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Country?
The article dosn't say which country this is for. Scotland, England and Wales and Northern Ireland are all bound by seperate legal systems. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:51, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * BBC says England and Wales. Changed accordingly. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:54, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I should really know which bit has a Lord Chief Justice, but the bureaucratic elements tend to pass me by as much as I can possibly let them. I'd have looked but had to be getting out the door. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:06, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


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That's childish political practice. Piggyback politics, attaching credit lines from a financially corrupt nation to the back of war support funds. Cheap! Just like the right wingers did for the past 8 years. All bills should be seperate from one another. Donkeys and Elephants, they're all pigs.


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NASA launches two space probes to the moon

June 18, 2009

NASA launched the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program space probes, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) on board the Atlas V rocket at 5:32 p.m. EDT (2132 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Due to nearby thunderstorms the launch was delayed about 20 minutes from the scheduled launch time of 5.12 p.m. EDT (2112 GMT). The mission will be NASA's first unmanned rocket expedition to the moon in a decade.

The aim of the LRO mission is to spend at least a year in a low polar orbit above the surface of the moon to gather neccesary data for future missions and longer lunar expeditions. It will be orbiting approximately s above the moon, trying to find safe landing sites, locating potential resources, characterizing the radiation environment and testing new technology. The 2,300 pounds (1,043 kg) spent upper stage Centaur motor of the Atlas V launch vehicle will strike the surface of the moon at 9,000 km/h (5,600 mph) resulting in a 350 ton (317 metric ton) plume of debris rising between 6 to 30 miles (10 to 48 km) above the moon's surface. From this impact, scientists hope to be able to detect any water ice or vapor using the LCROSS satellite which will crash land nearby four minutes later. Astronomers who own amateur-class telescopes with apertures as small as 10 to 12 inches may be able to sight the ejecta cloud as it will have a period of brightness about one minute after impact.

The launch was originally planned for yesterday, but delayed for the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which was itself later delayed again due to another hydrogen fuel leak.


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Somali minister killed by car bomb

June 18, 2009

According to officials, the Somali security minister, Omar Hashi Aden, was killed after a suicide car bomb detonated near a hotel in Beledweyne, located north of the Somalia's capital of Mogadishu.

At least nine other people are believed to have been killed in the explosion. Among the dead was Abdulkarim Ibrahim Lakanyo, a former ambassador to Ethiopia.

The country's president, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, blamed the attacks on the radical Islamist al-Shabaab militant group, which is believed to have links with al-Qaeda. Al-Shabaab later did claim responsibility for the incident.

"I am sending condolences to the family of the Security Minister Omar Hashi who was killed in an explosion in Baladwayne," Ahmed said.

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Comments:First trial without jury given the go-ahead in the UK

UK is a dictatorship. first banning weapons, to the expenses scandal, to now taking away a common law right. abolish your outdated monarchy.

 * So we go from a totally flawed and shoddy charade of peer judgement to none at all... meh. The worst part of it all is that I'm not surprised by this decision. Shane.Bell (talk) 07:19, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


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China Eastern Airlines to purchase twenty new Airbus A320 jets

June 18, 2009 China Eastern Airlines stated on Thursday that it had signed a contract to purchase a score of passenger jets for 9.9 billion yuan (about US$1.4 billion). The airline, which is the third largest in China, signed the agreement in Paris on June 15. The company said that the planes would meet additional demand for domestic passenger routes.

The deal was approved unanimously by China Eastern's board of directors. The China Daily newspaper reported that the deal is waiting for an approval by Chinese aviation authorities.

The planes are expected to start delivering in 2011 and end two years later.

The Airbus A320 is a single-aisle airplane, and Airbus' best selling jet. It can seat up to 150 people and is used primarily for medium- and short-haul routes.


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"the worst thing in his life", he obviously doesn't count hypocracy:D.24.132.171.225 (talk) 14:42, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


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U.S. Conference Board says leading economic indicators rose 1.2% in May

June 19, 2009 The Conference Board, a non-profit global business organization, said on Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators in the United States rose by 1.2% last month, the second consecutive increase. The rise is the largest back-to-back increase since the last two months of 2001, the group said.

Seven of the ten indicators had seen an improvement: stock prices, money supply, building permits, capital-goods orders, consumer expectation and interest-rate spread. The three indicators that had contracted were initial jobless claims, consumer-goods orders, and work hours at factories.

"The recession is losing steam," said an economist for the Board, Ken Goldstein. "Confidence is building and financial market volatility is abating. Even the housing market appears to be stabilizing."

"If these trends continue, expect a slow recovery beginning before the end of the year. However, employment will take longer to turn around," he added.


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Militants kill at least 21 Algerian police in ambush

June 18, 2009

Local media stated on Thursday that at least 21 Algerian paramilitary police had been killed after an ambush on their convoy.

The convoy was en route to their barracks at Bordj Bou Arreridj, following an escort of Chinese construction workers to a nearby worksite, located southeast of Algeria's capital of, when it was attacked late Wednesday.

Militants detonated no less than two roadside bombs to block the convoy, consisting of six vehicles. They then opened fire on the police before stealing their uniforms, weapons, and vehicles. The militants, as part of Al-Qaeda's network, are referred to as al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, (AQIM).

Newspaper reports indicated that 21 people had died, while a local official said 23 were killed and a further five had been hospitalized.

A large security operation has started in the area; however, the attack was not immediately confirmed by Algerian authorities.

The militants have been left over from a civil war begun in 1992 between the government and radical Islamists that has killed between 150,000 and 200,000 people. Violence has since diminished, but attacks on government forces still occur.


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Aviation experts suggest Air France Flight 447 broke up in midair

June 18, 2009 Autopsies from casualties of, which crashed in the earlier this month, reveal fractures in leg bones, suggesting that the jet may have been torn apart in midair.

A Brazilian medical examiners' spokesman said on Wednesday that autopsies found fractures on an undisclosed fraction of the fifty or so bodies that have been found from the wreck of the plane so far.

"We can say there is a little less uncertainty, so there is a little more optimism," Paul-Lois Arslanian, the leader of the aviation accident investigation agency BEA, said. However, he added that "it is premature for the time being to say what happened."

Frank Ciacco, a former forensic expert for the United States, said that "typically, if you see intact bodies and multiple fractures — arm, leg, hip fractures — it's a good indicator of a midflight break up. Especially if you're seeing large pieces of aircraft as well."

Air France Flight 447 was an Airbus A330 that had departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, en route to Paris, France, when it disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1. A search investigation has found several parts of the jet, as well as some bodies of the passengers on board, but the and, which could contain important information as to how exactly the plane crash occurred, are yet to be found.


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Passenger jet lands safely at Newark Airport after pilot dies

June 18, 2009A Boeing 777 operated by Continental Airlines managed to safely land at Liberty Airport in Newark, New Jersey, today after the pilot died from natural causes en route, reports from officials say.

The flight had departed from Belgium, and safely landed at 11:49 A.M. Eastern Time.

"The captain of Continental Flight 61, which was en route from Brussels to Newark, died in flight, apparently of natural causes," said a spokeswoman for the airline in an email.

According to the airline, there was an additional relief pilot on board who took over control of the plane after the initial pilot died.

247 people were on board. There are no reports of any injuries.


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This happens more than you might imagine, actually, although obviously it is unusual. It is generally viewed (iirc, but feel free to correct me) as a non-emergency situation if the pilot is clearly dead and not a medical emergency in his own right, since the co-pilot is perfectly capable of controlling the aircraft without assistance. It is more of a pan pan situation. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:19, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nonetheless the thought is still unnerving. I mean I was on the exact plane that crashed in Buffalo just a month before it crashed. That thought alone is scary. Then if I were on this plane? Man I just have to say Continental has not had good luck lately. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:21, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I've had three such tales. I was over Concorde as it was crashing. We worked out from the time of the accident and tracked our flight back, we were in the area at the time. I also had to divert from a planned airport to a capital city after a (brakes? thrust reversers? can't remember) failure left us needing a lot more runway. Pitch dark, they lined the runway with fire trucks and blue lights. The third was the scariest, and the one the fewest knew about. They never did admit we were having control problems, but I'd read enough accident reports to know we weren't flying safely and seen enough scared faces to know what the flight attendants knew. I fully expected fatalities after we passed a flat field without taking the chance to belly down and reached a ploughed one; we eventually made the runway although it must have been close for getting over the fence. "I hope you had a nice flight," was the departing comment. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:58, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Just wondering what they did with the pilot's body until they landed.

"The" pilot?
It's silly to talk about the pilot of a jet liner. They have two (or more): the captain and the co-pilot, who is fully qualified to fly the plane. It's plane to see why. As there was still a pilot left, (there were two in this case,) it's not much of a story, the personal tragedy aside.--Ospalh (talk) 07:14, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


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Sir Alan Sugar to keep television role on The Apprentice

June 18, 2009 Sir Alan Sugar will continue to front the BBC series The Apprentice after his appointment as "enterprise tsar" for the British government. Sugar will return as host for the sixth series in the spring of next year. Sugar was previously being pushed to choose between the roles.

The BBC released a statment saying that "The BBC is satisfied that [Sir Alan's] new role as an Enterprise Champion to the government will not compromise the BBC's impartiality or his ability to present The Apprentice."

Critics have raised concerns over Sir Alan holding both roles. They commented that they have stated that it would breach the BBC's impartiality rules. The Conservatives said that it would be impossible for him to continue both roles. They added the fact that the next series is due to start during the build up to a possible General Election.


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Comments:Diet Coke advert featuring singer Duffy cleared by advertising watchdog

slow day? this isn't news

This is how we protect our children, eh? Not by, you know... refraining from destroying their self-esteem on a regular basis.

DUFFY AND DIET COKE ADVERTISEMENT
PLEASE PEOPLE GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do people really have nothing better to do than to complain about someone ON A COMMERCIAL riding a bicycle through a supermarket without safety equipment? The world is going mad.

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Tensions rise between North Korea and United States

June 18, 2009 Tensions between North Korea and the United States have escalated after the the United States Navy began tracking a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illegal weapons or technology. Media reports from Japan also claim that the North may launch a long range missile toward the U.S. state of Hawaii in July. The North Korean flagship, the Kang Nam, is currently in the Pacific Ocean and is reported to be heading toward Singapore.

North Korea has warned that any effort to stop its ships would be considered an act of war. The U.S. started tracking the ship because one unnamed official alleged that the ship is a repeat offender of carrying illegal materials. The U.S. says they have no intentions of boarding the ship using force, but would act in accordance with United Nations resolutions and ask for permission to board the vessel. If the U.S. Navy does not receive permission to board the vessel, then no military, U.S. or otherwise, will attempt to board it using force, although America's top military officer says the U.S. Navy is prepared to stop the ship.

North Korea also stepped up its defense. Japanese media reported today that North Korea may launch a Taepodong-2 missile between July 4 and 8 towards the U.S. state of Hawaii. The missile has a range of no more than 4,000 miles (6,500 km), but the nearest Hawaiian island is 4,500 miles away.

North Korea threatened to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile if the U.N. Security Council did not apologize for punishing it for an April rocket launch, that violated U.N. resolutions. They also responded to the sanctions saying they would start a uranium enrichment program, which could lead to a new atomic bomb and the use of its plutonium to make an estimated 6 bombs.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has activated Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Sea Based X-Band (SBX) to counter any North Korean missile launched towards Hawaii, even if there is no immediate threat to the state. Also Mr. Gates said the anti-air missiles in Alaska were ready if there is a launch by North Korea.

"We do have some concerns if they were to launch a missile to the west in the direction of Hawaii," said U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman Gen. James Cartwright says North Korea may be able to hit a major U.S. West coast city in three or five years, but went on to state that it would be very unlikely to be a nuclear weapon. North Korea tested a nuclear bomb — its second nuclear test — on May 25.

"The ground-based interceptors are clearly in a position to take action. So, without telegraphing what we will do, I would just say ... I think we are in a good position, should it become necessary, to protect the American territory," added Gates.


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Contradiction
While in the 2nd paragraph it states that "...North may launch a long range missile toward the U.S. state of Hawaii in July." While in paragraph 4 it says that their is a 500 mile gap that the missile will not be able to reach Hawaii.

 * Don't forget to sign your comments. I think it is ok, however. It clearly states "toward" and doesn't say that it would hit or could hit Hawaii. It is a question of direction. --SVTCobra 23:31, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh sorry. I miss read. Note: Updated situationIrunongames (talk) 00:07, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

''The U.S. says they have no intentions of boarding the ship using force, but would act in accordance with United Nations resolutions and ask for permission to board the vessel. If the U.S. Navy does not receive permission to board the vessel, then no military, U.S. or otherwise, will attempt to board it using force although America's top military officer says the U.S. Navy is prepared to stop the ship.''

Who writes this rubbish? I'm getting a headache trying to understand exactly what is meant. --128.243.253.114 (talk) 06:22, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems perfectly clear to me. – Juliancolton  | Talk 06:25, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The sentence was missing a comma (now fixed), but otherwise it seems to make very good sense to me. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:52, 20 June 2009 (UTC)


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Report: Members of Iranian Revolutionary Guard arrested for joining 'people's movement'

June 18, 2009 According to Cyrus News Agency (CNA) in Iran, at least 16 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to join the "people's movement." Protests, riots and violence broke out in several cities in Iran on Saturday night following an election which many in Iran and the world say was fraudulent.

"These commanders have been in contact with members of the Iranian army to join the people's movement. Three of the commanders are veterans of Iran-Iraq war. They have been moved to an undisclosed location in East Tehran," said the Washington Times which quotes the CNA in Iran.

The protesters on Saturday were supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a candidate in the recent election. Mousavi accuses the Iranian government of "appalling" fraud after it reported that the nation's current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had been expected to receive less than 50% of the vote and have to face Mousavi in a runoff election, received 62%.

Cyrus also reports that on Wednesday, the Iranian military arrested at least 500 other protesters, activists, students and journalists among one well-known Middle Eastern reporter Saeed Leylaz. They are accused of "decapitating" the Iranian government and the recent elections in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected. According to guardian.co.uk, many of those arrested were affiliated with the revolution in Iran in 1979.

On Tuesday, the Guardian Council of Iran has announced it is willing to recount contentious votes from Friday's presidential elections. The top legislative body said votes would be recounted in regions where other losing candidates contest the results, but the Council says they have no plans to annul the election.


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Canada's supercomputer goes online

June 19, 2009

The University of Toronto SciNet Consortium went online yesterday with the IBM System x iDataPlex Supercomputer.

U of T's IBM System x is now the fastest computer outside of the United States, the largest Intel processor based IBM installation internationally and the twelfth most powerful globally. It will be used for a wide variety of operations, such as analysing climate change models, aerospace, astrophysics, genetics, bioinformatics, chemical physics, medical imaging research and other highly calculation-intensive tasks.

The C$50 million dollar supercomputer can perform 300 trillion calculations per second and uses the equivalent amount of energy which would power 4,000 homes. The supercomputer will be cooled by outdoor winter air assisted by a water based cooling system during warmer summer months.

The computer will provide computations for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that started preliminary experiments on September 10, 2008 at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC will produce cataclysmic collisions that will mimic the conditions that existed shortly after the beginning of time. The IBM System x's 30,240 Intel 5500 series 2.53 GHz processor cores — arranged in 45 file-like stacks — will examine the results of the particle collisions.

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Committee to Protect Journalists calls for release of Gambian journalists

June 19, 2009 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is calling for the release of seven Gambian journalists arrested for reacting to President Yahya Jammeh's dismissal of an investigation involving the 2004 murder of journalist Deyda Hydara.

The seven detainees include three members of the Gambian Press Union, two reporters from The Point newspaper and two journalists from Foroyaa newspaper. They were detained on Monday after reprinting a press release that criticized President Jammeh for dismissing an investigation into the unsolved murder of journalist Deyda Hydara.

Tom Rhodes is the Africa Program Coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists. He expressed concern that the journalists have still not been released. "Neither publication editor should be detained for republishing a press release made by the Gambian Press Union," he said. "The whole point of an independent press is to show all viewpoints and that is a certainly viable one. We call on the NIA [National Intelligence Agency] officials to release them immediately."

Veteran Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara, co-founder of The Point newspaper, was gunned down in 2004. There has been no investigation into the killing but human rights organizations have voiced suspicions that the government was involved.

On June 8, President Jammeh said in a television interview that he had "no stake" in Hydara's death. He hinted that the journalist had a complicated love life that might have resulted in his murder.

Rhodes said there are still many unanswered questions on the case.

"From what we can determine and gather from the Gambian Press Union, there's been absolutely no government investigation into the matter. The one positive thing we can vest from this rather dire situation is that at least the government is reacting to public pressure to respond to these allegations," said Rhodes.

Gambia has long been criticized for its human rights record and lack of press freedom. In 2006 veteran journalist Ebrima Manneh went missing. Despite repeated pressure from international rights groups, the Gambian government has never released any information about his whereabouts.

Rhodes says the latest arrests could trigger a downward spiral.

"Without journalists on the ground such as those at Foroyaa it's really going to affect what people know of what's going on in the Gambia in the wider picture of human rights," said Rhodes.

The Foroyaa newspaper is petitioning President Jammeh for the release of the detained journalists, including its managing editor Sam Sarr.


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Historic building in Moscow collapses, three people killed

June 19, 2009 Three people were killed and a further six were wounded on Wednesday after a building collapsed in the Zamoskvorechiye district of Moscow, Russia.

The building, which was a four-story house located at 71/80 Sadovnicheskaya Naberezhnaya, collapsed at around 16.45 local time after workers had damaged a supporting wall in the basement.

Three people managed to escape from the rubble, and another three were rescued. Three more still remain underneath debris.

A criminal investigation has been prompted after the collapse of the building, with city officials claiming that the building's owner hadn't received permission to redevelop it.

The house was protected under law as an historical landmark. It must now be completely demolished, as well as a neighbouring building, to protect other buildings in the vicinity, announced Vladimir Resin, the City Hall construction chief. Municipal housing will be constructed in the newly vacated lots.


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Historic?
I realize that Moscow News calls it a historic building, however being built in 1931 doesn't really make something historic, it just makes it old and not even really old. Is there any real claim to it being of historical significance? --SVTCobra 00:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, well almost. It should be mentioned, as RIA does, that the building was protected by law as a historical landmark. --SVTCobra 01:00, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
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It's time for the united states to draw a line in the sand and target all major cities in North Korea with our sea launch atomic weapons.We have to take the lead and not bend to mad leader.
 * We don't need to nuke them. Cut off all food too the nation and the North have to make a big choice, feed the people or feed the army. And just watch who will revolt first.--66.229.17.49 (talk) 16:45, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Seoul, along with 40% of South Korea's population, is within conventional artillery of the DMZ. IF DPRK starts something, we'll finish it, but let's not throw the first punch, m'kay? 128.206.104.181 (talk) 21:24, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I think launching one of their missiles into U.S. territorial waters would constitute an act of war far more obvious than the supposed belligerence that the insane Kim Jong Il is constantly blabbering about, and furthermore that the appropriate response to such an act would be a furious orgasm of thermonuclear ordinance sufficient to canvass the entirety of North Korean territory. More than half the Americans I've talked to about this issue agree, and my friends and associates are hardly ultra-conservative war hawks. 209.30.161.136 (talk) 07:46, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Firstly, pffffft, you said orgasm. :D

Secondly while I agree that if North Korea were to attack the United States it would be, ostensibly at least (though one might make convincing argument against war as a rule here), within its rights to return fire. However perhaps some perspective is in order, wouldn't you (speaking to those who would warmonger) feel edgy if North Korea were monitoring United States' ships (or perhaps the term the media would use would be "spying on") and their actions. Mightn't you feel justified if your proud and patriotic leaders threatened those spying Koreans? Can you honestly say that you wouldn't at least feel it was acceptable for them to do that? With all my liberal-commie love, :) Unpure (talk) 19:10, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Watching ships isn't an act of war, it's just an act of vigilance. Last I heard, in international waters, one can watch as many ships as one wants. I could rent a boat and go watch North Korean, American, or any other kind of ships as much as I want. Generally, one can watch anything that is within one's view from a public vantage point, or a place where one has a right to be. This argument reminds me of the people who turn around and give me annoyed looks in class because they think I'm watching what they're doing on their laptops. I'm not, but even if I were, you can't distract people by playing World of Warcraft and retain the moral authority to deny people the ability to watch what you're doing in public. Similarly the North Koreans and the shady goings and comings of their ships. So in short, no the North Koreans are not justified in anything by this stupid excuse. 209.30.161.136 (talk) 08:35, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

 * You're right, watching ships isn't. But threatening to stop them and suggesting that you would use force against them could be, especially with a government that is quite paranoid. Why take that risk?
 * They can't help but have their ships in international waters for a while, its en-route. They can't avoid being in international territory. So one could argue that your point on public places is invalid because people can choose to not go do whatever it is (in your example playing WoW, it doesn't translate too well but nonetheless) in public but ships cannot.
 * Also the comings and goings of their ships are no more shady than any other badly-lit area, one disgruntled employee does not make a case for throwing accusations around.
 * <3 Unpure (talk) 00:15, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Please bomb the us soon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.67.58 (talk) 05:07, 28 June 2009 (UTC)


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The president of Somalia has no actual ruling power in the country and has been put into place after a conference led by the U.N. The government has only recently moved in to Somalia and functions outside of the capital. He uses U.S. styled rhetoric, such as claiming that Al Shabab is affiliated with Al-Qaeda which only the U.S. dep. of homeland security has published (without any backing evidence). It would be nice if the stories on Somalia here would be a little more filled with reactions from the actual leaders of Somalia: Somaliland and the Islamic Courts Union. More information accurate information on Somalia may be attained from the Reuters page. Better yet, however, are more recently academic articles on Somalia, the Islamic Courts Union, Somaliland, Anarchy in Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government. Vblanton (talk) 02:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Couldn't you make such articles? Fephisto (talk) 14:58, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * yes, I suppose I will. However, do I edit a recently published story to include more information or write my own news report from scratch? I suppose that is up to me... Vblanton (talk) 21:52, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


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Health and safety culture is damaging children's learning in the UK, survey suggests

June 19, 2009 According to a survey conducted by Teachers TV, almost half of teachers believe that safety measures in UK schools are over the top and curb children's learning.

The survey, which consisted of 585 school staff, found that 44.3% believe safety regulations currently in place at schools negatively affect learning. About the same percentage, however, believed that the rules were not overtly restrictive.

Those who were questioned were also asked to provide examples of the most restrictive health measures in their school. Among them were: banning running in playground, cancelling physical education classes when the grass was wet, and making students wear goggles when putting up posters.

Other examples included banning consumption of sweets due to choking hazard and not allowing children to play with toilet tube rolls.

"Almost half the education workforce feels that health and safety regulations negatively affect students' education and their personal development, along with the education workforce," said the chief executive of Teachers TV, Andrew Bethell.

"The more extreme examples are thankfully not the norm, but schools still need to take into consideration the workforce's concerns when trying to protect pupils," he said.


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The fact that they are veterans make it a bigger issue.--KDP3 (talk) 06:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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It is none of your bysiness to report how many pepople killed in iran. I advise you solve your economic,political,...problems!
 * People in glass houses shouldn't club protesters. Mike Halterman (talk) 14:31, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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It is clearly open to us, that the accusition of election fraudulent is wrong. It is being propageted by the western and american polical media personnel.


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Does gaining a smarter president just mean that we'll be waging war on smarter enemies? Can someone please install the red light bulb? Shane.Bell (talk) 07:28, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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Subject Peace and Prosperity Dear President Barrack Obama The Great Leader of the World

I Agha Dilbar have sent Mr. President 100 registered research Letters (1000 new ideas to develop America and to Change the World for Peace and Prosperity) through Embassy of USA Islamabad till today and also direct sent these registered Letters to Whitehouse Washington DC 20500.These letters have been written on the guidelines of CHANGE WE NEED. And these letters are about the Common Men Problems of respected American Peoples and their Solutions. To end, Economic Recession, Unemployment and to Finish War, all round the World for Peace and Prosperity. In these letters I have sent one thousand new scientific Planning /Suggestions, about every walk of life for Peace through Friendship Progress and Prosperity all over the World.

Dear Barrack Obama, the Great Leader of the World, my Friend, my Brother, Provide an opportunity to Agha Dilbar to pay an Official Visit to America, that we two brothers can sit together and by halting this horrible war(In this war 1-million peoples have died from 9/11 till today, if this war continues, it will become the 111- World War.200-Million people would die, if 111-World War is triggered) can take out 6.5 billion people of the World from abyss of destruction and then put them on the road to Progress and Prosperity.

Dear President Barrack Obama considers, from 9/11 till today, America has conducted many war operations in connection with War on Terror, resulting the circle of war has spread hundred times. Millions innocent persons have died. Many More have been rendered homeless. One Lak (10000) war affected youth joined the army of Al-Qaida and Talban by the help of anti American countries have begun gorilla war in a horrible manner. It is the result of wrong war strategy. I Agha Dilbar desire to solve all above mentioned problems in a meeting with President Barrack Obama by adopting new revolutionary planning by bringing an end to present gorilla war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the result the World can enter in a peaceful, advanced and progressive world, May it be so.

I Agha Dilbar have a new War Strategy to achieve success through Table Talk between Talban, Pakistan and American Govts. 90% of Talban that are fighting against Pak Army belong from Swat and Tribal Areas of NWFP. I can provide America all realistic facts in such manner that their implementation could convert these Talban into Patriotic Citizens of Pakistan. In this War Strategy Pakistan Gov will never send his Heavy Artillery, Tanks, Cannons and Air craft in war. In this way 5-million persons will never Displaced. In the end Talban by their will handover, their Weapons to Pakistan Gov, they will come to Table Talk and Suicide Bombing will come to an end in Pakistan. Through this War Strategy Pakistani and American Govts can save expenses on war. Through this planning American and Pakistani Govts can utilize their saving on war budgets for development of Schools, Hospitals, Colonies, Markets, Roads, Bridges, Dams, Canals and Industries of Swat and Tribal Areas of NWFP that are war affected. On account of present war strategy, Billion Dollars are being wasted yearly. This war can cause Fall of America instead of continuation of war, my best suggestion for America must keep his Supper Power on the World and should conquer the World instead of war, but by his No-1 scientific technology spending on agricular, trade, education, scientific development and tourisim,all round the World. Making an end to Economic Crisis in America.

A new Global Package is being offered for your kind honour.America will have to make complete and final announcement that in future all Multinational American Companies to get free land on 20-years lease and will set up under the BOOT agreement (in undeveloped and poor countries) factories, mills five star hotels, schools, colleges, universties, hospitals, air companies, shipping companies, latest railway, bus transport and steel mills. All these companies will be bound to handover without any cost to to underdeloped and poor countries well as their machinery and transport after 20-yaars. A new suggestion in connection with Global Peace is offered that in return of export American Agriculture and Industrial Products, will give his 50% prophet to the exporting countries and utilize as Aid on the development of agriculture, industry, trade, education and tourisim.This suggestion, macking an end to American Economic Crisis and get full support to enhance his Foreign Public Relations. May it be so?

To make successful American Foreign Policy on Global Level the following planning is put before:

a) America will have to provide free scholar ships at least to ten top master students (in each country) of medical and science in underdeveloped and poor countries of the world. b) Highly educated and well trained one hundred cultural groups (each group contains 100 persons) will have to arrange one hundred cultural shows for three months in big cities of underdeveloped and poor countries. c) America will have to arrange exhibitions through his Embassies for his latest products, in the underdeveloped and poor countries .All these mentioned above industrial exhibitions will be arranged continuously for two months. In the above mentioned exhibitions present products will be sold except export order booking. In mentioned above exhibitions, American Cultural Programmed show will have to arrange and American Traditional Dishes will be kept for sale. In these exhibitions American Tourism Stalls will also be set of. A new revolutionary planning is being submitted for facing unemployment and economic crisis in USA. The federal gov of USA must bring its action for increasing agriculture production and eradication of dearness, following project. 1)	The gov will announce positively the relief on incometex, 25% reduction on. Rates of electricity and petrol. 2)	In USA latest industrial zones should be established for national and foreign investors. In such zones industrial plots developed in ranging 10-kanals to 100-kanals. 3)	Latest agriculture forms and fruit forms should be established in USA. 4)	 Latest poultry forms and animal forms should be established in USA. 5)	Feed mills should be established in USA. 6)	In USA latest sugar mills, textile mills and paper mills will be set up. 7)	In USA latest shoes, tires and tubes factories should be established. 8)	Latest industries for manufacturing cars truck loaders tractors will be established. 9)	Latest industries for manufacturing for production of fertilizer and insecticide in USA. 10)	Latest medicine laboratories must be established in USA. 11)	Steel mills equipped with latest scientific technology must be set up. 12)	 Latest computer industry must be established. 13)	Latest mobile industry must be established in USA. 14)	Latest multipurpose engine industry should be established in USA. 15)	Latest furniture industries should be established in USA. 16)	Latest electronic and sanitary industries should be established in USA. 17)	Latest super stores should be established in USA and in such super stores all articles, small and large scale must be sold on the prophet of 10% only. I Agha Dilbar have sent Ten Million research Peace Letters to International Community from 9/11 incident till today. This letter is my Great Peace Mission plan which is continued. Present Global Economic Crisis is the result of War on Terror. This Crisis if further accelerates could initiate a 111-World War. Please hear my Voice of Truth; I can save the World, for my Great Peace Mission, with the help of President Barrack Obama, Peace and Prosperity.

Mr. Barracka Obama you are not only the Leader of America, you are Great Leader of the World. In this connection I am waiting for your Email response, dated 2.10.2009. Please Confirm. Thank you, God blesses you and God bless America.

Agha Dilbar (founder) International Revolution Movement 64-neelum block ait Lahore (Pakistan) Phone 0092427830084 Cell 03224628349 Email aghadilbar4@gmail.com This Open Letter has been sent One Lak (100000) to International Community for the welfare of Humanity till today. I Agha Dilbar authorize Newspapers, Magazines, Internet, to Publish and Radio, T.V. Channels to broadcast this letter all round the World —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.152.115.186 (talk) 10:18, 9 October 2009 (UTC)


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Formula One teams to set up breakaway championship

June 19, 2009 Formula One was in disarray last night after eight members of the F1 Teams Association (FOTA) announced they are going to set up a rival championship to the current series next season.

The reason for this drastic move is Max Mosley's plan to introduce a voluntary £40 million budget cap in order to make it easier for new teams to enter & existing teams to continue.

The association refused to agree to this, worried it would result in two divisions. After a four hour meeting last night, Brawn GP, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, Toyota, BMW Sauber, Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso announced their decision.

A FOTA statement read the following: "Since the formation of Fota last September the teams have worked together and sought to engage the FIA and commercial rights holder (Bernie Ecclestone), to develop and improve the sport. Unprecedented worldwide financial turmoil has inevitably placed great challenges before the F1 community. Fota is proud that it has achieved the most substantial measures to reduce costs in the history of our sport. In particular, the manufacturer teams have provided assistance to the independent teams, a number of which would probably not be in the sport today without the Fota initiatives.  The Fota teams have further agreed upon a substantial voluntary cost reduction that provides a sustainable model for the future.  Following these efforts, all the teams have confirmed to the FIA and the commercial rights holder that they are willing to commit until the end of 2012. The FIA and the commercial rights holder have campaigned to divide Fota. The wishes of the majority of the teams are ignored. Furthermore, tens of millions of dollars have been withheld from many teams by the commercial rights holder, going back as far as 2006. Despite this, and the uncompromising environment, Fota has genuinely sought compromise. It has become clear, however, the teams cannot continue to compromise on the fundamental values of the sport and have declined to alter their original conditional entries to the 2010 world championship."


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900 oil refinery workers fired after strike at Lindsey

June 19, 2009 Total S.A., a French oil company has fired 900 contract workers at Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Killingholme, North Lincolnshire, England in response to a wildcat strike which took place at the facility this week. Total is calling the strike "illegal" and "unofficial"; the oil workers, meanwhile, accuse Total of having broken an agreement not to cut jobs by giving 51 workers redundancy. Total claims no such agreement exists. The workers were employed by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a contractor at the site, who are constructing a new hydro-desulfurization unit.

"Total can confirm, with regret, that our contractors have now started the process of ending the current employment contracts for their workforce", the company said in a statement e-mailed to the media.

Workers were informed of the termination decision on Thursday and will have until Monday, June 22, to re-apply for their former jobs.

The strike at Lindsey this week sparked sympathy strikes by workers in energy and the chemical industry around the United Kingdom, which draws extensive revenues from North Sea oil. Attempts by the UK government-sponsored Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service to resolve the dispute between Total and the Lindsey workers failed. Trade union Unite said that it was "extremely concerned about the ramifications" of the firings, while GMB urged both sides to return to the discussion table. Total has made an end to the strike a precondition of a resumption of negotiations; meanwhile, the Lindsey workers' demands include a withdrawal of the 51 redundancies, an end to overtime, and sharing out of the remaining work at the construction project without layoffs.

Lindsey was the site of labor strife earlier in the year, with a week long strike in February brought about over employees' protests at foreign labor being brought to the refinery to undercut British workers' wages. IREM, an Italian construction company working at the site, has made heavy use of the Posted Workers Directive, which as interpreted by the European Court of Justice allows companies to make use of foreign labor from within the EU in one country while paying them only the minimum wage and offering only the coverages and benefits applicable in the employees' home countries.

The plant, which refines 221,000 barrels of oil each day, will remain at full capacity.

According to its annual report, Total had a 2008 net income of €13.9 billion. Since the firings were announced, shares of Total have gone up in price 0.94% to €39.315 in morning trading.


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Mexican therapy increases survival of cervical cancer patients

June 19, 2009

A research team from the Institute of Biomedical Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico has developed a therapy that extends survival for locally advanced cervical cancer patients. The study was started at the National Oncology Institute, before trials were conducted worldwide.

The new treatment, which serves as a guideline worldwide, involves using the drug gemcitabine as a radiosensibilizing agent to potentiate the effects of a regime of cisplatin chemotherapy and radiotherapy, explained Alfonso Dueñas González, who led the study. Despite the addition of another drug making the scheme slightly more toxic, the secondary effects are acute and are present only during the 70 to 80 days the treatment lasts, during which the patient can become weak, as with any chemotherapy.

Under this treatment, the survival of patients rises to 78 percent. This is 9 percent above conventional methods, as concluded the study in its phase III, which lasted four years and involved 515 patients from different countries.

Despite cervical cancer being preventable if detected early by the Pap test, it causes more than 250,000 deaths a year worldwide, becoming the second cause of death by carcinoma among women, and the second most diagnosed illness in this group.

One of the advantages of this therapy is that both gemcitabine and cisplatin are affordable drugs, which makes it available for the world population and may help reduce the death rate by this disease. According to Dueñas González, although cervical cancer should be fought by focusing on early detection rather than on treatment, the therapy is expected to start being used in short by health institutions throughout the world.


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World War One veteran becomes world's oldest man

June 19, 2009

Henry Allingham has become the world's oldest man at the age of 113, after the death of Tomoji Tanabe, a 113 year old man in Japan. Mr Allingham, the only surviving founding member of the RAF and one of only five living World War I veterans, was born on June 6, 1896 in Clapton, London.

Mr Allingham has five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, 14 great-great grandchildren and one great-great-great grandchild. The majority of his family live in the USA, but his nephew still lives in Britain.

He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915, before transferring to the RAF at its inception in 1918. Along with being the sole living survivor of the Battle of Jutland, an honorary member of the Royal Naval Association, a recipient of the Legion d'Honneur and a doctorate in engineering from Southampton Solent University, an honorary freeman of Brighton and Hove and the "oldest scout", Mr Allingham has also published his life story.


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Preliminary experiments?
"The computer will provide computations for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that started preliminary experiments on September 10, 2008..." Uh, what? That's kind of misleading, to say the least. The LHC blew a magnet on September 19. It's been under repairs ever since and is now expected to begin preliminary experiments in October 2009. 146.6.201.65 (talk) 19:39, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

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I think the man's age should be featured in the body of the article. He is 113 (which is amazing).
 * Ha, woops, forgot that! ✅ Dotty•• |☎ 15:32, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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"Along with being the sole survivor of the Battle of Jutland..." This is obviously inaccurate! Perhaps he was the only person in a certain group and/or on a certain ship to survive the battle? Gobbles414 (talk) 16:30, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
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Administrators! If you see this account vandalising or behaving erratically, please block it immediately without warning, as it has probably been compromised.

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"Mr Allingham has also published his life story." Where? What's the title? I kind of want to read it. Fephisto (talk) 14:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Here. ISBN 9781845964160 . Computerjoe 's talk 15:22, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

He only looks to be about 20 or so from his photo

Soon enough, he will be replaced.

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Awesome. Once again, scientists have the coolest toys. Fephisto (talk) 14:55, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Did you say... SKYNET?! Oh... Scinet... that's ok then...Shane.Bell (talk) 22:05, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

wow! Thats so huge! i can barely fathom what that capacity is capable of.We are in a celebration mood here. The fibre optic cable is finally arrived in Kenya!Internet connections will be closer to communities and faster too. Eddie Kabiru Wakaba,Nairobi, Kenya

The best part about it is it is not made by america that stupid son of a bitch next door who relies on Canada

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Airliner catches fire at Indonesian airport

June 19, 2009

An airliner has suffered an explosion and caught fire at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The plane was being dismantled for spare parts and there were no injuries.

The plane was at a maintenance facility operated by Garuda Maintenance Facilities, a subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia. Ownership of the plane is unclear, with Tempo Interactive saying that reports indicated Thailand's Phuket Air owns the plane and the Jakarta Globe quoting GMF corporate secretary Dwi Prasmono Adji as saying the plane belonged to Global Air Services.

Adji also told the Globe that the aircraft has been parked at the airport for the last five years. "The airline has gone bankrupt and the plane was being taken apart so they can resell the pieces," and the fire occurred as several technicians cut the plane up, he said.

Herry Bhakti Singayuda, the Ministry of Transportation's director general of civil aviation, attributed the explosion to the presence of fuel in lines on the plane's right wing, which was being cut up. Singayuda also said the accident occurred outside a hanger and prevented injuries.

GMF spokeswoman Siska Tobing said the explosion was heard at Terminal 1 of the airport, which serves Jakarta.

Singayuda and other Indonesian officials are currently in negotiations with the European Union in the hope of removing the nation's carriers from the list of airlines banned in the EU. This event is the second such coincidence, with the EU's last visit in March seeing one of Lion Air's McDonnel-Douglas planes crash-landing at the same airport.


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The Jakarta Globe source does not mention this incident. I think this needs to be de-published unless verified. I will give a look. --SVTCobra 03:28, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I googled pretty extensively, I found nothing, except the Wikinews story. --SVTCobra 03:32, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * maybe i'm missing something, but this seems to be mentioned directly in the Jakarta Globe article: "...an aircraft caught fire at flag carrier Garuda Indonesia’s maintenance facility in Tangerang, Banten...". Tempodivalse [talk]  03:37, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, you are right. It is in there as a single sentence ... kinda obscure ... but still my bad. --SVTCobra 03:46, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

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There is only one source, something called Tempo Interactive, of which I don't know the reliability. The second source, Jakarta Globe does not mention this incident. I looked high and low, and found no other stories on this "fire". Please prove me wrong and find another (reliable) source. --SVTCobra 03:38, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

There are at least seven sentences if you read the whole article. Everything after the bit about no comment from the EU delegation. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:31, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


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hi Dottydotdot, and thanks for taking the time to review the article! about the rearrangement you made on the first parragraph, doesnt it imply that the patients were at the National Oncology Institute? from what i understood, the team did some research there and then went around the world for the trials. Revoluc (talk) 16:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Aha, yep I see your point, I've changed it a bit, what do you think? Dotty•• |☎ 16:55, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * nice :D
 * i keep taking the style guide too seriously and ending up with those messy long sentences, so i need ppl like you to keep me on the right track xD Revoluc (talk) 00:43, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

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i put the image of the dna back up, since the text explains the mechanism of the therapy the article is about. if an image of a strand of genetic material is indeed irrelevant in an article about a disease that originates in the genetic material, then perhaps it could be changed to [[Media:Gemcitabine-hydrochloride-from-xtal-3D-balls.png|an image of the gemcitabine molecule]]. Revoluc (talk) 04:09, 20 June 2009 (UTC)


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U.K. MPs' expenses to be investigated by police

June 19, 2009

According to the BBC, the Metropolitan Police Service of London in the United Kingdom announced today that its Specialist Crime Directorate will start an investigation into members of the U.K. Parliament, or MPs, who have been implicated in the on-going scandal about MPs' expense claims. The investigation will be overseen by Janet Williams, a former special branch commander and run by the economic and specialist crime command unit. Since the The Daily Telegraph published details of MPs expenses, which ranged from a floating duck house to a pornographic movie for the husband of an MP, there has been public outrage at the claims. Many MPs have been forced to step down at the next general election.

On Friday, Parliament published the list of MPs expenses that The Telegraph had received, but with many claims blacked out and redacted. This in itself has provoked surprise and anger with the British public.

The Met was quoted as saying "After consideration by the joint Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service assessment panel the Met has decided to launch an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and Peers."

The police did not name any of the people who were to be investigated, but the BBC reported that through its own sources it had discovered that they included Labour members of the lower house of Parliament, the House of Commons, David Chaytor and Elliot Morley, and Labour member of the upper house of Parliament, the House of Lords, Baroness Uddin. Mr. Chaytor confirmed that the police had contacted his solicitor, and that he expected to be talking to the police within the next few days, to (in his words) "explain my case, explain what happened", and "clear my name".

Any expenses claims made will be investigated to see whether they constitute offences. Such offences are likely, by their natures, to be offences under the 2006 Fraud Act, in particular "Fraud by false representation", as defined in § 2 of the Act. (This covers claims made over the past year, approximately. Any expenses claimed prior to that Act coming into force would have to constitute offences under the Theft Act 1978.)  One consequence of this is that only those members of Parliament whose claims might have been dishonestly made will be subject to investigation.

The requirement, that the claim be dishonest for it to be fraud by false representation, means that any MPs' expense claims that correctly and honestly described what expenses were being claimed, or that were incorrect but not known by the MP to be incorrect when they were made, will not qualify as fraud according to law. An expense claim for (for example) a floating duck house is not fraud under the Act if it really was for a floating duck house, as claimed. Whereas an expense claim for (for example) payments for a mortgage that did not exist would qualify as fraud under the Act, subject to the additional requirement that the person making the expense claim knew that the mortgage that did not exist and thus was making a knowingly false representation about the thing being claimed for.


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Some parts invoke WN:WEASEL, such as this sentence: "This in itself has provoked surprise and anger with the British public," which is unattributed. --SVTCobra 03:16, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

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Please add this article to Category:Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom). Please also remove the duplicate word "the" in front of the name of the newspaper at the start of the second paragraph. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 22:31, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
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Fans worldwide queue for new iPhone

June 19, 2009

Fans throughout the world have been queuing up outside stores for the release of Apple's new iPhone, titled the iPhone 3GS. The phone went on sale on Friday morning around the world. According to CNN, around 300 people were queuing outside Apple's New York store while employees were briefed inside.

Lines however, were not as long as was anticipated, with surplus metal barriers outside stores. An Apple employee was quoted as saying that the lines were shorter than this time last year.

The new iPhone contains a faster processor, a digital compass and a video camera. Ever since the launch of the original iPhone two years ago, it has been praised for "making smartphones cool", with over 17 million handsets being sold.

However, critics have said that the new update deals are too costly. The telecommunications company O2 has made owners of Apple's current iPhone products buy out their contracts should they wish to purchase the new phone.

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More coverage of the dispute, including the solidarity strikes and an expose of how the employers are trying to obstruct a legal trade union strike ballot, at http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/latest/7464


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Rafael Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon Championships

June 20, 2009

Rafael Nadal, the 2008 Men's Singles winner at, announced today his withdrawal from the because of a knee injury caused by his. The formal announcement came after he had played the second of his warm-up matches.

On Thursday, whilst playing, Nadal had experienced issues with moving about the court. Again, whilst playing today, he had problems and lost the match.

He will be the first champion to not defend his Wimbledon championship since pulled out in 2002.

As a result, fifth seed takes Nadal's place in the first quarter of the draw, seventeenth seed  takes del Potro's place in the fifth quarter,  becomes the thirty-third seed and takes Blake's place in the fourth quarter, with his own previous spot now filled by lucky loser.

was quoted on Tuesday (June 16) as saying "Nadal is always a dangerous player because he is the best in the world — but what happened in Paris and then the injury, I am picking Andy Murray or . […] For Nadal to win five in a row (at the French Open) was a big goal this year. I am sure he was very, very disappointed when he went home after Paris. That defeat took him many, many days to get over. Nadal is saying he has got an injury, but he has to be fit at Wimbledon if he wants to go all the way, and I do not think he will go all the way this year."


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Lol, you brits got a couple of hyperactive legislators over there :) 77.250.25.165 (talk) 18:43, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

The legislation is fine. It is the people who think they can interpret it that are the problem, any lawyer worth his/her salt will laugh in the face of such ideas, and sign documents saying that they did, too. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:36, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


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Hackers attack Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting website

June 19, 2009 Wikinews has learned that the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website has been hacked and is suffering from an apparent Distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS). As of this report, the main IRIB website could be reached. Just after 6:00 p.m. (EDT) the site came back online with only a few connection issues.

On further investigation, it was discovered that an individual or group claims responsibility for attacking the website on an Iranian internet forum. As part of the attack, at least one section of the IRIB website, an apparent user space, was replaced with what appears to be videos and images of protests within Iran. The page also contains the statement "hacked by the Iranian people."

It was also discovered that citizens have set up internet channels on IRC in an attempt to disseminate proxy servers and addresses to bypass the blocking of the internet by the Iranian government. Proxy servers can also be used to attack websites.

The Iranian government has blocked access to the Internet, or access to websites, in nearly all of Iran. A partial list of blocked websites includes Facebook, BBC, and several Iranian based websites.


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There are a few IRC channels devoted to creating open proxies to bypass Iranian internet blockage: #irantech and #iranelection. Both are on freenode.

Here is a screen shot of the IRIB website before it went totally offline: http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7452/iribwebsitehackedddos.gif 'server too busy'. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There's also Anonnet with #iran, #iran.analysis and #iran.proxies Anonymous (Talk to the Anonymous) 12:41, 11 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.158.235 (talk)

Accessed, or tried to access IRIB website: Connection timed out at 3:41 p.m. eastern time. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:41, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Link to some blocked websites in Iran. Not sure how long it will be around: http://95.211.92.83/banned.html DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:34, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Add that to the article. That might be very important in the future if their are other websites affected by a DDoS. Also what is the time of the "Server too busy" error? Irunongames (talk) 19:50, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * A DDoS attack will produce an error such as that: Website times out, server too busy or connection cannot be established. The messages all depend on your browser and such. This is not the first time a major internet site has been hacked/attacked. The Scientology website was a while back. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:05, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Point of interest - the banned list is being hosted in the netherlands (by a company called leaseweb) as far as i can tell. Although the person updating it is probably in iran and might "go away" I think the list is here for a little bit. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:14, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Unsourced claim of responsibility for attack
Hi, could you please cite the source for this claim: "On further investigation, it was discovered that an individual or group claims responsibility for attacking the website on an Iranian internet forum."

You should be detailing who made that claim, as well as what website the claim was made on, as well as the actual URL link to the conversation where responsibility is claimed.

I argue this should prevent the "passed" rating for "verifiability".

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.115.64.151 (talk) 18:05, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


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Government Blocking Websites !!
omg thats soooo retarded !!!!!! i'd hack get in sooo much troubble ...the school tried to block websites ...i understand that ..i hacked that XD ..but the government i'd do some prison time .... -- The audio of this article says "Dental of Service Attack".--71.135.117.126 (talk) 16:29, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I was just so shocked when I read this news.It was just unimaginable that even technology of today is being used for protest of government rule. I was just having some culture shock because of the different environment here in my country, in the Philippines as it was called the " no.1 most corrupt in asia". Because here in my country some of my fellow citizens oppose the government as they call it the "street parliament" meaning if a matter is not solved in the congress it needs solving in the street but in the matter in Iran i think its called the "internet parliament". Please don't take this as a judgement concerning this matter besides I am just reflecting concerning this matter. Thanks wikinews. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.47.50 (talk) 04:54, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I hope Iran finds these people and arrests them for sabotage against the islamic republic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.67.58 (talk) 05:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

That is such great news, intelligent people taking action over corruption and censorship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.59.67.244 (talk) 13:15, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I CAN HAZ ME VOTE NOW?
okthxbai--216.75.93.110 (talk) 19:05, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Do not forget that Iranian hackers can attack US too.


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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks about Iranian presidential election protests at prayers

June 19, 2009

At Friday prayers today at the mosque of Tehran University,  spoke about the disturbances in Iran that have followed its. He stated that the elections had been fairly run, urged the opposition to stop the protests by demonstrators, and accused foreign countries, singling out the United Kingdom in particular, of interference in internal Iranian affairs.

Ali Khamenei issued a veiled warning to opposition leaders, including, who was not present in the prayer hall where Ali Khamenei was speaking, that street demonstrations were unacceptable and challenges to democracy. He stated that such street demonstrations must stop, and that if it did not, people would be held accountable. He called the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was present in the prayer hall, a definitive victory and stated that there had been no vote-rigging, an activity that he likened to the commission of treason, pointing to the 11 million vote margin by which Mahmoud had won as evidence of this.

He accused diplomatic representatives of foreign governments to Iran of casting aside their masks of courtesy and revealing their "true enmity towards the Iranian Islamic state", saying that "the most evil of them is the British government", a statement that was greeted by roars from the crowd before him of "Death to the English!".

He blamed foreign news media, which he described as partly Zionist-controlled, for incorrectly portraying Mir Hossein as being in conflict with the Islamic establishment, saying that "[t]hey have no right to say that. That is not true.".

He also accused the United States of hypocrisy, commenting on the contrast between U.S. President Barack Obama's letter offering better relations between the U.S. and Iran with his comments on the Iranian presidential election, and pointing to the U.S. military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, saying "We do not need any advice on human rights from them.".

He similarly contrasted, albeit without explicitly naming their source, remarks made by Hillary Clinton about human rights in Iran with the events of the FBI raid on the  in, Texas in 1993, where 75 people were killed.


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This just in: fancruft, as written by an Apple employee to promote their products. WikiNews isn't a social bookmarking site. 72.150.233.251 (talk) 20:39, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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Remember that Ali Khamenei and others are Arabic names. They don't necessarily work in the way that the names, that European and American English-speakers may be used to, do. Uncle G (talk) 20:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


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News services and web companies increase Farsi services in light of Iranian political situation

June 19, 2009

Several organizations have increased their Farsi services in the wake of the events surrounding the recent presidential election. Google has added Farsi-to-English translation as one of its translation options to its Google Translate service. Similarly, Facebook has launched a Farsi version of its web site. The BBC has increased the number of broadcasting satellites that it uses for its Farsi news channel, BBC Persian Television.

Google's translation services currently only provide translation from Farsi to English. Franz-Josef Och stated that this was to enable people in Iran to communicate directly via the Internet with the outside world, saying "Like YouTube and other services, Google Translate is one more tool that Persian speakers can use to communicate directly to the world, and vice versa — increasing everyone's access to information.". The company states that it is working to provide translation between Farsi and the other 40 languages that it provides on its Translate service.

Facebook's Farsi version of its web site, which is still marked as a beta-test version, was launched rapidly, with, the company states, the assistance of more than 400 Farsi speakers who submitted translations of the contents of the site.

Both companies state that their reasons for expanding their services are to promote communication, and are not politically motivated.

The BBC has increased the number of broadcasting satellites that it uses for broadcasting its Farsi news channel. This is, it states, in response to signal jamming of its broadcasts by the Iranian government. (The Iranian government accuses BBC Persian Television, which is funded by the British Foreign Office, of being a propaganda service for the British Government.) It states that its broadcasts on the Hot Bird 6 satellite had been aggressively jammed, and that therefore it was now also broadcasting from the Eutelsat W2M satellite, and planned to start broadcasting from Nilesat as well in the near future.


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Porsche automaker's global sales drop 28%

June 19, 2009

On Friday, German automobile manufacturer Porsche reported that its August-April sales saw a drop of 28%, to 53,635 vehicles, after demand for luxury vehicles plunged as a result of the ongoing global financial crisis.

The firm also reported the revenue in the first three quarters of its fiscal year, which was at 4.64 billion euros after having fallen 15%. The overall decrease in revenues was due, in large part, to the decrease in sales of the company's 911 model, which accounts for a significant portion of sales. The 911 unit sales were lower by 18% for the year.

"In the first nine months of the ongoing fiscal year, the Porsche subgroup could not avoid the downward trend that has overtaken the worldwide automobile industry," the automaker said.

"This is certainly no surprise, but the fact that there is no reference to earnings any more in the outlook could be seen as a negative sign," said an analyst for Sal. Oppenheim, Christian Breitsprecher, noting that the forecast "remains very unspecific".


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I would try to fix this sentence, but I am not sure what the intent is: "The decrease in revenues was not as heavy than that of sales due to the company's 911 model, which had accounted for a larger part of sales, resulting in a better mix of models." --Jcart1534 (talk) 22:03, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed that last bit, does it make more sense now? (The awkward wording was partly because i was trying not to infringe copyright with WSJ and i couldn't find another good way to phrase that sentence.) Tempodivalse [talk]  22:06, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I made a minor edit. If I misunderstood the intent, please revert. Cheers, --Jcart1534 (talk) 22:14, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's much better, thanks. Tempodivalse [talk]  22:17, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


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This isn't DEMOCRACY its a cabal of masonic lodges protecting their own financial interests hence the lack of action.. I bet its a few non-masons who become the sacrificial goats. Poor sods. Frank Murray. Bristol


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I know what it means, but the term should be "web site". Two words per AP style. Calebrw (talk) 23:05, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


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Tropical depression dissipates, impacts Mexico

June 20, 2009 Tropical Depression One-E, the first tropical system of the 2009 Eastern Pacific hurricane season, was declared dissipated by the National Hurricane Center at 5 pm PDT yesterday, but its remnants continue to impact Mexico. Ahead of the storm, advisories were posted for coastal areas. Shelters were prepared, but because the storm never broke tropical depression status, they were not opened.

Although it was a weak storm, it managed to drop heavy rainfall—measured in inches—and spawn gusty winds. Thousands of residents in the Mazatlán region were left in the dark, while several trees were downed throughout the city.

Numerous small villages were flooded, forcing the evacuation of some residents. Structures were also damaged. To assist in cleanup efforts, members of the Mexican army were deployed throughout Sinaloa. On some major roadways, landslides resulted in traffic accidents.

NOAA predicts the upcoming Pacific hurricane season will be below average, with 13 to 18 named storms, of which 6 to 10 are expected to become hurricanes. They define a "normal" season as having 15.3 named storms, with 8.8 hurricanes.

TD 1-E marked the earliest date in the year that a tropical cyclone had impacted the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Usually, such storms don't strike the area until August.


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Please replace Hurricane with Hurricane 2009 Infobox. Thanks! – Juliancolton  | Talk 21:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
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This seems quite pointy and bias from the start - "was the scene of growing controversy"? Please, this kind of writing discredits Wikinews. Shame on whoever wrote or rewrote this.
 * You're right! This is no controversy! Only one side thinks this is bad, and they're the side that doesn't matter! Source: 2008 Election Results! 206.74.5.136 (talk) 15:11, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


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The culture of the Islamic Republic may not be the most sympathetic in the world, but damn it is cool to see people all over the globe uniting to aid a fellow democracy in distress. --80.167.173.75 (talk) 11:49, 20 June 2009 (UTC)


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editprotected Please change the spelling of "Bjorn Borg" to "Björn Borg" and add ", former Swedish tennis player". Adding the country and/or profession would not be a substantial change, I believe and it would also help readers to know who is Björn Borg. Agastya Chandrakant  ⚽ 🏆 🎾 🎬 🎤 📰  08:21, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * Is it okay now? acagastya 05:38, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The issue here is with changing the text of the article. Since no other admin has involved themselves in this over the past several months, I've switched off the editprotected tag. --Pi zero (talk) 14:56, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
 * this is not a substantial edit that he is just a Swedish tennis player so that it does not look like some random person on the street commenting. acagastya 15:05, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
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Two British hostages feared dead after bodies found in Iraq

June 20, 2009 The British government has said it fears that two bodies handed back by the Iraqi authorities are those of two Britons captured in 2007. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that forensic tests were currently being conducted to determine whether they were indeed those of the hostages.

In May 2007, four security guards and an IT consultant, Peter Moore, were kidnapped at the Ministry of Finance by armed militants of the Islamic Shiite resistance. The kidnappers released a video of the captives, saying that one will be killed if British forces do not withdraw from Iraq.

Miliband said that "we have never speculated on the outcome of this case although we have been working intensively on it, so the overriding feeling today is one of deep sadness and fear. Our immediate thoughts are clearly with the families of the five Britons taken hostage in Baghdad in May 2007."

Foreign Office sources have suggested that the bodies have been dead for several months.


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It really is quite scary that a private contractor with four private security guards can still be kidnapped. Also, that the British government can't/won't help. Dotty•• |☎ 16:38, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

It's very sad. One man suffers for the decisions of his country. Even more sad is the extremes taken by the Iraqi people to have their country back. No one is right or wrong in a war, remember it's all killing and it's all greed.

The terrorists had one completely unreasonable demand, their was no other possible outcome of this. And not negotiating with terrorists has long been policy for most western nations. This is not the first time this has happened, not just for British individuals, but for people from a wide variety of nations. The state did the right thing by not risking national security for the fate of two men, who were there of their own free will, not the will of the state.81.153.13.250 (talk) 20:47, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

It's really tragic, but no country should ever negotiate with terrorists. You simply can't reason with groups or institutions that apply violent coercion. Furthermore, co-operating or negotiating with terrorists is a concession that their methods are effective. Once someone becomes their hostage, they're already dead. 70.153.98.139 (talk) 22:29, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


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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 Attorney. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Attorney~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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Violence in Iran increases

June 21, 2009

In the past day the violence has increased in Iran. It started this morning with a suicide bombing attack on a shrine of Iran's revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The bombing was most likely planned at the shrine to anger Iranians because they revere Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as the founder of the Islamic Republic. The attacker and another person were killed in the blast, which succeeded in wounding eight pilgrims.

Later in the afternoon, a witness reported that she was on her way to a protest in Revolution Square with a group of people, but was blocked by a row of riot police in central Tehran. The group of protesters sat down in defiance of police. She stated that helicopters hovered above the group of roughly 300 before the protesters were forced to disperse due to tear gas.

Another eyewitness who was able to arrive to Revolution Square reported that there were about 20,000 riot police officers all around Tehran, made up of Basiji militiamen and soldiers, armed with rifles, tear gas, and water cannons. The riot police outnumbered the 3,000 protesters who were able to arrive.

There have also been reports that an innocent elderly man and younger female were both shot and killed. These are two of over 150 deaths, according to unconfirmed reports, over the last seven days.

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Greenland assumes self rule Sunday

June 21, 2009

Greenland, population over 57,000, assumes the national right of self government today. The occasion will be honoured in the nation's capital, Nuuk, by the Danish monarch Queen Margrethe II, the current Head of State. With the ceremony, Kalaallisut becomes the official language of the mainly Inuit island, and Greenland will become the only country in North America where an indigenous language has official status nationwide. Newly elected Prime Minister of Greenland Kuupik Kleist will embark on an agenda of tackling social and education challenges and increasing independence.

This step follows Greenland's November referendum concerning independence from Denmark and continues the development of self government in the country. Sunday marks when Greenland is internationally recognized as an independent country with control over its natural resources, police and judicial matters. Denmark will still maintain responsibility for Greenland's foreign affairs, finances and defense.

In 1985, Greenland withdrew from the European Union, of which Denmark remains a member. The government has declared June 21 as Greenland's National Day, which is to be a national holiday. June 21 is also the Summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year, a day when much of Greenland will receive continuous daylight for 24 hours.

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User talk:85.228.24.48

Hi, I deleted, Portal:Linux/box-footer and friends, because well - i'm not sure what you were trying to do, but it didn't work. Please note that wikinews is seperate from wikipedia. We have ways of doing some things, among them making portals. However since it appears you were trying to make portal:Linux, I went ahead and did that for you. Hope that helps. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:00, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks about Iranian presidential election protests at prayers

I like how Khamenei said the vote margin was evidence there wasn't vote rigging... I hate politicians. Just what we need is an unstable middle-eastern nation probably with nuclear weapons. -jl

The great leader! Long live the Benefactor
Look, no matter who really won or wins this or future elections, the great Ali Khamenei will always be in power... forever (the Iranian constitution makes sure of that). Can we really have a democracy where non-elected leaders are a lot more than symbolic figures? I don't think so. I hope Iran's intellectuals and youth will soon become powerful enough in order to establish a well-balanced democratic system.--Sampi (talk) 04:00, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Just throw all the prtesters into jail and kill them they are a threat to the great islamic republic ustable how dare you fuckign asshole why don't you look at how in your country you have neo nazis domestic terroitsts a failing economy a racist unequal populace and plenty of other afflictions unstable please your country is teetering on the edge of collapse. Face it the chinese russians indians japansese english french and many more are billions of times better in every aspect then you