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Talk:US President George W. Bush falls ill during G8 Summit

According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6733375.stm he appears to be drinking again. 141.76.45.34 20:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * A "non-alcoholic beer" according to BBC. DragonFire1024 04:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews attends appearance by Bob from Sesame Street, at Sesame Place

June 8, 2007 "Bob from Sesame Street", actor and singer, visited Sesame Place this Sunday for singing and book reading. One of the last remaining cast members from the 1969 first season, he is an accomplished singer with six children's albums to his credit, he performs family pop concerts and has appeared with more than 100 symphony orchestras in the U.S. and Canada. McGrath has authored eight books including Uh-Oh Gotta Go and Oops, Excuse Me Please.

Sesame Place opened for the season in May, adding to its cast of life-size. The park offers a variety of wet and dry rides, as well as stage attractions. Christy Carlson Romano performed at the park four times over last weekend, as well as riding in its daily Rock Around the Block Parade. Previously this season, Christy had four concerts at the park.

Wikinews is sending Lloyd David Photography to many of the concerts and Sesame Street cast meet-and-greets that are happening this year at the park. David specialises in headshots, models, event, and wedding photography.


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One killed, 28 injured in south Thailand bombing

June 8, 2007 One person was killed and at least 28 injured in a bomb attack today by suspected Muslim insurgents at a crowded tea shop in southern Thailand.

The bomb, placed inside a bag in a telephone booth near the shop in the provincial capital Yala, exploded at about 8 p.m. local time (1300 UTC).

The dead woman was a 24-year-old Buddhist, police said. The religions of the other victims were not immediately known. Among the injured, at least five were hurt seriously.

"Two men on a motorcycle placed a bomb inside the phone booth. Immediately after they left, the bomb exploded," Police Colonel Poompetch Pipatpetchpoo was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse.

Another officer said the bombing came at a peak hour for the tea-shop trade in southern Thailand.

"The assailants seized an opportunity to stage an attack when police and soldiers were taking a rest," Police Lieutenant Colonel Jirasit Lomae was quoted as saying by Associated Press. He said security personnel had been standing guard at a trade fair in the province.

Drive-by shooting, roadside bomb, schools burned
In neighboring Narathiwat Province, a government official and another man were killed and a third injured in a drive-by shooting.

Hami Wani, 45-year-old deputy headman of Ban Salo village, was fatally shot at around 1 p.m. (0600 UTC) as he was driving home. An assistant was also killed, and another injured.

Also in Narathiwat, two Royal Thai Army soldiers were injured in a roadside bombing. The soldiers were part of a six-man teacher-protection unit.

Overnight in Krong Pinang, Yala Province, a school was burned by a group of around 20 men who came onto the grounds and overpowered 10 volunteers assigned to guard the school. It was the second school burned in an arson attack in a week in Yala.

Train service resumes
The State Railway of Thailand resumed train service today on its southern lines after repairs were made to tracks that were sabotaged earlier in the week. Security has been beefed up, with plainclothes and uniformed officers on trains, in stations and patrolling the railbeds and trestles. Railway officials said ridership was down following the attacks.


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User talk:68.39.105.158

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User talk:Miranda

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Anne Frank tree
Hi Miranda, I am sorry, but we cannot accept new images for an article as old as this. Unlike, Wikipedia articles, Wikinews articles are not works-in-progress (#5). We thank you for the effort, though. Cheers, --SVTCobra 03:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, not familiar with this project, but I have provided an image on en-wikipedia. Cheers. Miranda 03:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * That's great ... the Wikinews article does link directly to the Wikipedia article, so people will get a chance to see it. --SVTCobra 03:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Daniel/Archive/1

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Contest
Have you seen my contest? ★ MESSED ROCKER ★  12:21, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look :) Daniel.Bryant 08:58, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Tea
☻ Someone has poured you tea ☺ — Doldrums(talk) 09:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * :) Daniel.Bryant 11:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

new user
thanks for the heads-up. the user has not actually reverted, he's replaced one source by another, and i've little inclination to verify if the new source substantiates whatever the old one does (am supposed to be on a break...that isn't working out the way it shld). will leave it to other 'newsies to get that article to publication. — Doldrums(talk) 14:03, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, fair call. Daniel.Bryant 11:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Your "vandalism" [*cough*]
In none of the five sources is written that it is the world largest helicopter but only of Russia. With the new link there are all the latest information written about the incident. Please stop to vandalize the page. --Wikiaccount1 11:21, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure you're wrong on this one - the most experienced active Wikinewser agrees with me. Please don't call good faith edits vandalism. Daniel.Bryant 11:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

local news are news
Local news are news, even if Wikinews target more on World news. For example i never heard something called ''Ashes Test in Australia wins dramatic second Ashes Test. It's also local news Jacques Divol 14:41, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Not really...a annual cricket series watched by over 100 million people doesn't exactly qualify as "local news". Daniel.Bryant 02:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Nonetheless local news is allowed. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  02:36, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * it's CommonWealth centric POV Daniel, Cricket, BaseBall and American football are more or less unknown sports in France (we learned since sport tv channels came to us) . 60 millions people live in France. Jacques Divol 22:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Back onto the point, and that fire is still unsourced, hence no assertion of notability (suprise, suprise!). Daniel.Bryant 22:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * i don't understand what you mean here, sorry, Jacques Divol 10:12, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

redirect
weird. — Doldrums(talk) 06:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep... Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 06:18, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Genius
Thanks for letting me know. I had left this message without seeing this previous discussion. guillom 16:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No problems. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 17:17, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

RE Archived article
Did I fix it right? DragonFire1024 09:43, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's great, thanks.  Daniel  10:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

mangled archive tags
the mangled archived tags were placed on a large number of articles during a bot-run. so individual editprotected requests on talk pages is not a particularly good way of asking for a fix. –Doldrums(talk) 05:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * What would you suggest? I can't fix them, because they're protected as archived stories.  Daniel  05:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * best way i can think of is another bot-run. perhaps a note on WN:AAA or to Craig's Bot, which i think did the first run. –Doldrums(talk) 06:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Brian New Zealand springs to the rescue. –Doldrums(talk) 08:06, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * :) Thanks for the note, and thanks to BNZ (I thanked him on IRC before, but cross-posting regardless).  Daniel  03:52, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Greetings!
Hello Mr Bryant. Nice to see you over here. I hope you're enjoying the long weekend. :) Thanks for saying hello! Take care Danny, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 07:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * :) Good to see you around these parts.  Daniel  09:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: IRC
In the past I had a similar idea, which I don't have time for anymore: User:Stevenfruitsmaak/Goings-on. I think the idea for the blog was to report from the community for the outside world, who reads it on Planet Wikimedia and such. I recently added a license tag to the bottom of the blog, saying that all the stories are now under the same license as Wikinews, i.e. cc-by-2.5 with a credit to "Wikinews" so, of course you can use it, certainly as far as my material is concerned.

IRC doesn't seem to work okay for me, if you have further questions try MSN or possibly Skype.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, I am confident that the blog has a different target audience to the Bulletin. Thank you for allowing your material to be used, as it has been :) Cheers,  Daniel  09:47, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Project news
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery

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Barnstar

I've also gone away for English Wikipedia. Guys over there tend to forget about the other wikis like news, books and Wiktionary. A fair number of the Indian Wikipedian community are unaware of Indian languages Wikis too. I'm glad to see you move away from "The Wiki." :) DaGizza 04:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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 * Self-nominations are not allowed. Any self-nominations should be immediatly removed, and the user contacted on thier talk page.
 * Nominators must have 250 edits in the Main namespace by July 1, 2007 and nominator's account must have made it's first edit (in any namespace) by June 1, 2007. Please use this tool when checking edit counts.
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"templated" Kingjeff
Oops, sorry. I didn't see your note about not giving him the "welcome" template. --SVTCobra 00:51, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * No problems, it's not a huge thing :)  Daniel  00:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Questions Pages
Excellent idea, thanks for creating them in my temporary absence. :) Thunderhead - (talk) 04:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * :)  Daniel  05:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

AFC Asian Cup: Saudi Arabia edge out Indonesia, Uzbekistan trounce Malaysia
Nice job on this one. I'm not a sports fan but it is well written. Reminds me of watching the Match of the Day reports on a Saturday afternoon as a kid. Would make good audio (hint, hint). --Brian McNeil / talk 11:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ha ha, thanks. I've just recorded the article (the player names were ... interesting), and now have to convert and upload it :) Cheers,  Daniel  00:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Speaking of which, I have no idea how to convert it...*asks around*.  Daniel  00:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * What format did you record it in? When I did some audio wikinews I used Audacity, and I think I was able to write .ogg straight out of it. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Link: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ --Brian McNeil / talk 08:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Done, although I had to use a different program (Audacity didn't like my phone's format). I uploaded it to Commons, which posed the problem that Commons doesn't like colons in filenames, and changed it to a dash :| However, all done :)  Daniel  09:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I recently had to convert some audio, and used http://media-convert.com/ -- it's an online converter for a ton of different file formats, and worked very well for me. -- IlyaHaykinson 17:38, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

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Médecins Sans Frontières warns of emerging crisis in eastern Chad

June 9, 2007 The non-governmental aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, warned of a humanitarian crisis developing in the eastern region of Chad in central Africa, issued a press release Friday.

Chad, which shares part of its eastern border with Sudan, has been the recipient of refugees fleeing conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. In addition to the estimated 234,000 Sudanese refugees it manages, Chad now has an estimated 150,000 internally displaced persons, or IDPs, fleeing from attacks on villages in the eastern region where the government of Chad has been fighting an insurgency, which it claims was supported in the past by Sudan.

The Chadian IDPs are set up in rudimentary camps, lacking basic necessities such as food, water and proper shelter. According to a May, 2007 report by MSF's research and epidemiological survey centre, 20 percent of children in camps near Goz Beida were suffering from acute malnutrition and "catastrophic" mortality rates. MSF complained of obstacles encountered in their effort to provide medical assistance to the needy. "In Goz Beida, the IDPs receive three to eight litres of water per person per day, whereas they should have 20 litres," said Franck Joncret, MSF Head of Mission in Chad. Approximately 100 children are receiving treatment for malnutrition, while MSF estimated the number of acutely malnourished children to be greater than 2,000. "This policy of rationed aid for IDPs is unacceptable," complained Joncret.

In April, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) initiated a three month intervention for the Chadian camps, which MSF described as "inadequate". MSF also complained that they have not been given approval to open a paediatric hospital in Goz Beida to help deal with the malnutrition.

In the near term, MSF anticipated an increase in malaria and epidemic diarrhoeal diseases along with an dramatic increase in malnutrition cases. To help avert a humanitarian crisis, MSF pleaded for increased hospital capacity, a safe water supply for the camps, and the cooperation necessary to deal with malnutrition.

"It is imperative that the emergency in eastern Chad be fully recognised, that aid organisations provide massive, immediate aid to the IDPs and that the Chadian authorities facilitate humanitarian aid," said Isabelle Defourny, manager of MSF programmes in Chad. The government of Chad has said it would agree to a UN police presence, but not a military force, in its eastern regions.


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Atlantis launched, heads for International Space Station

June 9, 2007

In the first space flight of 2007, Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off on schedule yesterday, starting on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

Atlantis and its seven astronauts lifted off at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT) from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The launch pad, newly refurbished by NASA, had not been used since the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, which ended in disaster on Feb. 1, 2003. Atlantis is scheduled to dock with the space station at around 1930 GMT tomorrow.

The goal for the Atlantis crew is to carry out the two missions that were left incomplete from the previous flight due to broken and jammed equipments. During the flight, the shuttle and its seven astronauts will deliver a new segment and will install energy-producing solar panels to the International Space Station. The payload is the heaviest ever flown to the space station, and includes a 45-foot (14-meter), 35,678-pound (16,183 kilogram) aluminium segment that will become part of the station's superstructure.

Trouble-plagued mission
The mission, STS-117 has been dogged by trouble. It was scheduled to launch in March, but a hailstorm in February damaged the orange external fuel tank, so the shuttle had to be rolled back into the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs. After repairs, the tank had white specks visible in the orange insulation, and there was some concern over whether the insulation would hold. Falling foam insulation was blamed for the Columbia crash, in which all seven astronauts aboard were killed.

But yesterday's launch appeared to be flawless. "Give me more speckled tanks," the shuttle program manager, N. Wayne Hale Jr., was quoted as saying.

The delay in the launch of Atlantis also pushed back other missions.

NASA faced a scandal earlier in the year when one of its astronauts, Lisa Nowak, was fired after being charged in the attempted kidnapping of a fellow astronaut, William Oefelein, with whom she had been having an affair.


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Salvage crew boards grounded ship in Newcastle, Australia

June 9, 2007

A salvage team boarded the bulk carrier MV Pasha Bulker that has been stuck on a reef off Nobby's Beach in Newcastle to assess damage.

New South Wales Maritime spokesman Neil Patchett told reporters that an aircraft from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority flew over the ship earlier this morning and reported there was no visible sign of oil leaking from the vessel, calling it "good news".

Meanwhile, casualties from the storm that hit Newcastle yesterday continue to mount. The bodies of an elderly couple were found earlier today, bringing the confirmed death toll to five with three more still missing.

Divers and around 45 Police officers and SES volunteers are still searching for another adult and child missing from a family of five whose car crashed down an embankment when a section of the Old Pacific Highway collapsed during the storm.

While the storm has eased, it is expected to worsen again overnight. The Bureau of Meteorology, says Sydney is also expected to be affected by the storm tonight as it moves south.

Duty forecaster Julie Evans said, "The low pressure system is slowly moving south so the good news is it's stopped absolutely pelting down in Newcastle and the Central Coast but now Sydney's getting the brunt of it, and it's also becoming heavier in the Illawarra."

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Church of England threatens legal action over PS3 game

June 9, 2007 The Church of England has threatened legal action against Sony Entertainment over the inclusion of the Manchester Cathedral in the PS3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man. The game, set in various English locations during an alternate history, includes a gun fight within the building.

The scene in question involves a small group of humans, including the player, taking refuge in the cathedral and attempting to fight off aliens who are attacking them.

The Church has requested an apology, saying that Sony did not ask for permission to include the Cathedral in the game, describing the game as "sick and sacrilegious". The Dean of Manchester Cathedral criticised Sony for failing to take into account Manchester's gun crime problems, saying "it is a shame to have Sony undermining our work".

Meanwhile, a spokesman for Sony defended the game, telling the Daily Telegraph, "[the game] is not based on reality at all" and compared it to the fictional series Doctor Who.

The Church will send a letter directly to Sony on Monday requesting an apology and withdrawal of the game from sale.


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I just created this article. It is the first wikinews article and I've attempted so I apologise if I've got anything wrong (I did read the guidlines and try to follow them). I'm not sure if I need more sources but the BBC article did cite another article (from a newspaper) itself. --81.154.126.42 (AKA: Bisected8) 13:15, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * yup its a nice article, esp for your first!! well done.  unfortunately though it does need more sources before it can be published. --Mark Talk 13:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Most of the news articles I've found seem to claim the game contains a "shootout between hundreds of soldiers", when its really more 5-6 soldiers trying to fight off aliens, would adding this be considered bias and/or original reporting?--Bisected8 14:17, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Contradicting the sources for this article without adding a validative source of your own for this fact would indeed not be such a good idea. (Perhaps they're counting the number of aliens as soldiers?) —BlackTerror 18:41, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

EDIT: I've added two new sources (a conservative tabloid and a games news site) and incorporated the information from them into the article, is this adequate?
 * Well, I think it is, anyway. Good work! Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:50, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


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Lordi horror movie receives 300,000 euros of Finnish government funding

June 9, 2007 Dark Floors, a horror film under production in Northern Finland and starring the hard rock band Lordi (who are famed for their monster costumes and lyrical themes), has received €300,000 (£200,000) funding from the Finnish government.

Lordi are also famed for their record-breaking 292 point victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their song Hard Rock Hallelujah. It was also the first time a hard rock song had won the contest, and Finland's first ever victory.

The film is being shot in English, with a largely Finnish cast, and has a production cost of €4.2 million (£2.84 million). The plot features a "monster attack" on the world, with a young Autistic girl being the only person in a position to save it.

Lead singer Mr Lordi said that as their masks and costumes were derived from horror films it was "kind of natural" that they should make their own.


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NTSB announces safety recommendations to be made in aftermath of Comair Flight 5191 disaster

June 9, 2007 The American National Transportation Safety Board has announced that it will make new airline safety recommendations. This comes a result of its investigation into the Comair Flight 5191 disaster, in which a Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) CRJ-100ER crashed whilst attempting take-off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, killing 49 people and leaving just one survivor. The plane was unable to take off because that runway was too short.

The NTSB has now announced that, on July 26, the date on which the NTSB is to determine the probable cause of the accident, they will issue safety recommendations regarding methods of preventing a recurrence of the disaster.

One of the recommendations will concern developing and implementing a cockpit-based system that will inform pilots when they are in the wrong location. Another will involve rescheduling the workloads of Air Traffic Controllers to ensure they receive more sleep, a request they had previously made in April.

Regarding location warning systems, the FAA has pointed out that they have been working on methods of preventing runway incursions (in which a person, ground vehicle or another aircraft is on the runway when or where it should not be), to which the National Transportation Safety Board chairman Mark Rosenker responded "The FAA is doing a great job testing these systems. The question we have is, when will you finally implement that technology?" FAA Associate Administrator Margaret Gilligan responded by saying that they were currently looking at just such a system, adding "We do have airlines that have committed to put that technology on the flight deck once it's approved". The system referred to involves runway signal lights and is currently being tested at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

The NTSB will also look at runway and taxiway markings and the ways they can confuse pilots, as this issue has been identified as a contributing factor in the accident. Rosenker said the NTSB was "very interested" in this area. 140 airports have unclear or confusing markings in the US, but it is not certain if Blue Grass Airport is one of them. However, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) made a submission to the NTSB stating that they had found that the markings at Blue Grass Airport did not match those on the charts the pilots were using. ALPA went on to recommend greater standardisation of airport runway markings.

Blue Grass Airport responded yesterday by saying that there was nothing wrong with their runway markings, with spokesman Brian Ellestad saying "We have had numerous inspections before and after (the Comair crash) and have had no issues... FAA reiterates that we meet all requirements for signage, markings, lighting, runways and taxiways."


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Canoe completes voyage from Hawaii to Japan

June 9, 2007

More than five months after setting off from Hawaii, the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea, reached Yokohama, Japan today.

The 62-foot (19-meter) doubled-hulled canoe, rigged with two sailing masts, completed a journey of 8,450 miles (13,600 kilometres).

Bruce Blankenfield, captain of the 10-member crew, said the journey was meant to celebrate the contributions that Japanese immigrants have made in Hawaii.

"It is like a reconnection," he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. "We also hope to build awareness of culture and our history."

The Hokulea, or Hōkūleʻa, is patterned after the voyager canoes of ancient Hawaiian islanders. It was the tenth major journey for the boat, which first sailed in 1976 from Hawaii to Tahiti.

For part of the boat's voyage, it was accompanied by a sister voyager canoe, the Alingano Maisu, to Satawal, where the Maisu was delivered as a gift to navigator Mau Piailug, who guided the Hōkūleʻa on its first cruise 31 years ago.

Along the way across the Pacific, it stopped in the Marshall Islands, Truk, Yap, Palua, Okinawa, Uwajima and Hiroshima before reaching Yokohama.

The return voyage for the Hōkūleʻa will be by ship, and it is expected be back in its Honolulu home port by July.


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Personally I think a lot of the coverage of this has been a bit over the top. Somehow 5-6 soldiers fighting aliens while hold up in a cathedral became "a bloodbath massacre" --Bisected8 16:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I think this is overreaction. It's a place in the public eye, a landmark. Tons of games have them. I don't see how you could sue.--209.214.33.48 10:21, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


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If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!–Doldrums(talk) 18:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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have removed the unexplained delete tag you placed on the Lordi movie article. pls ensure that you tag articles for deletion in accordance with WN:DG. –Doldrums(talk) 18:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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Aer Lingus buys twelve new long-haul Airbus jets

June 9, 2007 Irish national airline Aer Lingus have purchased 12 new long-haul Airbus aircraft as a means of modernising it's long-haul fleet and improving it's transatlantic network.

Under the agreement, Aer Lingus Group PLC said it will receive six new A330-300E aircraft from 2009 to 2011, then between 2014 and 2016 it will take delivery of six new A350 XWB (Extra Wide Body) aircraft, a new design currently under development by Airbus. Aer Lingus also have options of six more A350s to exercise by 2018.

Aer Lingus already operates an all-Airbus fleet consisting of 30 short-haul aircraft( 24 A320s and 6 A321s) and eight long-haul A330s, and had made the purchase of new long-haul airliners a top priority since the formerly state-owned company was floated on British and Irish stock markets in September 2006. The airline had approached Airbus rival Boeing regarding a potential deal for their new 787 aircraft, but Aer Lingus Chief Executive Dermot Mannion stated that he believed the Airbus aircraft were “better on fuel and better on range” than the 787. He also said that, although the aircraft have a catalogue value of €1.78 billion (US$2.4 billion), Airbus had offered them at an "exceptional discounts” on them. Some of the A330s will be replaced by the new aircraft.

As well as new routes to the US, Mannion stated that there was a possibility of routes elsewhere resulting from the new aircraft as well, saying, “We will prioritize the U.S. (but) we have an eye as to what's happening to the Far East and South Africa.” The airline already offers flights to New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dubai, and recently launched 3 new U.S. routes to San Francisco, Orlando, and Washington.

Aer Lingus shares on the Irish Stock Exchange fell 2.5 percent to €2.73 ($3.68) the day the deal was announced. It will fall through unless backed by shareholders.

Aer Lingus rival Ryanair has been attempting to take over Aer Lingus since December, and if this bid is successful, the new aircraft may become redundant as Ryanair intends to end transatlantic services. However, the Irish government, which holds a 25 percent share in Aer Lingus, disapproves of the takeover, as do Aer Lingus employee-controlled trusts that hold more than 15 percent shares. Ryanair owns a 25 percent share in Aer Lingus. The takeover is also unlikely to receive regulatory approval from the European Union.

Mannion said of the integration of the new aircraft "The A350 XWB fits in with our ambitious plans to expand existing routes and to open up new ones from our hub in Dublin. We already have an all Airbus fleet and the new aircraft will fit in seamlessly."


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Heat protection system on Space Shuttle Atlantis damaged during liftoff

June 9, 2007

The Space Shuttle Atlantis has received at least a 4 inch tear on its Thermal Protection System (TPS) on one of the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods near the thrusters after it took off on June 8, but officials say the damage is not concerning yet, and the OMS was not damaged.

"There's not a whole lot of concerns just yet," said a spokesman for NASA, Louis Parker.

"Preliminary Area of Interest in TPS inspection: Around a 4 inch blanket reported sticking out at the port OMS pod. Crew reported that on the port OMS pod they can see a 4 to 5 inch piece of blanket sticking up. They are getting photos," said NASA.

The OMS is used to control the shuttle's movement in space and is also used for orbital injection and NASA says that preliminary imaging shows that the OMS was not damaged.

"Analysis by launch team looking at other camera views show that the tyvek cover did not strike the OMS pod," said NASA.

Astronauts inspected the shuttle for more damage at approximately 2:00 p.m. (eastern time) using Atlantis's robotic arm with digital cameras placed on the end, but found none and Atlantis is still planned to dock with the International Space Station.


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Original?
I just saw a live FOX News alert and the hole is 4 inches long. Not sure if this qualifies as OR or not. DragonFire1024 18:37, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Adding that info is fine, if you add the reference too. All sources of information used in an article need to be cited. —BlackTerror 18:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * In the case of LIVE news reports from LIVE conferences and such, can be OR as you are observing the conference etc as any other reporter is. DragonFire1024 19:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd count it as OR to be on the safe side - where the info came from can be doccumented here, after all. No big deal, whereas there can be problems if you don't. Of course, cited elsewhere now anyway, just commenting for future occurences. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:26, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

 * This site has NASA TV1 and NASA TV 2 under the Information channels. For this it'd qualify as original reporting if you caught it there, or watched the inspection and described that. If you can find out when they're going to do the repair you could do a separate article on that. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:22, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, an article on that would be great. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:50, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

If i understand it correctly, the danger of this damage is exaggerated in the news. According to spaceflightnow.com, this area has a history of minor damage. So, it was damaged on many shuttle flights, yet never turned out to be a problem. Before columbia, they wouldn't have taken it that seriously, but since guidelines are now stricter, they're analyzing it anyways, just to be certain. Also, it appears to be the case that the crew does have the necessary equipment onboard to fix it if necessary. --82.141.50.231 04:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think if there is anyone thats under-exaggerating the situation is NASA. One, the shuttles are supposed to be grounded and not even in flight. Two, this is what caused the Columbia crash. Three, a 4 to 5 inch hole is a big hole. Nothing like this happened after Columbia this extensive. Four, no they cannot fix it and they cannot transport the proper equipment to do so because there is no room. NASA would send the Russian Space crew up to get them as NASA will not send another shuttle to risk the same thing happening. And Russia will help, assuming a new "cold war" does not start between the US and Russia. Five, the heat shield is the most sensitive piece of equipment of the shuttle, when it comes to re-entry. If any of it is as "severely" damaged as a 4 or 5 inch hole, then the shuttle will break apart because if the smallest amount of heat is not blocked/absorbed then the shuttle will crumble in a ball of fire exactly like Columbia. Six, NASA looks at this because of Columbia and because the shuttle is too old and was NEVER meant for what we use it for. It was originally designed to mass transit humans into space. DragonFire1024 06:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Paranoid much? 72.29.211.18 14:46, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Not all damage to the heat protection of the shuttle are equal. In the case of Columbia, the significant damage was dealt to the leading edge of the craft, where the greatest amount of heat and pressure are encounter during re-entry. In the case of Atlantis, the damage is dealt on the topside and towards the rear of the shuttle, where the heat and pressure during re-entry would be significantly less than those encountered at the shuttle's leading edge or underbelly. As for the shuttle being originally designed to mass transit humans into space... Better check your sources there. And Moonraker doesn't count. 72.142.212.33 17:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

 * As for not having enough room to transport the equipment to fix it. After columbia they experimented with sealing material and even tested it during a recent shuttle flight IIRC. This takes up almost no room - its like transporting glue a some small tools. The official comments regarding repairs which i have read seem to indicate that they do have this stuff onboard and are considering to use it if necessary. So, they are not completely helpless. The question is just if the damage is too dangerous to ignore, and if it is, then there is the risk of using technology which has never been tested before "for real". --82.141.52.46 18:20, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

If this were paranoia, then Columbia and Challenger Shuttles would still be here. Point is NASA needs to pay attention to EVERY detail regardless of how small or large it is. Atlantis even had a meteor hit it last time it was in flight. So NASA needs to treat this as if it were a very serious problem, even if it seems its not. DragonFire1024 02:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

 * You are paranoid. The disasters of Columbia and Challenger little to do with the current situation for Atlantis. I'm sure NASA appreciates your concerns that they are not doing enough work to assuage the 24/7 news junkie's fears. 128.62.194.114 14:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Really? So tell me...how did Clumbia crash? DragonFire1024 20:06, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


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Lewis Hamilton on his first pole for McLaren

June 9, 2007 McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won his first pole position and together with his teammate Fernando Alonso will start from the front row of tomorrow FIA Formula-1 2007 Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montréal, Canada. During the first and second qualifying session Alonso stayed in the lead of his young companion, but on the dying lap of the third he lost the pole to Lewis by nearly half of a second.

The qualifying sessions on this track showed a number of driver errors, most notable of them was a collision of Heikki Kovallainen, Renault, when the Finn attacked the concrete wall too aggressively, causing severe damage to the back of his car.

Race stewards voided the penultimate lap done by Nick Heidfeld, when he mistakenly cut one of the track turns. However, in the last of his hotlaps, he had an error-free lap that counted and nabbed the third starting spot, overtaking both Ferrari cars of Massa and Raikkonen.

This pole became the major step to the first Formula One victory for Lewis, after he won four consecutive second places in the previous races.


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Belgian voters decide fate of socialist-liberal coalition tomorrow

June 9, 2007

The federal elections in Belgium tomorrow will decide the fate of the 8-year-long coalition of liberals and socialists, and will shake the cards for what politicians admit will be long and difficult negotiations.

Voting is mandatory in Belgium, and Belgians abroad have already voted, although their votes will only be counted tomorrow. A recent survey in the French-speaking part of Belgium shows that if voters could choose, 1 out 3 would stay at home.

The poll results
On the Flemish side, the final poll predicted a 29,9% victory for the Christian democratic party, which supports Flemish independence in a cartel with nationalist party N-VA. The far-right party Vlaams Belang was predicted to become the second largest political party with more than 20% of votes. The Flemish socialist and liberal parties would follow, the latter with the greatest setback of more than 8%.

The Flemish green party would get over 5% and get into parliament again, after their electoral loss 4 years ago, when the liberals and socialists decided to govern without them. The new right party of ex-judo wrestler, coach and politician Jean-Marie Dedecker would fail to do so, with only 3,8% of votes.

On the Walloon side of Belgium, no spectacular changes are expected. The socialist party of Elio Di Rupo might lose a few per cents, but with 33.1 per cent of votes would remain the largest political fraction in the south part of the country. The liberal party would become the second largest party, before the Christian democrats and the green party.

In the polls, some 20% of voters remain undecided.

Difficult coalition talks
The Christian democrats are on a shared election list with the nationalist party NV-A, and remains to be seen how much of their demands for Walloon concessions will uphold in the negotiations after Sunday's vote. Both Yves Leterme (Flemish Christian democrats) and Elio Di Rupo (Walloon socialists), the expected winners of the elections, are seen across the language borders as great threats to the other part of the country, Leterme because he strongly supports more Flemish autonomy, and Di Rupo because he symbolises the need to negotiate toward that goal. Leterme partially owes this perception to an interview in which he questioned the intellectual capacity of his French-speaking compatriots to learn Dutch.

The Flemish politicians who support more independence for Flanders have argued during the campaign that voters could trust them to break the force of the Walloon socialist party. While socialists and Christian democrats in Wallonia seem to be heading for a coalition, the leader of the Flemish socialists made it clear that he would not let his bigger sister party dictate their course, not excluding the possibility of an asymmetrical coalition in the two regions.

Topics during the elections
Following closely after the French presidential elections, the campaign focused more on the leaders than on the content, and gave the impression at times that these elections were about who would succeed Guy Verhofstadt (Flemish liberals) to become Prime Minister of Belgium.

Also, for the first time in 20 years, the elections have not centered around the far-right party Vlaams Belang, although topics of immigration and integration played an important role in the campaigns.

The relations between the French- and Dutch-speaking parts of the country, and related constitutional reformations, were an important topic during the campaign. Most Flemish parties support the idea that some responsibilities should be transferred from the federal level to the regions, but the opinions differ on the exact extent. The Flemish parties also want the electoral district around Brussels to be split.

The opposition parties during the campaign fiercely criticised the way the Ministry of Justice was handled during the past 8 years, and have blamed the liberals and socialists for the crowded situations in and escapes from the prisons.

The environment has also been an important element in the debates leading to the elections. All agree that there is a need to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The left parties want to close the nuclear power plants to be sure that solar panels and windmills are fully developed, whereas the others disagree with this strategy and think nuclear power plants will be needed to ensure power supply.

In the ethical discussions, an interesting question was if the euthanasia laws, which make the act legal in Belgium, should be extended to include elderly patients who suffer from dementia, and to minors.

Other traditional elements such as taxes, employment, and social security also were present in the electoral campaigns of most parties.


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Talk:Lewis Hamilton on his first pole for McLaren

Original reporting notes
TV channel - REN TV, Russia. Date - 09.06.2007. Time - 20:55-21:00 MSK - "Formula 1": "Qualification: Live from Monreal". Commentators - Alexander Kaminskiy and Alexander Kabanovskiy (live event). --Yuriybrisk 18:53, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews Shorts: June 9, 2007

Malaysian prime minister marries
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi married Jeanne Abdullah in a private ceremony today at Seri Perdana.

Premier Abdullah, 61, has been a widower since October 2005, when his wife of 40 years, Endon Mahmood, died of breast cancer. Jeanne, 53, is a hotel management professional who has served as a supervisor at the prime minister's official residence in Putrajaya.

Sources

Two killed, nine hurt in South Thailand violence
Two men were fatally shot today in Narathiwat Province in southern Thailand. The men were riding a motorcycle and were fired upon by gunmen who were waiting along the road.

Also in Narathiwat, a roadside bomb went off, injuring five Royal Thai Army soldiers. Three soldiers were wounded in an ambush attack. And, one police sergeant was seriously injured in a drive-by shooting.

Sources

Thailand deports 163 Hmong to Laos
Thailand today sent 163 Hmong people back to Laos, handing them over at the Vientiane-Nong Khai border point.

Thailand says the 163 entered the country illegally, but the Hmong said they were seeking political asylum, because in Laos they face persecution for their role in the Laotian Civil War, in which the Hmong sided with the United States in a war against the communist Pathet Lao. On Monday, Hmong military leader Vang Pao and eight others were arrested in the U.S. in a plot to overthrow the Laotian government. Thai officials said today's deportations were routine, and were not linked with the Vang Pao case.

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Talk:Belgian voters decide fate of socialist-liberal coalition tomorrow

Original reporting
This article is partially based on my knowledge of the elections, what I have seen on TV and so on. If you need any references on specific claims, or if you think any POV has slipped into the article, feel free to bring it up here.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

 * The article is good, but I think you may have meant to say "fate" instead of "faith." "fate" is what will happen, while "faith" refers to religion--from the way it is written now, it appears that people are going to vote on whether the "socialist-liberal coalition" will be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc. I'm going to fix it now--if I'm misinterpreting this, let me know.--72.130.143.25 22:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, fixed, but does anyone know how to change the article's title?--72.130.143.25 22:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I moved it for you.  Daniel  02:27, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--72.130.143.25 06:14, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Community Mirror

Why?
We do not currently have any sort of stable versions for our non archived articles. This among other things has prevented us from being added to Google News. One commonly proposed idea is that we create a community run mirror.

TheNewsWiki
I wrote a script that will copy an article on click and easily report the status of the article (is stored revision the latest) and prompt user to update if needed. It takes only a few seconds to update and should take care of most of Google's concerns. This script is hosted on my server using the name TheNewsWiki (from the project I was going to start before I found Wikinews). The mirror is available at http://thenewswiki.com/. Wikinews admins can copy articles creating an account and logging in. Other trusted users who would like access to the copy tool can e-mail me.

Editorial policy
Google News seems to require a formal editorial policy for inclusion in their searches.

[Only a draft yet: edit this viciously!]

Before uploading or updating stories, we check:
 * no dispute or single source tags, even if it is breaking news
 * the sources: to confirm the news facts again again, and to exclude any copyright violations
 * the formatting of the article: to see if the layout, date template, infoboxes etc. follow the style conventions of Wikinews
 * the edit history: for vandalism
 * spelling, grammar, tone, weasel words, ...
 * the talk and comments page: to see if any concerns have been outed

Google's reply

 * "Hi Craig,

Thank you for your note. We reviewed http://www.thenewswiki.com and are unable to include it in Google News at this time. We currently only include articles from sources that could be considered organizations, generally characterized by multiple writers and editors, availability of organizational information, and accessible contact information. When we reviewed your site we weren't able to find this evidence of an organization. Additionally, please note that we don't include sites that are purely news aggregators, and we weren't able to find any stories on your site that weren't from outside sources.

We appreciate your taking the time to contact us and will log your site for consideration should our requirements change.

Thank you for your interest in Google News.

Regards, The Google Team"

ToDo

 * Add Headline and Fulltext RSS feeds
 * A better design, so that the site looks more like a conventional news site, instead of just a list of articles.
 * Links to the Wikinews main portals for the different continents and main topics.
 * Maybe a link to Wikinews in other languages?
 * A short explanation about Wikinews with a link.
 * An "About" button, with the editorial policy, list of editors, ...
 * Add a feed for Original reporting, exclusive interviews etc.
 * Find out what other components of our main page can be added: Leads? Latest audio brief, print edition? This day in history? News in pictures?

Bugs

 * The article with the quotes about "the right price" could not be found. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:35, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

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First Somali president Aden Abdulle Osman Daar dies

June 16, 2007

, the first President of Somalia died last week from natural causes in a Nairobi hospital. He was 99.

Born in 1908 in Beledweyne, Hiiraan region in the, Osman was elected as the first President of Somalia in 1960 and served till 1967, when he was he was defeated by.

He spent his later years in Janale in southern Somalia and in May 2007 it was erroneously reported that he died in a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. It was later clarified, however, that he was on life support, in critical condition, but had not yet died.

The declared 21 days of mourning and said that he would receive a state funeral. It also voted to rename after him.

Osman is survived by eight children.


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Wikinews talk:Community Mirror

This is an excellent approach that should be tried. At some point, even though Wikinews articles are evolutionary, in order for them to be news, they have to released such as they are.

Perhaps a redirect link could be scripted for inclusion at the bottom each article listed, so that readers can be easily redirected to Wikinews for the most recent version of the story. -Krump 21:04, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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Iraq protests Turkish artillery attacks

June 9, 2007

Artillery attacks of the were officially protested by Iraq, says one news report. The foreign minister of Iraq sent a protest letter to Turkey, accusing Turkey of "shelling" areas in Iraq. The letter said that the artillery caused heavy damage in northern Iraq and that it went on for several hours. It also said that these kinds of attacks "undermine confidence between the two nations and negatively affect their friendship". Turkey has not confirmed such over-the-border attacks and has been moving armed troops into position on the border for the last several days.

"Iraq would like to take this opportunity to declare its resolve to co-operate with Turkish authorities to allay Turkey's legitimate fears through a constructive dialogue and positive co-operation," the letter said.

News reports say that Iraq is trying to keep the situation calm for the moment, and is trying to cooperate with Turkish forces to deal with the (PKK). Their thinking is that this situation should not be dealt by the and  alone.

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User talk:68.56.34.120

Hi, please do not place any kind of advertising on our website - it will be deleted at once so no-one will ever see it. If you do want to contribute to Wikinews, see the introduction. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:50, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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