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Semapedia introduced to Africa: Powered by "Made in Ghana" technology

The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT introduced the Semacode technology and the Semapedia application to a segment of the Ghanaian public in a presentation delivered by Guido Sohne, Developer-In-Residence at the Centre and Chief Software Architect of CoreNett Ltd, a Ghanaian electronic transaction processing company.

Introduced for the first time in Africa, Semapedia is a way of associating Internet sites with physical barcodes that can be read by cameraphones, enabling one to look up information about physical objects quickly and easily.

The Semacode technology
The Semacode (a URL barcode), was conceived in Canada (North America), and includes portions (such as one of the very first versions) that were developed in Ghana (West Africa) by local software developers. Simon Woodside, the founder of the Semacode Corporation and the Semacode community site contacted Mr. Sohne for assistance in developing an early version of Semacode and Mr. Sohne in turn recommended Francois Bonin, another Developer-In-Residence at the Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence, to develop this software. Mr. Bonin successfully delivered on the project to develop an implementation of this technology, which later on has become increasingly widely adopted and known.

The significance of Semacode is that one can now link a real world, physical object to arbitrary data. Before there has been no link, except for things like ordinary barcodes such as those used in stores to label products, or on books to indicate publication details. Unlike Semacodes, traditional barcodes have limited storage for information, are fixed function and good for only one narrow application, and also require the use of special, custom hardware and software to read or access such barcodes.

With the Semacode approach, all it now takes is for an ordinary camera phone, equipped with a Semacode reader software package (available free of charge by pointing your mobile phone web browser to the over the air distribution). There is no need to purchase any hardware or software to read these two dimensional barcodes.

Semacodes, by embedding a URL into a barcode, enable any portion of the Internet to be 'attached' to any object, and can replace barcodes by going further to give arbitrary information on the Internet, not just the simple product number.

After the successful development of the core of the Semacode encoding software (called the Semacode Tagger), Semacode went on to achieve user adoption, such as with the inception of the Semapedia, the Physical Wikipedia.

Semapedia, the physical Wikipedia
In the words of Stan Wiechers and Alexis Rondeau who are the founders of the Physical Wikipedia, "Semapedia is a non-profit project. The idea was to bring the amazing knowledge from the wikipedia to places in the real world where it matters.  Being able to stand in front of a building and dive into its history right on the spot is something incredibly useful to anybody.

Doing that by just taking a picture with your mobile phone of a semacode is a very very simple interaction that is understandable to everybody. We have been explaining and showcasing to people with no technical background at all and they still immediately understand the use and value of our project.

Semapedia is a community project, everybody can go to our site and create semapedia tags via a simple text entry form right away, print them out and start hyperlinking ojects to the information he wants people to know."

Made in Ghana
Following his interest in the initial development of the Semacode encoder, Mr Sohne has continued with Semacode technology by developing free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License, to create Semacodes. The first version of his software was developed as an experiment to investigate the benefits of writing code for the Apple Mac OS X operating system. Mr Sohne had at the time recently acquired an Apple PowerBook and used the Semacode as a goal to be achieved that would serve as a learning exercise for the newly acquired hardware. This software grew to include a C to JavaScript port of the Semacode encoder to run within a web browser, so that it could be accessible on all platforms, and not just the Apple platform.

Within computer software development, a port can be considered akin to a translation between two human languages. It retains the essence of its source, yet is somewhat different while performing the same function. With that transformative step, each Web browser is itself a full blown Semacode encoder, regardless of platform. And since each Semacode created by the software is in a hyperlink format, all the Semacodes created can be conveniently stored by web engines such as Google.

Powering this all, are deceptively simple Semacode symbols that are easy to create and quick to read, a testament to simple ideas brought to life by complex systems. Perhaps the real genius of the idea behind the Semacode, brainchild of Mr. Simon Woodside of Semacode Corporation, is that it is so simple that it works so well and so easily. It was not so simple before the breakthrough concept of the Semacode as a URL barcode that is accessible by a wide variety of 'off the shelf' camera phones!

Bringing Semapedia to Africa
Today, this introduction of the Semapedia and its associated technologies, at the prestigious Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence, explained and explored the possibilities that are opened by the use of Semacodes. The audience received the talk very well and suggested several interesting ways of locally applying Semacodes during an engaging discussion during question and answer time.

The introduction of the Semapedia immediately preceded the launching of the first African entry into the Semapedia which will take place immediately after the talk, when several members of the audience used Semacodes to tag the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence with its corresponding entry into the Wikipedia.

During the presentation Mr Sohne said that "The time has come for African content to take its place in the global constellation. We need more African content, and anybody can help add more content to the Wikipedia.  So tag something today.  It's really easy to do and the software is free too!"

If it can be done in Ghana, then it can easily be done elsewhere in Africa and even in Asia, Europe and North America too. It is rare to find African created technology being used today in Western cyberspace so this event is indeed a laudable step forward for African technology as well as an indication of the benefits of collaborative development based on liberal software licensing such as open source software that can arise from further North/South private sector partnerships.


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Talk:Electronic Frontier Foundation files motion to stop AT&T from forwarding Internet traffic to NSA

This is an appalling headline: the EFF is making a claim and the headline states it as an established fact. 24.94.246.41 23:13, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * While the headline may be slightly misleading, it is factually correct. The EFF did file a motion to stop AT&T from forwarding Internet traffic to NSA. The important part that makes the headline factual is that we are reporting on the fact that the EFF filed a motion not that claims of the motion. However if you would like to rename it, you can do so by creating an account (it is quick and free) and clicking rename --Cspurrier 14:18, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

The ability to be accountable for re-writing headlines is exactly why I registered. In this case, I agree that while the headline may mislead some, it is factual. It seems to attack AT&T ad hominem; however it's the motion filed that is the actual claim, which is being reported. To the story's credit, it clearly states that the illegal forwarding is only a claim, and does so in the first sentence. Karen 01:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)


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April 9, 2006

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Headlines
Libby says Bush authorized NIE leaks According to papers filed in U.S. Federal Court by Patrick Fitzgerald on Wednesday, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former Chief of Staff, has told investigators that he was authorized by President Bush to divulge to reporters information from the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Saddam Hussein's efforts to develop nuclear weapons.

Apple unveils "Boot Camp" allowing Windows to work on Macs

''Apple unveiled today a new program called "Boot Camp" which will allow Macintosh users to switch between running Mac OS X and Windows on start-up of their Intel-based Macintosh computer. Shares of the company rose roughly 7% in response to the news.''

Photo Essay: Cherry Blossoms Bloom in DC

Our latest Photo Essay involves a flower of the more delicate kind.

''The Japanese Cherry Blossoms have again bloomed around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. and a city along with thousands of visitors mark the beginning of Spring with their arrival. The accompanying National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual celebration, commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift to the city of 3,000 Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo.''

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Headlines
Men pose as police on Australian freeway, commit assault and robbery

New South Wales police have arrested and charged a man after an attack on the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway north of Sydney. ''On Thursday, a 28-year-old man handed himself in to police at Toukley. He was arrested and questioned by detectives before being charged with robbery in company, aggravated kidnapping, and driving whilst disqualified.'' Police are still searching for the other two men involved in the attack.

Blair, Ahern unveil plan for Northern Ireland devolution

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern have unveiled their plan to restore a power-sharing executive goverment in Northern Ireland by a deadline of November 24.

''The plan calls for the Northern Ireland Assembly's members to be recalled on May 15 and given six weeks to form an executive. If no results comes within six weeks, then the members are to be given another 12 weeks to attempt to form an executive. After that, if no result is achieved by November 24, then the salaries of all members will be suspended, and the Irish government will be given greater influence in Northern Ireland.''

The Assembly has been suspended since October 2002 following the allegation of the existence of a republican spy ring.

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Headlines
Ship sinks off Djibouti, killing at least 109

''A ship carrying passengers bound for a religious festival sank off the coast of Djibouti on Thursday. 109 people are reported dead, 20 reported missing, and 36 people are injured. The boat, designed to carry 80 people, was said to have been carrying 200 people when it sank. It is believed that the overload contributed to the accident.''

Electronic Frontier Foundation files motion to stop AT&T from forwarding Internet traffic to NSA

''The California-based non-profit organization Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a motion on Wednesday alleging that AT&T has been illegally forwarding Internet traffic to the U.S. National Security Agency. EFF’s motion alleges that AT&T is violating federal wiretapping laws and threatening U.S. citizens’ right to privacy. ''

Honolulu man dies after fall into sewage-contaminated harbor

''A Honolulu man died Thursday, one week after falling into the sewage-contaminated Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Waikiki. Oliver Johnson had reportedly fallen into the harbor during a fight and contracted a flesh-eating bacterial infection that lead to massive organ failure and the loss of one of his legs. Honolulu police and state health officials are investigating.''

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Tennessee hit with second wave of tornadoes; 12 dead

April 9, 2006 At least twelve people are dead as severe thunderstorms in Tennessee destroyed homes and other structures for the second time in a week.

Twenty-four people were killed in western Tennessee alone by tornadoes spawned by severe thunderstorms on Sunday, April 2.

Throughout the southeastern United States, 52 tornadoes, 515 hailstorms, and 160 reports of damaging winds were reported in an 24-hour period between Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8.


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Row ensues as CalMac starts Sunday ferry crossing service to Lewis and Harris

April 9, 2006

The Loch Portrain ferry, operated by Caledonian MacBrayne, will arrive at 10 a.m. BST (0900 UTC) today at Leverburgh, in the Western Isles of Scotland, despite strong opposition from Presbyterian residents who regard it as a breaking of the Sabbath.

According to Harris West councillor Morag Monro, more than 700 people on both Harris and Lewis signed a petition opposing the Sunday service. The Western Isles Council is also opposed to the new service.

They are also considering legal action.

"At the moment we are investigating whether there is a legal option open to us to protect us from this imposition," she said.

"It is not just church people who are opposed, but also those who have come to appreciate a day of relaxation and a chance to be together with their families for one day."

It has been welcomed, however, by many people at the southern crossing at Uist.

Councillor Archie Campbell (of the North Uist/Berneray) will be expected on the vessel today, and is a campaigner for the "7 days per week" service.

There is little sign of opposition expected when the ferry completes its journey, as the campaigners will be in church as the vessel arrives.


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State Bank of India employee strike settled

April 10, 2006 Negotiations between the State Bank of India and its employees over pension benefits have resulted in a settlement, ending a seven-day strike.

The bank, which is based in Mumbai and majority-owned by the nation's central bank, is India's largest commercial bank, with over 9000 branch offices.

The settlement calls for workers whose final monthly salary was up to 21,040 rupees (US$471) to receive half that amount as pension; workers with salaries larger than that would receive 40%. The bank's previous pension maximum was 4,250 rupees (US$95)

The bank's 200,000 employees will return to work Monday.


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NY Post columnist suspended over extortion allegation

April 11, 2006

The New York Post has suspended gossip columnist Jared Paul Stern pending an FBI investigation into allegations that he tried to extort money from billionare Ron Burkle. Stern has denied the allegation.

Stern contributes to Page Six, the New York Posts gossip and celebrity news section. The allegation first appeared in the New York Daily News, the Post's long-standing rival. The Daily News reported that, in a sting operation, Stern was videotaped asking Burkle for cash, in exchange for weeding out negative stories on Burkle.

The Post said that it is cooperating with the federal investigation.


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Talk:Semapedia introduced to Africa: Powered by "Made in Ghana" technology

Original Reporting
For an article tagged with, there is a requirement to give some background to the nature of the original reporting on the talk page. Can this please be provided? --Brian McNeil / talk 11:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Response to Comments Above From The Author
My name is Guido Sohne , my blog is at http://sohne.net ... I live and work in Accra, Ghana. Guido 12:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: Original Reporting
The nature of the original reporting is that I wrote the article. I requested that the Kofi-Annan Centre organized the event, they did, invited people, and I made the presentation that the article refers to. Following the event, I wrote a press release so that the event could be entered into the historical record. Guido 12:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: Sources
I am both author and source. You are welcome to interview me if you wish. I felt it was appropriate to post the article as it was because I did not have anyone to write it for me, and I did not have enough linkage/contacts with the Wikipedia community to know how to proceed with it. Instead, I did what was practical, and did the best that I could under the circumstances. Guido 12:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd also like to add that even though I added a citation for a source, which is the same content as published by Semapedia.org, it should be stated that this is the pristine original and the 'source' cited is thus the same as this. In other words, this is the source article (original reporting) and that article is also a source, since both are the same original. It was posted here before semapedia.org posted it ... How and what does one cite in that case? Guido 12:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Original reporting notes
I am active in promoting modern ideals/trends in use today: such as Free Software, Creative Commons, Wikipedia etc to the local society. As part of trying to get adoption on some of these key areas, I spend time trying to educate people and to get the message out and to sensitize decision makers. This event was one of those efforts.

I was approached by the founders of Semapedia to help get Semapedia off the ground in Africa. See http://semapedia/map for details of world use of Semapedia. In response to this, I asked for the Kofi Annan Centre (to which I am attached in an advisory, unpaid, honorary position) to assist in organizing an event. They did so, I presented the concept to people and got some really good reception.

Following this, and in furtherance of the original mission to get Semapedia accepted and used more widely in Africa, I summarized the event and the concepts behind it in a manner that would help other Africans understand the technology and its utility, as well as to get the word out so that more people would begin taking a look at the Semapedia. It is worth noting here that I have found a profound dearth of African content, and that more people using Semapedia, would mean that many more articles from Africa, written by Africans, would have to be created to make this possible. For example, for Accra, so many key things are missing from the Wikipedia article.

I presented at the event as well, and finished up by writing the news article, as mentioned above. Guido 12:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

The presentation as made is at http://sohne.net/files/Semapedia.pdf and is being placed here as this link to serve as the equivalent to 'original reporting notes'. Guido 15:17, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Personal Opinion
I apologize for my ignorance in knowing all the little rules and details of writing free content, either for the Wikipedia, or for Wikinews. But I must reiterate, that I am much tougher than a lot of others, and you are going to have vanishingly few contributions from Africa, unless something changes, such as people assuming that we know all the rules.

Could you tell me how many people have contributed to Wikinews from Africa? And if there happen to be very few, then what happens when those few get 'suppressed'? While your policies are obviously in the interest of making your content better and more authoritative, I must say that they would pose a significant barrier to more people contributing, since if each time they do something, it is shot down, after a while, they just stop trying. Guido 12:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Requesting that contributors to a public project familiarize themselves with the rules and guidelines that apply before contributing is not 'suppression,' it's netiquette and is the responsibility of any Internet user, Wikinews reporters included. Rob T Firefly 16:27, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, but we should not bite the new contributors, either. I've spoken with Wgsohne, and I think things are working well on the education side of things. We're learning from each other. Let's not be defensive, or aggressive, on any side. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 16:47, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Well said, and I'm glad things are going well! I do apologize if my post seemed aggressive, that certainly wasn't my intent. Rob T Firefly 19:08, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Republishing
Sources added and original notes added as requested. Changing status back to published. Guido 15:17, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to move back to develop, but I am going to comment that you're probably not being objective enough in your reporting - this due to being closely involved with the project. The use/application of the project isn't explained clearly enough up-front enough.  You need to catch readers with the "point your camera phone at the Semapedia label, take a snapshot, and explore the Physical wikipedia starting from what a map would label as the 'you are here' point".  That particular wording belongs in a press release, so it'd need to be attributed to you as a quote from something like an IRC interview. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:15, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Initial summary of Semapedia
The summary of what Semapedia is, given at the beginning of the article, was difficult to read, so I re-wrote it. Is this OK? I regret that my version does not include a Wikipedia plug. LogicalDash 00:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Good job.
Thankyou to everyone who contributed. I found the article very enjoyable. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * This has also been mentioned in the signpost: Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-09-26/Wikipedia_applications. I'm trying to get the source for w:image:semacode.png, so I can put it on commons, and get it here. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:17, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


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US Federal Reserve ceases to publish M3 index

April 27, 2006

Money Supply measures
→ from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia - Money Supply
 * M0: Is total of all physical currency, plus accounts at the central bank which can be exchanged for physical currency.
 * M1: Is the M0 as well as the amount in demand accounts ("checking" or "current" accounts).
 * M2: Is the M1 as well as most savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificate of deposit accounts (CDs) of under $100,000.
 * M3: Is the M2 as well as all other CDs, deposits of eurodollars and repurchase agreements.

On March 23, 2006 the Federal Reserve ceased publication of the M3 monetary aggregate, in line with an announcement it made in November, 2005. The M3 is a measure of money supply in the United States,

The M3 is most general of the many measures of money supply, the quantity of money available within the economy for purchasing goods, services, and securities. The money supply is monitored and adjusted by a central bank, to keep inflation in check, because money supply has to change in tune with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to prevent inflation (or deflation).

In November last year, the US Federal Reserve announced that it would cease publishing M3 data, saying, "[the] M3 does not appear to convey any additional information about economic activity that is not already embodied in M2 and has not played a role in the monetary policy process for many years", adding that the costs of collecting the data required for the index outweighed its benefits.

Some commentators have questioned this decision and have speculated that this would allow the Federal reserve to covertly fund the US budget deficit and its negative balance of trade or hide the fall in international demand for the US dollar. In March, 2006, Rep. Ron Paul introduced a bill (HR 4892) requiring the Federal Reserve to reverse its decision.


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First results from Italian election

April 10, 2006

On 9 and 10 April 2006, Italians voted to elect members of Parliament as well as the country's next Prime Minister.

The election was fought mainly between coalitions: the centre-left L'Unione (The Union), led by Romano Prodi, and the currently-ruling centre-right House of Freedoms, led by incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Initial polls do not indicate a clear winner.

The main party in L'Unione is the Federation of the Olive Tree, and the House Of Freedoms' main party is Berlusconi's Forza Italia party.

It is expected that no party will obtain an outright majority of seats. Polls closed on Monday at 3 p.m. CEST (1300 UTC).

According to Italian law, the Prime Minister must have the support of both houses of Parliament: the Senate (the upper house) and the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house).

Exit Polls
First Exit Polls of Nexus published by major newspapers at 15:00 (local time) give the following partial results:

L'Unione (The Union) Chamber (of Deputies): 50% - 54% L'Unione (The Union) Senate: 50% - 54% House of Freedoms Chamber (of Deputies): 45% - 49% House of Freedoms Senate: 45% - 49%

Later exit polls showed House of Freedoms in the lead in both houses.

These are based on mock voting booths outside 1,050 polling stations across the country that are expected to be representative samples, where people can anonymously indicate how they voted. The margin of error on Nexus's exit polls is 2 percentage points.

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I started editing on Wikinews in October, 2005. I am an administrator and was a member of the Arbitration Committee.

Contribs
Some articles i've contributed to:

('OR' stands for original reporting)
 * Violence in Uganda over forest clearing proposal
 * Ugandan judges begin week-long strike
 * Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole (OR)
 * HIV vaccine trial set to begin in South Africa
 * Judging the Courts: Wikinews interviews Prof. Lawrence Douglas (OR)
 * Joseph Kabila declared winner of Congo Presidential election
 * Saddam Hussein sentenced to death for Dujail killings
 * U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge (OR)
 * Voting ends in landmark Congo election
 * Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya shot dead
 * Afghan women's rights official shot dead
 * Pakistan President Musharraf in Kabul for talks
 * IMF proposes quota increases for China, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey (OR)
 * Chad orders oil companies out of the country
 * Nigerian troops allegedly burned down slums after soldier's killing
 * UK seeks pardon for executed World War I soldiers
 * Tanker spills 1000s of tonnes of crude oil off Nicobar Islands
 * Nigeria hands over disputed area to Cameroon
 * South Africa sets deadline in land transfer scheme
 * Edinburgh Fringe festival begins
 * Iran bans Shirin Ebadi-led human rights group
 * FDA to move on approval of over-the-counter sale of "Plan B" birth control
 * Doha round of trade talks suspended after negotiations fail
 * Lebanon faces humanitarian crisis
 * International bodies express concern over Israel-Hezbollah conflict
 * G8 Summit debates Middle-east crisis, WTO trade talks
 * White House accepts judicial review of NSA eavesdropping
 * Investigation into Mumbai train bombings begins
 * US Federal Reserve raises interest rate from 5% to 5.25%
 * Mauritanians vote for new constitution
 * Kenya deports Somali businessman
 * Swazi King says political parties are no longer banned
 * Nigeria announces clearing of Paris Club debt
 * India sends special envoy to Nepal
 * Indian police break up hunger strike over dam project
 * FDA approves therapeutic use of insulin inhalant
 * US survey finds advertising contributes to increased underage drinking
 * Bush's Iraq 'Strategy' seen as public relations exercise
 * FDA ruling on emergency contraceptive pill questioned

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Former Colombian intelligence official claims Colombia had a plan to kill Chavez

April 9, 2006

Rafael Garcia, the former director of the Information and Technology Department of Security Administrative Department (Spanish acronym DAS), the Colombian intelligence agency, from prison stated that there was a plan to assassinate Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

The information was revealed by Garcia in an interview with Semana magazine in which he accused former DAS Director, Jorge Noguera, of providing the paramilitary death squads with information and lists about union leaders, professors, and left-wing leaders who then after were found dead. He accused Noguera of working with paramilitary chief Jorge 40 in a conspiracy to kill Chavez and other Venezuelan officials.

He denounces also that a system installed on a border post between the Colombian department of Guajira, and the Venezuelan State of Zulia for migration control was in reality an espionage system aimed at Venezuela.

Garcia said that Noguera had plotted a fraud to obtain 300,000 votes for the 2002 election campaign in favor of Alvaro Uribe.

According to Cambio and Semana magazines, Noguera was appointed consul in Milan after an scandal broke in which he was organizing a coup d’etat against Chavez in 2005.


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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 Z6. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Z6~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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Detroit woman dies after child's 911 calls are neglected

April 10, 2006 The family of a Detroit, Michigan woman plans to file a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city after her six-year-old son's calls to emergency operators were allegedly dismissed as a prank. The family released the tapes of the emergency calls to the media on Friday.

Sherrill Turner, 46, died on February 20 of complications from an enlarged heart. Her son Robert made two calls to 911 to report the emergency.

"My mom is passed out," said Robert Turner when he called 911 the first time.

"Where's Mister Turner at?" asked the operator. Robert replied that his mother was unable to speak.

"Okay, well, I'm going to send the police over to your house to find out what's going on," added the operator, before hanging up on the boy. However, the police never came, and an ambulance was never dispatched to the home.

The boy called 911 three hours later, and reports say the operator who answered the call may have been the same operator that answered the first call. The operator asked to speak to the mother before saying "before I send the police over there." Then she said to the boy, "You shouldn't be playing on the phone. Now put her on the phone before I send the police over there to knock on the door, and you're going to be in trouble."

"It was taking too long," said Robert.

Delaina Patterson, the boy's older sister, who lives in Novi, Michigan, said that after 9:00 p.m. help did come, but only the police and no EMS or medical personnel.

The operator, whose name has not been released, remains on the job pending an investigation by city officials.


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Farmhouse raided as investigation into Ontario massacre continues

April 10, 2006

Ontario Provincial Police raided a farmhouse on Sunday, continuing an investigation into what is called Ontario's "biggest massacre".

On Saturday, eight bodies were found in or around vehicles near the village of Shedden, approximately 30 kilometres from London, Ontario. Police would not identify the victims, but believed they knew each other and were from the Toronto area. They also refused to comment on any possible links between the deaths and organised crime.

Neighbours believed the house was owned by a former leader of a motorcycle gang. Police have closed off a 15 square kilometre area while they search for clues. They would not comment on the reason for the raid.


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Talk:Barroso names new European Union Commissioners

Why is this article news for April 9 2006 when it happened in 2004?
 * Good question... We're investigating. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:12, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

yeh this just popped up on RSS - --80.172.138.238 13:04, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


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April 10, 2006

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Hello and welcome to Audio Wikinews Newsbriefs, at 0900 UTC, April 10, 2006.

Headlines
Detroit woman dies after child's 911 calls are neglected

''The family of a Detroit woman plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Detroit. Sherill Turner died on February 20 from complications from an enlarged heart. Her five-year-old son, Robert, reportedly made two emergency calls to 911, but the calls were allegedly dismissed as prank calls. The Detroit police department is investigating.''

Farmhouse raided as investigation into Ontario massacre continues

''Ontario Provincial Police raided a farmhouse on Sunday, continuing an investigation into what is called Ontario's "biggest massacre". A couple of days earlier, eight bodies were found in or around vehicles near the village of Shedden, approximately 30 kilometres from London, Ontario. Police have closed off a 15 square kilometre area while they search for clues.''

State Bank of India employee strike settled

''A strike by the 200,000 employees of the State Bank of India over pension benefits ended Sunday with a settlement. Workers will return to work on Monday. The Mumbai-based bank is the largest commercial bank in India, with over 9,000 branches throughout the nation.''

Voting begins in Italian election

''Finally, Italians go to the polls today in Parliamentary elections. The election pits the center-left L’Unione coalition led by Romano Prodi against the center-right House of Freedoms coalition led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.''

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Defense systems of Air Force One exposed on the Internet

April 10, 2006 A website has released a document it says is from the United States government, and which it claims contains information related to 's anti-missile defense system. An Air Force base website is believed to be the source of the information, but was not identified in the document, however.

"Having information about a target's countermeasures does two things. It gives you an opportunity to choose a different weapon and to choose a different attack style... perhaps choosing to launch a salvo attack, or choose a missile that uses an active beam," said Daniel Goure of the Lexington Institute.

Air Force One is the primary form of transportation for the President of the United States, George W. Bush. The U.S. Air Force maintains two Boeing 747-200B series aircraft that are used only for the transportation of the President.

"It is not a good thing. We are concerned with how it got there and how we can get it out. This affects operational security," said director of public affairs for the Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing at, Lt. Col. Bruce Alexander.

The document also is said to include detailed maps of the interior of the two planes, the locations of Secret Service agents and the location of the plane's medical center, detailing where the oxygen tanks are kept. This would assist snipers to target and detonate them.

As of Friday, the document was said to be still available online, however efforts to locate the page have so far been unsuccessful.


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France to replace controversial youth worker law

April 10, 2006

French President Jacques Chirac has announced that the new youth job law that has fueled protests for the past few weeks is to be replaced by other measures to attack unemployment amongst young adults.

Students and unions protested the new law, which would have given employers the freedom to fire youth workers under the age of 26 without reason during a two-year "trial period". The prospect had sparked somewhat violent protests across the country in the past two months.

Union leaders have given government officials until Easter to withdraw the existing law or face yet another general strike.


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Website
"An online website has released a document"
 * Is it possible to have the URL of the page, the site where the informations are ????
 * if it's online it's reachable from wikinews. It's a big lack of source ?! Jacques Divol 16:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Honestly its because I do not know the website. I looked in articles for it but I did not see it and might have mised it. Jason Safoutin 16:18, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * the chronicle says it informed the military last week abt the document, even the air force is smart enuf to have fixed it by now. now, if we could find out which website it was on, that'd be a big (s)coup for wikinews. so keep looking in the google cache! Doldrums 19:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

For real? Or a hoax
Apart from the links provided, I did not find other relevant reports at major news sites, and apparently no copies could be found at P2P networks (I guess to post it on Piratebay would be one of the first things to do if someone did retain a copy). - Jean Xu 16:38, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Can't find the website
While the story seems to be floating around out there, there's no actual link to the website-- sort of how you can't find these "islamist websites" that videos get posted to. 130.111.243.149 18:48, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The "Islamist" websites with the jihadi-porn on them are quite easy to find and are usually hosted in the US.

Yes, terrorist video sites are all too real. However I too can't find a trace of this site, and if we can't, can terrorists? Dan100 (Talk) 07:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

this article needs a flag
as long we don't know if it's a well made hoax or something real. Yes we NEED the URL of the site where was this informations about AF1 ! Jacques Divol 07:47, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Detroit woman dies after child's 911 calls are neglected

Operator
I think this story needs to put more emphasis on the operator who blatantly ignored the boy's request and didn't take the case seriously. 209.175.88.10 17:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * That would violate our NPOV policy at WN:NPOV. Jason Safoutin 17:23, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't know about violating policy, but there just isn't enough information about the operator to make the story only about the operator's possible criminal negligence. When the details come out, that could be another story. Any speculation at this time is against policy. Karen 05:37, 11 April 2006 (UTC) reply to 209.175.88.10-yeah. who is it?Mannix Chan (talk) 12:37, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Featured?
Excuse me, but why is this a featured story?? To prove that wikinews works just like the commercial news industry? Because it has drama, tears, death and cops?

Isn't there something actually important to feature on the english main page?

Really, should I crave for this kind of 'news' then all I have to do is watch U.S. television!!!

Or am I getting this all wrong??

thank you, Chic happens 00:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Anyone can put a story in the featured story section. I'm sure someone thought it was worthy of that. Often our featured stories include good writing, a compelling storyline, or news of international import. They don't need to, though. Some people, I'm sure, will consider it important news and want to know about it - we shouldn't stop it from being featured. Lyellin 01:46, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * What you need to ask yourself when you see a story that doesn't seem like it would be a story featured, is "What other story should be featured?". Then make the edit.  Karen 05:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

 * It is featured because industrialized world depends on public services. If the trust in ambulance, police and fire services is destroyed the urban society may fall apart. Here in Hungary there was a similar case two years ago. A man fell on icy steps and hit his head. The ambulance coordinator ignored the 7 year old son's calls for several hours and the man died unnecessarily. I hope the responsible get sent to prison. 195.70.32.136 09:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


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