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Hamas wins Palestinian election

January 26, 2006

This morning, Hamas leaders announced that they had an "outright majority" in the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council. "Hamas has won more than 70 seats in Gaza and the West Bank, which gives it more than 50 percent of the vote," said Ismail Haniyeh, a leader of Hamas.

In order for Hamas to have a majority, they needed at least 67 seats. Ismail Haniya, a senior Hamas leader, said they "expected to win at least 70 seats."

Just hours after the statement, and based on results that Hamas supplied from representatives at polling stations, Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurei of Fatah and his cabinet submitted their resignations. "This is the choice of the people. It should be respected. If it's true, then the president should ask Hamas to form a new government," said Qurei. "For me, personally, I sent my resignation."

Although Qurei submitted his resignation, the party has not officially conceded defeat, but do acknowledge the claim ahead of official results.

Fatah has been in control of the Palestinian government for decades now, and on Wednesday, exit polls released after the polls closed, had shown that the Fatah party had a narrow lead in the elections.

However preliminary results based on 95% of the votes cast give Hamas' Change and Reform Party 76 seats, leaving Fatah with 43 seats. The remaining 13 seats went to several minor parties and independents.

Turnout was generally high, over 70% in all regions except Jerusalem, where turnout was less than 50%. Palestine's Central Elections Commission has stated that Israeli authorities prevented electoral arrangements in Jerusalem from meeting "the required standards for free, fair and transparent elections".

Mushir al-Masri, who won the election said in regards to Israel, "negotiations with Israel are not on our agenda." He also stated, "recognizing Israel is not on the agenda either now."

Hamas also stated that it has no intentions of disarming and says, "Hamas does not plan to change even one word," in the groups charter, which calls for the destruction of the Israeli political system.

Mahmoud Abbas, the current President of the Palestinian Authority, was not affected by the election results but has said that he, "might resign if unable to pursue a peace policy." Abbas has been the President of the Palestinian Authority for only a year.

Abbas is also expected to ask Hamas to form the new government.

Clashes between Hamas and Fatah Supporters
Hamas supporters raised their flag and rushed the Parliament after the news that the group won the election.

As Fatah supporters tried to take down the green Hamas banners that were placed on the building, both groups threw rocks and broke windows in the Parliament building. Thousands of Hamas supporters cheered and whistled as the green banners were raised again. This is the first confrontation of the two groups since elections ended yesterday.

Results praised in Middle East, but US and EU are cautious
Hamas is labelled as a terrorist group by both the European Union and the United States State Department, and now will be the ruling faction of the Palestinian Authority, this creates difficulties for US and EU participation in efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Washington Post reported last week that the US secretly channelled US$2 million to Fatah in the final weeks of the campaign.

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repeated the US/EU call for Hamas to reject violence and recognize Israel, and reminded that the US still considers Hamas a terrorist group. Elmar Brok, a senior member of the EU Parliament, said that the EU may cut off aid to the Palestinians if Hamas institutionalizes terrorism once it takes control of the government.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking through a spokesman, stated that Britain "can only do business with people who renounce terrorism."

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was quoted as saying "It is a very, very, very bad result."

However, media and government outlets throughout the Middle East such as Iran and Lebanon, who consider Hamas to be in a defence struggle, praised the result of the elections. "The Palestinian people faithfully chose the option of resistance and are to fully support it," said Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi. And some governments such as Sweden and Japan praised the democratic system at work in Palestine. Sweden's Foreign Minister Laila Frievalds said that the elections were a "a protest against those in power who have not done enough, a reaction to the incapacity to lead the political process forward," though she stated Sweden's commitment to the EU's call for Hamas to end its violent ways if peace negotiations can continue.

Ayyoub Muhanna, 29, who owns a spare parts shop in Lebanon said; "This is a victory to all the region's free people; the Palestinians gave their vote to the party that gave of its blood."

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Talk:English Wikipedia reaches one million articles

January 2006
Is this specifically for the English edition? If so, it should specify that and then list the next-closest edition's number of articles. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:55, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * P.S. Where can I see the amount of articles currently posted? Jason Safoutin 16:58, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * it's strange, the whole wikipedia reache 1 600 000 in march 2005 see here: ]
 * the english alone wikipedia writes : In this English version, started in 2001, we are currently working on 938,970 articles. on its main page

 * Jacques Divol 17:02, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * See wikipedia:Special:Statistics. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:38, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 995,625 articles at the moment. Ehjort 16:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

We have 2.6M overall, in all languages. -- user:zanimum

Help out on the PR for this milestone
Wikimedia press releases/Wikipedia hits milestone 1 million English articles

Clarify merged items
The information brought over from the merged article needs tidied up a bit, can we get an Original Reporting section on the talk page with some quotes from the IRC channel? Was the event actually preceded? rather than "Proceeded"? If so, was someone waiting to try and get the millionth article? --Brian McNeil / talk 23:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Front page news?
This isn't worth being the main headline. Most people who want to read the news don't care about Wikipedia's article count, no matter how large it may be. 70.114.7.71 23:45, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Isn't the point that the moment being celebrated was when Wikipedia had 1,000,000 articles, not more than 1,000,000?

 * I disagree, it's relevant to our audience. Frankie Roberto 11:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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Can we get an original quote from Jimmy Wales for this article? Frankie Roberto 11:31, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I asked him for quotes on this milestone, before it happened, he didn't get back to me. There's nothing really specific that I can extract off the Communications Committee board, either. As we speak, I believe he'd be over the Atlantic, heading to Moscow, then UK, then Washington, before ever getting back to Florida. --  user:zanimum

 * There, Danny sent me a quote from Jimmy. It'll be exclusive until the PR gets picked up by more outlets. --  user:zanimum

 * Nice quote, thanks very much! Frankie Roberto 22:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Scientists discover Earth-like planet

Collaboration
Good work Wikinewsies!! I am glad to see the great amount of effort sources and info put into this article. I want to say good job! I hope to see continuing efforts like this in the future. Jason Safoutin 16:57, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Contradiction
The article states that the planet is just outside our solar system and 25,000 light years away. Both can't be true. 195.8.75.214 22:55, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The Princeton source: ''Astronomers from Princeton and other institutions have discovered the smallest planet found outside of our solar system using a technique that researchers believe will uncover others that potentially harbor life.

The rocky, icy planet is about five-and-a-half times the mass of Earth and is located more than 20,000 light years away in the constellation Sagittarius, close to the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Jason Safoutin 23:32, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You need to read the source listed above. It clearly says its outside the solar system. Jason Safoutin 21:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

You need to spend more time in science class and stop swallowing every mistake reporters make as "the truth". A little research and original thought would deep-six this "well some reporter said so, so it HAS to be true" tripe - 65.94.198.171 14:12, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Main Article
You might want to check out the main article in the wikipedia. The authors there have been working with the pre-print from the Nature article, and we've had some input from the discovery team members as well. - 65.94.198.171 03:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

just outside our solar system
"25,000 light years away" IS NOT "just outside our solar system", it is rather a VERY long way from our solar system. By comparison, the nearest stat to our solar system, Alpha Centauri, is 4.2 light years away. Anarchist42 22:03, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well the source above state clearly. So you need to read the sources. Jason Safoutin 21:51, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Every single star in the universe (except our own sun) is, by definition, "outside the solar system" - so that "fact" is meaningless. As to the addition of the prefixed word "just", that is just plain incorrect, as "just" means "by a very small margin" - which is patently false. Anarchist42 22:03, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

"Soruces above state clearly"? Since when does something stupid said by someone else trump common sense? 25,000 light years is about 1/4 the width of the entire galaxy. This is not "just outside the solar system". Just because some bonehead reporter who is more used to following Paris Hilton around got a crack at a science column and then got it wrong doesn't mean it's fact. Go read the Wikipedia article. It was written with help from the team that discovered the planet, so I think they're a better "soruce". - 65.94.198.171 14:08, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well I will remember not to collaborate with people who present a harsh attitude. Oh and I didn't realize that Princeton was bonheaded. Jason Safoutin 14:15, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem was the word 'just'. The Princeton source didn't use it. You (as DragonFire1024) introduced it with the original edit. For some unexplained reason you keep reinserting it, even though it is clearly untrue. 212.126.146.83 14:56, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually I reinserted it one time. Jason Safoutin 15:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Hamas wins Palestinian election

American Double Standard

I write this as a proud Irish-American who strongly believes that the partisan of Ireland in 1922 was illegal. The British and Ulster Unionists gerrymandered a border to artificially create a rump-Ulster that would have a majority of Unionists. That having been said, there is a double standard being applied to Hamas by Western media and many Americans in general. The IRA and its political wing, Sein Fein, ran a terrorist organization and stood for political office. While the vast majority of the IRA and Sein Fein have since renounced violence, that was not so from the 1960s to the mid-1990s. During that time, many Americans donated money to support the IRA, Sein Fein, and like-minded pro-IRA organizations. It has only been now, since 9/11, that Democrats like Ted Kennedy and Republicans like Peter King have distanced themselves from Gerry Adams.

My point is this: a lot is being made about Hamas pre-election polls. Americans and Israelis are complaining that Hamas can not be part of the Palestinians government because they are, and support, terrorism. While no one would criticize Israel for not wanting to sit down with terrorists, Americans of both parties did force the British to sit down with terrorists. In addition, the PLO and Yasser Arafat were terrorists and/or supporting terrorists when the Americans of both parties made Israel sit down at the Madrid Conference and Oslo Accords. So what is the difference between the IRA, the PLO, and Hamas? All are terrorist organizations. All want to be part of the political process. We’ve said yes to two and now we’re criticizing Hamas?

 * Your point is moot. Read the fine article: Hamas isn't interested in negotiations, only blood. Fatah supported the two-state solution. The IRA bombed its way to the table and ended up disarming without achieving reunionfication. Where is the double standard?24.94.246.41 20:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I see a relevance. To some, we the americans are terrorists, although no western media would dare label us as such. The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is which side a person is on, perhaps. Sharon was considered a terrorist years ago by much of the world, and so is our President Bush right now. But, I also don't think the West's reaction is a part of THIS story. This story is about an upset election victory in a seemingly fair election process; so everyone,like America and Israel, who say they want to "spread democracy throughout the middle east", must simply say "today, the Palestinian people have spoken"...and that's this story, at least I think so. Neutralizer 21:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1563119.stm http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/081005/weldon.html http://www.strategypage.com/onpoint/articles/20010822.asp http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004065.php http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080201943.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_accords
 * Look I am just reporting. If they want Hamas to run their gov't then so be it. They elected them. I was taking the article to look at all POV's not just one. This is obviously a situation that is both upsetting and exciting (depending on where you are from and what you believe). My intentions were NOT to state a POV for the US but merely to state what they beleive of the issue. Which I believe was totally relevant. Since the US is saying what they believe, and the quotes are facts, they are not a POV...but facts. Jason Safoutin 20:28, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Good work,Jason, remember though that if we start reporting the US's reaction to everything that happens, then we also need to be reporting France's reaction and Italy's and Iran's reactions and the articles will get too long,I think. Neutralizer 20:36, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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The title desperately needed npoving as we were not saying "Bush takes over American government" after he won. Neutralizer 20:06, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Here I agree with you, although some information from any election monitoring sources would be good. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, Reuters seems very confident in their report, But I can't find independent verification. It must be Thursday evening there; there must be some "official" results by now; will keep looking. Neutralizer 20:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe the results are referring to the US time...i could be wrong but I think they were speaking of Thursday eastern time in some sources...but I have not yet gotton any election results. Jason Safoutin 20:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Seems like the Bush and British governments now accept that Hamas won; also, President Carter's group is there monitoring. "The whole of the international community has the responsibility to accept the outcome of any fair and democratic election," said British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw."Hamas won," said Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel. "Hamas is surely not a democratic movement. Its ideas are surely not humanistic ideas.What do we do now?"  Neutralizer 20:34, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * These are nice quotes, although I'm not quite sure how to integrate them into the article. Some background from the WP Hamas article might be good too. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:39, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

If you want statements of monitoring groups here are two sources:

 * Carter Center:"Palestinian Elections Important Step Toward Greater Democracy Say NDI/Carter Center Observers"
 * the Council of Europe: "The elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council were conducted in a well-organised and democratic fashion, better than seen in some Council of Europe member states". --SonicR 20:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Google front page reports "landslide with 76 seats" http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/01/26/hamas_wins_landslide_76_seats_in_parliament/ Jason Safoutin 21:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

 * And here http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1545238 Jason Safoutin 21:20, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

"shock" (and awe)
has US or any European country expressed "shock" over this? if not, i think the subsection headed "US/EU shocked" should be renamed. if they have earlier stated an expectation that Hamas will not come to power, then maybe "surprised" is suitable. one possibility is to split the US/EU reaction and the mideast reaction, and head the first "US/EU call for Hamas to renounce violence". Doldrums 09:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes they are shocked or whatever, but They took all those quotes and concerns out of the article. BUT I agree when they said it was too POV even though they were facts. I do believe a separate article should be made on the "reaction" Jason Safoutin 20:00, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * By George, I think he's got it! :) Neutralizer 22:12, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Typo
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Microsoft to licence Windows source code

January 26, 2006 In a move aimed to prevent fines stemming from its antitrust lawsuit filed by the European Commission (EC), Microsoft announced that it will be releasing portions of the source code to its Windows operating system.

The EC ruled in March 2004 that Microsoft had abused its position in the low-end server and media player market, and required that Microsoft "disclose complete and accurate interface documentation which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers". Microsoft reacted by making available 12,000 pages of technical documentation and up to 500 hours of technical support, but the EC came to the conclusion that it was not enough.

Announcing that "we are putting our most valuable intellectual property on the table so we can put technical compliance issues to rest", Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith asserted that Microsoft would be superseding the EC's requirements as a sign of good faith. "While we are confident that we are presently in full compliance with the Decision, we wish to dispel any notion that Microsoft’s technical documents are insufficient", said Smith. The EC responded in a memo that it will study Microsoft's reply to the Statement of Objections once it receives the full details. However, EC Competition Commissioner spokesman Jonathan Todd commented that "it would be premature to conclude access to the source code would resolve the problem of the lack of compliance with our decision."

A similar offer was made by Microsoft in August 2002 during its antitrust lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice and several states' Attorneys General. The resulting "Microsoft Communications Protocols Program" had suffered continuous criticism regarding excessive cost, paperwork, and non-disclosure agreements. It is unclear at this time if Microsoft's planned "Work Group Server Protocol Program" will suffer from the same issues if accepted by the EC.

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Talk:Microsoft to licence Windows source code

This is one where we need comments from EU people, and from the free software community. Samba people might also be worth contacting as I strongly suspect this licensing will not be available to them and that item should probably be included in the article. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:38, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Agreed 100%.
 * I couldn't download the license's terms from my mobile (the signal went dead after I passed New Hyde Park), but from what I was able to gather is that MS will be using a similar scheme to what they currently have in place in the US.
 * I wasn't able to gather more info from [|The Reg] or even [|Slashdot], and I'm currently heading into class. NeoAmsterdam 18:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
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Thai government reportedly planning Internet censorship

January 26, 2006

According to a report in the Bangkok Post, the Thai government's Public Relations Department is considering blocking the website of Manager Online as a possible instigator of "social chaos".

The report claims that a document was submitted to the Communications Authority of Thailand urging a block be issued against the site as the current calls for participation in anti-government rallies by outspoken government critic Sondhi Limthongkul may be a threat to social order.

Other reports claim that CAT Telecom cut off a live satellite broadcast by Sondi on the ASTV satellite network on Tuesday evening during a discussion related to a planned anti-government rally on February 4.


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Please see Current computer and video games events. Hopefully that will drive some traffic to Wikinews and people will start to contribute more game-related articles here. Jacoplane 18:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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Where is this ?
What, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ? I can't tell where the heck this is. What is wrong with listing the name of the country in the article and title ? StuRat 18:49, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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Chris Bradley is the author of 5  poetry books, free to the world in  internet format. He has been published in Atlanta and the  UK at | "Voidspace" for an article on the book  Pattern Recognition by  William Gibson. He is also working on a project to respond to each of Shakespeare's sonnets in poetic form. He has compiled a complete record album of his best work which is also available free on the internet. While new to apple technology, he is also working with the  podcast medium in spare time. He has appeared in the local Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, NY as a featured poet, and collegian.

From 1989 - 1996 he composed music under the working name Noisecontrol and has compiled an album called Zebra.

Wikinews articles

 * | "Bush gets tough on Central America"
 * An article about Bush and the Economy, and the position that he took on Central America during his conference in Texas during the week of August 4, 2005.

 * | "South Korean scientists clone dog for first time".
 * An article about the sensational cloned dog Snuppy, who has proven that clones of mammals are possible, through ear tissue. Even animals of special pedigree.

collaborative contributions to Wikipedia

 * | "Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005"
 * An article regarding the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act which I fear will bring a close to open Television and Radio in the United States. It offers the FCC the power to fine over 300,000 dollars per complaint, regarding violence and explicit content.

 * | "List of 2005 NFL Quarterbacks"
 * An incomplete list of this year's NFL Quarterbacks.

 * | "Yamaha MT-100"
 * An article on the Yamaha-MT 100 four track recorder that I used for a time in production of my music.

 * | "Keyboard Magazine"
 * An article on Keyboard Magazine - An Industry Publication covering the development of the Electronic Music Keyboard.

Homepage and Contact Data

 * http://pearpcfiles.blogspot.com
 * mavdecker@gmail.com
 * http://www.yellowikis.org/wiki/index.php/Noisecontrol_Publishing_INK
 * http://www.noisecontrolpub.com:10000/doku.php?id=the_sonnet_project

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New Canadian leader vows to push Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic Passage

January 26, 2006

Canada's next Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, said that Canada will be deploying three new armed icebreaking ships to patrol the Arctic passage and assert Canadian sovereignty over those waters. Harper also said Canada will be establishing an underwater network of "listening posts" in the Arctic waters.

"The United States defends its sovereignty; the Canadian government will defend our sovereignty," Harper said. "It is the Canadian people that we get our mandate from, not the ambassador of the United States."

Harper was responding to comments by the U.S. Ambassador, David Wilkins, who said yesterday; "We don't recognize Canada's claims to those waters. Most other countries do not recognize their claim."

The arctic passage is melting and commercial ships are able to cut 2,480 miles in distance off of the trip from Europe to Asia when compared to using the Panama Canal.

In addition to the icebreakers, Harper announced a $1.7 billion deep-water port.


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Storms a mixed blessing for Victorian firefighters

January 27, 2006

Firefighters in the Australian state of Victoria have received a mixed blessing overnight as storms crossed the state.

The Anakie fire in the state's west received a fair amount of rain helping firefighters to contain the fire.

The Kinglake fire North-East of Melbourne also received rain, but helped firefighters very little.

The large Grampians fire in the state's west and the fire at Moondarra in the Gippsland region did not receive any rain. The storms did however spark two spot fires alongside the Grampians fire.


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Saudis boycott Danish dairy produce

January 27, 2006

On January 26, 2006, a massive boycott of dairy produce from Arla Foods started in Saudi Arabia over what is perceived as a Danish attack on Muslim values. The Saudi ambassador to Denmark has been recalled for consultations.

The Danish/Swedish dairy company Arla is facing a massive loss after a spreading boycott of its produce in Saudi Arabia. Four Saudi retail chains have already removed Arla products from the shelves. One retail chain has placed yellow warning tape (common fare for accidents and crime scenes) over Arla products. There have been cases reported of Arla delivery trucks being attacked by stones thrown from bystanders. Marianne Castenskiold, a senior consultant for Dansk Industri, expressed a fear that the boycott will spread to other countries in the region and have detrimental effects on other Danish products. Denmark is one of the leading exporters of agriculture in northern Europe, whose economy is heavily dependent on foreign trade and investment.

The boycott has been announced at Friday prayer services in Saudi mosques since January 20, 2006, obviously helping to foment popular support of the nation's response to Denmark's alleged ignorance of Muslim values. On at least one occasion, a delivery truck has been greeted by thrown stones.

Background
The boycott is a response to the publication of an article in a major Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten. In its September 30, 2005 issue, the paper printed 12 drawings of the Muslim prophet Muhammed, as a response to previous news reports that the publisher of a forthcoming childrens' book about the prophet had had difficulty in finding an illustrator, due to fear of extremist reactions; drawings of the prophet are prohibited by Islamic Law (see aniconism). In an attempt to start a debate over freedom of speech in Denmark, the newspaper printed 12 drawings of the prophet. Four of these were of a satirical nature, with one showing the prophet with a turban hiding a lit bomb.

The immediate reactions to the publication of the drawings included ambassadors from 12 Muslim countries demanding that the Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, denounce the newspaper. Rasmussen rejected this demand, stating that "Danish freedom of speech does not allow the government to control what newspapers print". He further noted that the only possible legal action against the newspaper would be one under the charge of blasphemy.

A debate ensued over the following months about freedom of speech and its value in relation to avoiding religious taboos. In mid-December 2005, a delegation from several Danish Muslim organizations went on a tour in several Middle-Eastern and Arabic countries, reportedly to gain sympathy for their point of view. Several reports state that during the tour the difficulties faced by Muslims in Denmark were grossly overstated.

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User:Wegge

 * Admin on danish wikipedia and wiktionary.
 * Sporadic activity on enwiki.

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GM posts first annual loss since 1992

January 27, 2006 (GM) has posted its first annual loss since 1992. GM reported losing US$4.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005 and a total loss of $8.6 billion for the entire year.

GM admitted Thursday night that the loss could swell further as it pays pensions and healthcare costs to thousands of former workers. GM warned that the amount calculated for last year is preliminary and could rise before it is officially reported to the US securities and exchanges commission in March.

The loss was far greater than analysts predicted. , the second of the big three American car manufacturers, beat predictions earlier in the week. In contrast, is expected to report that it will beat last year's profit of $11 billion.

GM's automotive division lost $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter, driven by losses in North America. This has been attributed to GM's shrinking market share, which has been taken by Japanese manufacturers and.

A further $1.3 billion was lost in restructuring charges. As part of the restructure, GM plans to cut 30,000 jobs and close 12 facilities by 2008.

An aide for Kirk Kerkorian, GMs largest individual investor (at 9.9%), has called on the company to halve its $1.1 billion annual dividend, cut executive pay and sell.

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User talk:Brian/Archive 2

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Workspace
It's dead-easy. Just cut-paste the entire text of the page, and replace all the occurances of "Australia" with "New Zealand". - Borofkin 01:30, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou
It's the IP Address 144.131.240.111 here regarding the Alan Carpenter article. In Wikipedia, the Commons, and the Wikicity Wikisimpsons I am known as M Johnson. Thanks for the help, and the reason I published the article so soon was because it was important and I wanted it to be known. Thanks
 * P.S-FYI Carpenter is now Premier
 * Thank you for pouring me a cup of tea :) And thank you for saying I do great work. You do good work also. Thanks again :) Jason Safoutin 19:29, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

India nuclear story
Hi! I was surfing around looking for an image to go with the Disney bys Pixar story when I saw you fixed a typo of mine on US ambassador links India's civil nuclear initiative to Iran vote. I thought how strange I had previously fixed that typo, then added the day of ambassador press briefing, and that same double S spelling mistake in States posted along with the Wednesday addition I made to the story. Is it only me? or do you have similar experiences? -Edbrown05 06:31, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Admin
I'm interested in putting you up for Admin, when you're able to accept a nomination - if you want one that is - let me know on my talk page. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the trophy!
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 01:54, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Transclude
At the point I stopped listening to the arguments over portals that was the standard practice. I Believe it still is. (In my opinion it looks the nicest as well) Bawolff ☺☻ 02:56, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Your on Vacation
That might be why you not in IRC terinjokes 16:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Fellow Kiwi
You're welcome. And yes, I do live in NZ, a JAFA for what it's worth. -- Avenue 08:52, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Daily work
To save you the drudge work of doing another batch of day pages before the end of this month, I've configured Uncle G's 'bot to create each day's page at the same time that it updates Template:New page. Uncle G 02:24, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Just curious...I hope this "bot" is not gonig to be taking over all of the updating or whatnot...Afterall the work done here is supposed to be based on users, not a machine/bot. Jason Safoutin 02:29, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

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

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 * So does this mean I can Stop badgering all the admins on IRC and WN:ALERT. :D Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Congratuations, The Cabal of Brians welcomes you. :-) --Brian McNeil / talk 20:33, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * So that makes, what, three of you now? Scary! Anyway, congratulations :) --Deprifry|+T+ 11:21, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

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Queensland's biggest oil spill in 35 years

January 27, 2006 A oil spill in Queensland, Australia has been described as a tragedy for the area's marine life and the biggest oil spill in 35 years. The clean-up is expected to take up to a week and cost more than AU$3 million.

The spill occurred in Gladstone Harbour on the central Queensland coast, late on Tuesday night, after 25,000 litres of heavy fuel poured from a coal carrier. The accident happened when a tug rammed into a Korean coal carrier, rupturing its fuel tank.

Several government agencies and four skimmer vessels were called in after the "Tom Tough" struck the Korean-owned, Panamanian-registered bulk coal carrier "Global Peace" - puncturing its fuel tank as it was about to berth.

"It'll just annihilate the stocks plus everything up and down the food chain in relation to what the different fishermen catch," local fishing spokesman Warwick Sheldon said. "It's right in the middle of the commercial banana prawn fishing season at the moment – this has the potential to just wipe out their stocks."

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said an investigation was under way to determine whether anyone would be prosecuted. "There will be no cost to the taxpayer because of the law," he said. The clean-up costs will be met by the ship's owners in accordance with international maritime law.

The Wildlife Protection Association of Australia (WPAA) says the spill inside the harbour occurred in the worst place possible. "It's probably the worst place that we could ever have a spill because it's inside the harbour," said WPAA president Pat O'Brien. "It's an area where there's a whole range of animals there that'll be affected by it. There's dugongs and porpoises and animals like that, that breathe air, that come to the surface regularly. Turtles again too, they'll finish up with oil all over them."

It is the worst oil spill in Queensland since the Oceanic Grandeur ran aground in the Torres Strait in 1970 and the second spill in Gladstone's Harbour within a week. About a tonne of oil spilled in the harbour last week.

A marine investigator from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the incident. Investigation leader Peter Foley says the type of oil involved has added to problem. "It's certainly more difficult to control than perhaps crude oil because it tends to be around the same specific gravity or same density as sea water," he said.


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The sentence that reads "Several reports state that during the tour the difficulties faced by Muslims in Denmark were grossly overstated" at least borders on POV and weasle wording. While it is safe to say that there is increasing strain in Denmark (at least in Copenhagen) over relations between relatively recent Moslem immigrants and the dominant ethnic group, it is unclear in the Wikinews article just who was overstating what to whom and who made the judgement about overstatement. This sentence should be sourced. 68.175.82.51 10:40, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


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West Papuans refugees forced to fly 4000ks despite tuberculosis fears

January 27, 2006 West Papuan asylum seekers, who arrived in Australia last week, were forced to make a 4000 kilometre journey to Christmas Island despite suspicions they had tuberculosis. The West Papuans were flown to Christmas Island on an RAAF Hercules last week.

Two of the group, a man and his child, have now been flown the 2,600 kilometres to Perth, Western Australia from the remote Indian Ocean island. Air force personnel had initially refused to fly them, concerned that the flight crew's health would be at risk.

"It's a complete farce, absurd" said one health official. "It has not only posed an unnecessary health risk, it has been hideously expensive."

The West Papuans were among a group of 43 refugees found last week on the far north-west coast of Cape York in Queensland. They had made a five-day journey from the Indonesian province in an outrigger canoe. They arrived with banners accusing Indonesia's military in the province ruled by Jakarta of genocide and intimidation. Their 25m traditional boat was fitted with an outboard motor and was flying the outlawed West Papuan flag.

Amid media scrutiny and the disapproval of the Indonesian government, the boat people underwent health checks before being sent to Christmas Island. X-rays and other medical examinations strongly indicated that at least one man had tuberculosis, yet the group were flown to Australia's Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre.

Upon landing at the Island, health officials recommended the patients be transferred to Perth. However, the crew of the RAAF Hercules refused to take them, saying they were not "adequately equipped".

A Department of Immigration spokesman (DIMIA) said an alternative flight was arranged. "At this stage there has been no positive diagnosis for tuberculosis," the spokesman said.

The removal of the asylum seekers to Christmas Island has been met with fierce criticism from many refugee rights groups and opposition parties, who say it was impractical, potentially traumatising and hugely expensive. The Immigration Department says it has interviewed most of the asylum seekers but won't say if they have made formal asylum claims.

Criticism
Rallies in Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, Canberra and Brisbane were held this week, in support of the West Papuan asylum seekers. Refugee rights advocates protested the forced transfer to the remote Christmas Island facility.

Melbourne auxiliary bishop Hilton Deakin told about 130 people demonstrating outside DIMIA headquarters in Melbourne that, "we know that already the Indonesian authorities, in Canberra and beyond, are trying to get to them."

Yet the he Indonesian embassy in Canberra denied making any approach, saying: "I can guarantee that there has been no contact whatsoever, it hadn't been requested, it was never even sought."

But the Immigration Department has confirmed that "a junior delegation" from the embassy went to Weipa last Thursday seeking access to the asylum seekers. A spokesman for the Immigration Department said the Indonesians arrived in Weipa on Thursday but by then the Papuans had already been put on a plane for Christmas Island. The West Papuans were told they had a right to Indonesian consular assistance if they choose. "Not one has chosen to do so," the spokesman said.

"The majority of these 43 people are leaders for free expression and self-determination and possible independence because of the oppression from which they suffer," Bishop Deakin said. "Massacres, rapes and all the rest of it have gone on in that country for almost 30 years."

He called on the Australian Government to cancel its training program with the Indonesian military.

Democrats leader Lyn Allison said the Australian Government had "got it wrong on this issue". The 43 asylum seekers had been "whisked off" before they could tell their story, she said.

Greens Senator Kerry Nettle has called on the government to grant access to Papuan asylum seekers. The senator says they should not be in detention and they certainly should be allowed to communicate with the outside world.

Senator Nettle will go to Christmas Island this weekend to meet the imprisoned West Papuans. She said the immigration department is obligated under the Migration Act to allow her to meet them.

New Zealand Support
Meanwhile New Zealand Greens have offered to take the asylum seekers. "New Zealand can show the Howard government how to be compassionate, as we did back in 2001 when we took some Afghan asylum seekers from the Tampa," the New Zealand Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

"It is shocking that the West Papuan refugees, having survived 450 kilometres of open water in a flimsy craft, are now bundled off to a Christmas Island detention camp - well out of range of those Australians who wish to help them," he said.

"Under refugee law these Papuans deserve special consideration, having come directly from their claimed country of persecution, Indonesia, not via a third country, as is the case with most asylum seekers in this part of the world.

"The Papuans certain have a good prima facie case. I know from my own visit to West Papua last April that there is substantial and ongoing harassment of the local people, particularly those who assert their right to political self-determination," said Mr Locke.

On Friday last week Indonesian security forces shot dead one Papuan protester, and wounded two others, in the Paniai district, where the 43 asylum seekers originate.


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Aboriginal Sovereignty Day Declared

January 27, 2006

Representatives of Australian Aboriginal Sovereign Nations at a gathering in Canberra, have declared that the 26th of January would be known as Aboriginal Sovereignty Day. January 26th (Australia Day) is Australia's official national day - commemorating the landing of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove in 1788.

While the rest of the country celebrated the Australia Day holiday with medals, barbecues, fireworks and beer under the Union Jack and Southern Cross, hundreds of people at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra lit a ceremonial fire and discussed the land that once belonged to their ancestors.

Indigeneous Elders have gathered this week at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy for the Corroboree for Sovereignty convergence, in response to what they say is the continual Government threat to control the historical Tent Embassy site.

The gathering identified the 34-year-old Tent Embassy on the grounds of Old Parliament House in Canberra, as a significant place of social, spiritual and political importance to Aboriginal Peoples - a symbol of the assertion of Aboriginal Sovereignty. The Aboriginal Embassy, not considered an official embassy by the Australian government, has come under review recently in a bid to remove the campsite and dwellings originally founded on Australia Day in 1972.

The Tent Embassy calls on all Aboriginal Sovereign Nations to "stand up against the illegal occupation of our country and continue to resist the oppression of our people." The Tent Embassy say that "until there is true justice for our people, these issues will not go away and we will continue to resist."

Members of the Embassy will take a sacred fire to Melbourne in March for the 2006 "Stolenwealth Games" campaign, in an effort to highlight the plight of Aboriginal people. The fire will contain a "message of peace, healing and justice, and create a focal point for unfinished business."

The group calls on all Aboriginal Nations to send representatives to the Embassy to commemorate and review the issues of Land Rights in Australia. The Tent Embassy also announced the establishment of the National Tribal Law Council.

The High Court of Australia has on a number of occasions rejected any actual legal notion of Aboriginal sovereignty.

"Invasion Day"
Indigenous leaders, including Marji Thorpe, Gary Foley, Robbie Thorpe and Michael Mansell claim that Native Title and Reconciliation haven't adequately addressed Indigenous rights. They say: "Native Title has mainly embroiled Indigenous peoples in complex legal processes where they have (generally unsuccessfully) had to prove their fundamental human rights to the land."

The campaigners, known as the Black GST, say the process "puts the onus on Indigenous peoples to somehow prove continuous connection with their land, an impossible task in many situations given the effects of our dispossession and attempted genocide."

On Australia Day the diverse and vibrant group marched peacefully through Canberra, gathered at the Embassy on the lawns in front of Old Parliament House and called for recognition of indigenous sovereignty over the land.

"We're wanting to let all the people know that all the land in Australia has been given back to the Aboriginal people... and the sovereignty now lies with all Aboriginal nations," a spokesperson Robert Corowa said at the Embassy.

To many Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people, Australia Day is labelled "Invasion Day" - in recognition of the colonisation of the continent by the British, he said. "We call it invasion day. The most important thing is that everybody in Australia who's now living here... we strongly encourage them to come to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy and place a leaf in our fire." Legal director of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC), Michael Mansell, says the current Australia Day celebrations should be scrapped and a new national day chosen. Mansell said Australia Day would forever remain a racist blot on Australia's political landscape as long as the event was held on the anniversary of the landing of the First Fleet.

"There can never be reconciliation between whites and Aborigines so long as the anniversary of the coming of white people is the basis for celebrating Australia Day," he said. "A fair and just society cannot be built on celebrating gains by one race at the expense of another."

Mr Mansell has also reported the theft of an Aboriginal sign from the TAC premises. The sign reading: "AUSTRALIA DAY Yes, let’s celebrate: MURDER, INVASION, RAPE, THEFT" was removed on the 25th of January hours after being installed on the Launceston premises.

Mansell says that he will replace the sign in an effort to "the obvious need to expose the myth, as expressed in the national anthem, that Australia is a free and fair country" and called for "white society" to punish the offenders.

"This is another instance of the continuing trend in Tasmania of racist attacks on both people and property by extreme elements of white society who don't like the truth, who don't like Aborigines and other races. As with the racial attacks on middle Eastern people in Sydney, these Tasmanian incidents show how Australia under the Howard government is becoming more openly xenophobic," he said.

Flag Burning
Activists in Brisbane yesterday burned an Australian flag to protest against celebrations marking European settlement in Australia. Around 300 protesters staged an "Invasion Day" demonstration. Queensland Premier Peter Beattie condemned the action.

"I don't care whether they're black or white ... I don't believe we should burn the Australian flag, particularly at this time (when) we all know we live in an unsettled world," he said.

One protester said he believed the wrong flag had been burned: "I just felt deep down that it should have been the British flag they burnt not the Australian one."

Compulsory National Anthem
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has strongly opposed the compulsory singing of the Australian national anthem in schools.

NSW Premier Morris Iemma wants to make it compulsory for NSW schoolchildren to sing the national anthem each day before class. The plan has strong support from both sides of Parliament in Tasmania as well as the Multicultural Council of Australia and the Australian National Flag Association.

However some Aboriginal support groups say forcing the singing of the national anthem diminishes individual enthusiasm for participation.

Michael Mansell says, "more importantly, the anthem is about the white people and immigrants and excludes Aborigines." He said the words "for we are young and free" were a clear reference to the last 200 years of colonisation by Europeans and dismissed the ownership of the country by Aboriginal people.

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South Africa's Table Mountain ablaze

January 28, 2006 A large and dangerous fire has broken out on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.

Dry and windy conditions have swept the fire around the base of the mountain, pushing it towards the bordering suburbs in the City Bowl and Vredehoek area with furious flames reaching ten meters into the air.

A number of houses along the border of the reserve are being threatened as the fire heads around the mountain from the cable car station towards the southern suburbs. Thick smoke and high winds are hindering fire-fighting efforts and causing havoc with the traffic around the area. Heynes helicopters, contracted to fight fires on the mountain, are assisting from the air. However since the main water reservoirs near the Vredehoek area are shrouded in smoke and water must be retrieved from the harbour instead.

So far one elderly woman has reportedly died due to smoke inhalation and many others may be at risk as they attempt to defend their homes. Firefighters have been attempting to bring the situation under control throughout the night but the blaze continues unabated.

The cause of the fire is still uncertain. However a 36-year-old British man has been placed under arrest for allegedly dropping a lit cigarette whilst on the mountain.

Fires in the area are an annual problem and may threaten to destroy the delicate indigenous fynbos ecosystem. Opinions about the effects of the fires on the mountain vary, however, with some specialists indicating that regular fires could cause permanent damage to the ecosystem whilst others believe that the fynbos is actually partially reliant on the heat of the fire to set off the shedding of seeds.

In previous years the area around Muizenberg and Fishhoek have been ravaged by fires of similar intensity. The scars of those fires still remain.

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Congrats on the news brief! I love it! It sounds very very very professionally done and I like the like the little arepeggios at the beginning and end. I hope you enjoy your stay here at Wikinews and add many great contributions to it! --TUFKAAP 04:14, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
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Ditto the congratulations. That is fantastic. How can we compel you to continue with briefs? --Chiacomo (talk) 03:49, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

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Former German president Johannes Rau dies at 75

January 27, 2006 Former German president Johannes Rau has died on Friday morning in his home in Berlin at the age of 75, his office announced. Rau had been president of Germany from 1999 till 2004. He had a heart disease for a long time and had to undergo twice a surgery after leaving office. He is survived by his wife and their three children.

Rau was born on January 16, 1931 in Wuppertal. He first joined the Gesamtdeutsche Volkspartei in 1952. After the party had been dissolved, he followed his political mentor Gustav Heinemann to the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was elected member of the state legislature of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1958 and became governor of the state in 1978. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the chancellorship in 1987. He resigned as governor in 1998 when his party promised to nominate him for the presidential elections. During his presidency, Rau became the first German head of state to speak in the Israeli Knesset.

Tributes
His successor, president Horst Köhler, ordered that a state funeral for Rau be held on February 7. He said Germany "has lost a distinctive politician, a great president and a man who made the world more humane."

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany "has lost an exceptional personality".

The governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, Jürgen Rüttgers, called Rau a "great governor" to whom the state and its people owe a great deal.

SPD chair Matthias Platzeck said the Social Democrats lost "an irreplaceable friend, who was one of the most outstanding and popular politicians of our country. [...] We will miss him."

Israeli president Moshe Katsav called Rau a "great friend of the Jewish people and of the state of Israel".