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User talk:TUFKAAP/Archive 1

Welcome
TUFKAAP, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Lead up to Iraq war: as threats decreased, bombings increased
Hi TUFKAAP! The bone head who got off on 3 topics on this was me :) It's a long story, chopped at and other stuff. Lead up to Iraq war: as threats decreased, bombings increased Actually, KevinBass started sources on it and that was the end of his involvement. -Edbrown05 05:24, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Mornin', TUFKAAP!
Thanks for the publish After reading the Richmond newspaper's account on the event I decided that what had been on teevee and the AP stories were sensationalism. Granted, the event wasn't wholly nice, and certain people admitted to bad behavior, but it wasn't a riot - more likely a fracas - and the riot squad wasn't dispatched. However, free-for-all might come close, eh?

Anyway, what're your thoughts? - Regards, --Kevin L. Bardon 14:55, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday TUFFKAPP!
I mean Cameron, i mean Ted, i mean happy Birthday TUFKAPP! -Edbrown05 04:14, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey, thanks for the support vote on commons :-). Happy Birthday! Dan100 (Talk) 10:22, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

New Main Page design proposal
I invite you and others to see Main Page Talk, where I have proposed a new Main Page for Wikinews. Best wishes, NGerda 01:54, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Kahn-Yay
Hey, just to let you know, it's Kanye West, not Kayne West. I've fixed it a few times already. Thanks for writing stories about him though. - McCart42 (talk) 13:30:49, 2005-09-10 (UTC)

logos
Could you please include a source link with the logos? Helps with checking them. - Amgine/talk 22:51, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Admin status granted
Congratulations, you have just been made a sysop! You have volunteered for boring housekeeping activities which normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops basically can't do anything: They cannot delete pages arbitarily (only obvious junk like "jklasdfl,öasdf JOSH IS GAY"), they cannot protect pages in an edit war they are involved in, they cannot ban users except in cases of obvious vandalism or excessive edit warring (24-hour "cool down" ban). What they can do is delete junk as it appears, ban vandals, remove pages that have been listed on Deletion requests for more than a week, protect pages when asked to by other members, and help keep the few protected pages there are up to date.

Note that almost everything you can do can be undone, so don't be too worried about making mistakes. You will find more information on Administrators, please take a look before experimenting with your new powers. Drop me a message if there are any questions or if you want to stop being a sysop (could it be?). Have fun!--Eloquence 13:04, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Congrats! Glad to see you as an Admin!  --Mrmiscellanious 00:35, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

RC patrolling, article tags
Wanted to say, you're doing yeoman work watching the recent changes. Great job watching for issues!

When you tag an article though, you don't need to put a whole bunch of different tags on the top of the article itself. One will do. Then explain why the tag was applied on the discussion page. If there are more issues than are covered by a single tag, add them to the discussion page, to expand on what you say there about what needs to be changed to improve the article. - Amgine/talk 05:06, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * yeah, like that person said!! -Edbrown05 05:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Wilma
Hi ya :) How is it the Wilma is 1st storm starting with a dubya when in 1933 there were also 21 storms -68.232.153.54 18:01, 17 October 2005 (UTC) Sorry, lazy me should log on -Edbrown05 18:03, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Hassan essay
Hi! Where did you find that? -Edbrown05 05:01, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply, I don't quite know how to respond beyond that for the momment. -Edbrown05

Jon Stewart
You certainly make a fool out of me when I said that you wouldn't write any more once you became an admin. Thanks for that informative and entertaining "Entertainment" story. -Edbrown05 10:21, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * As an aside to the outrageously nice stuff I've said about you, don't you ever again get two lead stories at the same time, or heaven forbid, three. :) Edbrown05 23:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Cheers ;-) i try my best! :-D Spum 13:12, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Jill Carroll image
I cannot find this image on the Christian Science Monitor website. It appears to be a licensed news image, rather than a publicity image, so I am deleting it as a violation of the fair use policy. Just wanted to let you know why. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Response
Yeah, I plan on mentioning their rebuttals. Ral315 03:08, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Clarify
That was what Internation wrote in response to you on his talk page...What I said in IRC... Jason Safoutin 17:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Block of International
Hi, would you be so kind as to list the 3 RRs at the admin page where Chiacomo set up the template? 3 RRs have been such a big discussion issue on the water cooler, I think that would help. Neutralizer 18:00, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm also interested in seeing this violation listed for review. There has been some discussion on listing of violation being a "should" item with only MrM dissenting on a proposed wording on the issue. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked for violating the 3RR rule. International 03:07, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Images
By removing those images you are breaking wikinews's archives Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 18:28, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, I wasn't complaining just commenting. It annoys me when commons goes and delete images (Plus as you had no edit summary, how are other users/ new users to now what was going on) Apart from that thanks sparring the time to do it. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 18:40, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Unblocking of MrM
The three revert rule policy page provides an exception to the three revert rule for "simple vandalism". It states "This exception does not apply to reversions of well-established users just because you consider their edits to be "vandalism." Simple vandalism is indisputable—don't confuse it with edits which you simply disagree with." I don't see how the edits that MrM reverted can be considered simple vandalism. Can you please reconsider your decision to unblock MrM in light of this? - Borofkin 04:47, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

"There are some who never manage to distinguish between their own political views and NPOV...like StrangerInExile"
If you are going to say things like that about me, back it up: I challenge you to find edits of mine on articles that justify such a statement. I am an activist on various fora, an editor on Wikipedia and a jounalist here. It bothers me that you would assume because I am an activist on certain fronts that this makes my commitment to NPOV somehow suspect. The fact that you went and sprung MrM from the block after a spree of blatent POV-warring on his part— under cover of administrative authority no less!— makes it hypocritical. StrangerInParadise 20:33, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * SIP, keep your problems about me with me. Don't bring others into the mix.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:40, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I've done the reverse: I've dragged you into my problem with him. You talked your way out of a block, on blatently specious grounds. We can squab about that, but right now I'm taking him to task for letting you do it, and suggesting what he said above. StrangerInParadise 21:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Somebody bombed a mosque, how is this not terrorism?
Say your revert in passing, had to ask... StrangerInParadise 05:11, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Rfda
This is a message to inform you that I have added every administrator to the Rfda section on WN:A. This is not personal and I feel as if the community, who did not have the option of voting for or against most of the administrators, should be able to choose who they want to be in charge. I also want to say that I value everyones work on this site and I know that everyone does their best. I hope that none of you will take this personally and I hope that all of us will continue to work together. Jason Safoutin 12:20, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Congressional edits story
Hi Tufkaap--I see you were one of the earliest editors working on this investigation. Could you tell me more about the discovery of, research concerning, and group response to anonymous edits being made to Wikipedia from a variety of government offices. For example: What was the event that brought it to your attention? Did you enlist collaborators, and if so, how? Did you come to any general conclusions about protecting Wikipedia from anonymous POV-pushers in the future? I'm giving a short talk at Wikimania about the Congressional edits, the "Swiftboating" edit war, and similar mass-arrivals of new edits. w:UserTalk:Betsythedevine65.96.127.228 18:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

New roadmap unveiled for Northern Ireland devolution
Good work on New roadmap unveiled for Northern Ireland devolution. It is nice to see a well written neutral report on Northern Ireland. --Cspurrier 02:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

User photos
Please review this discussion: Water_cooler/policy.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:51, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

New Policy has users up in smoke
Hello. I am not sure if you check this page anymore, but I thought you might be interested as to what is going on here at Wikinews: Image use policy/New wikimedia policy action plan. I am outraged as well as others...do you have an opinion? DragonFire1024 09:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

OR, blog?
Just seeing you got a pic of Nic Cage filming National Treasure-- would you like access to the Wikinews original reporting blog? Adding about original reporting to this blog is a great way of promoting Wikinews to people interested in Wikimedia. -- Zanimum 15:05, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I've sent an invitation to your Gmail account. It's best to post directly into the blog; alternatively you can have it aggregate your content like Steven did. --  Zanimum 15:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I've sent to the MSN email now, and resent to the original addy. Fingers crossed. --  Zanimum 15:50, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Republican Sinn Fein protesters.jpg
May intreast you as you are original uploader of that image. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Stanley Cup Logo
That looks great. Yeah, .gif files always leave that junk all over the place. The .png file will work much better. Thanks. --wjmoore 23:33, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

myskin.css
I just wanted to mention, custom skin is a php skin. For it to be enabled, it would have to be done by developers, and it would appear in special:preferences under skins. special:mypage/myskin.css is the css when you select myskin from the special:preferences skin menu. (Myskin sort of has a lot of unstyled html in,good for modifying the apperence with css. For example I sometimes use an egyption skin i found in my user:Bawolff/myskin.css) Bawolff ☺☻ 20:13, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Recent archiving
When you just recently protected some pages for archiving, you used cascading protection, which also protected the infoboxes and any other templates used on the page. You probably should turn the "cascading" option off. You also didn't add the archive template to the page, so people might not know why it is protected. Just letting you know. :) —Zachary talk 21:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

WN:ARCHIVE says that articles have to be no less than 10 days old before archiving. You are archiving stories that are less than a week old (eg. Hawaii entertainer Don Ho dies at 76) --SVTCobra 21:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Reconfirmation
I've archived you're reconfirmation which turned out to be unanimously successful. You can read it again here: Administrators/Archive. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:37, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

cross wiki impersonation
q:User:TUFKAAP. –Doldrums(talk) 22:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Question Page
No, you haven't broken the rules, i've just been extremley busy in real-life. I'll go do that now, my apologies. Thunderhead - (talk) 17:41, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Lexington Ave steam explosion.jpg
Where did you get this image. It needs source information. --SVTCobra 01:30, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Having added the CC-BY-ND 2.0 licence tag, I would draw you're attention to the text that is part of that template. Adambro 09:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Because CC-BY-ND is not a permitted licence I've found a freely licenced similar alternative and changed the article. I understand you contacted the photographer of the image you added and so you might like to ask him to change it to CC-BY or CC-BY-SA so we can use it as it was a better image. Adambro 12:15, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Banhammer time
Thanks for your two infiniblocks. I noticed you unblocked this guy, and didn't re-block him...

irid:t 01:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :) irid:t 01:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Obtaining mugshots
Hello,

I help maintain the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom

A photo of the accused murderers was recently removed due to questionable copyright information. Fortunately criminal mug shots are public domain and thus open source and can be readily uploaded to Wikipedia. The only problem is I won't be able to obtain mug shots of the accused murderers' because I lack a reporters credential. Another wiki editor referred me to WikiNews and suggested I ask an accredited member for assistance in obtaining mugshots

The images in question can be found on this commercial news site, though they can't be copied due to copyright laws.

http://www.volunteertv.com/special/headlines/5686076.html

Would you be willing to contact the Knox County Sherriff's office to obtain these mugshots?

http://www.knoxsheriff.org/

It should be fairly easy for you, since you are an official WikiNews reporter. Graham Wellington 18:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Press pass
Sure, I'll create a pass pass for you. May I use the picture on your user page? Also, if you would like me to print and laminate it for you, could you e-mail me some kind of mailing address? messedrocker shift-2 gmail.com MessedRocker (talk) 20:29, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

69.227.151.150
In general, it isn't a good idea to block an IP address indefinitely unless it is an open proxy. I've adjusted the block time to 6 months. JoshuaZ 21:14, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Image:Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.jpg
Do you remember where you got this from? Did you do the captures yourself? Please reply at WN:DR. Cheers, --SVTCobra 21:31, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Complaint
Where can I file a complaint about your abuse of your admin powers? Please direct me to the appropriate section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.211.167 (talk) 04:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Question
Why is everybody being so mean to me? Is civility a policy here like it is on wikipedia?--Uga Man 23:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

VOA News
Although we often use VOA news stories, I don't think we want to go overboard with that... Opinions differ on the subject but I think we should focus on creating new stuff instead of becoming a VOA mirror site. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 08:47, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

VOA News multiple sources
I have noticed you have published a VOA article without a secondary source .See this quote from the style guide "Please do not publish an article until it has multiple sources, or there is agreement among editors that more sources are not available..." There is also an ongoing issue about this exact issue in the Water cooler so please comment on it there --Anonymous101 16:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

 * There is an active discussion on VOA articles in the Water cooler. You might want to check it out. --SVTCobra 17:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Wikinews-logo-election08.png
Hello TUFKAAP,

The image you created for USA 2008 presidential elections has words "ELECTIONS 2008" on it. Since there will be many elections in 2008 (e.g. in my country we will have at least 2 or 3 this year), it would be nice to add something like "USA ELECTIONS 2008" to the image, just to make Wikinews appear less US-centric. I know there is a President Seal on the image, but it's not the first thing that one sees when looks at the picture. Could you possibly fix it, or post a SVG somewhere, so I could quickly take care of it? Thanks. --89.216.185.76 13:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Editorials
Hello. You asked to be included on the discussion about Wikinews Editorials. I have begun such discussion here: Please feel free to comment. --David Shankbone - (talk) 16:35, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:John Kerry via DVD.JPG
This is completely unacceptable. When you're able to come up with an appropriate description then upload it again. Adambro - (talk) 20:52, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Thank you for changing this. What is your intention with this image? Is it for a current or future article? Adambro - (talk) 20:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Clinton McCain.jpg
This doesn't look like its used (anymore?). Can it be deleted? Adambro - (talk) 11:09, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Portal images
I don't think you can mix gfdl images with cc-by-sa images and you can't ix cc-by-sa or gfdl imges with the Wikinews logo. By the way the images look brilliant. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 17:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

claiming my pictures
you claimed my pictures on the scientology founders birthday news... i was in the rally so i couldnt say anything but i had pictures.. please credit me somehowRankun - (talk) 07:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:24.31.143.232

Welcome
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User talk:83.216.199.110

Welcome
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 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:81.173.159.190

Welcome
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk)  11:57, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
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 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:Harpo~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:69.203.15.27

Welcome
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 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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 * Introduction - overview of the site
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 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:218.0.198.233

Welcome
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk)  11:57, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:67.187.4.39

Welcome
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 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:60.240.175.18

Welcome
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Dresdener Elbe Valley becomes UNESCO World Heritage site

June 25, 2005

Since July 2, 2004 the Elbe Valley near Dresden has been in the process of becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Friday saw the hand over of the documents in Castle Albrechtsberg confirming the status. Today, mayor Roßberg and Professor Bandarin will unveil a plaque in the church of Loschwitz - starting the Elbe Valley celebrations.

The cultural landscape consists of an 18 km long strip along the Elbe between Soebrigen and the Dresden bridge Flügelwegbrücke. It includes the ancient city of Dresden, the many castles along the river Elbe, the town centres of the small villages near the river as well as the very famous Castle Pillnitz.

The city of Dresden sees the status as an internationally-effecting advertisement for investors and tourists in the acknowledgment as a site of world heritage. By this status it will give no further restrictions for the UNESCO. The possibility "of a developing culture landscape" granted itself.


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England and Wales see 60% increase in public injured by police vehicles

June 24, 2005

The total number of people killed and injured by police officers driving cars in the course of their duties in England and Wales has risen by 61% in just one year.

The figures were released by Home Office minister Hazel Blears in a written answer to a question from Lynne Featherstone, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green in London.

They show that in 2002-2003, a total of 22 people were killed and 1,131 were injured.

But in 2003-2004, the number killed has increased to 31, with more than 2,000 injured, of which 138 were serious.

All the people killed or injured were involved in road traffic collisions with police vehicles responding to emergency calls, or those involved in high-speed pursuits.

The police force with the worst record for deaths is Greater Manchester Police. Four people died in collisions involving GMP vehicles in 2002-2003, but the number increased to 6 the following year. However, the number injured dropped from 74 to 56 over the same period.

The safest force was Dyfed-Powys Police, who did not kill or injure anyone in both years. The force covers a rural area of Wales, with a low population density.

Independent Police Complaints Commission Chair Nick Hardwick issued a statement in response to the figures.

Training and risk assessment are the keys to reducing deaths and serious injuries involving police drivers", he said.

"We all accept that in emergencies police officers have to speed and go through red lights but they must not take unacceptable risks, either for themselves or the public."

"The IPCC will continue to manage or independently investigate the most serious collisions involving police driving. We are ensuring that the lessons learned will benefit the police service."


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US city police officer disciplined for drawing gun

June 24, 2005

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, Law Enforcement Officer Keith Robins was disciplined for his actions related to an investigation of an armed robbery. Two males and two females were suspected of robbing a Shell gas station, and one boy was described as having red hair and red pants. Robins was searching the surrounding area approximately 3.2 miles away from the incident when he found a group of ten people that included one male matching the red hair, red pants description.

Robins had spoken to another officer just minutes earlier to discuss how to handle the potential suspects. They decided "that the best way to handle the situation was probably to advise them to all get on the ground, possibly at gunpoint, if the circumstances warranted," Robins wrote.

The group stopped by Robins included seven male students and three teachers from Stone School who were out for a walk. Robins detained this group until backup could arrive to confirm their identities and whether or not they were involved in the armed robbery. They were released after back-up officers arrived and it was determined the students were not the suspects.

Officer Keith Robins has returned to active duty. He was placed on desk duty and paid administrative leave during the investigation of the April 11 incident.

Police Chief Daniel Oates remarked "I'm proud to say that the officer involved recognized his mistake and offered to go to the school to apologize to the students and staff who were affected; for various reasons, that did not occur, but it says a lot about our officer that he extended that offer."

School district spokeswoman Liz Margolis said officials were informed of the conclusion of the internal investigation. She said school staff members and parents jointly decided not to accept Robins' offer to personally apologize, but said police officials had visited the school twice after the incident to talk to students.

"The school has moved beyond this, so they felt they didn't want to bring it up again," Margolis said. "The police department has kept up good communication with the school through the entire investigative process."

According to Ann Arbor Police Department documents there are defined levels of "Use of Force" for differing circumstances. When determining which level is needed officers "responses should be based upon:
 * Physical size, strength and weaponry of the person(s) compared to the officer(s)
 * Nature of the encounter
 * Actions of the person(s)
 * Exigent conditions (i.e., availability of backup)"

The force level used by the officer in drawing his gun was a level one response, the lowest possible response level, described as: "Officer Presence/Verbal Direction: ... Uniformed presence or identification as a police officer, verbal direction, or use of restraint devices (i.e. compliant handcuffing)." Levels two through five responses consist of the use of batons; empty hand techniques (pressure points, striking, take downs); impact weapons; pepper spray; and deadly force.

Related Multi-Media Files
[[Media:Wikinews World Report 6-24-05-B.ogg|Live report]] from Ann Arbor Michigan given by Wikinews reporter Ross Koepke.


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U.S. Supreme Court eases government ability to seize property

June 24, 2005 In a major decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has expanded the right of government to seize private property for public good by allowing the city of, Connecticut to invoke and seize homeowners' property for economic development reasons.

In a closely-divided decision, 5–4, the court determined that the city's economic development plan constituted a "public use", and therefore qualified under the U.S. Constitution's fifth amendment's Eminent Domain clause.

Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the majority decision, and was joined by Justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and. "Promoting economic development is a traditional and long accepted function of government," Stevens wrote, and justified the decision further by saying municipal authorities are better positioned to make decisions regarding a community's best interests than judges. Writing the dissenting opinion, Justice rejected the economic justification as a public use, pointing out that wealthy individuals are more capable of defending themselves and so are less at risk. But the greatest issue was the likelihood of abuse of eminent domain:

"The specter of condemnation hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the state from replacing any with a, any home with a shopping mall or any farm with a factory." A separate dissent was also included written by Justice Clarence Thomas.


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OhmyNews citizen reporters meet in Seoul, Korea

More than 300 "citizen reporters" hailing from countries as far apart as Chile and Norway are coming together at the OhmyNews International Citizen Reporters' Forum from June 23 to June 26, 2005 in Seoul. is one of the most popular South Korean news websites, and it has played an important role in the election of reformist President Roh Moo-hyun. Unlike traditional news sources, OhmyNews allows any individual with an Internet connection to contribute stories. A professional staff of journalists vets incoming submissions and decides which stories are to be published.

The project is sponsoring the forum in order to promote its English edition, officially launched in May 2004. Citizen reporters writing in English exchange ideas and stories, and try to understand the inner workings of the Korean edition. The conference is sponsored by Korean corporations such as Samsung, SK Corporation, LG, Yuhan-Kimberly, and Asiana Airlines.

Conference events
Speakers include Ken Takeuchi, president of JanJan, Shintaro Tabata, head of news service at Japan’s Livedoor, Professor Clyde Bentley from the University of Missouri and MyMissourian.com, Professor Neil Thurman from City University London, Jeremy Iggers from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Erik Möller from Wikinews.

Conference participants were welcomed by OhmyNews founder and CEO on Thursday evening. On Friday, they toured briefly through Seoul's technology sector, including a visit to the "Ubuiquitous Dream" exhibition and Samsung's technology showroom. "Ubiquitous Dream" is meant to demonstrate Korea's vision of ubiquitous computing, including Internet-enabled refrigerators, household robots and voice recognition. Afterwards, conference attendees visited the OhmyNews news room, including a studio used for producing streaming video.

Visitors were given a chance to take a look at the Cheonggyecheon restoration site, an attempt to transform a riverbed into an avenue with parks and fountains. The restoration project manager gave an overview of the effort, and Seoul's mayor Lee Myung Bak briefly highlighted his vision of Korean city development.

At the end of Friday's events, speakers and citizen reporters alike met in the Grand Ballroom of the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center. Oh Yeon Ho gave a brief but passionate speech about his project: "We are from different countries and many of us have a different skin color, but we share one struggle: Every citizen is a journalist." He stated that citizen journalism needs "sustainable business models" to survive. OhmyNews is funded by advertising and subscriptions. He also pointed out the need for different citizen journalism projects to collaborate, and announced the creation of a global alliance to this end.

After Oh's speech, Chin Dae Je, South Korea's Minister of Information and Communication, gave a presentation about ubiquitous computing and the future of the information and communications technology sector in Korea. Lastly, many different citizen reporters, including an 11-year-old from Utah, told their stories about how they joined the OhmyNews community and participated in group photos and a flag ceremony.


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Original Reporting notes
I'm a speaker at the conference and have written down my impressions so far. I've also taken some photos. I'll report on Saturday as well and add further background information.--Eloquence 16:00, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Good job.
Nice pics. I suggest you consider writing more than one story since this one is already hours old. -- Davodd | Talk 03:31, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Didn't realize we(Eloquence) were involved in the event. Just clicked here to say "good story". Paulrevere2005 18:16, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Excellent story! Great layout too ClareWhite 27 June 2005 13:12 (UTC)


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President Mugabe bulldozes homes of 200,000 across Zimbabwe

June 24, 2005

Zimbabwean President Mugabe's Operation Murambatsvina ("Drive out rubbish") has seen at least 200,000 people made homeless in Zimbabwe as the government bulldozes "illegal" homes, buildings and markets.

The opposition has said the operation is designed to "punish" those who object to Mugabe's government.

Two children under the age of two have been killed, the first deaths reported so far in the actions which have been taking place for a month now.

International pressure is building on Zimbabwe to stop. British Foreign Minister Jack Straw has been joined by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in condemning the evictions and urging African leaders to speak out. The government has said the buildings it is destroying are "illegal", and have said that the "black markets" are to blame for the country's "economic meltdown". Over 70% of the population is unemployed.

The bulldozers have the protection of armed police as they do their work. Sometimes the police have forced homeowners to carry out the destruction themselves.

At other times, the government has claimed it is destroying the buildings to get rid of unsafe structures and to reduce overcrowding. Other children have died when the walls of their houses have collapsed.

The authorities are also preventing non-governmental organisations from providing aid to those who have lost their homes.

The country currently needs to import 1.2 million tonnes of food to avoid famine as rural farming production drops.


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Do we have any pictures whatsoever of these atrocities? NGerda 16:57, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

I tried to add a link to this but it got revoked?
 * Wikinews cannot use "hotlinked" images. If the image is "free" (not copyrighted or licensed under a free license) it can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and we can use it that way. - Amgine/talk 18:58, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Can we list it as a source? i.e. BBC News images, much like their article.


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Talk:US city police officer disciplined for drawing gun

See my notes - RossKoepke

 * Um, the article is a bit vauge on what the officers actually did wrong. Considering that he believed that the group of youths may have contained perpetrators of an armed robbery, were his actions excessive? What precisely was he disciplined for? - Borofkin 27 June 2005 02:49 (UTC)


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Iranians vote in runoff election

June 24, 2005 Iranians are voting in Iran's first follow up run-off presidential election today as no candidate received more than 50% in last weeks election. The polls opened at 0430 UTC.

The choice is between conservative candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (now mayor of Tehran) who has promised the poor a greater share of Iran's oil revenues and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who was considered a conservative candidate in the past but now portrays himself as a reform candidate. Rafsanjani has committed himself to keeping the reforms started by outgoing President Mohammad Khatami.

Iran has a very young population and it is reported the country is divided between a more open westernized society and a return (continuation) of an Islamic society.

Regardless of which candidate wins, final outcomes are still controlled by Iran's unelected Clerical Ruling Council.

Related news

 * Iran election going to run-off, challenger alleges fraud
 * Bomb blasts kill several in Iran
 * Continuing civil unrest in Iran fueled by election tensions, soccer victory
 * Iranian opposition group declares all acts of current government void

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US city police officer disciplined for drawing gun/Notes

An anonymous source provided me with the document outlining use of force in the Ann Arbor Police Department. It is a FOIA-able document. I will quote the relevant sections. All bolding, underlining, etc. comes from the original document.

The PPCT/M.C.O.L.E.S. Force Continuum was designed to give officers a model in which to learn the various levels of subject resistance and the appropriate subject control response. This continuum is only a model, and the officer'(s) subject control response should be based upon:
 * Physical size, strength, and weaponry of the person(s) compared to the officer(s).
 * Nature of the encounter.
 * Actions of the person(s).
 * Exigent conditions (i.e., availability of back-up, number of persons involved).

For example, an officer may resort to the use of mace before using hard empty hand controls if the officer believes the use of hard empty hand controls would be ineffective.

 Subject Actions   Inactive Resistance : Resistance that may include psychological intimidation and/or verbal resistance (e.g., blank stare, clenching of fist(s), tightening of jaw muscles, etc.).  Passive Resistance : Any type of resistance whereby the subject does not attempt to defeat the officer's attempt to touch and control the subject, but still will not voluntarily comply with verbal and physical attempts of control (e.g., dead weight, does not react to verbal commands, etc.)  Active Resistance : Any action by a subject that attempts to prevent an officer from gaining control of the subject (e.g., pulling/pushing away, blocking, etc.).  Active Aggression : Physical actions/assaults against the officer or another person with less than deadly force (e.g., advancing, challenging, punching, kicking, grabbing, wrestling, etc.)  Deadly Force Assault : Any force used against an officer or another person that may result in great bodily harm or the loss of human life.   Officer Response.

 Officer Presence/Verbal Direction : Identification of authority (i.e., uniformed presence, or identification as a police officer). Verbal Direction (e.g., for arrest or to control a subject's movements.) Use of Restraint Devices (i.e., compliant handcuffing).

 Compliance Controls : Soft empty hand techniques (e.g., joint locks, pressure points, etc.). Compliance control devices (e.g., baton - when used as a compliance control device ).

 Physical Controls : Hard empty hand techniques (e.g., strikes, take downs).

 Intermediate Controls : Intermediate weapons (i.e., impact weapons, including pepper spray or KEIP weapons).

 Deadly Force : Any force used by an officer that may result in serious injury or the loss of human life.


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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.

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MTV and VH1 to broadcast Live 8

June 26, 2005

MTV Networks' MTV and VH1 have secured the rights to distribute over cable networks the Live 8 series of concerts which will be taking place at 8 venues in Europe, North America and Japan. The concerts are meant to raise awareness of poverty in Africa and charitable donations to fight it.

America Online holds the rights to broadcast Live 8 over the Internet and is currently in talks with American Broadcasting Company to also broadcast the concert.

MTV, VH1, and its college network, mtvU will broadcast the concert from noon to 8 PM. This will be the second outing for MTV, as they broadcasted the original Live Aid concert. If ABC decides to air the concert as well, this will also be their second going as well. According to MTV, this is the longest MTV has gone without a televised event since the coverage of the violent, riot-filled Woodstock 1999.

Two radio networks will also broadcast the concert. The subscription-based XM Satellite Radio will broadcast the original five announced concerts but will not broadcast the Tokyo or Barrie concerts. Premiere Radio Networks will broadcast the concerts tailored to the three genres of urban, rock and roll and pop music.

Some of the performers slated are: U2, Coldplay, Madonna, Dave Matthews Band, Jay-Z, Destiny's Child and a reunited Pink Floyd.

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Words of wisdom from the Autistic Psycho

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 * [20:08]  Hilary Duff got another boob job today

 * On The Daily Show
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 *  And I love it.

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Seventy arrested after fight in Moscow

June 24, 2005

Around two hundred people got involved in a mass fight in central Moscow yesterday. Fists and baseball bats were used in a quarrel over land property between employees of two firms. At one point, a few concrete blocks and bricks flew.

Russian firm Real-Impex (Реал-Импекс) owns property in Granatny Pereulok (Гранатный Переулок), that was due for some time to be transferred to another firm. However, the deal was broken in yet unknown circumstances. The fight arose as a way to settle scores.

Five people were hospitalized for injuries. ITAR-TASS reports that 68 people were arrested, questioned and allowed to go home.

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Most of Greek workforce participating in a general strike, say unions

June 24, 2005 Greek workers' unions claim that 70 to 100% of country's workforce has joined the general 24 hour long strike on Friday. The general strike was called by labor umbrella organizations as a show of support for striking bank employees, who are in their third week of strikes.

Private and public sector workers alike are protesting mass lay-offs, alleged age discrimination against employees, the lowering of pensions to 40% of former salary, the repudiation of collective bargaining agreements, while voicing support for the retention of the eight-hour work day.

Buses operated between 8am until 9pm, while the metro, railway, and trams did not operate at all. Administration and civil servants stopped working for three hours during the day. Banks are working with emergency personnel, causing a shortage of currency and slowing commercial and financial transactions. The president of the security guards' union, which includes employees responsible for filling automatic teller machines estimates that most machines will run out of money sometime tomorrow.

Workers in other branches of the private sector, including shipping and tourism, also went on strike for a day. The private sector accounts for roughly half the Greek workforce, with the other half are employed in the public sector.

Independent estimates or reports on impact of the general strike are hard to find, as media workers has joined in the walkout, and broadcast news outlets did not operate at all from 1pm to 5pm.

The strikes were followed by protests in several Greek cities.

The Greek economy continues to grow, but growth has slowed since the close of the 2004 Summer Olympics and analysts had expected economic and political turmoil this summer. Greece had a high GDP growth rate prior to 2004, when it reached 4.1%. However, it is expected that for 2005, it will be around 2.7%. Additionally, a recent survey by the National Statistics Service estimates the national poverty rate to be 20%, despite recent economic progress.

A controversial proposal by New Democracy Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis would overhaul the country's Social Security system to include bank employees, who until now have had separate pension schemes and largely oppose the merger.


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I changed the headline from "General strike in Greece" to "Most of Greek workforce participating in a general strike, say unions" in order to highlight an interesting fact and make the headline contain a verb as per our content guidelines. -- IlyaHaykinson 22:29, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's much better! --Dcabrilo 22:40, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Recession?
The Greek economy hasn't technically been in a recession. Growth has slowed, but the economy hasn't contracted. I'm going to edit the article to refelct that. --Jpbrenna 26 June 2005 20:11 (UTC)

Olympics Correction
Edited "2005 Summer Olympics" to "2004 Summer Olympics"

--Astinus 27 June 2005 03:56 (UTC)

Reason for strikes
We need some background on what the strikes are for or intended to do. It's not clear here. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack June 27, 2005 13:49 (UTC)


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Arrest warrants issued in Italy for 13 alleged CIA people on kidnapping charges

June 25, 2005

Ten men and three women allegedly linked to the CIA have been ordered arrested by an Italian judge for allegedly kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Italy and then secretly taking him to Egypt where he said he was tortured. The Italian prosecutors office confirmed the arrest warrants relating to the abduction of imam Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr on Feb. 17, 2003. An unnamed judicial source said; "In the judge's order, it (the abduction) is clearly attributed to the CIA."

The CIA's response to the allegation was: "We're not commenting. We're saying: if we have anything to say, we'll get back to you."

Human rights groups have criticised the CIA in the past for the practise known as extraordinary rendition. According to these groups, it involves moving suspects from the country where they are captured to a third country where torture is routinely used during interrogations. A number of ex-detainees have alleged that they were tortured in countries such as Egypt and Syria after being captured by the CIA. Maher Arar, a Candadian citizen, sued the US Government earlier this year, claiming that he was sent to Syria, his country of birth, and tortured for a number of months before the Canadian government obtained his release. The suit was dismissed under the rarely used State Secrets Privilege.

In January President Bush said in an interview with the New York Times that, "torture is never acceptable, nor do we hand over people to countries that do torture."


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NPOV dispute
Although this is a great story, the title makes a factual claim not supportable with the evidence currently available. There may be other issues as well, but the title alone got this one. - Amgine/talk 23:53, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Title changed; if still not ok..please change it. thank you. Paulrevere2005 00:00, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This is a factual report. The Italian judge has issued warrants for 13 CIA agents who violated Italian law and kidnapped a man and brought him to Egypt. Keep the article.

How do we know these "people" weren't extraterrestrials in disguise? Extraterrestrials have been known to abduct people too. Let's be fair.

Title phrasing
The phrase "CIA people" seems clumsy to me. How about "13 alledged CIA operatives"?

I would suggest "agents", but that implies that they were actually CIA employees.

I would call them "Imperial Stormtroopers" but then I am a big Star Wars fan, so please ignore what I say.

Just passing by, and can't seem to register right now, but the title is awful. It's in the passive, CIA people is clunky. They are apparently CIA agents, so how about 'Italian court issues arrest warrants for 13 alleged CIA agents'. And why is this article still disputed?


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Serbian Parliament members accuse NGOs of anti-Serbian campaign

June 25, 2005 Much of Friday's Serbian Parliament session was spent accusing domestic non-governmental organizations (NGO) of spreading anti-Serbian sentiments.

The discussion was started by Tomislav Nikolić of the Serbian Radical Party, who criticized Nataša Kandić and her Humanitarian Law Center for publicly accusing Nikolić of war crimes in former Yugoslavia.

Last week, Kandić announced that she has evidence of Nikolić's personal involvement in killings of civilian Croatian population in village Antin in December 1991. Nikolić responded that he was a "regular volunteer", and that while he was in Antin no one was killed. About 50 elderly Croats were reported as murdered by Serbian volunteer forces and the Yugoslavian People's Army.

Aleksandar Vučić, also a member of Serbian Radical Party said: "The sort of banditry by which you accuse innocent people of the worst possible things will have to stop and [accusers] will be held responsible. When you have people like that, such pathological liars, you can't do much."

In addition to the opposition Serbian Radical party, who hold the most seats in parliament, members of the ruling parties also voiced their concerns.

Miloš Aligrudić of Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), the leading government party, said that "People like Kandić should not cause distinguished representatives to have to defend themselves in front of the Parliament."

Dragoljub Kojčić (DSS) expressed his opinion that there is an "hysterical campaign against the interests of Serbia" led by the non-governmental sector "which, as their finances reveal, are representatives of power centers outside of our country." Kojčić proposed creation of "a committee for finding the truth about Srebrenica in the part for which there are insinuations of Serbian involvement by NGOs."

The only party taking an dissenting was opposition Democratic Party. Dušan Petrović told journalists that "it is not true that NGOs are leading anti-Serbian campaign ... I don't think that any action aimed at bringing criminals to justice is negative in any way."


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 * Guidant announces more defibrillator problems
 * Tom Cruise debates psychiatry on NBC's Today show
 * Elections held in Bulgaria
 * Nigeria's past rulers stole $400 billion in public money
 * Second case of BSE confirmed in U.S.
 * Arrest warrants issued in Italy for 13 alleged CIA people on kidnapping charges
 * Dresdener Elbe Valley becomes UNESCO World Heritage site
 * Hardliner wins Iran presidential runoff
 * Serbian Parliament members accuse NGOs of anti-Serbian campaign

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Second case of BSE confirmed in U.S.

June 25, 2005 Seven months after suspicions were first raised, United States Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns confirmed that a second American cow has tested positive for BSE (also known as 'mad cow disease'), as determined by a lab in Weybridge, England. The department believes that this cow was born in the United States.

The delay in confirmation followed two conflicting test results from last November. The "Western blot" test, which is a more sophisticated test, could have helped reach a final determination, but the U.S. refused to perform it in November. The department's inspector general, Phyllis Fong, ordered the Western blot test in June without advising Johanns and by the time Johanns found out about it, the testing was under way.

Johanns was annoyed that the round of testing which confirmed "Mad Cow" had been ordered without him being consulted first."I was asked by the Senate and the president to operate the department," Johanns said. "I believe, in this area, very clearly, the secretary should be consulted, whoever the secretary is, before testing is undertaken. From my standpoint, I believe I was put there to operate the department and was very disappointed."

A senior research associate with Consumers Union, Michael Hansen, said USDA officials "almost sound like some Keystone Kops."

Johanns reassured Americans that they should not be afraid of eating beef, saying: "This animal was blocked from entering the food supply because of the firewalls we have in place. Americans have every reason to continue to be confident in the safety of our beef."

On June 17, the Associated Press reported: "American cattle are eating chicken litter, cattle blood and restaurant leftovers that could help transmit mad cow disease — a gap in the U.S. defense that the Bush administration promised to close nearly 18 months ago."

John Stauber, co-author of "Mad Cow USA: Could the Nightmare Happen Here?" said: "Once the cameras were turned off and the media coverage dissipated, then it's been business as usual, no real reform, just keep feeding slaughterhouse waste. The entire U.S. policy is designed to protect the livestock industry's access to slaughterhouse waste as cheap feed."

Critics of the U.S. testing regimen said the fumbles this time increase their concerns about America's screening process.

"How can we be sure they were really negative?" Craig Culp, a spokesman for the Center for Food Safety asked; "After all, (here is a cow that was) negative in November that is positive in June."

The companies which render slaughter waste say new restrictions are not warranted. "We process about 50 billion pounds of product annually — in visual terms, that is a convoy of semi trucks, four lanes wide, running from New York to L.A. every year," said Jim Hodges, president of the American Meat Institute Foundation.

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Hardliner wins Iran presidential runoff

June 25, 2005

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran's hardline conservative mayor, has won the Iranian presidential election with a landslide of 61.8%, according to Iran's Interior Ministry. "The figures show that Ahmadinejad is the winner," Ministry spokesman Jahanbakhsh Khanjani said to reporters. His rival Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani received 35.7% of the vote. An estimated 23 million votes were cast -- making voter turnout nearly 49 per cent. This runoff is the first since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Ahmadinejad was seen as the underdog and was not expected to make it into the runoff, but active campaigning by his supporters and their crossing of class barriers propelled him into the runoff and ultimately into the presidency. He had the political support of low-income workers, vigilante groups and militias while calling for a return to the ideals of the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Ahmadinejad is a former commander in the Revolutionary Guard, former provincial governor of Maku and then Ardabil. As an ardent and loyal supporter of the ruling clerics and the Ayotollah Ali Khamenei, his appointment as mayor of Tehran by the city council surprised few.

Related news

 * Iranians vote in runoff election
 * Iran election going to run-off, challenger alleges fraud

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Talk:Hardliner wins Iran presidential runoff

I moved the article to "Hardliner...". I know that might set NPOV alarm bells ringing, but he is a hardliner - call a spade a spade and all that... Dan100 (Talk) 09:45, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I absolutely agree; and in the view of many, so are Bush and Cheney ("hardliners"). I like the word but its not in Wikipedia yet for some reason.Paulrevere2005 12:55, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

ok, just found a definition for "hardliner"at http://www.wordreference.com/definition/hardliner

"hardliner A noun #1  hardliner; "a conservative who is uncompromising"

This will be a good descriptive word for use with respect to many politicians; I think. Paulrevere2005 17:41, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't disagree. Dan100 (Talk) 08:40, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Nor I, but I must also point out there are uncompromising reformists as well (the literal opposite of a conservative is a reformist or activist promoting change, specific or general.) What is the term for such a person? - Amgine/talk 26 June 2005 17:45 (UTC)

Please add Category:2009 Iranian presidential elections
editprotected --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 21:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * But this article is from 2005... Cirt (talk) 21:36, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
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Hello. I am Youssef Oualmakran. I live in Brussels, Belgium. I am mainly active on fr.wikipedia. See my user page athttp://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Youssefsan

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People are voting in Bulgaria for the 240 members of the Assembly. According to polls, the social party may win but without reaching 50%, needeing so to make a coalition with another party. 4% of the vote are needed to have a seat. The party of the King Simeon which is at the government may lose elections.

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Three New Jersey boys found dead

June 25, 2005

Three Camden, N.J. boys who had been missing since Wednesday June 22, were found dead by the father of one of the three in the trunk of a car. The car was located in the same yard where the boys were last seen. The 2-day search for them by their parents, police and volunteers took place in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, the city located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

Several square miles of land around the Agosto home and even the river banks of the Delaware were searched for the three boys: Anibal "Juni" Cruz, 11; Daniel "Danny" Agosto, 6; and Jesstin "Manny" Pagan, 5. Many friends and relatives, as well as many people who had never met the boys, helped in the search.

However, on Friday June 24, an uncle of one of the boys and the father of the Agosto boy opened the trunk of a Toyota Camry parked in Cruz's yard. They were looking for car battery jumper cables and discovered the boys' bodies. They had suffocated when the trunk lid dropped closed on them.

Television cameras captured the tragic discovery of the boys on film. David Agosto was so distraught he was taken away by paramedics on a stretcher. The TV coverage was on the scene because thousands of residents were to gather for a vigil for the missing children.

Investigators ruled out foul play, calling the incident a "tragic accident." Two of the boys, Cruz and Pagan, had learning and developmental disabilities. The car where the boys were discovered was reportedly not in running condition, and sat in the yard for more than a year.

The boys were trapped inside the trunk when temperatures were in the 80's °F. The well insulated trunk compartment was a enough to suffocate them and muffle cries for help. There was also no inside release to the trunk that would allow for escape.

The Camden County prosecutor has demanded an investigaton into why the boys were not found sooner.

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User talk:68.35.18.127

Welcome
68.35.18.127, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk)  15:29, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:68.35.18.127