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Australia exports less to US despite FTA

January 6, 2006 Figures issued by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade show that in the twelve months to October, 2005 exports from Australia to the United States fell by 4.7 per cent while imports from the US rose 5.7 per cent. Australia and the US entered into a free trade agreement which began in January, 2005.

During the drafting of the agreement it drew heavy criticism for only opening parts of the US market to Australia.

The Australian Government insists that the results are due to a stronger Australian Dollar and increased competition from Asia. Acting prime minister, Mark Vaile said while exports to the US slowed, Australia was exporting to other markets "At the same time, there have been buoyant and robust economies operating in north Asia that have been very attractive for our exporters to go into those markets, so you can't just look at 12 months in isolation."

Critics of the Free Trade Agreement are calling on the government to use its escape clause. "Our argument is that we should be looking seriously at the provision in the agreement (under which) the Government can give six months notice to end the agreement" said Public Interest Advocacy Centre policy officer Patricia Ranald.

Mark Vaile has also indicated that he wishes to lobby the US to include sugar in the free trade agreement. This has received strong opposition from sugar farmers in the US.

The news comes just days after Mark Vaile announced that the government were considering dropping an amendment to the FTA to protect generic medicines.

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Should we be linking to a japanese wikipedia article? Bawolff ☺☻ 05:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * can a en-wikinews article have only foreign language sources? (feeling too lazy to check myself :) ) Doldrums 11:56, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * In Spanish-language edition, sometimes we have to link to English Wikipedia articles because some of them don't exist in Spanish Wikipedia -even about Latin American personalities, like Íngrid Betancourt. And, since some of our articles are translated from other Wikinews versions (Portuguese, Japanese, French, Italian), we have no problem with non-Spanish-language sources. --Julián Ortega - My talk 14:17, 5 January 2006 (UTC)


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Texas defeats USC in 2006 Rose Bowl

January 5, 2006

The University of Texas Longhorns won the Rose Bowl and the 2005 National Championship with a 41-38 victory over the University of Southern California Trojans.

Texas quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Vince Young sealed the win with an 8 yard run on fourth down with 5 yards to go and 19 seconds remaining. The Longhorns followed the play with a successful two-point conversion.

Young rushed for 200 yards and passed for 267 yards in the game; his combined 467 total yards of offense set a Rose Bowl record.

The victory by the Longhorns ended USC's 34-game winning streak — then the longest in the nation. With the win, the Longhorns now control the longest streak at 20 wins. The Trojans, coached by Pete Carroll, came into the game ranked no. 1 in both the BCS and AP polls. Considering USC's streak and the Longhorns no. 2 ranking, the Texas victory was considered an upset.

The morning of the victory President George W. Bush called Texas coach Mack Brown to congratulate the Longhorns and their victory.

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Deaths on South African roads at 1215 for December 2005

January 5, 2006

According to the South African government's Department of Transport, the number of fatalities on the country's roads during December 2005 was 1,215. This is compared with 1,234 the previous year, where the total number of deaths in traffic accidents was 10,530.

Department of Transport spokeswoman, Collen Msibi, stated that 512 of the fatalities were pedestrians, 414 passengers, and 289 drivers. 2005 saw the number of vehicles on South Africa's roads rise by nearly half a million to just under eight million with 779,000 new drivers adding to the dangers on the country's roads.

"To deal with this high level of unsafety, traffic authorities will increase the number of patrol vehicles on the road, law enforcement officers and unmarked vehicles to do more spot checks and roadblocks," Msibi said.

"Our analysis has revealed that most accidents are preceded by offences such as ignoring road signs, driving drunk, speeding, vehicles cutting in front of others, driving defective vehicles and fatigue."

The road toll in South Africa is similar to that of South Korea, Mexico, Japan and Thailand. However, except for South Korea these countries have significantly larger populations.

The worst country in the world for deaths in road traffic accidents, is currently accepted to be China. Figures released for 2002 reveal that 250,007 people were killed in that year.

The South African government has acknowledged the problem since 2001. At that time they launched their "Arrive Alive" campaign, targeting vehicle condition, driver fitness, speeding and drunk driving.


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Building collapses in Mecca at eve of Hajj pillgrimage

January 5, 2006

A hostel collapsed in Mecca, the holy city of Islam at about 10 o'clock this morning local time. The building housed a number of pilgrims who came to visit the holy city at the eve of hajj pilgrimage. The hostel's guests were mostly citizens of the United Arab Emirates. The death toll is at least 15, a figure which is expected to rise. The building was situated very close to the holy mosque Masjid al Haram.


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VP Cheney role surfaces in U.S. domestic spying

January 5, 2006

United States Vice President Dick Cheney, in a speech to the Heritage Foundation on Wednesday, admitted to a key role in the domestic spying program. In a ringing defense of the warrantless eavesdropping authorized by President Bush, Cheney said he had "personally presided" over most briefings of selected Capitol Hill lawmakers about the program, which was begun in response to the 9/11 attacks and after Congress passed a September 2001 resolution authorizing the use of force to combat terrorism.

The National Security Agency (NSA) has been monitoring certain domestic telephone calls and emails, under the condition that the other end of the message is to or from a foreign location, the White House has admitted. In addition, the New York Times has reported that the agency has been conducting a widespread data-mining operation of such messages, hoping to identify patterns that might tip off the U.S. government to terrorist operations. Bush quickly backed up the decision by Michael Hayden, then NSA chief and now deputy national intelligence director, repeatedly authorizing the NSA to conduct warrantless searches, according to published reports.

Cheney vigorously defended the program, arguing that it could have prevented the 9/11 attacks, though a Washington Post report of his speech notes flaws in his reasoning. Cheney avoided mention of words such as "warrantless" and gave no explanation of why the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court, which normally issues national security warrants, needed to be bypassed. He asserted however that "the civil liberties of the American people are unimpeded" by the "wartime measure."

Cheney may face pressure by some in Congress, such as Republican Senator Arlen Specter, who has pledged to investigate the eavesdropping program, to testify on Capitol Hill, though Cheney is known to be a major proponent of executive privilege and may well resist. The vice president, anticipating a "spirited debate" on the necessity of the program, said the leak of "highly classified" data to the NYTimes had been a "clear detriment to our national security."

The Justice Department launched a probe last week to seek the source of leaked information about the secretive program. No report has emerged that the Justice Department is making a formal inquiry into possible illegalities that might have occurred on the part of the NSA or White House. Many in Congress are interested in this point, as some see this surveillance of U.S. citizens as a violation of their Fourth Amendment right guarding against unreasonable searches.

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"Genius" award recipient and other luminaries campaigning for worldwide renunciation of war

January 13, 2006

In a recent ZNet Commentary, wrote that a group of people, including, , , , and , are promoting the creation of worldwide gatherings to renounce war. Their intention, according to Zinn, is to make worldwide renunciation of war so popular that halting existing wars and preventing the beginning of new wars is politically irresistible.

In his article, After This War, Zinn asks, "should we not think beyond this war? Should we begin to think, even before this shameful war is over, about ending our addiction to massive violence, and using the enormous wealth of our country for human needs?" He goes on to talk of ending not just "this war or that war but war itself. Perhaps the time has come to bring an end to war, and turn the human race onto a path of health and healing."

The five people have been actively involved in global issues for many years and have a solid track record of accomplishments on the world stage.

Dr. Gino Strada is a war surgeon and the founder of, a nonprofit, humanitarian organization dedicated to providing assistance to civilian victims of war. His recent book Green Parrots: A War Surgeon's Diary helped persuade to abandon the use and manufacture of a flying anti-personnel mine.

Dr. Paul Farmer is a professor and practicing physician. In 1987, he helped found the worldwide health organization, which treats some of the poorest people on Earth. Dr. Paul Farmer has received a "genius" award from the.

Kurt Vonnegut is an American writer and humanist, currently serving as Honorary President of the. As a prisoner of war in, , Kurt witnessed the fire bombing of Dresden. This event formed the core of his book . In a column for In These Times, he began "... our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees ... the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East ... like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for ."

Nadine Gordimer from received the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974. She received worldwide praise for her leadership for South Africa to re-examine and replace its long held racist policy of.

Eduardo Galeano's books combine history, political analysis, journalism and fiction. "I'm a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America ... condemned to amnesia.  is one of Galeano's works covering the exploitation of by foreign powers from the 15th century onwards.

Both Nadine and Eduardo's books are recognized by the as among the top 40 books in Citizens of the World: Readings in Human Rights. We Say No by Eduardo Galeano and Comrades by Nadine Gordimer are listed there along with the ' of, Independence by , the ', and  by

Howard Zinn is a U.S. historian, political scientist and author of fifteen books. Howard writes, "In a world of clashing interests—war against peace, nationalism against internationalism, equality against greed, and democracy against elitism—- it seems to me both impossible and undesirable to be neutral in those conflicts. I do not claim to be neutral, nor do I want to be... . I will try to be fair to opposing ideas by accurately representing them."


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Just a thought but rename? --169.244.143.115 18:33, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm no sports follower, but if you suggest a title here I'll put it on. Alternatively, create an account and change it with the "rename" link to whatever you want! (This option is not available to anonymous contributors.) --Brian McNeil / talk 18:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Brian so i hope someone says Texas defeats USC in the Rose Bowl or something like that the rose bowl of 2006 were talking about. A image would do nicely of the rose bowl logo and a cleanup is needed for publishing...

cats sports --169.244.143.115 19:18, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

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Please change category "North American football" to "Football (American)". Maxim (talk)  17:37, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Also please add a space after the date.

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the last two graphs of this article do not add up to me. they say the dept of justice has not started investigating illegalities, and yet they note that the head of dept of justice has said the activities are legal. --Cogito1 19:33, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:"Genius" award recipient and other luminaries campaigning for worldwide renunciation of war

Anyone else have problems with this? To me it apperas to be one giant advert for a left wing cause and utter drivel, of course however it can be posted but it raises serious NPOV issues. 82.153.153.122 20:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This needs a lot of work, it is not particularly easy to read, and labelling these people as "Geniuses" is POV. If it is repeatedly moved to published I suspect it'll end up with a  tag. Brian McNeil / talk 20:10, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, this seems pretty silly. That and the headline is completely unparsable.

Land mines
The Democracy Now source is a story about land mines and an NGO that works with civilians impacted by war, it isn't being used as a source - more as background.

The ZNet source is a blog-editorial that that makes an oblique reference to a planned campaign to make war impossible via grassroots campaigning, I've only checked one of the Wikipedia bio pages and it has no mention of this campaign. Is there anything on a more mainstream source? --Brian McNeil / talk 20:32, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Im currently searching
 * Note I edited my previous post to include my IP 82.153.153.122 20:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ive searched about 10 major news sources and cant find any recent articles to do with any of the people mentioned in the article, some dont even get results or have the last result from 1999 even! 82.153.153.122 20:46, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Response to issues raised above
The article has been edited to take care of the issues listed above.

The issue of Geniuses is addressed with the fact that Dr. Farmer has received a 'genius' award and the others fit well within the stature of genius by any definition of genius.

While some POVs might consider the idea of world-wide renunciation of war drivel and silly, no doubt many of the things accomplished to date by the people listed have been considered impossible, far fetched, silly etc. The point is each of the people have accomplished considerable and their work to renouce war world-wide is news. It remains to be seen whether it gets done.

The Democracy Now story is a source for Strada, his work at the world level, his book and his depth of committment.

ZNET is not only a blog it is a Magazine that has been around for a good while.

I don't want to be seen as having the article 'repeatedly moved to published'. What is the expected way to have it published - Sorry I just don't know the process. What is the tag NPOV ?

The fact that other news sources have yet to pick the story up is another reason this is news. It is not a usual occurance for the 5 people and others that Zinn writes of to take on renouncing war on a world-wide scale.

When I checked Google I thought the five all had recent references.

About the sources. They are used to verify what is written about each person. Perhaps some could be called references. The article has been adjusted so all items are sourced. If there are any further items remaining that are not felt to be sourced let me know and I'll provide where the item is sourced, add a source or remove the item.

Let me know how to further proceed with this.

Easy 21:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)talk

 * is an article issues tag which indicates an editor feels the article does not meet Wikinews's neutral point of view policies. I would encourage you to take a moment and review that policy, as well as What Wikinews is not, and then examine your article critically to measure if it meets the standards. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:23, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * "When I checked Google I thought the five all had recent references." They may have recent references but none appear to have anything to do with this article. 82.153.153.122

Title
I don't have a clue for how to re-title this article, but there's no way I'd want to see it published with the current title. Anyone got an idea that could be used? --Brian McNeil / talk 21:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Neutral Point Of View
I have read the above references about NPOV, agree with them and attempt to be mindful of them for this and other articles. I should hope that internal comments can also keep within the NPOV too. I would find it more helpful to focus on specific items at issue. I found the following NPOV description apt for this article and find it useful for discerning a neutral point of view. -- "The original formulation of NPOV The neutral point of view attempts to present ideas and facts in such a fashion that both supporters and opponents can agree. Of course, 100% agreement is not possible; there are ideologues in the world who will not concede to any presentation other than a forceful statement of their own point of view. We can only seek a type of writing that is agreeable to essentially rational people who may differ on particular points. -- Jimbo Wales, Wikimedia founder." --

For a better title, adding the verb IS should make it pars better or perhaps Gathers as in the second option below which does not work as well as #1: 1. Renouncing War World-wide Is Gathering Great Geniuses 2. Renouncing War World-wide Gathers Great Geniuses

Easy 21:43, 6 January 2006 (UTC)talk
 * This article would be shot down instantly with the opening paragraph, it is nowhere near neutral. Brian McNeil / talk 21:56, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm not wanting to be discouraging by saying this, but it isn't easy to get something right for publishing.

Paragraph Removed
The paragraph has been removed. If would be helpful for me if a more explicit explanation was given about what needed to be adjusted in the paragraph since it was essentially a paraphrase of what the prime source had said. It would seem that both the source and those opposed to the sources statement would find the statement accurate - which is my understanding of what a neutral point of view is about.

Be that is it may - the paragraph is gone and as far as I can tell there are no further source issues or other issues.

If that is the case is it up to Brian McNeil / talk to change from develop to publish?? Or should I do that?

If there are further issues that need to be addressed please be specific and I'll take care of them.

Easy 13:39, 10 January 2006 (UTC)talk
 * The title needs fixing, among other things. --Chiacomo (talk) 16:43, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Title
For a better title, adding the verb IS should make it pars better or perhaps Gathers as in the second option below which does not work as well as #1: 1. Renouncing War World-wide Is Gathering Great Geniuses 2. Renouncing War World-wide Gathers Great Geniuses

Let me know if either of these are acceptable title adjustment or some other suggestions or specifics about what needs to be addressed.

Easy 17:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC)talk

Yeah, its currently very hard to be motivated to read past the title. Nyarlathotep 18:07, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

OK #1 is now the title - With IS it should parse much better.

Further suggestions are most welcome. Thank you. Easy 18:19, 10 January 2006 (UTC)talk

I don't like the "is"; I'd suggest reordering it: "Geniuses Gather To Renounce War" is simple, sensible and accurate. How does one go about editing the title, anyway?

That title would make it sound too much like POV. "Genius" in who's mind? I propose to change the title to ""After the War", a plea to renounce war." I'm taking the first part from the original article written by Howard Zinn, which seems to be the main source for this article. The Maker 21:09, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Mini-Biographies
At the moment this sounds like more like a press release than a news article. A short background and a small bio of all the people alleged to be involved. Are the bios even needed? There are links to wikipedia pages for each of them at the beginning, anyway.

Not all the people are publicly well known even though they have been active in significant world events - thus the brief statements. The statements also show they are and have been for a good while actively committed to the idea of renouncing war.

If there are specific issues for particular person(s) I'd be happy to adjust the statements. Easy 01:36, 11 January 2006 (UTC)talk

Title Next
The news story is about the idea of Renouncing War World-wide. And the geniuses that are helping to make this happen. For me it is not a POV to use the word Genius to describe the 5 people taking the initiative. The Foundation that gave one of the people their 'Genius' grant are not small potatoes, A Nobel Prize for literature is certainly in the realm of genius etc. Fair mind folks from all spectrums I doubt would quibble over the label of genius. There are plenty of other talking heads and heads of state that many would not accept the label of genius for. ' Here is a recent longer title -

Murdoch's News Corp. ends automated censorship of MySpace upon threat of blogger boycott'

that shows how longer titles can be used. Perhaps a longer title will help here.

So for this updated title how about this longer form:

Renouncing war world-wide taking form with help from gathering of geniuses

Better suggestions are most welcome. I like the 'Renouncing War World-wide Gathering Geniuses' but it seems to be toooooo problematic. Easy 01:36, 11 January 2006 (UTC)talk

Let me put it this way, every past title of this article which has involved "Renouncing War World-wide" has immediately stopped me from reading the article. First, articles involving excessive capitalization in the title are usually trash, so lets just assume that you said "Renouncing war world-wide". Nest, none of the titles involving that phrase have been sufficently readable for me to expect any redability in the article. I did eventually read the article, but not until it was entitled: "Genius" award recipient leads luminaries campaigning for worldwide end to war; an infinitely more sane title. Nyarlathotep 11:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes of course, the extra capitalization has been removed from the title to work with the standard style. My mistake - sorry. The readability has been significantly improved with the longer title: Renouncing war world-wide taking form with help from gathering of geniuses

Easy 13:18, 11 January 2006 (UTC)talk

But do you understand that "Renouncing war world-wide" is not a noun? Its not the name of any particular group, meeting, etc. AFAIK, so it doesn't really work for the setnence to pretend that its a proper noun. Nyarlathotep 15:13, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Of course I understand it can be considered not a complete sentence. In this case 'renoucing war world-wide' is an action, like 'Visiting The Senator' which could be used in an acceptable story title. Perhaps adding an explicit verb will help with the title structure: Renouncing war world-wide is taking form with help from a gathering of geniuses. or Renouncing war world-wide takes form with help from a gathering of geniuses. These should read better.

Since titles can be even longer than this, based on other recent headlines, perhaps using the form and length of recent headlines can also satisfy this issue. Here are recent longer headlines: Calls for aid to help feed millions, as East Africa plunges into drought Internal audit reveals IRS improperly identified hundreds of thousands of taxpayers as potential frauds Televangelist Pat Robertson suggests Sharon's stroke is act of God in response to Gaza withdrawal

For now I've updated the title to: Renouncing war world-wide takes form with help from a gathering of geniuses.

Further suggestions are most welcome. Easy 15:43, 12 January 2006 (UTC)talk

But what is "Renouncing war world-wide"? It sounds like an organizations title, but it isn't. I think its missleading to use it all. Nyarlathotep 17:26, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * What exactly was wrong with the title I'd put on this earlier? Namely, "Genius" award recipient leads luminaries campaigning for worldwide end to war. Only one person has been given the title "genius" in a source-able way, luminaries is a description of the other involved parties that avoids labelling them with an unsourced accolade. (Basically what I'm saying is you can't call them all geniuses, it is POV and without source.) Brian McNeil / talk 17:46, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Nothing AFAIK. Easy just really likes his gerund phrase, but it doesn't work well as a subject. Nyarlathotep 10:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
 * No, it doesn't really make much sense, nor does the latest page move. I am going to request that someone put this back to my title (it won't let me - probably because all the redirects haven't been maintained). --Brian McNeil / talk 10:30, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

OK I'll adjust the title to fix the genius issue. In a previous version there was a clear description showing that the other 4 people qualified for the term genius. By any reasonable definition the other four can be considered genius based on their accomplishments - Nobel prize for literature etc.

The Genius award person is not leading the other 4 - that is inaccurate. The issue is not ending war - it is to renouce it!

So here is a more accurate title that I think should satisfy the various issues:

"Genius" award recipient and other luminaries campaigning for worldwide renunciation of war

Hope this works.

Easy 13:26, 13 January 2006 (UTC)talk

Category improvement
I recommend removing "Category:Peace" and adding "Category:Books". Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 16:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I concur, so consider it ✅ -- Sken   my talk 17:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


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Second Turk dies from bird flu, more suspected to be infected

January 6, 2006

A 15 year old female has been the second person to die in Turkey from bird flu. The news follows the death of her brother on Sunday. Six people from another Turkish province are also thought to be infected, bringing the total number of suspected cases in Turkey to 18.

It has been revealed by Turkish officials that samples from the boy tested positive to the strain of bird flu.

The deaths are the first from H5N1 outside of Asia. Around 70 people have died from the virus in the last two years. Of those infected, over half have died.

In an attempt to stop the virus from spreading, the Turkish government have placed five areas of eastern Turkey near Dogubayazit, the affected village, under quarantine. The sale and movement of animals in the region has been banned, livestock is to be kept in enclosed areas, and a hunting ban is also in place in the east.

The Turkish government will make 7m lire (US$5.2m, €4.3m, £3m) available to farmers who surrender their poultry for culling to prevent the virus spreading further.

The World Health Organisation are sending a team of experts to Turkey to determine how best to deal with the outbreak.

Authorities are urging people not to panic and reasssuring them that the outbreak does not mean a pandemic. At this stage, the virus is only transferred to humans from close contact with infected fowl.


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Talk:VP Cheney role surfaces in U.S. domestic spying

the last two graphs do not add up to me. one says that the justice dept has not started looking into illegalities of the nsa intercepts, and the next graph says the head of the the justice dept has said the intercepts are legal. --Cogito1 20:47, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You read it wrong; the Justice Dept. is investigating the leak - not the program itself.

Is the term overseas precise? Are Calls to Canada or Mexico spied or not?
 * international is more accurate / article text changed

Christiana Amanpour
The allegation that NSA spooks (or somebody) spied on CNN correspondent Christiana Amanpour may belong in a separate story, but seem at least tangentially connected. Anybody know anything?

according to, the NSA acted to broaden its ambit even prior to the authorisation by bush. need to reword the line "... and after Congress passed a September 2001 resolution" to reflect the uncertainity about this? Doldrums 05:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Appears the NSA was proactive in its involvement, but the shut down, or nod to go ahead, seems clearly at the hands of the administration. -Edbrown05 10:59, 6 January 2006 (UTC)


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Microsoft releases emergency patch for WMF exploit

January 5, 2006

Breaking with the scheduled Patch Tuesday cycle of bugfix releases, Microsoft has released an emergency patch to correct the Windows Metafile vulnerability that allows a remote compromise of a computer.

Microsoft has made available patches for all currently supported versions of their Windows operating system. However, the Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition versions have not – at this time – had patches issued for this vulnerability. According to Microsoft, these versions contain the vulnerable software component but, "the vulnerability is not critical because an exploitable attack vector has not been identified that would yield a Critical severity rating for these versions."

Current versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, depending on configuration, may prompt users to download or install this update automatically for those computers currently connected to the Internet. This is the preferred method of protecting your computer from this vulnerability.

Other users are advised to visit Microsoft Windows Update to obtain this security patch, if they are unable to obtain the patch or are unsure whether they have it.

Previous methods of protection included unregistering shimgvw.dll to disable handling of Windows MetaFiles, as per Microsoft's security advisory. Since it does not correct the underlying problem, it is unlikely that this method is recommended any longer.

Other methods included Ilfak Guilfanov's unofficial patch, which was not advised by Microsoft, but served as a measure to mitigate the immediate effects until an official patch was released. Guilfanov has now noted that the patch is no longer needed.

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Finaly, Microsoft got a patch out - installing it now :D Brian New Zealand 21:45, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

News? / Title? / Subject?
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 * I'm not sure this really warrants a seperate news story. Patches are just whats expected.  Not releasing a patch would be a news story.  But releasing an emergency patch 5 days ahead of their scheduled monthly patch update, while very good, doesn't seem like a news story to me.  I recommend generalizing the new story to cover all responces to the exploit, not just Microsofts.

Alright, after seeing how long this article is, I'm less inclined to disrupt it. Still, people need to understand that many many computers won't get patched, as this exploit effects all versions of windows currently in use, even quite old ones. For this reason, I think its also important to talk about the various efforts others have made to work around the problem. For example, we should mention that MediaWiki quickly eliminated the risk of WMF files mascarading as other file formats. Other major sites, such as livejournal or ebay, might have taken measures to mitigate these risks as well (although ebay almost surely isn't that competent). So I still suggest renaming the article to something like "Responses to the WMF exploit; MS releases patch early" and adding coverage of more extraordinary responses.

Please note that I am *not* suggesting that we take MS's patch out of the title, nor am I suggesting that coverage of the MS patch should be slighted in any way. MS's patch should be clearly covered, as installing it is one way to actually help yourself. I just feel that more extraordinary responces are technically more newsworthy. Anyway, a lazy comperamize would be to keep the story focus & title, but add information about other people's efforts to mitigate the dangers.

Thoughts? Nyarlathotep 22:37, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Generally, I agree with you. On the other hand, I believe this is only the third time MS has released an unscheduled patch; it is rather newsworthy for this reason, and indicates the severity of the issue in their eyes. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 22:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Okay, seems like a case for: leave it mostly alone but add other people's responces too; as I don't think we are going to write another article. Nyarlathotep 18:24, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Removed.

I removed the following sentence as it is very difficult to understand what the author means. It also contains erroneous spelling.

"The effectiveness of this patch has not yet been confirmed as the effectivness of a privatly launched patch by a Russian individual earlier this week."


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Change the tag to  on the MS WMF story whenever you feel like it, I had about 3 edit conflicts inserting the bit about 98/98SE/ME. It definitely is beyond a brief, unless you're expecting significant expansion from 3rd parties testing the patch and/or looking for exploits on the versions that didn't get a patch. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

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With respect, is this the kind of thing that should be on the front page of a worldwide news site? This is really just a local matter, and the numbers aren't even up from several years ago. Adking80 23:12, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
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Bill Sweetenham cleared of bullying allegations

January 6, 2006

Australian coach Bill Sweetenham has been cleared by an independent inquiry of bullying allegations made last year by former British table tennis player Matthew Syed. Syed had accused Sweetenham of damaging British swimming and causing the retirement of 13 senior British swimmers.

Sweetenham has been the performance director for British swimming since November 2000, when he took over from Deryk Snelling. His contract, which was recently renewed, runs up till the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.

Syed's claims had been denied by Sweetenham, British Swimming and many of the swimmers involved. Despite this and the result of the inquiry some of the swimmers maintain that the inquiry was not thorough enough.

The inquiry will be published later in the month when Sweetenham returns from Australia.


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Bloggers investigate social networking websites

January 27, 2006 The humble beginnings of many popular Web services, such as Google, LiveJournal, and Yahoo!, are well-documented and available on their websites, and frequently recounted in news stories about the firms. These websites are also scrutinized for any perceived violations of users' privacy or other basic rights.

However, until recently, no investigation had been done into MySpace and Facebook, two new "social networking" sites of explosive popularity among teenagers and college students. American bloggers, using Google and financial records, have begun investigations into the origins and policies of these sites, making some claims that the site owners explicitly deny.

Facebook
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, an individual web developer looking to make friends at Harvard University. Although Facebook has been sued by ConnectU.com for allegedly copying its concept and data, Facebook is actually the first worldwide college network on the Internet. As one of the most popular college websites, Facebook is notable for its lack of prominent advertising. It quickly accumulated $50,000 in debt in 2004, and it took nearly a year for it to begin turning a profit, so clearly it needed a large amount of venture capital.

In August 2005, independent blogger Josh Smith theorized that Facebook could actually be a data-gathering operation. He determined that Facebook received its initial funding from Peter Thiel, which he named as co-author of the book "The Diversity Myth", which argues that "multiculturalism" is used to promote social intolerance on American college campuses. Smith also found that Facebook also received $13 million in funding from "Accel Partners", a firm whose manager James Breyer formerly served as the chairman of In-Q-Tel, a venture capital firm operated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency.

However, both Accel Partners and Peter Thiel have invested in many dot-com companies. Peter Thiel is the co-founder of PayPal, and James Breyer has done extensive work in Silicon Valley. Investigating a firm's sources of venture capital has not often led to breakthrough exposes in the past.

More importantly, Smith discovered clauses in Facebook's current Privacy Policy which state that they "may share your information with third parties, including responsible companies with which we have a relationship". The Privacy Policy also warns that "Facebook also collects information about you from other sources, such as newspapers and instant messaging services. This information is gathered regardless of your use of the Web Site." Other bloggers have also called attention to this ambiguous statement, which seems to point towards a Facebook conspiracy theory. User "timg" at the Reddit news website noted that "these sites provide possibly the most accurate and easiest to use resource for mining information about groups of people."

According to Chris Hughes, spokesperson for Facebook,

 * The clause you reference in the privacy agreement is leftover from an outdated version of the privacy policy which is currently being updated. We used to have a couple features on the site that aren't still there, such as collecting users' away messages from AIM (if they said they wanted it) and displaying mentions of their names in campus newspapers (again, upon request). That clause will not be included in the upcoming version of the privacy policy which will be released in the next couple of weeks.

The main issue surrounding Facebook is one of trust. Privacy advocates on the Web are always wary of any website that asks for detailed personal information, and Facebook takes this to the extreme by displaying entire social networks. However, most Facebook users seem to trust it deeply, providing full friends lists, phone numbers, and personal photo albums.

MySpace
Trent Lapinski, another blogger, began an investigation into MySpace in July 2005, when it was acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, parent company of FOX News. MySpace does not often receive criticism about privacy issues, as its users typically do not give out last names or other personal information, but its company history is more interesting. Lapinski was threatened with a lawsuit by MySpace's legal team when he let them know about his investigation, but on January 4, he decided to come forward with the details anyway.

MySpace expressed interest in commenting on this Wikinews article but did not respond by press time.

MySpace's CEO Chris DeWolfe and its most prominent spokesperson Tom Anderson first met in 1999 at Xdrive Technologies, a dot-com startup which gave away free storage space to Internet users. DeWolfe and Anderson went on to work together at ResponseBase, LLC., which was acquired by eUniverse, Inc., which later became Intermix Media. The relationship between these three companies is tangled indeed, and involves the MySpace name itself.

According to Chris DeWolfe, "the general MySpace site" was launched in September 2003. Tom Anderson claims that "MySpace was a creative idea before it was a business." However, long before MySpace became a social networking website, the name MySpace and the domain myspace.com had been used by ResponseBase for their profitable newsletter about "Freebies, Deals, & Discounts", and a free disk space host similar to Xdrive. Newsgroup archives show multiple messages linking to copyrighted files hosted on MySpace. In 2001, MySpace's spokesperson was quoted in an article about "warez". The Internet Archive has backups of MySpace.com going back to 1999, but these cannot be accessed because MySpace's current owners have blocked the Internet Archive specifically from accessing the site.

One newsgroup message from 2001 documents the transition from MySpace to ResponseBase:

 * Got more steaming piles of spam from "Media Now!" aka "responsebase.com". The specific username that the spams were sent to was only given to a specific company (freediskspace.com, later myspace.com) for their use only. Unfortunately they sold it, even though my business relationship with them ended in May 2001 when they discontinued the service I was using. Apparently they couldn't pay their bills and sold their list to spammers.

Actually, MySpace had simply shut down and become ResponseBase-- as evidenced by the "Freebies" newsletter above. ResponseBase also used a list of 8 million e-mail addresses purchased from Xdrive for their newsletters. In 2002, ResponseBase was booted from their ISP as an illicit spam organization-- with Tom Anderson himself listed as their billing contact. And later still, ResponseBase would be renamed to MySpace.

In 2002, DeWolfe went on to become a director of "Fog Cutter Capital Group", whose CEO, Andrew Wiederhorn, was convicted of income tax and pension felonies and sentenced to prison. Fog Cutter continued to pay Wiederhorn a salary of $350,000 per month for 18 months while he sat in jail. Wiederhorn's wife, Tiffany Wiederhorn, is on the board of directors at MySpace's parent company Intermix Media.

Intermix Media itself has a tangled history. In 2004, Intermix (then operating as eUniverse) was named as a spammer organization on USENET. It purchased ResponseBase, shut down its operations, and reformed it as MySpace. On April 28, 2005, Intermix was sued by the State of New York for installing malicious spyware over the Internet. According to their press release:

 * The Attorney General documented at least ten separate web sites from which Intermix or its agents were downloading spyware, providing either no warning or other misleading disclosures. In this way, Intermix and its agents downloaded more than 3.7 million programs to New Yorkers alone, and tens of millions more to users across the nation.

 * Intermix also went to great lengths to protect the spyware and adware it secretly installed. The programs were hidden in unlikely locations on the computer and could not be removed through a computer's "Add/Remove" function. In addition, the programs omitted "un-install" applications, and even reinstalled themselves after being deleted.

Just before the adware investigation was announced, Intermix's primary investors sold $25,000,000 worth of Intermix stock at roughly $8 per share. When the attorney general announced the investigation, Intermix stock fell to $4 per share. Intermix's former CEO, Brad Greenspan, has accused Intermix investors of insider trading.

Soon afterwards, the spyware issue was settled out of court; Intermix paid $7.5 million to the State of New York.

According to The Economist, "As an internet business, MySpace.com considers itself to be an entirely new breed ... The community has grown virally, with no advertising." However, this leaves one crucial question unanswered: without advertising, how did the site become popular in the first place?


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NHL hockey referee sounds off to website

January 12, 2006

Retired NHL referee Bruce Hood says his high profile may be the reason why he isn’t in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Speaking Wednesday in an exclusive with HockeyRefs.com, he said: "I was honoured to just be nominated. I have been put on the outside of things because of my speaking out on things I believed in."

Hood officiated in the NHL for 21 seasons before retiring in 1984. His career included 1,033 regular season and 157 Stanley Cup playoff games, three All-Star Games, and three Canada Cups.

A group of Hall of Fame members headlined by former players Bobby Hall and the late Maurice Richard nominated Hood in 1994, but the effort was unsuccessful.

Despite that, the former NHLer says he isn’t upset about not being part of the club.

Hood also discussed the four-official system, the sport’s evolution over the years, and recent controversies involving the NHL Officiating Department.

"I never liked the two-referee system," he added. "It is absolutely ridiculous for referees to be skating backwards into the zone all the time."


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CBS Corporation begins trading on New York Stock Exchange

January 6, 2006

The new CBS Corporation began trading on the New York Stock Exchange once again on January 3 after officially finishing its split with Viacom two days earlier. The split had been in the works since around March 2005 when Viacom announced it was breaking into two publicly traded companies due to stock price stagnation.

In June 2005, Viacom's board approved the split and saying the CBS Corporation name would be revived for one of those companies. One of these units would receive most of Viacom's broadcasting and mass-media portion of subsidiaries (CBS, UPN, Infinity Broadcasting, now CBS Radio) along with Viacom Outdoor (now CBS Outdoor), Showtime Networks, and Paramount's television studio and a few other operations and announced long-time excutive Leslie Moonves would head that new company.

The split is filled with twists and turns. Viacom was founded in 1971 as CBS' television syndication division and was spun off in 1973. Westinghouse Electric Corporation bought CBS and changed its name to CBS Corporation. In a ironic twist, Viacom accquired their parent company in 1999 and CBS' stock symbol was de-listed as it became a division of Viacom. Ironically, the new CBS Corporation is actually the original Viacom. A new Viacom was founded and spun off containing MTV Networks (which contains CMT and Spike TV, two cable networks originally owned by CBS) along with BET, Paramount's film studio and home entertainment divisions, online virtual pet game Neopets, and a music publisher. It also partially owns Sega of America along with the Sonic the Hedgehog trademarks and is currently in the process of acquiring DreamWorks.

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"Original reporting" consisted of communications with Facebook and MySpace representatives, and searching through the Internet Archive and Google Groups. Ashibaka 19:34, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

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Hummm. I just finished writing this, and it seems unresolvably POV. If Wikinews doesn't allow investigative reporting please just mark this inactive and I'll copy the content to my userspace or Web site. Ashibaka 01:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't agree that it is unresolvably POV, and the story is good. It should be written to be much more 'newsy' and present the ugly facts early, rather than starting with some wishy washy conjecture about sites that aren't even mentioned in the body of the story. Is the story covered elsewhere? If not (or if only in forums etc) then this is a scoop, (assuming it's accurate). Please pretty please, keep working on it! It's a horror story confirming every internet users worst fears, and this is important stuff! -- Simeon 03:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I'm impressed by some of the findings in this piece. In case it helps, here are some comments.

 * Neutrality: I think you can ask comments from these companies, and explain that they have their own reasons for doing this (speak for your enemy, as NPOV policy says) and that could neutralize the negative connotation in this article. As a matter of general principle, I think investigative journalism could be done in a way that presents enough of opposing sides and leave the value judgments to readers. This piece could be done that way, too, I believe.
 * Argument (1): Regarding the reading of the terms of service for the second company, I am not sure I would agree with it. It seems like the company is saying "if you upload your music to our site, we deliver it to our visitors. And visitors come from any part of the world." So I feel that there is nothing even remotely suspicious about this part of the term. (And upon reading the following part on their web site, it seems this license terminates when the user deletes the content. That's I would say a pretty decent term of service.
 * Argument (2) You seem to suggest that "non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license" is something common between the two contracts. But if you search that phrase with Google, you will find thousands of pages with that phrase. So I am not sure if that part means something significant.

Tomos 04:37, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Your two arguments make good sense. I'm keeping the Facebook information because their license is notably "irrevocable" and represents a change from their former license, but the MySpace license is probably just to cover their backs, as you said.

As for talking with the companies, maybe I can do that over the weekend... if I find the time. If someone else wants to please do so. Ashibaka 05:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I sent an e-mail to Facebook, MySpace, and a former developer of MySpace who now works at another company. If any of them write back it will be totally awesome. Ashibaka 16:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Sounds great. I'm hoping they will respond. :) Again, thank you for your work on this! Tomos 16:53, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I've just read about some companies on Hoovers.com, and it seems that Perhaps that's relevant information.
 * The prison term has ended on Nov. 2005. It was a paid leave.
 * The spyware issue was settled out of court. The company paid/pays 7.5 mil.

Tomos 17:34, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I have received a full, lengthy reply from Facebook, and I haven't checked the e-mail account from which I e-mailed MySpace. Rather than an investigation I think this should be a neutral story, because the boring facts are better than stretched sensationalism.

As soon as I have the free time I will work these into the article.

Ashibaka (in a hurry) 12:59, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Todo before publication: If MySpace doesn't respond by the 27th I'm going to up and publish this. Ashibaka 00:02, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Waiting for official statement from Facebook regarding privacy policy Done!
 * Waiting for any sort of reply from MySpace - 3 DAYS LEFT

Excellent
This is an excellent article! My god man! Please please continue it! --65.5.204.50 01:16, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Story preparation
I'm moving this to Story preparation for the time being; the basis of the investigative reporting is good though there are some elements which may need to be examined for POV. In short, good work, but it's not finished yet! -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The Facebook section, at least, should be about finished by now (still waiting for a reply from Myspace). Do you have any specific comments about that? Ashibaka 06:40, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

i am not familiar with practices of posting here but here goes, i have your answwers on myspace and to make this easier on everyone all you need do to get a start is to go to catbird forum or simply google Alan MacLeese (me) I am the writer of piece on catbird and amworking with trent lapinski on this and i think the story will break tonight (wed) on Willamette Weeklylwhich goes to press today I gather. Trent's blogs, my piece on murdocoh,coleman,wiederhorn, my space is your wucik jumpstart. alm mac hallowell me 207 622 3732. good luck on getting it out there, these colemans andwiederhorns are bad people and tryuing to get out of a major scam. mac

 * Is editorial work off-limits on Wikinews? I don't think so, as long as it's a Supported Opinion with facts, I feel that it's neccesary to stimulate a healthy democratic discussion amongst people. I'm going to be moving this back, thank you. Also, too mac, fix your grammer, include more shades of definitions of words with varying strengths of meaning in adjectives, like "Big" versus "Humungous", or "groslly and morbidly overweight" versus "Beer-belly", etc -- it's getting reminiscent of newspeak, thank you.

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Talk:Wildfires still burn in Oklahoma, Texas

I'm not entirely sure what belongs in original reporting notes. What I essentially did was get the news releases from the various involved agencies, then add what the folks over at the NWS Storm Prediction Center had to say.


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Comedian Jon Stewart to host 78th Academy Awards

January 6, 2006

American comedian and  anchor has been chosen to host the 78th Annual Academy Awards. This is not Stewart's first time hosting an awards show as he hosted the in 2001 and 2002. His choice by the shows their continuing attempt to target a younger viewing audience. Last year's host was, also a comedian who is popular with young adults, whose performance and jokes at the expense of celebrities irked some Academy members. The Academy has also been seeking an Oscar host with the appeal of popular hosts such as, , and.

The choice further demonstrates Stewart's transformation from the host of a cult TV show into a mainstream performer. Stewart is host of The Daily Show, a satirical show aired on Comedy Central that parodies network and cable news shows. The show started in 1996, anchored by Stewart's predecessor, who left in 1999 to host . The Daily Show draws in about 1.4 million viewers nightly. While not a groundbreaking number, sixty-five percent of those viewers are in the 18 to 49 age group, which is the group most coveted by television advertisers.

The Daily Show has become influental in politics and pop culture. Stewart has interviewed many guests from both sides of the political spectrum, including 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry,, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and has asked for President George W. Bush to come on the show, going so far as publish an invitation in a full page newspaper ad during the.

Stewart has interviewed celebrities like, , , and recently interviewed the band who then did a live studio performance.

Although The Daily Show is steeped in satire, its emphasis on political coverage and current events has led to many of its younger viewers regard it as their daily news source, especially during the. Stewart was even considered as a possible replacement for Dan Rather on the  by CBS executive Leslie Moonves, which owned Comedy Central before splitting into two companies just a few days ago.

Although a comedian, Stewart can be serious at times. Notable was his appearance on the CNN show  in which he got into a debate with host Tucker Carlson over the state of television journalism. He accused Crossfire of polarizing politics and that it was hurting America, saying "It's not so much that it's bad, as it's hurting America [...] Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America." He referred to Carlson and co-host as "partisan hacks", and said that Carlson was "as big a dick on [his] show as [he is] on any show". Many believe this highly publicized criticism led to the cancellation of Crossfire.

The Daily Show has won seven and a  for their coverage of the.

The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on this year on March 5.


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User:Sfullenwider/Interview/Kye Lewis

What is FreeMatrix?

How can a person listen or watch FreeMatrix? Is it free?

What sort of audience does Internet television have?

Do you think Internet television will eventually replace other forms of television such as cable and satellite?

Who can create an Internet radio or TV show?

What type of content does FreeMatrix air?

Could a school air classes on FreeMatrix?

What about feature length things such as independent films and documentaries?

What does a person need to do to have their show aired on a FreeMatrix outlet?

What does FreeMatrix do besides air radio and TV programs?

How can people get involved?

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Ponting breaks cricket records

January 6, 2006

Australian cricketer, Ricky Ponting made his second century (100 runs) in his 100th match. The Australian cricket captain is playing in the final day of the third Test against South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He clocked up 120 runs in his first innings.

He is the first player in Test cricket history to make twin centuries in his 100th match.

The skipper has also in this match become Australia's third-highest runscorer, passing Mark Waugh (8,029) and trailing Steve Waugh (10,927) and Allan Border (11,174).

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Canada wins gold at IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship

January 6, 2006

For the second time in a row, Team Canada has won the gold medal. In an upset 5—0 win over Russia the team clinched the title in Vancouver, BC.

Canada was undefeated this year posting a 6 wins and 0 losses record. Going into the competition the United States and Russia were favored for the gold and silver, but a disappointing tie with Switzerland and a loss to Canada during the round-robin knocked the U.S. team from the running

The back-to-back wins are the first since the 1996-1997 wins for team Canada.

Russia won the silver, and Finland won the bronze in an even more surprising and hard fought game against the U.S.


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New Zealand Maori Queen on dialysis

January 6, 2006

The New Zealand Maori Queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu is undergoing dialysis treatment the Tainui Tribe confirmed today.

The Queen's condition is not believed to be critical, and plans for the celebration in May of her fortieth coronation anniversary continue. Taini Rutene; Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu private secretary says "Dame Te Ata is undergoing medical treatment for a long-standing illness. There is no immediate concern."

According to Wikipedia, dialysis is a method for removing waste such as urea from the blood when the kidneys are incapable of this.

The Maori Queen holds no constitutional function in New Zealand, but Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu is an avid supporter of cultural and sporting events.

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Talk:Comedian Jon Stewart to host 78th Academy Awards

Cool, that means I might actually watch the awards this year. And go for Stephen Colbert the next time ;). --Deprifry|+T+ 11:15, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

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editprotected Please change the link target from Crossfire to Crossfire (American TV program). Heavy Water (talk) 17:00, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ as well as other tidy. --SVTCobra 13:33, 25 April 2023 (UTC)