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Confrontation between Greenpeace and fishermen off Marseille

August 24, 2006 The ship of the organisation Greenpeace, the Rainbow Warrior II, was blockaded off Marseille by a fleet of 30 fisherman ships. The fishermen protested against the campaign by Greenpeace regarding an alleged over-fishing of blue-fin tuna.

The fishermen encircled the Rainbow Warrior II, leaving her only the room to receive supply from the land by means of small boats. The confrontation was settled when Greenpeace accepted that a ship of the French Navy, the oceanic tug Abeille Flandre, escort her to another harbour for supply, before leaving for Spain.

After blockading the ship, the fishermen blockaded the commercial harbour of Marseille, blocking traffic of passengers.

The préfecture maritime has required an investigation by the parquet regarding the multiple infractions which the Navy reported; these include the fishermen blocking and boarding the Rainbow Warrior II, the Rainbow Warrior II twice violating orders from the préfecture maritime not to stay off Marseille, and "problematic manoeuvers" on both sides.


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Talk:Netherlands flight alert suspects to be freed

Can we stop the "backwards-psychology" already? --82.141.51.226 15:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Is it news to report that something did not happen? "Today, terrorists did not detonate a nuclear device in Seattle." zuzu 19:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Please notice that the 12 passengers were released today. -- 88.157.101.33 20:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

US marshalls not undercover?
Does this make sense? "passengers allegedly informed US air marshals of their concerns." Aren't they undercover or do they wear big badges nowadays? Neutralizer 02:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * IIRC, on most planes the air marshals inform the flight crew of their status. So what probably happened is the passengers informed the crew and they relayed the message --Cspurrier 14:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


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8 Afghans killed in early morning raid

August 24, 2006

Eight people, including one child, were killed in an early morning raid by US and Afghan forces in the Asmar, a village in the Kunar province of Afghanistan bordering Pakistan. American forces claim that the seven adults were linked with al-Qaeda while Afghan police deny this saying that the victims were local families and elders who had gathered to resolve a dispute.

The US military says the raid was launched after American and Afghan forces came under attack.

"Afghan and coalition forces came under direct fire when approaching the compound and defended themselves with return fire," the U.S. statement said.

"All of the men killed were engaging Afghan and coalition forces with hostile fire."

Weapons, ammunition and grenades were seized according to the American statement.

The dead child was between the ages of 10 and 12 according to Colonel Thomas Collins who claimed "al-Qaeda fighters deliberately put women and children at risk in an effort to protect their illegal and immoral operations."

American forces have been involved in heavy fighting in Kunar in the past month as they search for Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters in the rugged mountains of the region.

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Wikinews:Briefs/August 24, 2006

The time is 17:00 (UTC) on August 24th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

India may pull peacekeeping troops out of Lebanon
Lebanon

Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said India may withdraw the 775 troops it has stationed in Lebanon as part of the 1,990-strong United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

8 Afghans killed in early morning raid
Afghanistan

Eight people, including one child, were killed in an early morning raid by US and Afghan forces in Asmar, a village in the Kunar province of Afghanistan bordering Pakistan. American forces claim that the seven adults were linked with al-Qaeda while Afghan police deny this saying that the victims were local families and elders who had gathered to resolve a dispute.

Terrorism not involved in Netherlands flight alert
Netherlands

The Dutch Justice Minister has said that terrorism does not appear to be involved after a US flight had to make an emergency landing in Amsterdam yesterday.

Ukraine celebrates Independence Day
Ukraine

Ukraine celebrates its independence day today, 15 years after it broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991.

UK population exceeds 60 million for the first time
United Kingdom

The Office of National Statistics has this morning revealed figures which show the United Kingdom’s population has exceeded sixty million for the first time. In June 2005, the number of people living in the country was 60.2 million, an increase of 0.6% since June 2004.

Local communities in the UK must "root out" extremism, says Ruth Kelly
In a speech in South London this morning, Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has urged local communities to “root out” fanaticism.

Allegations that New Zealand school administers corporal punishment
New Zealand

South Auckland Tyndale Park Christian School have been asking parents of the pupils for permission to administer corporal punishment.

Pluto loses planet status
space

Today, astronomers have endorsed a proposal about the definition of the word planet. As a consequence, our solar system now counts 8 classical planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) and 4 plutons or Pluto-like entities: Pluto itself, Ceres, 2003 UB313 and Charon.

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Man arrested for broadcasting Hezbollah television in New York

August 24, 2006

Javed Iqbal, owner of Brooklyn-based television company HDTV Ltd., was arrested yesterday by for airing content from  (The Beacon). According to the, Iqbal has been charged with to violate the. Government authorities also the HDTV Ltd. office and Iqbal's home in  on suspicion of maintaining.

According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the arrest followed a tip from a confidential source in February. A lawyer representing Iqbal, Mustapha Ndanusa, described the accusations against his client — violating U.S. law by providing news outlets to people with a satellite dish — as "completely ridiculous". If convicted, Iqbal faces up to five years in prison.

Al-Manar was launched by Hezbollah in 1991. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has declared al-Manar a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity pursuant to, which criminalizes business conduct with al-Manar and prohibits their access to American news outlets. France and Spain have also prohibited al-Manar broadcasts. Transmission of al-Manar broadcasts in North America via have been blocked since December 17, 2004, when the  placed al-Manar on the.

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France offers promised 2000 soldiers to the UN in Lebanon

August 24, 2006 After a meeting with the government and general officers, French President Jacques Chirac announced today that the French complement in the UNIFIL will be increased to 2,000.

"Conditions required by France being fulfilled, I decided to favourably answer the requests of the General Secretary of the United Nations, and of the Lebanese and Israeli governments", Chirac declared; "two more battalions will come to reinforce our deployment on the field within the UNIFIL. 2,000 French soldiers will thus serve under the blue helmet in Lebanon".

Chirac also underlined that the deployment of the 1,700 strong Opération Baliste would continue.

UNIFIL is currently headed by French Major General Alain Pellegrini.

France initially surprised the world by promising to send only 200 more soldiers, after playing a major diplomatic role in settling the cease-fire, and while a reinforcement of the UNIFIL to 15,000 troops had been announced by the United Nations. The press has commented that France is reluctant to send Blue Helmets without clear rules of engagements and guarantees, after the experience of the UNPROFOR in Bosnia, where French soldiers had been forced to witness atrocities without being able to intervene, had been taken hostages without means to defend themselves, and had suffered heavy casualties.

Countries expected to contribute the bulk of the troops to the "reinforced UNIFIL" are France, Italy and Spain; reinforcements are also expected from Belgium and Greece.

President Chirac said that he wanted a "fair repartition of contributions" and called for "other permanent members of the Security Council" to contribute; he mentioned that "Several European partners will do so, as well as important Muslim countries of Asia". Chirac cited United Nations Resolution 1701 by requesting "the release of the abducted Israeli soldiers, the return of the Lebanese prisoners, the delineation of the borders, especially in the Shebaa Farms area".

Lebanese Prime minister Fouad Siniora declared that "the decision from President Chirac helps Lebanon, reinforced her stability, and helps her get back her territory through Israeli withdrawal, and instaur authority of the State in South Lebanon".


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Need disambig clarification
Can someone please figure out where "Christian Brother" is supposed to go on WP? Otherwise, I'll remove that interwiki link.

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Talk:France offers promised 2000 soldiers to the UN in Lebanon

2000 soldiers
according to reuters, france is offering 1600 more soldiers in addition to the 400 already in lebanon, bringing the total to 2000. not "2000 more troops", as stated in the article.
 * reuters is wrong, read the statement, 2 battalions are to be send (2000 soldiers), 1700 are already suporting UNIFIL and will stay, 100 (or 200) or so are in place as UNIFIL Jacques Divol 20:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Le Monde also mentions 1 600 men. The formulation used by Chirac also suggests a 1 600 strong reinforcement : he says "2 000" because the number sounds more flattering, but he does say that this is the figure for the whole complement -- this is, including the 400 already in the field Rama 08:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

No, it is 1,600 more troops bringing the total promised to 2,000. Dan100 (Talk) 11:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * okay, okay, je me rends :) Jacques Divol

i don't found a source for Fouad Siniora declaration.
if the author know where he/she found it Jacques Divol
 * Le Monde. Trouble is, they do not keep their article accessible on the Internet for a long time. Rama 12:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Confrontation between Greenpeace and fishermen off Marseille

Going by the text of the article, it appears the fisherman initiated the confrontation. Should the title be: "Fishermen confront Greenpeace ship off Marseille"?
 * if you know Greenpeace ways of act, i don't know. Without fisherman actions, Greenpeace message 'ld not come far away marseille's port. Jacques Divol 20:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you mean? Are you saying that Greenpeace initiated the confrontation by provoking the fishermen? Maybe the title should be "Protesting Greenpeace ship blockaded by fishermen"
 * yes, more or less, Greenpeace love to confront in order to attract attention of media (it worked well in this case). Yes your last title seem better. Jacques Divol 07:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


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Congo electoral commissioner condemns Kinshasha clashes

August 26, 2006

Nearly a week after the announcement of provisional election results in the Democratic Republic of Congo sparked violence across the capital Kinshasa, the country's Electoral Commissioner has spoken out to halt clashes.

In an interview with journalists associated with the UN mission in Congo, Independent Electoral Commission President, Fr Malu Malu called for an end to gun battles between forces loyal to two presidential candidates.

"It cannot be accepted, and any Congolese in his or her right mind could not consider that what happened was normal," he said, "The country and the Congolese people have expressed their will in the clearest possible way, and their choice needs to be accepted."

Mr. Malu Malu also added that if calm returned to Kinshasha this weekend, his commission would slowly begin to announce other election results, but added that security was essential for this to happen. "All of us - the organisers of the elections, the voters, candidates, observers, and our friends who support the electoral process - all of us have a need for security, and we will not tolerate insecurity. I believe security is an issue of shared responsibility which is demanded of all of us" he said.

Meanwhile, the incumbent government has been counting the cost of this week's violence. It is now believed around 43 people have been killed in clashes since Sunday, with many bodies still lying in the streets. The dead include 12 policemen and 4 civilians.

Violence began after provisional results were announced for July’s landmark elections last Sunday, and several gunfights took place across the capital.

Violence broke out around the house of one of the main presidential contenders, on Monday. As Bemba was meeting with U.N. officials and ambassadors, troops loyal to the incumbent president, Joseph Kabila, opened fire around Bemba’s villa, forcing 14 ambassadors to flee for cover.

UN troops soon took over control in the city, but sporadic clashes continued through Tuesday. The streets have become deserted according to journalists in Kinshasa.

A fragile truce was declared on Tuesday as both Kabila and Bemba agreed to withdraw their forces from the city. The largest UN peacekeeping force in the world is currently trying to maintain the peace, which analysts fear may not last.

"The situation is still very tense," one diplomat told Reuters, "there are too many nervous men wandering around with guns, but we have moved on from the clashes earlier this week."

Electoral divide
Hopes were high that elections in the Democratic Republic – the first since 1961 – would mark a new start for the massive country. The initial results, however, revealed marked divisions among the population.

The current president, Joseph Kabila, holds the lead with 44.81% of the vote, more than twice the general support of Bemba. Kabila's support though comes solely from the eastern provinces in the country. In western Kinshasha, Kabila holds just 13% of the vote, and in the west and north of the country his strength is minimal.

A presidential run-off between Kabila and Bemba is set for the 29th October.


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Just realised this is a duplicate article. Please remove Ad 22:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  22:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I put this together without seeing the similar article from the 22nd of August. Perhaps this one can be renamed and edited to represent the latest news on this story. Apologies!! Ad 22:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I will redirect this article to the article from the 22nd of August. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  22:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It isn't totally a dupe, there is new information. However, it overlooks Violence in Congo after first round election results are announced and should be a follow on from that rather than use a lot of the same information again. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I've rewritten the article with a new focus on an interview with the IEC commissioner. Added the map from the previous article as well. Ad 10:06, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Pluto loses planet status

Question
The final draft states: "A planet is a celestial body that 1. is in orbit around the Sun... Pluto did not meet one of the criteria : its orbit overlaps with Neptune's.

What does Pluto orbit? Does it orbit Neptune? nzgabriel 00:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia's Pluto article has some more new info - apparently it needs to orbit around all the planets rather than cutting across over planets' orbits... --R2b2 00:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps that should be clarified in the article. As of right now, the article doesn't explain why overlapping with Neptune disqualifies it.  It lists three criteria, and then disqualifies it because of a fourth.  And what does "cleared the neighborhood around its orbit" mean? Akrabbim 01:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The thing with the "overlapping" can be best explained with a picture. For most people, it is difficult to understand why pluto is not a planet, because the lack knowledge about two things:

1. Pluto's eccentric orbit which is completely different from how the other 8 planets orbit. This can be best explained with a pic. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TheKuiperBelt_Orbits_Pluto_Ecliptic.svg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Trans-Neptunian_object_2003_VB12.Sedna.orbit_comparisons.jpg (top-right)

2. They dont know that there are dozens of other objects out there which are similiar to pluto but which do not have much in common with the typical 8 planets. Pluto is one of them and was just "accidentelly" classified a planet in the past, although it is something different. This can be best explained via text. Mention that if pluto is a planet, then dozens of other strange bodies in the solar system would have to be called planets as well. So that in the end, there would possible be hundreds of things called "planet" but only 8 which to us would feel like "real" planets. --82.141.51.226 04:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I've made some things clear.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Talk) 11:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Many astronomers don't care one way or the other.
The distinction is arbitrary. Calling Pluto a planet or a dwarf or a trans-neptunic-disney-character doesn't change anything about its composition, orbit, or size. Pluto doesn't care, and many astronomers don't care either.

I can find a link and add a few lines if people think this is relevant. TRWBW 08:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Funniest thing ever
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Iran_defies_IAU%2C_maintains_that_Pluto_is_a_planet

Bawolff ☺☻ 05:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Interwikilink
Please to add the italian interwikilink it:Gli astronomi cambiano idea: Plutone non è un pianeta. --Trek00 13:08, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Ukraine celebrates Independence Day

I don't think this is newsworthy. Do we need an article tomorrow for Uruguay's national day, then on the 27th for Moldavia, then Slovakia on the 29th, etc?
 * Wikinews is both global and local. Any story can be published where-ever in the world it is from, as long as it is news. See What Wikinews is. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  23:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I wasn't questioning whether it was newsworthy because it was Ukrainian, but because it appears to be a non-event. There is nothing unusual mentioned in the article about this year's celebration.

 * From my reading of the guidelines, it's not newsworthy two counts:

 * First, since there is nothing unusual about this year, it's an on-going event.

 * Second, it isn't relevant. There was no controversy over whether Ukrain would celebrate their national day. That it occured, as scheduled, is not relevant to anyone, Ukrainian or not.

 * Also, from What Wikinews is not, Wikinews is not an encylopedia, and it's not a forum for press releases, whether from a corporation or a government.

 * BTW, Wikipedia lists the current independence days on its front page in the "On this Day" section. That's where I think this belongs.

by all means, get rid of it. it was more a contribution for the sake of it. i assumed that, as wikinews has no size constraints, then anything goes. not to worry. kimmitt

 * article is newsworthy - just because an event re-occurs doesn't mean it is not a news event. kimmit, can u perhaps add some background on the "rehabilitation of those who raised the Ukrainian flag in Ternopil in 1973." statement. wikinews is read by a global audience, some of whom, like me, may not be well enough informed of Ukraine history to understand that statemenet without some additional explanation. o/w, congrats on a well written first article. hope to see more such contributions. Doldrums 11:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

sure, i'll expand it a little. i was hoping to do a daily article on Russia/CIS but I will try to keep quiet on bad news days. Kimmitt--Kimmitt 13:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


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Your block has been removed
After discussion with you in IRC and with your agreement to follw Wikinews policies and guidelines I have lifted your block early. I look forward to working with you on Wikinews! -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you User:Nikishka
If not, I'm going to revert all your edits to that users page. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:22, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I am user Nikishka. Nice of you to notice the page changes so quickly. Check the history of my story posts - you'll see that at some point most of them were edited from this address.

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8th case of mad cow disease found in Canada

August 25, 2006

An 8th case of mad cow disease was found in a cow in the province of Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency did a test and found BSE. The agency found no part of the beef cow's carcass entered either the human or animal feed chains. The CFIA said that, "the cow could have likely lived another 6 months or so, but died of complications of mastitis".

"The animal's age is between eight and 10 years", said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The CFIA also traced 172 animals would likely ate feed out of that load.

"The cow's exposure to BSE likely occurred before or during the introduction of new feed regulations in 1997 prohibiting use of cattle parts susceptible to the disease in certain animal feeds", A release said yesterday.

An investigation is already underway to find the animal's birth farm and potential sources of contaminated feed.

The United States has delayed lifting a ban on older cattle imports from Canada, pending investigation.


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Mumbai
Thats wierd (good spot btw) I did know that but I just wrote it based on the article - which says Bombay!!! Tut tut to the times for publishing the article ;-) --Errant 11:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

remember...
Please Don't bite the newbies - User:Alixafar over on Talk:General strike in Sindh province of Pakistan. :) Doldrums 03:59, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * it's no big deal. it's just that we all need to keep in mind that new users quite often do things that are wrong and are inexplicable, usually because they don't know how to do what they actually want to do. so it's good to point out, in a polite tone (not always easy to convey in a post - i might have completely misread the tone of ur posting), what they did wrong, why it is wrong, and either offer help to fix it or direct them to where help is available. so my earlier posting to u was just a friendly reminder of this. hope this clarifies, and sorry for a delayed reply. cheers, Doldrums 14:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Benedict XVI criticises jihad, Prophet Muhammad's teachings.
It seems you are deliberately edit-warring on this article, even though the issues you are stirring up were resolved yesterday (before the article's publication). I ask that you cease this behaviour, since (needlessly) reverting published articles is disruptive. Also, let me warn you right now that you are already close to violating the 3RR. If you do violate it, I will block you for 24 hours. PVJ(Talk) 12:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Wikinews::Don't disrupt Wikinews to illustrate a pointDoldrums 15:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Best wishes
You have been granted an additional 10 stamina points to assist on your tireless journey for the truth. Keep it up! 839 exp. points until level up to Uber Master of Inifinitely Frustrating Dealings Valient Archery Necromancer. 222.158.118.28 15:32, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Misleading
Your edit on Belgian diplomat murdered in New Delhi was misleading and contrary to sources. If you want to include her age as being 47, you need another sentence or so and the profile listed under External links to source the information. You can't stick it in as the statement made by the police, the source doesn't say that. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:04, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Mumbai Police reveals Pakistani role in 11/7 serial blasts
Please see. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) 14:20, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

 * the only link to the ISI explicitly mentioned in that press conference may be the narco-analysis, but that does not necessarily mean that that's all the evidence there is - the police have so far not revealed all the evidence, so we can't really say "The link to ISI is based on evidence from narco-analysis". we can say, "Police uncovered links to ISI when they performed narco-analysis", thereby avoiding calling the narco-data "evidence", or claiming that that's all the evidence there is. Doldrums 08:59, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

well done
Nicely done with the Curtis Grant interview. TRWBW 17:06, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, thanks! It's actually just a template interview; I've emailed essentially all of the Brampton and Mississauga council candidates (somewhere around 200 total, I'd guess), and if they agree, they get a set of questions common to everybody in their particular city. Basically I just sit back and hope things work out. --  Zanimum 18:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

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Air New Zealand Screen Awards winners announced

August 25, 2006

The winners of the annual 2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards were announced on Thursday, 24 August night.

The movie: The World's Fastest Indian, about an Invercargill motorcycle enthusiast who set a world speed record in 1967 on his Indian motorcycle, won altogether seven awards. The awards were for best- However both Donaldson and Hopkins were not present at the ceremony to receive their awards.
 * Director, Roger Donaldson,
 * Leading actor, Sir Anthony Hopkins,
 * Film, Gary Hannam and Roger Donaldson (producers),
 * Screenplay, Roger Donaldson,
 * Editing, John Gilbert,
 * Sound, Tim Prebble, Gethin Creagh and Michael Hedges and
 * Production design, J Dennis Washington & Rob Gillies.

John Gilbert, The World's Fastest Indian editor, said: "The movie is successful because people can relate to the main character."

The film No. 2 won four awards, they were for best: Ruby Dee, American actress was also absent from the ceremony.
 * Actress, Ruby Dee,
 * Supporting actor, Rene Naufahu,
 * Supporting actress, Mia Blake and
 * Original music, Don McGlashan.

The River Queen scored two awards, including best:
 * Cinematography, Alun Bollinger and
 * Costume design, Barbara Darragh.

In the television section the The Insider's Guide To Love won six awards, including the best:
 * Contribution to design, Nic Smillie,
 * Actor, Gareth Reeves,
 * Actress, Kate Elliott,
 * Director in a drama/comedy programme, Nathan Price,
 * Camerawork in a drama, Simon Baumfield and
 * Original music, David Long.

Television series Interrogation won three awards, for best:
 * Supporting actress, Claire Chitham,
 * Script for a single episode of a drama series or serial, Fiona Samuel and
 * Editing in a Drama programme, Lisa Hough.

Television comedy series bro'Town won three awards for best:
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 * Production design, Ant Sang and
 * Script in a Comedy, Oscar Kightley, Mario Gaoa, David Fane, Shimpal Lelisi & Elizabeth Mitchell.

Drama series Outrageous Fortune won two awards, for best:
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 * Drama series

TV Series The Promise won two awards, for best:
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 * Camerawork in a Documentary, Wayne Vinten.

The following twelve shows also won an award: High Times, Koi, Holly's Heroes, Dancing With The Stars, Westfield Style Pasifika 2005, Busted At The Border, The Market, Off The Rails -- A Love Story, Lifting Of The Makutu, The Living Room Series 3, From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow and Earthquake.


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Israel buys nuclear capable subs

August 25, 2006

Israel has purchased two more Dolphin class submarines which have the capacity to carry nuclear warheads. Israel already has three older nuclear weapons-capable Dolphin submarines but the new Dolphins have propulsion systems that allow them to remain submerged for longer periods of time, according to the Jerusalem Post, making it harder for them to be tracked by satellite. Experts view the purchase as a clear signal to Iran that Israel can retaliate if subjected to a nuclear attack.

"The Iranians would be very foolish if they attacked Israel," said Paul Beaver, a British based defence analyst, speaking to the Washington Post. According to Beaver, the submarines would provide Israel with both first strike and second strike capability.

Israel already has land-based nuclear-capable ballistic missiles in the form of the Jericho I and II missiles.

German officials confirm that the contracts for the new submarines was signed July 6. The Jerusalem Post reports that they will be operational shortly.

Israel has never confirmed nor denied that it has nuclear weapons but is believed to have the world's sixth largest stockpile of the devices, with most outside estimates putting their stockpile in the low hundreds. Israel's possession of nuclear arms has often been a locus of bitter controversy in the Middle East, especially among countries who believe that the world community, and especially the United States, is hypocritical in its tolerance of Israeli nuclear arms while decrying the efforts of other Middle Eastern nations to develop their own nuclear capabilities.

Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post reports there is a growing mood among Israel's defence establishment that the country will have to act independently to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons as the United States is unlikely to do so.

"America is stuck in Iraq and cannot go after Iran militarily right now," according to an unnamed official quoted by the paper.

A report by the US House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee released on Wednesday asserts that if Iran arms itself with nuclear weapons, Israel would be pressed to respond militarily. "A nuclear armed Iran would likely exacerbate regional tensions. Israel would find it hard to live with a nuclear armed Iran and could take military action against Iranian nuclear facilities," the report states. Iran has continually maintained that it seeks only to develop nuclear technology for the production of electrical power, though this has been disputed by many nations.

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Venezuelan President Chavez in Beijing to boost trade

August 25, 2006

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in the Chinese capital of Beijing, Wednesday, beginning a visit that will see new agreements to increase China's investment in Venezuela's petroleum, telecoms, agriculture and transport. Chavez says that his country intends to boost its oil exports to China to 500,000 barrels a day within five years, quadrupling its current exports, and up to one million barrels a day by 2012.

"Within five years we'll arrive at half a million barrels (a day) to China. We are currently exporting close to 150,000 barrels (a day), and next year we will double that," Chavez said.

"The oil issue is of utmost importance because we are diversifying the petroleum business. We are moving toward a new petroleum model," said Chavez, speaking on Venezuelan state television from China. "It's one step more in a strategic alliance."

Chavez met Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday, senior leader Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday. Following Thursday's meeting, Chavez said that Jintao agreed to support Venezuela's bid to join the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member. He is also discussing Chinese involvement in developing his countries gold and coal mining industries, according to reports.

The countries are also signing agreements for Chinese assistance in building a petrochemical plant within the Amuay oil refinery in western Venezuela.

Agreements are expected to be signed with two of China's state owned oil companies to develop and export crude from Venezuela's Orinoco river basin as well as to approve the sale of Chinese oil tankers to Venezuela.

While the United States remains the leading importer of Venezuela's oil, Chavez' left wing government has sought to diversify its trading partners in an attempt to reduce its reliance on the United States and promote a "multi-polar" world order.

China is the world's second largest consumer of petroleum and is in need of increased oil supplies in order to maintain its rapid pace of economic growth.

Chavez told Venezuelan state television that increased trade with China and Russia will help boost Venezuela to medium-power status. He claimed that investment agreements with China will transfer technology to his country and help Venezuela escape dependency.


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Talk:Israel buys nuclear capable subs

Should the title be "buys more advanced nuclear capable subs"? The current title seems inconsitent with the article. Or would that be too wordy?

TRWBW 07:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Or at least could be 'Isreal buys nuclear capable submarines'. Is subs even a word or is it slang? nzgabriel 09:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I think it should be: "Israel buys two more nuclear capable subs", the important addition is "more" since they already have some.TiB 09:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Any of those will do. My issue was that the title seems to imply that Israel is getting a capability they didn't have before. Maybe it doesn't matter, since anyone interested will probably read the full article. TRWBW 20:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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Bodies of Afghan boy, Canadian soldier returned

August 25, 2006

The bodies of a Canadian soldier killed in a suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan has been returned to Canada, Wednesday, the same day that the remains of a child killed by Canadian troops in the aftermath of the car bomb was returned to his family.

The soldier was killed in a suicide car bombing outside a military base two hours before the shooting took place. The 10-year old Afghan boy was riding on the back of a motorcycle when he and a teenaged driver sped to the scene of the attack, crossing a security perimeter that had been set up.

The boy's death has angered Afghans in the area and military officials are concerned of a backlash from the incident.

The casket of Corporal David Braun, 27, was flown from Kandahar in a C-130 Hercules aircraft. He was the eighth Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan this August and the 27th Canadian killed in Afghanistan since troops were deployed there in early 2002. Three other soldiers were injured in the suicide attack on the NATO convoy but are reported to be in good condition.

Incident under scrutiny
The military's National Investigation Service is scrutinizing the shooting of the Afghan boys. According to a NATO statement: "Soldiers signalled the motorbike to stop and fired two warning shots...the rider and passenger were both hit and wounded by a single bullet." Officials say that the motorcycle was fired upon by troops who feared a second suicide attack was underway.

Colonel Fred Lewis, deputy commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), denies that the shooting occurred because newly-arrived Canadian soldiers were inexperienced.

"I don't think so, I really don't think so," Lewis told The Canadian Press. "Initial impressions right now are the soldiers did what they had to do."

The victims were taken to medics and then flown to Kandahar Air Field Hospital where the ten year old died. The driver, 17, remains in serious but stable condition.

"We are very sad at what happened and we express our deep regret and condolences to the family and community," said Col. Arie Vermeij, deputy commander of ISAF's Regional Command South.

Residents angry
The father of the dead boy denounced Canada's military when approached by the Canadian Press for comment. Several women at the family home screamed, cried and shook their fists.

Military officials fear a backlash in response to the boy's death. In the aftermath of the shooting, angry Kandahar residents expressed support for the suicide bombers and their opposition to foreign troops remaining on Afghan soil.

"They're very angry about that, the shopkeepers, the bakery man, all the people that are living in this place," said a Kandahar resident who works for a non-governmental agency and who was at the scene.

"They're angry and they get upset and they get out of patience, and they said, 'Yeah, we support the suicide (bombers)'," he told the Toronto Star.

The bomb, aimed at the Canadian patrol, killed 21 Afghan civilians and wounded 13.

"We support them and the international community should leave Afghanistan. We want to build our country by ourselves," he quoted other residents as saying.

"They have been telling me that they had better leave, all the ISAF, the security forces, the peacekeepers, they have to leave our country," he said. "It's a very bad situation. It's dangerous and you can't trust anyone. The Canadian soldier had to do something but sometimes ... mistakes are made."


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NASA announces official search for the missing Apollo tapes

August 25, 2006

On August 16, 2006 NASA announced its official search. "The original tapes may be at the Goddard Space Flight Centre … or at another location within the NASA archiving system. NASA engineers are hopeful that when the tapes are found they can use today's digital technology to provide a version of the moonwalk that is much better quality than what we have today."

The news that the tapes were missing broke to the public on August 5, 2006 when the printed and online versions of The Sydney Morning Herald published the story with the title One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures.

The Apollo missing tapes are the recordings of the transmissions (television, sound and telemetry data) broadcast during the Apollo missions (including broadcasts from the Moon), referred to as Slow-Scan TV (SSTV). This raw data was recorded onto 1" wide magnetic tapes at the same time as it was converted for terrestrial TV broadcast. There are about 2612 boxes that might contain the tapes and whose location is unknown. It is estimated that about 13,000 original magnetic tapes are missing. They might be at Goddard Space Flight Center or another location within the NASA archiving system. Scientists believe that if the tapes are found modern techniques would allow these tapes to be turned into higher quality pictures than the ones seen by the public.


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Wife of adulterous Czech PM joins rival political party

August 25, 2006

The wife of the Czech Republic's new prime minister has joined a rival political party after he admitted, last Friday, having a affair with the deputy leader of parliament. Mirek Topolanek, leader of the conservative Civic Democrats (ODS), was appointed prime minister last week. His wife, Pavla Topolankova, has joined the rival right-wing Politika 21 party and intends to run for the Senate under its banner.

"I was surprised but not cross," said Topolanek who called his wife's action "sweet revenge" for his infidelity. Lucie Talmanova, 36, the deputy leader of parliament has admitted the affair with Topolanek who told Czech radio "respectable people don't ask about such things and respectable people don't answer such things. But in 27 years of marriage things can happen."

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63% of Israelis want Olmert to quit

August 25, 2006

Almost two-thirds of Israelis want Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign, according to a public opinion poll published on Friday. The survey suggests there has been a major shift in Israeli public opinion in the wake of Israel's 34-day war in Lebanon that appeared to achieve few of Israel's military objectives. The poll published by Yedioth Aronoth, Israel's bestselling paper, also shows that 45% of Israelis would vote for Benjamin Netanyahu of the right wing Likud in an election where only he and Olmert were candidates.

A second poll published in Maariv gives Olmert 14% support compared to 26% for Nethanyahu and that Olmert's centrist Kadima party would win only 14 seats in the Knesset compared to 28 for Likud and 28 for ultranationalist 's. The centre-left, which is currently in a coalition with Kadima, would win only 9 seats according to the survey. 74% of respondents want Labour leader to quit his post as defense minister.

The Maariv poll showed 73 percent of Israelis opposed future unilateral withdrawals.

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WikiBureau Europe attempts to bring editors together who are working on writing and publishing articles regarding topics in Europe. Discussions are welcome at our talk page.

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Resources can be added here.

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Descendant Bureaus

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Tony Blair's eldest son admitted to hospital

August 25, 2006

Euan Blair, the eldest son of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has been admitted to a hospital in Barbados after complaining of stomach pains.

The twenty-two year-old is being treated in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, near Bridgetown. Andrew Zbar, who is a doctor there, said that he expected Euan to be dismissed from the hospital later today.

Tony Blair and his family had been holidaying on the Caribbean island for the past three weeks. Mr Blair returned home this morning and is back at his office in Number 10. He is said to be keeping up to date with his son's condition.

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Biggest free music event in Europe back in Liverpool

August 25, 2006

The Mathew Street festival, an annual event held in Liverpool, has started today. Claiming to be the largest free Music festival in Europe, it gets its name from the street on which the Cavern Club was situated. Last year some 370,000 people attended the event.

75 bands will perform on five stages across the city and free live music at another 40 indoor venues throughout the August Bank Holiday weekend. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra will make its debut at the festival on Friday, 7.30pm at the Pier Head. The Lightning Seeds are headlining the festival on Sunday. Gerry and the Pacemakers will also be playing as well as up to 30 unsigned local bands.


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Dutch Ambassador to India expresses regret following Schiphol false-alarm

August 25, 2006

India summoned the Ambassador of the Netherlands, Eric Niehe to the Ministry of External Affairs today, following the detention of 12 Indian nationals in Amsterdam because of their alleged "suspicious" behaviour onboard a NorthWest Airlines flight headed for Mumbai. Minister of External Affairs Anand Sharma said that the Indian Government's views had been communicated to their Dutch counterparts at the "highest level" and that India's envoy in that country was also in touch with the officials there.

U.S. air marshalls were guarding the flight from Amsterdam to India and according to a Tennessee politician,John Duncan, the American air marshalls "..felt that there were passengers on the plane that were acting in a suspicious way, they conferred with both the flight attendants and the captain and they decided to turn the plane around and bring it back to the airport," Duncan said.

The Ministry's secretary (Western relations), Mrs. Shashi Tripathi met Niehe at the South Block and conveyed to him that India had taken the detention of the Indian citizens "very seriously". India has asked its Ambassador in The Hague to submit a detailed report of the incident to the Government for further analysis of the issue.

Niehe expressed his regret over the incident and clarified that his government had had nothing to do with the detentions. He said the passengers were arrested after they allegedly behaved in an "unruly" manner and were released after being interrogated. He said that the arrests of the 12 Muslims, who according to eye-witnesses, sported beards and spoke Urdu, had nothing to do with racism. The detainees, who had gone to Tobago on business, have since left for their homes in Mumbai and are expected to reach by Friday night. The detainees and their family, however allege that they were unfairly targeted on racist grounds.

Sharma rejected claims that the government had mishandled the issue, saying his officials had acted quickly to get the Indian citizens out of custody within 30 hours of their arrest. He also pointed out that consular access had been provided to them much before the 48 hour time limit stipulated by the Vienna Convention.

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Talk:NASA announces official search for the missing Apollo tapes

August 2006
Nine day old story - this is supposed to be Wikinews Dan100 (Talk) 11:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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edit protected Please add this article to Category:The Sydney Morning Herald. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 10:13, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 10:43, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


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Talk:Venezuelan President Chavez in Beijing to boost trade

What the hell is that comma doing in the title? To "boost trade, ties": what does that mean? If I could move this page I would, but this needs sorting. 86.137.3.161 11:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Bodies of Afghan boy, Canadian soldier returned

Why is the article listed as disputed? All of the facts are in the related artcles to the citation.
 * Opps I probably forgot to take it off the disputed list. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  16:41, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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Why are we conflating the 2 events? Perhaps there was an incident that also led to the car bomb which killed the Canadian, thus making that killing in the "aftermath"? Maybe those bombers' children were collateral damage last week from a coalition air attack which was perhaps a result of a suicide bomb that killed coalition soldiers the week before.

To be npov we should not be embracing the theory that the killing of the boy is a direct or even indirect killing of the soldier. Some western media may do that as they did initially by conflating the rape and killing of the young Iraqi girl with the mutalation of US soldiers' bodies but we should not be making that type of assumptive leap in deduction, imo. Neutralizer 13:38, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

 * In short, this should be 2 articles, not a conflated 1. Neutralizer 13:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

 * the article has about two paragraphs on the death of the canadian soldier, not enough to write as a separate article. i intend to write a lead paragraph summarising the story and publish it. conflating a couple of incidents which happened two hours apart at the same location is not such an big deal. Doldrums 18:11, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

We are not conflating the two stories, military officials are claiming that the shooting happened because of the fear of a suicide bombing, this is attributed, moreover we are not conflating because both incidents occured at the same site within two hours of each other and the area was cordoned off because of the first incident - the motorcycle is alleged to have passed through that cordon so yes, the stories are related regardless of whether or not the claims by the military are true. Crimson 17:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, I'll go along with the crowd but I have a different opinion(more of a feeling) about it. Neutralizer 20:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks Neut. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  22:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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It seems like Doldrums fixed it up. Mabie someone can find a better title? F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  18:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


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