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Comments:Government shuts off water to California farms in controversial effort to help threatened species

Ah the green world. Where a two inch fish is more important then fish. Got to love that change.--66.229.16.126 (talk) 03:11, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

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if economy goes on hand in hand with the distinction of species for very long, then the earth together with us humans will be next to be wiped out. so yes, the salvation of this planet might come at the cost of the suffering of those farmers. -- Torsten (talk) 14:29, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 20 bucks say you have that view point until you lose your job.--66.229.16.126 (talk) 19:30, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * now you need my account number ;) - so what's more important? employment at every price or a ecosystem you can actually have a decent life in? well, why can't we have both? -- Torsten (talk) 11:17, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * With a leftist Government running it. Its the two inch fish.--66.229.23.225 (talk) 18:01, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The fish wouldn't even be living there (and if it's so endagered would be extinct) without the man-made canals and is thus relatively useless and should die if it can't adapt. This is how nature works, and obviously the department in charge of preserving that doesn't fully understand the circle of life. Mufasa would be pissed. --64.90.84.103 (talk) 00:32, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

I believe that the government is over looking common good. I believe that the employment rate will drop and the farmers will lose thier primary irrigation source. I believe they need to find another way to save the species.

Countdown's Keith Olberman reports on 9/24/09 that, on June 30th, the Department of the Interior turned the water back on for the Central Valley but, apparently, nobody noticed.

America's #1 small business,, Farmers
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Talk:25 killed as bus crashes into river gorge in Kashmir, Pakistan

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British gemstone expert killed by mob in Voi, Kenya

August 13, 2009

A mob of 20 men have killed a leading British gemologist in the town of Voi in Kenya. Campbell Bridges who was born in Scotland was killed at his 600-acre property located within a national park. The attack is reported to be linked to a 3 year dispute over control of the gemstone mines owned by Mr. Bridges.

Police reported that Bridges was driving his pick-up around his land when he was ambushed by 20 men wielding homemade clubs and spears as well as bows and arrows. Bridges fought off the mob with the help of his son and four Kenyan staff. He was transported to hospital but later died. No one else was seriously injured in the attack.

Bruce Bridges, Campbell’s son spoke to reporters about his ordeal. He spoke of how he fled to the capital Nairobi with his father’s body. “As we drove towards our mining camp we found huge thorn trees blocking the road. Eight men with machetes, spears, clubs, knives, bows and arrows appeared, shouting, ‘We’re going to kill you all!’ Then more people came down the mountain like ants — 20 or 30 of them” he said.

Campbell was renowned in the gemstone business. He worked as a special consultant for jewelers Tiffany & Co. He is also credited with the discovery of tsavorite and also involved in the discovery of tanzanite.


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Talk:5 dead in Pakistan bomb attack

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Gas explosion reported in Hammersmith, London

August 13, 2009 Wikinews has learned that an explosion was heard in the Riverside Gardens area of Hammersmith, London, England at around 11:15 a.m. local time.

According to reports, an apartment on Macbeth Street exploded due to a gas leak. An official with the gas company was reporting to the scene after a neighbor called about a gas leak. When the official arrived, the apartment exploded. No major injuries were reported, but at least five people on scene at the time of the explosion were treated for symptoms of shock. No one was inside the apartment. At the time, nearly 100 residents were evacuated from the area.

"The gas board were called by the neighbour to a smell of gas in the road. The engineer was directly in front, but luckily he had gone into his van to get his detection equipment when the flat exploded," said Mark McHenry, the senior official with the fire department.

A video had shown smoke and dust rising from an apartment block, with black smoke from a fire several minutes later. At approximately 12:00 p.m., no more smoke was seen rising from the area.

Nearly a whole block of apartments were severely damaged in the blast. One witness told BBC that "when you looked down Macbeth Street you could see bits of buildings, glass, wood, curtains, strewn all over the street."

Authorities believe a gas main had been punctured causing the leak, but an investigation is ongoing.


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Talk:Bomb blast in Pakistan, "fighters for greater autonomy" responsible, police claim

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Woman found guilty of killing fiancé by drink driving in Bath, England

August 13, 2009

A woman has been found guilty of killing her fiancé after she ran him over while three times over the drink drive limit. Caroline Broad, 41, killed her partner of eight years Christopher Phillips, 40, when she ran him over in the car park of the Full Moon Pub in Twerton, Bath, England on August 17, 2008. Broad has been jailed for three years. Witness reports say that Ms. Broad was in the car and saw Mr. Phillips slide off the bonnet and then the car continue to drive over him. The couple had been drinking together at the pub for several hours before the incident. Broad denies any wrong doing and says she can't remember the car going forward.

Detective Sergeant Peter Knight released a statement saying that "The events of Sunday August 17, 2008 are yet another example of how the selfish and wholly unnecessary actions of a drunken driver can lead to tragic or nasty circumstances". He also thanked the Twerton community for their help during the investigation.

Ms. Broad and Mr. Phillips had been in a relationship for eight years and ran a tiling business together.


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India begins shutdowns in Mumbai to limit spread of H1N1 swine flu virus

August 13, 2009 Authorities in India have started shutting down cinemas, schools, and colleges in the city of Mumbai to limit the spread of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as swine flu. Schools and colleges will close for one week, while cinemas will only remain closed for three days. India has had nineteen deaths so far relating to the virus. Authorities say that the shutdown is due to public pressure, but stresses that people should not panic.

Ashok Chavan, the Maharashtra Chief Minister said it was only a “prevention method”. He told the television channel CNN-IBN that "There is no panic [...] we are going according to the wishes of the people and that is why we are shutting down for about seven days." Passenger screenings have also been introduced into 22 of the country's main airports.

The shutdown has affected several Bollywood film releases that have been delayed as the cinemas are closed. Schools that are not shutting down are preparing to screen students for the virus.

Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that swine flu is only one of the health threats affecting India at the moment. "It is not the only virus we have in our country. We have much more fatal diseases, much more costly diseases," he said.

Swine flu has caused 141 deaths world wide and has affected at least 74 countries. The virus was first discovered in Mexico in April.


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American professional wrestler Karl Von Hess dies at the age of 90

August 13, 2009

Karl Von Hess, the American professional wrestler whose wrestling persona was that of a Nazi sympathiser has died at the age of 90. The cause of death was linked to a battle with Alzheimer’s disease which he had battled in recent years.

Born as Francis Faketty he first trained as a lifeguard and began to teach swimming. He joined the U.S Navy and served in World War II. After completing his service he began to train as a wrestler. He tried several gimmicks before coming up with the Von Hess gimmick. He took his idea off of Kurt Von Poppenheim who has a less sinister German gimmick.

Fakerry legally changed his name to Karl Von Hess and was signed by the WWWF, later the WWF. He was so convincing as a heel that people tried to stab and attack him. His gimmick became so controversial that promoter Vince McMahon had to calm matters by doing an interview with the Washington Post. He said that “Von Hess is no Nazi. He uses that silly salute to point up the act that he is the villain".

Von Hess defended his choice of gimmick saying, "It was right after the war and I had tried everything. I played different characters, and then I came up with this gimmick of Von Hess and I played it right to the hilt." Von Hess began to draw big crowds until the early 1960s when his gimmick began to wear thin; he was phased out of the WWWF in the late 60’s.

WWE Hall of Fame member Johnny Rodz called Von Hess his favourite heel saying that "He was the meanest. Who the heck comes to the ring and breaks the steps before you get in the ring? What gives a guy that reason?"

After leaving the WWWF he had several stints with other promotions but then retired. He opened several trailer parks and other businesses with his wife who died in 2005.


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France and Germany resume growth, exit recession

August 13, 2009

The GDP of both France and Germany grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2009, ending a year-long recession in both countries.

However, for all sixteen countries in the eurozone, the sum of all the goods and services produced dropped by 0.1% in the quarter to June. The figures are an improvement over the previous quarter, and better than numbers predicted by most economists.

"The recession has ended, and it has ended sooner than we all thought. We expect to see growth of 1% in the third quarter, which is very strong for Germany," said UniCredit's Andreas Rees. "[...] I wouldn't rule out the chance of even better growth."

Stock markets rose, with the British FTSE 100 index rising 1.3%. The main French and German indices also posted gains of over one percent by noon.


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Two roadside bombs kill at least 14 in Afghanistan

August 13, 2009

According to Afghan officials, fourteen civilians have been killed in two bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan, as militants step up attacks ahead of next week's presidential elections.

An official said the first explosion blew up a vehicle in the Gereshk district of the Helmand Province on Wednesday, killing eleven members of one family. Only one girl survived, he said.

The second bomb killed three young boys, in the neighbouring Kandahar province, after a roadside bomb detonated while they were playing.

"All the three children are boys between six and 11 years of age," provincial police chief Mohammad Shah Khan said to the Agence France-Presse news agency.

Both attacks have been blamed on the Taliban, who have pledged to disrupt the presidential elections, which are to be held on August 20.


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Women’s boxing to be included in the 2012 Olympics for the first time

August 13, 2009 The International Olympic Committee has decided to allow women to compete in boxing at the Olympics for the first time. Up until now boxing had been the only sport in which women could not compete. Three weight classes will be created for the women to compete in, with one weight class being dropped from the male schedule.

President of the IOC Jacques Rogge commented, "Women's boxing has come on a tremendous amount in the last five years and it was time to include them." Gerry Sutcliffe, the British sports minister, said, "The move is a massive boost for women’s boxing."

Not all were supportive of the inclusion of the women’s ranks. 2004 Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan said, "Deep down I think women shouldn’t fight. That’s my opinion." Despite his comments he said he will be supporting the British competitors at the 2012 Olympics being held in London.

The inclusion of the women’s classes comes after it was announced in 2005 that both baseball and softball would be excluded form the Olympics after the 2008 games.


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Vestas plant in Newport, England shuts down

August 13, 2009

Vestas Wind Systems confirmed yesterday that its plant in Newport, Isle of Wight, England has closed. The workers employed there have received their redundancy notices.

425 jobs were lost in the factory closure and that of Vestas's Southampton facility, with a further 40 employees beginning work at Vestas's research & development facility on the island and 57 staying on to help close the factory down. Initial estimates had said that 575 jobs would be lost in the Newport and Southampton facilities' closure, with a further 50 lost in the closure of facilities elsewhere on the Isle of Wight.

The Newport plant had originally been planned to close on July 31. From July 20, it was the site of an eighteen-day occupation in which a group of Vestas workers entered the plant and lived in it, refusing to leave until the company offered a better redundancy package or until the government nationalised the plant, which is the only major producer of wind turbines in the United Kingdom. The closure comes shortly after Joan Ruddock, Britain's Minister for Climate Change, stated in an interview that the British government would not pursue nationalisation.

Vestas attribute the shutdown of the plant to insufficient demand in the United Kingdom due to difficulties in obtaining planning permission for on-shore wind farms, and closed the plant in part of a 1,900-job closure affecting facilities both in Britain and in the company's home country of Denmark. The president of Vestas's blades division called the closures "absolutely necessary to secure Vestas' competitiveness and create a regional balance between production and the demand for wind turbines". Vestas CEO Ditlev Engel, meanwhile, told The Guardian that he was "not ruling out" restoring the redundancy packages to the 11 occupiers who were terminated while taking part in the occupation. "The last thing that we wanted was to have this confrontation", Engel said.

A number of protest camps remain at Vestas facilities across the Isle of Wight, including outside the Newport factory, and seven anarcho-environmentalist protesters are living atop the roof of the Vestas facility at Venture Quays. A number of Vestas employees spent Wednesday speaking at solidarity meetings throughout the United Kingdom arranged by members of the informal coalition of left, environmentalist and trade union groups which sprung up to support the Vestas employees after the closure was announced.


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Golf and rugby set to return to the Olympic Games

August 13, 2009

Both golf and rugby are set to return to the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee voted to include the sports at its executive board meeting in Berlin today. Rugby, specifically rugby union, and golf were selected over five other sports to be considered to participate in the Olympics. , and  tried to get onto the Olympic program as well as baseball and, which were voted out of the Olympic Games in 2005. The vote must still be ratified by the full IOC at it's October meeting in Copenhagen.

Golf will return after a 112-year absence from the Games; the sport was last played at the 1900 and 1904 Games. Rugby union, in its full 15-a-side version, was included in four Olympic Games, with its last appearance being in 1924.

If the sports are included after the October meeting, rugby will return to the Olympics as, a version of rugby union with seven players per side and 7- or 10-minute halves instead of the standard 40-minute halves. Elite rugby director said that "Rugby Union is played in more than 100 countries and has a superb opportunity to further develop and grow through its new partnership with the IOC."

The format that has been proposed for golf is two 72-hole tournaments, one each for men and women, with 60 competitors each. The top 15 players in the world will qualify automatically and the major golf schedules will arrange around the Olympic Games.

Not all were happy with the proposed inclusions to the game. IOC President defended the decision, saying that "this is the young generation that will be at its peak in 2016. The same question was raised time and time again when tennis and ice-hockey were introduced. Ask [top tennis players] Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, ask the NHL players, ask the NBA basketball players. They all want to go to the games — they are absolutely not concerned about that."

One of the sports that lost out was squash. President commented on his disappointment that squash was not included in the games.

If the sports are included, they will first be conducted in the 2016 Games. Women's boxing is now set to appear at the 2012 Games.


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Bold textminorities should include Asians not just blacks and Hispanics. We work hard and don' t expect dole outs. We go to the communities that we can afford. Most of us once we save enough and able to establish ourselves, we move to better neighborhoods,including the whitest neighborhoods around. Why are blacks and Hispanics be an exemption to the rule? Why is is hard for them to better themselves? Good education is available in new york, can they not pass the requirements without the affirmative action just like the Asian minorities? I think all these laws and these politicians are " enablers " for blacks and Hispanics not to thrive better in life...male it so easy to be lazy and depend on the government...

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 * Sorry. I went to change the title but you'd beat me to it. Try adding (I usually forget to)  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:59, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Drink Driving?
Is drink driving British English? I'm not sure i have heard of it here in the US...usually called Drunk Driving. Dillard421 (talk) 18:54, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Yes, drunk driving sounds slightly strange to me, and I'm in the UK. Drunken driving would sound okay, although that isn't a term in common use anywhere as far as I know. I suspect it came from 'drinking and driving'. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:01, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Drunken Driving sounds okay to me as well...Drink Driving sounds really strange to me. HA! Cultural Differences. On the English Wikipedia Drink Driving reverts to Driving under the influence. Dillard421 (talk) 22:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yet, if you check the article, she was not convicted of driving under the influence. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No. 'Drink driving' is not the name of an offence. The titled says 'of killing by' so it was clearly going to be a 'death by...' charge. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:21, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

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Please add Category:Somerset. Thanks, Bencherlite (talk) 11:52, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
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Guitarist Les Paul dies at 94

August 14, 2009

Les Paul, the American jazz guitarist whose eponymous electric guitar remains one of the most popular and influential designs of musical instrument in modern history, has died at the age of 94 of complications from pneumonia.

Born Lester William Polfuss in 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, Les Paul was establishing himself as a jazz musician in Chicago when in 1939 he built "The Log", reputed to be the first solid-body "Spanish-style" electric guitar ever made. Discussions with Gibson Guitars led to the development of the Gibson Les Paul guitar, which with its unprecedented tonal properties (caused in part by its unprecedented weight) quickly established itself among players of both the emerging rock & roll style of music and the developing electric blues. Paul was also a pioneer of recording techniques. Paul's experiments with multi-tracking in the 1940s led to a string of chart successes with songs like "How High The Moon", in which Paul's guitar work and then-wife Mary Ford's vocals appeared a novel many-layered setting, Paul playing up to eight guitar parts and Ford harmonizing with herself.

Although Paul entered semi-retirement in his 50s, he remained active and performing almost until his death; his last album was released in 2006. Les Paul received a number of accolades throughout his career: he was the recipient of numerous Grammy awards, an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the namesake of the Mix Foundation's Les Paul Award for "individuals or institutions that have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of audio technology." He was also the subject of two biographical films.

While Les Paul had no children, he is survived by a godson, the guitarist Steve Miller.

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Iranian passenger jet's wheel catches fire

August 13, 2009 A wheel on an Aseman Airlines  caught fire late on Tuesday night after landing in, Iran following a flight from.

It is unclear if the aircraft landed normally or experienced a hard landing, with accounts conflicting. It is known that after landing the crew noticed that the brake temperature in one of the wheels was unusually high as they left the runway, and requested that fire crews responded before the passengers disembarked.

When emergency services arrived they discovered that the wheel was alight, and the fire was extinguished. The plane then proceeded to the, and the passengers left the jet as normal. The plane subsequently departed as scheduled the following morning.

Air accidents are common in Iran, which has an aging fleet that is poorly maintained both for civil and military operations. International sanctions have meant that new aircraft cannot be purchased. Earlier this week, a police helicopter crash killed three people and wounded three more. Last month Iran saw its worst air disaster in years when an airliner heading to Armenia crashed, killing the 168 on board. The same month saw another airliner overrun a runway at and strike a wall, killing seventeen.


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US 'Big Brother' "live" eviction taped for the first time

August 13, 2009 For the first time, the American version of  will not be airing their traditional "live eviction" episode Thursday night as normally scheduled. Instead, the show will be taped, with host and the studio audience requested four hours earlier than normal. The reason for the change is due to the expected use of the "Coup d'Etat" power, which allows America's chosen HouseGuest to remove the current nominations and place his own with no warning mere minutes before the final vote. Fan favorite Jeff Schroeder, who has ranked #1 in  ' s "power rankings" for the second week in a row, was given the power a week ago after a nationwide televote.

Fellow HouseGuest Chima Benson, who is currently the Head of Household, threatened to go "batcrap crazy" on the house's live feeds earlier this week, threatening the stability of the live show. In the first week's live eviction, she delivered an impromptu tirade against nominee Braden Bacha for his racist remarks against other HouseGuests, causing Benson to be placed on a time delay to censor her language.

TV Guide did not receive any comment by press time about the scrapped live broadcast. Big Brother, now in its eleventh season, is seeing a ratings resurgence, topping the ratings received from the same time last year, with over seven million people watching the three weekly episodes. The eviction in question airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on.

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 * Chima attacks Braden in Week 1 of Big Brother 11, from CBS's YouTube account.


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Edit request
editprotected The attempted link to Wikipedia's Big Brother 11 in the lead this article currently goes to a disambiguation page. Could someone please change it to w:Big Brother 11 (U.S.). --TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:11, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
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Can I ask what Substpublished is? That name makes me nervous. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 01:22, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
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 * That would be fine. I'm just a little skiddish of a template that looks so very similar to  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 01:41, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
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Should CBS have aired the episode live despite Chima's threats?
It still should have been "live". If Chima can't control herself in the house then she should be kicked out of the house by CBS. Why should the viewers be punished because of her actions?

Uh, just how is this news? *sigh* More fancruft filler. 72.150.237.34 (talk) 02:50, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah but yet you took the time to read it AND comment on it :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 05:09, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That's hardly an argument against the article being fancruft. I only came to the comment page to ask why this was published in the first place. Entertainment is not news, unless you are an entertainment-news source. (this is something I still question about WikiNews) Fine, if that's the case, but that's not the premise of why I come to WikiNews. If all this entertainment nonsense is going to clutter things up, then I will have to look elsewhere for a more professional news-source. 72.150.237.34 (talk) 03:03, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There is not enough of it to clutter things up. While I share your disdain for this story, I feel that the odd one or two should be acceptable without causing trouble, rather like the way we accept local stories. If we get flooded I will be calling for a raise in the newsworthiness bar, but until then... One or two are harmless, and Mike has invested a of time for exclusive interviews, so let him have his fun. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:56, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Like it or not, entertainment is news. Do you even read or watch what is considered "news" nowadays? Mike Halterman (talk) 07:32, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That still is not a reason to stoop to their level. I hope someone were paid for bringing this advertisement. --80.167.173.75 (talk) 07:27, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Have you even read anything I've written before? I've been here for years and put together a lot of nice interviews, and it's not anything relating to foreign policy or nuclear weapons. I'm a journalist in real life and pop culture is my specialty. Someone "were" not paid to write this, I did it on my own. And I'm going to do it again too, with or without your blessing. Mike Halterman (talk) 23:00, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Fascinating stuff indeed. --78.151.140.174 (talk) 02:51, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


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Wikinews Shorts: August 14, 2009

Bali bomber still at large
A body recovered by Indonesian police on August 8th is not that of. The Indonesian authorities had been optimistic that Top, the mastermind behind the, had been killed on Saturday in a gun battle that concluded a 17 hour siege in the  district of Central.

suggests that the body is that of a man identified only as Ibrahim, a florist who was the inside man in the in  this July.

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Obama health reforms faces grassroots opposition
Attempts by President Barack Obama to reform the in the United States has been met with  opposition. Critics fear that Obama's reforms are an attempt to health care. However, the President has dismissed such apprehension as an attempt to "scare and mislead" by vested interests hoping to derail the reforms.

Opposition which feature the alleged failures and rationing of healthcare in the British  (NHS), have been rebutted by citizens, politicians and the media. Spurred on by American commentators that described that the NHS as "evil' and, with over a million responses to an on-line campaign, called welovetheNHS started in support of the NHS.

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British deaths in Afghanistan reaches 199
Three British soldiers of have been killed by an whilst on foot patrol near the town of  in, Afghanistan.

The death of the soldiers — two from the and one from  — brings the number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 199.

"[These deaths] brings us very close to the sad milestone of 200 fatalities in this conflict. We cannot help but reflect on the toll the mission has taken..." said, the British.

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I attended the conference as a Wikimedian. I also got a quick soundgrab from Jennifer Riggs (although the battery on my recorder was dying at the time and she did say off-record that given how often she's misquoted she wouldn't mind if I made her quote up as long as it sounded ok ;) ). I can upload the 10 seconds or so of quote that I have as a wav file if requested. An email from Liam Wyatt (aka w:User:Witty lama) has been sent to scoop to confirm his quotes. I'm currently sourcing some more quotes from attendees to complete the article, at which point I hope to publish. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 10:36, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

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Hi, and thanks for creating the article Silivri. Unfortunately, it had to be deleted, as it doesn't meet our criteria for inclusion; specifically, it is not news and doesn't discuss a current event. Wikinews cannot accept encyclopedic content. In addition, this material appears to have been copied from Wikipedia - our copyright policy does not allow us to copy Wikipedia material wholesale here. Thanks for your understanding, Tempodivalse [talk]  13:09, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

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BBC newsreader sacked after conviction for wounding teenager

August 14, 2009

A BBC newsreader has lost his job after he was found guilty of unlawful wounding of a teenager. Ashley Blake, 40, who presented Midlands Today, attacked Greg Jones, 17, with a wooden pole outside a bar in Birmingham in January. Jones received injuries to his lip and chin.

The trial took place at Birmingham Crown Court and concluded on August 3. The presenter, who was arrested at the scene, denied the attack and claimed he used the pole to protect himself from bottles being thrown at him by up to thirty people. Blake was also convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The judge told Blake it was "almost inevitable" he was going to be sent to jail.

A BBC spokesman released a statement that said, "Ashley Blake was found guilty last week of two serious charges. An internal process has resulted in Ashley's dismissal which is effective immediately."

After the conviction, Blake spoke to reporters, saying, "[I am] just gutted, absolutely gutted ... it's all over, isn't it? My job — everything." Blake is scheduled to be sentenced on September 2.


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What is the charge? "wounding a teenager" doesn't sound the accurate legal term. --65.51.209.124 (talk) 13:55, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I double checked. Wounding is actully what he has been charged with and is the legal term. Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 14:21, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * "Unlawful wounding" is a subsection of Grievous bodily harm. --SVTCobra 01:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


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Aerosmith cancel remaining tour dates after on stage accident

August 14, 2009

Aerosmith have cancelled their remaining concerts on their tour. The rock band was due to tour the United States and Canada until September 16. They have cancelled the tour after lead singer Steven Tyler was injured after he fell off stage while performing on August 5.

Tyler suffered a broken shoulder and injuries to the head as the band played in front of a crowd in South Dakota. He was airlifted to hospital after the fall, and later travelled to Boston to see his own doctor. Doctors advised him to recuperate as he rests his shoulder.

The group made the announcement saying they had “great regret” for cancelling the tour. Guitarist Joe Perry said "words can't express the sadness I feel for having to cancel this tour," while guitarist Brad Whitford wished Tyler a “speedy recovery”.

The injured Tyler released a statement, saying “I'm plain grateful that I didn't break my neck” and thanked the police and medical staff for their help.


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RIP Les Paul. You were a legend and an innovator!

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Hong Kong's recession ends, economy grows 3.3%

August 14, 2009 According to official records, Hong Kong's economy has left a year-long recession, recording a growth of 3.3% in the second quarter ended in June. The figures, which were seasonally adjusted, were higher than forecast by economists.

As a result, the government has increased its growth predictions for 2009. Previous estimates suggested the economy would contract by 5.5% to 6.5%. Now, the contraction is only predicted to be between 3.5% and 4.5%.

"The GDP data was much better than we expected, partly because the exports were better and partly because of a pick-up in private consumption," Bank of East Asia's chief economist, Paul Tang, noted. "Private consumption is being driven up by stock market gains and by the property sector, which started doing well."

However, government economist Helen Chan warned that "while we are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel, [...] the outlook remain highly uncertain because the situations in the United States and Europe are still very weak."


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Spanish economy contracts 1% in second quarter

August 14, 2009

Official statistics indicate that the economy of Spain, the fourth-largest member of the eurozone, contracted by one percent in the quarter to June. The GDP was 4.1% lower by comparison to this time last year.

However, the rate of the decline was less severe in this quarter than previously, and the government said the figures indicated "relatively better performance."

The numbers are a contrast with the economies of France and Germany, who both saw their GDPs increase by 0.3% in the same time period.

Dominic Bryant of BNP Paribas commented that "this was a bit disappointing and worse than we expected, since a number of indicators had improved in Spain over the last few months.

"We do expect Spain to do worse than other European countries for a few years. Germany and France don't have the same imbalances as Spain, which means we expect it to stay weaker for longer," he added.

Spain's government says, it expects the economy will shrink by 3.6% by the end of the year, but will start growing again in the second half of 2010.


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Hurricane Guillermo forms in Pacific Ocean

August 14, 2009

Hurricane Guillermo formed in the Pacific Ocean on Friday. At At 08.00 PDT (14.00 UTC), it was approximately 1,900 kilometres west-southwest of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, moving westward at about 24 kilometres per hour.

The US National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm to a Category 1 hurricane at 23.00 on Thursday, after Guillermo sustained winds of 75 miles per hour.

The storm appears to be headed for Hawaii, and was 1,900 east of Hilo late on Thursday. However, the hurricane is predicted to weaken to a tropical depression by the time it reaches the islands.

"We need to watch this one," said Ed Teixeira, the state's Civil Defence vice director. "We have to be on our toes and watch developments. [...] if it's not Guillermo, it will be another storm system developing that could be a threat to the Hawaiian Islands. The forecasts still show this one [...] moving into cooler waters and then weakening."


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Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi moves to drop Lockerbie bombing appeal

August 15, 2009 Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was revealed today to have requested his second appeal to be dropped. Al-Megrahi was convicted of planting a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, which detonated as the aircraft flew over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 killing all 259 people on board and eleven more on the ground.

Megrahi had been offered transfer to his home of Libya if he dropped the appeal, but had previously stated he would not return unless his conviction was overturned. He has terminal prostate cancer and it is thought that he is due to be released shortly on compassionate grounds, having served eight years of his minimum term of 27 years in Greenock prison.

Megrahi lost his first appeal in 2002, but a review found that there was reason to believe there may have been a miscarriage of justice. The decision to drop his second appeal comes as a surprise, with some victims' relatives expecting the proceedings to continue even after his death. A court hearing to consider the request is due on Tuesday.

Opinions about the conviction are split, with the families of most British victims considering the man to be innocent while those in the United States are satisfied with his guilt. Briton Martin Cadman, whose son Bill was among the dead, told The Daily Telegraph "It's been nearly 21 years since the event and where are we? Nowhere." Last year, on the twentieth anniversary of the disaster the head of the US group Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Kara Weipz, told Wikinews that "There is no difference between the truth as we see it and the official version of events. The facts are the facts, Mr. Megrahi is guilty."


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It is a sad injustice that these people have to loose their jobs and their homes along with every other standard of living they have, all so a bunch of rich CEO's can reap even more profits thus sustaning and ensuring their luxurious existance. Its a common theme in the world today for corporations to monopolize the market and opress the common working person. The Peoples living conditions and the economy suffers because all these spoiled fools continue to take without giving back which not only stagnizes the economy but in turn builds and upside down pyramid. The imbalance of power and money can only be sustained so long before we will see their pyramid of corruption and greed fall. If their monopolies don't simply fail because they have bled us all dry I am positive history will repeat itself and a revolution of some sort will incur. I can only hope in transition no lives are lost but enough is enough people are getting sick and tired of this mistreatment.

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Talk:Cargo ship Arctic Sea may be found

The ship has been located, btw, if anyone is interested in saving this Missing cargo ship found near Cape Verde. --SVTCobra 23:33, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Thamus

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Tempodivalse [talk]  23:56, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

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I was just reading over your list of literature. You might enjoy two English language authors named Terry Pratchett and Jasper Fforde. They're both scifi/fantasy humorists similar to Douglas Adams. Gopher65talk 23:56, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Deleted article
Good question. Articles which don't make the cut for one reason or another are deleted (if you want your article back I can undelete it and move it to your userspace for you). As to the question of copyright, when you submit something to Wikinews it gets copyrighted under a Creative Commons By-Attribution 2.5. license. You then retain the copyright, but you agree to let Wikinews use the article, and to let any other Wikinews editor modify the article in any way. Also, because it is under a Creative Commons license, anyone else is free to use or modify the article, provided that they credit Wikinews (and, by association, anyone who edited the article). I'm not sure what happens when an article is deleted before publication though. I assume that you would then retain control of the copyright.

Your article mainly failed for 2 reasons, and both are common problems in articles from new contributors, so don't feel bad:

1) It was, at its core, an editorial. Wikinews has a strict policy against publishing editorials. (There are other places where such articles can be published, but usually not on Wikimedia sites.) Articles should be written in a neutral fashion, without any opinion interjected into them. That means merely reporting the facts of the situation, without any side comments.

2) It was no longer news. News must be new, by definition. On Wikinews we generally set a 3 day window for most events. If it happened more than 3 days ago, it is history and belongs in an encyclopedia (in this case Wikipedia), not on a news site.

There are sometimes exceptions to the 72 hour rule, but they are far and few between.

Original Reporting is a little bit different. If you are conducting interviews, and doing actual footwork, there is a more leeway given on how old a news event can be. But you'd want to talk to DragonFire1024 or Brian McNeil about that. Gopher65talk 01:17, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

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I undeleted and moved your article to your userspace. It is now here: User:Thamus/Public outcry as 24 get killed in bus accident in Panama. Gopher65talk 01:20, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:British gemstone expert killed by mob in Voi, Kenya

I would also like to find out whether Mr.Bridges was a helper or an oppressor of the people.


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User talk:Yoyololo

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User talk:Misskashawna

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Comments:Wikinews Shorts: August 14, 2009

"With some protesters comparing the President to Hitler and the plans as Nazism."

Apart from being a grammatically incorrect statement, this phrase really seems to beg the question (at best) or even project Godwin's Law (at worst). I don't see how this contributes to the article at all, and frankly I believe it should have been left out. --NauticalMongoose

 * Maybe "and the plans as akin to Nazism." would have been better but it seems moot now as the offending section seems to have been deleted. Yes the arguements are juvenile and laughable, but its a true reflection of the arguements raised by the anti reform commentators, and you're not the first to raise Godwin's Law.


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User talk:DrJorin

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User talk:Kanags

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User talk:Patricia Molina~enwikinews

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UK assumes direct rule over the Turks and Caicos Islands

August 16, 2009 The Government of the United Kingdom has assumed direct rule over the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, after an enquiry discovered what it alleges to be corruption and "serious dishonesty" at the highest levels. The islands' administration and Premier have been suspended for up to two years and their powers transferred to the UK-appointed Governor.

The British Government has taken the unusual step because it alleges that former Premier Michael Misick and members of his cabinet have enriched themselves through the selling of crown land and other corrupt practices, and that the limits to suffrage in the islands make it impossible to form a jury immune to the influence of the accused.

"This is a serious constitutional step which the UK government has not taken lightly, but these measures are essential in order to restore good governance and sound financial management", said the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Chris Bryant.

However the reaction by the local government have been hostile, with the action being described as a "coup" by deposed Premier Galmo Williams. He told the BBC, "A coup is anything that has been done without the will of the people and being a colony anything the British government wants to do to us they can do to us."

The Turks and Caicos Islands have been British overseas territories since 1799, and since achieving self-governance in 1976 have significantly developed offshore banking and tourism industries.


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User talk:Kiki15~enwikinews

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User talk:Priyadharishini

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Venice hotel sells rooms for one cent a night after pricing error

August 15, 2009

The Crowne Plaza, a four-star Venetian hotel, admitted to mistakenly advertising rooms online for one euro cent a night instead of the correct price of up to 150 euros.

The hotel, which is in the Quarto D'Altino, 25 kilometres from Venice, received 1,400 room bookings from 228 people on the day the advert was posted on the Internet.

The hotel's sales manager, Fulvio Danesin, said that the hotel first thought the advert had been posted by a hacker. Later, it was discovered that it was a human error made at the hotel's mother company offices in Atlanta, Georgia.

"Although a pricing error, IHG is committed to honouring the 1-cent rate for guests who have a valid confirmation," said Monica Smith, the media relations manager for the group.

The hotel is estimated to have lost about 90,000 euros as a result of the mistake.


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User talk:Mproreg

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User talk:Lenniz

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Tempodivalse [talk]  19:03, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Note about Lenni Zaksen
Hi, and thanks for creating the page Lenni Zaksen. Unfortunately, it had to be deleted, as it didn't meet our criteria for inclusion; specifically, it wasn't news and didn't discuss a current event. Wikinews does not accept encyclopedic content. Please see Welcome to learn how to constructively contribute to this project. Thanks for your understanding. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:16, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Phin68

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User talk:Pennyears

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User talk:JD Millet

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Aviation Enthusiast-A New Jet Engine Is In The Works.
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Your submission, Aviation Enthusiast-A New Jet Engine Is In The Works., might not be appropriate for Wikinews. Please read our content guide for advice as to what constitutes a good news article. Thanks, Killing Vector (talk) 11:57, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2009/34

Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

Last Updated: August 16, 2009

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User talk:Jordan12~enwikinews

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User talk:Dinomite

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User talk:Jordan lover12

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Tempodivalse [talk]  02:08, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

A note about 4 year-old girl gets crushed by in-home elevator
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User talk:Cyclonebiskit

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Comments:Venice hotel sells rooms for one cent a night after pricing error

Glad to see at least SOME businesses honor their mistakes...Best Buy --Darthbob100 (talk) 08:30, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * they WILL not honor their "mistake" they MUST honor it by law, or they can be sued for false publicity. --87.219.50.201 (talk) 12:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

HAHA FAIL WOW.

Does anyone else wonder if this was an advertising ploy (possibly a failed one given how many bookings there were) or am I just being an overcynical bastard? Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:01, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Failed? Are you kidding;)? You can't buy that much publicity with a mere 90k Euros. That's a lot of press for very little money. Gopher65talk 00:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)


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2009 Shri Shyam Bhajan Hindu religious festival held in Hyderabad

August 17, 2009

The Shri Shyam Bhajan, a Hindu religious festival, was organised on August 15th in Hyderabad, India. This was the city's annual function, which was coincidentally celebrated a day after Krishna Janmashtami, and on the occasion of Independence Day at the Nampally Exhibition Ground.

About 125,000 lamps were lit along the campus boundaries as evening fell. About 25,000 people participated at the event, and the program was broadcast live on Aastha TV.

Baba Shyam's Durbar, the arena where idols of deity are situated, was very well-decorated. Four alternative colors, green, yellow, pink and blue were used to lighten up the shringar.

The program started at 8:30 p.m. local time (15.00 UTC). Famous singers across the country presented bhajans, or devotional songs, to Shri Shyam's feet. Singer Sanju Sharma started the evening, followed by Jai Shankar Choudhary. Then, Lakkha Singh took the lead in singing the bhajans. 108 plates of Chhappan Bhog (in Hinduism, 56 different edible items, like, sweets, fruits, nuts, dishes etc. which are offered to deity) were served to Baba Shyam. Lakkha Singh presented the chhappan bhog bhajan as well. Singer, Raju Khandelwal was accompanying him.

Baba Shyam's great devotee-cum-singer Nanduji came to present several of his creations to Shri Shyam. He was feeling tired, after having two long bhajan sessions — each three hours long — at different locations within the past day. 62-year old Nanduji has continuously served Baba Shyam for last 26 years.

The program was completed by Miss Arora, followed by Sanjay Mittal and Sanjay Kapoor. All singers were honoured with dupatta — a sacred piece of cloth worn across both shoulders — at the start of their performances, and a photo frame of Shri Krishna, as a memento at the end of their performances. Then, Baba's aarti (a special song sung in praise of the deity) was performed as the closing ceremony.


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Pakistan to Turkey container train service launched

August 16, 2009

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani has launched Pakistan's first international container train service from Islamabad to Istanbul via the Iranian capital, Tehran, as a trial project of the Economic Cooperation Organization to boost Pakistan's trade with Turkey and Iran.

The train is carrying 20 containers on its first journey from Islamabad railway station, delivering 14 to Tehran and 6 to Istanbul and will cover 6,500 kilometres in two weeks.

Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said a successful trial phase of the freight train service would be followed by a passenger train service in an effort to boost tourism in the region.

There are also hopes the route will eventually provide a link to Europe and Central Asia.


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I'm not good with writing news articles but just a little contribution. Do not expect too much.--110.37.17.194 (talk) 10:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for publishing.--110.37.17.194 (talk) 12:33, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. Feel free to contribute more. We appreciate it! Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

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How about using locator map showing Pakistan and Turkey.--110.37.17.194 (talk) 13:41, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

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editprotected Category:Yousaf Raza Gillani. Ali Rana (talk) 08:57, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
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Notes about Original Reporting
I attended the program. I am also uploading the pictures on 2009 Shri Shyam Bhajan Amritvarsha Hyderabad as well. Shyam ( T / C ) 11:51, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Review Nr. 1

 * I have changed the article in past tense. Most of the terminologies have been explained. I am not sure about the punctuations, which can be improved. If someone could let me know or improve them himself/herself, would be much-appreciated. Thanks for review, Shyam  ( T / C ) 06:00, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've reworked the article a bit for extra clarity and corrected punctuation where necessary. It looks good now, but I'll have to let someone else review it as I think I no longer qualify as an uninvolved editor and thus can't review it myself (see WN:REVIEW). Tempodivalse [talk]  18:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Alvarogonzalez

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User talk:Turkish Flame~enwikinews

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Tempodivalse [talk]  13:26, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Deadly flash flooding hits northwestern Turkey
Hi, and welcome to Wikinews. One note about your article, Deadly flash flooding hits northwestern Turkey - it seems to be a copyright violation as it contains several passages lifted directly from the BBC. Please note that when writing an article, you should rewrite all material from the sources in your own words and be careful not to let your phrasing sound too much like your sources. Thanks. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:34, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * OK. Thank you for your advice. --Turkish Flame (talk) 18:03, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, If you don't know how to write, stop writing rather then doing copyright violations.... --110.37.17.109 (talk) 13:18, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

 * İyigünler. Burada çeşitli çalışmalar yaptığınızı gördüm. Türkçe Vikihaber'e de uğramanız bizi memnun edecektir. İyi çalışmalar.--Reality006 (talk) 13:46, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Yukio Hatoyama named as Japan’s new Prime Minister

He is not the PM nominee in Japanese general election.--110.37.17.194 (talk) 14:02, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


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Fighter jets collide, crash into houses near Moscow

August 16, 2009

Two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets have collided in mid-air and at least one has crashed into houses near Moscow, Russia. One pilot has died and five people on the ground were injured in the accident near Zhukovsky Airfield.

The jets were practising for the upcoming MAKS Airshow, which is set to start on Tuesday. Both were with the display team Russian Knights. Two pilots were able to eject safely and were rescued by emergency personnel; a third pilot, the Knights's commander, was killed.

Reports are conflicting as to whether one or both of the aircraft subsequently crashed into nearby houses. Three houses were set alight and debris was spread over a large area. One woman is reported to have serious burns.

The dead man has been identified as 45-year-old Col. Igor Tkachenko, a decorated officer in the air force.


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User talk:Yellow Evan

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Lockerbie bombing appeal dropped

August 18, 2009 The in Edinburgh has today accepted 's request to drop his second appeal against his conviction for the Lockerbie bombing. Al-Megrahi was found guilty of planting a bomb on, which detonated as the aircraft flew over , Scotland in 1988 killing all 259 people on board and eleven more on the ground.

Megrahi has always protested his innocence. Although his appeal was dismissed in 2002, a review found evidence of a possible miscarriage of justice and granted Megrahi a second appeal. He is terminally ill with and may soon be released on compassionate grounds. Today's hearing was attended by the Reverend John Mosey, whose daughter was killed and who believes in Megrahi's innocence.

The conviction remains controversial, with the majority of victims' families in the UK feeling Megrahi is innocent while those in the US believe him to be guilty according to . Doctor, a member of UK Families Flight 103, has threatened to sue the over what he feels is a deliberate blocking of justice. Meanwhile, in an earlier interview with Wikinews on the twentieth anniversary of the bombing last year, the then-head of the US group Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Kara Weipz, told Wikinews that "There is no difference between the truth as we see it and the official version of events. The facts are the facts, Mr. Megrahi is guilty."

Wikinews has obtained a statement from Mrs. Weipz's replacement Frank Duggan. In it Duggan maintains that Megrahi should die behind bars in Scotland, casts doubt on the likelihood of a transfer to Libya and attacks the Scottish media's coverage of the case. Dr. Swire has also been contacted with a request to comment.

"The murderer appealed again, and now seeks, without apparent reason, to withdraw that appeal. The court had little discretion, and absent some grandstanding from the bomber’s attorneys, it is certainly not what the Scottish media is making it out to be. It is NOT the key to Mr. Megrahi's release pursuant to the Prisoner Transfer Agreement, since Article 5 of that agreement states that there cannot be any pending legal action against him. There is, as everyone should know, another appeal pending, which was originally filed before Megrahahi's, objecting to the lenience of the sentence for the murder of 270 innocent souls. In addition, Justice Minister must still rule on the request for transfer, a request made by [Libyan President] Muammar Gadhafi, who has admitted his nation’s guilt in the most egregious case of state-sponsored terrorism in UK history. It is simply inconceivable to us that the  would respect the wishes of this man.

"The American victim’s families cannot understand why Megrahi would withdraw his appeal, unless his attorneys thought that they were not persuading Minister MacAskill that the bomber was indeed on his deathbed. That is a more likely scenario since they had been saying he had one foot in the grave for the past year. If the rumors of his impending release, fueled by the Herald, Guardian, Scotsman and other “newspapers” were meant to test public opinion about his release, either by Prisoner Transfer or Compassionate Release, then the trial balloon was successful. There has been worldwide outrage and opprobrium that this man might get to go home to a hero’s welcome in Libya.

"The only other reason we can imagine is that his attorneys were not aware of the other pending appeal, and are perhaps taking advice from that legal scholar,, who still maintains that there was insufficient evidence in the first trial and appeal. Black has been wrong about every step of this case from the beginning, yet he and Dr. James Swire are given full opportunity to express their views of the evidence in the UK “newspapers.”

"The convicted bomber should not be transferred under any subsequent agreement since the arrangements for the promised that if convicted, the defendant would serve his prison term in Scotland. As to the application for release on compassionate grounds, this has caused the most uproar around the world. News media, not so many in Scotland I regret to say, wonder just how much compassion was shown by Megrahi and Libya when they planted a bomb designed to murder hundreds of innocent, unsuspecting lives."

Megrahi is now set to complete his sentence in, where he is to serve a minimum of 27 years, barring any further developments.

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Usain Bolt breaks 200m and 100m sprint records at championships

August 22, 2009

Jamaican sprinter set a new world record in the, Thursday evening at the  in Berlin, Germany. Bolt sped through the 200m in a time of 19.19 seconds, breaking the 19.32 mark set by of the United States in 1996.

"I was trying, I was dying," Usain Bolt said after the race. "It wasn't a good race I can say but it was a fast one."

"Unbelievable — a ridiculous race. The bend is unbelievable," commented the aforementioned former record-holder Johnson while working for the BBC. "No one has ever run a bend like this and probably never will."

At 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, Bolt is uniquely tall among sprinters to have held record times.

"I definitely showed people that my world records in Beijing were not a joke," Bolt said on BBC television. "I keep telling you guys my aim is to become a legend. I don't think about records. I don't put myself under pressure. I know what to do and I go and execute ... I did well for myself and I am on my way to becoming a legend so I am just happy."

"We call him 'Insane Bolt,'" commented of the US, the third-place finisher. Last Sunday, with a time a 9.58 seconds, the Jamaican runner set a new world record in the, besting his own prior 9.69 second record, which he set at the. In the race, he beat his main contender,, who was ahead for 10m until the Bolt reached his full stride.

After the 100 metre race, Bolt said, "I was ready. I was feeling good after the semi-finals, feeling good in myself, I felt good. So I knew it was going to be a great race, I just came out here and executed it. It's a great time, I felt I did well. I just feel good to know that I went out there and executed it."

Even before his exploits at the World Championships, Usain Bolt was chosen as ' Sportsman of the Year for 2009.


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Tennis: Andy Murray wins Montreal Masters 2009

August 16, 2009 Scottish tennis player Andy Murray has won the Montreal Masters event in Canada. Murray, who recently reached number two in the world, defeated Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro.

Murray lost the first set in a tie break after both men held each and every serve in the set. Del Potro had the early advantage in the second set, but this too required a tie break after reaching 6-6. Potro received treatment to his shoulder at this point but managed to return to the game.

According to The Guardian, del Potro looked tired in the third set and this was ultimately won by Murray 6–1, giving the overall victory to the Scot. He is now set to head to the Cincinnati Open next week to defend his title from last year.


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Four injured after three earthquakes strike Sumatra, Indonesia

August 16, 2009

Four people have been injured after a series of earthquakes struck West Sumatra in Indonesia. They were wounded by falling masonry while fleeing Padang.

Sudirman Gani, head of the local administration's politics and national unity division, stated that "the first quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale was recorded at 2:48 p.m. It was followed by a 5.2-magnitude quake at 3:13 p.m., before the last one, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, hit 10 minutes later."

The wounded were taken to Yos Sudarso public hospital with minor injuries. The first earthquake occurred 38 miles (45 kilometres) under the Indian Ocean according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Indonesia's meteorological and geophysics agency did not issue a tsunami warning.

No-one else was injured by the earthquakes. Ade Edward, West Sumatra's disaster mitigation coordinator, said that "We have told all residents to stay alert and not to worry too much since we will guard the city [Padang]."