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 * Evil Rich People "These  pending tax increases are harmful to our economy.  Nearly 75 percent of the taxpayers who benefit from the reduction in the top rate are small business owners. The looming tax increases are affecting today's economy by creating uncertainty, which causes small businesses to think twice about expanding or hiring new workers. These tax increases will harm economic growth by taking more money from small business owners and sending it to politicians in Washington."

 * Unemployment skyrocketed after 9/11 then headed down after the evil tax cuts, until democrats gained control of congress.

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 * BUSH LIED!!! trust Tehran

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"did not suffer a stroke, as was first feared" QUINTIX (talk) 01:58, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

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Need to update the series chart. OhanaUnited  Talk page  06:57, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * ❌ We don't u[date old articles Anonymous101  06:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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Talk:13,000 people participate in Bristol running event

WIll attend the event to photograph and posssibly interview people. After the event I will upload phtos to commonsAnonymous101  07:06, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Attended event and took one photograph (meant to take more but I din;t}. Will upload it to commons in a minute. Anonymous101  14:48, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


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Something is very wrong with this article, maybe it's just a translation problem, but in English it reads horribly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.36.161.250 (talk • contribs)


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HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer

May 18, 2008

An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that no one has ever contracted HIV from saliva, and a gay-rights and AIDS advocacy group called the sentence excessive.

A Dallas County jury concluded that Willie Campbell's act of spitting on policeman Dan Waller in 2006 constituted the use of his saliva as a deadly weapon. The incident occurred while Campbell, 42, was resisting arrest while being taken into custody for public intoxication.

"He turns and spits. He hits me in the eye and mouth. Then he told me he has AIDS. I immediately began looking for something to flush my eyes with," said Waller to The Dallas Morning News.

Officer Waller responded after a bystander reported seeing an unconscious male lying outside a building. Dallas County prosecutors stated that Campbell attempted to fight paramedics and kicked the police officer who arrested him for public intoxication.

Prosecutors said that Campbell yelled that he was innocent during the trial, and claimed a police officer was lying. Campbell's lawyer Russell Heinrichs said that because he had a history of convictions including similarly attacking two other police officers, biting inmates, and other offenses, he was indicted under a habitual offender statute. The statute increased his minimum sentence to 25 years in prison. Because the jury ruled that Campbell's saliva was used as a deadly weapon, he will not be eligible for parole until completing at least half his sentence.

The organization Lambda Legal (Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund), which advocates for individuals living with HIV, says that saliva should not be considered a deadly weapon. Bebe Anderson, the HIV projects director at Lambda Legal, spoke with The Dallas Morning News about the sentence. "It's been 25 years since the virus was identified, but there are still lots of fears," said Anderson.

The Dallas County prosecutor who handled the trial, Jenni Morse, said that the deadly weapon finding was justified. "No matter how minuscule, there is some risk. That means there is the possibility of causing serious bodily injury or death," said Morse. Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins stated: "If you look at the facts of this case, it was clear that the defendant intended to cause serious bodily injury."

A page at the CDC's website, HIV and Its Transmission, states: "HIV has been found in saliva and tears in very low quantities from some AIDS patients." The subsection "Saliva, Tears, and Sweat" concludes that: "Contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never been shown to result in transmission of HIV." On Friday the Dallas County Health Department released a statement explaining that HIV is most commonly spread through sexual contact, sharing needles, or transfusion from an infected blood product.


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35 years?
35 years? How is that fair. If that happened to a normal citizen a prison sentence would be unlikely but as soon as it happens to a police officer its a serious crime. Anonymous101  09:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The minimum is already 25 for the habitual offender statute. I would think the additional ten would be coming out of the assault with a deadly weapon. The combination of minimum get tough on crime laws, assaulting a police officer, fear/misunderstanding of HIV/AIDS all appear to have played a role in this. Also was this man homeless, and did he have any mental health issues? Biting people in prison I would think would indicate that. -Optigan13 (talk) 10:43, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

So what?
So what if HIV has never been transmitted from saliva? The man, by spitting on the officer and simultaneously proclaiming he had AIDS, intended to cause potentially fatal harm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.179.242 (talk) 16:38, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Absolutely; even if it's one-hundred percent physically impossible to pass it on in such a way, if he believed that it could be and he spat at the officer with the intent to do so, that's nothing less than attempted murder (by proxy, I'll admit), surely? 149.254.200.220 09:52, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

HIV positive man with history of spitting and biting others
Information would be welcome as to the risk of such behavior, including the HIV status of the persons he spit on or otherwise tried to infect. 209.5.160.73 17:32, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh the news.
This made me smile. w:User:Ian Lee 19:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Still dangerous
Saliva is very dangerous from HIV positive people. A study once found people with HIV had given it to babies. They chewed food, then fed it to them. HIV sufferers often have bleeding gums; the blood in the saliva passed on the virus. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you have a link to this info or a way to find the specific study? Cirt (talk) 20:50, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Common sense, I would think - if he had any kind of small cut, or ulcer on his lips or mouth, that would be enough for the virus to transfer from blood to saliva. - Vechs  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.31.106.145 (talk) 21:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Have a Reuters story. Try Google for others. Don't know where the report itself is. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah thanks, but even so, there is still the CDC info, Saliva, Tears, and Sweat. In any event, I hope the article gives the matter a neutral treatment.  Cirt (talk) 22:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, the article deals very well with a controversial topic. First-class work. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:20, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, much appreciated. Cirt (talk) 22:29, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Pathetic
35 years for spitting on someone? I admit that it's a disgusting thing to do, but 35 years in prison for it? Someone needs their head checked. It's almost impossible to transfer HIV through saliva, I learned that when I was like, 13.

Proof that Texas are still lagging behind in the evolution chain. Retards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.220.94 (talk) 21:37, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I was inclined to think it was rather excessive for the offence of spitting but the sentence was 25yrs for the habitual offender issue and 10yrs for the assualt with a deadly weapon (i.e. spitting). Also, although HIV has never been shown to be transmitted via saliva, there is always the issue of mouth ulcers etc. which could result in blood being present in saliva. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nk.sheridan (talk • contribs) 21:48, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Also, because the saliva made contact with the police officer's eyes and mouth, it's more likely to enter his system than if it had only been contact on his skin. Plain old saliva is clean of HIV, but mixed with other body fluids, there's a small but significant chance. Just the fact that he informed the police officer that he had AIDS is enough to conclude that whether possible or not, he intended to harm the officer. - 207.54.204.19 14:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Uh...
How is the healthcare in prison, I mean does it exist? Cause I'm lookin' at my last set of quotes and I can't speak French, so.... 35years healthcare for spitting would be nice. Or is that just at Gitmo? 71.56.114.89 11:43, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Sentence is justified
There are two reasons why I think this sentence is justified. Firstly, as mentioned above, though saliva itself does not contain much HIV, blood that might be mixed with the saliva does and could transmit the virus. Secondly, the actions of the man clearly shows that he intended to use his saliva as a weapon by attempting to transmit HIV through it. 76.64.105.110 15:48, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

He's going to die in prison
LOL —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.8.4 (talk) 07:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Headline misleading
I believe the article written is misleading to the public and, based on the headline, is sensationalistic and not true news reporting. The fact is the HIV-positive man did not receive his prison sentence because of the spitting incident. He received his prison sentence because he was a repeat offender with a history of violent behavior towards others and public servants. His prison sentence was INCREASED because of the intention to cause harm with his spitting (even though the CDC has stated that transmission of HIV through saliva has never been reported). Aside from the misrepresentation of the actual details of the case and factual reporting, the author has decided, intentionally or not, to rile up fear regarding HIV transmission and people living with HIV and AIDS. Because of this, this article should be revised or stricken from the Wikinews webpage, if one wants to retain and improve upon the journalistic integrity of the website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.42.1.171 (talk) 15:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Please see very similar wording in headlines in main stream media publications such as The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Sydney Morning Herald, United Press International, USA Today, and probably a whole slew more can be found in a simple web search. Cirt (talk) 10:06, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

my son is being lied on by the chicago police also
my son was being beaten by a mob of men when i called the police when the police showed up they maced my son and the mob arrested one of them and my son the leut came into my home where i explained to him that my son and his gay lover had a misunderstanding then he called all these guys over but it appeared they werent trying to help me and my son they started to conduct an illegal search in my home then beat my son for tryin to rinse the chemical out of his face after i tried to asked them to leave my home they asked me if i wanted handcuffs on me proceded to lock my son up in hand cuffs and charged him with domestic battery, took him to a hospital where he recently had visited they knew his hiv status and gave his info to police when he arrived at the police station they threatened him and told him he would be charged with assault to an officer if he didnt not sign something

my son is only 18 i need help stetknee@netzero.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.150.118.47 (talk) 23:54, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:United States Senator Ted Kennedy rushed to the hospital

The liberal lion doesn't go down so easily. ;) --TUFKAAP (talk) 14:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

A grim diagnosis: Kennedy's brain cancer is worst kind
from Yahoo NEWS: A grim diagnosis: Kennedy's brain cancer is worst kind —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.69.79.173 (talk) 02:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I think that the fact that he survived after the surgery is a celebration in itself

1) it was by the glory of God

2) he has broken the curse yet again

keep on keepin on Ted, Get plenty of rest and and have a speddidly recovery

You are in my prayers

G O D B L E S S  Y O U R  S O U L  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.224.127.89 (talk) 00:52, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


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13,000 people participate in Bristol running event

May 18, 2008 Approximately 13,000 people in the British city of Bristol participated in either the  or the  this weekend as part of one of the largest running events in the south west of England.

The first of the day, the woman only Race for Life, started at 11:00 local time (10:00 . This continues on from yesterday, where other woman competed in the Race for Life.

The quickest finishing time for the event was around 20 minutes for the five kilometer race, with the slowest time being over an hour.

Later in the day, at approximately 14:00 local time, the warm up for the mens event started. It was lead by people on the temporary stage (pictured).

At 14:30, the mens event started. The finishing times for this event varied from about 20 minutes to approximately 50 minutes.

Before the warm up participants were shown a video showing the effects of cancer. The run is in aid of Cancer Research UK.


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Everardomi synonimous to everardo martinez-inzunza, everardo martinez, abelardo martinez, everardo i. martinez, everardo inzunza martinez, santo,

everardo martinez-Inzunza is a painter, a poet, a community leader, a father of three, an educator, a sculptor, a photograper, an administrator

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Chinese quake death toll nears 32,500, as a major aftershock occurs and mourning begins

May 18, 2008

The government of China announced it would begin three days of mourning on Monday, as the death toll from the 7.9 magnitude earthquake centered in the Sichuan province has been raised to nearly 32,500, with 220,000 injured. At 2:28 p.m local time, flags will be moved to half mast for three days, there will be three minutes of silence, and entertainment in public will be suspended for the mourning period.

Authorities have continued to pull victims out of the rubble resulting from the quake, 65 since the original quake, with two pulled out alive more than six days after the earthquake. Rescuers are also trying to pull out two still alive. More than 9,500 people are still trapped under rubble throughout the province.

Chinese authorities are worried as aftershocks continue to affect the region devastated by the initial earthquake, while water builds up in clogged rivers. An 5.8 magnitude aftershock shook buildings and caused people to evacuate in Chengdu, 200 km (125 miles) south of the aftershock's epicenter. The aftershock killed three people and injured 1,000 others. A buildup of water is occurring 3 km (2 miles) upstream of, where a man was freed from under a hospital's remains.

Chinese President Hu Jintao said to families of victims in that "We will make every effort to save our people even if there is only the slightest hope and possibility." They are preventing people from going into the affected region for fear of these conditions. Families of possible victims who tried to enter the affected region were not allowed into the area by police, due to fears of aftershocks and the clogged rivers.

60 aid organizations from 13 countries have assisted so far with the earthquake, including Japan, Russia, Taiwan, South Korea, the United States and Singapore, and in addition to aid from inside China there has been 6 billion (858 million United States dollar) of aid.


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Airliner hijacker found working for British Airways

May 18, 2008

A man who hijacked a domestic flight over Afghanistan has been found to be working for British Airways.

34-year-old Nazamuddin Mohammidy was one of nine men who forced the Ariana Airlines airliner to divert to the United Kingdom's Stansted Airport in 2000. A standoff followed for the next 70 hours with the men, who had guns and hand grenades, threatening to kill all 160 on board unless asylum was granted to them. The men ultimately gave themselves up to police and SAS.

Mohammidy was jailed for 30 months but he and the other eight had their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal, claiming the Taliban was subjecting them to "medieval and brutal tyranny" forcing them to flee. They went on to win a High Court case to prevent their deportation.

It has since emerged that British Airways have employed Mohammidy to clean their offices, including a training center one mile from Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport. It came to light when police officers stopped him near Terminal 5 believing he may be an unlicensed taxi driver, but he was able to suppply a worker's pass. He is now facing unrelated charges concerning an alleged assault on his landlord.

The Conservatives have used this as an opportunity to attack the current Labour government. Shadow home secretary David Davis said "It would be an outrageous and potentially devastating breach of security if a former hijacker had access to British Airways property near the airport and a pass allowing him access to secure areas. Days after it was revealed that foreign airside workers at our airports do not have to pass proper security checks it is clear the Government do not have a grip on airport security."

British Airways say he did not have a pass to allow him onto the tarmac at Heathrow and did not work inside the airport, but he could get into some secure company areas.


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User:Remi/Stats

Sunday, May 25, 2008
There are 77,187 total pages in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about Wikinews policy, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as articles. Excluding those, there are about 12,487 articles.

There have been a total 641,785 page edits since the wiki was setup. That comes to 8.31 average edits per page.

There are 21,438 registered users, of which 42 (or 0.20%) are administrators (see Wikinews:Administrators).

Sunday, May 18, 2008
There are 76,865 total pages in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about Wikinews policy, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as articles. Excluding those, there are about 12,401 articles.

There have been a total 638,091 page edits since the wiki was setup. That comes to 8.30 average edits per page.

There are 21,325 registered users, of which 56 (or 0.26%) are administrators (see Wikinews:Administrators).

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User talk:Adambro/Archive 3

=2 January 2008=

My RfA
I dunno if you do RfA thanks here, or if it's just a Wikipedia thing. If not, I reckon the trend needs broken. Many thanks for participating in my RfA, which was successful. Unfortunatly, I can't use the excuse of testing my shiny new buttons to see what they do as I have them on Wikipedia ;). So, I guess that rules out any rogue-adminish behaivour ;-). Seriously, though, cheers, and see you around on-wiki! Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

=6 January 2008=

IRC
Do you mind going on IRC for a moment? Bawolff ☺☻ 12:20, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

=11 January 2008=

Thank You

 * I have been checking through my talk pages and have realized I never thanked you for welcoming me to Wikinews so I am thanking you for the welcome now. Sorry it is two months late. --User:Anonymous101 Talk 19:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

=17 January 2008=

Please see
These questions. Thanks --Mark Talk to me 15:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your questions, I have now responded. Adambro 17:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Image
Yes the email has been sent to permissons-commons or whatever it is, no reply or anything yet :-). I found th pic by searching on flickr, found a few pics there which were all un-suitable licenses however i came across a pic from i site i had been to before (airliners.net) so i went and had a looky there, contacted a few people and one of the people there offered me another pic, which is the one you see :-). thanks --Mark Talk to me 22:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Right, okay, I've emailed a user on Flickr but as yet no response. I've reviewed the permission and added the OTRS ticket to the image page. I'm not bothering replying via OTRS as I can of course notify you of this easy enough here. Regards. Adambro 22:24, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

=22 January 2008=

B'Crat vote and IRC
I'd note that the most dramatic "discussions" that have influenced your B'Crat vote have been with DragonFire1024. By being so prolific he's cut a lot of slack by many people in the community. Personally it has prompted me to take the time to explain what I see as wrong with his position without ever using the "Wrong" word. You are at a disadvantage because to some extent you're perceived as playing to Commons more stringent rules and not as "fast and loose" as some around here do. Commons has a bad rep because of deleting images we've had up for months, and was one of the influences that sent me on my archiving mission and setup of the guidelines. I'd rather have an article with a redlink and an opportunity to find out if we could restore the image locally under fair use. The alternative is you're left not knowing there was an image on the article in the first place.

Prior to you coming in IRC yesterday Markie said to me he wanted to nominate me. I hadn't actually considered nominating myself until you did so and thought it would be inappropriate to do so until your vote had run its course. Being told someone was in the process of writing up a nomination I said I'd accept. Can't say I've experience other than I'm effectively the only B'Crat on Wikinewsie.org ;) [Which may get a "private investigations" wiki sometime this week].

The Misou thing, well... I can't divulge what CU revealed but I preserved an article in my userspace that has publicly visible edits from the CoS. (See my userpage footer). The conclusion I could specify from that and the CU was "User likely working for, or activist member of, Church of Scientology". You'd have to be one or the other to have access to some of the IPs. In any case I was also the person who unblocked Misou. Xe chose not to pursue dispute resolution or ArbCom - likely because the account was already assumed CoS by many editors.

Not too sure we'll stay with the B'Crats being more timezone-distributed. I've applied for the CDA position with Wikia and that is in San Mateo, CA. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:45, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

=28 January 2008=

Accreditation
Why did you remove your own credentials? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 01:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

=1 February 2008=

WikiNews hotline
Dear Adam Brookes,

I'm a freelance writer based in New York and I'm doing a short article about WikiNews. I'd like to focus on is the way potential sources can request an interview either online or by calling the hotline. Do you anyone I could talk to about this (including yourself)? I'd love to hear some stories and get a sense of how it works and what advantages it has over traditional reporting.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Adam Rose

email: rose.adam at gmail......com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.239.234.146 (talk) 17:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

=12 February 2008=

For your contributions to Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide

=20 February 2008=

Image:John Kerry via DVD.JPG
A current article, uploaded the image to Commons only to find out they deleted it. So, I got a little peeved. Took my frustration in a bad way. --TUFKAAP - (talk) 21:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

=24 February 2008=

Reasoning
You went through the trouble, of "fixing" a free image, dealing with the fair use rational, and then removed it from the article. Why? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Forgive me. I misread everything and jumped to conclusions...I apologize and take full blame. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Clinton McCain.jpg
I want to wait until March 5, just in case Hil and McCain sweep the primaries. --TUFKAAP - (talk) 19:02, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Okay, no problem, adding a source for each of the images would be helpful. Adambro - (talk) 19:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: London Marathon
Sounds like a plan - might need to take a bike, though! Can't see me running around for 26 miles ;) --84.66.214.105 21:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC) --Skenmy(t•c•w) 21:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Can't we get the tube? I guess if we did try to cover it we might have to split up for some of the time. Presumably we'd want to be at the finish in good time to get a decent position to photograph the professionals finishing but also be at the mass start. Anyway, a good while to make arrangements yet and of course my calendar might change but I certainly think it should be something we should try to cover for WN. Adambro - (talk) 21:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Anonymous Protests (March 15)
Hi, I noticed you attended the previous “anonymous” protests for Wikinews. Will you be able to cover the March 15 protests? Please be aware that preparation for the March 10 protest is being coordinated at this page. If you think you could report on the article for Wikinews add your name to the list. Anonymous101 Talk 18:12, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
 Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: CoS Protests
Excellent - might only get a bit damp then! --Skenmy(t•c•w) 08:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Well done
Well done deleting all those unfree images. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 06:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Removing Unfree images
I would suggest that you comment out unfree images that have been deleted so it is clear that an image was previously there.--Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 20:57, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Why did you delete these images?
Hi Adambro. Why did you delete Image:RCMP scott.jpg and Image:Sealing ships trapped in ice.jpg? Your edit summary was, "remove unfree non commercial image which is an invalid licence per the foundation resolution," but these were fair-use, not replaceable, and licenced properly. --Jcart1534 - (talk) 00:25, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

 * These images were both listed as non-commercial, hence the deletion. I note their use is claimed as fair use and have undeleted them on this basis. This doesn't however mean that I agree that the fair use rationales are valid, merely that fair use is permitted by our EDP and so the deletion of these images doesn't come under the foundation resolution. Adambro - (talk) 22:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for restoring them! --Jcart1534 - (talk) 00:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Featured picture
I think we should probably consider moving to separate featured pictures from those displayed in the news in pictures displayed on the main page. Since featured pictures should really be subject to a community discussion before being defined as such and this process doesn't fit in with the current idea of displaying a relevant image of a recent news event. In the current situation there is little value to declaring proudly that an image is featured because it doesn't mean anything more than one editor has decided to put it in news in pictures on the main page.

We might even wish to consider scrapping the whole concept of a WN featured picture altogether if it doesn't seem workable. Adambro - (talk) 16:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

 * "Featured" is a misnomer, the "News in pictures" header is more appropriate. It's just meant to make the front page more graphical and to promote photojournalism: consider renaming the template if you want to avoid further confusion. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Please note that I just used the Wikinews template name and moved it to commons with wikinews-en before it. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 17:18, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Uga Man article
Thanks for dealing with that, it seemed pretty out of place, but I didn't really know what to do with it :-) Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 09:48, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Responding to your comment in the edit summary, I don't think this should be restored under any circumstances. He's not even eligible to hold the office so his campaign is a piece of nonsense that is more vanity and joke than anything credible. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:12, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Adambro's edit summary was just the default "content was..." summary. Zanimum wrote that :-) Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 10:22, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the confusion, it was indeed just the default deletion summary. Adambro - (talk) 11:00, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Why ?
The Template:Weather World C is not semi-protected ? Please semi protect it. The bot only have to edit it.220.135.4.212 13:15, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

✅ Adambro - (talk) 13:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Professionalism and IRC
I'd like to start by saying I'm sorry I was so blunt yesterday evening when you contacted me privately in IRC. However, I still think we have some irreconcilable differences over how free Free Speech in an IRC channel is. I find it useful and stress-relieving to treat it as a "virtual pub" where you can tell off-colour jokes and use sweeping generalisations that you don't really mean. The fact that so many people treat it in this way is why there is a "no public logging" policy as a default on freenode.

I can't remember who said it, but there is a saying, "Always take the job seriously, but never take yourself too seriously". People's ability to freely, bluntly - and potentially tactlessly - express their opinions on any topic allows you to build up a better picture of them as a person. This 'feature' of #wikinews allows you to better assess on-wiki contributions and know where people may have a bias. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

JustaHulk
Adambro, JustaHulk has made many useful contributions (eg.corrections).The most recent discussion was not started by him and he stayed reasonably calm considering it has been implied that he has been helping to organize murders. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) (Note I have no link with the organization anonymous) 20:03, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Skenmy block
i'm afraid i don't agree with his blocking. i've commented reg. this on Skenmy's talk page (keeping disc. in one place). i'm inclined to unblock Skenmy but would like to hear your views first. –Doldrums(talk) 17:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * as per my earlier comments, i've unblocked Skenmy and have also asked for a review at WN:AAA. –Doldrums(talk) 18:50, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I've noticed. Would it not be more appropriate to ask for the block to be reviewed before unblocking Skenmy? Adambro - (talk) 18:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Striking out AfD comments
I object to your striking out my !vote in the wikileaks vs scientology AfD. Just because I am a new user does not mean that I don't have a valid point. I raised the important and correct point that having lots of articles related to a topic is not a reason for deletion, as per WN:DG. This should have been considered in the close. Z00r - (talk) 19:04, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

 * I haven't stuck any votes if I recall correctly although support the action since whilst I accept that anyone should be able to have their say, I don't feel it is appropriate for new users who can't be described as members of the community to be entitled to a vote. Anyway, I've just closed the DR in question as keep regardless of the votes by new users so I wouldn't worry yourself. Striking votes or not, it hasn't impacted on this deletion request. Adambro - (talk) 19:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Well, first, if Wikinews considers concensus in the same way Wikipedia does (there is no page on it here as far as I can tell), then one needs to "carefully consider the strength and quality of the arguments themselves (including any additional concerns that may have been raised along the way), the basis of objection of those who disagree, and in more complex situations, existing documentation in the project namespace should also be checked" rather than just counting numbers. Additionally, striking out the comments of new users is a surefire way to stop them from contributing in the future. You're basically saying, "You're not important, so I'm not even going to consider what you have to say" - rather contrary to the spirit of wiki collaboration... Anyways, it would be silly to press the matter any further, but in the future I recommend you be wary of biting newcomers. Z00r - (talk) 19:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * , I struck out your "vote" because it was your first edit here. I know that you are an established and knowledgeable editor at Wikipedia, but it appears that consensus in discussion at Water_cooler/policy is to strike out new users' "votes" in Deletion discussions, and keep their "comments", so I was deferring to consensus at Water_cooler/policy and striking that out, even if I may not myself agree that that should be done.  Also, it seems that this black and white distinction between "votes" and "comments" is quite different on Wikipedia than at Wikinews, FWIW.  "Voting" here at Wikinews, as separate from "Commenting", even voting without commenting, is not discouraged on Wikinews like it is discouraged on Wikipedia on deletion discussions and other sorts of discussions.  Cirt - (talk) 01:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Henleaze road in the hours after nearby arrest.JPG
Here is my reply.

I don't wish to sound harsh but I really don't think that this image is particularly useful. Could a photograph of the scene not have been taken? Adambro - (talk) 20:22, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It could but my camera run out of batteries before I got there and I ouldn't find any more. in addition the scene was blocked off.--A101 - (talk) 20:28, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Please note that a blocked the two sockpuppets of this user ( Albot124 and  Albot123). Feel free to unblock if you disagree

Wikimedia Radio
Hi Adam,

I'm sure you saw the proposal I'm putting together over on the Water Cooler based on a suggestion for "Wikinews Radio". As you're an admin on Commons can you help with inviting people from there involved with audio to take a look? The more achievable ideas we can get for content, the better.

I've just pitched the idea over on Wikisource as I understand they have a number of audio books; I'd rather not do the same on Commons as it is more frequently visited from people from Wikipedia. I'm not seeking to exclude them (Wikipedia), but to flesh things out more before they get involved and potentially overwhelm it with sheer numbers. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Delete
Delete http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology_donates_books_to_library_in_the_Philippines too (or is the cos mysteriously exempt from the rules)?

 * The article about the CoS doesn't seem to come under any of the speedy deletion criteria, hence why I nominated it for deletion and so the discussion at WN:DR continues. The article you recently created was clearly meant to make some kind of point and so was speedied. Adambro - (talk) 14:47, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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1,000 arrested in Iraq in crackdown against al-Qaeda

May 18, 2008

Almost 1,000 people have been arrested in Iraq as part of a crackdown against al-Qaeda in Mosul, the nation's third-largest city.

Troops have gone out into the surrounding countryside seeking many more who have fled into the countryside. It is hoped that Mosul, one of al-Qaeda's most prominent strongholds, will now be rid of the group but it is feared that unless the remaining suspects are caught they will simply regroup elsewhere, as they have been known to do before. Yassin Majid, an adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, said most of the leaders had fled, some to an unnamed neighbouring country. About 60 miles from Mosul are borders with Syria and Turkey. "Operations will continue and the Iraqi army will not leave Mosul until security and stability have been accomplished," he said.

Mark P. Hertling, head of US operations in North Iraq, who has troops involved in the operation, said he didn't believe large numbers were still at large since the Thursday launch of the operation, but added that many of the leaders may have fled before it began to avoid arrest. "It's been very successful. I think the combination of the arrests plus the uncovering of a number of weapons caches will reduce the number of attacks in Mosul." he said. The city is now surrounded by barriers and checkpoints and is being searched by troops, but no fighting has been reported yet.

1,068 arrests were reported by Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, who added that 94 have been cleared and released. Hertling said several of these were in high and mid-level positions in the command structure of al-Qaeda. Some of these are said to be suicide bomb cell leaders and people who arranged for foreign fighters to enter Iraq.

The Prime Minister has promised an amnesty to fighters who surrender their weapons provided they have not killed civilians.


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Welcome
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At least 728 rescued from burning Indonesian ferry

May 18, 2008

At least 706 passengers and 22 crew have been rescued after fire broke out on the top deck of an Indonesian passenger ferry. According to ABC News citing Sampit Police Chief Jihartono talking to ElShinta, at least 712 passengers and 57 crew were rescued.

The boat was sailing from Surabaya, East Java to the port of Sampit, which is inland on the Mentaya river in Borneo. The ferry had reached the river and was near the town of Samuda when fire broke out.

A number of boats were nearby at the time and were able to assist with rescue operations, as were residents on the river bank. It is believed that all on board were safely rescued, with four hospitalised and the rest in shelters at the riverside, but it is difficult to be sure because ferries often carry more passengers than manifestos suggest in Indonesia, where they are a major form of transport between the many islands that comprise the nation. Most of the passengers worked at local palm oil plantations.

Harbour official Abdul Kadir told the press "The boat had no adequate fire-fighting equipment, so efforts were dedicated to rescuing the people on board," and said that transport officials and police have arrived at the scene. It took five hours to extuinguish the blaze, and an investigation will be conducted.


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Comments:Guards at Nova Scotia jail refuse to work after asbestos discovery

I understand the desire to work in a safe environment (read: one without asbestos in it.) but the levels have been deemed safe, and what they're doing is unfair to the safety of the other groups working in the prison, ie. the kitchen staff, administrative staff, and even the prisoners. The levels have been deemed safe, and the action seems a bit drastic.


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 * Coca Cola League Championship: 2008-09 Coca Cola League Championship: Home Team vs. Away Team
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Ice hockey news: May 18, 2008

May 19, 2008

IIHF World Championship: Russia wins world hockey championship
An overtime goal by Ilya Kovalchuk on Sunday earned Russia's hockey team its first IIHF world championship gold in 15 years. The game in Quebec City ended with the team's 5-4 victory over Canada before three minutes of overtime had elapsed.

NHL Playoffs: Pittsburgh Penguins win Eastern Championship
The Pittsburgh Penguins shut out the Philadelphia Flyers in the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday. The Penguins scored 6-0 on home ice to enter the Stanley Cup finals.

The Western Conference champion is still to be confirmed as the Detroit Red Wings leads the Dallas Stars three games to two. Detroit won its first three games straight, when Dallas began its attempt to make a comeback that only two teams in NHL History have enjoyed - the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942 and the New York Islanders in 1975.

Game six of the Western finals is scheduled for Monday, with Wednesday reserved for game seven if Dallas wins on Monday.

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Stench of rotting corpses drives Russian doomsday group from cave

May 19, 2008

The last remaining members of the Russian doomsday group True Russian Orthodox Church emerged from a cave outside Penza Friday, after enduring the toxic stench of rotting corpses from two deceased members of their group. Interfax quoted authorities who said that fumes from the corpses in the cave threatened the nine remaining members of the group with poisoning and intoxication. Members entered the cave in November 2007 under instruction from their leader Pyotr Kuznetsov, and were under the belief that the world was coming to an end in May of this year.

Thirty-five members of the group entered the underground cave, 650km (400 miles) south-east of Moscow, in November in order to wait for the end of the world. The group members threatened mass suicide by igniting gasoline canisters if authorities attempted to intervene and remove them.

When Russian Orthodox priests were brought in to negotiate in November, the group members refused to speak with them. The group's leader Kuznetsov, a trained engineer, instructed his followers not to listen to the radio or watch television. True Orthodox Church is a splinter group of the Russian Orthodox Church. Members believe that bar codes are Satanic symbols and refuse to eat processed food.

In November Kuznetsov, 43, was arrested and charged with setting up a religious organization associated with violence. In March, Kuznetsov attempted to commit suicide by banging his head with a log, after the spiritual leader realized he was wrong about his prophecy of apocalypse. After undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, Kuznetsov was determined to be schizophrenic. "It was an attempted suicide. Pyotr put his head on a tree stump and started hitting his head with a log," said Oleg Melnichenko, deputy goveror of the Penza region. According to local prosecutor Grigori Zhitenev, Kuznetsov attempted to commit suicide because "the end of the world has not come".

When the roof collapsed approximately a month ago, 24 members including four children left the cave. A male member of the group who had previously left the cave told Russia Today TV that one female member died of malnutrition while fasting, and another female member died of cancer. Both of their bodies were buried in a hole in the cave. Emergency workers discovered the bodies while trying to shore up supports in the cave which previously underwent partial cave-ins due to melting snow. The bodies of the two dead women were exhumed after the nine members of the group left the cave, and forensic tests were conducted on the bodies.

"We could smell the stench through ventilation holes. As we pulled out the dead bodies, we suggested the others leave and they agreed," said local official Vladimir Provotorov in a statement quoted by Interfax. Provotorov said authorities believed the remaining members of the group would be poisoned by the toxic fumes of the decomposing bodies of the two dead females. There was "a real threat of poisoning from toxic corpse fumes," said Provotorov. Oleg Melnichenko said the stench of the corpses drove the remaining members out of the cave. According to the International Herald Tribune, the Penza regional Prosecutor General's Office confirmed the Interfax report.

A physician is examining the eight women and one man that emerged from the cave on Friday, and prosecutor's office spokeswoman Tatyana Ostrovskaya said authorities are in the process of deciding whether or not to pursue criminal charges related to the two dead women. "We are examining the bodies to see if we will open a criminal case," said Ostrovskaya. The majority of the members of the True Russian Orthodox Church still believe that the world will soon end, and await the apocalypse in the village of Nikolskoye in a cottage owned by their leader Kuznetsov.


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Talk:Stench of rotting corpses drives Russian doomsday group from cave

Toxic?
I think the way this article is written adds to the misbelief that human corpses are dangerous. In the case of a bunch o people crammed in a cave I guess it could be dangerous to be constantly breathing rarefied air (due to the presence of other gases), but that doesn't make corpse stench more toxic than pure nitrogen. This is from Wikipedia -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 133.6.138.192 (talk • contribs)
 * This is as per sourced info from secondary sources about this incident, for example AFP, Interfax, among others. Also, I note that the Wikipedia article you mentioned, Health risks from dead bodies, is not very well sourced except for 2 citations, and yes, the close proximity of the decomposition to the rotting bodies was most likely a factor that the authorities considered.  Cirt (talk) 10:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Shortened title to Stench of rotting corpses drives Russian doomsday group from cave. Though the information in the article itself is still sourced to the sources mentioned above and other sources in the Sources subsection.  Cirt (talk) 10:50, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Whoa, that was fast. I'm still not happy with the word "toxic", though. As I understand it, the concept refers to the effect a substance can have in an organism, not to its absence (oxygen in this case?). Hence, I don't think the air on top of the Everest is regarded as toxic. Of course, if its about some opinion that some guy said to the media, the word stays, but maybe the first (last?) of those sentences could end with "(although the WHO has stated that corpses pose little threat - citation blah blah http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/29/quake.corpses/index.html -)" or something like that. Also, IMO the very first line of the article could do without "toxic", since its not a quote or anything. Anyway, just consider it, since you're the expert (I figured out just now that "signing" thingie --> ). 133.6.138.192 11:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Cadaverine: "It is noxious and toxic" - from Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology, (1998) by Robert Alan Lewis, Page 212, ISBN:1566702232, CRC Press. Cirt (talk) 11:42, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Putrescine: "Ornithine is converted by bowel bacteria into a toxic substance called putrescine, which in turn degrades into polyamines, such as spermadine, spermine, and cadaverine (literally meaning "the essence of dead cadavers")." - from Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Weight Loss, (2007) by Ellen Kamhi, Ph.D., RN, HNC; Page 14, ISBN:1587612593, Celestial Arts. Cirt (talk) 11:55, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I sure am in no position to defend one source above other. Could you add that to the Wikipedia article about dead bodies? Maybe some folks that know about this can reach a conclusion in that talk page (or at least include both opinions in the text). 133.6.138.192 11:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I added it to the articles about those toxic substances, will add to the article you mentioned as well. Cirt (talk) 11:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Whoa, the Wikimedia system works! :D Thanks! 133.6.138.192 12:01, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

✅. Added the info to that article as well. Cirt (talk) 12:02, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Links
Will list here below. Cirt (talk) 02:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
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the Russians were right...
the Russians were right ,no human wants a * BAR CODE * on or implanted in the body.for any reason.... & process food is bad for your body....  Its unfortunate that they were that scared ,& went into a cave to get ready to die.... this world has had it, because nobody knows how to get along or follow the 10 Commandments —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BelieverinChrist (talk • contribs)

given that not all of us are christians, why should we follow the ten commandments? specifically, the one that commands us not to worship any gods but the christian god. your reasons for suggesting the 'the world has had it' seem to be a bit oversimplified. - Imind (talk) 22:20, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Imind with one addendium. Processed food is often better for your body than the natural alternatives. The processing is bad people seem to forget that it's only processing that makes water safe to drink, the reason beer and alcohol was so popular in the middle ages is because the water was a risky proposition. Same for pasteurised milk, without the processing, it would go bad in a day.

Incidentally I can't resist saying, there WAS a time when we followed the ten commandments. We had the black death round about the same time, so it probably isn't as useful advice as you might imagine. -60.241.217.199 06:21, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

The inaccuracy of the world
these niggas are crazy, obviously the war on drugs isn't over because we can see that people like this are still around. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.183.125.194 (talk) 14:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


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Talk:Portugal overcome Netherlands 1-0 on way to quarter-final

undefined The article now states that the referee was sent off, even thought that would be the most reasonable thing to do it is not correct.

 * I don't see it. Could you be more specific and quote the offending sentence? Thanks, --SVTCobra 21:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Nonsense. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:44, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

editprotectedIn the Formations, Portugal's Costinha isn't a left back. You should switch him with Nuno Valente, the real left back! (By the way, the 80.202.99.7 question is about the yellow and red cards following the referee's name) 89.214.179.10 (talk) 01:37, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ❌ I don't even understand. Sounds like a content edit (not allowed after archiving). Bawolff ☺☻ 05:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Wrong image
editprotected That's not the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart but the Frankenstadion in Nuremberg. --2003:ED:3705:CB00:8489:ED4B:40D2:C919 (talk) 23:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Indeed it is. Trouble is, the event took place in Frankenstadion, the article suggests.  There is no other mention of Gottlieb Daimler in the article.  I don't know why the incorrect image was used.  Most certainly we have to issue a correction.  Any suggestions, . •–•  02:45, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The image appears to be correct but the caption is wrong. It was there from the start and was probably missed because we did not review to as high a standard as now. We should issue a correction saying "the name of the stadium was incorrect in the caption". --Green Giant (talk) 23:12, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Will do it shortly after logging in, . Self ping as a reminder . 117.198.178.142 (talk) 02:41, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
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Man remanded in custody after allegedly spraying urine on goods in Gloucestershire, UK

May 19, 2008

Sahnoun Daifallah, of White City, Gloucester, was today remanded in custody by Cheltenham magistrates after being arrested for spraying a "foul-smelling, brown substance" from a sports bottle. The liquid is thought to have contaminated food, books, wine bottles, and other items across several stores in Gloucestershire.

Mr Daifallah, the court was today told, committed the offences over multiple days. The attack on a Tesco supermarket, where frozen chips and wine bottles were contaminated with what Tesco claims to be a "mix of human urine, faeces, and domestic products" happened on Friday. He is also accused of a similar offence in a Morrisons supermarket 4 miles away on the same day. Two days previously, Mr Daifallah is accused of spraying the substance inside a pub near Cheltenham, contaminating food, and contaminating over 700 books in a Waterstone's bookstore in nearby Cirencester.

Mr Daifallah today confirmed that he was at the locations stated, however he indicated he will be pleading not guilty to the charges. He has been remanded in custody until May 28th, when he will appear before Stroud magistrates via videolink to be committed to Gloucester Crown Court - a decision made by magistrates after the estimated damage by the defendant was given at over £10,000, plus cleaning and replacement expenses.


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20 killed and over 40 missing as overcrowded bus crashes into Nepal river

May 19, 2008

20 people are confirmed to have died, 28 have been rescued injured and more than forty are known to be missing after an overcrowded bus plunged into the Rapti River in a mountainous region of West Nepal. The 45-seater vehicle was carrying at least ninety when it skidded off a highway in Dang district, and many were trapped as the bus sank.

Police and rescue crews pulled some people out alive but do not believe there wil be any more survivors. "The bus fell 100 metres off the road into the Rapti river. Thirty-two people have been rescued and are getting treatment at a nearby hospital," said local police officer Purna Gurung, although this disagrees with the Thaindian News, which states 28 were injured, and that just under half of these are hospitalised in a serious condition.

"We fear there may be bodies inside the bus and some may have been swept down the river... We are currently trying to lift the bus out of the river with a crane," he told reporters, adding that no cause has yet been established but it is known that no other vehicles were involved. Search and rescue and recovery operations were hampered by the remote location of the disaster.

The bus was headed to a remote Hindu temple on a hilltop. At least 36 people are confirmed to be Indian nationals on a pilgrimage to the holy site.


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Polish politician sentenced in sex scandal

May 19, 2008

A court in the central Polish city of Łódź on May 19 sentenced the first of three politicians accused in the sex-for-jobs scandal that helped bring down Poland’s last coalition government. The verdict signals that there may be trouble ahead for two of the party’s leaders who are also on trial.

Samoobrona (Self-Defence) rural protest party official Jacek Popecki was sentenced to 28 months in jail for giving a woman, who had accused his party’s boss of fathering her child, drugs to induce a miscarriage.

In late 2006, Aneta Krawczyk accused the party’s leader Andrzej Lepper of having offered her political favours for sex in 2001, and then said he had been the father of her youngest child. She said the same of Lepper’s close collaborator and MP, Stanisław Łyżwiński, and accused him of rape and sexual abuse. She also said that Popecki, who had been Łyżwiński’s aide, had tried to induce a miscarriage by giving her a labour-inducing drug called oxytocin.

Lepper and Łyżwiński both face up to eight and ten years in jail respectively if convicted on charges of extorting "favours of a sexual nature". Prosecutors had sought a four-year sentence for Popecki.

“The evidence given by [Krawczyk], which is largely backed up by testimony from two witnesses and phone bills as well as the behaviour of the accused after these events, points to [Popecki’s] guilt,” the court said on Monday.

Krawczyk's early testimony suffered when DNA tests showed that neither Lepper nor Łyżwiński had fathered her child. However, prosecutors had enough evidence from other women to push on with the investigation in what became known as the “sex for work” scandal.


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Wow! Igot 4/8 on the quiz!

Even better is my score. 3/3. Someone really needs to update it, and I'm doing that right away. EVil-Aer (talk) 19:33, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

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Mourning ceremonies for earthquake begin throughout China

May 19, 2008

China began mourning ceremonies for the major earthquake that struck Sichaun a week ago throughout the country, including its major cities and diplomatic missions outside the country. The government's State Council previously ordered a three-day period of mourning starting Monday. All Chinese flags were also ordered to half-mast in China and its missions.

All public entertainment was ordered to be suspended, in addition to the Olympic torch relay being suspended by the Ningbo Organizing Committee for the same three days of mourning.

At 2:28 PM, exactly a week after the initial earthquake, people throughout China held three minutes of silence with heads bowed, and government officials stood outside the government headquarters. Traffic came to a halt and horns were wailed in memoriam of the now at least 34,000 victims, with some officials reporting 50,000 likely dead. Afterwards in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and the provincial capital Chengdu, Sichuan, people held patriotic events with some shouting "Go! Go! China" in an attempt to boost national morale.


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Detroit Red Wings win 2008 NHL Western finals

May 20, 2008 North American ice hockey's major championship, the Stanley Cup playoffs, is down to a contest between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings. Detroit defeated the Dallas Stars on Monday with a 4-1 score to win the Western Conference finals.

Despite a third-period goal by Dallas defenceman Stéphane Robidas, Detroit prevailed with three goals in the first period (Kris Draper, Pavel Datsyuk, Dallas Drake) and a goal by left winger Henrik Zetterberg in the second period.

Detroit captain Nicklas Lidström accepted the Clarence Campbell trophy on behalf of his team after the game concluded at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The first game of the Stanley Cup finals is scheduled for Saturday in Detroit at Joe Louis Arena.


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Asbestos discovery triggers evacuation and closure of New Jersey middle school

May 20, 2008

The discovery of the presence of airborne asbestos in a middle school in Montclair, New Jersey Friday prompted the evacuation of over 200 students from the school and the school's closure. Renaissance Middle School, part of the Montclair Public Schools in New Jersey, was closed Monday and remains closed Tuesday while undergoing asbestos testing and cleaning.

According to a letter sent home to parents by the Superintendent's Office of Montclair Public Schools on Friday, "plaster may have been disturbed" during construction on new fire doors at the Renaissance School building on Thursday.

An inspection arranged by the school district indicated asbestos was present in the plaster, and a subsequent inspection performed by asbestos consultant Detail Associates revealed "a level of airborne asbestos fibers that exceeded the acceptable range" in the third floor hallway of the school. Montclair Public Schools business administrator Dana Sullivan told The Star-Ledger that testing conducted on March 31 revealed the presence of asbestos in a brown undercoating of plaster at the Renaissance School building.

The affected area was sealed off, and some students were moved to other areas of the building while others were moved to off-site locations. District Public Information Officer Laura Federico told The Montclair Times that sixth and seventh graders were transported to Hillside Elementary School, and eighth graders were bussed to Montclair High School. "The safety of our students and staff is always our first concern," said Federico.

According to The Montclair Times, Detail Associates conducted a cleaning protocol at the school on Saturday and tested the building to make sure it did not contain unacceptable levels of asbestos fibers. The letter sent to parents Friday by the Superintendent's Office said that Detail Associates had told the district that the building would be "cleaned, tested and cleared for occupancy by Monday morning". The school remained closed Monday, and a meeting was held between parents and school district officials. A Parent-Teacher Association meeting is planned for Wednesday night.

The Star-Ledger reported that the ongoing asbestos cleanup of the school is being supervised by the state Department of Environmental Protection. At the meeting Monday morning between parents and school district officials, parents demanded that the inside of lockers be included as part of the asbestos cleanup. This additional step in the asbestos inspection process prompted the school's closure Tuesday. A Monday statement by the Business Office of Montclair Public Schools said that the Renaissance School would remain closed Tuesday for sixth and seventh grade students "so that an extensive cleanup and additional asbestos testing can be completed". Eighth grade students did not have classes scheduled as a trip to Washington, D.C. had previously been planned; the school trip is unaffected by the recent asbestos incident.

Steve Jaraczewski of Detail Associates was present at the district meeting Monday, and said that one of four test samples taken at the school was positive for the presence of airborne asbestos at over six times acceptable levels. Jaraczewski was critical of the asbestos management plan provided by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, which owns the school's building and leases it to Montclair Public Schools.

Jaraczewski said that the state Department of Environmental Protection has required asbestos management plans since 1988, but that the company that drafted the asbestos plan for the Archdiocese of Newark is out of business. Representative for the archdiocese Jim Goodness emphasized that the building would be back open for classes soon. "The kids will be able to go back to school soon, and that's the important part," said Goodness.

Exposure to airborne asbestos can lead to mesothelioma, a cancer which develops in the sac surrounding the lungs and chest cavity, abdominal cavity, or the sac surrounding the heart. Exposure to disturbed asbestos fibers can also lead to lung scarring, a condition called asbestosis, and lung cancer. Patients with malignant mesothelioma generally do not have positive outcomes, and once diagnosed have six months to a year to live.


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 * Drops his book and spits out his morning wine* Filthy little man!Shane.Bell (talk) 12:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


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Explosives found in California cave

May 20, 2008

🇺🇸Crystal Cave, which is in Sequoia National Park, was evacuated after park employees found a substance that was believed to be explosive material left behind after construction work inside the cave conducted during the 1930s, as the material used was cloth, and not plastic.

The discovery was made while workers were performing restoration work at the cave. They found what appeared to be remnants of live explosives. The person serving as the chief regional blaster for the park was then contacted.

The National Park service said that the explosives may be nitroglycerin. They also said that because of its instability, detonation may be required for removal. "In preparation for that possibility, park staff will install temporary blasting mats and blankets to protect cave formations and features. The area remains closed," said the NPS. Authorities are concerned that the other end of the blasting cap could be attached to a stick of live dynamite.

The cave remains closed at this time but staff aim to reopen on May 21, in time for Memorial Day.

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Ma Ying-jeou becomes President of Republic of China

May 20, 2008 Today, Ma Ying-jeou was sworn in as the President of the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan, and delivered his inauguration speech, entitled "Taiwan's Renaissance".

In his speech, he discussed four issues. He called for people to "establish mutual trust and Seek common ground while ignoring differences, setting aside disputes, and creating a win-win situation", which was also promoted by Jintao Hu. Ma also stressed three of his principles "No reunification, No independence, No war". He also said, he hopes the governmental executives of China can positively appreciate "one China, but agree to differ on its definition under the 1992 consensus".

In the speech, Ma also said that he hopes that new cabinet members of Executive Yuan will establish the example of clean government and ensure the rights and interests of the disadvantaged minorities in the future.


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Ted Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumor

May 20, 2008 Senator Ted Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, who was recently hospitalized after suffering two seizures, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Kennedy's doctors discovered the tumor as part of a battery of tests performed to diagnose the cause of the seizures. Late last week the senator was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital from the Kennedy Compound, after reportedly suffering stroke-like symptoms. After two hours in the emergency room, he was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

A statement given by Dr. Lee Schwamm and Dr. Larry Ronan of Massachusetts General Hospital stated, "Over the course of the last several days, we've done a series of tests on Senator Kennedy to determine the cause of his seizure. He has had no further seizures, remains in good overall condition, and is up and walking around the hospital."

The statement went on to say, "However, preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe. The usual course of treatment includes combinations of various forms of radiation and chemotherapy."

The statement finished by saying, "Decisions regarding the best course of treatment for Senator Kennedy will be determined after further testing and analysis. Senator Kennedy will remain at Massachusetts General Hospital for the next couple of days according to routine protocol. He remains in good spirits and full of energy."

Reactions

Various Senate colleagues and other politicians have reacted to the announcement.

John Kerry, the junior senator from Massachusetts and fellow colleague noted, "We are pulling for our pal, and I know he is determined to fight this."

Kerry also released a statement from his office saying, "Now, everybody needs to pull together on behalf of Ted. We must pull for him and his family and remember that Teddy is one unbelievable fighter," and noting that "Over the weekend, I saw him and he’s in a fighting mood."

Kerry finished by stating, "I know that Ted is determined to fight this because he wants to continue his fight for the people of Massachusetts and he wants to continue to fight for everything that he believes in here in the United States Senate and throughout our country."

Christopher Dodd, the Democratic senator from Connecticut and one of Kennedy's closest friends, joined Kerry along with Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid and said of Kennedy, "He's a strong guy and has great heart and we're confident he'll be back here."

Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate Majority Leader from Nevada said, "He knows how we feel about him, without our even telling him. ... And so we stand as a body, and as certainly a Democratic family, with our affection, our love and our prayers with Senator Ted Kennedy."

Bob Kerrey, the former Democratic senator for Nebraska, recently said that Ted Kennedy is "the one politician who brings tears to my eyes when he speaks."

"I am so deeply saddened I have lost the words," said John Warner, the Republican senator from Virginia.

Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia wept on the Senate floor as he said, "Ted, Ted, Ted. My dear friend. I love you and miss you." Byrd also stated, "Keep Ted here for us and for America."

The three Presidential candidates, all three of whom are Senators gave statements on the announcement of Kennedy's tumor.

"He fights for what he thinks is right. And we want to make sure that he's fighting this illness. And it's our job now to support him in the way that he has supported us for so many years. He's not just a great senator, he is a great friend. He is beloved by me, and beloved by my colleagues," said Barack Obama, the Senator from Illinois and one of the two Democratic candidates for President.

Kennedy threw his support behind Obama and endorsed him back in January right before Super Tuesday.

Hillary Clinton, the other Democratic candidate for President and New York's junior senator said, "Ted Kennedy's courage and resolve are unmatched, and they have made him one of the greatest legislators in Senate history. Our thoughts are with him and Vicki and we are praying for a quick and full recovery." The Clinton family is also friends with the Kennedy family. The Clinton's occasionally vacationed at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

"Obviously, our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to him. We hope and pray that they will be able to treat it and that he will experience a full recovery. I have said on numerous occasions, I have described Ted Kennedy as the last lion in the Senate, and I have held that view because he remains the single most effective member of the Senate if you want to get results," said John McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona and presumptive nominee for the Republicans bid for the White House.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat from California said, "I have confidence though because Senator Kennedy has been a fighter all his life. He is a fighter — a fighter for our children, for our workers, for our seniors. He is a champion fighting for health care for all Americans. I know that that fighting spirit will hold him in good stead in the challenge that he faces now."

President George W. Bush released a statement saying, "Laura and I are concerned to learn of our friend Senator Kennedy's diagnosis. Ted Kennedy is a man of tremendous courage, remarkable strength and powerful spirit. Our thoughts are with Senator Kennedy and his family during this difficult period. We join our fellow Americans in praying for his full recovery."

Related news

 * United States Senator Ted Kennedy rushed to the hospital. Wikinews, May 17, 2008.

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