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2007
The year in news: 2007

January - February - March - April - May - June

July - August - September - October - November - December

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Luxembourg, India spar over Arcelor takeover bid

March 30, 2006

Several weeks ago Netherlands based company Mittal Steel made a takeover bid for Arcelor, prompting legislation from Luxembourg (5.6% owners of Arcelor, the largest stockholders) and cries of discrimination from India.

Mittal is owned by the world's fifth wealthiest man, Laskshmi Mittal, an Indian. After the takeover bid, the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce attempted to introduce new rules that would stop companies with less than 25% of their shares in free float from making a cash and bid offer for a company whose location is in Luxembourg. India news reports then claimed that this was a discriminatory action because Laskshmi Mittal is an Indian.

Luxembourg officials have disputed this, stating that their actions were only due to the need to comply with EU legislation. The country's minister for economy and foreign trade, Leannot Krecke, stated, "The government will have no role in impeding the bid. We intend to bring the takeover bill in May to put in the best international practices in our economy." Krecke also stated that a similar bill will have to be brought to the national governments of each of the 25 EU member nations so that they complied with EU legislation.

Word of New Delhi's displeasure with Luxembourg's stance seems to have been translated to Luxembourg during a meeting that the finance ministers of both countries had in India.

Meanwhile, Mittal has announced that it is prepared to cut the cash portion of its buyout offer. Mittal will do so if Arcelor increases its dividend to shareholders above the 80 cent market consensus. A spokesman for Mittal stated: "If Arcelor decides to distribute extra cash to shareholders, we will consider that as an advance payment on our offer and adjust the cash component of our offer accordingly."

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Tourist ferry sinks off Bahrain coast; at least 44 dead

March 30, 2006

At approximately 8 p.m. EEST (1700 UTC) in Bahrain, a ferry that was believed to have been carrying about 150 tourists and locals was reported missing and overturned off the coast of Bahrain, near the Sheikh Khalifa Causeway Bridge, Sitra. The United States Fifth Fleet has been called in to help with the rescue.

Earlier reports from Reuters stated that at least 40 bodies had been found, but ABC News reported that at least 44 are dead.

"There are 52 survivors and there are also 44 dead (bodies) that were retrieved. So far, the (rescue) operations continue. God willing, there will be more survivors rescued," said Bahrain's Interior Minister Abdulla Al Khalifa.

One resident said, "I have seen at least 48 bodies," and ABC News reported at least 44 dead. However, "many on board were rescued," a Bahraini official was quoted as saying.

"The first report we received was that a Dhow (a wooden boat) has capsized. We are preparing a helicopter to join the rescue. There is no initial indication that this was an attack," said a U.S. Navy spokesman.


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 * 2) NASA observes largest supernova on record
 * 3) Pope to lift restrictions on Latin Mass
 * 4) Well-preserved baby mammoth found in Siberia
 * 5) Evolutionary biology labs at University of Colorado threatened
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U.S. actor Charlie Sheen questions 9/11 theories

March 30, 2006

Charlie Sheen, appearing on cable television news network station CNN on March 24, questioned the credibility of the theory that 19 hijackers caused all of the destruction to the World Trade Center.

Sheen said; "It seems to me like, you know, 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their targets, that feels like a conspiracy theory… I am an American citizen that loves my country…. People want the truth. They want the truth. And what's been offered to us resembles nothing of the sort."

In recounting his reaction on the day of the event, Sheen said,"I was up early and we were gonna do a pre-shoot on Spin City, the show I used to do. I was watching the news and the north tower was burning. There was a feeling, it just didn't look like any commercial jetliner I've flown on any time in my life and then when the buildings came down later on that day I said to my brother, 'Call me insane but did it sorta look like those buildings came down in a controlled demolition?'"

Writer Marc Jacobson, of the New York magazine, who co-appeared with Sheen on the same program said in response: "''Well, I think he's doing a reasonable rendition of what other people that believe in this stuff say. And when he says he has his facts straight, I mean, I think the facts are in question. I mean, I think, just because you know what it says on all of these different Web sites doesn't mean that that's necessarily the fact. That's the reason why the United States government, with their endless amounts of resources, let us down by not doing the proper work on the 9/11 Commission. That's a real problem. Well, you know, but, I mean, it's just one of those kind of things where you do this work and nobody really cares, but then Charlie Sheen is interested, so then everybody is interested, and that's fine. You know, obviously, this material needs to be looked at again, because there's been a lot of problems with the 9/11 Commission report. People feel it's not adequate. Most of the people who had lost people during that time feel it's not adequate. And it's just I think we're living in a truth vacuum, in a sense, that any time there's a truth vacuum, these ideas -- because people are smart. They put two and two together. Sometimes they get five; sometimes they get 12, but sometimes they get 11, like 9/11, but sometimes they get four. And the thing is that, if you have a situation where the so-called facts are covered up and aggressively covered up, then you're going to get these conspiracy theories.''" One website is claiming that Google had been censoring out any news articles relating to Sheen and 9/11 from it's search engine.

Regarding the plane that hit the Pentagon, Sheen also has questions: "Just show us how this particular plane pulled off these maneuvers… It is up to us to reveal the truth. It is up to us because we owe it to the families, we owe it to the victims, we owe it to everyone's life who was drastically altered, horrifically, that day and forever. We owe it to them to uncover what happened."

Some supporters of Sheen's theories have complained about the lack of mainstream media coverage. They point to CNN's recent cancellation of Ed Asner's interview on Showbiz Tonight, where he was expected to support Sheen's position, as an example of the "media blackout".

Marina Hyde of The Guardian proposed a theory of her own with regard to Sheen: "Frankly, with dentistry as expensive as yours, you simply can't afford to let The Man stamp his jackboot down on your face, and so it is that when faced with the inquiry 'did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone?', you find yourself thinking: 'God, I mean… do any of us? Like, he had to have people, you know? At least an agent and a publicist.'"


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Court rules rubber-stamping Thai election ballots not required

March 30, 2006

With the actual poll only days away, Thailand's Administrative Court has ruled against a new requirement introduced by the country's Election Commission. Voters will not be forced to complete ballots with a rubber stamp and may instead use a pen.

Ruling that the change to require the use of a rubber stamp is in contravention of election law, Judge Anuwat Tharasawaeng highlighted that election law does not mandate how a mark must be made on the ballot.


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Talk:U.S. actor Charlie Sheen questions 9/11 theories

Does it have to be in the mainstream?
There is no serious discussion of Sheen's comments in the Mainstream Media. What there is mocks Sheen as a cookoo. My thought is that if they have nothing to say that isn't mocking, we should include some of the mocking and call it their opinion. SethDelisle 22:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it news?
So is this news?

 * Lots of things that actors do get in the news. That doesn't mean that we have to consider what actors say to be news.  But then we better be fair about that decision and make it accross the board, not just when someone's criticising powerful people.
 * There's the zogby poll that said "Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11 Attacks." And it hasn't been discussed much either.

SethDelisle 22:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

 * It'd probably be news if he was banging madonna. Isn't this better?  Whatever.   00:00, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Not Interesting to Wikinewsians?
I'm removing the NPOV tag (which never carried an explanation), and I'm publishing too! Obviously this just isn't controversial enough to comment upon ... ;) SethDelisle 23:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Mainstream Media "blackout"
I just stumbled into this article, making tweaks as I read along with it. Then I looked at the PrisonPlanet related link which confirms to me that this story could benefit with an expansion on that aspect of the news. -Edbrown05 03:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Ah ha; I was wondering who,if anyone,would be as interested in that aspect as I am (shoulda known it would be Ed). I think it deserves its own article so I will try to get it going soon. Neutralizer 04:30, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Backticks
What is the deal with the backticks instead of apostrophe's? 66.173.103.222 01:21, 01 April 1901 (UTC)
 * My word is this punctuation attrocious. There's like random colon's just hanging out there.
 * Now it`s fixed; . .. . '?" - 66.173.103.222 04:42, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I like dots
There's a lot of mis-used horizontal ellipses, as well. Some had spaces before, some after, and some in-between the dots. An ellipsis is just one character… if you can't find it on your keyboard, just use three dots without spaces betwen or before them... There might be other punctuation problems in there because of the two single quotes being used on each side of quotes for italics, but I think it's mostly fixed now. Karen 23:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

CNN Poll
I know MrM and Amgine can resist reporting US gov negative polls in wikinews but this from the CNN transcript looks interesting;

"''ANDERSON: We have been getting an overwhelming response to our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Question of the Day." Charlie Sheen speaks out: Do you agree with his assertion that there is a government cover-up of 9/11?

Let`s take a look at how the vote is going so far: 82 percent of you say yes; only 18 percent of you say no.

Here are some of the e-mails we`ve received. Annette from Texas writes, "What our government has hidden about 9/11 is just the tip of the iceberg."

Daniel from Florida says, "I am shocked at the accusations that Charlie Sheen made towards our government."

And Robert from Virginia: "The evidence is like lipstick on the collar of a wayward husband. Democracy requires facing the truth."'' Neutralizer 13:49, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Part of what I see as a rightful objection to writing news stories that report on polls, is a recognition that bias can motivate people to respond/participate in the poll itself, and thereby skew the results. The CNN poll above is celebrating itself. I don't see how that would make the poll not newsworthy, but the treatment of polling results within an article should be handled with consideration to potential bias. -Edbrown05 20:26, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Polls such as this are generally not newsworthy by themselves IMHO. Scientific polls conducted by appropriate organisations may be newsworthy by themselves but not TV polls, internet polls etc. Nil Einne 20:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Category
Please add this article to Category:9/11. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jcart1534 05:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Typo
editprotected The article says 'the The Guardian'. The first 'the' should be removed, thus leaving only 'The Guardian'. Van der Hoorn (talk) 14:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

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Someone had to note the irony. Superm401 | Talk 23:07, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

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I'm sorry. I don't really understand what you're saying -- that you are a senior reporter somewhere and that this entitles you to a username which notes that? Wikinews has no official special classes of editors -- though active contributors are sometimes recognized with barnstars or trophies. By requesting a username change you will be able to retain your edit history -- which is very handy, I think. Please visit Changing username to request a change to your username. I'll try to poke a bureaucrat to expedite the process for you. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
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welcome
Thankyou for the thanks. I unfourtanatly feel that I'm going to have to ask you to not comment on new user talk pages. The comments you made on the last two peoples talk page was hostile and inapropriate. In addition I highly recomend you follow chiacocomo's advice of changing usernames as your username is extremly misleading and probally won't be tolerated for much longer. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:36, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

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Canada freezes aid to Palestine

March 31, 2006

Canada has become the first western country to freeze aid and cut diplomatic ties to Palestine after the Palestinian Legislative Council installed a government led by Hamas. No other country has yet followed through on threats to end aid to the Palestinian Authority. Aid may still go to Palestine through the United Nations.

The Canadian Arab Federation head, Faraj Nakhleh, later expressed his dismay at the decision, which he says will harm the interests of the 3.5 million Palestinians who are at risk of starvation.

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Talk:Son charged with eye-gouging attack on mother dies

schizophrenic article
not sure if anyone is in N Zealand. I think this 41 year old might have been murdered in the mental health unit (jailhouse justice); might be an opportunity for original reporting. 70.48.207.117 04:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You are thinking about someone came and murdered him in revance or something like that? I don't think so, New Zealand is not a state structure like for example China, where this could be true, as my personal opinon is... Anyway, this wouldn't be stuff for a WikiNews reporter, but for a real journalist from for example the New Zealand Herald. Benedikt Kroll 06:23, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


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Rainy weather in Hawaii enters sixth week

March 31, 2006 Heavy rains have hit the main Hawaiian Islands for nearly six weeks, contributing to flooding in many places in the islands: a deadly dam break in northern Kauai, a sewage spill in Honolulu's Waikiki district, and record rainfall totals in many areas of the state.

A series of upper-level storm systems have formed northwest of the island of Kauai, drawing tropical moisture from the south over Hawaii and forming areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms.

The island of Kauai, on which an earthen dam broke on March 7 killing seven people, has been hardest hit. Mount Waialeale, in the center of the island, has received 90 inches of rain during the month of March and 126.69 inches since the weather pattern began on February 19. 34.31 inches of rain had fallen at Lihue airport, the most rain in a single month since records started in 1950.

Tourism officials are concerned about the long-term effect that the heavy rains may have on tourism, and they expect to launch a marketing campaign once the weather improves.

The entire state remains under a flash flood watch until at least Saturday. Weather forecasters expect a return to normal weather patterns early next week.


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Lethal earthquakes rock western Iran, 70 or more die

March 31, 2006 At least 70 people are dead and hundreds more injured after three earthquakes and several aftershocks rocked western Iran between Doroud and Boroujerd in the Lorestan province at 11:06 p.m. local time (1936 GMT) on Thursday. Some estimates of those injured currently range between 700-1,200 people.

The first earthquake measured a 4.7 on the Richter magnitude scale and was in a mountainous area and the second measured a 5.1. The third quake measured a 6.0 and hit Doroud and the villages surrounding the area at 4:47 a.m. local time (0117 GMT) on Friday.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, however, a 5.7 magnitude quake occurred at 0117 UTC followed by an earthquake of 4.7 magnitude fifteen minutes later. They also report that the previous day, a quake measuring 4.7 in magnitude occurred in the same area.

Power has been cut to some areas and there are reports of at least 330 villages that have been severely damaged. Some reports say that at least 20 villages have been destroyed. Thousands have been left homeless as a result.

In December of 2003, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake killed over 31,000 people and in February of 2005 a 6.4 eathquake killed 600 people near Zarand in the Kerman province.


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Please replace  Image:ETA_logo.png by  Image:ETA.jpg, since the first wolud be deleted at commons. --Sanbec 12:02, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


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General help for recording items for Audio Wikinews.

What you need

 * Microphone - The most obvious thing you're going to need is a microphone. Make sure it's one that can give you decent sound quality without any hissing, clicks or random drops in volume. If you can hear a little bit of hissing (otherwise known as noise) then don't worry, it can be edited out later.
 * Software - You need software that can record, edit and export into .ogg format. We recommend Audacity, a free, open source and powerful audio editing tool. You can also use any other software, as long as it can produce a .ogg audio file.
 * If your favourite program does not support ogg, there are several programs that can convert between formats, such as ffmpeg. Feel free to ask for help on Wikinews chat
 * Script - It's always best to prepare what you're going to say before you start recording. Use the template guidelines for information on how to put together a script.

Recording
When you are recording, make sure you keep within these recommended lengths: Because Spoken Wikinews consists of the entirety of the article, the length of the recording does not matter.
 * Daily News Brief - 5 Minutes
 * Weekly News Review - 15-20 Minutes

Spoken Wikinews In Progress
It may be useful to add the   template to the collaboration page of the article you are recording to let others know you are in the progress of producing a recording for the article so we don't get any duplicates.

Template example:

Tips
We all think our voice sounds terrible but don't let that put you off, everyone is a potential newsreader. Here are some tips for when you are doing a recording: Don't worry about any mistakes, just keep recording but start speaking again from the start of the sentence you made a mistake on. The mistake can be edited out afterwards.
 * Record in a quiet room that doesn't echo.
 * Talk over the microphone, not into it.
 * Make sure your levels are high but not clipping
 * Sit up straight or better yet, stand up.
 * Keep a drink of water nearby.
 * Speak slightly slower than normal.
 * Do a trial run beforehand.
 * Put all your focus into reading it word by word.
 * Relax

Editing

 * Mistakes - Now you have finished recording it's time to edit. Go through the recording and take out any mistakes you might have made. On Audacity this can be achieved by highlighting the mistake and pressing the delete key.

Noise
Noise is a general hissing in the background or it could just be the humming from your computer. This can be eliminated in Audacity by following these steps:
 * Select a chunk of the recording where you were not speaking. You should see a slight bumpiness on the line, representing the background noise.
 * Select Effect → Noise Removal → Step 1 → Get Noise Profile.
 * Select the entire recording (Ctrl+a).
 * Go to Effect → Noise Removal → Step 2.
 * Drag the slider a little to the left, towards Less.
 * Select Preview, if your voice sounds distorted then move the slider closer to Less.
 * Select "Remove Noise".

Compression
Compression is the dynamic leveling of audio, making loud parts quieter, and the quiet parts louder, so that a consistent sound level is achieved. This can be applied in Audacity by following these steps:
 * Select all of your audio by clicking and dragging around the audio or pressing Ctrl+A.
 * Select Effect → Compression.
 * Click OK to accept the default settings.

Publishing

 * Ogg Vorbis audio is the format we use. We recommend a Quality level of 5 within Audacity.
 * To change this setting back to the default in Audacity, go to 'File' and 'Preferences', then slide the 'Ogg Export Setup' quality bar to '5'.

File Naming

 * Spoken Wikinews - Should start with EN- for English, then the title of the article you recorded (Replacing spaces with _ and deleting punctuation).
 * Daily News Brief - Start with EN-AWNB- and then the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD. For example En-AWNB-2008-04-18
 * Weekly News Review - Start with EN-AWNR- and then the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD. For example En-AWNR-2008-04-18

Uploading
Start off by going to the commons upload page. From there, go to the Basic Upload Form. Fill in the appropriate information and paste the following template in the Summary section replacing the text that was originally in it:

A sample of what this will display is:

 * File_name should be of the form: name_of_file.ogg
 * Title refers to the title of the actual article.
 * Time is the length of time in minutes and seconds of the article, for example: 12:34
 * User_name is the name of the user who read/uploaded the file, for example: Willmcw
 * Date should be a link to the revision that was read, for example: 2005-04-18
 * Accent is the regional accent of the reader. See Regional accents of English speakers for the possibilities.
 * Sex either Male or Female

When uploaded, list your recording at Audio_Wikinews/Releases in the proper list. If you recorded a Spoken Wikinews recording then put   in the relating article. When you update the audio file, remember to update the timestamp.

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Faust seeks Murphy disqualification in PA Congressional primary

March 31, 2006

Jane Faust, former Republican committeewoman once convicted of forging signatures, was a plaintiff yesterday in Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court (state court). Her lawyer, Larry Otter, argued that Patrick Murphy should be thrown off the ballot for the Democratic primary election in the eighth congressional district of Pennsylvania. The eighth district is primarily located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Otter argued that during the period of election petition signature collection, Murphy had signed his name as the circulator on two petition sheets, but was not present for each signature that was signed on those sheets, and thereby breaking Pennsylvania state law. Pennsylvania law states that whoever signs a petition sheet as a circulator must be present for each signature and see each signature placed on the sheet.

Murphy admitted that he was not at the sheet for every signature, and he agreed that the 96 signatures on those two sheets should be invalidated. He also stated that he was unaware of that particular election statute. Otter argued that the candidacy should be thrown out because when Murphy presented his signatures he was required to sign an affidavit stating he would "not knowingly violate any election law." It was Otter's contention to Judge Robert Simpson, Jr., that it is unbelievable that Murphy would not know the law, as Murphy is a lawyer.

"Mr. Murphy is a member of the bar of this court. He can't say he doesn't know what the law was. He's been campaigning over a year," Otter said. He then continued, arguing that since Murphy knowingly falsified his name on those two circulation petitions, he also failed to fulfill his candidate affidavit, which according to state law is a criminal offense.

The campaign manager for the Murphy campaign, Josh Nanberg, said, "Under Otter's argument, any candidate who has a meeting and puts a clipboard at the front table and ... goes to the bathroom should be thrown out. That's ridiculous."


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User talk:Fatal.serpent

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User talk:Atomobot

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User talk:Triplefinger

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Hello,

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

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Re Scandalous Jesus pic
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Talk:Faust seeks Murphy disqualification in PA Congressional primary

This currently assumes a lot of local knowledge, I can't even work out from it who's country's election laws have been broken. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Do the changes I just made help at all? What else is unclear so I can try to fix it - I'm from the area and the state, so I'm probably missing all sorts of things because I am used to it. Lyellin 19:41, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It is clearer now, but you have the abbreviation PA two times before you have the expansion. As we're an international source you need to have the expansion on the first reference (with perhaps PA in brackets). --Brian McNeil / talk 19:50, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

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I'll add to this section as I go through the article and source, so don't react immediately I may put something here and change my mind...

First point... "Commonwealth court". I'm a Brit, I assume commonwealth has an association similar to the games we just had. Since I'm pretty sure this piece applies to one US state then for an international audience who may attach a different meaning to "commonwealth" you need to introduce your usage of the term. Definitely not something you'd catch on to from inside the US. :)
 * Nope, nothing else - this was the one bit that confused me. What position is the guy seeking to run for?  I'd have another read, but that's something that didn't stand out for me. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:05, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I see now, he's standing in a primary, but from outside the US the only primaries that are publicised are presidential. Down to what level do you have this sort of activity? --Brian McNeil / talk 20:07, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Judge sentences Ali to 30 years for Bush assassination plot

Spelling error in title
It should be "Man receives ...". 195.8.75.174 20:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


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Death toll of Bahrain tourist boat capsizing rises to 57

April 1, 2006 At least 57 people are now known to have died when a boat designed similar to a traditional dhow capsized one mile of the coast of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. Seventeen were Indian and a further 13 of the dead are British; people of another six nationalities are also known to have died. The passengers were mostly foreigners from the Nass-Murray and Roberts construction company, and were enjoying an evening dinner cruise in celebration of their completion of part of the Bahrain World Trade Centre towers. Most who died were dining on the lower deck, and were trapped below.

Over 130 people were onboard the boat at the time, although some say the boat was only licensed to carry 120. Others say the limit was 150. Eyewitnesses say the boat was overloaded. The boat capsized in calm seas soon after it left, trapping many below. Helicopters from the US Navy searched for 13 missing persons until Friday morning, when the search was called off. The dhow had been modified to have an extra, higher deck making the vessel less stable. The exact cause is unknown - suggestions from eyewitnesses include the boat suddenly turning left, being hit by a wave, and many of the passengers moving to one side of the boat together. The Bahrain Interior Ministry is to investigate the accident and establish if the boat was seaworthy.


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Condoleezza Rice visits the United Kingdom

March 31, 2006 Condoleezza Rice the United States Secretary of State has been visiting the North West England as a guest of Jack Straw the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary. She has been staying in Liverpool and travelling to Blackburn, Mr Straw's constituency.

Her meeting has been followed by street protests outside her hotel on Hope Street and earlier visit to a Mosque was cancelled after public order fears.

Her visit is scheduled to last from March 30, 2006 to April 1, 2006.


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Auto parts maker Delphi plans to cut 8,500 jobs; union contracts

March 31, 2006

The world's second largest auto parts maker,, has announced today that 8,500 salary workers may be out of a job soon as part of a major restructuring plan, which will also include voiding the contract with the union. The move would also shutdown over a third of its factories worldwide, including twenty one located in the United States.

Eight plants in the U.S. are slated to continue operating. Those located in, , , Mississippi, , , , New York, , , , Ohio, , , and , will continue to serve as Delphi properties. The rest of the factories are said to either be sold to other companies, or to be closed entirely.

The plans were brought up to a bankruptcy judge earlier today. In addition to the proposed closings and layoffs, 34,000 workers may experience cut wages and less benefits. Hourly workers wages will drop from 27 to $22 an hour soon, and will further decrease to $16.50 in late 2007.

Delphi previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2005. In the original filing, requests were made to drop the hourly wages down to $12.50 an hour.


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Wikinews:Briefs/April 1, 2006

Audio Wikinews transcript, 2006-04-01 1200 UTC
I'm Phillip Hong. The time is 1200 UTC on Saturday the 1st of April 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews: News Briefs.

Headlines
Death toll of Bahrain tourist boat capsizing rises to 57

''At least 57 people are now known to have died when a traditional wooden dhow capsized one mile of the coast of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. At least 17 were Indian and a further 13 of the dead were British; people of another six nationalities are also known to have died.''

NZ Sky TV customers to get refund for satellite failure

''On Thursday night, a failure of the Optus B1 satellite affected the Sky Pay TV network and also caused a blackout of other satellite-based systems. Sky TV subscribers will get a refund for the inconvenience. The satellite was down from Thursday evening to Friday morning. It also covers international emergency service and air traffic coordination. However, thanks to backup services, no serious effects were caused.''

Sewage spill fouls Waikiki Beach

''More than 48 million gallons of untreated sewage that flowed into the ocean from a sewer spill on Friday, March 24, have forced Honolulu city officials to post signs warning tourists on Waikiki Beach to stay out of the water. A 42-inch pressurized sewer line in Waikiki cracked on Friday, March 24, sending untreated sewage into the Ala Wai Canal on the mountain side of Waikiki. Engineers believe that heavy rains since February 19 overwhelmed the sewer line, which was constructed in 1965.''

Closing Comments
To receive additional up-to-date news as it occurs, please visit wikinews.org. This has been a News Brief for Audio Wikinews. This recording has been released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Audio Wikinews transcript, 2006-04-01 0100 UTC
This recording has been released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

I'm Phillip Hong. The time is 0100 UTC on the 1st of April, and this is Audio Wikinews: News Briefs.

Headlines
Lethal earthquakes rock western Iran, 70 or more die

''At least 51 people are dead and hundreds more injured after three earthquakes and several aftershocks rocked western Iran on Thursday. Some estimates of those injured currently range between 700-870 people.''

Judge sentences Ali to 30 years for Bush assassination plot

''Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen, was sentenced by a U.S. district court judge to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for plotting to assassinate United States President George W. Bush. Ali, a self-proclaimed member of Al Qaeda, was arrested by Saudi officials in 2003 at the Islamic University of Medina. Prosecutors had originally asked for a life sentence, but the judge said that the 30-year sentence was adequate, comparing the case to the "American Taliban" John Lindh.''

Rainy weather in Hawaii enters sixth week

''Heavy rains have hit the main Hawaiian Islands for nearly six weeks, contributing to flooding in many places in the islands. A series of upper-level storm systems have formed northwest of the island of Kauai, drawing tropical moisture from the south over Hawaii and forming areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms.''

Closing Comments
To receive additional up-to-date news as it occurs, please visit wikinews.org. This has been a News Brief for Audio Wikinews. More news at 1200 UTC.

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User talk:62.154.197.67

Welcome
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Is it possible to supply an english language source for this article? --Chiacomo (talk) 01:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

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Iraq war vet claims atrocities by U.S. soldiers

April 1, 2006 Joshua Key, a 27-year-old U.S. war deserter, alleged to a Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board yesterday that American soldiers had been kicking the severed head of an Iraqi in Ramadi "like a soccer ball."

"I couldn't believe someone could do that to a human being," said Key, who is the first U.S. army deserter to make application for refugee status after serving in Iraq.

The U.S. Army's attitude in Iraq was "just shoot and ask questions later," according to Key. He said, "It's like people could kill if they just wanted to. Everything is justified."

Key also claimed to have witnessed a "trigger happy" platoon squad sergeant shooting part of an unarmed Iraqi man's foot off after the man had raised his foot as a sign of disrespect.

There are five members of the U.S. armed forces requesting asylum in Canada but Key is the only applicant who has combat experience in Iraq, said Key's lawyer, Jeffry House. "He has boots-on-the-ground experience about what the actual conduct of the war in Iraq is," House said.

Key also said at the hearing; "(Iraqis) are just normal people. They're farmers, mothers, fathers; just like us, just like my home country. I didn't see why we was there."

Key now works as a welder in British Columbia where he and his wife have four children under six years of age.

There were no representations made at this hearing to dispute the claims made by Key; but Key also did not provide any proof to substantiate his allegations.


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Not an April fool story
I wish it was. Neutralizer 13:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

npov
This is a news report of a court hearing so I don't know how to npov it; any ideas? Neutralizer 03:33, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

 * On the other hand, I suppose we don't npov the statements made at the Moussaoui trial either; so I guess it's ok. Neutralizer 13:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Looks like everything is attributable to me, and the last, single-sentence paragraph seems balanced. Karen 21:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)


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NZ Sky TV customers to get refund for satellite failure

April 1, 2006

On Thursday night, a failure of the Optus B1 satellite affected the Sky Pay TV network and also caused a blackout of other satellite-based systems. Sky TV subscribers will get a refund for the inconvenience.

The satellite was down from Thursday evening to Friday morning. It also covers international emergency service and air traffic coordination. However, thanks to backup services, no serious effects were caused.

Satellite experts and astronomers questioned Sky's explanation that the solar eclipse had hampered attempts to get the service back up and running – the eclipse happened nearly 24 hours before the outage, and thus the satellite should have been in a different area of the sky. A spokesman of Sky TV said the problem occurred because the eclipse happened at the moment the sun was required to charge the satellite's batteries for a routine realignment.

The pay TV company is considering paying compensation to advertising customers as well.


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User talk:Brian/Wikinews announces partnership with CNN

More of a legitimate april fools article in itself as it references other news sources' own april fools. Kudos. That is until you actually try and follow the references. RIP Phil Hartman.\
 * I especially loved the references (lawls all about for William O. Wheeler and "news site about Wikipedia" and "noted actor Troy McClure"). Phil Hartman indeed kicked ass. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 22:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

You really got me
I was just getting ready to post; "Fuck CNN and Fuck Jimbo Wales"; but now I'm laughing. Neutralizer 13:40, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I love the last source. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


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Sewage spill fouls Waikiki Beach

March 31, 2006 More than 48 million gallons (180 million L) of untreated sewage that flowed into the ocean from a sewer spill on Friday, March 24, have forced city officials in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, to post signs warning tourists on Waikiki Beach to stay out of the water.

A 42-inch pressurized sewer line in Waikiki cracked on Friday, March 24, sending untreated sewage into the Ala Wai Canal on the inland (mauka) side of Waikiki. Engineers believe that heavy rains since February 19 overwhelmed the sewer line, which was constructed in 1965.

City officials say that they had no alternative but to pump the raw sewage into the Ala Wai Canal, which empties just west of Waikiki, to prevent the wastewater from backing up into homes and hotels. Repair crews worked around the clock to fix the sewer break. The spill was finally stopped on Thursday.

At first, tides and winds took the sewage spill out to sea, but southerly winds sent the sewage back toward Waikiki Beach, forcing city officials to take action. Signs were posted on beaches on the west side of Waikiki. Bacteria tests taken on the 29th showed levels of bacteria from three to sixty times acceptable levels.

Health officials will continue to test bacteria levels daily, but there is no estimate as to when the contamination will dissipate; warning signs may be in place for as long as several months.

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User:KeithH

 Aloha!

Welcome to my little corner of Wikinews, where it's never colder than 60°F (or 16°C for the metric-minded). Pull up a chair, pour yourself some pineapple juice, and let's talk story.

About me
I was born, raised, and live on the beautiful windward side of the island of Oahu, and work as an information technology professional at a major health insurer in Honolulu. In my spare time I like running, music, and writing. I keep a blog on the side (that's my outlet for my POVs so I don't bring it here).

My goals
I'll be writing about most anything here, but I also plan to keep my eye out for stories about my home state that may have national or international implications...bringing the aloha spirit to Wikinews.

I'm also trying my hand at recording the newsbriefs for Audio Wikinews...indulging my inner news anchor. :)

I also contribute under this username at Wikipedia.

Articles I've created/rewritten

 * 1) Michael Morales execution postponed indefinitely, February 22, 2006
 * 2) U.S. appeals court to reconsider Hawaiians-only admission policy, February 26, 2006
 * 3) Rainy weather in Hawaii enters sixth week, March 30, 2006
 * 4) Sewage spill fouls Waikiki Beach, March 31, 2006
 * 5) Flooding in Honolulu wreaks havoc, April 2, 2006
 * 6) Waikiki beaches reopen after sewage spill, April 4, 2006
 * 7) Massachusetts lawmakers enact plan for universal health coverage, April 7, 2006
 * 8) Honolulu man dies after fall into sewage-contaminated harbor, April 8, 2006
 * 9) Tennessee hit with second wave of tornadoes; 12 dead, April 8, 2006
 * 10) Prodi claims victory in Italian election; Berlusconi refuses to concede, April 10, 2006
 * 11) Israeli PM Ariel Sharon declared 'permanently incapacitated', April 11, 2006
 * 12) 10-year-old Oklahoma girl found murdered, April 16, 2006
 * 13) Suspect in Oklahoma girl's murder blogged about depression, "dangerously weird" fantasies, April 17, 2006
 * 14) 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Kamchatka peninsula, April 21, 2006
 * 15) Jawad al-Maliki named Iraqi prime minister, April 22, 2006
 * 16) Nagin, Landrieu advance to runoff in New Orleans mayoral election, April 23, 2006
 * 17) Linux distributors agree on standard for desktop software, April 24, 2006
 * 18) Alabama postal workers and customers become ill, suspicious substance found, April 26, 2006
 * 19) U.S. Web host target of denial-of-service attack, April 29, 2006
 * 20) Spanish-language version of U.S. anthem stirs controversy, April 29, 2006
 * 21) Hawaii legislature reaches agreement to suspend gasoline price cap, April 30, 2006
 * 22) 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurs near Tonga, May 3, 2006
 * 23) Michelle Wie makes cut in Korean men's golf tournament, May 6, 2006
 * 24) Israeli gasoline supplier to Palestinians cuts supply, May 12, 2006
 * 25) Native Hawaiian sovereignty bill to be debated in U.S. Senate in June, May 13, 2006
 * 26) Honolulu police shoot gunman in standoff, May 15, 2006
 * 27) Hawaii to spend $4.9M on coqui frog eradication, May 17, 2006
 * 28) Hawaii governor Lingle lobbies GOP for Akaka Bill passage, May 18, 2006
 * 29) 'Da Vinci Code' opens in theaters, sparks controversy, May 19, 2006
 * 30) Ray Nagin re-elected New Orleans mayor, May 20, 2006
 * 31) 'Naked Guy' Andrew Martinez dies, May 20, 2006
 * 32) Hurricane forecasters: Up to 10 hurricanes in Atlantic, May 23, 2006
 * 33) British sailor resumes around-the-world voyage after stop in Hawaii, May 24, 2006
 * 34) U.S. appeals court upholds Honolulu aerial ad ban, May 25, 2006

And a little note on etymology...
If it weren't for Hawaiian (which lent us the word wikiwiki for 'quick,' from which the technical term 'wiki' derives), this project would probably be called...hmmm...Quickienews?

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User:Goaplus

GOAPLUS

Goa's konkani cable news channel for local news that includes Sports, Entertainment, Politics And Current Affairs. We have our correspondents in all major cities to cover the news from all parts of Goa. And a well-qualified technical team headed by Mr. Darshan Lolienkar.Our news capsule is shown nearly on all cable networks in Goa. Thirty minutes news capsule from Monday to Saturday for timings contact your cable operator.

Shyamsundar productions,

GOAPLUS is a part of Shyamsundar productions, which is owned by Golatkar Brothers, who are well known for their video and photography. Shyamsundar productions is owned by Golatkar Brothers which undertakes video and photography along with other film making needs. Our production house provides equipments required for film making. It also has editing and sound recording studio with latest facilities. We are also engaged in producing films, Ads, Documentries etc.

GOOD TIMES Event Management

Is a event management company which is sister concern of Shyamsundar productions. Which undertakes management of indoor and outdoor events.

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User:Brian/Wikinews announces partnership with CNN

April 1, 2006

Wikinews, the free news source where any user can write a story, today announced that a partnership with CNN had been formed.

The terms of the deal are as yet not fully disclosed but sources close to negotiations have stated that as part of the partnership CNN will automagically transclude Wikinews stories to the CNN website. Changes made to the Wikinews article will be immediately visible on the CNN site.

Enhancements reportedly offered to Wikinews through the partnership include the use of portable satellite transmission equipment in Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. The availability of transmission equipment will enable Wikinews to provide real-time recent changes feeds in some of the most remote areas of the planet.

The deal still needs to be approved by CNN shareholders and regulators. This is expected to take place by April 1, 2007.

The Wikimedia Foundation and CNN could not be reached for comment at the time of writing this story.


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Auckland City Council acts to remove suspect chemicals in pre-school's soil

April 1, 2006

Chemicals, which the Auckland City Council said are a suspected cause of cancer and are considered toxic, have been found in soil at a children's playcentre in Auckland. The contamination was found at the Auckland Central Playcentre in Freemans Bay, and the Council will now spend $100,000 removing the top 50 cm (about 20 in) of soil at the playcentre, doing landscaping and replacing playground equipment.

The presence of "polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including benzo-a-pyrene," was suspected at the school playground and was confirmed by a chemical analysis on Tuesday. The chemicals may cause temporary digestive and respiratory distress, as well as irritation of the eyes and skin. The levels of benzo-a-pyrene found were between 0.06 and 4.82 milligrams per kilogram of soil at surface level, according to the Ministry of Education. A potential risk is present at levels above 3.5 mg.


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User:AussieDingo1983

Hello! My name is AussieDingo1983. You can view my profile or leave me any messages here.

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User:TheThingy

Hello, Everypeoples!

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