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Wikinews:Writing contest 2010/Standings/log

Overall Standings
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Adi4094

 * Adi4094 submitted: 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1797/2449; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Adi4094 submitted: Two police officers injured in Pentagon shooting incident for 11 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4647/6158; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length])
 * Adi4094 submitted: UK government plans to replace House of Lords with elected chamber for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3301/4384; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Adi4094 submitted: Two suspected terrorists arrested in Mumbai, India for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3216/4396; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Adi4094 submitted: Sarkozy's party defeated by Socialists in French regional elections for 13 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4954/6243; 3 pts [as synth]+10 pts [per extra length])

Bencherlite
Articles 1 to 8 were written before acquiring Editor status
 * Bencherlite for 5 points: Seven-year-old raises £100,000 for Haiti in sponsored bike ride
 * 1) Bencherlite for 7 points: People limited to 150 friends, despite Facebook, says academic
 * Bencherlite submitted: English "Lady in the Lake" killer found dead in prison cell for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2057/2943; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * 1) Bencherlite for 7 points: Ambidextrous children more likely to have problems at school, say researchers
 * Bencherlite submitted: Iraq executes "Chemical Ali" for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1834/2559; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * Bencherlite submitted: Scientists improve cancer research techniques for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2881/3690; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Bencherlite submitted: John Constable painting location mystery solved after 195 years for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2142/2967; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) Ben... submitted French MPs call for ban on veils for Muslim women 7 pts.
 * Bencherlite submitted: for 9 points: Wales railway upgrade proposals would cost £5bn, says expert
 * 1) Ben... submitted Welsh air route in difficulties, call for funding cut 7 pts.
 * 2) For 3 points: McDonald's unfairly dismissed worker for giving a colleague free cheese, says Dutch court

Blood Red Sandman

 * 1) BRS for 3 pt "Osama to Obama": Bin Laden addresses US President
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Iranian air politician blames pilot error for yesterday's jet crash for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3113/3931; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Trial begins for Canadian soldier accused of murder in battlefield killing for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2970/3764; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: European Union offers to train Somali troops as fighting breaks out for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1510/2019; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) BRS - Italian chocolatemaker Ferrero rules out buying UK's Cadbury 5 pts
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Unreported tainted milk incident publicised in China for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3601/4369; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) I receive '5' points for Marine scientist says Australia's blobfish faces extinction  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:21, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Dubai World refused permission to use QE2 as floating hotel in Cape Town for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3127/4006; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Concorde crash trial begins for 19 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:6898/8004; 3 pts [as synth]+16 pts [per extra length])
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: 'Criminal in uniform': Senior London policeman jailed for attempting to frame Iraqi for 15 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:5442/6283; 3 pts [as synth]+12 pts [per extra length])
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Indonesian anti-corruption chief convicted of murder for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3618/4281; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Reports issued after jets collided twice in same spot at UK airport for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2001/3004; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Final report blames London passenger jet crash on ice for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3482/4403; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Blood Red Sandman submitted: Libya's Gaddafi calls for holy war on Switzerland for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2749/3361; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])

Blurpeace

 * Blurpeace submitted: Female lawyers to be granted court access in Saudi Arabia for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1329/1896; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Blurpeace submitted: Bronx church destroyed in suspicious blaze for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1698/2318; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Blurpeace submitted: Red Shirts cause state of emergency in Thai capital for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2180/3078; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Blurpeace submitted: Australian Muslim killed by her hijab in go-carting accident for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2406/3549; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])

C628

 * C628 submitted: Thai court strips ex-prime-minister of $1.4 billion for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2194/2791; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Toyota accused of misleading public over recalls for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3061/3827; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Major storms batter Europe for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2106/3043; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Iranian government bans critical media for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1925/2444; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US to reduce nuclear weapons arsenal for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3304/4154; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: GM recalls 1.3 million cars over steering issues for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1921/2474; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Apple sues Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2213/3039; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Ford's US auto sales spike, surpassing GM for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1933/2638; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US reveals Internet security efforts for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2339/3357; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: China military spending increases by 7.5% for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2690/3122; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Early Iraq elections marred by violence for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1535/1954; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Threat to ships in Malacca Strait, says Singapore Navy for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1689/2444; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US Congress claims Turkey committed genocide for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3266/3850; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Turkey recalls ambassador to Sweden over "genocide" vote for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2467/2957; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Sanctions on US products introduced by Brazil for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1755/2287; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Pakistan Navy fires test missiles for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1351/1801; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Whaling activist arrested by Japan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1869/2396; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Up to one-half of Somali food aid diverted from needy for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2884/3430; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Georgia panicked by fake Russia invasion broadcast for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2429/2933; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: David Beckham to miss World Cup with injury for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1550/1994; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US plan for broadband Internet released for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1861/2403; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: "Virtual fence" along US-Mexico border scrapped for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3030/3649; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Nigeria's cabinet dissolved by acting president for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2500/3061; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Iraq election commission refuses recount of votes from parliamentary election for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2346/2850; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: British Airways cabin crew begins strike for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1985/2657; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Ex-UN official says Pakistan disrupted talks with Taliban for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2036/2616; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US and Russia to sign new arms control treaty for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2395/3045; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Dubai World to receive $9.5 billion in government aid for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1579/2031; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: China executes more people than rest of world combined, according to report for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2203/2578; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US and Mexico to revise counter-drug strategy for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1875/2366; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: South Korean navy ship sinking off North Korean coast for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1757/2356; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Greek debt deal reached for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1703/2180; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US and France to work together for new Iran sanctions for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1915/2357; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US Navy aircraft crashes after Afghanistan mission for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1614/2080; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Space shuttle Discovery cleared for Monday launch for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1834/2363; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Chinese ship leaking oil near Great Barrier Reef for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1446/1879; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: South African government appeals for calm after death of white supremacist for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2069/2626; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Toyota fined $16 million by US government over recalls for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2412/2947; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US announces revised limits on use of nuclear weapons for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2223/2712; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: Vatican criticized for cardinal's claim of homosexuality and pedophilia link for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2812/3371; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US unveils revived space exploration program for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3528/4071; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: UN report says death of Benazir Bhutto preventable; fault of government for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2499/3044; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: US bank Goldman Sachs accused of fraud for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2261/2749; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * C628 submitted: North Korea denies involvement in sinking of South Korean warship for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2146/2624; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])

Dendodge

 * Dendodge submitted: Gordon Brown: Extra troops for Afghanistan, Yemen security the focus for int'l conference for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3771/4515; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * 1) Dendodge is owed a bunch (9) for Leaders of UK, Ireland meet for emergency justice talks  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:25, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Dendodge submitted: Technical problem on Airbus A400M maiden flight for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1502/2144; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * Dendodge submitted: UK mother cleared of attempted murder of ME-suffering daughter for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2993/3552; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Dendodge submitted: "Avatar" becomes highest-grossing film of all time for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1332/2134; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Dendodge submitted: UK cabinet minister Jack Straw ignored advice that Iraq invasion was illegal for 17 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:6151/7376; 3 pts [as synth]+14 pts [per extra length])
 * Dendodge submitted: UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith admits to changing mind over Iraq war for 13 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:5177/6196; 3 pts [as synth]+10 pts [per extra length])
 * Dendodge submitted: Novelist J.D. Salinger dies aged 91 for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1323/1968; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Dendodge submitted: International conference agrees plan for Yemen's terror problem for 13 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4844/5640; 3 pts [as synth]+10 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) Dead children found in car in Sussex, UK - 5 pts split between Rayboy and Dendodge. pending figuring out how they want to split it.
 * On Rayboy's talk page, we agreed 3 for me and 2 for him. Den dodge  T\C 17:59, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Dendodge submitted: British, Irish premiers leave Northern Ireland; no justice deal yet reached for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3715/4606; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Dendodge submitted: Tony Blair tells Iraq Inquiry he would invade again for 37 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:13568/15273; 3 pts [as synth]+34 pts [per extra length])
 * Dendodge submitted: Indiana Department of Homeland Security violates Wikipedia copyright for 14 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4584/5647; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * Dendodge submitted: Ex-minister says UK Cabinet was "misled" about legality of Iraq war for 19 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:7000/8250; 3 pts [as synth]+16 pts [per extra length])

Juliancolton

 * 1) JC for 3 pt Ethiopian airliner crashes into Mediterranean Sea
 * Juliancolton submitted: World-record wind speed confirmed for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1041/1779; 1 pt [as short])

Microchip08

 * 1) For 3 points: North and South Korea exchange fire
 * Microchip08 submitted: Microsoft reports 60% profit increase for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1317/1832; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Google phases out IE6 support for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2989/3618; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Honda recalls fire risk cars for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1754/2404; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Hamas claims Israel assassinated commander in Dubai for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1726/2297; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Pentagon proposes Taiwanese arms sale for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2770/3843; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: China threatens to take action over US-Taiwan deal for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3595/4493; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Suicide bomber hits checkpoint in Pakistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1720/2136; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Snow causes German travel woes for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1311/1782; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Gandhi ashes scattered off South African coast for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2445/2946; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Interpreter shoots two US soldiers in Afghanistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1706/2695; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Russia announces Libyan arms deal for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1258/1768; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Gaddafi loses African Union chair for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1746/2449; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: US nationals arrested for "abducting" Haitian children for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1731/2223; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Ban Ki-Moon says Cyprus solution "possible" for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2216/2785; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Kidnapped British couple "need urgent help" for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1505/2092; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Moscow detains anti-Kremlin protesters for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1933/2621; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Woman blows herself up in Iraq; over 140 casualties for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1310/1783; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Controversial Brazilian dam gets preliminary approval for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1472/1895; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: China urges Obama to cancel Dalai Lama visit for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2391/3249; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Poland issues EU warrant for Swede suspected of stealing Auschwitz sign for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1586/2046; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: China and US clash over currency for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1957/2480; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Double bombing in Pakistani city at least 22 for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1670/2242; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Microchip08 submitted: Seven civilians killed in Afghan police mistake for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1510/2159; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])

MisterWiki

 * MisterWiki submitted: Chilean President visits Pichilemu to inaugurate Agustín Ross Cultural Centre for 6 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1652/2578; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Earthquake, tsunami combo caused devastation in Pichilemu, Chile for 14 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4063/5813; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Power outage affects many areas of Chile for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3225/4604; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: UN reports 222,570 dead in Haiti earthquake for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1337/2141; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: People from Pichilemu, Chile leave La Cruz Hill for 8 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2298/3424; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Severe sandstorm strikes Beijing, China for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1477/1984; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Fishermen finds body of child killed by Chile tsunami in Pichilemu for 6 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1314/2240; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Rick Astley releases deluxe editions of his first two albums; prepares 2010 tour for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2273/3641; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Seismologist Mario Pardo discards that Pichilemu, Chile is a "seismic swarm" for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1740/2602; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Body of child killed in tsunami identified by Chilean police for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1657/2574; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: 5.0 magnitude aftershocks hit O'Higgins, Bíobío and Maule regions in Chile for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1336/2611; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Pichilemu and Cobquecura, Chile rocked again by aftershocks for 8 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2105/3113; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * MisterWiki submitted: 6.2 earthquake hits northern Chile for 12 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3567/5365; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Rancagua, Chile Servicio Médico Legal boss, Juan Díaz, suspended on Juanita Carey case for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2129/2925; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Wikinews interviews Juana Bustamante, Chilean earthquake survivor from Paniahue for 10 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2997/4578; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Chile tsunami first reached Pichilemu, SHOA reports for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1900/2713; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Chilean President Piñera discontinued "catastrophy state" on O'Higgins, Maule and Bío Bío regions for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1676/2408; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Lady Sonia McMahon dies in Sydney, Australia at 77 for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1635/2486; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Earthquakes hit Dominican Republic, Ryukyu Islands and Tonga for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1817/2876; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Homage to Jaime Guzmán after 19 years from his death for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1943/3161; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Spain hit by 6.2 magnitude earthquake for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2021/3477; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: 6.3 magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1333/2329; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * MisterWiki submitted: Chilean musicians perform concert for Peralillo, Chile people for 6 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1242/1860; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])

Pmlineditor

 * 1) Pmlineditor for 3 pt Explosion in Afghanistan kills British soldier
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Bomb explosions kill several people in central Baghdad for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2985/3723; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * Pmlineditor for 3 points: Bomb explosion in Somaliland kills four cops
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Man throws shoe at President of Sudan during public conference for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2261/2825; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Pakistan security forces airstrikes kill several Taliban militants for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2860/3672; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Baghdad bombing kills several people, scores injured for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1905/2297; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Blast in Pakistan kills one, injures ten for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1657/2326; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Suicide bomber attacks US base in Afghanistan for 7 points.
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Ten confirmed dead, scores missing as overcrowded boat capsizes in India for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2061/2544; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: At least twelve die in Mogadishu attacks for 17 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:6218/6820; 3 pts [as synth]+14 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: At least 60 die in Indian temple stampede for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1999/2524; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Britain thinks Africans are barbaric, claims South African President for 13 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4867/5599; 3 pts [as synth]+10 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Suicide bomber kills twelve in northwest Pakistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1607/1968; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Insurgents kill several people in Baghdad as Iraq's parliamentary elections start for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2464/2903; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Iraqi police: Najaf bombing kills three for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1506/1959; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Six people die in bus crash near Phoenix, Arizona for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1415/2137; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocks eastern Turkey for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3400/4158; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Taliban militant kills at least thirteen in northwest Pakistan for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2038/2519; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Australia defeats Germany 2-1, wins men's field hockey World Cup for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2137/2639; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Seven die in bombing in Falluja, Iraq for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1532/1953; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Rail network in Kashmir comes under attack for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1448/1931; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Sir Alex Ferguson says it was a "poor, poor performance" by match officials after Chelsea defeats Manchester United for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3619/4509; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Ten security personnel killed by Maoists in Orissa, India for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1582/2237; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Pakistan: 38 Talibani insurgents killed in two seperate attacks in Orakzai area for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2145/2743; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: 30 dead in Baghdad bomb blasts, hundreds of people injured for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3056/3485; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Pakistan: Peshawar hit by triple bomb blasts for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2190/2835; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: 38 people die in suicide attack during a political rally in Pakistan for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2261/3194; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Polish President Lech Kaczyński dies as his plane crashes in Russia for 15 points. (The article was worth 31 points, TUFKAAP got 12 points and Tempo got 3 points for their contribs) (Normalized/Raw chars:11314/14025; 3 pts [as synth]+28 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Pakistan: Twelve suspected Taliban rebels die in airstrikes for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1369/1859; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Twitter announces advertising platform for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1976/2503; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Officials: Two soldiers and over 30 insurgents killed in Pakistan for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2993/3691; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Cyclone in eastern India kills 31 for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1454/1895; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Deposed Kyrgyz President flees to Kazakhstan for 11 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4508/5262; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: United Nations: More people with access to cell phones than toilets in India for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2776/3457; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: 30 people die in bombing in northwestern Pakistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1585/2210; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Pakistan: Eight killed in hospital blast for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2070/2538; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Officials: Seventeen insurgents killed in Orakzai, Pakistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1254/1640; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Pmlineditor submitted: Poland: Around 100,000 people attend public memorial for victims of plane crash for 11 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4424/5039; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length])

PoeticVerse

 * 1) U.S. improving Persian Gulf missile defense for 5
 * 2) US government to resume Haiti evacuations for 3
 * PoeticVerse submitted: Paleontologists reaffirm the cause of dino extinction for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2652/3747; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])

Rayboy8

 * Rayboy8 submitted: David Abraham appointed as new chief executive of British Channel 4 for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2173/2876; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Woman killed in house fire in South Yorkshire, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1636/2240; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Two injured in two car crash on Isle of Man for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1012/1551; 1 pt [as short])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: One killed, one injured as vehicle crashes into tree in Worcestershire, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1244/1967; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Two killed, two seriously injured after boulder collapses onto house in Stein an der Traun, Germany for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1833/2725; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Man jailed for murder of doctor in South Yorkshire, England for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2639/3390; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) 17-year-old shot dead in Merseyside, England - 3 - rayboy.
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Woman dies after being struck by fire truck hose in Cambridge, Massachusetts for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1390/2075; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Alex Reid wins UK's Celebrity Big Brother 2010 for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2303/3253; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Man found dead after car crash in Shetland for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1480/2126; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Roadside bombs kill two British soldiers in Afghanistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1442/2090; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Actor Justin Mentell dies in road accident at age 27 for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1248/1912; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Pope Benedict XVI confirms visit to Scotland as part of his UK tour for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2060/2866; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Former mayor receives two year sentence for underwear theft in Lancashire, England for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3359/4108; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: 12-year-old girl dies after collapsing in school in Northamptonshire, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1241/1943; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: British jazz musician John Dankworth dies aged 82 for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3639/5310; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Michael Jackson doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1486/2290; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Starr gets star; Ringo added to Hollywood Walk of Fame for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2200/3202; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: British fashion designer Alexander McQueen found dead at age 40 for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2223/2908; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Two killed, one seriously injured in crash in Lancashire, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1780/2516; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: ITV fined A$3000 for cruelty to rat on "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!" for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2206/3176; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Five-year-old girl dies after car crashes into river in Worcestershire, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1593/2133; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: UK inflation rate increases to 3.5% for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1975/3066; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Winning British EuroMillions lottery ticket worth £56 million claimed for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2235/2953; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Walter Frederick Morrison, inventor of frisbee, dies at age 90 for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2073/2829; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Tree car crash kills two in Oxfordshire, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1629/2261; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: 2010 BRIT Awards highlights for 19 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:7422/11104; 3 pts [as synth]+16 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: BBC broadcasts first live episode of EastEnders for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2069/2894; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Man killed after shop robbery in West Yorkshire, England; murder investigation launched for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1706/2745; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: UK Wikinews Shorts: Februrary 22, 2010 for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2101/3235; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length]) upd
 * Rayboy8 submitted: At least fifteen dead after landslide in Indonesia for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1294/1866; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Three people arrested in connection with murder of shop owner in West Yorkshire, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1895/2728; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Up to 270,000 civil servants to go on strike in UK in March for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1623/2521; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: 10 billionth song downloaded from Apple's iTunes Store for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2808/4477; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Inquest held after air rifle shot kills 10-year-old boy in Swansea, Wales for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2339/2936; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: UK Wikinews Shorts: March 1, 2010 for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2835/4067; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: UK Wikinews Shorts: March 3, 2010 for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2194/3230; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: 10 billionth update placed on social networking website Twitter for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1326/2045; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Man jailed after Facebook murder case in County Durham, England for 13 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4957/5852; 3 pts [as synth]+10 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Former teacher jailed for murdering father in London, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1720/2305; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: UK Wikinews Shorts: March 14, 2010 for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3279/5040; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Baby dies after being found abandoned behind shop in Gwent, Wales for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3298/4183; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Two dead after car crash in Inverness, Scotland for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1566/2097; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Man dies after being hit by train in Moray, Scotland for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1585/2265; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: UK Wikinews Shorts: March 27, 2010 for 11 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4005/5665; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Man jailed for murder of children in Manchester, England for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3296/4169; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: Oldest living European person reaches age 114 for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1837/2657; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: UK interest rates remain at 0.5% for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2011/2854; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Rayboy8 submitted: One dead after apartment fire in Oxfordshire, England for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1714/2461; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])

RockerballAustralia

 * 1) RockerballAustralia for 1 pt Man caught driving 111 kph over limit in Australia
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Cricket: 'Politicians and Pals' defeat Buderim XI in Australia Day Twenty20 match for 13 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2464/2974; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])+ 5 for photoessay
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Victoria, Australia Police investigate suspicious fire near rural town for 1 point. (Normalized/Raw chars:1168/1680; 1 pt [as short]) No OR bonus as not over 400 chars or 25% of article content.
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: No people, animals hurt in rural Australian fire for 6 points. Normalized/Raw chars:1568/1856; 6 pts
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Regional council fights to keep sustainable growth on Australian Sunshine Coast for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1849/2356 ; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Cricket: Caloundra defeat Glasshouse in Sunshine Coast, Queensland division one limited overs final for 6 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1440/1770; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Interview with Liz Mumby, independent candidate in Australian by-election for the Victorian state electorate of Altona for 12 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3626/4437; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * 1) US House of Representatives passes health care bill for 3 points (Raw/Normalised 1805/1293; 3pts [as synth]+0pts [as OR] +0pt [per extra length])
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Cricket: Caloundra lead Glasshouse at stumps on day 2 of 2010 Sunshine Coast, Queensland division one grand final for 6 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1707/2176; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: US House of Representatives passes health care bill for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:686/1056; 1 pt [as short])
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Caloundra win Sunshine Coast, Australia cricket grand final for 6 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1680/2132; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * RockerballAustralia submits Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 1 - Wonthaggi v Leongatha for 10 points Normlized/Raw chars: 2859/3653; 3 points [as syth]+4 points [per extra length]+3 points [as OR]
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 1 - Moe v Traralgon for 13 points. Normalized/Raw chars: 2570/3970; 3pts [as synth] + 2 [per extra length] + 3 [as OR] + 5 [as photoessay])
 * RockerballAustralia submitted: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 2 - Traralgon v Wonthaggi for 8 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2293/3091; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])

Tempodivalse

 * 1) Tempo for 3 pt Haitian minister: Over 150,000 dead in capital after earthquake (this one might have originally been counted as 1 pt?)
 * 2) Tempo for 5 pt US flight from Washington, DC diverted after man reportedly tries to open door
 * 3) Tempo for 3 pt Shooting near mine in Indonesia wounds at least six
 * 4) Tempo for 3 pt Three Yemeni troops killed in shooting
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Spokesman: Saudi government donating US$50 million to Haiti for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1315/1960; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * 1) Tempo for 5 points: 48 whales beached in New Zealand
 * 2) Tempo for 5 points: Bill Gates: Full economic recovery could take years
 * 3) Tempo for 1 point: Wal-Mart's Sam's Club to cut 11,000 jobs
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Chicago man pleads "not guilty" to Mumbai attack plot charges for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1288/1753; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * 1) tempo - 2,000 stranded in Machu Picchu, Peru after torrential rains  3 pts
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Apple, Inc. has record quarter profits for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2065/2671; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: EU to send police officers to Haiti for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1617/2360; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: US home sales fall at fastest pace on record for 4 points (less than seven due to point split with of three points). (Normalized/Raw chars:2860/3616; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length]; count may be wrong if photoessay)
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Anglican bishop abducted in Nigeria for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1222/1623; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) Tempodivalse for 5: UK economy grows in last quarter of 2009; recession ends
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Officials say crashed Ethiopian plane didn't follow suggested tower directions for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2690/3276; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) Tempo submitted for 3 points South Korean economy grew 0.2% in last quarter
 * 2) For 3 points: Guinea swears in civilian prime minister
 * 3) For 9 points: Votes in Sri Lankan presidential elections counted
 * 4) tempo 3 Obama to announce partial "spending freeze"
 * 5) Tempodivalse for 5: Japanese company recalls two million needles in US
 * 6) Tempodivalse for 5: Former Guatemalan president arrested
 * 7) Tempo for 3: 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Peru
 * Tempodivalse submitted: 2009 was worst year for airlines, says International Air Transport Association for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3608/4272; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Floods in South Africa wreak havoc for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1432/2060; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) For 3: Ford Motors posts US$2.7 billion annual profit
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Two men hanged in Iran over poll unrest; nine others sentenced to death for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2618/3307; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Japanese exports rise by 12.1% in December for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1973/2393; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Chad calls for UN troops to withdraw for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2361/2797; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: US economy grows at fastest pace in six years for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1446/1878; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Haiti rescue efforts continue, but survivors face increasing insecurity for 17 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:6447/7801; 3 pts [as synth]+14 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Eurozone unemployment rate reaches ten percent for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1332/1935; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Teenage girl pulled out of rubble in Haiti fifteen days after earthquake for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2014/2549; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Toyota recalls up to 1.8 million automobiles for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2403/2899; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: US government stops Haiti evacuations for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2277/2881; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Asian ministers pledge to increase wild tiger numbers for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2414/3166; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: African Union considers proposal to resettle Haitians for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2250/3120; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Russian economy contracted by 7.9% in 2009 for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1465/1837; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Obama announces US$3.8 trillion 2011 budget plan for US for 15 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:5593/6409; 3 pts [as synth]+12 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Zimbabwean farmers' organisations warn of corn shortage for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1488/1875; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Officials say at least seventeen killed by suspected US drones in Pakistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1382/1817; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: UNHCR: Somalia violence killed 258 civilians last month; tens of thousands displaced for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1994/2524; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: At least seven dead after bomb blast in Northwestern Pakistan for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2092/2559; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted US unemployment rate falls in January worth 3 points with 1,257 characters.
 * Tempodivalse submitted: "Black box" found near crash site of Ethiopian Airlines flight for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1515/2113; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Nigerian parliament votes to make vice president acting president for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1706/2222; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: At least seventeen dead after clashes in Somalia for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1330/1787; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: New Internet site PleaseRobMe claims to reveal location of social networkers for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2876/3372; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: At least one dead, eighteen injured after grenade attacks in Rwanda for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1442/1904; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) Tempo 7 pts, At least fifteen dead after stampede at Mali mosque
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Somali opposition group al-Shabaab to block WFP food aid for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2107/2668; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan kills at least eleven for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1028/1603; 1 pt [as short])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Medvedev asks for resignations from Russian Olympic officials after performance in Vancouver for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2103/2918; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: UK to ban Islamist group al-Shabaab for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1475/2149; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: NASA scientist: Chile earthquake may have shifted Earth's axis, shortened day for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2231/2664; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Euro reaches ten month low against US dollar for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:993/1687; 1 pt [as short])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Air Canada to lay off over a thousand machinists for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1362/2312; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Venezuelan economy shrank by 5.8% in fourth quarter of 2009 for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1018/1428; 1 pt [as short])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Toyota's US sales fall by 8.7% for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1731/2336; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Ex-Bosnian Serb leader: Alleged war crimes are myths for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1382/1873; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: FAA: Jets at New York airport directed by child for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3455/4037; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: At least 29 dead after bombings in Iraq for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1569/1998; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Five construction workers shot dead in Afghanistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1272/1734; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Somali pirates seize tanker off coast of Madagascar for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1483/1962; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Eleven soldiers killed in clash with rebels in the Philippines for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1246/1683; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Two candidates in Togo elections claim victory; votes counted for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1305/1889; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Clashes in Nigeria kill hundreds, troops on alert for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2043/2648; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Several hundred buried in mass graves in Nigeria following clashes for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1760/2268; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) Tempo for 3: Three rebels in Indonesia killed in raids
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Irish airline Aer Lingus to cut more staff for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1387/1840; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: UN official: 90 Rwandan rebels killed in DRC by army troops for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1438/2064; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Suicide bomber kills at least 45 in Lahore, Pakistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1600/2081; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Magnitude 6.9 aftershock hits Chile as president is sworn in for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1356/2103; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Airplane in Nigeria crashes during mock rescue exercise for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:962/1371; 1 pt [as short])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Agency: New York City taxi cab drivers overcharged riders by $8.3 million for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1870/2663; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Chinese fishing boat hijacked off coast of Cameroon for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1269/1839; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Avalanche in Canadian Rocky Mountains kills two for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1400/1830; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Nigerian city hit by bomb blasts after rebel warning for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2812/3273; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: 25 dead after fire in Chinese coal mine for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1367/1931; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: At least eight dead after drone strikes in Pakistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1250/1796; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Fire at tombs in Uganda result in clashes between protestors and police for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2483/3069; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Thirteen dead after ethnic clashes in Nigeria for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1433/1874; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Ten killed by suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1002/1481; 1 pt [as short])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Leader of Somali group al-Shabaab assassinated for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1492/1938; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) Tempodivalse for 3 points: Saudi Arabia arrests over 100 people suspected of having links to al-Qaeda
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Osama bin Laden threatens retaliation if 9/11 suspects executed for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2034/2541; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Car bomb in Buenaventura, Colombia kills at least six for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1374/1979; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Heavy earthquake hits Philippines for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1267/1901; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: 21 infants found dead in Chinese river for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1347/1826; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Russia removes two timezones for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1692/2110; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) User:Tempodivalse for 3 points: Double bomb blasts kill at least twelve in northern Caucasus
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Three injured in Gaza after Israeli airstrikes for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1333/1740; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Obama lessens US ban on offshore drilling for 11 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4116/4957; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: At least twenty dead after mudslides in Peru for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1241/1673; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: British Airways and Iberia sign merger deal for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2394/2956; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Eurozone economy didn't grow at all in last quarter of 2009 for 1 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1095/1551; 1 pt [as short])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: US to alter aviation security policy for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1782/2210; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Officials: Maoist rebels kill at least 70 Indian soldiers for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1650/2222; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) For 1 point: Four dead after US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Officials: Almost 100 killed in air raids in Pakistan for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1430/1933; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Eurozone offers Greece 30 billion euro in loans for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1346/1810; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Car bomb explodes near MI5 army base in Northern Ireland for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2037/2554; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: NATO troops kill four people on bus in Afghanistan for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2185/2768; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Landslide causes train derailment in Italy; nine dead for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2521/3142; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits western China for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1072/1696; 3 points as being 1200+ bytes)
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Rescue efforts underway after China earthquake for 11 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4159/4889; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Ash from Iceland volcano could affect UK flights for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2057/2640; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])

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 * The New Mikemoral submitted: Research shows HIV virus may hide in bone marrow for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1304/1825; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * The New Mikemoral submitted: Wikinews interviews Peter Coti, eyewitness to north eastern US storm for 8 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2495/3203; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * Tempodivalse submitted: Disputed island disappears beneath sea on India-Bangladesh border for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2186/2775; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * The New Mikemoral submitted: Wikinews discusses H1N1 with the WHO for 38 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:13062/14481; 3 pts [as synth]+32 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * The New Mikemoral submitted: Oakland Atheltics defeat LA Angels 10 to 4 for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1439/2335; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * The New Mikemoral submitted: US Congress plans archive of Twitter for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1408/2025; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * 1) Mikemoral for 3: Haiti's banks reopen

Tristan Thomas

 * Tristan Thomas submitted: Interview: PRS, the UK's music royalty collection society for 26 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:8488/9187; 3 pts [as synth]+20 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])
 * Tristan Thomas submitted: "Successor to mp3"; MusicDNA founder interviewed for 20 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:6295/7180; 3 pts [as synth]+14 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR])

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 * TUFKAAP submitted: UK bans export of fraudulent bomb detector; arrests director of manufacturer for 25 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:9582/11464; 3 pts [as synth]+22 pts [per extra length])
 * TUFKAAP submitted: General Petraeus: Fight for Afghan town Marja is 'just the initial operation' for 11 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4368/5457; 3 pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length])
 * TUFKAAP submitted: NTSB says pilot error caused crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 for 21 points. (Normalized/Raw  chars:7724/9817; 3 pts [as synth]+18 pts [per extra length])
 * TUFKAAP submitted: BBC: Ethiopian famine aid 'siphoned off' to buy weapons according to rebels, report for 13 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4831/6250; 3 pts [as synth]+10 pts [per extra length])
 * TUFKAAP submitted: Church of Scientology attempting to block 'intolerant' German film for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3951/4965; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])

The wub

 * The wub submitted: British military secrets leaked on social networking sites for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1836/2585; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: World Economic Forum security chief found dead on eve of summit for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2009/2715; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: Healing ozone layer may contribute to global warming for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3450/4353; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: Roger Federer wins Australian Open for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1843/2489; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: Chip and PIN 'not fit for purpose', says Cambridge researcher for 13 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:5136/6223; 3 pts [as synth]+10 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: Airborne laser successfully destroys ballistic missile for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3650/4864; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: Car bomb explodes outside court in Northern Ireland for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1354/1796; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: Tamil party drops commitment to independence from Sri Lanka for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2148/2881; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted Officers reprimanded for crashing British nuclear sub for 11 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:4089/4654; 3pts [as synth]+8 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: Alistair Darling unveils UK's 2010 Budget for 9 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3996/5277; 3 pts [as synth]+6 pts [per extra length])
 * The wub submitted: UK tobacco manufacturers and retailers fined over price fixing for 7 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:3236/4502; 3 pts [as synth]+4 pts [per extra length])

Wizardman

 * 1) Historian Howard Zinn dies at age 87 - I believe three points. Wizardman  20:19, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) The historian article is 5 - bawolff. 23:17, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Wizardman submitted: NBA: Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton suspended for the season for 3 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:1842/2744; 3 pts [as synth]+0 pts [per extra length])
 * Wizardman submitted: Ben Bernanke confirmed as Federal Reserve chairman for second term for 5 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:2220/3283; 3 pts [as synth]+2 pts [per extra length])
 * Wizardman submitted: Super Bowl XLIV: Saints defeat Colts, 31-17 for 15 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:5497/6419; 3 pts [as synth]+12 pts [per extra length])

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 * Haiti's banks reopen - The New Mikemoral (Unclear how much points, as lots of people copyedited/contributed). Latest version is worth 5, but this appears to be the version by Mikemoral, which is worth three.
 * To put it quite simply, The New Mikemoral should have got five points for this, if you check with the character count tool. It's just that he forgot to add the hidden categories that he should have. Could somebody please do this? -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 17:28, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I clearly see and  at the bottom. It been here a while tho. -- Mike  moral  ♪♫  17:48, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Last prod, I think I should have 3 points before others added content. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  03:35, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Not sure, but the points table shows that I've written 22 articles, when in fact they are 26. :P Can someone check that please? --Diego Grez let's talk 21:57, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Articles with points not verified
Discussion archive at Writing contest 2010/Standings/archives

(If your article has been reviewed and published and is not on the list, add it below) Do not add things to above list unless you also update the standings table. Photoessays are marked incorrectly by point counter script.
 * MisterWiki submitted: Chilean earthquakes: in pictures for 22 points. (Normalized/Raw chars:7451/15294; 3 pnts [as synth]+16 pts [per extra length]+3 pts [as OR]) This point total is wrong (photoessay).
 * It is worth 20 points if my calculations are correct. (5 pts for 8 images, 34 other images means you get 12 points, as 5 pics = 2 pts and 3 pts per OR) Pmlineditor discuss 11:46, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


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Ethiopian airliner crashes into Mediterranean Sea

January 25, 2010

, scheduled to fly from Beirut, Lebanon, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia crashed into the shortly after taking off Monday morning. Ethiopian Airlines report 83 people on board.

Flight ET409, a Boeing 737, was set to leave at 2:10 am local time, but was delayed until 2:35. The passenger plane took off in stormy conditions, and it disappeared from radar five minutes later.

Eyewitnesses reported a ball of fire as the plane went down. Debris has already been seen off the Lebanese coast.

Rescue efforts are underway amid continuing heavy rains. However, it is unknown if there are any survivors. Among the passengers are 23 Ethiopian, 51 Lebanese, 1 Turkish, 1 French, 2 British, 1 Russian, 1 Canadian, 1 Syrian, 1 Iraqi nationals. The French embassy also stated that the wife of the French ambassador to Lebanon was on board.

Lebanon's Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said that the crash site "has been identified three-and-a-half km west of the village of Na'ameh".


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Comments:Local community on Australian Sunshine Coast compromises with McDonald's

This is a great accomplishment in this compromise between the Community and McDonald's and also a victory for commonsense.

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Explosion in Afghanistan kills British soldier

January 25, 2010

A soldier from, Britain died yesterday in Afghanistan's province. The incident occurred when the soldier (who belongs to ) was on foot patrol, and takes the death toll in the conflict to 251, which is four short of the number who died during the Falklands war in 1982.

The soldier, whose name has not yet been released by the UK Ministry of Defence, died due to the wounds incurred when the bomb exploded in the southern part of Sangin, Helmand. Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesperson for Task Force Helmand, stated: "He was part of the operations that have been bringing security to the local population. It happened in the 'green zone' south of Sangin district centre."

He further added that "he [the soldier] was on a foot patrol as part of the operations that have been bringing security to the local population in that area." The soldier's family has been informed about the former's death.

Earlier, Peter Aldridge, aged 19, belonging to A Company 4 Rifles, died after a blast in the same place. The teenager's final words were to express his love for his mother. His family said that their son died a hero and had lost his life "doing what he believed in." According to them, Peter had earlier stated: "If I'm going to die I want to die a soldier."


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People limited to 150 friends, despite Facebook, says academic

January 25, 2010 Human brains cannot manage more than 150 friendships – even with the advent of social networking websites like Facebook, Bebo and Myspace. This is the conclusion of Robin Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Dunbar originally carried out research in this area in the 1990s, looking at social groups from modern offices back to ancient villages. He found that the neocortex in the brain, used for thinking and language, cannot cope with more than 150 friends – a conclusion known as "Dunbar's number". Groups of people tend to be limited to about 150 as, beyond that, social cohesion suffers. Revisiting the topic, Dunbar's view is that this number has not increased even with online methods of keeping in touch with friends, like Facebook.

Dunbar compared the online activity of those with thousands of internet friends and those with hundreds, before concluding that there was no appreciable difference in their levels of activity. He defined a friend as someone that the individual cared about and made contact with at least yearly. "The interesting thing is that you can have 1,500 friends but when you actually look at traffic on sites, you see people maintain the same inner circle of around 150 people that we observe in the real world. [...] People obviously like the kudos of having hundreds of friends but the reality is that they’re unlikely to be bigger than anyone else’s", he observed.

Another conclusion of his study was that women were better at keeping friendships going on Facebook than men – "girls are much better at maintaining relationships just by talking to each other. Boys need to do physical stuff together". The full results of his study are due to be published later in 2010.

Dunbar, 52, has been an Oxford professor since 2007, having previously been Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Liverpool. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.


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English "Lady in the Lake" killer found dead in prison cell

January 25, 2010

British murderer Gordon Park was found dead today in his cell at a prison in Lancashire, England. Park, whose 66th birthday was today, was convicted nearly five years ago of the murder of his wife, Carol, in 1976. Her body was found over twenty years later in Coniston Water, in the Lake District, Northern England, leading to her being dubbed the "Lady in the Lake" by police, after the Raymond Chandler novel.

The Prison Service state Park was found hanging in his cell at Garth Prison, unconscious, at 8am local time. "Staff and paramedics attended but Mr Park was pronounced dead at 9.40am", a spokesman added. An investigation has been launched by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, responsible for investigating deaths in custody; but suicide is suspected. His son, Jeremy, who had been fighting for his father's release, said "[w]e are all completely devastated and still believe his innocence 100%."

Park was jailed for life in January 2005, with a minimum period of fifteen years, for his wife's murder after a ten-week trial at Manchester Crown Court. Carol Park was killed with an ice axe, then her body concealed in Coniston Water. She was not found until August 1997, when divers found her weighted corpse 70 feet deep. Park had claimed that his wife had left him for another man. His appeal against conviction was turned down in 2008, with the Court of Appeal saying that the geological evidence he wished to challenge was only one factor of the "strong circumstantial case" proving his guilt.


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Quick question
How should we count the number of characters in an article for point scoring? Just the size of the prose, or everything, including the wikimarkup? I'm of the opinion we should do the latter, but this is something we didn't consider beforehand and probably should be discussed now. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:32, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I personally vote normalized. (Normalized includes normalized version of some wiki markup too). Bawolff ☺☻ 13:33, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Eh, after second thought perhaps normalised is better. Still a bit complicated but it's better than i initially thought, considering it does sort-of include wikimarkup as well. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:51, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * By includes some, I should mention its very minimal in what it includes. For example, Bomb explosions kill eleven in Central Baghdad (specificly this revision) gets normalized as:

Three successive bomb blasts in Baghdad, capital of Iraq killed at least 11 people, according to Iraqi police. The incident occurred just before the country's election, scheduled for March 7. "There were three explosions, one near the Sheraton hotel the other near the Babylon hotel. The third we are checking into," stated Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi. Police sources claimed that at least 21 people had been injured. The three explosions occurred in rapid succession and sent smoke clouds in the sky. The first bomb exploded at 3.40 pm. Subsequently, fire engines arrived at the hotels and the police and soldiers together barred entry. According to police, the third bomb exploded near al-Nahrain University in central Baghdad, though they provided no details. Multiple bombings have killed several people in Iraq, in the past few months. Iraqi authorities fear that such attacks may have been carried out to disrupt the forthcoming the general elections of Iraq. Sources * 25 January, 2010 VOA 3 Bombs Rock Baghdad, 11 Dead * 25 January, 2010 Reuters Michael Christie Explosions rock central Baghdad, 11 dead Pmlineditor (WWC2010) Writing contest 2010 Politics and conflicts Asia Note that most templates that just add stuff (like infobox) that have no user content is stripped. Categories are normalized from to Foo. Source templates are normalized from  to * 25 January, 2010 VOA 3 Bombs Rock Baghdad, 11 Dead . Repeated whitespace is removed. Bawolff ☺☻ 14:38, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

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As I wrote it, I intended for the scoring system to be based on rendered text - not on complete markup.

Complete markup also includes infoboxes, image names, the categories needed for the competition. Using rendered does not penalise anyone for minimal use of wikilinks. Using markup encourages over-wikification. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:41, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, after some thought I decided that it's better to use rendered, normalised text as well. I guess i wasn't as happy about it because i received fewer points that way. :-b Tempodivalse [talk]  14:59, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, because you really need more points! :-P Anyway I agree with using the normalized count, and that gadget is very useful. the wub "?!"  00:44, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

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 * If it's put through the normal review process it'll automatically be added when the reviewer runs the scripts. If it has been reviewed in an odd way (I did one or two with IE6 last week where the scripts don't work) just list it here - ideally a link to the version that was reviewed and is thus eligible to get the points. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:57, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it's Kidnapped Spanish aid worker is released from 13 March.--Belovedfreak (talk) 16:40, 26 March 2010 (UTC)


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Seven-year-old raises £100,000 for Haiti in sponsored bike ride

January 25, 2010 A seven-year-old boy from London, England, has raised more than £100,000 (about US$161,000) on a sponsored bike-ride for victims of the Haiti earthquake, shattering his target of £500 (approximately $800). Yesterday, Charlie Simpson cycled seven laps of a park near his home in Fulham (about five miles, or eight kilometres) to raise money for Unicef's Haiti Earthquake Children's Appeal.

On his JustGiving fundraising page, Charlie wrote "I want to make some money to buy food, water and tents for everyone in Haiti." He said that he was "quite sad when I saw the pictures on the TV." His mother, Leonora, said, "What started off as a little cycle round the park with his dad has turned into something a lot bigger than that and we can't believe it." Donors worldwide have left messages of support as well as pledges of aid, as a result of international media coverage increasing the profile of his ride.

The UK executive director of Unicef, David Bull, said "This is a very bold and innovative gesture by Charlie that shows he connects with and not only understands what children his own age must be going through in Haiti, but is also wise enough to know that he can help them". He thanked Charlie on behalf of children in Haiti for what he had done. Michael Newsome from Unicef described what Charlie had done as "fabulous", adding, "There is something quite special about a child in the UK reaching out to the children of Haiti."

Charlie will visit UNICEF's offices later today, when he will be thanked in person and told how much he has raised – Unicef officials did not want to disrupt his normal school routine this morning.


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Bomb explosions kill several people in central Baghdad

January 25, 2010

Three successive suicide car bombs in Baghdad, capital of Iraq killed at least 36 people, according to the Iraqi ministry. The incident occurred just before the country's election, scheduled for March 7.

"There were three explosions, one near the Sheraton hotel the other near the Babylon hotel. The third we are checking into," stated Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi.

The Ministry of Interior, Iraq stated that 36 people had died and 71 wounded. The three explosions occurred in rapid succession and sent smoke clouds in the sky. The first bomb exploded at 3.40 pm. Subsequently, fire engines arrived at the hotels and the police and soldiers together barred entry.

The next blast occurred at the Babylon hotel, which is often used by the government for meeting. Subsequently, another car bomb blasted the Hamra hotel compound, which hosts multiple news agencies.

According to witnesses, gunmen dressed in business suits had fired the checkpoint guards. During the firing, the building gate was opened. The van entered and was detonated. The explosion took place in a section where there were residential homes. The blast opened a gigantic crater, 12 feet wide and 6 feet deep only about 50 feet from the hotel. It completely destroyed the house just in the front of the building, where several bodies were discovered by rescue workers.

Um Riyadh, resident of the demolished house escaped with multiple injuries. "We lost the house. We lost everything. Why should I stay in Iraq? I’m going to leave. There’s no other solution.", said the victim of the attack.

Although no group claimed responsibility, Saad Mutalabi, an adviser to the Iraqi Cabinet, blamed Al Qaeda. "It is a signature of Al Qaeda. I don't think any of the political forces in Iraq would commit such an atrocity. It would not benefit any of them.", said he.

The attack collided with the execution of Ali Hassan Majid, or "Chemical Ali".

Earlier this month, Iraqi security forces, aided American intelligence agencies, had barred a massive attack on the city. They had seized several pounds of explosives and had brought the city to a temporary standstill.

The earlier attacks were allegedly executed by Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, in alliance with Saddam Hussein’s Baath party. This has not been proved as of now.

Multiple bombings have killed several people in Iraq, in the past few months. Iraqi authorities fear that such attacks may have been carried out to disrupt the forthcoming the general elections of Iraq.


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Ambidextrous children more likely to have problems at school, say researchers

January 25, 2010

Researchers say that ambidextrous children are at greater risk of difficulties at school, language problems, and disorders such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than those who are left-handed or right-handed. Dr Alina Rodriguez, from the School of Public Health at Imperial College, London, and a team of researchers from various European universities studied nearly 8,000 children from the north of Finland; 87 of these were ambidextrous (mixed-handed). Parents, teachers and the children themselves assessed language skills, academic achievement and behaviour. At ages 7 and 8, the ambidextrous children had double the rate of language problems and were twice as likely to have problems at school. At age 15 and 16, the proportion of those with ADHD symptoms was twice as many in the ambidextrous group, and their ADHD symptoms tended to be worse. Ambidextrous children in the study also had a higher rate of language problems.

The number of people who are ambidextrous is unclear, with estimates ranging from 1% to 5%. Scientists do not know why some people use both hands when the majority of people prefer to use one predominantly. The theory is that there is something different in the brains of ambidextrous people, although Rodriguez says that more work in the area is needed.

A person who prefers using their right hand will have a more dominant left hemisphere of the brain, which is the part of the brain for language skills. Rodriguez and her researchers have suggested that the right hemisphere of the brain of an ambidextrous child is weaker compared to that of a right-handed child, increasing their susceptible to problems with attention. Previous suggestions about the causes of ADHD include the possibility that a person's right hemisphere has weaker function. Earlier studies have drawn links between dyslexia and being ambidextrous, and other studies are looking at the part that differences between the two sides of the brain play in language skills and psychosis.

Rodriguez emphasised that the research, published in the journal Pediatrics in the United States, did not show that all ambidextrous children would have such problems, pointing out that most of the children in the survey did not develop them. "Our study suggests that handedness is really a marker for atypical foetal brain development — showing that the brain is working in a different way to the norm", she said, adding that other studies have shown atypical brain development to be associated with extraordinary creativeness. She also suggested that the results may assist schools and health care workers in targeting children at risk of problems.


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Bomb explosion in Somaliland kills four cops

January 25, 2010

At least four policemen were killed today by a bomb which exploded in, Somalia's breakaway republic. The bomb was hidden near a mosque, according to police sources and witnesses.

The townspeople claim the bomb was detonated in front of the local mosque near a police station in the town. Four policemen in the police station were killed by the blast.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for Monday's blast, which came two weeks after gunmen threw grenades at police station, near the  border, on January 12, and thereby injured two policemen.

Late on Sunday, gunmen had ambushed and murdered a senior police officer while he was returning home. Also, a woman was had been killed in an explosion near Las Anod's hospital.

Somaliland's security forces had prevented an attack on a mosque earlier this month. The imam of the mosque had condemned suicide bombings carried out by al Shabaab activists, which angered the insurgents.

A political conflict between the president of Somaliland and the opposition over a delay in the general elections can lead to further explosions in the area.


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Iraq executes "Chemical Ali"

January 25, 2010 Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein convicted in Iraq of genocide and crimes against humanity, is dead. "The condemned Ali Hassan al-Majid has been executed by hanging until death today", said Ali al-Dabbagh, a government spokesman.

"Chemical Ali", as he was known, received a death sentence on January 17, 2010, for ordering the 1988 gas attack on the town of Halabja in northern Iraq; 5,000 people are thought to have died in the assault on the Kurdish area. Majid, 68, had also received the death sentence at earlier trials for his part in attacks on Kurds in 1988, for suppressing a revolt by Shia Muslims, and for killing Shia Muslims in Baghdad in 1999. He was regarded as one of the most brutal figures in Saddam Hussein's regime, ordering killings of opponents, as well as mass deportations. He was captured after the fall of Saddam in 2003.

According to the government spokesman, "[t]he execution happened without any violations, shouting or cries of joy." The Iraqi state television, al-Iraqiya, broadcast images that it says are of the hanging. Reactions from Iraqis to the news varied – one person from Tikrit, Majid's home town, said that he had been "killed by traitors and hooligans," but other Iraqis said that they were pleased.

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was twice as many
Hi, I would like suggest a correction.

The point "At age 15 and 16, the proportion of those with ADHD symptoms was twice as many in the ambidextrous group" is not very clear at first glance in my opinion.

It would be better to put the point like that: "At age 15 and 16, the proportion of those with ADHD symptoms in the ambidextrous group was twice as the one found in the group of their right-handed peers"

Obviously surely there are many different ways of paraphrasying the idea better than what I used.

Anyway,the expression "twice as" is to be correlated to "right - handed peers" in a clear way, otherwise the meaning is misunderstood.

Thanks a lot in advance for considering my sugestion!

was twice as many...
Hi, I would like suggest a correction.

The point "At age 15 and 16, the proportion of those with ADHD symptoms was twice as many in the ambidextrous group" is not very clear at first glance in my opinion.

It would be better to put the point like that: "At age 15 and 16, the proportion of those with ADHD symptoms in the ambidextrous group was twice as the one found in the group of their right-handed peers"

Obviously surely there are many different ways of paraphrasying the idea better than what I used.

Anyway,the expression "twice as" is to be correlated to "right - handed peers" in a clear way, otherwise the meaning is misunderstood.

Thanks a lot in advance for considering my suggestion!
 * This is a week old; old articles are not edited on content issues and, you seem to be completely overlooking left-handed people in your requested change. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:52, 1 February 2010 (UTC)


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Spokesman: Saudi government donating US$50 million to Haiti

January 25, 2010 According to a Saudi Arabian foreign ministry spokesman, his country's government is donating US$50 million worth of aid to Haiti to help the victims of the January 12 earthquake there, which killed at least 150,000 people and left hundreds of thousands without homes.

The donation, which is said by Agence France-Presse (AFP) to be the largest made by any Middle Eastern nation, will go through the United Nations fund for Haiti. Among other Middle Eastern countries sending help to Haiti are Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan. Donations from world governments to the country worldwide total over $1 billion, according to an estimate by the Associated Press.

"The kingdom, by instruction of King Abdullah, is donating 50 million dollars [...] to assist the Haitian people," spokesman Osama Nugali told AFP.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference, meanwhile, is encouraging Muslim countries to give money to Haiti.


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Bill Gates: Full economic recovery could take years

January 25, 2010 Bill Gates, the world's richest man and chairman of Microsoft, has said that he thinks it could take several more years for the global economy to rebound after the recent recession, which most economists believe began in late 2008.

Gates made the remarks while speaking earlier today in a televised interview with ABC's Good Morning America. "When you have a financial crisis like that, it's years of digging out. The budget's very, very out of balance," the billionaire commented. "And even as the economy comes back, without changes in tax and entitlement policies, it won't get back into balance. And at some point, financial markets will look at that and it will cause problems."

"Taxes are going to have to go up and entitlements are going to have to be moderated," he added. "We're having a slow recovery and everybody's frustrated by the pace of the recovery. But I don't think the government could change and magically make it speed up a lot. If you try to do too much, it can distort things. The government's role is more of a long term role, investing in education.

"We need leadership for these long-term trade-offs and I'm hoping that won't cut back a few key areas like aid to poor countries. But there's going to be cutbacks. We're seeing this at the state level right now, and so far it's not being handled very responsibly."

Gates' comments come two days before US president Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, expected to focus on the current economic situation, as well as the need to create more jobs. Three days from now, meanwhile, Microsoft is scheduled to announce it earnings for the fiscal second quarter of the year.


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Sam's Club to cut 11,000 jobs

January 25, 2010 Sam's Club, operated by Wal-Mart Stores, has announced that it will be cutting about 11,000 jobs, most of which are product-demo part-time jobs. The announcement was made by Sam's Club's President and Chief Executive Brian Cornell.

The president commented that the move was intended to increase sales and customer loyalty, and not to lower costs. "Operationally, we see this as a net neutral," he said. Cornell said he believes a large part of of the fired workers would be hired by Shopper Events LLC of Rogers, Arkansas, a marketing firm.

In addition to the cuts, Sam's Club said it would be outsourcing its in-store product demonstration and sampling to a third-party firm, the marketing company Shopper Events.

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