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Quake strikes around Mexico-U.S. border

February 9, 2008

A moderate earthquake struck Baja California near the Mexico-United States Border at around 8:15 p.m.  February 8.

With a of 5.1, the quake's center was reported to have been between the towns of Mexicali and. No injuries or damage was reported.

Director of civil defense in Mexicali, Fire Capt. Rene Rosado, said several factories have been cleared of workers so that engineers might access possible damage to the structures. Another two bridges have been closed so that cracks could be examined. 400,000 people have been left without electricity, and 1.2 million are unable to use their cell phones.

The initial quake was followed by around 15 aftershocks and felt, "pretty widely in Southern California, southwestern Arizona and probably northern Mexico," said Jessica Sigala, a geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

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Two children killed after eating poisonous cake in Iraq; nine others remain ill

February 10, 2008 At least two children in Baghdad, Iraq have died after eating cake poisoned with and at least nine others remain ill. The cake was given to people at an Iraqi sports club near the capital.

The Secretary of the Iraqi Air Force and his daughter are also among the victims. All are currently receiving treatment in, Jordan as the for the deadly poison is not available in Iraqi hospitals. The United Kingdom has flown in the antidotes and treatments for the victims, several of which are seriously ill.

"This is a disturbing incident," said a police spokesman.

Thallium is used in poisons to kill rats and insects and is also considered the assassin's drug or "The Poisoner's Poison" because it is tasteless. Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein used the poison against many of his enemies, and it has not been used since his rule of the country.

So far, it is not known how the cakes were poisoned, but the Air force Secretary says that the cakes were seemingly delivered to the club as a "goodwill gesture." Two officials at the club then took the cake home, where members of the families ate it. He now believes someone conspired to kill him and his family.

"The use of thallium in this way appears to show that someone in Adhamiya is reviving the techniques of the [Saddam's secret police]. What happens if al-Qaida gets the know-how? We are urgently trying to discover how much thallium is out there and who would know how to utilize it," added the spokesman.

An investigation is ongoing, but police say that the cakes were made at a local bakery in the of Baghdad. Police also say that the bakery has recently been a host for Sunni militants.

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Lejla Suljevic 10 years old Lives in St.Louis,MO

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User:DonaldLandryII~enwikinews

Name Donald Landry II

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News Stories i find interesting really anything lol

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I would like to say a few good words for everyone who is registered to WikiMedia Jimbo Wales doing a great job and long live WikiNews!

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Talk:Nebraska court bans the electric chair

Could this be renamed? Its got the exact same title as the CNN story. I would something like "Nebraska Supreme Court rules use of electrocution as capital punishment unconstitutional". Thanx, 68.39.174.238 01:52, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


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Historic manuscript "The Housebook" reported sold in Germany

February 14, 2008 The German noble family of Waldburg-Wolfegg has sold the manuscript known as the The Housebook to an unknown buyer. There is speculation in the German press that it was purchased by Baron August von Finck who currently resides in Switzerland, and that the price paid was €20 million.

It is unclear whether the purchase is in fact legally valid because the manuscript was sold without the permission of the government of Tübingen required by the law of fideikommiss dissolution (similar to the common law institution Fee tail). German law forbids the export of such a precious manuscript, which is registered in the list of national cultural property.

The Housebook of Wolfegg is an illustrated manuscript that was created after 1480 by an unidentified artist known as the "Master of the Housebook" (or Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet) and possibly other artists. It was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in the United States in 1998.


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International day of protests against Scientology kicks off in Sydney
Is this your own experience and such? If so we have a prepared article here: Story preparation/"Anonymous" holds over 250 anti-Scientology protests worldwide which is designed for our international coverage. If this is your own experience, then it qualifies as Original reporting. Can you add notes to the collaboration tab of the prepared article? I will move your information to the prepared for now as well. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:20, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Images from sydney
Are all the images in the sydney gallery images you took, and are you commons:user:requested? Some of the images don't properly state if you took them or if they were from somewhere else on the internet, and commons has a pretty strict policy on requiring such information. If those are your images, I would really appreciate hearing back from you, because I want to make sure they don't get deleted (also consider coming on our chat room). Bawolff ☺☻ 08:40, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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Are you th author of this image: if so, please add that to the appropriate space on commons so the image does not get deleted. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 06:00, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
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Barack Obama sweeps three state Democratic contests

February 10, 2008

Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois and 2008 US presidential candidate has swept all three of today's Democratic contests, two caucuses in Nebraska and Washington and the primary in Louisiana. Obama also won the tiny United States territory of the United States Virgin Islands.

Obama won nearly 30% more over opponent Hillary Clinton in the Nebraska caucuses. Obama also had a major lead over Clinton in the Washington caucuses by a 2-1 margin. Commentators have noted that Obama seems to perform well in caucus states.

Louisiana's Democratic primary was also won by Obama in a large margin, winning nearly 53% of the vote over Clinton's 39%. The state, which is still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina three years later could play a large role in the election this year.

Despite these wins it is still a close and race between the two Democratic candidates, with Obama showing a lead in pledged delegates, and Hillary Clinton showing a narrow lead when super delegates are taken into account. Each candidate needs to win the support of 2,025 delegates to secure the nomination.

After the voting and caucusing ended yesterday both candidates gave a speech at the Democratic Party's Jefferson and Jackson Dinner in Virginia- Clinton giving her standard stump speech and refusing to talk about what had happened during the day; Obama repeating many of the things he had said earlier in his "Yes We Can" speech, this time with detailed policy proposals as well as "hope-mongering".

The two candidates were in Maine today doing last minute campaigning before tomorrow's Democratic caucuses there and are also preparing for the "Potomac primary" which will involve the nation's capital of Washington, D.C. and the bordering states of Maryland and Virginia to be held on February 12.


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/* I've noticed the tick function of the ticker is eating all my processing power, so I wanted to see if some other approach to it would make it faster. At the moment I'm just tryting random crap hoping something works.

This depends on the ticker code currently in use, and just replaces one of the functions. Must run after main ticker code Current Attempt:

replace any strings sent to setIntreval with function Use clip css instead of re-writing the inner html use onblur handlers to stop animation one not in focus (not done yet) ticker_tick_reset = function { return ticker_tick(true, false); } document.getElementById("ticker_start").style.position = "relative";

document.getElementById("ticker_content").style.position = "absolute"; var ticker_text_pos = 0; ticker_tick = function(reset, first) { var tick_content = document.getElementById("ticker_content"); if(reset){ tick_content.innerHTML = ("" + ticker_tl[ticker_index] + "").replace("\n", ""); } if(first){ ticker_index = Math.round(Math.random * ticker_tl.length-1); ticker_text_pos=0; ticker_str_length=ticker_tl[ticker_index].length;

tick_content.innerHTML = ("" + ticker_tl[ticker_index] + "").replace("\n", ""); } tick_content.style.clip = "rect(auto " + ticker_text_pos + "px auto auto)"; // must not have commas in it or IE won't like (although std prefers commas) ticker_text_pos += 1; ticker_contents=''; ticker_row=Math.max(0,ticker_index-7); //window.alert("TL: "+ticker_tl[ticker_index]);

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User:Anonymous101/fr

Bonjour et bienvenue sur ma page d'utilisateur sur le Wikinews. Je ferai essentiellement modifications mineures à Wikinews que mon français est pauvre, mais je vais créer quelques articles. Je principalement éditer le Wikinews anglais, car l'anglais est ma langue maternelle. Je suis désolé pour toute erreur dans le français utilisé sur cette page

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Tentative Agreement Reached In Writer's Strike

Saturday, February 10th, marked the day on which the Writer's Strike came closest to being resolved since it began. The 12,000 writers on strike tentatively agreed to a three year contract with production companies. The writer's will remain on strike until the compromise is ratified and confirmed by the boards of the two writer's guilds. A compromise would mark a much needed accomplishment for producers all around the country who have had their ability to produce television shows and movies greatly diminished by the length of the strike.


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Bush visits Tennessee, sees tornado damage

February 10, 2008 🇺🇸

George W. Bush, the president of the United States has visited Tennessee, which was hit by over 25 tornadoes which caused over 33 deaths. In the visit Mr.Bush said that “the government has got a role to play” in repairing the damage from the tornado and that anyone who has been affected should call 1-800-621-3362 to "find out the help that is available.”

Mr. Bush started the speech by saying that he "looked in their [Phil and June Spears, residents of Tennessee] eyes and saw incredible sadness and worry." He continued by saying that he believes “the Governor [of Tennessee] joins me in sharing our concerns with you.”

Later in the speech Mr. Bush said that he’s "sorry you're going through what you're going through," to the residents of, which he was visiting. He continued by saying that "life sometimes is unfair and you don't get to play the hand that you wanted to play," and that he believes "the question is when you get dealt the hand, how do you play it?" He continued by saying that the community of Macon County "is going to be as strong as ever."

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President Bush was under considerable criticism after people believed he did not help the citizens of New Orleans. The White House is being sensitive to criticism because they are not going to every state that has been struck by these storms. The reason that President Bush is going to Tennessee and Arkansas and not any other states is because they are the only ones that asked for help, the White House said.


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User talk:Twiggslaxfpc

Please don't add links on the portals topic list, unless the link exists. Thanks. 07:36, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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lacrosse portal
I'm new to wikinews and I want to create a lacrosse portal in the sports section. how can i do this? (Twiggslaxfpc 08:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC))
 * Excelent[[image:smile.png]]! Just give me a minute, and I'll tell you how to go about creating one (also consider using our chat room). Bawolff ☺☻ 08:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, currently we only have three articles (if there are any others which aren't listed there on wikinews, let me know). For topics that have a low amount of stories, we generally just use the category page until they have at least 7 articles (often more), however you could still create a portal if you really really feel like it. You could also jazz up the category page instead if you wish. I'd recommend basing it off the code in Category:FLOSS. If you need any help don't hesitate to ask. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sport stnadings tables are fairly easy to set up, but you need to have some method of updating them continousuly (get some bot to do it [preferably] (see user:SportsBot for example), or do it yourself). Would you be able to maintain such tables? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:50, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

--SVTCobra 03:21, 14 February 2008 (UTC)== Lacrosse categories ==

I think that you should have included "Lacrosse" in the category names for College Womens and College Mens, since there are other college sports other than lacrosse, and there would be no way to differentiate between them.

Also, I don't think all those categories are really necessary. We only have a small number of articles about lacrosse at the moment; if there were more, it would be a good idea to split that up into smaller categories, but at this time it seems a little unnecessary.

I do love lacrosse (Minnesota Swarm are #1!!), and hope to see more articles about the sport in the future, but for now we should just keep it simple. :-) (→ Zachary ) 19:18, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've deleted the five categories, College Womens, College Mens, HS Boys, HS Girls, and International, since their names were quite ambiguous (College Mens What? Football? Basketball? Hockey?), and also, there really isn't enough articles for these categories to be useful at this time. I've also deleted the image you've uploaded, LacrosseSport.jpg, since the image is very similar to a copyrighted image here. I've also made some changes to the portal, including adding an alternative image, adding a list of the most recent lacrosse articles, and also some other minor changes to the layout and such. (→ Zachary ) 19:52, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I had to re-delete several of these. Please do not recreate or you could be seen as disrupting the project/vandalising. Categories are created when a need arises from the articles we have, not the other way around. --SVTCobra 02:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Please work with an experienced editor in how to establish categories as a sub-category, if that is what you are trying to do.--SVTCobra 03:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:58.69.94.62

Hi, please only create english articles here. Any other language should go in the appropriate wikinews language site, and will be deleted if put here. Thanks.

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AAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! The donuts! The donuts! Won't somebody think of the donuts? 20 Fire engines? Is that all?


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North Sea oil rig evacuated in security alert

February 10, 2008

An oil rig in the North Sea has been evacuated after a security alert. Up to 539 oil workers are being moved off the affected rig in an operation that began at 09:20 UTC this morning.

Barry Nielson, a Squadron leader with the RAF was quoted (BBC News) as saying "It's unusual, that's probably the best way to describe it. But it falls within our normal operating procedures and we are reacting accordingly."

By the end of the day, the alert had ended, with Kathy McGill (manging director of the firm responsible for the rig) being quoted as saying "We are very relieved that this has turned out to be a false alarm, but we obviously had to treat it seriously and act appropriately to ensure the safety and well being of all our people."


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The channel on youtube that has videos by the anti-scientology group anonymous from youtube.com

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User talk:62.56.64.224

Vienna protest?
Suggest moving POV section to 'Collaboration' or Opinions page with appropriate warnings...

It may still be genuine and I've asked politely in #Wikipedia-de if someone could check the claims in regard to Vienna, possibly with the Vienesse authorities.. 62.56.64.224 16:43, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Good Idea. I am contacting the author of that section to see if he has verification for the claims (photographs etc.) .  Anonymous101 Talk RfA 16:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Why did you delete the report? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.141.118.34 (talk) 16:50, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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Arson suspected in Namdaemun gate fire in Seoul

February 11, 2008 Around 8:50 p.m. Korean Standard Time (11:50 UTC) on Sunday, a fire broke out at Sungnyemun Gate (more commonly referred to as Namdaemun Gate), one of the most iconic South Korean landmarks, located in the center of Seoul.

Approximately 30 firetrucks and 90 firefighters were sent to the site and were able to bring the initial blaze under control by around 10:30 p.m.

However, around 10:40 p.m., the fire rekindled at the second floor of the gate, as firefighters were in the process of extinguishing embers. By 11:00 p.m. the fire had spread over to the roof of the gate. The Korean Fire Department reports that the second blaze had started as the Department was seeking permission from the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration to dismantle parts of the gate in order to stop any possible further fires from spreading.

At about 12:40 a.m. of the 11th, the second floor had collapsed, and the fire was spreading to the first floor; at 1:50 a.m. the first floor collapsed.

Officials have yet to reach a conclusion on the origin of fire, and have presented three possibilities; arson, electric faults or accidental origins.

As the interior of the second floor of the Gate is off-limits to civilians, the Korean Fire Department initially eliminated the possibility of arson, and stated that an electric short or spark from the electric lighting could have been the cause. This possibility was later discarded as a firefighter reported, after examination, that there was no electric wiring on the second floor, as Korean Cultural Heritage Administration regulations prohibit it.

Three eye-witnesses have submitted testimonies. A taxi driver has reported seeing a man in his fifties climb up the staircase carrying a shopping bag, shortly after seeing sparks. Police have stated that the driver's testimony differs in several crucial factors from the other two witnesses.

Firefighters have reported finding two cigarette lighters on the second floor, inceasing the possibility of arson as the cause.

Police have been unable to obtain evidence from the four closed circuit televisions(CCTVs) installed around the gate.

Officials of the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration have stated that restoration will take two to three years and will cost 20 billion won, equivalent of 21 million USD.

Officials report that no sprinklers or fire alarms were installed inside the gate, and only eight fire extinguishers were placed on both the first and second floor.

Namdaemun, built during the Joseon Dynasty, is the oldest wooden structure in Seoul and was entitled 'National Treasure No. 1' in 1962 after restoration.

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User talk:91.141.118.34

Have you got any proof of your claims on the scientology article. If not I will have to move it somewhere else. I value your contribution but I would really like some proof that this happened. Also, it seems a bit biased. However, to keep in line with the 3RR I will try not to delete it. I suggest moving it to the comments section as proof is really required as what you said is quite controversial and you are an anonymous user. When I removed it I stated on the talk page of the article that I believe it would be nice. Also please do not post a note in the article saying "do not delete this" or similar. I value your response and would hope for you to respond at my talk page --Anonymous101 Talk RfA 17:17, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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Vienna
It isn't deleted, It was moved to the Colabariton page, because of some concerns about emotive language and sourcing. It's not personal, but extrodinary claims need exceptional proof :) ShakespeareFan00 20:28, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide

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I love the church of scientology saying anonymous has proclaimed the communist manifesto and mein kampf as their guiding tenets... Does this make sense at all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.122.35.177 (talk) 23:55, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

yeah. we got signs. we're taking this religion DOWN! stand down, scientology, stand down! we got SIGNS!!!

... this is so much fail

 * I imagine the point is more that the church didn't make any money today, and to get the ad press about the church into the press. Well, I should pay more attention to these things, it's have been cute to report on the one here.  Nyarlathotep 21:18, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm an atheist who is against organized religion, but come on. Scientology is such a minor "religion" that has relatively no power. Why does anyone care?! - Ian Lee 21:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zachary (talk • contribs)

 * It's not the religion per se, it's the actions of the organization. It's the difference between protesting Catholicism and protesting the Inquisition. --DeltaDesu 03:37, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I lol'd when I saw that there were literally over 9000 protesters. - JustinSxE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.109.165.223 (talk) 06:05, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

To Ian Lee
The spam filter prevents a direct link, but look up www dot whyaretheydead dot net and theunfunnytruth dot ytmnd dot com

Scientology is a dangerous cult. It acts to silence any kind of criticism. Their stance on psychiatry is a cause for concern alone. Look up Operation Freakout, and Operation Snow white.

Also, about the raids - Bloody marvelous! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.139.100 (talk) 22:49, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews doesn't have a spam filter. All spam is deleted by me and fellow admins manually. --TUFKAAP 18:26, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

EPIC WIN
EPIC WIN —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.196.251 (talk) 22:55, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

If they can do this with Scientology, why can't they organize such an effort against our current dictator, err, I mean president? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.38.199 (talk) 23:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Because standing up against a group that silences critics, blackmails those who try to leave, and spends all of its money suing the rest of us is, quite frankly, something that transcends party lines. --Jigsaw (Talk) 14:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Because, Simpsons did it. --134.241.103.157 17:54, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

WHY would we do this against the president. You see, you are full of ideas that are outragious and stupid. Anonymous is doing things on an actual set schedule and in scale. The president cannot be taken down, its impossible and foolish to think it is possible. However, scientology is a much different story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.234.106 (talk) 14:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

DAMN IT
I would've gone to the Sydney one and film it myself, but I couldn't :( 124.188.168.143 04:30, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

The protests were focussed on the various human rights violations perpetrated by the Church itself, most notably represented by the death of Lisa McPherson. It wasn't about how much temporal power they have when compared to other religions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.186.149.140 (talk) 06:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

London participant report
From musician Scott Lamb of DeathBoy: http://deathboy.livejournal.com/1082404.html

London appears to have been THE biggest anti-Scientology demonstration, anywhere, ever - David Gerard 11:23, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

The futility of the current path of 'Anonymous' - atleast in Australia
The recent movement to attempt to sway public opinion against Scientology in order to get our MPs to legislate to remove the Church of Scientology's tax exempt status, while honourable is misguided. The High Court of Australia has already recognised the status of the CoS as a religious organisation and unless there has been a radical change in the views of the current members of the High Court it is unlikely it will overrule its previous decision on the status of the Church. The two criteria of its religious status that can be attacked (from the Australian Taxation Office website) 1.	acceptance of canons of conduct that give effect to that belief, but that do not offend against the ordinary laws. 2.	its objects and activities reflect its character as a body instituted for the promotion of some religious object You may think that the actions of the CoS are objectionable, however, how much of this has occurred in Australia and as a result of the Australian Scientologists? It'd be viewed similarly to condemning the Islamic community in Australia to endless ridicule if an extremist sect or any Islamic person in the world committed a terrorist act and would only serve to sway public opinion in favour of the CoS. Additionally, their views usually do not contravene with Australian law, and their Fair Game (and related) doctrine suggests they keep within the letter of the law. So, unless the Church decides to foolishly violate laws unrelated to the financial side of their operations, this point won't work.

However, if it could be proven that the upper echelons of the Church use church funds for their own personal use then their tax exempt status could be successfully challenged, regardless of their religious status. Unfortunately, it is not likely the general public would be able to obtain this information. The only solution is to motivate our legislators to set law enforcement upon the Church but this still requires a shred of evidence to initiate an official investigation. For the time being, it is much better to advocate general dissent against the Church and encourage those with access to Church documents to release the documents as opposed to trying to lobby to have their tax exempt status removed directly. - Gregroree Doudin Peck —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.160.28.45 (talk) 14:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Great, now go protest the American occupation of Iraq
I'm sure Scientology has wrecked a lot of lives, but so has the U.S. government. -161.88.255.240 23:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Bush hasnt pissed of a group capable of dealing with him, also these protesters haven't achieved anything yet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.171.94 (talk) 01:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Like I said above, this thing transcends party lines. The only people who WOULDN'T stand up against Scientology are other Scientologists, and that's because they're too scared to. --Jigsaw (Talk) 14:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

CoS ruins the lives of people closer to home. I'd imagine many people protesting had relatives robbed by CoS. There are two types of protesters, those that will protest for any good cause, and those where only one or two turn their crank. Saying "my cause is better than yours" won't move people from this 2nd group. Also you already had the first group. Anyway, people seriously concerned about the Iraq war need to focus on the American election, just ignore the lame duck now. Nyarlathotep 10:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Blogs
Here is a nice blog post about Anonymous (via). Nyarlathotep 10:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

To quote Shin-goji:

"It happened. You can deny it all you want, but a great moment in human history occurred. I'm impressed that such a huge event could take place all over the world, and peacefully." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.216.115.2 (talk) 13:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

My video
Opinions? Thoughts? Improvments? Suckitiude? Tell me. --TUFKAAP - (talk) 17:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Anonymous Christians
This whole thing is somewhere between a grassroots movement and astroturf.90.134.86.192 23:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "Great article!"
Great article! —130.101.90.55 (talk) 17:49, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "$cientology is evil"
$cientology is evil —71.40.88.6 (talk) 18:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)


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Egypt wins 2008 Africa Cup of Nations

February 10, 2008

The Egyptian national football team became Africa Cup of Nations champions for the sixth time in the history of the competition by beating the national team of Cameroon 1-0 in the Ohene Djan Stadium, Ghana.

Mohamed Aboutreika scored the only goal in the game in the 77th minute after Cameroon failed to clear the ball from their area under a period of heavy attacking play. This was Aboutreika's 34th international goal for his country and was driven into the bottom corner of the net from a distance of 16yds.

Egypt's victory closes the tournament, the 26th occasion the trophy has been contested, which began on 20 January 2008 and was hosted by Ghana. Ghana's national team came third overall with Côte d'Ivoire taking fourth place in the final standings.

Cameroon and FC Barcelona player Samuel Eto'o was the tournament's highest goalscorer with 5 goals.

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Talk:Historic manuscript "The Housebook" reported sold in Germany

Development suggestions
The sources need to be cited using the source template which is. For more information about citations see the Style guide. It would also be a good idea to briefly explain what the Medieval Housebook is since many people won't know. Thanks. TheVault 19:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * There are no english sources to speak of...anyone speak German? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I am sure that there are people that speak German ;-0. I tagged this abandoned, I know a bit of German, but this is out of my league. What I can tell you is that the sources are dated Feb 8 and 9. I realize that this story may be important to collectors of books, but the contributors will have to show more follow-through than this effort. --SVTCobra 02:36, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I suspect it is beyond my German, too, but I'll try and make some time to see what I can hack out of it at some point. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I admit defeat. So far as I can tell it is correct, but that isn't really good enough to be sure. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:21, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Improvements made
I have made a number of improvements to this article, but due to lack of German skills I was unable to verify many facts. I did catch one error though in the description of the master artist, who was originally called a collector. One thing that bothers me is that when I do a Google search for Regierungspräsium Tübingen it returns only this article. It could just be that there is a typo, but we need someone with more expertise in German, I fear. --SVTCobra 23:17, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Try "Regierungspräsidium Tübingen" "It is unclear whether the purchase is in fact legally valid because the manuscript was sold without the permission of the government of Tübingen required by the law of fideikommiss dissolution (similar to the common law institution Fee tail). German law forbids the export of such a precious manuscript, which is registered in the list of national cultural property."  Master of the Housebook Stadtpark - (talk) 14:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * QUELLE=Reprint Hildesheim u. a. 1986, ISBN 3-487-07721-3 (Scans auf Commons)

 * German is quite similar to Dutch and everything seemed to be correct in this version. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

http://archiv.twoday.net/search?q=hausbuch has 30 weblog entries on the housebook (in German). I think this is a more informed source than the WELT article (and some other) --134.130.68.65 23:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


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Avant Propos - if you google "deliberation" my site is #10; if you adjust that to "participatory deliberation" my site is #1. (I've been working towards an IT version of "group discernment" since 1975 ... it's all about dialectic and discourse.) In 5 years that site has gotten a grand total of 1 email. 1 ... but folk are gung.ho about participation? Nope ... booschwaa ...

The Skinny
Greets from ab006ATchebucto.ns.ca | trembenATnetscape.net - bentrem.sycks.net

BenTrem.wordpress.com is where I dump my WordPress links right now; that gives some sign of how active I am at the moment ... or not.

My mainblog remains "MozDawg on DAV and Docs"

For purposes of identification: An LJ called "Gnodal" is most active; that's where I keep notes for my "Participatory Deliberation" project.

My personal journal (a variety blog, c/w rants) is at hfx_ben.livejournal.com.

If you know Wiki then you know C2, so I won't link to my user:page there. *snort*

*  "CMC since '72; compulsively tech_doc."

Bernard D. Tremblay (ben) is a Pearson-era bus-hippie who ended up doing ComRsch 291 (SigInt) and working with such as CNTelecom (Telco), the DEWLine (NORAD/SAC tropo-scatter), CBC (broadcast and recording tech), Motorola (unit repair and system installation), and Micronav International (MIL-SPEC documentation for avionics R&D), eventually raising 5 kids in the hills of Cape Breton Island.

Apart from interests in amateur radio (dating back to 1968) and baroque music (recorder) and time spent as a sometimes street musician (djembe), ben has been working on processes for citizen engagement and open access since 1975.

In a moment of wimsy he returned to university as a mature student where he concentrated on cognitive-psychology and criminology before being seduced by historiography. In that period he did ground-breaking development using VRML in ethology.

His motto is "Somewhere between sheer boredom and 'helmet fire'" (referring to cognitive ergonomics).

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Likely you will find that it doesn't.

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Photos
Thanks for uploading the photos. They look great!

Just to let you know, you may want to upload them to the Wikimedia Commons. This way, they can be used on other sites like Wikipedia, or Wikinews sites in other languages, without having to upload them individually to each site. :) (→ Zachary ) 19:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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Photos
Thanks for uploading the photos. They look great!

Just to let you know, you may want to upload them to the Wikimedia Commons. This way, they can be used on other sites like Wikipedia, or on the Wikinews sites in other languages, without having to upload them individually to each site. :) (→ Zachary ) 20:10, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! That's done, I'm officially putting my pictures on Commons now. Do you by any chance have authority to delete the two that are on Wikinews? -Ben pcc 23:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup! I'll do it right now. Thanks for uploading to commons! (→ Zachary ) 23:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Just one last thing, on Image:PortlandScientologyProtest10Feb2008_12.jpg, you didn't place a license tag on this. I'm assuming you meant to label this as PD, but I can't actually add it myself. Thanks again! (→ Zachary ) 23:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Shoot. Ok, fixed. Thank you, -Ben pcc 23:28, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Portland report
I re-added the report and pictures to the article. I guess it was accidentally removed during the archiving process. (→ Zachary ) 05:43, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

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User:Cheyinka

I am Cheyinka on Wikipedia as well.

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Yeah, I'll try and get around to that later tonight. --TUFKAAP 21:55, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide

February 10, 2008 The Internet group today held protests critical of the Church of Scientology. The protests marked what would have been the 49th birthday of Lisa McPherson, who is claimed to be a victim of the Church of Scientology's practices. Lisa died in 1995 during a running of what Scientologists refer to as an, a procedure intended to help Church members deal with a psychotic or deeply traumatic event.

Protests were planned throughout the day in 14 countries and over 50 different cities. The estimation of total protesters world wide for Feb. 10, 2008 is 9,250 people.

Wikinews had correspondents at a number of protest locations to report on the events. This article was updated throughout the day with reports from around the globe.

, Australia
About 150 anonymous protesters turned out in Adelaide to protest the Church of Scientology. Most wore masks, many also wearing suits or wigs. A on-the-spot-word was created centered around a Scientologist present at the start of the protests. 'Infiltrator', AdelRAID also had an Anon attacked by a Scientologist trying to remove an Anon's mask to take a photo of his face, who had his picture taken before and after the attack by many anons.

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200+ members of Anonymous gathered in Atlanta. While riot police were called to the scene as well as the local media, only one incident occurred. A person from the Anonymous crowd tried to enter the church to talk to them but police temporarily detained him. He was later released without charges.

Austin, Texas
Correspondent: Craig Russell

, Massachusetts
Correspondent: TUFKAAP
 * Higher resolution YouTube video of TUFKAAP's report

Protesters in Boston covered all four corners of the block surrounding the Church with 30-45 people on each side of the streets and corners. Most protesters ranged from 18 to 25 years old. Crowds soon swelled to numbers of about 250. The weather was of typical New England weather, where it quickly jumped from sunny weather at the start to slight drizzling rain then to a downpour and eventually a flurry that lasted about 15–20 minutes before dissipating. However, even that did not drive the protesters away.

The protesters' meet up spot was in Boston's famed  right under the gaze of the. After congregating protesters proceeded down to the local Scientology church and began their picket. An ex-Scientology member know as Larry Brennan showed up and said he applauded what "Anonymous" was doing. Meanwhile, a camera watched the protest from the top floor of the Scientology church looking at the protesters gathered below.

Throughout the protest, each corner took turns shouting this chant "Religion! Should! Be! Free!" At the same time, cars honked in support for the protesters, including firemen of the and the Boston Public Works Department road sanding crew, along with various taxis. Drivers were often encouraged to honk by the protesters. Protesters gave pamphlets and leaflets to cars, pedestrians, and police officers.

According to the free daily BostonNOW, Rev. Gerard Renna of the Boston church referred to Anonymous as "a group of cyber-terrorists ... perpetrating religious hate crimes."

It is estimated that 200-250 people attended in total.

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, Belgium
Correspondent: Brian McNeil

The Brussels protest organisers decided to take things one step further than the "mask" dress code - and introduce a formal dress code of "Black, and Red Tie".

Saturday saw the start of press coverage for the event with Dutch-language national paper devoting four columns in their reporter section to the protest and events that led up to it. Lisa McPherson,, and were all covered along with images of the "Anonymous" advertising poster and the European Church of Scientology HQ in the Brussels city centre.

The protesters met up at Parc Royal metro station about 1 km away from the European H.Q. of the Church of Scientology and spent approximately an hour putting finishing touches to placards and cutting up leaflets, all under the watchful eye of a number of suspected Scientology "spies" equipped with cameras and cellphones. Following closely the advice from police the group of approximately 30 marched to 91 Wetstraat where the Church H.Q. is in a subdued manner with banners and placards turned down. As the group marched to their point where a static protest was permitted three film crews from Belgian TV ran round filming the group and walking backwards to interview those who were prepared to speak to the press. Protesters came from as far afield as Luxembourg.

The police presence for the protest was fairly light, upon arrival at the protest site, 91 Wetstraat (Rue De La Loi) one van and three officers were parked outside the Scientology HQ, approximately 15 minutes later two other police cars had turned up - delivering the Brussels Central chief of police and another four officers to monitor the protest. Instructions were given to protesters that they could not, under Belgian law, conceal their faces with masks, scarves or veils.

The signs in use by the protesters included a large "HONK!" which whenever a passing motorist hit the horn roused a large cheer from the crowd. Others read "Scientology kills", "Religion is free, Scientology is not", "XENU.NET", "All your Thetans are belong to us", "Hello Scientology, We are Anonymous", and "Alien souls inhabit you". Some were crudely done handwriting, others had been made at the pre-protest meeting with stencils and spray paint.

A chant was started early on, and repeated a few times throughout the day, "Brainwash! Brainwash! Brainwash!", this could likely be heard by people within the Church H.Q. as a number of upper floor windows were open.

Leaflets were handed out to passers by and motorists as they stopped at the nearest set of traffic lights. While highlighting that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam will freely give you details about their religion Scientology was starkly contrasted as "Ask a Scientologist about their texts, You will be answered. After your check clears".

The protest went off with no problems, although concern was expressed by some participants that they were not better allowed to conceal their identities. This was made extra concerning with the belief that some of those taking photos from a distance were members of the Church cataloguing the protesters.

Brussels Photo Gallery
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Buffalo, New York
Correspondent: DragonFire1024 As many as 50 people turned up to protest the Church in cold weather and wind driven snow. With temperatures ranging from 10 to just 15 degrees Fahrenheit and winds at nearly 45 miles an hour, protesters held signs and braved Mother Nature. Some lost their signs in the wind a few times, but managed to swipe them back up before they got lost in the weather.

Among the protesters attending was Chuck Beatty, a former Scientologist of 27 years from the Sea Org in, Pennsylvania. Several passing cars showed their support by honking, including a big red semi-truck tow truck.

The police were on scene to make sure protesters followed laws, but they were off duty officers hired by the Church because they "needed protection from Anonymous," said O. Casillas of the Buffalo police Department. Casillas also stated that protesters, "according to New York state law", had to be at least 100 feet from the Church, but because of a fence, protesters were allowed to picket across the street from the Church.

Casillas also took a flier with the rules and regulations for protesters stating, "I cannot take sides here, but the Church privately hired us."

At least three members of the Church were seen photographing, videotaping, and counting anyone who was gathered outside the Church. The protesters were not approached by any members of the Church.

Wikinews attempted to get a statement from the church, but Casillas stated that "the Church knew what organization [I] was from" and that "Wikinews was not welcome there [at the Church]."

Wikinews recently published several stories and interviews that do not favor the Church and the officer's quotes suggest the Church is aware of those articles.

See a gallery of images below, and or click on the 'Buffalo Photo Gallery' to see all the images.

Buffalo Photo Gallery
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, Illinois
The Chicago protest against the Church began slightly before 11:00 a.m. and concluded at roughly 4:30 p.m.. Upwards of 70 protesters gathered in support of the protest.

Though temperatures remained in the sub-zero range throughout the day (0 degrees Fahrenheit, -22 wind chill), spirits remained high.

Participants handed out literature and held signs at the intersection of Lincoln, Wellington and Southport until roughly 2:00 p.m.. During that time, a nearby church dismissed, and numerous Church-goers welcomed the fliers.

Protesters garnered a multitude of honks from supportive motorists. After 2:00 p.m., the large group splintered into multiple travelling squads which navigated the Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighbourhoods until 4:30 p.m..

Protesters had to follow legal restrictions and the Church conducted the Centre's counter-protest measures, such as blocking their windows and holding service from 11:00 a.m. straight through 6:00 p.m..

, Florida
Approximately 200 people protested Scientology along Cleveland Street in Clearwater. They were photographed by 20-year-old Scientologist David Pendery, who seemed to believe that it was "unlawful to wear a mask and I wanted to document it." The Church also hired ten police officers to monitor the protest.

The protest was delayed by 30 minutes so the protesters would not interrupt a Presbyterian Church service.

, Texas
More than 100 people picketed on a street corner in front of the Dallas Church of Scientology. Protestors held up signs with pictures of Lisa McPherson, who was a Dallas native. "We want people to know we are raising awareness, and that is one of our main tools to fight Scientology," said one masked protestor. A few signs read "Honk if you hate Scientology", and some cars could be heard honking their horns as they passed by. Police were on the scene to ensure that the demonstration was peaceful. The Dallas Church of Scientology released a statement regarding the group Anonymous, which read, "Using Scientology's prominence, Anonymous hopes to garner more attention ... Religious bigotry of any nature is deplorable and profoundly affects the entire community."

Video from the event

, Scotland
Around 50 to 140 people turned up at the Church of Scientology centre in Edinburgh to protest. As protesters were not allowed directly opposite the centre a small police presence was visible in order to control the crowd.

Banners with "Scientology Kills" were placed at the front of the protesters and chants gradually began to start as the day progressed. Leaflets were handed out to members of the public passing by while people within the Church of Scientology were seen to be taking photographs from inside the church.

Access to the church was restricted during the protest, but several protesters made comment to a reporter from the Scotsman newspaper.

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, Texas
The Houston protest hosted an estimated 81 people. Between 8 and 12 Houston police officers and staff were on site though, but stood and watched the protesters. There were no reports of significant confrontation, though scientologists and protesters took photographs of each other. A CW 39 cameraman was on site taking footage and conducting interviews. Broadcast television reports of the protest were carried on KHOU CBS 11 and KHCW CW 39 later in the evening.

London, England
Correspondents: Skenmy and Adambro

The first London protest took place outside the Church of Scientology HQ in Queen Victoria Street. Upon arrival at 10:30, approximately 50 people were in attendance. This was complemented by a small team of police officers. Members of the Church of Scientology were handing out flyers outside the HQ, with the protesters on the other side of the road. Numerous members of the media, as well as tens of amateur photographers and videographers were in attendance.

By 11:00, the number of protesters had grown to between 300 and 500. A variety of signs were on display, bearing such slogans as "Ron is Gone but the Con goes On" (referring to L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology) and "$cientology Kills" (referring to the claims that the Church of Scientology extorts money from its members). The police responded to this growth in numbers with riot vans, a large number of Community Support officers, and Police Horses, as well as a dog unit.

The protest at Queen Victoria Street was peaceful. Members of Anonymous were respectful of Police orders. Inside the building, security officers could be seen. Members were seen videoing and photographing the protests from the upper windows of the HQ building, prompting responses from the crowd. Signs were held saying "Honk if you hate Scientology" - causing a cheer from the crowd every time a car used the horn.

The infamous bright yellow "/b/" van was seen driving past early in the protest. At around 1:00 the protesters moved on towards Tottenham Court Road's "Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Centre", where the police presence was even higher, and crowd barriers were set up. Half of Tottenham Court Road was closed for the demonstration, so a single-file line of traffic was all that flowed between the protesters (of which a significant majority of the original number turned up) and the Church of Scientology building.

Members of the Church of Scientology were handing out flyers, much like at Queen Victoria Street. However, the crowd this time shouted for passers-by to "tear it up" - some of whom did. Police reacted to those tearing up the material and throwing it down with the issue of a littering ticket. This road was much busier than the previous one, and a large crowd gathered to look. The crowd could be heard shouting "It's a trap!" when members of the public were offered free Stress Tests by the members of the Church of Scientology. There were a number of minor incidents involving protesters (who were quickly distanced by the majority crowd), but no major violations took place.

Estimates by Anonymous for the total numbers at the event range from 300 to 800 people, however the BBC and City of London Police report 200 people at the event.

London Photo Gallery

 * skenmy's Flickr Set: London Anonymous Protest: 10th Feb 08

Los Angeles, California
Correspondent: IlyaHaykinson

At least 250 people attended the anti-Scientology protest in Los Angeles, California. The protesters gathered in the morning at a central location and proceeded by subway to the site of the first protest, the Church of Scientology - Los Angeles. For nearly two hours the protesters chanted "We are Anonymous" and other slogans, and responded with yells and upheaval to honking cars that were passing by. The protest spread over two city blocks, and at one point the entire group of protesters circled the city block containing various Scientology buildings.

The protest then proceeded via subway to the Church of Scientology International building in Hollywood. There the protesters continued chanting, and marched up and down the street. A group of protesters unfurled a banner in sympathy with the death of Lisa McPherson, and the crowd sang the happy birthday song for her.

The protest continued for an additional couple of hours as the crowd moved to a former Scientology recruiting building and then to the street level of a major mall and tourist attraction, Hollywood & Highland.

After losing quite a few members the protest moved on to the front of the CNN building in hope of getting on news.

Security was high at all Scientology installations, with security officers blocking all entrances to Church buildings, patrolling on foot and bicycle, and most taking pictures or videos of protesters (or even the Wikinews reporter). No police intervention was observed, though at least one or two officers were present at most times.

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, England
Correspondent: Fallen-Griever

A protest in Manchester took place outside the Church of Scientology centre located on Deansgate, with around 100 people protesting at its peak. The protest was peaceful, with the protesters mainly sticking to waving banners and handing out flyers to passers-by.

Protesters respected a request from the police that they should leave the area by 3pm in order to avoid blocking the area for patrons leaving the multiple bars along Deansgate at the end of the Manchester Derby (a football match between and ).

There was a minimal police presence at the event and the Church of Scientology centre was closed by the end of the protest.

Manchester Photo Gallery
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, Australia
In a video posted on YouTube, at least 75 to 100 protesters can be heard chanting ", Xenu, Xenu" as they protest across the street from the Church. Cars driving by honk their horns in support of the protesters. Police can be seen parked in front of the Church.

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Correspondent(s): Observer

Updates as of 11:54 AM Anonymous members arrived at about 11:00 A.M. About 50 members were counted with more arriving, despite temperatures with wind chill as low as -40F.

, Wisconsin
Correspondent(s): Observer

In temperatures ranging from 0F to -4F, without windchill, several members of Anonymous showed up. The group ranged from 10 to 25+, with public response mostly positive.

, Louisiana
The Scientology protest in New Orleans took place at 11:00am CST. There were 19 members of Anonymous that showed up to protest. Everything went smoothly. One police officer stopped by just to make sure that the crowd was demonstrating peacefully. Many pictures and video was taken by the assembled group as well as pictures being taken by the few Scientologists that showed up. One large woman drove incredibly fast to park behind the Scientology building at one point (the church was closed before some protesters arrived) and nearly hit two protesters. She was later spotted snapping countless pictures from the second floor. Over the course of the protests, about 5 cars ended up parked behind the building. One bald man came out to attempt to harass some protesters and was labeled a "Level 12 Paladin". He left soon after.

Eventually the two most interesting subjects of the Church of Scientology appeared, and were initially perceived as standard passerby's. When offered fliers the couple spat "What have you done?" and "What are your crimes?" at the protesters. One donned a Scientology vest and stood in front of the building, while his minion walked around taking pictures 5 inches from their faces.

There was some sparse foot traffic in the area and handouts were given to people passing by. A woman stopped by to talk to some Anonymous and stated that she had a family member who was trying to leave the CoS and was glad for the protests. A man in a truck parked and got some fliers, promising to return. About an hour later he arrived, wearing sunglasses and armed with a homemade sign, and joined the group.

An employee of the local newspaper, The Times Picayune, stopped to speak with Anonymous for a little while. He stated that he was in the area on another story but was interested in finding out information about the protest. The Anonymous answered his questions, gave him handouts, but refused to share any personal contact information with him.

Near the end of the protest the two Scientologists decided to walk off.

New York City, New York
Correspondent(s): David Shankbone

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, Pennsylvania
An estimated 150 people separated into two primary groups protested the Church of Scientology in Philadelphia. Protests began in the area surrounding City Hall, eventually culminating around the Church located on Race Street.

Pedestrian foot traffic was high due to a major event at the Convention Center.

A police officer on the scene described the gathering as "the friendliest [protesters] I've ever seen."

Phoenix, Arizona
Correspondent: Bjweeks

Approximately 60 people showed up to protest in front of the Scientology church in, many wearing purple latex gloves and dressed in black suits. Three Phoenix Police Department officers were present to keep control. ,, , and  came to interview the protesters and   held a press conference where the official press release was read and no comments were made about the Phoenix protest. The protesters read high level Scientology teaching that had been made public to Scientologists during the press conference and later in the day, with little visible success.

, Pennsylvania
Correspondent: Dar-Ape

Several dozen protesters arrived across the street from the Scientology bookstore in to protest, carrying signs and handing out flyers. Protesters included many students, mostly hailing from and. Cars honked in support, though pedestrian traffic was a bit more sparse. Two or three police officers kept an eye on protesters from inside the bookstore, but everything went smoothly. As the high for the day was twenty degrees and with wind chill making it feel as though the temperatures were in the sub zeros; the anons cut their protest to only about four hours.

Pittsburgh Photo Gallery
One Pittsburgh Anon's Photos

, England
Images were emailed to Wikinews.

, Oregon
The protest in Portland seemed to have had a leader (or leader-like figure) or two, and was lawful and very well organized.

There was always yelling, sometimes intense, whenever someone entered the church. Some who entered did so smiling defiantly, some were hesitant and looked noticeably distressed.

Loud cheering erupted every time a passing by car honked (estimated 1 out of 5), this included even a bus.

, Texas
8 people showed up and picketed in front of City Hall on the 2/10/2008. The reason why City Hall and not the traditional Church of Scientology is because San Antonio does not have a Scientology chapter. This being the reason many of the protesters of San Antonio went to Austin to support their cause. The protesters handed out fliers and held up informational posters and a "honk if you hate Scientology" poster. Many of the cars honked including but not limited to the Via bus system, SAPD, SAFD, and churchgoers.

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, California
San Diego drew about 80 protesters, starting an hour later than most of the other worldwide protests. The group started at the Horton Plaza shopping mall, and then moved on to the Church of Scientology building. After demonstrating there, the group moved back to the shopping mall, positioning itself on eight street corners, handing out information, flyers, and speaking with concerned bystanders. Not one, but two protesters dressed up as Xenu.

When 10 News showed up to cover the event, they refused to do an interview unless they could speak with a protester face to face. When none of the protesters agreed to this condition, a compromise was reached. A protester gave an audio interview for the station to use when putting together information about the protest.

After several protesters left, the protest moved back to the Church. Police presence was constant, but at the time of dispersal at the end of the protest several members reported being followed by Scientologists.

San Diego Photo Gallery
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, Australia
A worldwide day of protests against the Church of Scientology has begun in Sydney after an agglomeration of protesters at 11am in Hyde Park. A crowd of about 200 turned out to protest against the Church and its alleged violations of. The group Anonymous, who organized the rally, were handing out fliers to passers-by, and led various anti-Scientology chants by the crowd. The principal allegations made at the rally towards Scientology were the lack of freedom within the Church, and the excessive cost of their courses, which they believe doesn't warrant tax-exempt status. The Protest lasted until 1pm at the Church of Scientology Office in Town Hall and from there partially disbanded. The remaining protesters proceeded to the Scientology office in Broadway and started a lesser secondary protest lasting about 25 minutes. The Church of Scientology was approached by the author for a response to the claims after the rally, but the church refused to comment.

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, Canada
The Toronto protest kicked off at 11:30 a.m.. At least 300 attended the protest for the afternoon. Despite the wind chill of -22 at 11:00 and declining temperatures throughout the day, the protest was still robust at 2:00. The crowd later tapered down to fewer than 10 by 6:00 p.m..

One protester possessed a cap gun, however other protesters in his vicinity quickly pointed him out to the police, who confiscated it without charge.

A Church member was seen throwing rock salt at some protesters for a short period of time, but later went back into the Church.

Generally, the protest was peaceful and picketers were well behaved overall. Police allowed protesters to stand right outside the Scientology building. There were many people attempting to record the event with cameras, video cameras, and/or microphones, and several picketers were interviewed.

The chants sometimes included "Xenu!", which left some passersby confused about whether the protest was for or against Scientology. However, the public was generally receptive to the protesters' message, particularly earlier in the day. Many cars passing by, especially taxis, honked in support, as did a fire truck and an ambulance. Most people offered flyers during the first couple of hours took them, though later on people seemed to grow tired of them. It was an enthusiastic, successful protest.

, Canada
Over 200 people showed up and passed out pamphlets, chanted slogans, and covered the entire block at one point. Scientologists tried to counter-protest by unfurling a "Scientology For Peace" banner at one point, but protesters with signs blocked the banner from view. After 30 minutes, the Church took down their banner.

People from all over the area came to support the protest. Vancouver Police sent a single cruiser on scene to monitor the situation, but after an hour it left without incident.

Another moment that should be noted is how after the crowd of protesters swelled from 20-200 participants within an hour, A van pulled up in the rear of the building where no protester was then present. Some people took notice and went down to investigate. What they saw was a number of church members piling boxes of documents and entire filing cabinets into the van. They then soon drove off with it. There were pictures taken of the van. It was as if they anticipated a break-in to their office where demonstrators could've seize documentation.

Church members, some in plain clothes and some wearing Church uniforms, videotaped protesters, tried to mingle with the protesters to disrupt the protest from within, and followed protesters away from the protest when they left.

, Austria
About 20 people protested in front of the Scientology Center in Capistrangasse in Vienna's 6th district. At 12:30, half an hour after the demonstration started, individuals claiming to be acting on government authority ordered the protest to disperse. Owing to an issue concerning documentation the protestors decided to abandon the protest and dispersed peacefully.

, Canada
At least 30 people showed up to protest the Church in Winnipeg. The temperature in Winnipeg on February 10 was -50 C with the wind chill.

Project Chanology states that people held signs stating, "Scientology destroys families, Why is [Lisa McPherson] dead?" and even "Honk if you think Scientology is a cult."

The Internet
Correspondents:Anonymous101

Although there was no official protest on the internet, thousands of people supported Anonymous by subscribing to the channel on the online video sharing site, where the numbers for the channel have doubled in 24 hours, making it the most subscribed channel on YouTube this month. However, there have also been a few comments against the protests and "Anonymous" in the comments section of the channel.

Other locations
The protests were not confined to the above locations, however. Below is a selection of stories from other protests around the world.


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