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Talk:Chinese short movie mocks Kim Jong Il and his secret agent

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This part should be confirmed (doesn't open in my browser): As of 3:27 AM, January 20, 2007, China Standard Time, the movie has been watched 1,993,567 times on a single site (6rooms.com) and received 1620 comments.

 * That's probably due to the recent Taiwan/Japan earthquakes so that Americans can't access this Chinese video site temoporarily. However, you can ask a friend in China to verify it.

The rest can be confirmed by watching the movie.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

News?
Is this really news??
 * Not Likely...the link is not in english and this computer cannot read the link so I am not sure, but I imagine not. DragonFire1024 18:52, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

it is. your browser needs Flash plugin to watch the movie in that URL. the movie will soon go on YouTube.

The movie has been watched 1,993,303 times on a single site (6rooms.com, a video sharing site in China), and received 1618 comments.

The URL might be temporarily busy at times. Use this torrent link if you can't watch it live: http://www.hugedv.com/007.rar
 * As Brianmc said, an outline of a film is not news...DragonFire1024 19:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

 * This is not an ordinary film. It has become an educational phenomenon in China's online space, and its international effect is yet to come.

 * I still think that this is not a news story and that it should be deleted or moved to a sister site in my view.

 * Just give it some time and wait for the english-subtitled version to appear at YouTube.com and it will be great news.

 * Well the story should be added then when as you say "it will be...news" --86.136.225.72 19:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Is there a "will-be news" option at WikiNews?

 * Yes, see the news room tool bar on the right.--86.136.225.72 19:58, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

 * It was "News in Development" but someone moved it to "News in Dispute". can anyone help me move it back?

- it is KIM JONG IL, not KIM JONG II.
 * I've fixed the title. Bawolff -)(-: 06:37, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * "Il" should be capitalised; moved the page as appropriate. Bl a st  20,01,07 1557 (UTC -5)
 * Wikipedia disagrees with you (well actual they say either is okay - Kim Jong Il Bawolff ☺☻ 23:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Not News
Is this really news? Outlining a video making fun of a leader is not news. Letterman, Saturday Night Live, MAD TV and Jay Leno all make fun of him with videos...does that mean its news? DragonFire1024 21:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

 * The 2 million views give the impression that it's important over there... anyway I think the entire explanation of the movie could be shortened drastically.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 01:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree... rather lame.

 * It's news now... check this out. Kareeser|Talk! 07:04, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Review?
News is about controversies. Is there one here? You can also maybe make reviews, but this isn't a review either. Ain't thinking wrong with spoilers per se, such as saying that Kim Jong Il is poisoned, but you need to be either reviewing it or talking about a contraversy. Nyarlathotep 12:53, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I previously removed this sentence: "The movie has become a groundbreaking educational phenomenon in China's online space and its international effect is yet to come." I guess this was an original story with a user who's no longer backing it up or available to explain... A search on the internet doesn't reveal much more... I guess the news is that it's a popular video... pretty poor indeed but I found it amusing. We could remove the description, or delete is. Found some blogs reporting on it but they all say the same, doesn't seem like worth mentioning. How do you suggest reviewing?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Well its been published for long enough now that we can just leave it maybe. A review is usually not neutral since its the reviewers opinions, but there are plenty of things one can imagine talking about, such as photography style, pop culture references, audience reaction, etc.  None of these would be news by themselves but the review as a whole could be.  Nyarlathotep 23:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh you mean that kinda review? I don't feel much for it. But time after publishing isn't a real argument if you still want to list it for deletion imo.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:09, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Chinese short movie？
How can the author of this news affirm this was a chinese movie？the dialogs were in english--Ksyrie 09:41, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

The video has been removed from blip.tv.


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Talk:H5N1 Avian Flu virus mutates; shows resistance to drug

The article's death toll figure doesn't tie up with the infobox which I updated a day or two ago. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You are correct. Not sure why the sources do not reflect that so to minus confusion I added a source to the WHO on total infections and deaths which as you said are more than what the article previously had. I fixed them. Good eye :) DragonFire1024 19:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Correction
The line "The virus was also tested against the drugs zanamivir (Relenza®) and amantadine, and is was found that drugs were less effective against the mutated form of this virus."

Should reads "The virus was also tested against the drugs zanamivir (Relenza®) and amantadine, and it was found that drugs were STILL effective against the mutated form of this virus."

Using your own source: "The oseltamivir-resistant strain in Egypt was susceptible to zanamivir, which is sold as Relenza, and to amantadine, which is from an older, cheaper and easier-to-use class of drugs but is not normally used as a first-line treatment because many avian flu strains are resistant to it."

Donald McNeil Jr. "New Strain of Bird Flu Found in Egypt Is Resistant to Antiviral Drug". New York Times, January 19, 2007

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Talk:US air force colonel claims he spotted UFOs over Arkansas

News?
Why is this published? Better yet, why is it Breaking News? Some old guy saw some lights above his house and is bold enough to claim that they must be from another planet. He worked in the air force! He should know that not all UFO's are alien spaceships. UFO = Unidentified Flying Object. It's simply a flying object that remains to be identified. He probably saw a plane or a bright star.

This is not news for three main reasons.
 * 1) UFO sightings have never been confirmed to be true, and there are too many claims to let one person be taken seriously simply because of his status as an Air Force Colonel.
 * 2) His account is filled with too many assumptions and improbabilities.  Rational people don't say that the light in the sky is from another world simply because of the nature of the light.  Even if it was some sort of alien technology affecting the behavior of light, he has never seen light manipulated in such a way that it would be identifiable as alien technology.  Furthermore, it sounds made up because someone who steps outside and genuinely believes that they are looking at a spacecraft from another world would not just stare at it and take note of what it looked like and how it was behaving.  A rational person would worry more about what said craft was doing above their house, and what exactly the purpose of the crafts lightshow was other than an attempt at looking badass.
 * 3) His photograph is an out of focus picture of a yellow/orange light source.  The fact that the "Scientists" who analyzed this noticed that there was a silhouette that could maybe look like a humanoid life form sitting at the controls of an aircraft before they noticed that the picture they were analyzing looks strikingly like an out of focus picture of a yellow/orange light source makes me question exactly what kind of "Scientists" they are.  More importantly, they failed to explain why, if there was a humanoid being on board the ship, their silhouette was visible in a picture taken from the ground (quite a long distance away) with the zoom all the way up.  Also, they never saw the silhouette until they ran it through photoshop and converted it to black and white (something that causes strange shapes to appear in just about any photograph).

There are too many UFO stories on wikinews, and I really don't get it. A wikimedia project should have more quality articles than this...

66.5.125.11 19:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

NOTE: The article is no longer breaking news, but it was when I first read this article.

 * It sort of goes with the territory the a UFO story is way over my head :P -Edbrown05 08:27, 20 January 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Intoxicated New Zealand policeman keeps job

I have changed the word drunk as we do not know how much alcolhol he had, although it was over the threshold of the legal limit. Maybe intoxicated would be a better description (for the title too) --Zven 19:52, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

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Turkish-Armenian journalist killed in Turkey

January 19, 2007

A Turkish-Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink, was assassinated today at the age of 52 in front of the Agos newspaper office, at the Istanbul district of Osmanbey, where he worked as the editor and a journalist. Witnesses say that after being shot, he was able to stand up for a while, extending his hand in search of help, which never came.

Dink, a brave journalist who was not afraid to discuss one of Turkey's most controversial issues, clearly called what happened to Armenians in 1915 when the land was being governed by the Ottoman Empire the Armenian Genocide. As BBC reports, he said the word did not need to be accepted by other Turks for it to remain true in his mind.

His body was kept for an hour on the pavement by Turkish security forces.

The assassin was reported to be about 18-19 years old, wearing a white hat and jeans. Two other suspects were taken into custody at the Taksim district. A Turkish TV station broadcasted the images of the killer. Click here for the broadcast.

Following his father's assassination, Dink's daughter, referring to the fascist obsession with pure blood, said: They shot my father. Is their blood purer now? They were afraid to face him, they shot him in the back.

All vacations were canceled for Turkish security forces in Istanbul.

The patriarch of Turkish Armenians, Misrob Mutafyan, announced a 15-day mourning following the assassination. Mr. Mutafyan called the assassination "barbarian, treacherous, and dastardly".

While the body was taken away, a group applaused Dink, uttered "Long live peoples' brotherhood", "The assassin government will pay", and "Hrants will not die". They then marched to the Taksim Square. Another protest march was organized at the capital of Turkey, Ankara. Turkey witnessed 62 journalist assassinations after 1909, the last before Hrant Dink being Ahmet Taner Kışlalı in 1999.


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Shame
(referring to the assassination) What a shame... Towsonu2003 21:14, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Not condemning
I had to remove the text that condemns his assassination after Brianmc tagged the article for cleanup. I would like to ask everyone, as I added as a comment when I removed the condemnation text: well, if you don't condemn a fellow journalist's murder, what are you/we gonna condemn? I seriously do not think that our fears should stop us from talking out loud when sh*t like this happens... Journalists (or anyone, for that matter) should not shut up and shake with fear. The text that I had to remove read as follows: Wikinews contributors strongly condemn this disgusting assassination and hope that the cowards who murdered Mr. Dink will be brought to justice as soon as possible. Towsonu2003 21:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * That comment is opinion, we don't do that round these parts. The issue with the article now is that it's encyclopedic.  All the details of previously killed journalists isn't news.  A summary of "x journalist have been killed in Turkey since 19yy, the last being z" would be a more appropriate close to a news item. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:12, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * done that, thanks for the suggestion Towsonu2003 22:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

"Witnesses say that after being shot, he was able to stand up for a while, extending his hand in search of help, which never came."

Is this a worthy sentence to stay in Wikipedia?--85.108.76.151 10:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * yes I believe so. it is a witness account taken from sources listed below the article and it is interesting. Towsonu2003 18:45, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Misleading information..
In Turkey, If you shout at street like "genocide was committed to Armenian by Turk", noone give you a dam, noone will care.. So I think he became target to put Turkey in a bad position. He was not famous or well known person.. It is totally meaningless.. He was killed on purpose.. Armenians are happy with living in Turkey, Noone is discussing a genocide here..--[onur_prg] 88.235.38.49 12:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * whether the genocide happened, or whether Armenians are happy in Turkey is seriously offtopic, but your thought of "If you shout at street like "genocide was committed to Armenian by Turk", noone give you a dam" is wrong. please don't try it at home... Towsonu2003 18:44, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * -I saw many people shouting for PKK and APO (terorist organization) in meetings and nothing happens.. see the stupid murder even doesn't know about armenian genocide.. So, why this news artical says about armenian genocide?? The stupid murder says that I killed him because he insulted turks.. Nothing about genocide. I mean I dont find any relation between genocide thing and this murder.. Noone kills you for claiming genocide.. I hope I could have axplained. Stupid European press says Turkey should start to face with his history (because of this stupid kid) as if their history were very clean.. onur_prg

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The assassin was 17 years old, not 18-19 (For info:Ogün Samast) Vikiçizer (talk) 09:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This is an interesting example of the nature of news — news is a snapshot of what was known at its moment in time, and makes clear qualifications on information to avoid mistakes. Although Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source, the Wikipedia article does in turn reference a BBC article from the day after this one, stating the assassin's age as 16–17.  If our article had made an unqualified statement that the assassin was 18–19, that would be an error and would now require a correction on the article.  However, our article did not say that; instead, it said the assassin's age had been reported to be 18–19, and this is in fact true.  So, .  --Pi zero (talk) 11:49, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


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Talk:World's oldest living woman dies at age 115

Is the title of this now not a little contradictory - oldest living perosn dies - shes no longer living so the living bit is pointless. I personally think that the previous title was better.--Markie 21:43, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's clearer.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:44, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Previous World's oldest...? It is a little contradictory at present. 172.209.35.81 22:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Only over 120
Perhaps some admin could add a link leading to. 82.224.88.52 (talk) 10:17, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
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"Dr Dino" gets 10 years in prison after failure to pay taxes

January 19, 2007

In November 2006 Pensacola, Florida evangelist Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo, were found guilty on 58 federal counts of "willful failure" to payroll taxes, structuring bank withdrawals, and obstructing federal agents. On January 19, 2007 Hovind was given ten years in federal prison, ordered to pay $640,000 in owed funds to the Internal Revenue Service, pay prosecution's court costs of $7,078, and serve three years parole once released. Originally in November, Hovind was ordered to forfeit $430,400 and faced a maximum of 288 years in prison.

Trial
Hovind, self-styled as "Dr. Dino" (whose Ph.D, from a non-accredited correspondence university, is in Christian education) believes in Biblical literalism claimed that he is not liable for taxes and his "ministry" does not have to "render unto Caesar" because, as he claimed, his workers are "missionaries" not "employees".

Hovind's tax troubles date back to at least 1996, when a judge at Hovind's bankruptcy trial wrote, Hovind "failed to acknowledge his obligations as a citizen and taxpayer of the United States, seeks to utilize this taxpayer supported court in order to thwart the lawful collection efforts of the Internal Revenue Service." The judge concluded, Hovind filed for bankruptcy in "bad faith," and lied about his possessions and income.

In the April 2004 raid on his "ministry" business records were taken, and according to an IRS agent "since 1997, Hovind has engaged in financial transactions indicating sources of income and has made deposits to bank accounts well in excess of $1 million per year during some of these years."

During a IRS raid in Spring 2006, the government confiscated records, $42,000 in cash was seized, and that day Kent Hovind withdrew $70,000 from the Creation Science Evangelism account, half in a check; the other in cash.

At the November trial, the young Earth creationist chose not to present a defense case. While the prosecution noted Hovind never filed income taxes with the government, others testified Hovind claimed he had "beat" the tax system, and employees said Hovind's evangelism was a business not a ministry.

Hovind was found guilty in November 2006 by twelve jurors at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida in Pensacola. The charges included twelve counts of willful failure to collect, account for, and pay over Federal income taxes and FICA taxes under 26 U.S.C. § 7202, forty-five counts of knowingly structuring transactions in Federally-insured financial institutions to evade the reporting requirements of 31 U.S.C. § 5313(a), in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5324, 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 31 C.F.R. sec. 103.11, and one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the administration of the internal revenue laws under 26 U.S.C. § 7212.

Sentencing
The sentencing on Friday January 19, 2007 was a lengthy exchange that lasted 5 1/2 hours, and included statements from Hovind and his family members.

During the sentencing a recording of telephone conversations Hovind made from jail was played in court. In those conversations Hovind said the Internal Revenue Service, presiding judge and prosecutor broke the law by going after him, and there were things he could do "to make their lives miserable." In other recordings played Hovind was trying to hide assets from the government. One conversation with Eric Hovind, Kent Hovind's son, showed the two conspire to put assets in other peoples names and "loan" a motorhome with intent to have it returned. This was in violation of a court order, which allows property to be seized in restitution of owed money. In court, however, "My father is not a man who is in love with money. He's in love with God," Eric told the judge.

In another jailhouse phone conversation Hovind spoke with an unidentified man, and he agreed with Hovind on hiding 10% of Hovind's merchandise and master DVDs from the government. Hovind then proposed a new shipping location out of the reach of the government to continue to sell merchandise despite a court order to pay debt or surrender his assets.

Mark O'Brien reported, "Although phones include warnings that conversations are recorded, he didn't mince words as he ran up eight hours of calls per week."

On January 20, 2007 thirty minutes of phone calls prosecutors introduced "as evidence Hovind was attempting to conceal assets and had not accepted responsibility for his actions" were released online by the Pensacola News Journal.

During the sentencing Hovind proclaimed to the judge, "I am not a tax protester and never have been." He added, "The laws are just fine. It is just that some are enforcing laws that are not there."

Reporter O'Brien commented, "Hovind's talk sounds good to the courtroom full of sympathetic spectators," but it "isn't factual." Furthermore, O'Brien wrote "Today being Sunday, ask your minister or priest if he or she pays income taxes, just as the government requires," and "You would think that Hovind, who claims a doctorate, would have figured this out."

Hovind even had the audacity to compare his situation to Job and Jesus. Despite Christians comprising the majority of the American population, he said he was being persecuted. "If it’s just money the IRS wants, there are thousands of people out there who will help pay the money they want so I can go back out there and preach," Hovind said.

The judge informed Hovind that the trial "is not and has never been about religion." The judge further noted Hovind had miserably failed his fellow citizens and the men and women of the military -- who fight to defend his freedoms -- by refusing to pay taxes.

She recommended Kent Hovind be sent to the Saufley Field prison in Pensacola so he will be close to his family, but the final decision is up to the Bureau of Prisons.

After the judge sentenced Hovind to ten years, O'Brien reported, "even then he resisted reality" and told the judge 'I sure would like to go home'."


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Stabbing at Massachusetts high school leaves one dead

January 19, 2007

In the United States, a stabbing at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts has left a 15-year old student dead.

The stabbing happened around 7:20 am EST, before classes had started. A fight broke out in a boys' bathroom between the 15-year old victim, James Alenson and 16-year-old suspect John Odgren, the fight spilled out in the hallway, where the stabbing occurred.

The school was sent into a "lockdown" and students were ushered into the gym, cafeteria and various classrooms. Alenson was rushed to Emerson Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:15 am EST. Odgren admitted to the stabbing and was in the principal's office saying "I did it, I did it," to police. However, Odgren also reportedly said "Is he OK? I don't want him to die," according to a police report. All students were released at 10:20 am EST.

Odgren was diagnosed with severe Asperger's syndrome, an autistic spectrum disorder has been on medication for years, was a special education student at the school and had no history of violence according to his lawyer, Jonathan Shapiro. He is being charged with "murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and carrying a knife onto school property" and was arraigned in Framingham District Court where he pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Shapiro also asked if his client could go to secure facility at Children's Hospital in Boston. Judge Paul Healy denied the request saying he did not have "enough assurance that Children's Hospital would be secure." Instead, he will be held at Middlesex Jail in Cambridge outside of the general population.

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I removed the part about Odgen having ASD as irrelevant. It might mislead people to think that it had something to do with his behavior.--TelevisedRevolution 02:34, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure about this. This has been mentioned throughout the various news reports, and I believe that it might be involved with the court case. --65.78.13.61 23:11, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * How? Give me a news report to read.--TelevisedRevolution 00:08, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Read the article TelevisedRevolution... There are links on the bottom.  Just like every other story here.

I am adding the part about ASD back
 * I've put in the word "severe" to the paragraph because if he had it bad enough that it had anything to do with him stabbing someone, I'd question the judgment of whoever put him in a public school, even in special education. Just having ASD isn't enough to make the guy stab anyone anyway, so it's probable that he had other problems going on. Or maybe the other kid started it, I don't know.--TelevisedRevolution 21:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


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Flaming possum blamed for New Zealand fire

January 20, 2007

The New Zealand Department of Conservation (DoC) has blamed a flaming possum for causing a big fire yesterday at the skifield in The Remarkables, Queenstown, New Zealand.

The possum attempted to run across two power lines and caught alight and then fell into some dry tussock.

Nick Edwards, spokesman for Wakatipu DoC, said that it was not the first time a possum on fire has started a fire, even though it does sound unusual. Mr Edwards said that the possum never stood a chance of surviving.

The fire burnt 50-hectares in the Rastus Burn Recreation Reserve. It took crews of firefighters and three helicopters twelve hours to bring the fire under control.

A crew of firefighters and one helicopter will stay to prevent any flare-ups.


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Hillary Clinton forms presidential exploratory committee

January 20, 2007

Releasing a video on her website, Hillary Clinton announced today that she will be forming a presidential.

"I'm in. And I'm in to win", the Senator for New York announced on her website today, confirming the widely held assumption that she will seek the U.S. presidency in 2008. This is widely speculated to be in immediate response to senator Barack Obama's presidential exploratory committee announcement earlier this week.


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User:Stevenfruitsmaak/Work

Welcome to my braglist!

Articles

I currently wrote 100 articles, and I'm also proud of my edits in the others listed on this braglist. The newest story I wrote is:
 * February 12, 2009: Fake impotence drugs linked to low blood sugar outbreak

I'm especially proud of my article Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium, which is a featured article on this site, and of my interview with World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau.

You can also consult my edit count (almost 4000 in main, over 8800 in total; although Interiot seems to have a different idea :-p). I've also uploaded some images.

N = I started the article; OR = Original reporting; t = translated; n = I expanded it the most

Health-related
14 stories written:
 * 1) (February 12, 2009) N Fake impotence drugs linked to low blood sugar outbreak
 * 2) (February 3, 2008) N Drug-resistant flu rising, says WHO
 * 3) (December 14, 2007) OR Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis
 * 4) (September 4, 2007) N Woman suffers heart attack in front of heart specialists
 * 5) (July 11, 2007) N Libyan court upholds death sentence for foreign medics in HIV case
 * 6) (January 5, 2007) N Ethics debate surrounds surgery to stunt disabled girl's growth
 * 7) (November 10, 2006) N Study tests the use of Google as an aid for medical diagnoses
 * 8) (October 2, 2006) N 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to American scientists
 * 9) (September 28, 2006) N New York City considers stricter regulations on trans fat
 * 10) (September 10, 2006) n Extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis strain emerges in South Africa
 * 11) (September 1, 2006) N Clinical study supports pollen tablets as hay fever treatment
 * 12) (August 15, 2006) N New drug for smoking cessation is under investigation
 * 13) (August 7, 2006) N Study says dogs can smell lung and breast cancer
 * 14) (August 6, 2006) N Vaccine targets obesity in rats

Belgium
26 stories written:
 * 1) (January 24, 2009) N Details emerge on fatal stabbing at Belgian day care centre
 * 2) (July 6, 2008) OR Triathlon national championship held in Belgium
 * 3) (March 20, 2008) OR After 9 months, Belgian coalition delivers government
 * 4) (February 18, 2008) OR Belgian Indymedians discuss participatory journalism at open door day
 * 5) (December 3, 2007) N Belgian formation talks: King consults incumbent PM
 * 6) (November 6, 2007) N Belgium still without government, new record set
 * 7) (September 5, 2007) N Belgian justice prosecutes Scientology
 * 8) (August 20, 2007) OR Triathletes from Belgium and Luxembourg compete in championship race
 * 9) (August 16, 2007) OR Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
 * 10) (June 23, 2007) OR Police ends demonstration of anarchist squatters in Belgium
 * 11) (June 9, 2007) N Belgian voters decide fate of socialist-liberal coalition tomorrow
 * 12) (June 5, 2007) N Flemish Minister-President will not call Armenian massacre 'genocide'
 * 13) (May 21, 2007) OR Belgian bus company knows solution for car parking problems
 * 14) (May 12, 2007) OR Longest coffee table symbolises World Fair Trade Day in Belgium
 * 15) (April 28, 2007) N Prosecutor investigates possible terrorist training camps in Belgium
 * 16) (March 23, 2007) OR Belgian Archbishop lectures on health care and religion
 * 17) (March 30, 2007 OR Women's groups promote "Equal Pay Day" in Belgium
 * 18) (March 23, 2007) OR Project brings dialogue between society and prisoners
 * 19) (March 22, 2007) OR Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium
 * 20) (March 19, 2007) N Black registrar to hold mass wedding in Belgium
 * 21) (January 9, 2007) N Prince Laurent of Belgium testifies in marine fraud case
 * 22) (December 14, 2006) N Fictional documentary about Flemish independence causes consternation in Belgium
 * 23) (October 9, 2006) N Municipal elections in Belgium: Flemish Interest halted in Antwerp but advancing elsewhere
 * 24) (September 13, 2006) N Belgian terrorism suspects remain in custody as case details emerge
 * 25) (August 12, 2006) N Gevaert and Hellebaut win golden medal at European athletics championships
 * 26) (August 10, 2006) N Kim Gevaert wins women's 100m final at European athletics championships

Europe
24 stories written:
 * 1) (February 2, 2008) N Reports claim French President marries girlfriend
 * 2) (January 19, 2008) N YouTube banned in Turkey once again
 * 3) (November 19, 2007) OR Spanish King's 'shut up' to Chávez becomes ringtone
 * 4) (November 17, 2007) OR Dutch Justice Department bans Wikipedia for employees following vandalism
 * 5) (November 14, 2007) N Far-right faction in European Parliament dissolved
 * 6) (November 5, 2007) N In pictures: UK celebrates Bonfire night
 * 7) (November 4, 2007) N Paula Radcliffe makes comeback and wins New York City marathon
 * 8) (November 1, 2007) n London's Metropolitan Police Service found guilty in suspected suicide bomber case
 * 9) (October 20, 2007) N Man throws red paint in Roman Trevi fountain to protest film festival
 * 10) (September 2, 2007) N Report claims UK might withdraw from Iraq as early as October
 * 11) (July 19, 2007) N Web browser Firefox threatens monopoly of Internet Explorer in Europe
 * 12) (July 13, 2007) N Pamplona's famous "running of the bulls" in pictures
 * 13) (July 10, 2007) N Tour de France: Yellow jersey Cancellara surprises sprinters
 * 14) (May 17, 2007) N Sarkozy appoints François Fillon as Prime Minister of France
 * 15) (May 15, 2007) N PayPal receives banking licence
 * 16) (April 30, 2007) n Protests in Turkey over Presidential candidate
 * 17) (April 14, 2007) t French presidential candidate Sarkozy accuses left parties of betraying left values
 * 18) (March 11, 2007) N Jacques Chirac announces he will not pursue a third Presidential mandate
 * 19) (March 7, 2007) n Court issues YouTube block in Turkey
 * 20) (February 4, 2007) N Policeman killed in football-related violence in Italy
 * 21) (January 31, 2007) N Sweden to open embassy in Second Life
 * 22) (October 12, 2006) N French parliament approves bill on Armenian Genocide denial
 * 23) (September 7, 2006) N Officers and immigrants get injured in Canary Isles revolt
 * 24) (September 4, 2006) N Over 1000 illegal immigrants arrived at Canary Isles this weekend

Science and Technology
10 stories written:
 * 1) (December 19, 2008) OR RNA journal submits articles to Wikipedia
 * 2) (February 26, 2008) OR Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension
 * 3) (February 24, 2008) OR Interview: Drupal founder Dries Buytaert balances community and company interests
 * 4) (February 24, 2008) OR Open software developers meet at FOSDEM 2008
 * 5) (May 15, 2007) N Microsoft claims open source software breaches its patents
 * 6) (May 9, 2007) N Scientists to bring all species together in Encyclopedia of Life
 * 7) (September 29, 2006) N Sony plans global replacement of laptop batteries
 * 8) (August 24, 2006) N Pluto loses planet status
 * 9) (August 22, 2006) N Russian mathematician declines Fields Medal
 * 10) (August 16, 2006) n Astronomers to vote on potential new planets

World and remaining articles
26 stories written:
 * 1) (October 19, 2008) China's Premier recognises government responsibility in milk incident
 * 2) (April 1, 2008) Media round-up: April Fools' Day 2008
 * 3) (March 9, 2008) N International Board fixes soccer field size, halts technology experiments
 * 4) (December 31, 2007) N Wikinews' overview of the year 2007
 * 5) (October 28, 2007) Nt Cristina Kirchner set to win Argentinian presidential elections
 * 6) (October 25, 2007) N UN report: climate change and food shortage major problems for Earth's future
 * 7) (October 24, 2007) N China launches space probe to the moon
 * 8) (August 4, 2007) N Brazil to invest US $3.6bn in slums
 * 9) (August 2, 2007) N Russia claims North Pole by planting flag on seabed
 * 10) (July 29, 2007) t 13 die in two airway accidents in Russia
 * 11) (July 10, 2007) t Argentina celebrates its independence day covered in white
 * 12) (July 5, 2007) N A dozen 7-Elevens transformed into Kwik-E-Marts to promote Simpsons movie
 * 13) (June 7, 2007) N Post-Kyoto agreement is subject of G8 debate
 * 14) (May 20, 2007) N Wikinews Shorts: May 20, 2007
 * 15) (April 28, 2007) t Russian cellist Rostropovitch dies at 80
 * 16) (April 26, 2007) N Putin's delivers eighth annual address to parliament
 * 17) (April 15, 2007) N Pro-secular Turks rally against Erdogan's possible presidential candidacy
 * 18) (April 1, 2007) N First Guantánamo Bay prisoner sentenced
 * 19) (April 1, 2007) N Mouse makes nest in cash machine, eats money
 * 20) (February 23, 2007) N UN Security Council approves African Union peace keepers for Somalia
 * 21) (February 21, 2007) N UK and Denmark announce troop withdrawals from Iraq
 * 22) (February 19, 2007) N Bombing on train from India to Pakistan kills at least 66
 * 23) (January 27, 2007) N U.S. Army to court-martial Abu Ghraib officer
 * 24) (October 27, 2006) N Bush signs law to build fence at US-Mexico border
 * 25) (October 17, 2006) N Eritrea moves troops into UN buffer zone
 * 26) (September 5, 2006) N President of Iran warns universities to stay out of politics

Trophies

Feel free to add more right here...

Other content

 * Template:Iraq war
 * Template:PMID
 * Template:Source-science
 * Portal:Disease

Articles published elsewhere
I've also published articles and blog posts on the site of the Belgian Indymedia (all in Dutch):
 * Onkelinx wil artsenquota versoepelen
 * [ Foto's en overzicht Protestgroep bouwt feestje voor oprichter Scientology]
 * Speech tegen misbruiken van Scientology
 * [ Interview Anonymous geeft uitleg over Scientology]
 * [ Interview Anoniem protest in Brussel tegen Scientology]
 * Scientology: zaterdag opnieuw protest in Brussel
 * Charles Manson goes Creative Commons
 * Zatte madammen winnen Vlaamse blogprijs
 * Wikileaks offline na Amerikaanse censuur en brand
 * "Shut up Hugo Chavez" gehyped door media-aandacht
 * Belgische Eurostar reclame veroorzaakt controverse bij Britten
 * Exclusief interview: de Belg die de wereld het World Wide Web schonk
 * [Fotoverslag Big Jump in Leuven]
 * Kuifje in Congo racistisch volgens Britse commissie
 * [Fotoverslag Sfeer opsnuiven op Couleur Café]
 * [Fotoverslag Betoging krakers in Leuven (deel 2)]
 * [Fotoverslag Betoging krakers in Leuven]
 * Krakersbetoging in Leuven: politie treedt hard op
 * Burgervereniging protesteert tegen elektronisch stemmen
 * Parkeerproblemen? De Lijn weet raad!
 * Hamas propageert Islamitisch wereldleiderschap met Mickey Mouse
 * 3000m koffietafel voor Fair Trade Werelddag
 * [Fotoreportage 100 meter koffietafel voor Fair Trade in Leuven]
 * Strijd tegen kindermishandeling: samenwerking Leuven - India
 * [Fotoreportage Dag van de Arbeid in Leuven (deel 2) ]
 * [Fotoreportage Dag van de Arbeid in Leuven (deel 1) ]
 * [Opinie Studiebeurs voor wie geld verdient ]
 * Solar Olympics zet schone energie in het zonnetje
 * Solar Olympics zet zonne-energie in de schijnwerper
 * Filmfestival verbeeldt Afrika
 * [ Equal Pay Day Vrouwenorganisaties in actie in Leuven]
 * Project confronteert burgers met gevangenen
 * In beeld: Project confronteert burgers met gevangenen

And on the Dutch Wikinews:
 * Vrouwenorganisaties houden "Equal pay day" in België
 * Project confronteert burgers met gevangenen
 * Belgische ministerraad bijeen in Leuven

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13 U.S. soldiers killed in helicopter crash

January 20, 2007

The United States military has confirmed that all 13 U.S. soldiers aboard a U.S. Blackhawk military helicopter were killed when it crashed near Baghdad, Iraq.

"A U.S. forces helicopter went down northeast of Baghdad ... Emergency Coalition Forces responded and secured the scene. Thirteen passengers and crew members were aboard the aircraft and all were killed," said a statement issued by the U.S. military.

The cause of the crash is not known and an investigation has been launched, but witnesses near the crash have stated that the helicopter was hit with a "rocket" or another form of a "projectile" and was in flames while flying in the air, before it crashed. CNN reported January 22 that anonymous members of the American defence have confirmed that the helicopter was shot down.

"I'm not sure if it was a rocket or other projectiles. After the helicopter was fired upon it was obvious that it was losing control. Then it crashed with an explosion and the smoke started," said a farmer who witnessed the crash. He also stated that he and other witnesses refused to go near the downed helicopter to attempt a rescue of survivors, as they were concerned that if they had done so, soldiers would have shot at them.


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Kuiper Belt object to become comet in approx. 2 million years

January 20, 2007

A object just outside our solar system is on its way to becoming a new, possibly a very bright-looking one.

The object,, is currently in the shape of a potato, is roughly the size of , and rotates on its axis every 4 hours. The top layer of the object is covered in a thin layer of an ice like substance and has a rocky center. Simulations show that the object is in an unstable orbit.

According to Professor Mike Brown, the object may enter 's gravity, causing 2003 EL61 to be shot into interstellar space, or the inner solar system to become a comet. In the latter case, the object, because of nearing the sun, will begin to melt and a tail would form behind it.

"If you came back in two million years, EL61 could well be a comet. When it becomes a comet, it will be the brightest we will ever see," said Brown.

Brown also says that nearly 4.5 billion years ago, the object was made of half rock and half ice. Sometime after the object's birth, an object slammed into it causing most of the ice inside it to be broken off. The pieces to be broken off then became satellites, which are believed to be made of very pure water-ice.

Pieces of the object may currently be inside our solar system, already forming to become comet material.

"It's a bit like the story of . Mercury got hit by a large object early in the Solar System. It left mostly a big iron core, with a little bit of rock on the outside. This is mostly a rock core with a little bit of ice on the outside," added Brown.

But don't expect to get a light show from this object in the near future. Brown estimates that the comet will form in about 2 million years, but will be visible from.


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2003 EL61 is not a planet, it is a Kuiper belt object. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:57, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Just a petty issue. The article calls Pluto a former planet. The title of "planet" was not stripped from Pluto because Pluto underwent some change to escape the title; the definition of what constitutes a planet was what changed, and so Pluto is not a former planet at all. Pluto is formerly called a planet, but remains largely as it was in spite of our redefinition, so it cannot be a "former planet" because according to our new definition it was most likely never a planet to begin with.
 * How's the fix? Next time you might want to have a go yourself. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 23:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Haumea at Wikipedia
editprotected I suggest to add a link to the Wikipedia article on Haumea (which is the current name used for EL61). I would do it myself, but unfortunately this article is locked. Jan.Kamenicek (talk) 06:47, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

It would be good to add the Wikipedia template. Jan.Kamenicek (talk) 00:17, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 00:23, 23 January 2012 (UTC)


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I replied to your comment in my talk page. thanks Towsonu2003 23:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

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Suspected assassin of Turkish-Armenian journalist arrested

January 21, 2007

A suspect has been arrested in the case of Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist who was assassinated yesterday. Dink was known for writing about the controversial issue of Armenian genocide, the mass killings of Armenians by Turks under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

Ogün Samast, a 17-year-old unemployed, high-school drop out from the city of Trabzon, was taken into custody by the Turkish police as the suspected assassin of Hrant Dink. The police also confiscated his gun, suspecting that it was used to kill Dink. Ahmet Samast, father of the suspected assassin, informed the authorities regarding the whereabouts of his son after seeing the assassin's images on TV.

The Republic attorney general of Samsun stated that the suspect has confessed to committing his crime.


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Picture of the suspected assassin
I knowingly ommitted the suspect's picture. Rather than remembering the murderer's pic, it's much better to remember the face of this brave man. Towsonu2003 00:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * PS. The pic seems to be copyrighted anyway Towsonu2003 19:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Under Custody ?
Isn't the appropriate term for this situtation in custody rather than under custody ? --Jsone 10:18, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this better? --Brian McNeil / talk 10:39, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Assassin
Why has the term assassin been re-introduced to the title. There is no evidence that this was more than a killing at this time. Use of the term assassin implies the killer was paid or contracted. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:28, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * That (the killer was paid or contracted) is a common assumption among Turkish people (including myself): from experience... In the Turkish context, it wouldn't be logical to assume that some unemployed 17-year old high-school drop out imbecile killed the journalist because that imbecile wanted to do so. When a well-known journalist is killed in Turkey, the common assumption is that the imbecile assassin is contracted by powerful yet imbecile other people (hence the uttering of "assassin government will pay" during the march mentioned in previous news item). but of course, I cannot include such info in the article... Towsonu2003 23:39, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Uhm, in the meantime, your definition doesn't match the meaning of the word. see this or this entry about the word assassin: "One who, motivated by political reasons, intentionally kills a particular person." Towsonu2003 23:42, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

No, assassin does not imply contracted, not in the least. For example, several publishers & translators of the Satanic Verses have been assassinated by Islamic fundamenalists. Its an assassination any time the killer(s) or their employer(s) expect gain from the death in specific ways, usually ideological or political. So we can say "assassin" based solely upon probable motive, which here follows from the style of killing, i.e. not a robbery, not a family member, etc. Towsonu2003 wasn't very clear, but its the style of killing which is why Turkish people are saying "assassination". Nyarlathotep 13:07, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * But Towsonu2003, I'd like to emphasis that the current article mentioned nothing about "contract killing" speculation, and assassin does not imply a contract killing. You can add quotes talking about who might pay for it if it seems reasonable & npov to do so.  Or even just explain the organizations which organize genocide denial.  As you like.. Nyarlathotep 13:12, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * This seems to be a POV of people or users. I don't see where assassin is mentioned in sources...Has a gov't official or investigator/police officer stated this is an assassin? If not then this is purely speculation. DragonFire1024 20:03, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 *  Instead of introducing that info into the article, I preferred to write Murdered journalist Hrant Dink feared for safety: brother Towsonu2003 05:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 *  I don't understand the problem. But to make you happy ), one of the sources cited mention assassination: "Hrant Dink suikasta kurban verilen 62'nci gazeteci (Hrant Dink is the 62nd journalist assassinated in Turkey)" suikast in Turkish means assassination in English. Towsonu2003 05:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


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I am not Electrified mocha chinchilla
Despite what you may think, I am not Electrified mocha chinchilla. I am some random IP. --24.116.58.234 04:30, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

 * PS - I am not Electrified mocha chinchilla

Stupid sockpuppets...*sigh*. Zombiebaron 04:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not a sockpuppet either. But I'm not Electrified mocha chinchilla. --24.116.58.234 04:32, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I know. I am e|m|c. That was the sockpuppet joke. Don't tell anyone though. Zombiebaron 04:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Wait your e|m|c? But you just left the channel, I'm so confused! terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 04:35, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * A-hah! It's a trap. You want me to say something about the channel to prove it's me. But I know that trick. --24.116.58.234 04:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC) (Not Electrified mocha chinchilla)

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A1 Grand Prix Taupo, New Zealand results

January 21, 2007

It was Taupo, New Zealand's turn to host the sixth race A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) contest, it is also the first A1GP competition this year and the first A1GP race in Taupo ever. The track in Taupo was just finished a week ago.

In qualifying on Saturday, Germany, driver Nicolas "Nico" Hülkenberg, managed to get the fastest two out of four lap times, their first ever pole position; France managed to get second placing, with their first A1GP driver Loic Duval; and Black Beauty, New Zealand, driver Jonny Reid managed to get third place. The qualifying results determine the starting place for the 14-lap sprint race.

The first attempt at the rolling sprint race failed because of line up trouble so it was done again. During the sprint race on Sunday the top three racers did not trade places with Germany, France and New Zealand remaining in their respective order. The finishing place in the sprint race determines the starting place in the 50-lap feature race the same day.

During the standing start feature race Germany managed to get a strong lead, leaving France and New Zealand to battle it out for second place. New Zealand tried to take second place a few times but always not having enough speed to complete the takeover. New Zealand's best chance for a takeover was at lap nine at the pit stop, but France had a one second better pit stop than New Zealand did, keeping their lead.

A few drivers crashed during the feature race and sprint race. A very impressive crash happened during the sprint race between Great Britain and Malaysia, which resulted in Great Britain's front being smashed.

Germany, the overall leader with 65 points, easily managed to get first place, around 19.5 seconds ahead of second place France and third place went to New Zealand. It was Germany's first time that they had managed to get a double win on the same day.

Germany and Nico Hulkenberg, were presented their gold medal by the minister of recreation and sport, Honourable Trevor Mallard, the same person who gave the announcement to the drivers, "Gentlemen, for the pride of your nation, start your engine."

First place, second place and third place got, as well as their respective medals, a unique piece of New Zealand, a Māori carving, which got progressively bigger for each placer.


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Ricky Hatton regains IBF light welterweight title

January 21, 2007

Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton regained the IBF light welterweight title belt he relinquished less than 12 months ago when he defeated Juan Urango in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight.

"The Hitman" won by unanimous decision, as the fight went to 12 rounds. Despite early match odds suggesting Hatton would dominate the fight, this was not the case. Each round was close, but most pundits and judges alike agreed that Urango only won 1 of the 12 rounds, with Hatton taking the other 11.

Despite the unfamiliar confines of Las Vegas, Hatton looked touched by the ringing of football fan-like chants, familiar in British boxing, that rang around the arena, as more than half of it was filled by traveling support from across the atlantic.

Many in the UK will hope Hatton has ended the "curse" that has seen names such as Frank Bruno, Naseem Hamed, Barry McGuigan and others fall short while headlining fights on "The Strip".

From here, it is widely believed "The Hitman" will move on to fight Jose Luis Castillo in June, again likely in Vegas.


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Sydney councils pay investigators to have sex with prostitutes

January 21, 2007

It has been revealed that nine councils in Sydney, Australia have paid AUD$25,000 in investigator's fees over the past three years in order to gather evidence against illegal brothels.

The Sunday Telegraph has reported Ku-ring-gai council paying $7,000 worth of investigators fees in the last month. Mayor Nick Ebbeck said the investigations actually include having sex with prostitutes in order to satisfy courts.

"We, like many other councils, have made a decision to pro-actively rid our community of these illegal brothels," said Mr Ebbeck.

"We have to employ private investigators to actually go through with the act and come up with reports that will suffice in a court process.

"On numerous occasions over numerous days and times they had to fulfill the act."

Evidence gathered by investigators has been used to close down two brothels this month. The council is set to look at five more premises at a cost of around $3,500 per case. For the fee, the council is provided with a statement and a detailed account of the encounter. On occasion a video recording is provided.

Under New South Wales law, local councils have to bear the onus of proof when dealing with illegal brothels in the state's land and environment court.

Willoughby Council has also admitted engaging in the practice. According to The Sunday Telegraph, investigators were paid $1,500 for two visits to prostitutes earlier in the month. Willoughby's Director of Environmental Services said the council solicitor managed brothel investigations.

Speaking of the programme's success, Mr Woodhams said over the last "couple of weeks" they were successful in closing a premises on Willoughby Road. He said the difficulty was making a case before the court.

"The difficulty is gaining evidence to make a case to the Land and Environment Court," he said.

"In each year, it could be potentially tens of thousands of dollars in private investigators and legal costs that councils have to bear."

Other councils said to have engaged in the practice are North Sydney and Sutherland Shire.

There are a fair number of legally licensed brothels operating in Sydney which adhere to strict guidelines, however there are a number of unlicensed premises which also operate.

The New South Wales opposition has introduced legislation twice in recent years to move the onus of proof from councils and onto brothel operators. Peta Seaton, Liberal MP for the Southern Highlands attacked the Labor government for voting against the legislation.

"I have put all the evidence that people will be looking at today on the record in Parliament in respect of these and other councils, but in the face of private detective's reports and all the information that's in the media, Labor still voted this down on two occasions," she said.

The legislation was voted down in 2002 and 2003 by the Carr-led government.

Premier of New South Wales since August 2005, Morris Iemma said he would encourage councils to seek changes from the government but stopped short of announcing his own proposition.

"The enforcement of this area of the law is with councils," Mr Iemma said.

"If the Local Government Association or the councils have got a proposition they wish to put to the government that would ease their burden on cracking down on the illegal activity then I'm happy to consider that," Mr Iemma said.


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UK firms encouraged to make the Web speak

January 21, 2007

In the United Kingdom, online retailers are being asked by IMRG, their leading industry body, to apply accessibility technologies to their sites. Although the main reason given is a business one (the sales to potential customers who may have access issues is estimated at £4b p.a. by IMRG's James Roper), there are also legal obligations (regarding the Disability Discrimination Act), and of course moral considerations to be mindful of, they suggest.

The move is catalyzed by a new web-based technology which makes it possible for online shops to provide text-to-speech functionality to the vast majority of visitors, without users needing to buy or install any special software. Thus taking the financial onus off the user and putting it on the shops to enable those with reading barriers to access their online services.

While the system is in its early days, retail giants such as, Tesco, are already backing the move, making wide-spread adoption more likely. If this is the case, blind users, as well as many users with other reading difficulties, such as dyslexia and those who speak English as a second language, may well stand to gain a new degree of freedom on the Web.


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User talk:Randyadams

Dear Randy,

Thank you for your edits. In the good wiki tradition, they have been reverted :-). Wikinews stories are time-sensitive: this means that when the news changes, we don't change the article, we write a new story! Furthermore, there is definitely conflict of interest involved :-).

I suggest we interview you, this could be a more appropriate way for you to respond and explain things. I will try to contact you, please send me an email.

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Oil leaking container ship might cause environmental catastrophe

January 21, 2007

In the United Kingdom, an anti-pollution operation is under way after the stricken ship MSC Napoli started to leak dangerous heavy fuel oil.

The heavy fuel oil that is leaking from the beached Italian ship is extremely dangerous for the environment. Fear of pollution increased after the ship was further damaged during storms last Thursday. MSC Napoli was beached by Devon coastguards after it suffered heavy structual damage in the gale force storms of Thursday, 18 January 2007, that wreaked havoc across Northern Europe. The ship, which contains 160 containers of hazardous chemical substances, is listing at 35 degrees.

The entire 26-man crew was rescued by navy helicopters Thursday after severe gales. Cracks were found on both sides of the ship, but the current oil leak was not expected.

Around 2,400 containers were carried by the 62,000 tonne ship, some of which contain potentially dangerous hazardous chemicals. The Coastguards have reported that up to 200 of the containers carrying materials such as perfume and battery acid are loose from the ship and they are looking for missing containers. South African stainless steel producer Columbus Stainless confirmed on Friday that there was at least 1,000 tonnes of nickel on board MSC Napoli.

A hole in the ship flooded the engine room and there’s now fears that the ship will break up. Saturday MSC Napoli was towed to Portland when a ”structural failure” forced the salvage team to beach it. As the storms have continued MSC Napoli has been further damaged.

The authorities have warned people about the pollution, which already has reached the beaches at Devon, but many want to see it on their own. Police have closed Branscombe Beach as more than 20 containers have broken up scattering their contents along the beach.

Sky News reported Sunday that the costs of the accident might be very high as thousands of pounds worth of BMW motorbikes, car parts, empty oak barrels and perfume might get lost in flooding containers.


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Talk:Sydney councils pay investigators to have sex with prostitutes

I want this job.

I'd rather not, really. Prostitutes have a reputation for being unclean, and this sort of job really isn't worth having your prong turn green and fall off.--TelevisedRevolution 22:46, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The situation being discussed here is suspect in that the premises being investigated and shut down are unlicensed. However, I would like to remind people that this page is for the discussion aimed at improving the article, not a place for the discussion of the content of the article. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Typical
What a typical thing for men to do - have sex with prostitutes in the name of doing the right thing. Go find a real job. Prostitutes will always be around. At least they keep the perverts off the street and help reduce the amount of rapes that occur in society.


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Should Avian Flu articles be in this category? --Brian McNeil / talk 18:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

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Series of earthquakes hit Korea, Indonesia, Turkey and Norway

January 21, 2007

 * On Saturday at 8:56 p.m., a 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Korean Peninsula.
 * On Sunday at 7:27 p.m., a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck 30 miles underneath the in northeastern Indonesia.  The  reported that a church was damaged and three people were injured.
 * On Sunday at 9:38 a.m., a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck the town of, Turkey. Two people were reported injured, and some buildings were damaged.
 * On Sunday at 2:45 p.m., a 4.0-magnitude earthquake shaking the town of, Western Norway.


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Disease scare in south Sudan, aid groups return

January 22, 2007 The governor of the Sudanese  state, Anthony Bol Madut told the Reuters news agency that at least a thousand people in the state have died of  and another unidentified disease. He said that the unknown disease had symptoms similar to but the patients died quickly. The governor appealed for medical assistance to diagnose and help control the outbreak.

The outbreak comes as hundreds of thousands of refugees return to southern Sudan after a peace deal ended conflict in the areas. The refugees are housed in crowded camps where the risk of infection is high.

Hotspots in south Sudan and are experiencing a lull in the fighting that has allowed normal life to return to these areas.

Meanwhile, the NGO SOS Children's Villages Sudan reports that despite the ceasefire among the warring factions in South Sudan and Darfur, people are still worried that conflict may erupt once again. SOS is also concerned about shortages in medicine and clean water in its facilities in these areas.

SOS emergency relief activities have restarted in Abu Shok refugee camp in, Darfur, with most of the psychologists and social workers returning to work in the psycho-social centres, an SOS release reports. Work with the patients and beneficiaries of the three centres it maintains has started once again, the release adds.

The situation in SOS Children's Village Malakal is also stable, but cholera is still spreading among the residents of the area, especially children. SOS Children's Villages Sudan is providing emergency medical assistance in the form of medication for the children in the SOS Children's Village, as well as those being treated in the local children's hospital.

According to the SOS release, most international organisations and NGOs have returned to work in both Darfur and, especially the World Food Programme and other UN agencies. Several NGOs, however, have not resumed activities in the conflict areas. Airplanes are flying into Darfur and Malakal, but flights to Darfur are not as regular as before the conflict and there are no scheduled flights to the area of Malakal. Telephone communications are still unstable, and co-workers from SOS Children's Villages Sudan in Khartoum are relying on satellite telephones to communicate with Darfur and Malakal.

Mr. Ali Mahdi, director of SOS Children's Villages Sudan, said that despite the relative quiet in both Darfur and Malakal, people are still worried and tense regarding the situation. Co-workers at the SOS Emergency Relief Centres in Darfur and those in the SOS Children's Village Malakal are afraid of conflict breaking out again in the areas. Mr. Mahdi also said that the centres in Darfur and the SOS Children's Village in Malakal are both suffering from shortages in clean water and medication, some of which are being sent from Khartoum.

During a visit to Darfur on 10 January, Mr. Ali Mahdi visited the town of, the capital of South Darfur, where there is a similar refugee problem as that in Al-Fashir. SOS Children's Villages Sudan is now considering starting an emergency relief programme similar to the one in Abu Shok refugee camp in Al-Fashir.


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The times listed in this article should specify a timezone and either an offset from UTC or what the UTC time of the incidents was. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:20, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Is this even news?
He missed out the 5.7 in the South Sandwich Islands at January 21, 2007 15:03:14 GMT but so what there are days the Earth gets several like this it hardly rates as news especially when they are spread all over the globe. On the other hand if these quakes were all caused by a common event then fine. I'd say kill the story unless someone can develop some sort of common thread to these quakes. --PeterCScott 22:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree. I appreciated the notice that an earthquake occurred in my country (I'm away). Towsonu2003 23:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


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Fire breaks out in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia

January 21, 2007

Fire broke out in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, at approximately 5pm on Sunday 21st January 2007. The site of the fire is inaccessible terrain in the Bobbin Head/Apple Tree Bay area.

For a time properties were threatened in Mount Ku-ring-gai, but this danger has now passed. The F3 freeway and northern train line were closed, causing freeway traffic to be banked up. The morning saw delayed traffic on the F3, which was briefly opened, but for the most part traffic was diverted onto the Pacific Highway at the Berowra Exit.

Around midday the F3 Freeway and Pacific Highway were closed until further notice, severing Sydney's northern vehicular links. During Monday afternoon the railway line was closed. Traffic for the north was being routed inland via Wisemans Ferry Road, though Windsor. The Pacific Highway, F3 and railway line reopened at 6pm. Welfare centres have been opened for commuters who cannot get home. They are located at Berowra Community Centre (north of the fire) and Thornleigh Baptist Community Centre (south of the fire).

Overnight backburning along with a direct attack has seen the main threat dissipate with the southern fire front under control. On Monday morning spot fires continue to move north towards Cowan Creek. The wind has been picking up in the local area during Monday afternoon. The fire is proving difficult to contain due to spot fires and flying embers.

There has continuous helicopter activity over the area during Monday.

The NSW Rural Fire Service will be holding Community briefings at the Berowra Oval and Samuel King Park Bobbin Head Road Turramurra at 5.30pm today (Monday).

Tuesday saw continuing helicopter activity. Steady rain has been falling throughout Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The Rural fire service has stated that it is now confident that the fire will be contained.


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Original Research
The photographs are original research.John Dalton 22:27, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

The wind observation and observation of helicopters is original research.John Dalton 03:50, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Formatting

 * The problem is I don't think you can have the photo and the infobox without the article being a mess. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * A fair comment. I left it there as it came as part of the template generated by the Australian Portal.  I thought it might be necessary to get the article auto listed in the AU portal, but I agree that the article is better without it. John Dalton 23:09, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The Australian portal is built by selecting articles that have the category Australia, plus templates for features and a few other details that don't stop you contributing. Remember the worst you can do is break something and have to ask how to fix it, we all had to figure how the wiki worked at some time or other.
 * You have a great deal of freedom here in how you present a story that has accompanying pictures, keep the date template, the sources, and the categories and you can - as long as it still qualifies as news - experiment. We've had galleries of photos as articles before, so if you could collect extensive coverage of the fire there is that option. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:19, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

"Fire breaks out in Ku-ring-gai Chase National park, Australia" is probably a bit too general a heading, as a fire breaks out in this area every few years, and there could well be another one next month. Maybe "First fire for 2007 in Ku-ring-gai Chase National park, Australia"? John Dalton 23:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Microsoft DRM Censors News
I've shot some video, from which I have tried to take some stills to upload to Wikinews. Unfortunately Windows media player DRM doesn't let me take stills from my own video. My Linux box is in getting faulty hardware fixed, so I'm afraid Wikinews will have to stay censored by Microsoft's DRM. Another example of DRM' in action in the field: eliminating pictures which Wikinews readers have every legal right to see. 220.233.191.2 03:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

 * the drm's pretty easy to get around. run another video in another program first. leave it running, then open your video and take the stills. my understanding is the drm can only cover one program at once.

Typo
editprotected "through out" => "throughout" Van der Hoorn (talk) 18:15, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 22:37, 14 March 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Abbyt

Hi!

Great that you've uploaded a photo, but we need a licence to use it. It seems that you've made the photo, you may want to release it under a free licence.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:Abbyt