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China vows effective fight against internet piracy

February 8, 2007

Under criticism from its Western trading partners, China is working toward an effective resolution of issues regarding illegal downloading of movies and videos protected by copyright law. Reports state that 205 websites were closed recently because of their illegal Internet activity.

Chinese officials state that in the period between September and January they have investigated 436 cases of Internet piracy and ordered 361 Internet offenders to stop infringement of the copyright law. Overseas organizations requested investigation of 130 cases.

Yan Xiaohong, who is currently the deputy director of the National Copyright Association, mentioned at a news conference that Internet piracy in China caused serious damage to the interests of the copyright owners. This, he says, leads to a number of disputes, which, in their turn lead to disruption of the orderly functioning of the Internet.

Most of the investigated cases involved sites that offered a free download of software, movies, music and textbooks. The main reasons why Chinese people actively download pirated works are the high prices on authorized copies and restrictions on cultural imports set by the Chinese government.

According to the numbers provided by Chinese officials, China has around 843,000 websites and 140 million users, which means that China is the second largest Internet market in the world. Mr. Yan Xiaohong outlined the fact that due to the quick pace of China's development, it may take some time to effectively fight Internet piracy.


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Birks to create 2010 Olympic, Paralympic jewelery; wines on menu

February 8, 2007 Birks was recently announced as the "Official Supplier of Jewelery" for the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. The company will create licensed products with the logos of the 2010 Olympic Games, 2010 Paralympic Games, and the Canadian Olympic team emblem, including necklaces, earrings, pendants and rings.

The partnership was announced at an employee celebration in Vancouver, to mark the centenary of Mayors Jewelers Inc., an American company Birks acquired in 2002.

The six-year sponsorship includes the rights to the Canadian Olympic team logo during the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games.

Thomas A. Andruskevich, president and CEO, Birks & Mayors stated in a press release:

We are extremely proud to take part in this journey that honors our best athletes and celebrates excellence as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games shine on the world wide stage. Canadians look to Birks to mark the most important celebrations in their lives which is why Birks wants to commemorate this important moment in Canadian history.

The products will be launched in early 2008.

Wines to toast Olympic "Esprit"
Also released today is information that Jackson-Triggs Esprit will be a special line of wines, created to celebrate the athletic event. The Vincor Canada wine is named in relevance to "spirit", both the spirit of the Olympians, and alcoholic beverage usage of the word.

President and CEO of Vincor Canada Jay Wright said, "We are thrilled to have this opportunity to honor our Canadian athletes while affirming our role as Canada’s wine industry leader. Like our Olympic and Paralympic athletes, Vincor Canada shares a passion and determination towards excellence. This agreement is by far Vincor Canada’s most ambitious and broad-reaching sponsorship and will be great for the Canadian wine industry. I hope Canada will join us in the excitement that we feel regarding this exceptional opportunity to position Canadian wine brands on the world stage."

The wines, featuring Olympic logo, will be distributed to liquor stores and restaurants across the country this summer. Proceeds from each bottle will go towards the Canadian Olympic Team.

Both the Chardonnay and Merlot will retail for CDN$11.95 MSRP. Inniskillin Wines' vineyards, harvested since 1975, in either the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario pr the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia will create the wine.

Other promotions
Within the past few weeks, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) has announced a Omega-brand countdown clock that will tour British Columbia events, as the company is the "Official Olympic Timekeeper". Canadian Pacific was named official rail freight services provider, and the Royal Canadian Mint announced they will create circulation and collector coins to mark the occasion.

There are 1099 days until the XXI Olympiad, according to the official website of the event.


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Burlington, Markham, and York South-Weston election results

February 8, 2007

Votes were cast out yesterday in the Ontario ridings of Burlington, Markham, and York South-Weston.

Progressive Conservative candidate Joyce Savoline won a seat in Burlington.

Ontario Liberal Party candidate Michael Chan won a seat in Markham.

NDP candidate Paul Ferreira won a seat in York South-Weston.

None of the previous Member of Provincial Parliament's (MPPs) ran in the byelection.

Former Conservative MPP Cam Jackson resigned to run for mayor of Burlington and won on November 13, 2006. Former Liberal MPP Tony Wong resigned his seat in the legislature to run for York Regional Council and won the seat on November 13. Former Liberal MPP Joe Cordiano, who was MPP for York South—Weston, left his political career to spend more time with his family.

The official Ontario elections are on October 10, 2007.

Full election results
The full election results can be found on the Ontario provincial by-elections, 2007 article at Wikipedia.


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Should this be published? — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  18:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Err not quite sure what you mean. do you mean it should go into a different category or that it should be in develop stage??--Markie 18:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * What I meant by "Should this be published?" was: should this go on the main page or should we wait for more stubs on this page. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  22:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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Annie Awards for animation Sunday; Wikinews will be there

February 8, 2007 This Sunday, the (Association International du Film d'Animation) or ASIFA will hand out the  in, California. As animation's highest honor, the crowd is always a who's who of direction, art design, character design, layout, visual effects, and voice artists.

There are 23 award categories in the Annies, sorted into Individual Achievement and Production categories.

Perhaps the most competitive category is "Best Animated Feature", which will be a fight between ' (Pixar Animation Studios), ' (///), ' (//), ' (/) and .

Cars, Happy Feet, and Monster House are all nominated in the for the same category, perhaps signifying an edge up in the competition.

Direct-to- releases are eligible for the "Best Home Entertainment Production". Included are ', ' , and Winnie the Pooh: Shapes & Sizes (DisneyToon Studios).

', ', ', ', and  are all up for "Best Animated Television Production".

"Best Animated Video Game" will be awarded to either ', ' , and  (THQ, Inc.); the category was just created last year.

' (Nickelodeon), Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot (Thunderbean Animation), ', and ' ' (Acme Filmworks) are all up for "Best Animated Short Subject". Only No Time for Nuts is up for an Oscar, which has significantly different rules. "Best Animated Television Commercial" will go to either an advertisement for Candy Factory, ESPN,, , or United Airlines.

Notably, no non-US films or productions have been nominated for any of the awards.

Started in 1972
ASIFA is a non-profit worldwide organization dedicated to preserving and promoting animation, which maintains national branches in 55 countries, as far away as, Mongolia and Tehran. The Annies are awarded by its California chapter ASIFA-Hollywood.

The awards were started in 1972, after voice actress noticed the industry lacked a formal way to acknowledge its achievements. Performing in over 202 productions, Foray's most known characters are (') and  (').

ASIFA also hands out "Juried Awards" to various notable figures in animation. ,, and will each win the , in recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation. Bill Matthews, Michael Fallik, Marc Deckter, and Eric Graf will each win a Certificate of Merit. The will go to, for his "significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation." The Ub Iwerks Award and Special Achievement award will not be handed out.

Coverage upcoming
Professional photographer John Mueller will attend the ceremony on behalf of Wikinews, taking photos of nominees and the rest of America's animation elite. Mueller was selected from a wide pool of professionals offering their services. The photos from the event will be released under the license, which allows them to be used by anyone for any purpose.


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But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases. Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

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 * Hi, I de-published Russia! magazine to fill information gaps for curious westerners as you didn't address the problems in the cleanup tag. See the talk for more information. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

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Anna Nicole Smith dies

February 8, 2007 Anna Nicole Smith, who was born as Vickie Lynn Hogan, was found unconscious in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida in her 6th floor hotel room. One of her attorneys has confirmed that she was pronounced dead at a hospital less than an hour later. She was 39.

Paramedics are reported to have performed CPR on the actress and had to have breathing equipment inserted into her chest after a nurse found her passed out in her hotel room and witnesses say that Smith was receiving CPR while the ambulance took her to the hospital around 2:00 p.m. [EST]. Smith's bodyguard is reported to have given Smith "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" before paramedics arrived.

"I can confirm that she is deceased. It's as shocking to me as to you guys. I don't know what the cause was. This is just tragic and that's all you can say right now and I don't know anything further," said one of Anna Nicole's lawyers, Ron Rale.

Smith was taken by ambulance to Memorial Regional Hospital and "checked in Monday [to the hotel] at 8 p.m. as a guest. She was due to check out tomorrow," said cafe spokeswoman, Danielle Giordaano.

"Our rescue crews got there, and they were escorted to a bedroom, where they found a female alone in her room and unresponsive. We then began our normal protocol for dealing with a non-breathing individual. The victim never regained consciousness and we continued with CPR and all life-support methods right up until the time we delivered her to the hospital and then the hospital takes over," said a spokesman for the responding paramedics team. Smith was pronounced dead at the hospital at 2:49 p.m. [EST].

According to Broward County Medical Examiner's Office investigator, Edwina Johnson, an autopsy will be performed on Smith on Friday and that her death is currently being investigated. Authorities are not yet treating her death as a crime.

One of Smith's attorneys, Howard K. Stern, is reported to have been staying with Smith in her room, but authorities have yet to locate Mr. Stern. Mr. Stern is identified by TRIMSPA as Smith's husband.

"He was here with her. I don't know where he's at right now," said Charlie Tiger the chief of the Seminole Police Department also adding that Smith's 5 month old baby was not with them.

Smith was a spokeswoman for the company TRIMSPA when she passed, and TrimSpa has removed all content from their site for now, shutting it down and posting only a message in response to her death.

"Today, Anna Nicole Smith’s grief stricken and tumultuous personal life came to an end. Anna came to our Company as a customer, but she departs it as a friend. While life for Anna Nicole was not easy these past few months, she held dear her husband, Howard K. Stern, her daughter, Dannielynn Hope, her most cherished friends, beloved dogs, and finally, her work with TRIMSPA. Anna knew both the joy of giving life, and the heartache of losing a child. We pray that she is granted the peace that eluded her more recent days on earth, and that she find comfort in the presence of her son, Daniel," said the statement on TRIMSPA's website posted by Alex Goen, CEO and Founder of TRIMSPA.

Smith was rushed to the hospital in November of 2006 after she was suffering from symptoms of pneumonia. Smith's son, Daniel Smith, died on September 10, 2006 shortly after Anna gave birth to a baby girl 5 months ago.

Smith was shopping for a new boat in Florida and reports say she felt ill and had a fever for at least a day.

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Talk:Anna Nicole Smith dies

Can we get this page semi_protected due to two accounts of vandilism by ips?? --Markie 21:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. It will expire in about 4 hours. DragonFire1024 21:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Cheers--Markie 21:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Anna Nicole Smith dies
wow. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  21:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * And I still don't know who she is terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 21:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * She married a 90 y/o Oil Tycoon and got all his millions when he died. DragonFire1024 21:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * When I looked at the Wikinews main page and saw this article, I sorta thought that it was a hoax or something. But when I clicked on the article, it was not. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  21:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Same here, that's the reason I was reverting multiple times before web sources existed. --  Zanimum 16:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Date of Daniel Smith's Death
I believe that should be September 10th, not June 20th. 69.92.131.103 21:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 21:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Seminole, Florida
The Seminole Casino in question is in Hollywood, Florida. There is another in Tampa, neither of which are related to the city of Seminole (in Pinellas County, Florida). TheCustomOfLife 22:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Here in south Florida, we tend to refer to the Hollywood casino as the "Hard Rock Casino", but IDK what the offical name of it is. terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 21:56, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * In Tampa it's either referred to as the "Hard Rock" or "Seminole Hard Rock." In any case, she died in Hollywood and not in Seminole (closer to St. Petersburg, and away from either casino). TheCustomOfLife 22:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

 * The Casino is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which is why the Seminole Tribal Police were first on the scene. The town of Seminole, Florida and Seminole County, Florida are in totally different parts of the state and have nothing to do with these events. Hope this clears up some confusion. 69.12.241.39 03:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

'Dies'
Shouldn't this be renamed to 'Anna Nicole Smith died'? Since this already happened (past perfect afaik) and it's not about to happen. I'm no expert on English but the current title doesn't feel right. 82.171.119.249 22:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * As this is breaking news. its in the "current" tense. DragonFire1024 22:29, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * As per our style guide Wikinews uses present tense. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  22:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok. I'm no regular visitor so thanks for the heads up :) 82.171.119.249 22:33, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * We hope you become one :) DragonFire1024 22:34, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Ann Nicole's passing
For the time being, her own personal website has been shut down. Trimspa's site (for whom she was a spokesperson) has issued a statement on this event. Many Anna Nicole fan sites and other sites containing articles pertaining to her have either pulled their content, or are shut down all together (whether or not this was done voluntarily is unknown to me). 156.34.27.221 23:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

"cheif"
"He was here with her. I don't know where he's at right now," said Charlie Tiger the cheif of the Seminole, Florida Police Department.

Spelling error. Would have fixed it myself, but the edit is protected. Good update, though.
 * Done. Thanks for letting us know :) — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  00:48, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Consiracy?
Isn't it funny her son and then her died. What if it was (glasses dramatically taken off) MURDER!!! Dun, Dun, Duuuuuuun!
 * Could be. But no one knows. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  01:15, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Overdramatising alert
Is this story realy breaking news and a firstlead story? I would prefere to have it as featured or second lead at most. Please discuss it or move it if otherwikinewsies agreas. international 15:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It is featured :) DragonFire1024 17:44, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You must have not refreshed the main page properly. It was third lead way before you came. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  02:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

What was she famous for?
Isn't her main claim to fame from her porn movies? I think that is how most people know her. Not sure the article needs it. I think people are expected to know why an actrice is famous just like they are expected to know where Kashmire is (or read her page or read a map). 01:03, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

 * There's been a vast amount of celebrity/entertainment press about her. For example, her legal battle for her deceased husband's billion-dollar estate was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. 67.10.163.122 16:54, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Porn movies? Anna Nicole Smith was a Playboy playmate; I don't think she did porn movies. Other things she's done was marry someone 63 years older than her, get a case of hers to the Supreme Court, and do commercials for Trimspa. ★ MESSED ROCKER ★  17:03, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

She definitely did porn - I have proof. It should be noted on her page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.113.195 (talk) 04:54, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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Canada, U.S. officials to meet about border security

February 9, 2007

Two top US Officials will be meeting with their counterparts in Ottawa on February 23.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff will meet with Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, Trade Minister David Emerson, and their Mexican counterparts.

The top agenda item is expected to be border security, as American officials are concerned with Canada's slow progress in implementing new secure forms of identification.

Currently, with the approval of the U.S. government, British Columbia and nearby Washington State have a pilot project that involves upgraded drivers' licences.

Besides border security issues, the meeting is expected to address other issues like trade.


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Talk:Annie Awards for animation Sunday; Wikinews will be there

Better picture?
Is there any way that we could get a better picture on this article? By the way, thanks goes out to our photographer. Has he an account? --Thunderhead - (talk) 23:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * We do. Mediawiki isn't rendering it (For some unknown reason). Bawolff ☺☻ 23:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that's strange... --Thunderhead - (talk) 00:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

wikify
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Talk:Fight for consideration as hockey's hometown rages on in Canada, as a premier takes issue

Just a minor note: The lead in to this story says:

''Joe Handley, Premier of the Northwest Territories, accused the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) of ignoring his province in Hockey: A People's History (H:APH). ''

The Northwest Territories is not a province but, like the name suggests, a territory. Unfortuatnely, this is a mistake often seen in the non-Canadian media, but a site like Wikinews, that has immediate access to Wikipedia, where the NWT's territorial status is well-defined, should know this.

(I don't see how to edit the page to correct this minor error like you can do on Wikipedia. I'm also not about to create an account to correct a once-in-a-million error on this otherwise fine site.  ;) )

 * a correction has been issued. — Doldrums(talk) 04:23, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Categories
edit protected Please add this article to Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 17:32, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 19:00, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * And, fixed after doing it wrong. --Pi zero (talk) 19:02, 3 October 2015 (UTC)


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Northwest Territories
thanks for bringing this error to our attention. A correction notice has been placed on the article. — Doldrums(talk) 04:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

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China accused of torturing Chinese-Canadian prisoner

February 9, 2007

The family of a Chinese-Canadian imprisoned in China on terror-related charges say that the prisoner, Huseyin Celil is being tortured by Chinese police in order to make him sign a confession.

Celil has Canadian citizenship, which China has refused to recognize. Consular officials and his Canadian lawyer have not been permitted to meet him and his wife Kamila Telendibaeva hasn't seen him in almost a year.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said that Celil is being tried in accoordance with Chinese laws and that consular access does not apply since Celil is a Chinese citizen.

Huseyin Celil's sister, mother and older brother say that they are speaking out despite fears that the police would arrest them.

The family says that if Celil, who fled China in the 1990s and sought refuge in Canada, living in Hamilton, does not sign the confession, he would be "put in a hole and buried alive." Celil was arrested in Uzbekistan in 2005 and extradicted to China. Chinese authorities say he is a member of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which China and the United States consider to be a terrorist organisation.

Celil alleged that he has been tortured during a court appearance during which his sister and son were present. Canadian officials were not permitted to be present at the trial.

This issue has caused friction between Canada and China, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper questioning China's human rights record. The issue was also brought up when Harper spoke with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Vietnam last November.

Canadian media report that Canadian federal officials have been dispatched to China and will stay in the country.

China's assistant foreign affairs minister He Yafei said Celil is suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.


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Washington State Initiative would require married couples to have kids

February 9, 2007

An initiative has been introduced in the U.S. state of Washington that would require a married couple to have children within three years, or else their marriage would become void.

The activist group Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance (WA-DOMA) filed Initiative 957 on January 26. If passed, marriage in the state would be limited to men and women who are able to have children. In order to receive a marriage license, a couple would have to assert that they "know of no reason" that they cannot have children. If they did not have children within three years, their marriages would be subject to annulment. All other marriages would be defined as 'unrecognized' and people in them would be ineligible to receive any marriage benefits.

WA-DOMA formed in 2006 in response to the decision in the case Andersen v. King County, where the state Supreme Court upheld Washington's ban on same-sex marriage. The court found the 1998 Defense of Marriage Act, which restricts marriage to unions between a man and woman, was proper. In the decision, the court reasoned that there was a "legitimate state interest" in limiting marriage to couples capable of having children.

WA-DOMA is in favor of gay marriage rights. The purpose of the initiative, according to founder Gregory Gadow, is to show that the logic behind the DOMA ruling is absurd. 'For many years, social conservatives have claimed that marriage exists solely for the purpose of procreation ... The time has come for these conservatives to be dosed with their own medicine,' said Gadow. 'If same-sex couples should be barred from marriage because they can not have children together, it follows that all couples who cannot or will not have children together should equally be barred from marriage.'

Supporters of I-957 must gather at least 224,800 valid signatures by July 6 to put it on the November ballot. The alliance says if the initiative were passed, the state supreme court would likely strike it down as unconstitutional, which would in turn weaken the Court's reasoning in upholding the Defense of Marriage Act.

The measure's backers have said they are planning two additional initiatives. One would prohibit divorce or separation when a married couple has children, and would make having a child together the equivalent of marriage.

Other gay rights groups do not support the paper. Activist Bill Dubay commented that while he gets the point of the initiative, it is unlikely he would sign it. The gay advocacy group Equal Rights Washington does not endorse the bill, stressing that that families come in all forms, with or without children, and that laws should help families, not hurt them.


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Dutch parties agree on government formation

February 9, 2007

The leading political parties in the Netherlands have agreed on a work program, part of an effort to form a coalition government after the splintered verdict of the elections held in November 2006. The parties have yet to agree on who gets the top jobs in government.

The main parties of the left, the Labour Party (PvdA) and Socialist Party (SP) won 58 seats in the 150 strong Tweede Kamer, the lower house of parliament, while the more splintered right wing parties led by the Christian Democrats (CDA) and ChristianUnion (CU) won 47 but with probable support from the 9 members of the Party for Freedom (PVV).

The parties announced their plans on Wednesday reaching a deal on the main issue of the election campaign, Mortgage Interest Relief, which split the SP from the other coalition partners. Mortgage Interest Relief, which is a significant factor in most people’s finances, with a marginal rate of 52%, had been threatened by the SP manifesto, but the compromise deal announced by the parties left Mortgage Interest Relief unchanged in return for a continuation of the tight legal restrictions on rent increases that had been threatened by the previous government.

In another key concession, the CDA reversed the hard line asylum policy that it introduced with its previous coalition partners, the VVD, and introduced an amnesty of all illegal immigrants who arrived in the country before 2001.

The publication of the government agenda (the “Coalitieakkoord”) outlines policies in a number of main areas:

 * Retirement: the CDA conceded changes to retirement benefit to introduce taxation on retirees with pensions over EUR 18,000 from 2011.
 * Work: the government will allocate EUR 700 million to facilitate unemployed and disabled people finding jobs.
 * Education: more money will be made available for schools in poorer areas or schools with substantial immigrant populations but, in return, the government will force everyone under 27 to either be in education or have a job. Those in high school education will be forced to gain a diploma before leaving high school and take a three-month “social internship” before leaving school.
 * Health: the CDA has compromised on Health too in reversing the 2003 policy of excluding dental care from basic health insurance and more money will be made available for staffing of health care outlets. The CDA’s stated policy of cutting budgets in a new government will be restricted to cost savings from elimination of waste and red tape.

Following the nomination of Balkenende as formateur of the new government the haggling of cabinet and government jobs will be the last element in sealing the deal. Balkenende will continue as Prime Minister for the CDA with Wouter Bos (leader of the PvdA) likely to become Finance Minister and CU leader André Rouvoet becoming Youth Minister.


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User talk:Maverick423~enwikinews

ok this is my first time here and really all i can think about doing is providing information to other editors. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6342575.stm

this one is about the recent aids cure test.

i dont know how to start a article here so if someone can do it or tell me how to do it then we can get this information out there Maverick423 14:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

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HIV trial
here's something to start off with: HIV vaccine trial set to begin in South Africa. feel free to ask for any help at the Water cooler or my talk page. — Doldrums(talk) 15:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Shorts:March 2, 2007
Hi! I responded to your call for help on the water cooler and fixed up the story. Tell me if you like it :) — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  20:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

dateline
the dateline (in bold) found at the top of an article indicates the date on which wikinews published the article, not the date on which the event reported happened. i've therefore corrected ur edit. –Doldrums(talk) 13:22, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Ahh i see thanks for the corrections Maverick423 13:26, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Plane article
Please see the talk page of your article for some recomended changes. Then publish it. Good story --Mark Talk 15:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup looks good now. Not sure if its CRT i think i could just be central but im not sure.  Any way i would go ahead and publish it.  Remeber to be Bold!.--Mark Talk 16:06, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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New video game genre promises to 'boost psychological health'

February 9, 2007

The developers of a new video game genre hope to promote the idea of boosting the psychological health of gamers. Today, fun and violence are staples of the gaming industry and several groups in different countries are working on and promoting games to strengthen people's self-esteem and emotional health.

One of such groups is Dimple Entertainment, based in Tokyo. The group's representatives stated that in May they will start the production of “DS Therapy”. In this unconventional game, players can see an evaluation of their mental health by answering several light-hearted questions on various topics in the game.

Launched in Japan, the game will be available on a hand-held DS Player developed by Nintendo.

Mark Baldwin, a psychology professor at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada hopes to use games to make people feel good about themselves. Together with his crew, Baldwin hs developed a game called “MindHabits Booster” based on their research in the field of social psychology. The game idea is built upon their observations that they can use repetitive components from video game play to shape humans' perceptions as well as their ways of thinking.

The researchers working at the University of Rochester outlined that both children and adults play video games because they have several psychological needs like: opportunities for achievement, freedom and a sense of connection.


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HIV vaccine trial set to begin in South Africa

February 9, 2007

The first large-scale trial of a vaccine for HIV has been launched in South Africa. About 3,000 HIV-negative people will be administered the test vaccine MRKAd5 HIV-1 created by the pharmaceutical company Merck. The study will examine if the vaccine prevents infection or lowers HIV levels in those who do get infected.

A parallel study will also be conducted in the United States and South America, to compare the vaccine's effectiveness on various strains of HIV. The vaccine's functioning in a heterosexual population and its effectiveness among women will also be studied. Preliminary trials for the vaccine have been conducted in the Americas and Australia as well as in Africa.

AIDS is estimated to have killed 25 million people worldwide since 1981, and between 33 and 46 million more are estimated to be infected with HIV, more than half of them in Sub-Saharan Africa. Between three and six million people are thought to have been infected in 2005.

The trial, named the Phambili ("Going forward") Trial, is being conducted by the International HIV Trials Network and the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI).

The vaccine has been developed from an adenovirus, a type of virus that causes the common cold. The virus has been genetically engineered to prevent it from causing the flu or from passing on from person to person. Instead, three genes of the HIV virus have been introduced into the adenovirus. When the vaccine containing these genes is injected into the body, it is hoped that the body's immune system will learn to recognise and kill cells that contain the vaccine, thereby also developing an immune response against the HIV virus, which also contains these three genes.

The three genes, called gag, pol and env contain information needed to make the structural proteins for the capsid, the "shell" of the HIV viron. The vaccine does not contain the remaining six HIV genes that cause HIV to infect cells, replicate and cause disease.

The vaccine does not contain any live HIV and therefore cannot cause any infection, SAAVI said in a press release, adding that the vaccine was found to be safe and produced an immune response against HIV in earlier trials.

SAAVI has expressed its commitment to the "highest level of preventive care" for those who take part in the trial, promising "extensive, state-of-the-art" counselling as well as some forms of medical care and for those taking part, through the duration of the trial.

The trial starts a week after a different trial, involving a microbicide gel called Ushercell was stopped after more women who used the gel were found to be infected compared to those who were given a dummy gel as placebo. Eleven previous trials of the gel had not shown any problems, the chief scientist for the trial in South Africa told Business Day.

The trial is expected to cost $35 million and SAAVI will be supported by Eskom and the South African government.


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Talk:Washington State Initiative would require married couples to have kids

There are an odd number of quote characters in the fourth paragraph. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Requires?
Shouldn't it be "would require" instead of "requires" in the title.? An initiative has no force until enacted. I would advocate "Washington state initiative would require childbirth to maintain marriage". - KeithTyler 21:31, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


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Recovery plan for New Orleans to be ratified

February 10, 2007

In a community congress in January, residents of the devastated city of New Orleans offered their support for a sweeping plan to rebuild the city, its districts and its neighborhoods. The “Unified New Orleans Plan” is a multi-faceted document that incorporates a number of different recovery planning efforts, including federal infrastructure plans and specific small-scale blueprints developed by individual neighborhoods.

Residents overwhelmingly approved the comprehensive recovery and rebuilding plan, which is expected to be reviewed and ratified by the city in February. The plan offers incentives for raising houses.

Concerns have been raised over whether some of the hard lessons taught by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been learnt. The Washington Post reports that some residents are beginning to rebuild their homes in the same vulnerable floodplains that in Fall 2005 were under 10 to 20 feet of water. Despite the threat, a surprising amount of the new development in New Orleans is being built without raised foundations.

Mayor C. Ray Nagin has been a proponent of allowing people to return to their old neighborhoods, even if they are particularly vulnerable. But as rebuilding continues, planning officials recognize that encouraging people to return to susceptible floodplains could pose another big problem down the road.

The Bush administration wants to dedicate 3.1 billion dollars to the repairs of flood defences.

According to a study by the Rand Corporation in three years the city will have a population of only 275,000 compared to 465,000 inhabitants before Hurricane Katrina.

The disaster also brings the unique opportunity for modernization. Ecological activist organizations have been writing green guidelines for New Orleans schools that the Louisiana Recovery Authority wants to incorporate into its plan. In American history, the challenge to rebuild vast swaths of a city is comparable to the great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Both projects were much further along in their recovery 18 months after the tragedy than New Orleans is today.


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Belgrade hospital refuses to return baby to mother

February 10, 2007

The Belgrade Neonatology Institute has refused to hand over a child to her mother, after she was unable to pay her medical bills.

Macedonian Senija Roganovic, who has no health insurance of any kind and cannot come up with the money for the bill, gave birth to the baby two months ago at and owes US$8,290.91 in hospital bills.

20-year old Roganovic has been sedated for the past two months and has lost 30 pounds of weight, possibly due to anxiety over what might happen to her child. During this period the hospital only let her see the baby once and she was not allowed to breast-feed her son.

On the 7th of February, Roganovic told her story to a journalist from the daily paper Kurir. After media reports the following day, the hospital finally let the baby go yesterday.


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Sources/Finished
I heard this on the radio last night as a tidbit report, but the radio show that gave the limited report does not have the story on their website. The source listed is the only source I can find and thats why I put "finished" bcause i would like to have another source, if someone can find one. DragonFire1024 18:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Since this incident would be considered kidnapping in any Rechtsstaat, and Serbia is one, I find the story very hard to believe. --+Deprifry+ 18:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I found a second source, but it's the NY Post.--Grace E. Dougle 10:21, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hard to believe, but it is true. I heard about this first on the Coast to Coast Show with George Noory on AM radio...he usually does all the odd and weird news at the begining of the program. It is unbelieveable but it is true. DragonFire1024 05:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


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New legislation may effectively ban iPod use in parts of New York state

February 9, 2007

New legislation introduced in the New York State Senate today would effectively ban the use of all electronic devices on the streets of New York City and Buffalo.

Senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) has plans to introduce the bill to the State Senate floor. The legislation would ban the use of any electronic device while crossing a street. The impetus for the legislation is the recent deaths of three people in Brooklyn and Manhattan, all of which were attributed to the distraction caused by the use of electronic devices.


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On streets?
The reports I have watched say that Ipods will not be allowed to be used while CROSSING the street. DragonFire1024 18:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


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RCMP memorial for fallen Alberta mounties delayed

February 9, 2007 The opening date for a memorial to four fallen Alberta Mounties has been pushed back for a second time. The Fallen Four Memorial Park in Mayerthorpe, Alberta was originally slated to open next month on the two year anniversary of four officers were gunned down during a standoff. The organization first said slow donations and a lack of federal funding pushed the opening until June.

But Fallen Four Society President Jurgen Preugschas says it won't open until June of 2008. He says there's still no funding from the federal government, and only $1 million has been raised through donations—leaving $500,000 to go.

The rising cost of construction and October snow have also slowed progress.

External link

 * Fallen Four Society


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Palestinians, Israelis clash in Jerusalem over construction at Temple Mount

February 9, 2007 Violent clashes have broken out between Palestinians and Israeli police near the al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount in Jerusalem, from controversy over Israeli construction near the site, which is holy to both Muslims and Jews.

The construction work reportedly is to repair a pedestrian bridge that leads to the Mugrabi Gate, the entrance to the mosque used by Palestinians, and runs over the Jewish Western Wall area of the complex. The earthen ramp bridge leads to a hilltop compound known as the Temple Mount to Jews and as the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims. The bridge collapsed in 2004 and was temporarily replaced with a wooden bridge which Israelis say is weakening and unsafe. Israel has controlled the contentious compound since the 1967 Mideast War,

The construction involves excavation work and digging at the site, which Palestinian leaders contend is part of an attempt to dig under the mosque to find evidence of the Jewish Second Temple and/or to deliberately weaken the foundation of the mosque. Muslims dispute that the Temple was located at the site. Some artifacts have been salvaged from the digging work.

Israeli forces locked down Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem in anticipation of backlashes from the construction. The Old Jerusalem city limits were blockaded, allowing only Palestinians over 45 years old from entering and only on foot. Palestinians from the West Bank were completely barred. Opponents have declared the blockades and the construction work a deliberate act to prevent Muslims from accessing the holy site. The mass of protesters at the site have in turn blocked Jewish access to the Western Wall.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas declared the construction and blockade as "hostile measures" against Muslims. Palestinian chief justice Tayssir al-Tamimi declared a "day of anger" and called on Palestinians to defend the mosque.

Arab and Muslim countries including Jordan, Malaysia and Indonesia criticized Israel for the controversial work and urged it to halt construction. Israeli defense minister Amir Peretz also warned against starting construction. The leader of the Pakistan Muslim League urged Muslim countries to freeze diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of the work.

Around 150 Muslims were inside the mosque for morning prayers when the construction and blockade began. An Israeli Muslim journalist reported that the worshippers were unable to leave and received loud messages from Israeli loudspeakers.

The al-Aqsa mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, having once been the central point of prayer (qibla) for Muslims and allegedly the place where Muhammad ascended into heaven. Conventional Judaism believes it is also the historic site of the First and Second Temples, the holiest temple in Judaism, which is prophesised to be rebuilt ahead of the coming of the Messiah.

No deaths have been reported in the clashes, which simmered by evening.

Demonstrations also took place at mosques throughout the Muslim world, including Egypt and Jordan. Protests were expected later in the day in Nazareth.

The incident comes only a few days after rival Palestinian political factions, Hamas and Fatah, came to an agreement for a unity government aimed at restoring international support of Palestine and a return to Israeli negotiations.


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Talk:New video game genre promises to 'boost psychological health'

Does this remind anyone of "Free Play" from Ender's Game? "...His desk would go dark, 'Free Play Over' would march around the desk, and Ender would lie back and tremble until he could finally go to sleep." (Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card)

"Today fun and violence are quite actual . . .": this seems like an error.71.7.140.131 22:13, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

The 'niggers' on the end of the first sentence must be vandalism, right? It makes no sense. There are also quite a few grammatical errors throughout the article.
 * Yes. My apologies for the vandalization not being reverted before you found it. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
The article is stillreading...'Niggers' instead of 'Gamers' which is in the edit area.


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User talk:74.96.99.2

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User talk:142.32.208.234

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Talk:RCMP memorial for fallen Alberta mounties delayed

needs new UNIQUE title--Markie 22:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, this is our first story about a Mountie slaying in Alberta, being delayed. Future delays would be under other article titles, but hopefully this is the last delay, and the last Mountie slaying. --  Zanimum 20:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


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User:MA News

This is the official account for the upcoming website, MA News.

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User talk:67.38.24.2

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

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A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

Thanks again! Bawolff ☺☻ 02:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

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