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Today on Wikinews : The Taleban attack NATO forces for the second straight day, protesters in Thailand clash with police, Portugal legalizes same-sex marriage, and in history, Anne Boleyn is executed London.

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Today is Wednesday, May 19th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and this is Wikinews.

Afghan Taleban attacks NATO base; several dead (0:32)

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NATO has said that members of the Taleban launched an attack on the US-run Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan earlier today. Varying media reports say that between five to seven foreign service members and at least ten rebels were killed.

NATO said the rebels started their assault before dawn using small arms, rockets, and grenades.

A spokeswoman for the base, Major Virginia McCabe, said the attackers did not gain access to Bagram, but that one building received minor damage, adding that gunfire had become more sporadic by midday.

The Taleban claimed responsibility for the attack; a spokesman for the group said twenty suicide bombers were involved.

Bagram is one of the largest bases in Afghanistan, lying 50 kilometers north of the capital, Kabul. Wednesday's violence comes a day after the Taleban launched an attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul, killing at least eighteen people, including six NATO soldiers, five US troops and one Canadian.

Oil from Gulf spill reaches major current (1:46)

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US scientists say that oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the Loop Current, which could propel the oil towards the coast of Florida.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), limited amounts of oil have entered the current, and could reach Florida's coast in as few as six days, although it would be highly diluted by the time it did so. Other estimates place the time before oil reaches Florida as closer to ten days.

The loop current is part of the Gulf Stream and is a warm ocean current in the Gulf of Mexico that flows northward between Cuba and the Yucatán peninsula, moves north into the Gulf of Mexico, loops west and south before exiting to the east through the Florida Straits.

Satellite images show oil moving south from the main slick into the current. The speed of the current is predicted to disperse the oil that is picked up, which would lead to difficulties in tracking it.

NOAA qualified their warning by saying that the amount of oil in question is a small percentage of the total spilled, most of which is to the north of the current. The agency's Scientific Support Coordinator, Charlie Henry, said that "[t]here is some light oil filling the loop current," though he said the agency "expect[s] it to degrade before it comes close to threatening South Florida."

Curfew imposed in parts of Thailand (3:12)

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Authorities in Thailand have put around a third of the country, including the capital of Bangkok, under a curfew after leaders of the street protesters known as Red Shirts surrendered.

The curfew is the first in Bangkok in fifteen years, and is to run from 8:00pm to 6:00am local time. As part of the curfew, only government-sanctioned media is to be allowed on television stations. The crackdown by the Thai government comes after army troops entered an area held by protesters and arrested six prominent rebel leaders.

At least six people are confirmed dead after Wednesday's violence, and military operations are expected to continue for at least another night. The government has also authorized security forces to shoot protesters. Around 40 people in total have been killed since the beginning of military operations against protesters last week.

Protesters have set fire to numerous buildings in Bangkok, and the violence has spread to other areas of the country. The second largest shopping center in Southeast Asia was destroyed by fire; Bangkok's stock exchange has been set ablaze. Several other buildings have been evacuated, including those of a state-run television company, Channel 3, which was later set on fire and destroyed, and two other English media companies.

Thailand's Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, said in an appearance on television that he was "confident and determined to end the problems and return the country to peace and order once again."

Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who most protesters support, warned that the military crackdown could lead to open warfare in Thailand, saying that "[t]here is a theory saying a military crackdown can spread resentment and these resentful people will become guerrillas."

Investigation into Polish air crash reveals passengers in cockpit (5:08)

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The investigation into the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski has revealed that passengers were in the cockpit of the crashed plane. According to the head of the technical commission involved with investigating the crash, Alexei Morozov, the crew of the aircraft had been warned of limited visibility, although it has not been determined whether or not the crew's decision to land had been influenced by the passengers on board. The cause of the crash has not been identified, although the possibility of an explosion or terrorist attack on board the aircraft has been ruled out.

Morozov also said that the crew on board the plane had not been properly trained for the flight, and had been assembled only a few days before the flight. He said that the crew "did not undergo regular simulated training, including the practice of co-ordination and emergency situations during flights."

The overall leader of the investigation, Tatyana Anodina, confirmed that unauthorized people had been in the cockpit near the end of the flight, saying that "in the cockpit there were individuals who were not members of the crew." One person had been identified, although their name has not been released. Anodina said that "[t]he voice of one of them has been identified exactly, the voice of the other, or the others, will require additional information from the Polish side."

The investigation also found that the aircraft involved had been in normal operating condition; Anodina said that "[t]he engines were working up till the moment the plane collided with the ground."

Same-sex marriage allowed in Portugal (6:52)

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

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

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

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

On this day in history (8:28)

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On the morning of Friday May 19th, 1536, Anne Boleyn was judicially executed upon a scaffold erected on the north side of the White Tower, in front of what is now the Waterloo Barracks in London. She wore a red petticoat under a loose, dark gray gown of damask trimmed in fur and a mantle of ermine.

A few weeks before, on May 2nd, Anne had been arrested and taken to the Tower of London and three days later, Anne and her brother George Boleyn were tried separately in the Tower of London where she was accused of adultery, incest, and high treason.

Anne had been King Henry VIII's second wife, following Catherine whose marriage had been annulled. However, like Catherine, Anne too was unable to bear Henry a son, and thus heir to the throne and so with the help of Thomas Cromwell, the court conspired and spied on her, eventually condemning her with the testimony of a low-born, Flemish musician named Mark Smeaton.

Smeaton's confession came under the supervised torture of Cromwell who also managed to acquire confessions from some of Anne's higher-born friends, one of whom said that she had had an incestuous affair with her brother. She, of course denied all charges, but the so called evidence against her was too persuasive and she was found guilty.

When Anne climbed the scaffold, she made a short speech to the crowd then knelt upright, in the French style of executions. Her final prayer consisted of her repeating, "To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesus receive my soul."

According to historian Eric W. Ives, her executioner was so taken by Anne that he was shaken, and found it difficult to proceed with the execution. In order to distract her, he shouted, "Where is my sword?" just before killing her so that Anne would never know the sword was coming.

The execution was swift and consisted of a single stroke.

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Cyclone Laila lashes across India's Eastern coastline

May 21, 2010 packing winds of 110 kilometres per hour closed in on the east coast of India on Thursday as tens of thousands of people evacuated their homes, fearing major storm damage.

Laila hit the state of Andhra Pradesh as heavy rain and strong gales battered the coast, state authorities said at least 30,000 people had been evacuated from low-lying areas. The armed forces were drafted in to help the evacuation efforts after Andhra Pradesh's chief minister,, called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to request extra assistance.

The graded the cyclone as "severe", and said it was due to hit land near the city of  after moving from its current position 100 kilometres (62 miles) off the coast in the Bay of Bengal.

The department's latest warning said a "storm surge" of up to two metres above the regular tide was likely to inundate parts of Andhra Pradesh. It said large trees were likely to be uprooted, houses damaged and escape routes from the coast flooded. All fishermen were ordered to stay on shore due to "very rough" sea conditions, and the  said had suspended crude oil and gas production in the Bay as a precaution.

The agency said 40,000 people had been evacuated from hundreds of coastal villages, while some air flights and train services were also affected. State disaster officials said that besides existing cyclone shelters, schools and community halls were serving as relief camps to evacuees.

Three people were killed when a shed collapsed during heavy winds in Andhra Pradesh, while a fisherman drowned in rough sea in neighbouring Tamil Nadu state. Local unconfirmed reports put the total death toll at between 14 and 17.

India and Bangladesh are hit regularly by cyclones that develop in the Bay of Bengal, causing widespread damage to homes and fields. Last May, tore through southern Bangladesh killing 300 people and destroyed 4,000 kilometres of roads and river embankments, leading to major flooding.


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YouTube, Facebook blocked in Pakistan

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The Pakistani government has blocked access to YouTube, the popular video-sharing website, citing "growing sacrilegious" content. The move comes after a Pakistani court ordered a temporary block of social networking site Facebook on Wednesday, when a row unfolded concerning a group on Facebook urging users on the popular social networking site to draw pictures of the Prophet Mohammed.

The, the government agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of Pakistani telecommunications, ordered all internet service providers to "completely shut-down" all access to Facebook and YouTube from the interior of Pakistan. According to a spokesman, the agency only did so after "all possible" options had been exhausted.

The spokesman, Khoram Ali Mehran, said that they were "just following the government's instructions and the ruling of the Lahore High Court", and that "if the government decides to unblock it, then that's what we will do".

The Facebook user who created the group, entitled "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day", said that she had got the idea for the group after watching an episode of  on the television channel Comedy Central, in which a line involving the Prophet had been 'bleeped out'. The site was blocked the day before the event was scheduled to take place.

YouTube was blocked in Pakistan in 2008, when material deemed "offensive to Muslims" led to restrictions. Access to Wikipedia, Wikinews' sister project, and, a photo sharing site, were also banned, on Thursday.

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I removed the haveyoursay question as it appeared leading, and implying that this isn't appropriate for the 21st century. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:13, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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“Access to the online encyclopedia site Wikipedia and the photo sharing site Flickr was also restricted Thursday.”

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Do you have to tell everyone what the sites are for.
Everybody knows what YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia and Flickr are. I doubt if any Wikinews readers have never heard of these websites. And even if they haven't they can just click on the links. Why include their functions in the text? Kayau (talk) 01:29, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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Works valued at €100 million stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

May 20, 2010

Five paintings, in total valued at almost €100 million. were stolen from the overnight on Wednesday. The works were ' by, ' by , ' by , ' by and  by.

The museum itself has been closed and cordoned off by police investigating the theft. The thief is believed to have entered the museum by climbing through a window and the museum is investigating how the theft took place despite the presence of guards and a complex security system.

Christophe Girard, deputy mayor of Paris with responsibility for culture, told a press conference: "This is a serious crime to the heritage of humanity", adding that the perpetrator or perpetrators were "obviously organised". It is thought that the paintings are too well known to be easily sold and there has been speculation that they will be used as "currency" by criminal gangs, as opposed to having been "stolen for hire" on behalf of a collector.

An unnamed source told The Daily Telegraph: "It's an enormous crime, one of the biggest in art history" while the mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, called the theft "an intolerable attack on Paris's universal cultural heritage" and art historian Tim Marlow commented that the thief obviously "knew what he was taking".

The theft was discovered at approximately 7a.m. local time (5a.m. UTC) by museum staff. The Paris prosecutor's office said that a single masked man was captured on CCTV walking away with the works, which had been removed from their frames with care rather than being sliced out. The paintings belong to the museum's permanent collection.

Investigators are questioning museum staff after speculation that the perpetrator may have had assistance from somebody on "the inside". The investigation into the thefts is being led by the Brigade de Répression du Banditisme, an elite French police unit.


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I don't know if there's a template for this, but this image is unacceptable for Commons, but it is public domain in the US. I'm informed that to be eligible for Commons, it must be PD in its country of origin and the US, but this is a free image. Any help correctly annotating the description page would be appreciated. I got the image from WP- see. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   19:08, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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Wikinewsie.org
Right now access to the domain is moving over to SSH.

Most content has been deleted, the site will need a good redesign, and proper controls to keep it updated.

Watch this space (while I watch Northern European airspace). -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk' 09:16, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

I've been out of the loop...
...when did the "What do you think of this page?" box get so much more prominent? I have to say it's a bit overwhelming, but if there was community consensus for it I suppose I'm too late. (Any other updates while I'm at it? I hope to become more active after a hiatus over most of the winter.) Cheers, – Juliancolton  | Talk 02:37, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It got implemented a few weeks ago by Bawolff, IIRC. Wasn't really much of a vote on it, more of "silent consensus" as nobody opposed it or objected after it was implemented. If you have a look at the proposals water cooler, you'll see several rather large changes that have been made to the wiki in the last few weeks; perhaps the most important is that the "reviewer" group has been deprecated/will be removed by the devs (and "editor" is now called "reviewer"). Also, there's a proposal to allow bureaucrats to desysop locally (which is about to pass, given there's unanimous support). Welcome back, Julian ;) Tempodivalse [talk]  03:12, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Aye. I also find that "WDYTOTP" box very big and boring :p --Diego Grez let's talk 03:14, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Works for me then. Thanks for the wb – hope I don't overstay my welcome again. :) – Juliancolton  | Talk 03:17, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It is a bit on the big side, perhaps it should start collapsed-by-default? --Brian McNeil / talk 23:24, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Possibly, although then I'd be concerned that it wouldn't be so visible. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:26, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

It's at the very bottom of the page, so it isn't like it is blocking anything. Also, we're getting a _lot_ of feedback from it - so I say keep it exactly how it is. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:33, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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Hi... I know that interwiki bots aren't welcome in en.wikinews, but, Is there anyway to make interwiki in Categories?. I've runned my bot in other editions (fr, pt, es, tr) and many categories have problems with categories in english wikinews. A temporal bot flag?... Thanks Superzerocool (talk) 13:52, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally, I have no issue with it. What account (User:BOT-Superzerocool is already flagged bot) will it be run under and I'll flag you?    -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 00:35, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * This should probably be on WN:BOT. I don't see any problem with having an interwiki bot for categories. The date categories are already well covered (Zachery bot adds interwikis, Gordin bot removes interwikis....) but some of the other categories aren't. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:49, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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I am looking for the page where span class "hideFromNewbies" (used in ) is defined. (We are in a dire need to implement something like that in huwikinews.) - Xbspiro (talk) 04:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Found it. - Xbspiro (talk) 11:09, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * btw, don't forget you need both the apropriate stuff (not all of it) from mediawiki:Common.css/Main Page and mediawiki:Common.js/Main Page to make that work. the class is defined through both those pages, one alone isn't enough. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:58, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

open proxies
I note that open proxies are indef blocked here. Looking at the thread that discussed this, the main oppose reason was the amount of man hours it would take to re-block the proxies. Why block proxies that haven't done anything? At Simple English Wikipedia (which is a much higher amount of socking and vandalism), we get (on a busy day), a max of 3 proxies to block (1-3 yrs). Open proxies rarely edit here, and rarely get re-used (also from experience at SE Wikipedia). Also, open proxies usually do not stay open for long, blocking legitimate editors. For example, when I became an admin on Simple English Wikipedia, there were about 75 indef block proxies going over the past 3 years. I unblocked over half of them as they weren't proxies. Since WN gets much less, why not reduce the block times? Griffinofwales (talk) 01:14, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I would not be opposed to blocking them for 5 years instead of indef, but also of course support the current practice of indef. Either way is fine by me. :P -- Cirt (talk) 01:15, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It also appears that the vast majority of indefinitely blocked proxies are proxies that have never edited (although I can't see deleted contribs). Most of the 6500 (didn't count, this was the approx. number given in September) appear to have been blocked in 2006 by a single admin. Looking back in the history, this wiki averages one IP block every three days. Most of the open proxy blocks are done in large groups and it appears that none of them edit. So, by blocking them, you are wasting time that could be better spent elsewhere. Griffinofwales (talk) 11:44, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * If we go and reduce the duration of the block, wouldn't it be "wasting time that could be better spent elsewhere?" Just asking... Pmlineditor discuss 11:49, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That single admin would likely be me. It was housekeeping, and there were issues with hassles through one or two proxies around that time. The simplest thing was to make a guess at the proxy list being used by an abuser and do a huge batch of them. And, I do tend to hit them with nmap before blocking. I am concerned that some of the other admins who block proxies don't. The point Griffinofwales misses is that a blocked proxy may have been used by a registered account; as a Checkuser, I can see that - you can't. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:03, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Mmm, I guess I'm also partially to blame for this; I've also contributed to a large portion of proxy blocks. Most of them were cross-wiki abusers, it seemed, at the time, to be good preventative action to block them here before they could vandalise. I don't use a proxy checker, but the Meta and en.wikipedia lists are very reliable, I don't think I could have blocked any no-OPs. Tempodivalse [talk]  14:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * @Brian: Actually, I wasn't thinking of you, but you sure have done a lot of them. But what does this have to do with indefinite blocking? @Pmlin: True, a massive waste of time. I think that a better way would be to write a bot that would unblock all indef'd IPs from 2008? and back. Since WN doesn't have much of a problem with open proxies (or not one that I could see from the block logs), it shouldn't cause an onslaught of vandalism. If it does, you can send the vandals my way :). Griffinofwales (talk) 22:19, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

We don't have a vandalism problem. I think we should relax our blocking policies. Benny the mascot (talk) 22:43, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. --Diego Grez return fire 23:10, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Open Proxies are by definition trouble for sites like us. If a user takes down the proxy at that IP then it is up to them to tell us if they want to contribute. My understanding is very few of those IPs relocate so there are very few IPs will be caught up when they shouldn't be; realistically, how many of those would contribute anyway? The possible benefit is dwarfed by the benefits of indefing the things so they can't cause trouble. Pre-proxyblocking we had more vandalism than you might think (e.g. the sex username vandal). To turn this argument on its head: why should we not block indefinitely? Bearing in mind indef does not equal permanent. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:36, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * How recent was the sex username vandal? My wiki (Simple English Wikipedia) doesn't do indef blocking and we get along fine. Remember that I'm not advocating unblocking, just long blocks. Also, on Simple, I unblocked 50% of the proxies that were indef blocked since they were no longer open. Indef probably does equal permanent since who would check them? Griffinofwales (talk) 23:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It was actually close to a year ago IIRC (if I'm correctly assuming which of those outbreaks BRS is referring to). There are good arguments for either position here, although I'd like to note that re-blocking 7000 or so blocked IP addresses would take a very, very large amount of time to complete. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it was that one. We lost him after wiping out a bunch of proxies. You've obviously not read my comment properly or you'd see that nobody checks them. It's up to the guy who set a proxy up to come and ask if he's that desperate; he must realise the effect that running a proxy will have on his IP. I cba repeating what I've already written about the likilihood of others being caught up. Of course, if somebody wanted to waste their time checking proxies again in five years - feel free. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:12, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Meh, the only argument for changing anything is "We don't need to". We don't need to do a lot of things, but we do. It's just how we do things. Until we have a solid reason to change our methods - I say we stick with what we got. It works for us. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:38, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

 * I'll be blunt. I'm not touching this. We're not Wikipedia, we don't bend-over-backwards to expose ourselves to risk.I would deal with any email request from the purported owner of a currently blocked-as-proxy IP. Don't do any unblocking, and honour the de-facto "until proven otherwise" blocking here, unless you will be around to test IPs and cleanup those five years down the line. --Brian McNeil / talk 03:43, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem that you have to deal with anyways. They almost never get used. My home wiki doesn't do it (with 2/3 of the admins and 50x the vandalism) and we get along fine (max 3yr blocks on OPs). Not sure what you're so worried about. Griffinofwales (talk) 11:42, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * WoW? (Oh, wait, ... That's us - Wikinews on Wheels.) :-P --Brian McNeil / talk 14:10, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

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This is looking far closer to what I want, and people should start to see where this is going.

Please read the documentation on it, try it out in the sandbox or your userspace, and give me feedback on what else should be possible with it.

No, it will definitely not be going on Category pages. Yes, I still need some Bawolff magic (i.e. a portal-specific MakeLead). And, for the time being, I would only expect it to be used with a single lead.

If you are trying this out in your userspace, please remember you'll need to copy CSS from my example (Portal:Brian McNeil - Sandbox). -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk 09:25, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * For the part where it links to the other continent portals, why do you have th hr set to 80%? I think it would look better to have it at 100% as right now it kind of looks weird for the horizontal rules to stop half way through. Other then that, definitely looks like its going in the right direction. Bawolff ☺☻ 12:00, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Er, help? I seem to have b0rked the wikitable markup (which sucketh mightily). -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk 23:46, 30 May 2010 (UTC)


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Today on Wikinews : Pakistan blocks YouTube over images of Mohammed, art thieves get off with €100 million in paintings in France, Chile hosts a major surfing competition, and in history, Sultan Osman II gets squeezed in the most "sensible" part of his body.

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The Pakistani government has blocked access to Youtube, the popular video-sharing website, citing "growing sacrilegious" content. The move comes after a Pakistani court ordered a temporary block of social networking site Facebook on Wednesday, when a row unfolded concerning a group urging users to draw pictures of the Prophet Mohammed.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the government agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of Pakistani telecommunications, ordered all internet service providers to "completely shut-down" all access to Facebook and YouTube from the interior of Pakistan. According to a spokesman, the agency only did so after "all possible" options had been exhausted.

The spokesman, Khoram Ali Mehran, said that they were "just following the government's instructions and the ruling of the Lahore High Court", and that "if the government decides to unblock it, then that's what we will do".

The Facebook user who created the group, entitled "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day", said that she had got the idea for the group after watching an episode of South Park on the television channel Comedy Central, in which a line involving the Prophet had been 'bleeped out'. The site was blocked the day before the event was scheduled to take place.

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Works valued at €100 million stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2:07)

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Five paintings, including pieces from Picasso and Matisse, in total valued at almost €100 million, were stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris overnight on Wednesday.

The thief is believed to have entered the museum by climbing through a window and the museum is investigating how the theft took place despite the presence of guards and a complex security system. The Paris prosecutor's office said that a single masked man was captured on CCTV walking away with the works, which had been removed from their frames with care rather than being sliced out.

Christophe Girard, deputy mayor of Paris with responsibility for culture, told a press conference: "This is a serious crime to the heritage of humanity", adding that the perpetrator or perpetrators were "obviously organised". It is thought that the paintings are too well known to be easily sold and there has been speculation that they will be used as "currency" by criminal gangs, as opposed to having been "stolen for hire" on behalf of a collector. Investigators are questioning museum staff after speculation that the perpetrator may have had assistance from somebody on "the inside".

The museum itself has been closed and cordoned off and the theft is being investigated by an elite French police unit.

Surf's up in Chile; championship competition in Pichilemu (3:36)

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The Surf Championship Competition, "Ceremonial Quiksilver Pichilemu 2010", took place on Wednesday in the Chilean city of Pichilemu, which is nicknamed "Capital of the Surf". Waves nine meters high or larger were predicted in Punta de Lobos, 6 kilometers from the urban center of Pichilemu.

Some of the most important surfers were in the championship including the South African Grant "Twiggy" Baker, Hawaiians Jamie Sterling and Mark Healey, as well as the Chilean Ramón Navarro, who won the Master Drop award last December.

"Many of the surfers there have never seen waves like the ones of this 2010 Championship", said Ramón Navarro to La Nación, some minutes before the competition started. He added "I'm prepared and anxious,"

From the 24 surfers in the competition, just six contested in the finals. Chilean Cristián Merelló took top prize and the Peruvian Gabriel Villarán obtained second place. Meanwhile the most-known surfer, Ramón Navarro, just managed to reach semifinals. Diego Medina, also Chilean, received the Big Drop and Surf Spirit awards as recognition given by the other competitors.

More than a thousand people went to Punta de Lobos to attend the championship, including the Mayor of Pichilemu, Roberto Córdova

The competitors accorded to donate US$15,000 (almost 16 million pesos) from the final prize of US$30,000 to help people affected in the Pichilemu area after the February 27 earthquake.

The tour will continue as the surfers now head to the beaches of California, Peru, South Africa and Hawaii.

On this day in history (5:30)

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In 1622, Sultan Osman II, also known as Osman the Young, died after ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire after a reign of only 4 years.

Osman II had been born in Istanbul and because his mother paid a lot of attention to his education, he became a known poet and had mastered many languages, including Arabic, Persian, Greek, Latin and Italian. He ascended the throne at the early age of 14 as the result of a coup d'état against his uncle Mustafa I.

Despite his youth, Osman II soon sought to assert himself as a ruler and he personally led the Ottoman invasion of Poland during the Moldavian Magnate Wars. However, during the Battle of Khotyn against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's army, Osman II was unable to advance any further and by October 9th, due to lateness of the season and after sustaining heavy losses in several assaults on the fortified Commonwealth lines, he was forced to abandon the siege. The battle ended in a stalemate and a treaty was signed which in some sections favored the Ottomans and others the Commonwealth.

Osman II returned home to Istanbul in shame, blaming the cowardice of the Janissaries, who were infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops and bodyguards.

Osman II probably became the first Sultan to identify and attempt to tackle the Janissaries as a praetorian institution doing more harm than good to the modern empire, and he closed their coffee shops which were the gathering points for conspiracies against the throne. He started planning to create a new, loyal and ethnic Turkic army consisting of Anatolian, Mesopotamian and Egyptian  Turks and Turkmens. The result was a palace uprising by the janissaries, who promptly imprisoned the young sultan.

On May 20th, an executioner was sent to strangle him but when the cord was thrown over his neck, Osman 'had the presence of mind to slip it with his hand, and knock down the principal executioner; on which his grand vizier, Davut Pasha, seized him by the most sensible part of his body and when Osman fainted with pain he was strangled. Compression of the testicles was a mode of execution reserved by custom to the Ottoman sultans.

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US scientist creates 'artificial life'

May 21, 2010 American biologist has announced that he has created the first ever "" on Earth at the, a U.S. laboratory and research center.

The breakthrough is the culmination of fifteen years of research and builds upon earlier work, research which saw the creation of a synthetic bacterial and the transplant of a genome from one species of bacteria into a second. "Synthia", a nickname derived from synthetic lifeform, combines these two techniques to create a "new lifeform".

A genome was created using synthetic made from bottles of chemicals, the chromosomes sequenced to create a genome using as a template an existing bacterium. A bacterium from different species then had its own genome removed and the synthetic one transplanted in its place. Venter's achievement is that the new genome switched on and the new cell was able to replicate. A process likened to the of a computer with a new operating system.

Venter's achievement has been dismissed by some as falling short of a true technological breakthrough, claiming that rather than creating a new genome, that he has merely recreated the genome of an existing bacterium: "a technical tour de force" but not breakthrough science, according to Caltech geneticist.

Amongst the possibilities of artificial bacteria talked about are bacteria tailored to solve climate change by taking out of the atmosphere and to develop new vaccines. More complex organisms could include algae which would both be a source of and a CO2 remover. This is not, however, the instant solution to the Earth's major problems. Although enough is now known to duplicate a genome, there is insufficient knowledge as to what the role of individual chromosomes within the genome do. Any advances in to design life forms would require a much greater understanding of how the creation of  are coded in a genome's chromosomes.

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Doesn't it belong in 'In the news' section of wiki home page?
 * No, this is not Wikipedia. --Diego Grez return fire 20:25, 21 May 2010 (UTC)


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New earthquake hits Chile

May 21, 2010 A strong earthquake hit Chile at approximately at 14:52 local time (1852 UTC) on Friday. The United States Geological Survey first reported it reached a preliminary magnitude of 5.5, and the epicenter was located very close to Pichilemu, a coastal town in the O'Higgins Region. Exact distances were: 102 kilometers to the northwest of ; 165km to the southwest of Santiago de Chile and 167km to the south of Valparaíso. The earthquake lasted approximately 30 seconds.

SHOA (Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Army), reported it reached a magnitude of 5.5. USGS updated their information later, and specified the earthquake reached a 5.7 magnitude, with a depth of 10 kilometers, and the epicenter was located 70km at the northwest of, 85km southwest of Rancagua, 95km south of , 140km southwest of Santiago.

Wikinews reporter Diego Grez, who was in Santa Cruz at the time of the tremor, reported that the power went out for approximately 30 minutes and people evacuated their houses quickly. In Pichilemu, the power also went out, but came back in a few minutes. Desperate people quickly ran to the now well-known.

USGS' Did you feel it? users have reported the earthquake was felt in, Santiago (Santiago Metropolitan), Curicó , , , Rancagua (O'Higgins), and Valparaíso (Valparaíso).

(Chile's National Emergencies Office) has reported no casualties or structural damage; and reported the earthquake was felt between the Metropolitan Region and. The intensities were: Pichilemu,  and : V;, Santa Cruz, , Curicó, , , ,  and Rancagua: IV;  and : III; ,  and : II.

The University of Chile Geological Survey reported the epicenter of the earthquake was located 28 kilometers at the south of Pichilemu, and it is most likely an aftershock to the March 11 earthquake. UCGS also reported it reached a magnitude of 5.6, at a depth of 7.3 kilometers.

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I'm now in Santa Cruz, Chile, by the thing you know. Power has went, at least for 30 minutes and my sister has confirmed that the same has happened in Pichilemu, but it came back there almost instantly. People also went to La Cruz Hill, there, while they were very desperate. The earthquake lasted about 30 seconds. I thought someone was jumping, but it was a tremor. --Diego Grez return fire 19:25, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Diego, can you quickly explain what on Earth ONEMI is and give an approximate length for the power cut. Other than that, with the tweaks I've made, it should be ready to go. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   20:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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Let's change the headline...
Because this is what I thought of. --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 21:05, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

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This movies because they best movies in the world.Everyone must vote for all these straight away if want for everybody in Great Britain and United Kingdom,Nothern Ireland and Ireland it's self. —92.20.112.118 (talk) 21:02, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

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I totally agree about the review of the Imagination Movers because I want to meet them and also meet Mover Scott and tell him that I am really in love with him and have a major crush on. —76.212.186.20 (talk) 01:12, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

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I really want to meet the Imagination Movers and I really want to meet my dream husband Mover Scott —99.71.219.25 (talk) 03:35, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

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Volunteers collaborate in reconstruction of Lolol, Chile

May 22, 2010 Today, the day of the National Monuments of Chile, a group of volunteers from Santiago travelled to Lolol, a town located in O'Higgins Region. Lolol, named National Monument of Chile in October 2003, was severely damaged after the major February earthquake; the Church of the town, widely known as one of the oldest in Chile, is currently being restored.

"Their attitude is a clear sample of the conscience and love of the Chileans with their legacy, patrimony, especially after the earthquake," said the Executive Clerk of the, Óscar Acuña, who appreciated their collaboration.

Previously, 35 students of Tourism in the Technical Formation Center of the Los Leones Institute, were working in Lolol, between April 30 and May 1, helping to clean up the damage caused by the earthquake.

The famous musical group, Bafona, also visited Lolol, and a few other towns that were damaged by the earthquake.


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Welcome to Wikinews. I hope that you will enjoy writing news articles with us. I'm afraid that I've had to move SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket back to developing as it is not ready to be published quite yet. The article is a little short and there are quite a few style issues, both in the text and the sources section. I suggest you read our style guide as well as the guide to writing an article. I'll be logging off soon, but should be around tomorrow morning UTC and again Sunday afternoon UTC if you need any advice. You can join us on IRC if you want someone to help you out in the meantime. Regards --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 22:06, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

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SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket

June 4, 2010

Space Exploration Technologies, also known as SpaceX, successfully launched their Falcon 9 rocket for the first time at 1845 UTC ( 2:45 pm EDT) from at Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. The Falcon 9, second in the Falcon series of rockets, has a first stage that is powered by nine Merlin 1C engines, and a second stage powered by one Merlin vacuum engine. Today's inaugural launch carried the Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU), a boilerplate version of the. The Dragon is intended to take cargo — and possibly people — to the International Space Station through NASA's program. The program is intended to help develop commercial space transportation, a goal that fits with President Obama's recent change of direction for NASA. Under President Obama's new plan, NASA would hand over the mundane task of (LEO) launches to private companies, and instead concentrate on new technology development.

However, no private firms yet have the capability to independently launch humans into space, without NASA assistance. SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk hopes that the Falcon 9 will eventually fill the void in human rated commercial rockets, but he also recognizes the inherent risk and danger of rocket launches. "There's nothing more fear and anxiety-inducing than a rocket launch," said Musk.

Not everyone agrees with President Obama and Elon Musk. Republican Senator Richard Shelby doesn't think private firms are ready for the challenge of taking humans into space, preferring that government funding be directed to NASA instead. "Today the commercial providers that NASA has contracted with cannot even carry the trash back from the space station, much less carry humans to or from space safely," the Senator said.

Although today's launch succeeded, Musk had said earlier neither the success nor failure of the Falcon 9 would be the ultimate arbitrator of the fate of NASA's new commercial-friendly direction. "They sort of focus everything on us and try to create a situation where our first launch of Falcon 9 is somehow a verdict on the president's policy, which is not right," he said.

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What do you mean by "moved"? Do you mean that they're going to different places doing this? If so, say that, if not, you need to clarify the meaning. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   00:44, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * They are from Santiago, and they went to Lolol to volunteer for the reconstruction of the town. --Diego Grez return fire 00:45, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Is that what you mean? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   00:49, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes sir. :) --Diego Grez return fire 00:50, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Excellent. One minute and I'll review it formally. Then I'm going to bed. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   00:54, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Great. Good night. --Diego Grez return fire 00:55, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * And to you, my friend. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   00:57, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

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2010 must be the year of earthquakes. First Haiti, then Chile, Qingdao, etc... (And a few small ones, such as Taiwan.) Now Chile again! Will earthquakes never cease!


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Hong Kong chief executive invites opponent to television debate

May 22, 2010

Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang has invited, the head of the , to a televison debate on the. The invitation follows the recent so-called  which called for and the abolition of the.

Tsang says he is glad that Eu has accepted the invitation, and the debate will air on the seventeenth of June. However, Eu has said that Tsang should not use this debate as an excuse to avoid facing the public's concerns.

The action sparked critism from 'less extreme' pan-democratic political parties, such as the and other members of the Alliance for Universal Suffrage, who did not participate in the by-elections. is worried that such an action would divide the pan-democrats. and have both denied that the television conference will have such an effect. Lee believes that Eu was a good choice as Ho is currently trying to compromise with the central government and was thus a less suitable candidate. Ho is also happy that Eu was invited. However,, who supports the television conference, said she "sympathised" with Ho for not being able to participate.

Only Eu and Tsang will participate in the conference, which caused a huge uproar in the political circles of Hong Kong. Eu is annoyed that public is unable to ask questions during the debate. Tsang replied that the public could participate by watching the television, while government representatives explained that this was because determining the eligibility of a person's entry was difficult, and it was easier for the two to debate fluently without the public asking questions. Eu has already inquired the public's opinion through Facebook. scoffed, "[i]f that is the case, does that mean that everyone in the world can participate in the football matches by watching the World Cup?" Fan said such participation was "passive" and "one-sided" as the public was not allowed to ask questions during the conference.

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Clinton warns North Korea of "provocative behavior"

May 22, 2010Hillary Clinton yesterday warned North Korea of "consequences" for its role in the sinking of a South Korean warship, calling the North's actions "provocative behavior."

Clinton made her remarks after a meeting in Japan with the country's foreign minister, at the start of a trip through Asia. She said that "[i]t is important to send a clear message to North Korea that provocative actions have consequences. We cannot allow this attack on South Korea to go unanswered by the international community."

She declined to comment on what the consequences may be, although officials from the Obama administration said that they would include intervention from the United Nations Security Council, a plan also expected to be part of South Korea's response to the incident, as well as increased naval activity around the Korean peninsula involving both the American and South Korean navies.

Clinton also said that any response would have to come from the global community at large, rather than just one or two countries. "Let me be clear: this will not, and cannot, be business as usual. There must be an international, not just a regional, but an international response."


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