massa won the first and second place on the FIA Formula-1 United States Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Schumacher became the winner on this track for the 5-th time.

Renault driver Giancarlo Fisicella pushed hard on Ferrari's, but finished third. Fernando Alonso, his teammate, was only fifth. A major incident right after the start terminated the race for a number of drivers, including the only American Formula-1 driver Scott Speed and both the McLaren-Mercedes cars of Kimi Raikkonen and Juan-Pablo Montoya.

Also tough luck for both MF1-Toyota team drivers, Tiago Monteiro, who collided with Japanese driver Takuma Sato, and Christijan Albers, who ended the race due to technical problems.

The race ended with only nine cars finished, much better though, than a year before, when Michelin's tyre scandal broke.


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Original reporting notes
TV channel - Ren TV, Russia

Date - 2.07.2006

Time - 21:15-21:45 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Countdown»

Time - 21:45-23:15 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Race: Live from United States»

Time - 23:15-23:40 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Hot review. Best moments of GP»

Commentators - Alexey Popov (live event), Andrey Leontiev & Maria Rumyantseva (TV-show before and after the race)

If there's something more to clarify, just write me...

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African Union summit: Sudan says no to UN troops

July 2, 2006

The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has rejected an UN offer of up to 17,000 troops to stem the continuing crisis within the country.

Bashir met with the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday at the 7th African Union Summit being held in the Gambian capital Banjul. In a speech to delegates from across the continent, Mr. Annan, who was born in Ghana, labeled the Darfur crisis as "one of the worst nightmares in recent history". But Mr. Bashir said he was concerned that a UN mandate would be seen as a "western invasion" that would attract militants and create a situation similar to Iraq.

Kofi Annan said that he hoped dialogue would continue on the issue. The current African Union (AU) force of 7,000 has struggled to maintain order in a country with over 2.5 million displaced citizens. There have also been accusations of rape by AU soldiers inside camps.

In his speech, Mr Annan praised the progress in development across the continent since 1997 saying,"Despite elections, many Governments continue to suppress opposition parties and a free press. Many continue to exclude certain groups from participation in public life. Many continue to practise or tolerate large scale corruption," in his last address to the AU. Also in attendance at the summit was Hissene Habre, Chad's leader until 1990. He will face trial in Senegal, according to an announcement made Sunday by the Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade.

Habre is accused of human rights abuses during his reign, including 200,000 counts of torture. There has been much wrangling as to who should try the former leader. Belgium initially stepped in to hold the trial, but Mr. Wade agreed with the AU that "Africans must be judged in Africa."

Former president Habre ruled Chad for eight years before being removed after an uprising by current president Idriss Deby.


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U.S. Officials: U.S. soldiers plotted rape, murder

July 3, 2006

U.S. officials said on Saturday, "Allegations known so far are that two soldiers allegedly raped an Iraqi woman and then allegedly one of the soldiers may have killed four Iraqi civilians located within that residence -- the woman, two other adults and a child." An official also said that investigators believe that American soldiers spent almost a week planning the attack before they raped an Iraqi woman and then murdered her and her family.

Apparently the allegations surfaced when an enlisted soldier disclosed he had heard that soldiers from his unit might have taken part in a rape and murder in March.

Investigators then "followed up and they interviewed a second soldier who said, 'Yes, I heard something similar,' ... but in the version he had heard, that the soldier or soldiers had returned from the alleged crime with blood on their uniforms," the U.S. official said.

Capt. Ihsan Abdul-Rahman, a local Iraqi police official, said a report on March 13 alleged that American soldiers had killed the family in the Khasir Abyad district but that he did not relay that report to American forces.

Al-Jazeera gave extensive coverage to the rape and murder allegations and one of the U.S. forces officials told The Associated Press that gasoline or lighter fluid was used to burn the woman's body in a cover-up attempt.

The U.S. official said at least four soldiers are being investigated while two other U.S. officials said on Friday that five were under investigation with one already having been discharged for unspecified charges unrelated to the killings and was believed to have returned to the United States.

A U.S. military statement issued in Baghdad said that the army was investigating an incident in which soldiers "allegedly killed a family of four Iraqi civilians in their home in the area of Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad. A preliminary inquiry conducted found sufficient information existed to recommend a criminal investigation into the incident," the military said, adding that the "CID investigation began on June 24, and is ongoing."

U.S. Major General James Thurman said: "We are all about values, we are about standards in our military and our soldiers are disciplined, and I know that our commanders are constantly reiterating those type of things."

The U.S. military is also investigating allegations that US marines killed 24 civilians, including 10 women and children, in the Euphrates valley town of Haditha last year. In addition, two US soldiers were charged last week with voluntary manslaughter for the killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian outside his home. And this month a sailor and seven marines were charged with premeditated murder, kidnapping, and other offenses for the killing of a reportedly handicapped Iraqi in the town of Hamdania near Baghdad in April.

Major General Thurman said soldiers under his command had recently participated in a "values training" program.


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I wonder how disputatious this article will become. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 22:28, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

War Crimes
This is a "crime" with a small c, not a systematic genocide or other such action where the chain of command is involved and the label "War Crime" (with a capital C) is inappropriate. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:26, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Agreed; wikipedia does show the "c" as small in War crime and does confirm the small "c" war crime may apply to any individual person ; "a war crime is a punishable offense under International_Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian." Neutralizer 19:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Convention, per here and here is to list as category crime and law plus human rights. Otherwise we're into disputing whether or not this should be labelled as a "War crime". --Brian McNeil / talk 19:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:"Armageddon" rock misses Earth by Moon's distance

Wrong time, again!
Amateur astronomers with 6-inch telescopes would be able to follow the speeding space debris in Europe and North America at its closest approach to the planet at 5.25 a.m. GMT.

First of all, astronomical events use UTC, not GMT.

Next, the source says "5.25am tomorrow, UK time" and the UK is currently using BST (UTC + 1), not GMT (or more accurately, UTC - 0).

Then, another source says "XP14 will come closest at 12:25 a.m. Monday". Based on the location, the time zone reported there is EDT (UTC - 4).

So UK (BST) to UTC would be 1 hour difference. Since BST is one hour ahead, subtract one hour. That's 4:25 a.m. UTC. To check, knowing EDT time is four hours behind UTC, add four hours to 12:25 a.m. to get 4:25 a.m. Both sources confirm the same time UTC, which is 4:25 a.m. Karen 01:40, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the correction. The style guide says UTC time omits the colon, eg. 1730 UTC. Would this be 425 UTC or 0425 UTC for a morning time? Ealturner 12:13, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I'd make it 0425 (always four digits). You're right, I probably should have made it read "0425 UTC". I deliberately went outside at the time it came closest to Earth, even knowing I wouldn't be able to see it. I just enjoyed knowing it was out there. Karen 06:09, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

"gravity tractor"
I always wanted one, What do u do with it? -Edbrown05 10:31, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a tractor beam. --Deprifry|+T+ 11:56, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It's sorta like a tractor beam, but it works by placing (in front of and slightly to the side of the moving object) a mass along the trajectory of the thing you want to move off-course and "leading" it away. Getting it into place requires a slowing down maneuver from the tractor object. The only good use for it is providing slight course correction for unpiloted objects. Karen 06:09, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


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AU Summit?
Ummm... whats the AU Summit? I'm guessing its the African Union Summit? I'm not sure about how well known the abbreviation AU is so would it be better to include it in the headline? (I agree, however, that it would make it quite long...) R2b2 04:24, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * how about "African Union summit: Sudan says no to UN force"? Doldrums 04:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm happy with that - although just wondering if changing it to force leaves the same meaning... (does to me but in view of other recent article renamings... :) ) R2b2 04:32, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * hmmm... ""troops"? Doldrums 04:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Well troops is mentioned in the article so sounds good to me R2b2 04:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Good edits guys thanks. The headline re-write is especially good.Ad 08:56, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I wonder,
why this is not on the main page as well, since it is todays news. 84.176.63.43 19:37, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


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Mexican conservative wins presidential election

July 6, 2006 Presidential candidate Felipe Calderón was declared the winner of a close race on Thursday in the Mexican general election. The leading rival candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, did not concede and said that he would mobilize public rallies and seek to contest the results in court.

Both leading Mexican presidential candidates earlier proclaimed victory in the Mexican presidential race despite notice from Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) that the numbers were too close to determine the winner. Poll workers began a recount of vote tallies Wednesday.

By Thursday morning, with 98% of the vote tallies recounted, Calderón held a lead of less than one percent over López Obrador. In accordance with Mexican electoral law, workers counted the tallies attached to ballot boxes at polling stations, but did not open properly sealed and tallied ballot boxes.

Citing irregularities and a decision to nullify 904,000 ballots that poll officials deemed unclearly marked, López Obrador has called for a full vote-by-vote recount.

Questions were raised about the vote count after discrepancies were noticed in the counting. While some of López Obrador's supporters have alleged manipulation of the counting process, López Obrador himself has discounted the possibility of outright fraud and international election observers have said that the election was transparent and largely free of problems.

The interior minister, Carlos Abascal, has said that a total recount is "physically impossible and also legally impossible." However, reports from every voting booth filled by representatives of all parties have already been distributed to the contenders.

Now that the final count is complete, Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal of seven judges can hear complaints and consider overturning the election. It must declare a winner by September 6, 2006.


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Wikinews:Main Page redesign

As indicated by all these main page alternatives, we are in desperate need of replacing the design of the main page. This page is for organizing all the efforts at a Main Page redesign, including a list of all the designs and what the pros and cons are. Eventually, the community will vote on a new main page design.

Main Page designs
Feel free to add to this list and list more pros and cons for each page design. For long statements regarding them, make them on the talk page instead.

Current Main Page

 * Simple
 * Confusing organization
 * Emphasis on interesting areas of the website, such as original research
 * Doesn't look very nice
 * Puts little emphasis on topical (as opposed to regional) browsing

Sandbox3

 * Nice use of picture and colors
 * Squished together
 * Large blank area
 * Only main emphasis on published articles and developing/disputed

WideSandbox3

 * Nice use of pictures and colors
 * More things squished into narrow columns, plus a large whitespace area
 * Only main emphasis on published articles and developing/disputed
 * Would be cool if we could kill the sidebar, and replace it with first column. user:Bawolff

Sandbox4

 * Looks nice
 * Lead articles well organized
 * Emphasis on both topical and regional browsing

Main Page/Test

 * Very well organized
 * Very easy to use
 * Emphasis on both topical and regional browsing
 * Highly space efficient
 * Looks a bit shuffled, plus the colors may be a bit erratic

Main Page/topical

 * Similar to current main page, only with a section on "recent news" and then topical/regional listings instead

NGerda's Design

 * Colorful
 * Organized
 * Aesthetically acceptable
 * May be a bit too colorful
 * Items on the right column look a bit squished

MessedRocker-based Main Page redesign

 * Nice color theme
 * Organized
 * Text runoff
 * Only works in Gecko
 * Thats fixable. quite a bit of it is laziness with percents instead of em's, which IE interpets differently. Runnoff is also fixable. (although it depends how you want it. If you want the two columns to be aligned, then the leads have to have a maximin length, or you have to use scroll bars (via overflow:scroll) (or you have to use tables, but thats just a mess (also tables would be a mess beyond my skill level. my table skills are limited to the, , and tags with none of those fancy attributes. ) Theres proablly some magic solution to that, that I havn't thought of. If they don't have to be aligned it should work easily. Unfourtanatly this is the last time I'm going to see wikinews for about a month, so I can't fix any of these issues. user:Bawolff
 * I'm working on a fix to that.
 * Requires users to insert CSS code into their personal CSS page (if this were implemented as the main page, that probably wouldn't be necessary)
 * yes, but it would be via Mediawiki:Common.css. Thats a good thing though because its easily customizable. A user could easily make it yellow for example, or whatever the want (Its not going to be as customizable as the zen garden for example, but you'd be able to change quite a bit.)

I have fixed the text-runnoff issue. I personally think this will look good in the Datrio+MrM stylesheet I've been working on. (In firefox view→Page Style→Datrio+MrM or add   to special:mypage/monobook.css. Don't need other stylesheets if using Datrio+MrM. ). (Also with no title like in and  main pages). Bawolff ☺☻ 19:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Brent Dax's design

 * Simple
 * Not very colorful
 * Appears to be a bit shuffled
 * Items on the right are squished

Brianmc's design

 * uses dynamic nav boxes to shorten page
 * layout mostly similar to current page

Cspurrier's design

 * Simple
 * Only focuses on published articles and leads
 * Not very colorful
 * Not very space efficient
 * Only half done

Dan100's design 1

 * Isolated boxes (doesn't look very good)
 * Shuffled and not very space efficient

Dan100's design 2

 * Simple
 * Regional and topical browsing
 * Too much whitespace
 * Cluttered
 * Not colorful

Dan100's design 3

 * Virtually the same thing as Dan100's design 2

Dan100's Sandbox

 * Like the current main page, but with neatly organized topical/regional browsing

David Vasquez Main Page Sandbox 11

 * Refreshing new header
 * Nice color themes
 * Too much whitespace
 * Right column too squished

David Vasquez Sandbox 15

 * Similar to current main page
 * Only one lead
 * Topical and regional browsing

Doldrums' Main page

 * and an alternative layout, and another

 * similar to current design, shorter in length (hides stuff in dynamic nav boxes)
 * all article writing bits are grouped together (albeit lower down in page)
 * Intreasting, but I think a little too much is hidden. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:40, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Ilya Haykinson's Sandbox 1

 * Neatly organized
 * No header
 * Descript main lead and short summary second and third leads
 * Topical/regional browsing
 * The gray for the "Breaking News" box, and in the right column, doesn't look very good

MessedRocker's design

 * Boxes look organized
 * Maximum illustration of Wikinews's functionality
 * Roundedness of boxes only work in Firefox
 * Page only works in Firefox
 * The page is rather long

Redge Sandbox 1

 * Organized
 * Box organization looks shuffled
 * Color scheming isn't the best
 * See also: User:Redge/Sandbox 1/Blue, User:Redge/Sandbox 1/Green, User:Redge/Sandbox 1/Pink, User:Redge/Sandbox 1/Yellow

Theshibboleth Main Page

 * Similar to current main page, but nice colorful boxes instead of list of articles

Yorktown1776 Design A

 * Refreshing new header
 * The area between "Breaking News" and the header doesn't look that nice
 * "Breaking News" is a misnomer (the main lead isn't always breaking news)
 * Basically a remix of the current main page
 * The developing articles section on the bottom of the page doesn't match with the rest of the design (in terms of box length)

Yorktown1776 Design B

 * Similar to Design A, but the section between header and breaking news looks better

Yorktown1776 Design C

 * Similar to Design A, but with refreshing header and no search box

Our options

 * Keep our current main page
 * Choose one of our current drafts
 * Merge the quality factors of each draft into a separate draft

Discuss on the talk page what you think which option we should choose.

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Teenager faces murder charges after throwing a brick at motorway

July 3, 2006

A 15-year-old, whose name has not been released for legal reasons, is in court charged with murder after he dropped an eight-kilogram concrete block on a car and killed the driver.

Christopher Currie was driving along Auckland's southern motorway in a Honda Civic car last August when the concrete block smashed through the windscreen killing him instantly.

"[The] accused stood on the over bridge and timed the release of the concrete block to hit a car passing underneath" prosecutor Aaron Perkins told the High Court. The accused was positioned so that the driver was unable to see them and take evasive action. They later ran from the scene of the crime and bragged to friends about it.

The defence says that the accused did not mean to murder anyone.

There were three other passengers in the car which the Crown is scheduled to call on to give evidence, along with 33 other witnesses.


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I also watched TV3 News (6.00 pm)nzgabriel 06:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Seems like "rock" is a bit of an understatement. A pebble probably wouldn't do much damage to a car but a 16lb. block of concrete would.

 * Who did it can't be answered since it's a juvenile, but when it happened should be answered. -Edbrown05 08:05, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * When, is not a tough question. -Edbrown05 10:04, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

"throwing" ?
It sounds from the description like he positioned it and let it fall, IE. dropping, but not "throwing". 68.39.174.238 22:14, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


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Parts of New Jersey government stopped as budget fails to clear Legislature in time

Numerous non-essential state services have ceased operation indefinitely from July 1. These include road work, the New Jersey Lottery, and the Motor Vehicle Commission, with Atlantic City casinos and racetracks (which require state monitoring) and public beaches and parks closing from July 5.

As a result of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 2 of the New Jersey State Constitution, the state is required to determine all debts for "as far as can be ascertained or reasonably foreseen" and provide for them in a single budget act. As the 2005-2006 Fiscal Year for the state ended with June 31 and the 2006-2007 budget has not passed the state is blocked from expending any money, also by VIII, II, 2. The current ascertainment shows the state ending up in the red by 4.5 billion USD.

The main cause of the problem is a furious deadlock between the Democratic majority is the New Jersey General Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, which is given the power of starting the budget, and the Democratic Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine. The main concern is Corzine's plan to raise taxes, such as the sales tax. The Assembly majority dislikes this and some in the New Jersey Senate, which has the power to block the budget, also disagree with his measure.

Originally the racetracks were to close with the state lottery, however a court order has kept them running past the 4th. The casinos attempted to get a similar exemption, but that was definitively rejected by the New Jersey Supreme Court. "Critical" services like the New Jersey State Police, the state's prisons, and hospitals will continue to operate without funding. All non-essential employees of the state were given leave from July 1 on.

All 12 casinos in Atlantic City locked their doors for the first time in the 28-year history of legalized gambling in New Jersey. Casino inspectors, who are state employees, are no longer working. While the casino floor is shut down, many casinos have remained open for hotel, restaurant, and entertainment business.

Members of both houses of the Legislature have been kept in the capital, Trenton, to help a speedy passage.

A similar situation occurred in Minnesota exactly one year ago as the Legislature failed to pass the budget before they were forced to adjourn by a hard-wired date in the state constitution.


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For the record I wrote this in Ffx but had to save in Internet Exploder because something about MediaWiki's CAPTCHA system WILL NOT WORK in Ffx (1.5.0.4). 68.39.174.238 06:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


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I'm a student in London and new to the WikiNews party but having fun all the same. My special news interests are African current affairs and UK media news

Articles I've started

 * Ugandan ceasefire takes effect August 29th 2006

 * Amnesty: "looming human rights crisis" in Darfur August 28th 2006

 * Congo electoral commissioner condemns Kinshasha clashes August 25th 2006

 * 190 dead in Ethiopia floods August 7th 2006

 * Ugandan rebels agree to a ceasefire August 5th 2006

 * Power and water return to Liberia July 26th 2006

 * Somali Islamists halt peace talks with government July 22nd 2006

 * Khmer Rouge 'butcher' dies ahead of trial July 21st 2006

 * Death toll rises in Nigeria building collapse July 20th 2006

 * Somali tensions rise as Ethiopia sends in troops July 20th 2006

 * Islamists win battle for MogadishuJuly 11th 2006

 * Chinese media face fines for disaster reporting 4th July 2006

 * African Union summit: Sudan says no to UN troops 2nd July 2006

 * Campaigning begins for groundbreaking Congo elections 29th June 2006

Articles I've contributed to

 * Blair ally Lord Levy arrested July 12th 2006

African news

 * Reuters South Africa

 * All Africa Network

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Full-length open source movie ‘Boy Who Never Slept’ is released online

July 3, 2006

Amateur filmmaker Solomon Rothman has released a full-length open source movie called 'Boy Who Never Slept.'

The movie is offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license; this allows people to use, edit, or share the movie in any way (except commercially) as long as they credit the creators.

All of the raw unedited footage, including audio files, is offered under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license; as long as the creators are credited, users can do whatever they want with the files privately or commercially.

The open source movie and original files are available for free download or streaming from a variety of sources, including direct downloading from the Internet Movie Archives, video distribution sites like Google video and Veoh, via file sharing networks like BitTorrent, and more. The full list is found on the official movie website.

The film centers on the life of an insomniac writer who meets a teenage girl online, and a friendship that grows into an unlikely love story wrapped in harsh reality. The movie deals with various issues, including the romanticization of love, age-related issues in relationships, like statutory rape (he's 23, and she's 16), and the idea of love in the online realm.

Rothman, a writer, amateur filmmaker and web designer, lives in the Los Angeles Area. He wrote, directed and produced the movie with his partner, A. Brown. Producing the movie for $200 while they were in college, they used friends as actors and later sold the camera on eBay to recoup the expense.

Rothman has spoken about the importance of exploring new possibilities in film making, especially for amateur filmmakers, “I believe that everyone has the ability to tell at least one good story and I wanted the world to see the power of the Internet Community as a distribution source for amateur filmmakers. I released “Boy Who Never Slept” as an open source movie to encourage new filmmakers and to reach the largest possible audience on a budget absolutely anyone could afford.”

The movie is unrated; it explores adult themes and contains graphic language and brief nudity.


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Bathurst, NSW house damaged after being hit by truck

July 3, 2006 A house in Eglinton, a village suburb of Bathurst in Central-Western New South Wales has been significantly damaged after being hit by a truck just before 3 p.m. today. It is not known if anyone was inside the house at the time the accident occurred. Police said no major injuries were sustained as a result of the accident.

The accident occurred in light rain and the road surface was moderately wet.

It is believed that the truck was traveling along Eleven Mile Drive, Eglinton when a Subaru Forester pulled into its path from a side street. The Subaru had been required to give way to the truck. The truck struck the Subaru, hitting it and pushing it down the road before losing control and hitting a house on the opposite side of the road.

The driver of the truck was trapped inside his vehicle for around 15 minutes before being released by rescue personnel, the driver of the Subaru was taken by ambulance to the Bathurst Base Hospital to ensure they were not suffering any major injuries.

When the truck hit the house, a gas line was ruptured creating a hazard for rescue crews. The pipeline's operator - Agility disconnected the line after the truck driver was rescued. Police also requested that electricity to the house be disconnected.

It was not until 4:15 p.m. that approval was given for the truck to be pulled from the house. It is expected that engineers from Bathurst Regional Council will inspect the house to determine if it is still structurally safe.

While it is not unusual in Bathurst for trucks to hit homes, it is unusual for such an accident to occur at this location. Most accidents of this nature occur on the Great Western Highway, which intersects the city and is a freight gateway to the region.


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Original Reporting
I am the primary source for this report, being on the scene after the accident occured and speaking to police and observers. The photographs were also taken by me. - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 11:47, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Good work! Karen 15:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I noticed there weren't too many errors in it either, although I do need to grasp this active/passive voice concept - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 02:23, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Fine work, Cartman... if we had a reporter like you in every town in the world, Wikinews would be as well known as Wikipedia. - Borofkin 00:59, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

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I was given another image today showing the house as it was this morning (without a truck poking out of the front of it) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 02:23, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


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30 dead in Spain metro crash

July 3, 2006

At least 43 people have died and at least 46 injured, 4 of whom are in critical condition, in a metro train crash in Spanish city of Valencia, according to the regional government.

It has been reported that two of the carriages have derailed and overturned, leading to the evacuation of 150 passengers.

A part of the wall in the tunnel between the Plaza de España and Jesús stations in the southwestern neighborhood of Patraix may have collapsed, causing the derailment of one of the carriages, which in turn caused the carriage behind it to overturn.

Another theory put forth by subdelegate of the regional government Luis Felipe Martínez is that the wheels on one of the carriages fell off while the train was speeding. The same source has also confirmed that there are two overturned carriages.

The fire department, paramedics and local police are on the scene after a passenger in the crashed train called the emergency services at about 1:03 p.m. CEST (1103 UTC). The authorities have closed the area to all road traffic and routes 1 and 2 of the Valencia metro system, which use the affected rail tracks, are shut down.

The incident comes days before Pope Benedict XVI was due to visit Valencia for the World Meeting of the Families, expected to be attended by one million pilgrims.

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Welcome!

, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews:
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map at metro website
the metro website has a map(pdf) of the network, sowign the two stations mentioned. wonder if it possible(image convertion & copyright) to use it to show the location of the crash. Doldrums 13:38, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Update...
Headline needs updating, now @ 41 people. 68.39.174.238 03:24, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

More on Wikipedia
2006 Valencia metro accident has more info. 210.10.199.45 05:53, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Full-length open source movie ‘Boy Who Never Slept’ is released online

Open source?
How is this movie considered "open source"? Is the script available? Even if so, that doesn't seem to meet the definition of "open source". I'll read about "open source" again to see if it makes sense to me. Karen

After reading the criteria for an open source movie, this situation doesn't seem to fit - it's just a movie released into public domain. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Karen 15:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

 * The Wikipedia article was a mess, I just cleaned it up a bit. There is no commonly accepted definition of the phrase "open source movie"; if one was to apply the Open Source Definition to other content, this film would certainly not qualify as commercial use of the content is prohibited.--Eloquence

 * Thanks for updating the Wikipedia link - It makes more sense to me now. Karen 05:58, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

more or less
It's of course language abuse.
 * but :

It seem that it's possible to edit and modify the official movie, but it seem that "All of the raw unedited footage, including audio files, is offered under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license"

It's not too bad 'open source' for movie ?

I think the meaning is correct, maybe we should find a better word for films and movies? Jacques Divol

What can you really do besides release an uncut version or dub or re-edit it? Basically, the pre-edited footage is being released, but the real source of the film (the actors having done their thing already) isn't open. It does seem like the language is being bent a bit to hype the film. That's just the impression I get from reading this story and the sites listed in the sources. I don't have any other suggestion for a better word except not to emphasize the open source claim, but state that it's offered under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, which seems like a more descriptive claim. Karen 05:57, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Briefs/July 3, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on July 3rd, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

U.S. Officials: U.S. soldiers plotted rape, murder
Iraq

U.S. officials said on Saturday, "Allegations known so far are that two soldiers allegedly raped an Iraqi woman and then allegedly one of the soldiers may have killed four Iraqi civilians located within that residence -- the woman, two other adults and a child."

Parts of New Jersey government stopped as budget fails to clear Legislature in time
United States

In New Jersey numerous non-essential state services have been shut down indefinitely from July 1. These include road work, the New Jersey Lottery, and the Motor Vehicle Commission, with Atlantic City casinos and racetracks (which require state monitoring) and public beaches and parks closing after the Fourth of July.

Bathurst, NSW house damaged after being hit by truck
Australia

A house in Eglinton, a village suburb of Bathurst in Central-Western New South Wales has been significantly damaged after being hit by a truck just before 3 p.m. today.

Full-length open source movie ‘Boy Who Never Slept’ is released online
computers

Amateur filmmaker Solomon Rothman has released a full length open source movie called 'Boy Who Never Slept.'

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Talk:Daughter of Yuko Ikeda kidnapped to ransom in Tokyo; freed 13 hours later

and another article from today, which did not hit the Main Page
Why is that? 84.176.63.43 19:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)