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New Zealand newspapers publish "Mohammad Cartoons"

February 4, 2006 Two New Zealand newspapers, Fairfax-owned The Dominion Post and The Christchurch Press, today controversially published all 12 cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, which have triggered international outrage. Some of the cartoons were also broadcast on Television New Zealand's current affairs programme Close Up yesterday.

In September 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten first published the cartoons. The images range from serious to comical in nature; a particularly controversial cartoon portrays Mohammad with a bomb wrapped in his turban.

The Dominion Post editor Tim Pankhurst says the decision today to publish the cartoons was in defense of press freedom and it is important for readers to make up their own minds.

"We do not wish to be deliberately provocative but neither should we allow ourselves to be intimidated...If we allow Christianity and more particularly the Catholic Church and the Pope to be satirised, and we do, should Islam be treated differently?"

Javed Khan, President of the New Zealand Federation of Islamic Associations, says he hopes it will not affect New Zealand's trade, but believes there could be "serious repercussions". "We won't call for a boycott, and we don't want to see one, but news gets around the world pretty quickly. Muslims will make their own decisions and as you know, they've taken drastic action against Denmark". He also said the government should take a stand against the cartoons.

Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter has criticised the newspapers for publishing the cartoons, saying that it undermines New Zealand's reputation as a tolerant country. Prime Minister Helen Clark has condemned the actions of the newspapers and TVNZ, saying that the publishing of the cartoons was gratuitous and she could not see the point of it. She said that the issue was one of judgment, not freedom of speech, and she thought that neither publishing the cartoons nor the reaction to it will do anything to bring communities and faiths together.

Both co-leaders of the Māori Party have spoken out strongly against the decision to publish the cartoons. "It's one thing to promote freedom of the press and freedom of expression, but quite another to use those rights to justify the decision to insult religions and beliefs," said co-leader Pita Sharples.

In contrast, cartoonist Tom Scott said that the Islamic community needed to get a sense of humour. "[They] clearly have god on their side so they don't need cartoonists as well," he added. Scott faced a blasphemy prosecution in 1969 over an anti-Christian cartoon.

Some Muslim religious leaders have called for boycotts against countries that have published the cartoons, and many Danish companies have been targeted. Arla Foods, Denmark's top dairy company, has seen their sales fall to zero in some Middle East nations. New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group, the world's fifth largest dairy company, has run advertisements saying that the milk in its products do not come from Denmark.

New Zealand's embassies in the Middle East have been placed on high alert.

Update, February 5, 2006: Hundreds of people have marched down Auckland's Queen St to protest the publication of the cartoons. The march was organised by the Pakistan Association of New Zealand to let the public know about the hurt that Muslims have felt.


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New laws to combat 'endemic' Hong Kong bird flu

February 4, 2006 Health officials in Hong Kong say that Avian Bird Flu (H5N1) appears to be taking hold in the region - where the deadly virus has surfaced in local poultry. Hong Kong's Health Secretary said in a media conference on Friday that positive tests for H5N1 in a bird brought into Hong Kong from China indicates that the virus is endemic in the region.

Dr York Chow says new laws will be introduced to restrict movement of poultry. "It's not just Hong Kong, he said. "This virus will exist in neighboring areas, southern China as well as Hong Kong," Dr Chow said. "Since different kinds of wild birds and chickens have this virus, we can be quite sure that this virus is endemic in our birds," he said.

Health bureau spokeswoman Sally Kong later clarified Dr Chow's comments, saying the Secretary meant that bird flu was endemic in Asia - but not in Hong Kong specifically. Whilst Bird flu is considered endemic in Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, international standards require that countries be certified as 'endemic' by test results showing a cycle of disease recurrence in an area. Mrs Kong said Hong Kong does not meet such standards.

York Chow said the government intends to ban individual households from raising chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, turkeys and quails. The legislation to ban private ownership could be in place next week. Current Hong Kong legislation allows private poultry ownership of up to 20 birds. Under the law change, the current exemption will be removed. The unauthorised keeping of poultry will be an offence warranting fines of up to $100,000, however, those keeping commercial racing pigeons in new towns and villages may be exempt.

Dr Chow encouraged the surrender of backyard poultry to the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department. Those who want to keep birds before the new legislation comes into effect must have them vaccinated against avian flu. The Government may set a date for the central slaughtering, Dr Chow said.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Welfare & Food, Carrie Yau, stated that the risk of a bird flu outbreak still exists even if chickens are vaccinated - as the virus may mutate. She asked private poultry give their birds to the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department.

She stressed there will not be any compensation.

The department visited 35 villages and 1,500 households in Sha Tau Kok and the North District in the past two days, with 113 chickens collected and another 112 vaccinated. The department's Acting Assistant Director Thomas Sit said most backyard poultry owners do not implement biosecurity measures. He called on owners to surrender their poultry.

The Customs & Excise Department has stepped up patrols to prevent the inflow of smuggled chickens.

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Manipulation alleged in the "Mohammad Cartoons" affair

February 4, 2006

The Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet has published a 43-page document allegedly used by Danish Islamists in an international tour meant to involve the Arab world in a backlash against the Mohammad Cartoons.

The document contains several "extra" cartoons showing Mohammad as a pig, Mohammad sodomised by a dog and Mohammad as a pedophile. These cartoons have been said to be fabrications intended to heat up the issue.

The recent surge of indignation among many Muslims occurred three full months after the original publication of the cartoons.


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Indigenous Brazilians asserting their land claims

February 4, 2006

The last few months have seen the number of land conflicts involving indigenous people increase rapidly. Brazil has 400,000 "first people", many of whom express that they need more respect.

Hundreds of Indians occupied eight plots of land last week in an attempt to reclaim what they claim is their property. They were calling themselves victims and they threatened to destroy power lines.

In the southern region of Brazil, around a dozen Indians were injured in a police operation which apparently led to the destruction of two villages on land which is the focus of a legal dispute with the Aracruz Cellulose company.

There have been incidents throughout Brazil. The Amazon jungle in the north, and in the southern state of Catarina where eight Indians were arrested for property invasion and aggression.

The indigenous people have organized themselves over the past three decades. They have become a "political force", said Rubem de Almeida a local anthropologist.

The government of Brazil have been somewhat successful in bringing about improvements which improve the reality for the indigenous communities.

Some of the indigenous people say they can't simply wait for the mainstream; so in April of this year there are major demonstrations planned.


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Info box?
I am wondering if this issue is deserving of it's own "info box" yet? Neutralizer 13:13, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

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Where there is Religion there is Violence! Why???
I have never quite understood why where there is religion there is violence. I grew up in a religious back ground, well when I reached the age of 9 and I chose the good because well isn't that what every religion is about! Mm, then got to the age of 12 and well all those that were suppose to be extremely religious weren't the most honest types at all and that broke my belief a touch.

I will never understand when religion is suppose to be good and peaceful, each religious group will have it's major downfalls of contridicting their own beliefs with violence towards other people's belief's.

There has always been holy wars since the early days in the bible and still today.

Why!?!?!?

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Iran reported to U.N. Security Council

February 4, 2006 The IAEA board has passed a resolution to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council. The decision by the 35-nation board came on Saturday.

The resolution was made without waiting for the director of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, to finish preparing a report on (and ) nuclear programs for the regular IAEA meeting scheduled for March 6. According to al-Jazeera, ElBaradei refused to accept pressure from Western states to finish his report in advance of the March 6 meeting. ElBaradei said in written responses to requests by the US and EU member states that he had given Iran until the meeting in March to answer questions to IAEA enquiries, stating, Due process, therefore, must take its course before [we are] able to submit a detailed report. ElBaradei also said that another IAEA verification mission was due in Iran shortly and that he had only in mid-January sent extra questions to Iran based on what diplomats called newly released intelligence.

The text of the resolution, made without the results of the report, which will only be ready in March, requires ElBaradei to report to the Security Council "steps Iran needs to take to dispel suspicions about its nuclear ambitions."

The resolution states that there are serious concerns about Iran's nuclear program. It also notes, "Iran's many failures and breaches of its obligations," (to the non-proliferation treaty) and expresses "the absence of confidence that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes."

The resolution also states that Iran is to:

 * Re-establish a freeze on uranium enrichment and related activities;

 * Consider whether to stop construction of a heavy water reactor that could be the source of plutonium for weapons;

 * Formally ratify an agreement allowing the IAEA greater inspecting authority and continue honoring the agreement before it is ratified; and

 * Give the IAEA additional power in its investigation of Iran’s nuclear program, including "access to individuals" for interviews, as well as to documentation on its black-market nuclear purchases, equipment that could be used for nuclear and non-nuclear purposes and "certain military-owned workshops" where nuclear activities could take place

The resolution calling for the referral was apparently drafted by several members states of the European Union together with the United States. Political analyst Joshua Frank claims that the US is not interested in diplomatic means of limiting Iran's possible shift towards nuclear weapons development and that the major reasons are Iran's oil supplies and plans to open an International Oil Bourse in, which would challenge the , on March 20, 2006.

The agency vote sets the stage for future action by the top U.N. body. Russia and China insisted, in casting their votes with the majority, that future votes on deliberations should wait until at least March. The outcome could include economic and political sanctions. This process of successive escalation of the tension between Iran and the Western members of the Security Council was described by, responsible for about 700 inspections for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, as  and momentum. He was in favour of inducing Iran to forego enrichment but also recommended that the United States give a similar commitment not to attack Iran with either conventional or nuclear weapons, just as it apparently has to North Korea.

27 of the 35 nations on the board voted for the referral.

Three nations that voted against the resolution: Cuba, Syria and Venezuela. Five other countries Algeria, Belarus, Indonesia, Libya and South Africa, abstained.

Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, a state obliged under Article VI of the  to destroy its own, existing nuclear weapons, said that the IAEA vote showed "the international community's determination to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East."

Iranian reactions
After the decision, Iran said today that it would "immediately" begin the steps to "restart full-scale uranium enrichment" and "curtail" the powers of the IAEA inspectors.

Javad Vaeedi, deputy Iranian nuclear negotiator, said in a press conference after the vote, "After this decision, Iran has to immediately bring into force its parliamentary law to suspend voluntary implementation of (the watchdog agency's) Additional Protocol (on snap inspections) and (pursue) commercial-scale enrichment which until today was under full suspension." He also said, "this resolution is politically motivated since it is not based on legal or technical grounds."

Iran has also said that a proposed deal by Moscow to enrich Iranian uranium is dead.

"There is no adequate reason to pursue the Russian plan," said Vaeedi. "Commercial scale uranium enrichment will be resumed in Natanz in accordance with the law passed by the parliament."

Iran had said that it will "end cooperation with IAEA", if referred to the Security Council.

As of January 31, 2006, the Deputy Director General for Safeguards of the IAEA had reported that Iran has continued to facilitate access under its Safeguards Agreement as requested by the Agency, and to act as if the Additional Protocol is in force, including by providing in a timely manner the requisite declarations and access to locations.

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BHP halts operations after mine death in Western Australia

February 5, 2006

A BHP Billiton nickel mine at Leinster, 645Km northeast of Perth, Western Australia has halted operations after the death of a mine worker. WA Police say Mark Quinn, 32, an employee of mining contractor MacMahon's, working about 900 metres underground, was killed in an explosion.

The cause of the explosion is not yet known. Department of Community and Employment Protection investigators have travelled to the site from Kalgoorlie to conduct an inquiry.

Global resources giant BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc, says employees are being briefed and counselled over the incident. The mine will remain closed until the investigation is complete. Police will prepare a report for the coroner.

According to media reports, no-one else was injured in the explosion - the cause of which is not yet known. The accident comes almost two years after a BHP Billiton worker died in a gas explosion at the Boodarie iron plant in Port Hedland, WA. The plant was then abandoned after the incident in May 2004.

In April 2004, a man was killed at BHP Billiton's Nelson Point facility, also at Port Hedland in WA. In May 2000 a truck driver was killed at a BHP Pilbara iron ore operation in WA. BHP Billiton employ some 37,000 people at over 100 operations in 25 countries.

Coal mines in the United States' West Virginia district were also suspended earlier this week, due to increased amounts of miners' deaths.


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good article
Congrats,Jason, nice work,imo. Neutralizer 14:26, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks...sorry but what does imo mean? :) Jason Safoutin 14:41, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
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 * I seccond that, good work. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:57, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

why are the bullet points in bold text? Doldrums 15:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * To highlight importantance. I think it adds to the "style". I see nothing wrong with it. Jason Safoutin 15:24, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Good work keep fleshing
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I do NOT think links with a PDF should be posted...som people do not posess the means to see it. Jason Safoutin 15:26, 4 February 2006 (UTC) I added both a PDF and Non-PDF link that way users can decide :) Jason Safoutin 15:38, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

all messed up
dragonfire, u continue the edits please, i've messed up by adding a link to the text of the resolution again, and then reverted ur edit by mistake, thinking it was mine (didn't save the edit, fortunately). sorry. can u fix the repeated link and ur previous edit please. Doldrums 15:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * You did not mess anything up :) You edit was in GOOD faith :) I just think a PDF might be a little iffy...I added your link to the external links and noted that it was a PDF and also left the other version there too so users have a choice :) Good work! I didn't think of looking on the IAEA Site...duh me :) Jason Safoutin 15:34, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


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Rio Tinto makes more than $4 billion

February 5, 2006

Rio Tinto Group, the world's third-largest miner, say they will return a record annual profit of over AU$5.32 billion to shareholders, following surging commodity prices - doubling the group's profit. Earnings from operations jumped 118 percent last year.

The London-based company unveiled a net profit of 58 per cent on the previous year. The result was boosted by increases in commodity prices driven by demand from China. Chinese interests account for around 15 percent of Rio Tinto's sales.

Rio Tinto's CEO, Leigh Clifford said demand for iron ore remains strong. Prices for the steelmaking raw material and metalshave climbed to records amid rising demand from China.

"China clearly continues to have a major impact on what they are doing," said Tim Barker at BT Financial Group. "With commodity prices as strong as they are at the moment, and not showing any signs of a change of direction, one would think there is still room for some improvement in earnings in 2006," he said.

The company produced 65 million tons of iron ore in the second half, 15 percent more than a year ago. Rio and other miners last year secured a record 71.5 percent price increase.

Rio Tinto say they are studying further mine expansion and will invest around $9 billion to meet the global demand led by China. Projects include expanding WA iron ore mines, its coal mine in NSW and copper interests in the USA.

Other investments would see the expansion of a titanium dioxide project in Madagascar and Canada, in the Cortez Hills gold venture in the USA, and in the Argyle Diamonds underground mine development in North West Australia.

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February 4, 2006

Breaking News Iran reported to U.N. Security Council The IAEA has passed a resolution, by 27 to 3 votes, to report concerns over Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council. Iranian officials have said that Iran will respond by downgrading its cooperation with the IAEA and resuming full scale fuel enrichment.

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Egyptian passenger ferry sinks in Red Sea Stormy conditions have caused a ferry traveling from Saudi Arabia to Egypt to sink. The ferry was carrying 96 crew members, 1,200 Egyptians, and 112 other passengers. 314 people have been rescued and over 185 bodies have been pulled out of the Red Sea. At least 1,000 people are still believed to be missing.

Gates pledges $600 million for Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis The Stop Tuberculosis Partnership requested US$31 billion for a Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis on January 27, which the Partnership claims would prevent an estimated 14 million TB deaths during the next ten years. To kick-off the funding drive, Bill Gates has pledged to donate US$600 million. Tuberculosis is a contagious disease caused by bacteria that spread through the air and usually attack the lungs, it kills about two million people a year.

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And now, finance...
My first attempt at a "FINANCE" story. I must admit, I'm confused about the contra-national currency differences - esp. US dollar to AU dollar to EURO etc... We need an open source currency measurement! --elliot_k 17:21, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


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Danish and Norwegian embassies set on fire

February 4, 2006 The Norwegian and Danish embassies in Damascus, Syria have been set alight by crowds numbering in the thousands. Reports indicate both embassies have been destroyed by fire. The building hosting the Danish embassy also contained the embassies of Chile and Sweden.

The Danish embassy was initially torched, at a time when it was reportedly empty. Officials and staff had been evacuated. Attempts to disperse the protest outside the embassy using tear gas were carried out by Syrian police and it is reported that a number of protesters were taken to hospital.

The attacks on the embassies may have been provoked by text messages which reportedly circulated among Syrians claiming that Danes would burn copies of the Qur'an in a Copenhagen square. Some of those who gathered outside the embassies in Damascus were reported to have been chanting, "With our blood and souls we defend you, O Prophet of God. There is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God."

Earlier in the week, text messaging circulated in Egypt that said; "Denmark wants to burn the sacred Qur'an Saturday in Copenhagen in response to the Muslim boycott," and "Send (this message on) and you will be rewarded," the text said.

Despite claims in the text messages that the holy book of Islam would be burned on Saturday, there were no reports to indicate that it occurred.


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Manhunt on for gay bar attacker in Massachusetts

February 5, 2006

Authorities have killed the man sought in connection with an attack on patrons of a gay bar in New Bedford, Massachusetts Wednesday night, February 1. Jacob D. Robida, 18, of New Bedford was wanted on suspicion of three counts of attempted murder and hate crimes.

Robida entered Puzzles Lounge around 11:30 pm Wednesday night and asked if it was a gay bar. The bartender said yes and served Robida a drink acquired with a fake ID.

After finishing the drink and ordering a second one, Robida moved to the back of the bar where a game of pool was being played and started swinging a hatchet at a customer's head. While the bartender was calling the police, Robida struck a second patron with the hatchet and then pulled out a gun shooting the first victim in the face and the second twice in the head. A third person was also shot.

Robida was captured Saturday February 4, 2006 in Norfork, Arkansas after a gunfight with police. A police chase began after Robida killed a police officer who pulled him over for a routine traffic stop. After his car was spotted on Arkansas Highway 201 he was chased into Norfork and stopped at a police barricade. Once stopped Robida killed the passenger in his car and fired on police. At this point the police returned fire and shot Robida twice in the head, and he was then taken to a hospital in Springfield, Missouri.

Robida died at 3:38 a.m. Sunday February 5, 2006 as a result of his injuries. The female passenger who was traveling with Robida and was killed before the shoot out with police has been identified as Jennifer Rena Bailey of Charleston, West Virginia. She appears to have had a prior relationship with Robida, however his reason for picking her up and later killing her is still unknown.


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Portuguese Air Force Merlin helicopters enter service

February 4, 2006 On Friday the 3rd, the Portuguese Air Force started to operate eight EH101 Merlin helicopters, replacing the old French made Puma helicopters; which have had more than 30 years of service, first used during the Portuguese Colonial War.

After the war, the Puma were used in missions of search and rescue,transport of patients and evacuation missions, and also assisted the USAF in recovery of NASA's Space Shuttles.

Twelve Merlin have been purchased; in three different models: six SAR (for use with Search & Rescue), four in CSAR (for deployment of troops to zones out of the country) and two in SIFICAP (for Fisheries Control).

The Merlin is capable of carrying more than 3 tons, its maximum speed is 309 km/h and it has a range of 1390 km. The Merlin is the helicopter used for the transportation of the president of the United States George W. Bush and other VIP's.

Four Puma operating in the Azores and in Madeira will continue in service, for the next few months, until the last four Merlin CSAR helicopters are delivered. The air force is currently considering using these four onboard a future logistic support ship. (LPD)

A ceremony was held at the Air Base of Montijo, attending was Portuguese minister of National Defence, Luís Amado. He said during the ceremony that the old Puma might be converted for civilian protection missions, such as fire fighting.

"The Government will decide the future of the Puma helicopters on the board of appreciation that is being done with other sectors of the Government, namely the Ministry of Internal Administration, in the possibility of the Puma being adapted for other missions, for example on the scope of the civilian protection". The Merlin, was purchased in 2001 by the Government of António Guterres. The two first helicopters arrived in February 11 of last year, being held in February 24 an official ceremony in the Montijo Air Base, attending both the president of the Portuguese Republic, Jorge Sampaio, and the then minister of National Defense, Paulo Portas.

They have cost the Portuguese Government €446 million, (approximately US$536 million). This deal has given €60 million in counterparts, relatively in orders of production in the workshops of OGMA. It's expected that this sum will grow to almost a total of €315 million.

Most recent mission
At dawn on Thursday, a Puma took off from the Lajes Air Base to the Hekabe, a ship that was 250 km from the cost of the Terceira Island, in Azores, evacuate a Russian sailor with the symptoms of a appendicitis. After refuelling in Faial the helicopter reached the ship at 0825 UTC. Seventy minutes later the Puma landed on the Faial Island Airport and the patient went to the Horta Hospital.

Removal of dangerous cargo
During December 21 and 22 an SA330 Puma helicopter, from the Lajes Air Base, was called to aid in the transportation of dangerous substances from the Russian ship "CP Valour" to land. The ship wrecked on December 9, 2005, near the Faial Island, due to bad weather conditions, and had in its manifest some containers considered dangerous.


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Talk:Indigenous Brazilians asserting their land claims

This story needs additional source, preferably ones that aren't as laudatory as the IPS article. --Simoes 21:28, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

The IPS article mentions several different persons and organizations, and all in agreement that the indigenuous people in Brazil have a tough road ahead despite some progress in getting their land claims recognized.--Tjkphilosofe 04:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I tried to npov and copyedit. Please find a second source,perhaps reporting 1 of the incidents. Neutralizer 14:19, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I found in the bbc news archives an article written at the time the land claim disputes began.

Also the original ips article is suppose to show that Brazil is making strides to do what other countries for instance Canada and US can't seem to - recognize the original inhabitants.

--Tjkphilosofe 11:12, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Nonetheless, IPS is a bit shaky as a source for any Wikinews article. They explicitly claim to be advancing a social goals (as opposed to value-neutral journalism) |1, and most of their articles, including the one cited here, definitely have a POV lean. I recommend an IPS article only be used when there is another source to couple it with. --Simoes 04:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I have started to notice that right now about ips.--Tjkphilosofe 12:54, 7 March 2006 (UTC)


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Mother seals fight gallantly for their pups

February 7, 2006

Pictou Island had 2,000 to 3,000 seals on it when struck by a "severe" storm that buried the tiny Canadian island in snow and created rough ocean effects Wednesday and Thursday.

Jane MacDonald, an island resident, said that she woke up Thursday morning to see "wall to wall seals" and their puppies "decimated" by the storm.

MacDonald commented, "The seal puppies were literally swept away into the water because their mothers couldn't get them to higher ground. A wave would hit and the pup went under. The mother pushed it up with her nose, and then another wave would hit."

"After the sixth or seventh wave, the pup didn't come up," MacDonald said. "The more you watched, the worse it got. The mothers struggled so hard to save their babies and it just couldn't be done, I'd never seen anything like that."


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User:לערי ריינהארט/Bugzilla/04547/interwiki

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meta:Interwiki map (meta: m:)

CVS: /maintenance/, wikipedia-interwiki, wiktionary-interwiki

→ search MediaZilla product=Wikimedia&component=Interwiki+links

→ 00954 (new) – "w: in en.wikipedia not really "superfluous" for self & broken links"

→ 00955 (wontfix) – "b: doesn't work from wikibooks"

→ 02738 (new) – "Links between languages and projects at Wikisource"

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fixed / worksforme / invalid
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→→ duplicates: 00067, 00066, 00555, 00909, 01554, 01591, 01597

→ 00938 (fixed) – "links to en:user:foo in en.wikibooks shown as broken links"

→ 00953 (invalid) – "From wikipedias, w: always means English wikipedia, but b: means wikibooks of same language"

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→ 02342 (worksforme) – "w:he:(aleph) is a valid interwiki link at en: but not at other wiki's"

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→→ 02701 (fixed ? FIXED / WONTFIXED or INVALID) – "Interwiki redirects redirect to local page with interwiki title"

→ 02718 – "Expand localurl to include InterWiki prefixes and to support the parameter part"

→ 03745 (assigned) – "Create Special:InterwikiMap "

→ 04285 (new) – "Provide accessibility of Wikipedia's sister projects trough wikipedia: interwiki prefix"

→→ MozillaZineKB:user:Gangleri/tests/bugzilla/04285 (MozillaZineKB:)

→→ commons:user:Gangleri/tests/bugzilla/00850/note c8 (commons: c:)

→ 04547 (new) – "Enable template inclusion from Commons (transclusion => interwiki templates, etc.)"

→ 04864 (new) – "Evaluate self referencing interwiki prefixes"

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→ search MediaZilla long_desc=interwiki+table

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User:Orbit~enwikinews

Me on Wikipedia

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Talk:Manhunt on for gay bar attacker in Massachusetts

Caught!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060205/ap_on_re_us/gay_bar_shooting


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Talk:Amazon deforestation accelerating

If any of the Admins is still around here please remove the 600px- of the Manaus image. TI has been replaced in the commons by a non-cut version without the 600px- in front of the image name. --Denniss 05:04, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

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US Army Chaplains adopt new program to aid personnel in spouse selection

February 5, 2006

The spouse selection aid program created by former minister and doctor of psychology John Van Epp has been adopted by.

Since the onset of the US campaign in Afghanistan, 56,000 of the active duty,, and personnel have been divorced. The program titled "No Jerks" was adopted with the intent of providing Army personnel subject to periods of long deployment with effective advice for consideration in the selection of spouses who are able to adapt to the circumstances that military service causes in regard to the potential family stresses of possible injury also.

Army spokeswoman Martha Rudd has said in regard to marrying in to the military that "not everybody is cut out."

Van Epp said of the high divorce rates and increased prevalence of domestic violence that "Settings like military bases are incubators ... They try to hatch ... relationships extremely fast." Epp sent 200 program workbooks to Iraq in January 2006.


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Talk:US Army Chaplains adopt new program to aid personnel in spouse selection

68.222.135.140 Identity
I am the user 68.222.135.140. Opalus 06:39, 5 February 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:Jonjon1122

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User talk:Orbit~enwikinews

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Orbit. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Orbit~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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User talk:Cowicide

Ban
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Thanks for the help, Zeest. : ) Cowicide 09:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I guess I should note that I've been no longer banned for quite some time now. I guess maybe a checkuser was performed or because both MrMiscellaneous and Amgine have been basically removed from Wikinews and/or had their administrator positions removed? Welp, anyway... thanks again, Zeest. Cowicide 05:42, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

WikinewsTicker (copied from water cooler)
This is the best newsticker code I can find out there... I've already tested this some time ago (as some may remember) and was able to get this to easily work with the Wikinews RSS feed and was able to customize the look and functionality (speed, etc.) with minimal code changes. It's got nice Web 2.0 ajax/php coding, seems to work on most browsers, pauses on mouseover, etc. and their terms of use are perfect for Wikinews. Let me know if you need any help customizing this, consultation, etc. Also, be sure and grab this logo I made for the first test I first worked on if you'd like to use it. If the logo is too big, etc., it's easy to re-edit if you use this photoshop file with layers, etc. still intact. Cowicide 07:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh yes, I almost forgot... this would be a cool thing to let ppl put on their individual home pages & blogs. When you click on any of the headlines it would take ppl to the corresponding Wikinews article, of course and help build the Wikinews userbase.

Since Google News is being lame and not allowing WikiNews to become a valuable part of their news content, I say screw em' and let the blogotubes spread the word. I'm sure plenty of blogs and assorted websites out there would love to help support WikiNews by adding a stylish WikiNewsTicker to their homepages. Cowicide 09:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Per the description, it wouldn't be possible to allow people to use this on their external sites. They'd have to have PHP and set it up on their own machine at the same domain as the blog or whatever.
 * I'm also not so sure about the licensing requirements, I'll ask around. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right that the server would require PHP but almost all webhosts support PHP nowadays. Once the code is customized, it'll be pretty easy to add the ticker to a site or blog as long as their webhost provider allows them basic FTP access.  They would just "drop in" a folder that has everything they need already pre-configured and paste in some code into their homepage.  I tested this and I didn't even have to chmod the cache directory to 777;  it worked just by dropping it in and going to the demo.htm page.  Also, back in the day when I customized this for the wikinewsticker demo it worked just as well.  (I lost that code when I shut down my Cowicide server, but can make it again if needed) Cowicide 14:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thats definitely an interesting idea. I'm not sure if there license terms are compatible though (Its definitely by no means open source), we'd have to ask someone who knows what the requirements for code licenses are. I think it'd be great to get some people syndicating wikinews, (not full out mirrors, but headlines and stuff) as we're CC-by, but not not a lot of people are copying. Also would be interesting is some integration with Audio wikinews. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:11, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * As per the Terms of Use requirements, Wikinews would have to agree not to remove/edit the credit notice within the DHTML source code, or claim the code to be work of its own... and in the event the DHTML script is moved to an external .js file, Wikinews would need to make sure the credit notice is still retained within the SCRIPT tags, in the page's visible source.

 * Everything else looks rosey (so far) since Wikinews is part of a not-for-profit corporation. I've sent off an email to the original dev to see what she or he thinks.

 * On another note, I've set up an initial test on my server and will start adjusting the code again to make a working demo of it. It's on a private server, but I'll give anyone at Wikinews an account so they can log in and check it out once it's ready to be demo'd. Cowicide 01:15, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the main problem with the license is that we are not allowed to modify, and redistribute that modified code. Anyways, as far as servers go, if this actual happens (I mean as in beyond a demo), We'd proablly want to do it through the toolserver I would think. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Just got an email back from the developer asking if Wikinews could modify and redistribute, they said:
 * Hi Cow:Yes, your understanding of our TOS is correct, and you're free to distribute this script as long as the original credit notice inside script remains intact. This also applies to any other RSS script on DD you may want to utilize. Good luck!
 * As long as Wikinews doesn't become a commercial project overnight, we are OK... haha... Bawolff, I'm going to familarize myself with the toolserver tonight. Cowicide 01:37, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well we can use it, but some people might not want to use something that restricted (for philosophical reasons). Bawolff ☺☻ 02:16, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You mean having to leave the credit notice inside the code or not using it for commerical purposes? Well, either way... I'll do a quicky demo of it and see if it floats. If not, at least it might inspire someone to make one like it from scratch and perhaps distribute it without any attribution, etc. restrictions.  Cowicide 02:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well we can use it, but some people might not want to use something that restricted (for philosophical reasons). Bawolff ☺☻ 02:16, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You mean having to leave the credit notice inside the code or not using it for commerical purposes? Well, either way... I'll do a quicky demo of it and see if it floats. If not, at least it might inspire someone to make one like it from scratch and perhaps distribute it without any attribution, etc. restrictions.  Cowicide 02:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Sure
Your welcome Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:21, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Manipulation alleged in the "Mohammad Cartoons" affair

Info box?
I am wondering if this issue is deserving of it's own "info box" yet? Neutralizer 13:13, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I think it is (assuming you mean the whole "Mohammed Cartoons" issue). -- Avenue 07:39, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

WSJ, Uploads
Apprently the WSJ is covering it (haven't checked the story - subscription required). The dossier has also been uploaded in full to the English WIkipedia, see to -43.jpg.--Eloquence 19:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Danish and Norwegian embassies set on fire

Removal of Quote
Removed from the article : "those who gathered outside the embassies were chanting, "With our blood and souls we defend you, O Prophet of God. There is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God.""
 * Why is this relevant? It looks like a standard prayer... if it is unusual that they were praying, or that they had chosen this prayer, provide more detail.  Sj 10:14, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * IT should not be written as if all the demonstrators were chanting this, but I think it is relevant as a possible indication as to the mood and the "why"(some arsonists may have felt they were "protecting" Muhammed from more such cartoons?) Neutralizer 13:15, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Believe it or not, I AGREE with Neutralizer on this one. It may have been written wrong, but I see NO reason for it to have been removed. It is a fact of what was occurring AS they set the fires and such. I think it is VERY Relevant. Jason Safoutin 13:21, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Info box?
I am wondering if this issue is deserving of it's own "info box" yet? Neutralizer 13:13, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:81.79.41.221

Hello and a piece of advice
Hello. Thank you for visiting Wikinews. However, we don't appreciate the kind of edits you've made so far. Continued perpetration of vandalism from your part will result in a block without further warning. We hope that you will decide to contribute for the benefit of the project in which case the following pages will give you an overview of how Wikinews operates.

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Masterminds of USS Cole and Limburg bombings escape from Yemeni prison

February 5, 2006

Among 23 militants that broke out of a jail in Sanaá, the capital of Yemen, were 13 Al-Qaeda members, two of which were convicted for the bombings of the USS Cole and the French supertanker Limburg, said Interpol.

Interpol released a "urgent global security alert" after the men escaped. The alert calls the escapees "dangerous individuals."

Interpol's Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said in the alert that at least 13 of the 23 men were, "convicted al Qaeda terrorists, some of whom were involved in attacks on U.S. and French ships in 2000 and 2002. Their escape cannot be considered an internal problem for Yemen alone. Unless Interpol Red Notices are issued urgently for these fugitives and unless the world community commits itself to tracking them down, they will be able to travel internationally, to elude detection and to engage in future terrorist activity."

Noble also added that "Al Qaeda terrorists have been deemed a serious threat to the entire world community by the U.N. Security Council, by Interpol and by a wide range of countries." Noble said that he issued the alert himself because, "the escape and unknown whereabouts of Al-Qaeda terrorists constituted a clear and present danger to all countries."

Reports also say among the escapees are top militants Jamal Ahmed Badawi and Fawaz Yahya Al-Rabeei.

Interpol says the men had escaped by digging a 220-foot long tunnel which took them to a mosque.

Rabeie is the leader of the group responsible for the Limburg explosion in 2002 which killed one Bulgarian crew member, injured 12 others and spilled 90,000 barrels of oil into the. He was facing the death penalty.

Badawi was serving a 15 year sentence for the bombing of the Cole in 2000 which killed 17 sailors. He was sentenced in May of 2003. After his sentencing Badawi declared, "This is an unjust verdict, this is an American verdict. There are no human rights in the world, except for the Americans. All the Muslims in the world are being used to serve American interests."

Terrorists used an inflatable raft to carry out the attack on the Cole.

Additionally, reports suggest that Abu Assem al-Ahdal, a leading Al-Qaeda official in Yemen, may also be among those that have escaped.


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Suspect in gay bar attack dies after gunfight with police

February 5, 2006

The man who was suspected of attacking three men in a gay bar in Massachusetts died early Sunday morning after being shot in a gun battle with Arkansas State Police.

Jacob D. Robida, 18, fled Massachusetts on Friday after a warrant was put out for his arrest in the aforementioned gay bar attack. Along the way he picked up his girlfriend, 33-year-old Jennifer Rena Bailey, in Charleston, West Virginia. Robida was pulled over in a traffic stop by Gassville, Arkansas Police Officer Jim Sell. Sell asked Robida to get out of the car, and Robida shot him three times before getting back in the car and leaving. A witness called 911, but Sell died at the scene.

Robida led Baxter County, Arkansas sheriff's officers and Arkansas State Police officers on a high-speed chase. Robida ran over spike strips in Norfolk and drove on two flat tires for a while. He ultimately wrecked his car into some parked vehicles while trying to avoid a roadblock on Arkansas State Road 5. Robida shot at the officers, who returned fire, shooting Robida twice in the head. Bailey was killed in the gunfight; though some witness said Robida shot her before firing on the officers, an autopsy and forensic investigation will determine how she died.

Robida was rushed to Cox-South Hospital in Springfield, Arkansas, where he was pronounced dead at 3:38 a.m. CST (0938 UTC).


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Talk:Suspect in gay bar attack dies after gunfight with police

LGBT?
I can see how it applies to the other article, but I don't think the cat. really belongs here... --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 16:52, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

MySpace
Anon (24.61.11.237) added this information to External Links: *His Myspace It looks valid, but I'd like to know more about the sourcing, so I left a note on the anon's talk page. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 20:32, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I looked at the MySpace page some more, and frankly I don't see how it could not be his page. I'm putting the link back for now. Does anybody have any privacy concerns? -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 21:15, 5 February 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Masterminds of USS Cole and Limburg bombings escape from Yemeni prison

220 feet is not 140m. It's more like 500 feet

Why weren't THESE GUYS in Guantanamo??
That's what I want to know! Hopefully that will become part of the story; we should be locking the KNOWN terrorists up in Guantanamo where they CAN'T ESCAPE ;instead of the rag-tag bunch of "suspects" that are in Gitmo now. That these proven and convicted terrorists and killers of multiple american servicemen were under foreign control in a place where they could escape is absolutely unconscionable; our Pentagon/Defense Department need to be called to account on this one. I am stunned and really pissed off! Neutralizer 17:42, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I AGREE in what you are saying, BUT, as what we think on where they should be...if you get my drift? adding that to the article, would only make it POV as none of these guys were there nor were they ever. Jason Safoutin 17:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, you are correct, I think; I am so mad right now I can't think straight; I'll take a break. Neutralizer 18:11, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * WHAT IF, this was all "the plan"...The tunnel had to have taken quite sometime (220 feet) (140 meters) to dig....maybe when Bin Laden released his tape, and he spoke of "we will see,"...maybe this is part of that "we will see" process??? NOT suggesting adding this to article. Jason Safoutin 18:28, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * These guys weren't in Guantanamo because they were terrorists and not political prisoners. When someone really is a terrorist, you don't need to put them in places where no one can talk to them. When, on the other hand, someone isn't really a terrorist, but a political prisoner, it's better to keep him hidden where he can safely be tortured, and won't tell the media about it.


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I'll say it again: There's not much point in adding prominent red warnings about links to the frontpage. They will only distract those who come to read the news rather than create articles. We might as well say "Don't post press releases" (fairly common) or "Cite your sources" (extremely common). This is exactly what Template:New article intro is for: It's right above the edit box and will only be shown once, until the user hits preview or save. If a user ignores that warning, then they're likely to ignore any warning. Never overestimate the effectiveness of warning texts, anyway.--Eloquence 17:50, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No, it invites people to waste a click to realize that we aren't just a portal of news sites. If it's shown before they start the article, we're all a lot happier.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:17, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Got News?
What do y'all think about this new system I started?  Thunderhead  ►  01:32, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It was done before, and it failed. Almost no articles got written because of it. The main problem is people only write what they want anyways so it almost never turns into an article. It could even prevent people from writing by letting them take the easy way out and just post some links on a page. --Cspurrier 01:35, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It was? Sorry, I didn't know that. Should I scrap it, or give it a chance?  Thunderhead  ►  01:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No harm in trying it, maybe we have grown enough that it could work. --Cspurrier 01:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, let's give it a week, and see what happens.  Thunderhead  ►  01:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Sick and tired
I am sick and tired of stupid new accounts and IPs creating nonsense pages!! We need a blacklist ASAP.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 03:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Would you like me to modify my old newpage bot that I made for enwiki? I could very easily getting it working for wikinews, as there are a heap of things required in wikinews articles that those dont have (e.g. date or sources). It uses scoring so should work quite well. I'm going to do a non-editing trial to see how it goes. Matt/TheFearow | userpage|contribs 08:32, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I've never seen your bot. What does it do and can I have a link?  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:23, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It isnt running, as it never got approval. Im going to dig it out of my archives and run it for a while on non-editing them see its success/failure rate. Ill give you the logs once its done Matt/TheFearow | userpage|contribs 22:33, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Shorts
is meant to provide a home to the hordes of stubs people create and leave unexpanded, as well as improve Wikinews' coverage of events, which can be pretty patchy, by allowing atleast a short account of important events to be written. so i don't think removing it helps in any way. what would help is finding a way to make writing shorts easier, writing a good How-to to be used as the preload page, or picking up unpublished Shorts and other stubs, cleaning them up and publishing. –Doldrums(talk) 06:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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 NOTE : I don't check my userspace very often, so if you want to talk to me please use my Wikipedia talk page. Thank you. - Koweja 22:42, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

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3 out of 4 UMP voters prefer Sarkozy for President of France
Nice improvement. Thanks! --InfantGorilla 16:47, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, glad to help out. —Koweja 17:44, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Texas~enwikinews

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Texas. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Texas~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:37, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Texas~enwikinews