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Billy Preston dies at 59

June 7, 2006

Musician, a so-called "", died in at the age of 59 after a long illness.

A native of, , Preston played while in his teens with , and.

He later backed up the, playing keyboards on ', ' and . He also played on the hit Beatles single "."

As a soloist, Preston topped the record charts in the early 1970s with "Outta Space," "Will It Go Round in Circles," and "Nothing from Nothing."

He joined the Rolling Stones on tour and backed them up on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and "Heartbreaker."

He also wrote the hit "," and collaborated with, , , and.

He won two, including one for his involvement in the Concert for , staged by ex-Beatle in 1971. Last year, in one of his final appearances, Preston performed in with former Beatle  and Harrison's son,.

Plagued by drug and alcohol abuse, Preston had scrapes with the law on narcotics and other charges. He suffered from chronic kidney failure, and had been in a coma since November.

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 * Germany's minister of defence proposes to shoot down hijacked planes
 * European Commission might impose embargo on Chinese products

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Scientists working to save Chesapeake Bay oyster population

June 7, 2006

The Chesapeake Bay, on the Atlantic coast, is the largest estuary in the United States. It is famous for its seafood, especially crabs and oysters. However, in the last century, the bay's oyster population has been in steady decline.

For hundreds of years, watermen of the Chesapeake Bay have made a living by harvesting oysters. In the last 50 years, the number of oysters has declined dramatically.

Tommy Leggett is an Oyster Restoration and Fisheries scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, an environmental organization that works to protect the bay's resources. "Our population is down to one to three percent of historical levels. So, consequently our bay's water quality is down," Leggett said. Graham Blake grew up on Sarah Creek, a tributary to the bay. His father and grandfather made a good living as watermen by harvesting, transplanting, fattening, and then re-harvesting oysters from the creek.

It was an early form of oyster farming. In the 1940s and ‘50s his family could harvest 200 to 300 bushels of oysters each day. Blake says those days are long-gone. "There is none of it like my father made his living, that is non-existent. Some are still trying to make a living on the water, oystering and crabbing and so forth,” Blake said. “They have got to do a lot of things. They can't just do it in one industry anymore." In the late 1950s, parasites, which were introduced from foreign oysters, began to kill the Chesapeake Bay oyster population.

Graham and Tommy are now stocking the creek bed with hundreds of thousands of disease resistant young oysters. When they reach adulthood, they are transplanted to state sanctuary reefs in the bay.

"Since 2000 we have been attempting to grow about a million oysters a year as brood stock to be placed on state sanctuary reefs to help jump start rivers,” Leggett said. “To date, we have produced about five million oysters that we have transplanted onto a number of reefs in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay."

The project seems to demonstrate that watermen and other entrepreneurs can grow oysters in the bay using aquaculture techniques.

"We have pretty well demonstrated it, and over a number of years we have had industry people come out to the site. There have been a number of people who have scaled up and are growing more oysters than we are now,” Leggett said. “Oyster farming in the bay is just getting ready to take off." According to Leggett, the number of commercial operations growing oysters on the bay will dramatically increase in the next several years. His primary goal is to restore the natural oyster population to what it once was, but it is a goal he says may not happen in his lifetime.

"We are just learning some of the pitfalls and the roadblocks that we are going to encounter. We try and learn from our mistakes and change the way we do things,” he said. “It will happen in time. It's not going to happen in the short term."


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There are some pictures for this article in the public domain. If anyone wants to upload them, you can. Here's the web address: http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-07-voa46.cfm. Sobar 20:31, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok I just read about all VOA stuff being in the public domain on their site but they are only credited as a source on this page. Is that enough and what is the policy as far as grabbing whole articles even if public domain for Wikinews? --Meanmeancoffeebean 12:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * There is no problem grabbing an entire public domain article, however it needs to be accepted by the Wikinews communtiy as conforming to the neutral point of view policy. Generally articles from VOA will need editing before they are publishable. - Borofkin 23:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Original article moved to VOA's archive. Link provided for source update.
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New source: http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2006-06-07-voa46.html
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Wayne Rooney will play in Germany

June 7, 2006

England soccer player Wayne Rooney, 20, has been passed fit to play in the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament which starts on June 9 in Germany. The £27 million Manchester United star had a scan on Wednesday that showed the 4th metatarsal he broke on Apr 29 had healed - in less than 6 weeks.

Rooney was supposedly spotted boarding a plane to Germany while the BBC claim sources close to the Football Association indicated Rooney was in England's final World Cup squad.

The news is considered a big boost to England's chances to win the World Cup. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had said the player's chances of playing were "a forlorn hope."

The English soccer club, recently bought by American billionaire Malcolm Glazer, was concerned the investment would risk a worse injury if the previous toe-bone break had not healed when he started to play again. Manchester United's club doctor Todd Gill and physiotherapist Rob Swire, accompanied by a small army of Red Devils' lawyers, were said to have attended the foot scan.

The scan was considered so important to England's fortunes that Eriksson sent England's doctor to observe the event. A FIFA official was also present in the crowd at the moment of truth for Rooney's foot. The official would have been final decision-maker in case of a dispute between one of the richest soccer clubs in the world and the country that invented the game.

The Swedish manager of the English football team Sven-Göran Eriksson, who had said Rooney would play some part in the competition, named Rooney in England's 23-man squad for Germany.

The World Cup tournament pits soccer players from national teams against each other for a trophy. Previously graced by Pele and Maradona, England has not won the competition for 40 years.

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Portuguese Republican National Guard in Dili confined to headquarters

June 7, 2006

The Portuguese Republican National Guard (GNR), that arrived last Sunday at Dili, have interrupted their patrols in the streets of Dili and are now confined to their temporary headquarters.

According to a Portuguese governmental source, the GNR force is confined to its improvised headquarters in Dili, with orders from the government not to go out into the streets, due to a diplomatic block in the negotiations with Australia about the command chain.

The decision was made after a incident during the middle of the afternoon (local time), when a Republican National Guard patrol was transporting three men to a new temporary detention center, guarded by Australian troops. The Australian soldiers refused to receive the detained men, questioning the legitimacy of the Portuguese soldiers to make arrests.

At this moment, urgent negotiations are being made in New York. Portugal is waiting for President Xanana Gusmão and the Timorese government to clarify the action of the Portuguese force on the bilateral agreement signed between the two governments that guarantees operational autonomy to the Portuguese soldiers.

Contacted by SIC reporters, the spokesman of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, Carneiro Jacinto, denied that the problem is the presence of the GNR in East Timor. Carneiro Jacinto told SIC that the case is being handled through diplomatic channels, including the United Nations, the government and the Timorese presidency. Carneiro Jacinto also said that it's necessary to clarify the case once and for all, so that situations "serious like this one" will not be repeated.

Ana Pessoa, East Timor's State Minister, told TSF News Agency that the idea that the Portuguese contingent's mission in Timor may be threatened makes no sense. She said all that is being discussed at this time is what mission the GNR force will assume in East Timor.

Last Friday (June 2) an Australian mission held a meeting with Portugal's Foreign Minister, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, who was sent to ask for clarification of the agreement signed the day before (June 1, Thursday) between Portugal and East Timor. The agreement gave the Portuguese Republican National Guard troops their own operational command, reporting directly to President Xanana Gusmão.

In a meeting on Monday (June 5) between Australian, Malaysian, New Zealand and Portuguese representatives, the four countries discussed the creation of a coordination structure, instead of an entirely Australian-led command, for the police forces working on the Timorese territory.

Beyond the 120 soldiers of the Portuguese Republican National Guard force, that arrived this Sunday to East Timor, there are 70 Australian and 200 Malaysian police officers in the country. A New Zealand police team also arrived yesterday from Auckland to negotiate their possible contributions towards policing. In addition to these police forces, the international force includes more than 2,000 Australian, New Zealand and Malaysian soldiers.


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Talk:Portuguese Republican National Guard in Dili confined to headquarters

The Lusa Brazil News Agency has wrote that the Australian soldiers, guarding the detention center, also have threatened disarming the Portuguese soldiers. But since there are no more sources referring this I didn't based what I wrote on that article. There's a debate right now on SIC Notícias, I'll try to get some more information about the situation. Best regards. -- Get_It 23:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


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Northern Ireland parties fail to form devolution committee

June 7, 2006 After three days of talks, parties in Northern Ireland have come to a stalemate over the election of a chairperson for a committee to help setup a devolved government in Northern Ireland. It is now up to Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain to choose the next course of action.

The committee, known as the Preparation for Government Committee, convened Monday to begin its first task: the election of a chairperson for the committee. Its main task however is to help set a roadmap for devolved government in Northern Ireland. The committee is made up of the two republican parties (Sinn Féin and SDLP), the two unionist parties (DUP and UUP) and the non-sectarianist Alliance Party.

Sinn Féin's proposal is for the chairpersonship to revolve between them and the Democratic Unionist Party. However, the DUP refused that proposal.

The DUP proposed that Speaker of the Assembly Eileen Bell should be the chairperson. However, Bell stated that it would inappropriate for her to take the post and refused. They also suggested the DUP MP for South Antrim William McCrea and Alliance Party leader David Ford as possible candidates.

Peter Hain called the refusal of parties to cooperate "frustrating."

Sinn Féin, SDLP and the Alliance Party have all blamed the DUP for the failure.

"Yet again the DUP, instead of helping to remove obstacles to devolution, have shown themselves to be nothing but obstructive and lacking in any spirit of co-operation, "said Sean Farren of the SDLP.

Mark Durkan, the leader of SDLP, has criticized both Peter Hain and the DUP and its leader, Ian Paisley on Monday.

"If the DUP is not prepared to do the business or give any substantive indication in the course of June, then the British government would be as well stopping the salaries at the end of June," said Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness.

"The practical reality is that the two biggest parties have not shown they are prepared to move forward at all." said David Ford, the leader of the Alliance Party.

"The prevarication and petty wriggling by the DUP is preventing the potential for progress and holding us all up to public ridicule." said Ulster Unionist Party's Alan McFarland.

On Monday, Ian Paisley asked for extension of the November 24 deadline fot two weeks. It was refused.

This is part of plan by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Toaiseach Bertie Ahern to set up a devolved government in Northern Ireland after its assembly was suspended in October 2002 over allegations of a IRA spy ring.

If a plan for devolved government is not setup by November 24, direct rule from London will continue with greater input from the Republic of Ireland.


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Two arrested in England with alleged connections to Canadian bomb plot

June 7, 2006 Counter-terrorism police has arrested two males, aged 16 and 21, in England.

The two are accused of having connections to a Canadian bomb plot in which 17 people were arrested in Toronto on June 3. The alleged plot included plans to bomb and takeover the Canadian Parliament, take Military Police officers hostage and bomb public buildings. It also included beheading Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The Times quoted an anonymous security source as saying, "We believe that people living in the UK played a pivotal role in helping to organise this series of planned attacks. This is an example of the extremist soup we have in this country with lots of overlapping links."

"The operation did not involve armed officers," said the Manchester Police department.

Police say that the 21-year-old came from Canada and arrived at Manchester Airport in England yesterday while walking off a plane. Police also say that he lived with some of the suspected terrorists arrested in Toronto. He is said to be of Pakistani descent and may have citizenship in the United Kingdom.

The 16-year-old was arrested in West Yorkshire a few hours after the 21-year-old was arrested. Police say that they tracked him down via cellular phone records and documents found in Toronto.

Police say that the two males are connected and that a security alert was issued when authorities learned the 21-year-old male had left Canada.

The names of the 2 suspects have not yet been released. Police have searched at least 4 homes in Dewsbury, Hanover Square and Bradford in England.


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Five South Korean workers kidnapped from Nigerian natural gas facility

June 8, 2006

Five South Korean workers have been kidnapped from a natural gas facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company in the Nigerian Delta.

A group called the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta is claiming responsibility for the attack and kidnappings and says that one kidnapper and at least six Nigerian soldiers were killed on a Nigerian military boat, when gunmen entered the facility. The group's main demand is the release of a jailed militia leader, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari.

"[The Korean workers] are in good health and have been returned to one of our bases. As long as the units holding these individuals do not come under attack, no harm will come to the prisoners. We do not kill those fortunate to be captured by our fighters," said the group.

The group also says that they "plan more attacks" on facilities and oil rigs in the near future.

"In the next few weeks our attacks will increase with the destruction of several facilities of crucial importance to the oil industry," said the group.

One of the kidnapped victims is identified as Park Chang-am.

"I want Dad to come back so we can go fishing," said the son of Chang-am, Park Myong-il.


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User talk:Linuxerist~enwikinews/New

Welcome
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 * Hi! Question, what does Firefox and Linux user mean? -Edbrown05 05:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

UserBoxes
I bet if said to you that Wikinews debated whether or not you could have Mozilla or Linux or Tequilla or Whiskey or any other user boxes on your user page you wouldn't give a shit. -Edbrown05 07:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * His userboxes are probably not really userboxes. They're not transcluded, I don't think. --Chiacomo (talk) 13:50, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Right you are. Except for the Babel, they are merely the code used to produce userboxes. I also made sure not to use POV ones here. ~Linuxerist L / T 15:20, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry for the way I approached you Linuxerist. You popped up new, the developing Moussaoui story popped up new (I have a record of interest in that news topic), and your user box implementations popped up all at the same time. I zapped :) Best regards to you! -Edbrown05 02:18, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews:CommonsTicker

CommonsTicker is the notification mechanism for problematic Commons media files. Files on Commons that have license issues should either be corrected or linked to some alternate. A secondary intent of CommonsTicker is to increase sister-project-to-Commons communication. By the way, if you really hate the blinking talk to User:Bawolff and he'll change it. He just thought it'd be a good attention getter, as if something gets deleted that is very bad. The evil blinking also serves as inspiration to fix the problem. If you really hate it you can modify your user css, or your browser settings as well.

Status lines
Each entry has a status line to specify what's happening to resolve the issue. syntax is:
 * — default, nothing has happened yet.
 * — the issue has been resolved.
 * — the issue has been resolved by uploading the file locally to wikinews.
 * — the issue is being worked on.
 * — We are unable to or have no intention of fixing the problem.
 * — the image can't/will not be fixed, however its paticurler usage on that article has been changed to a similiar image.
 * — No negative consequences (this is optional). Will also hide pages where image is.
 * Local contact admin: User:Bawolff
 * Bot account: User:CommonsTicker
 * Bot author/maintainer: w:de:Benutzer:Duesentrieb
 * Technical information: CommonsTicker
 * Technical discussion: CommonsTicker talk
 * Archive (In bawolff's strange format): CommonsTicker/archive

You can ask Wikinewsie Editor at Large or Eloquence, who are Commons admins, to restore deleted images from Commons for re-uploading them locally, if they meet the Fair use criteria. If they do not respond or are unavailable, you can also talk to the person who deleted it. Pfctdayelise (another admin) has also said that she'd be willing to help out with Commons ↔ Wikinews inter-project cooperation.

Other bad stuff happening
 category=image issues category=disputed namespace=image ordermethod=lastedit
 * Image:Aus map covered text lined.JPG needs to be watched to see what happens.
 * Image:Ro-journ-iraq-kidnapped.png deleted from commons for not having license or source. needs to be replaced. Asked user - w:ro:Discuţie Utilizator:Romihaitza
 * Image:Giuliana Sgrena.jpg has no source and may be deleted soon
 * Image:BaxterPolice.jpg. Appears to be uploaded by user:The bellman (see his wikipedia talk_)
 * Image:Robert_Mugabe.jpg
 * Image:Khalid Shaikh Mohammed after capture.jpg
 * Image:Film.jpg

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For more information see commons:User:Duesentrieb/CommonsTicker. user:Bawolff is the one who's trying to se this up. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:55, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Great work, Bawolff!--Eloquence 17:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Although I really didn't do much. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

CommonsTicker: new version to fix some problems
e replication lag we currently see on the toolserver (it's more than a day behind). While I hope this will not happen again in the future, I have been working on improving CommonsTicker so it handles out-of-sync entries gracefully.

I plan to activate a new version of CommonsTicker tonight or tomorrow - so look out for any new problems. Here are the most relevant changes: id=377144 like this]. ikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ADuesentrieb%2FCommonsTicker&diff=377180&oldid=377144 here] for an example that strikes out the entry if status is set to "done".
 * fix handling of out-of-sync records (see above); added "latecomer" parameter to TickerEntry template (may be ignored)

For the future, I'm planning to let CommonsTicker post warnings to the talk page of articles that use an image das is (about to be) deleted. I'll post another announcement when that feature is ready.

''This message was posted automatically by the CommonsTicker bot. For feedback and discussion, please go to meta:User talk:Duesentrieb/CommonsTicker'' -- CommonsTicker 14:14, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

CommonsTicker: new version to fix some problems
Hello - sorry, the privious message was a bit broken. Below is a full repost. Sorry again -- CommonsTicker 14:48, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi - you may have noticed some problems with CommonsTicker lately - namely, some entries about deletions went missing, and some entries arrived several days late (messing up the date headings for ticker pages using append mode). This is caused by the massive replication lag we currently see on the toolserver (it's more than a day behind). While I hope this will not happen again in the future, I have been working on improving CommonsTicker so it handles out-of-sync entries gracefully.

I plan to activate a new version of CommonsTicker tonight or tomorrow - so look out for any new problems. Here are the most relevant changes:
 * fix handling of out-of-sync records (see above); added "latecomer" parameter to TickerEntry template (may be ignored)
 * deleted images can be restored now. To reflect this, I have added a "restored" action to CommonsTicker. To use it, you need to change your templates and/or CSS like this.
 * for pages in append-mode, there an empty "status" parameter is now handed to the TickerEntry template - this parameter can be set manually to trigger some type of marking or highliting, depending on how you set up your template and CSS. See here for an example that strikes out the entry if status is set to "done".

For the future, I'm planning to let CommonsTicker post warnings to the talk page of articles that use an image das is (about to be) deleted. I'll post another announcement when that feature is ready.

''This message was posted automatically by the CommonsTicker bot. For feedback and discussion, please go to meta:User talk:Duesentrieb/CommonsTicker'' -- CommonsTicker 14:48, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

What to do when an image has been del
What to do when an image has been deleted because it didn't have a source, and we have no way of finding that source, or getting a replacement image, etc. What do we do? do we delete the image off whatever article its on, do we leave it in its blank box for historical reasons? Bawolff ☺☻ 21:27, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Of the images that have alternatives that are similiar, I've been replacing thoose images. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 02:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

30 June "deleted duplicates"
I just restored those 6 images. Gah :/ Feel free to outright demand the undeletion of anything that is deleted because it's a "duplicate" or "redundant" or "superseded" or "obsolete". --commons:User:pfctdayelise 13:31, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Totally confused
I have no idea what this is all about (wikinews commons ticker) nor how it came into being. However, right now I am trying to insert this into a news article like this  but it will not work. Please advise what I am doing wrong. Thank you. Neutralizer 13:54, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

 * The problem is that the image is hosted at the English Wikipedia. You can only use images that are hosted at either Commons or here, English Wikinews. Not that it has anything to do with this. :) --commons:User:pfctdayelise 09:58, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

CommonsTicker: new version, new features
Hello. A new version of CommonsTicker will be rolled out soon (probably tomorrow). Please have an eye on what the bot is doing, and report any problems to m:User_talk:Duesentrieb/CommonsTicker. Some of the changes are:

 * the ticker can now post warnings to the talk page of articles that are using "endangered" images. This is not enabled per default, and you can select for which namespaces it is done. If you want this feature, please request it at m:User:Duesentrieb/CommonsTicker.
 * in append mode, there are now three empty template parameters: status, editor, and notic. The ticker does not use them itself, but you can use them in the TickerEntry template, for example to strike through entries that have been fixed. en:wikinews has already been using this for a while now.
 * if the ticker fails to post an update, a warning is posted to your and the ticker's talk page. In append mode, the ticker will also re-try to post the update on the next pass. Until now, failed updates where simply ignored.
 * edit summaries become a bit more informative.

I hope these changes will help to make CommonsTicker more used and more useful.

On a related note: you may have noticed that on long pages, entries near the bottom of the page are sometimes not expanded but rendered just as or similar. This is due to a new limit to template expansion - see 7005. To avoid it, try to keep the page short and/or try to simplify the TickerEntry template.

''This message was posted automatically by the CommonsTicker bot. For feedback and discussion, please go to meta:User talk:Duesentrieb/CommonsTicker'' -- CommonsTicker 23:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

CommonsTicker: Ticker Trouble
Hello

As you may have noticed, there have been some problems with CommonsTicker lately:
 * first, the toolserver was down. After it was back up, we had to wait for fresh database dumps.
 * also, many updates where failing because ticker pages where growing too large. Updates that went through half-way somtimes also caused entries to be posted multiple times, making the problem worse.
 * when I tried to improve performance, I introduced a bug that caused the ticker to post trash sometimes. I disabled the ticker again when I was told about it, and I have fixed all effected pages yesterday (I hope I didn't miss any).

To sort this out completely, I have to rewrite parts of CommonsTicker. For now, I will enable the ticker again for most wikis, but not for the ones that where having most trouble - namely de-wikipedia, en-wikinews, eo-wikipedia, es-wikipedia, fr-wikipedia, ja-wikipedia, ru-wikipedia, simple-wikipedia and zh-wikipedia. I'll have to investigate those more closely.

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The project page needs to be archived I think (490KB???).--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC) yes. Sorry, I've been neglecting this to much. Actually I don't really think we have to archive it. Just delete whats been done (If people really care, which I doubt, they can look at the history). Bawolff ☺☻ 05:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

This page needs a how-to section
The Ticker page needs some clear instructions as to how someone should report problematic Commons items - what template should be used (if any), what content should go in it, where should it be placed on the ticker page? DL+1613 03:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The automatically does most of it. If you have something not included in the bots reports, you can use the other issues section at the bottom. Is there a specific thing this is about? Bawolff ☺☻ 03:43, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Was wanting to report Image:Film.jpg - vandal replaced the original film reel image with a joke image (possibly copyvio). The image is used in a few WN articles such as "Sunshine", "Queen" in the spotlight as 79th Annual Academy Award nominations announced. DL+1613 03:55, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed it. (There is a revert button on commons). However its going to be deleted soon (but its license seems wrong to me) (which is concerning). Bawolff ☺☻ 06:03, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

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Auckland man convicted of sedition

Freelance journalist Tim Selwyn has been found guilty of sedition. This is the first conviction for sedition in New Zealand in over 75 years.

Selwyn faced two charges of "making a seditious statement" relating to pamphlets he had left near the scene of an axe attack on the Prime Minister's electorate office in November, 2004, which had called upon like-minded New Zealanders to "engage in similar acts of civil disobedience" and to "take similar action of their own". The charges were laid under s81(1)(c) of New Zealand's Crimes Act 1961, which criminalises any statement intended to "incite... or encourage violence, lawlessness, or disorder". The offence carries a penalty of up to two year's jail. After deliberating for almost four hours, the jury convicted Selwyn of one charge, and acquitted him of the other.

Speaking after the trial, Selwyn said that the jury had "criminalised a press statement".

The trial has raised significant controversy within New Zealand, with many bloggers protesting. Blogger Idiot/Savant called the verdict "shameful" and said that it "opened the door to further prosecutions for what is effectively a political crime".

Selwyn is currently free on bail pending sentencing next month, and is likely to appeal.

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User talk:202.161.17.250

Hello.... regarding Students angry over lecturer's outburst, it is very likely that it will be deleted unless you can demonstrate some kind of relevanace. At the moment it appears to be an article about a couple of students whinging about a lecturer. There needs to be some kind of significance to a wider audience. - Borofkin 06:21, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I feel the significance of this article goes further than "a few students whinging about a lecturer". The lecturer in question has over 200 hundred students enrolled in this subject and the article informs them of changes to future grading policies which otherwise may not be published.
 * That certainly sounds significant to the 200 students involved. What is the sigificance to the rest of Australia? Content guide states: "News is relevant. Being Wikinews — global and Internet-based — stories about local news may need to have their relevance explained for our international audience. Stories should appeal to a large number of people." Why would anyone outside of those 200 students want to read about it? - Borofkin 01:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

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Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Auckland man convicted of sedition, we appreciate articles like this. This article appears to be what Wikinews calls original reporting. Wikinews articles must cite sources for all assertions they make. In the case of original reporting, you are the source. The way we usually deal with this is for you to place a comment on the article talk page, stating who you are, what your relationship is to the story you are covering, and describing the nature of the reporting (i.e. interviewing, taking notes, observing events, etc). You should also read Original reporting.

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 * Wikitionary --> Savant, maybe you have some insight for that definition :) -Edbrown05 04:49, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Spanish judge investigates Bush officials for torture, war crimes
Hello, it seems that you have made a request for the page to be deleted, but marked as abandoned. If you, the author, requests deletion, than an administrator like me does not have to wait the two days to delete the page. Since it seems that you are requesting deletion, I was just wondering what I should do. Thanks. red  - thunder  .  11:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm Hunter. I made an article about the Spanish judge and investigation, but I hadn't seen that you had done one as well. I'm sorry about that, I didn't mean any disrespect or anything, and I wouldn't have done it if I'd seen that it was there already but I didn't see it. I see that you were putting in to have your article deleted. If you wanted to go that route that's fine, but if you wanted me to have mine deleted instead, just let me know. Again, very sorry about that! — Hunter Kahn  ( contribs )  13:13, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Nothing to be sorry for - duplicates happen in a distributed system. Yours is the better article, and the one which should be retained.  As for merging, it contains all the facts in my one, so deleting the old one is the best approach. --IdiotSavant (talk) 19:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Also, if you want the article to be deleted immediately, by author request, you can simply add to it, and a sysop should be around shortly to remove it. Thanks, ♪Tempo  di Valse ♪  13:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I'll add in my two cents on this - duplicate articles is just one of these things that happens from time to time. If you spot it (whether you created one of the articles or not) the approach is to merge into the older of the two articles. The mergeto template is used for this. Of course, these are cases where the older article is something like just one sentence, and you might be better merging into the more recent attempt - that's a judgement call. If you do the merge, checking that all the facts in the article to be deleted are in the one to be kept, then you can label it with the delete template. Note in filling out the template the article details have been merged to, and then an administrator can do a quick check before zapping it. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:02, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike

June 8, 2006

The head of, , has been killed in an air strike on a building north of city, according to the  Nouri al-Maliki.

"Today [sic] Zarqawi has been terminated," he said Thursday, and suggested the man the United States had placed a $25 million price tag on for death or capture was located through intelligence.

"What happened today is a result of co-operation for which we have been asking from our masses and the citizens of our country," he said.

The leader of coalition forces in Iraq, General said al-Zarqawi was killed in a two-storey safehouse about 8 km north of the city in  province.

Several aides also died with him in the Wednesday evening raid by U.S. F-16 warplanes, including his key lieutenant and spiritual adviser Sheik Abdul Rahman. Some analysts believe a US counter-terrorism unit,, was involved in the attack.

Al-Zarqawi's body, recovered after two 500-pound bombs had blown through his cover, was identified through fingerprint, tattoo and scar analysis and head likeness. Al-Zarqawi, whose real name was Ahmed Fadhil Nazzal al-Khalayleh, was believed to be in his late 30s when he died of injuries while US forces gave medical aid.

The first munition exploded at 6:15pm was a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb that was shortly followed by the newer GBU-38; both carried 500lb of explosives for total cost of $40,000.

The self-proclaimed frontman for Osama Bin Laden's activities in Iraq, al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian national, is said to have been involved in the beheading of foreigners, hundreds of suicide attacks, and an insurgency against coalition forces after the Iraq war in 2003.

It had been reported Al-Zarqawi's most recent campaign was to create problems between Shi'ite and Sunni groups in Iraq with ethnic killings.

For the Iraqi government the killing of the wanted murderer is what they sought but it remains unknown what effect the removal of this known figurehead of the Iraq insurgency will have on levels of violence in the country. Al-Zarqawi was not the only person to oppose the US-backed Iraqi government.

"Zarqawi didn't have a number two. I can't think of any single person who would succeed Zarqawi ... In terms of effectiveness, there was no single leader in Iraq who could match his ruthlessness and his determination," was the view of Rohan Gumaratna at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies in Singapore.

Applause was heard as Mr Maliki, with U.S. Ambassador  and U.S. Gen. George Casey, by his side, told news reporters "al-Zarqawi was terminated."

Sources claiming to be Al-Qaeda in Iraq later confirmed that al-Zarqawi had been killed and said that they would fight the United States and the interim Iraqi government despite his death.

United States President George Bush spoke to journalists in the White House Rose Garden about al-Zarqawi's death. "Zarqawi's death is a severe blow to al-Qaeda. It's a victory in the global war on terror, and it is an opportunity for Iraq's new government to turn the tide of this struggle," he said.

The US military also confirmed that six people were killed in the strike, including al-Zarqawi, and his spiritual adviser Sheikh The death toll is reported at three men, three women. Some reports had said al-Zarqawi's wife and daughter died. However U.S. officials state that there is no evidence confirming the death of al-Zarqawi's wife and daughter.


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Talk:Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike

There's already Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike which you might like to contribute to...

 * This one is the most complete article. Information in it has been merged with this one. Ealturner 10:32, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It wasn't when it was marked a duplicate - it was only a one liner... but oh well - everythings ok now :) R2b2 20:26, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

It would be good to have a picture with the article. I don't understand the Copyright on the Zarqwai photos on the wikipedia page. I'll look into that. Ealturner 10:32, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Got a photo now. None of the photos on Wikipedia would work since their from AP and CNN, two of our competitors, we can't use them. Just like we can't use their text. Fair use doesn't apply to photos from other news organazations. - TUFKAAP

killed vs. assassinated
It seems to me that "assassinated" is more descriptive and appropriate and "killed" in this situation. "Killed" would be appropriate if the death was not the primary goal of the overall operation, i.e. if there was an attempt to arrest him and a firefight broke out in the course of which he died. --vonbergm 20:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Interesting point. He was an important political figure as a terrorist (Jordan bombings, al-qaeda) and leader of Iraqi insurgency. I know the spiritual leader of Hamas was reported assassinated after Israel landed a missile on him. I'm in agreement. Of course, what other news outlets report should not guide us - just for illustration, I do think you make a logical point. Ealturner 21:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * However he is not a and was never a government official. Jason Safoutin 21:13, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The significance of this being...? --vonbergm 21:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * be member of a government is not requisit. Academics, football players, spys can be assassinated. Key to definition is political/ideological motivation. There is that here in addition to the fact Zarqawi was a war enemy, I think. Ealturner 21:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

POINT OF DETAIL: Zarqawi was a terrorist and an insurgent
I think it should be noted al-Zarqawi was a terrorist as well as an insurgent. The bomb attack in Jordan qualifies for terrorism, an attack he admitted he planned. His campaign in Iraqi qualifies for insurgency. Ealturner 21:11, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * "Insurgent" certainly fits, but the word "terrorist" is laden with POV -- I personally feel he was a terrorist, but not everyone does.. It's a moot point, however, as the article doesn't use the word (right now). This is a very nice article. Well done, all. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:06, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

 * when factual and according to definition it is not POV. Zarqawi admitted the Jordan bombings. The Jordan bombings are by definition terrorist acts. There is nothing wrong with the word "terrorism" if it is used correctly. Referring to his activities in Iraq as terrorism as some might do would be incorrect and one must make that clear. Ealturner 00:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

 * BTW thank you for the compliment on the article! Real team effort and we all cooperated too. This could have been a trickier one than it turned out to be. Well done everyone!Ealturner 00:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Death and rolling off a stetcher
This would be great in new article? Worth comment so is mentioned in passing in this one together with other incidental details about al-Zaqawi's killing. Maybe more can be said but it needs to read well in the article and that wasn't achieved initially Ealturner 17:11, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Dead body image
That is a grusome and horrible image and its not really needed. I propose we add a link to it in a External links section or at least the sources section. Remember, users of all ages read WN and we do not need to spread pictures of blood and guts and dead bodies around. Jason Safoutin 00:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I do not think we should include the postmortem photo. Postmortem photos are tasteless, offensive and disrespectful. He was a terrorist, but we should show the dead some respect. --Cspurrier 00:27, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * See, removing an image from a story because you think the story is better without it is actionable. Karen 01:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

So yeah, we don't display it but yet I see a BBC News article in sources and the Globe Mail both having the postmortem photo displayed. --TUFKAAP 20:22, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * TUFKAAP, the BBC and, most probably, the Globe Mail, don't have to adhere to NPOV. What other news medias do is no guide to what wikinews should do - otherwise why does wikinews exist, right? There should be no blanket rule on dead people - case by case I think. In this case the dead Zarqawi photo isn't needed to illustrate the story further. You might say, there is the question do we believe the US/Iraqi statement until we see the photo? The article also says al Qaeda in Iraq says he's dead. So there's no new news in the dead Zarqawi photo. They've said he's dead. We don't need to see him dead too. To show it would be POV, the photo was released to media to help Iraqi government beat insurgency, and tasteless. Readers can google or look in the links for their dead Zarqawi photos. Ealturner 02:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Here's a settlement: you can link to the image on the BBC. That way, it gets the kind of mentioning TUFKAAP wants and the lack-of-actually-showing-the-image others want. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 02:34, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


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Was there actually any OR here or was it all from the sources?
 * About as much as there was in the previous one. Should it be lablled "synthesis"? --IdiotSavant 10:45, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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Oil falls $1.19 on news of al-Zarqawi death

June 8, 2006

The price for a barrel of oil dropped after news broke that Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed in a US airstrike Thursday. The death of al-Zarqawi seems to have been interpreted by the market as good news for the future supply of oil from the region.

This is against the backdrop in 2006 when the price of oil had reached a record high of $70 a barrel.

Today on the New York Mercantile Exchange light crude futures for July dropped from over $70 a barrel to a low of $69.54 before rising to $69.63 for a $1.19 loss. "There's less of a terror threat in Iraq now," said Naohiro Niimura, vice president of energy derivatives at Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd, in Tokyo, who gave his reason for the fall.

Iraq lies over one-third of known oil reserves but since the Iraq war in 2003 has been unable to pump more than 2 million barrels a day - 1 million less than prior to the coalition invasion. In May exports were said to be 1.5 million bpd.

The line on a graph that plotted oil price had done a steady incline over recent years, though many factors are involved in the price of a barrel of oil so it is almost impossible to say how much the troubles in Iraq contributed to this rise.

Iraq's exports make up the largest proportion of its Gross Domestic Product and a significant proportion of world supply. Investors were said to have been worried about developing in the country citing lack of security and legal protection.

Al-Zarqawi, known for videotaped beheadings, suicide bombing campaigns against coalition forces and civilians and reportedly some attacks on oil infrastructure inside Iraq, had claimed responsibility for bombing three hotels in Amman, Jordan. It was hoped the death of Osama bin Laden's operative in Iraq would remove a man who had opposed the US-backed Shiite-led state and western influence in the wider-region.

The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's recent appointment of new security and home affairs ministers also may have affected the oil market. Director general of marketing and economics at the Iraqi oil ministry said both pieces of news together were "a positive indicator for security," said Shamkhi Faraj.

Other voices sounded a note of caution against the optimism: "The situation in Iraq has now become so chaotic, that it transcends the death of one man, influential as al-Zarqawi was," said Edward Meir.

The analyst at Man Financial believes the threat to the Iraqi oil industry is political as well as physical.

"Yes, al Qaeda attacked oil installations but they were not the only actors and they were not the main actors," he said. "There is also a new factor -- political parties that are using threats against oil to gain leverage."

In an announcement about oil, Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih of the Iraqi government said it hoped to produce 4.3 million bpd in four years.


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POV
Ok...im going to show all the POV:

The death of the man the United States wanted as an international terrorist seems to have been interpreted by the market as good news for the future supply of oil from the region.

Oil markets had been jittery over disruptions in supply from Iraq.

''Iraq's exports are vital to its economy and make up a significant proportion of world supply. Investors were said to have been worried about developing in the country citing lack of security and legal protection. Together with question marks over the supply of oil from Iran, were tensions over Iran's nuclear program to result in sanctions, the line on a graph that plotted oil price had done a steady incline over recent years.''
 * POV and what investor said??

It is thought the death of Osama bin Laden's operative can bring a renewed stability in the US-backed Shiite-led state and the wider-region.
 * Maybe true, but its a POV IMO.

The analyst at Man Financial believes the threat to the Iraqi oil industry are political as well as physical.

''"Yes, al Qaeda attacked oil installations but they were not the only actors and they were not the main actors," he said. "There is also a new factor -- political parties that are using threats against oil to gain leverage."''
 * Who said...anyone can be a "financial man."

All of that is POV very POV. Jason Safoutin 13:25, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I will edit in light of your comments. However I do believe I gave both sides of the argument. Ealturner 13:29, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * It is hoped in some quarters the death of Osama bin Laden's operative might bring a renewed stability in the US-backed Shiite-led state and the wider-region.
 * This is still speculation in highly POV imo. Jason Safoutin 13:36, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I'll work on that phrase again. The quote at the end is a quote and quotes are always POV. I believe this quote balances other quotes and therefore contributes to the neutrality of the article. Ealturner 13:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * how is that phrase now? Thanks for your contributions to improving this article so far. Ealturner 13:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I will take that as a yes? Republishing. Ealturner 13:58, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


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The time is 17:00 (UTC) on June 8th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike
Iraq

The head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been killed in an air strike north of Baqubah, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. Several aides also died with him in the Wednesday evening raid, including his key lieutenant and spiritual adviser Sheik Abdul Rahman.

Oil falls $1.19 on news of al-Zarqawi death
economy

A barrel of oil got cheaper after news broke that Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed in a US airstrike. The death of al-Zarqawi seems to have been interpreted by the market as good news for the future supply of oil from the region.

Five South Korean workers kidnapped from Nigerian natural gas facility
Nigeria

Five South Korean workers have been kidnapped from a natural gas facility in the Nigerian Delta. The company is operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company. A group called the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta is claiming responsibility for the attack and kidnappings and says that one kidnapper and at least six Nigerian soldiers were killed on a Nigerian military boat, when gunmen entered the facility. The group's main demand is the release of a jailed militia leader, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari.

Auckland man convicted of sedition
New Zealand

Freelance journalist Tim Selwyn has been found guilty of sedition. This is the first conviction for sedition in New Zealand in over 75 years. Selwyn faced two charges of "making a seditious statement" relating to pamphlets he had left near the scene of an axe attack on the Prime Minister's electorate office in November, 2004, which had called upon like-minded New Zealanders to "engage in similar acts of civil disobediance" and to "take similar action of their own".

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International forces in Dili reach agreement

June 8, 2006 The international forces in East Timor have reached an agreement about the coordination of the military and police forces in the field. Representatives of the four countries reached the agreement during an urgent meeting after an incident between Australian and Portuguese soldiers yesterday.

In the agreement reached between Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Portugal and the Timorese government, operational autonomy is given to the international forces, which will operate in cooperation and coordination with each other.

The agreement also stated that in an initial phase Dili will be divided into sectors, and each area will be under the control of an international force. Outside of its area of responsibility, the military or police force will only be able to operate if other international forces request their actions. Also was agreed that the police forces will assume total control of the city after the military forces leave their current occupied positions. A situation that is expected after the arrival of the remaining equipment, mainly vehicles, for the Portuguese Republican National Guard (GNR) and the arrival of the remaining Malaysian police officers and their equipment.

In an official notice, the Timorese Foreign Minister, José Ramos Horta stated that "the objective on a long run is for the GNR to operate has a tactical intervention force in all the city of Dili".

Ramos Horta explained that "in the next days, maybe already tomorrow morning, they [the Australian, Malaysian, New Zealand and Portuguese forces] will do some coordination training, in way to assure that the four forces know exactly what each one will do". "Since some are from the Army and the others [Portuguese Republican National Guard] are a specialized police and that they never worked together, its useful to carry out some practical exercises", he added.

In another subject, Ramos Horta explained that the Australian soldiers that are in Maubisse, next to a rebel group lead by major Reinado, and in Gleno, Ermera, next to another group of "military opponents", are there "containing those elements".

"Those groups are not comparable with other people that are here in Dili and that must be disarmed", Ramos Horta said.

"The Australian presence in Maubisse and Gleno aims in containing those groups on their areas, until arrives the moment in which the President decides that is time for also mister Alfredo Reinado and the others to put down their weapons", he said. "This is not urgent because they are not causing problems to anyone", he justified.

The urgency of the resolution and clarification of the command and cooperation of the international forces was originated after an incident between Australian and Portuguese soldiers. When yesterday a Portuguese GNR patrol transported three people to a temporary detention center managed by Australian soldiers.

The detainees were arrested by a GNR Special Operations team, after being caught looting a governmental warehouse, in Balide, Dili.

The Australian soldiers then refused to receive the detained men, questioning the legitimacy of the Portuguese soldiers to make arrests. The Portuguese contingent transported the detainees to the Timorese prison services in Dili.


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Five kidnapped South Korean natural gas plant workers released

June 8, 2006 Five South Korean natural gas plant workers who were kidnapped yesterday have been released to a member of the Nigerian Senate, David Brigidi. The five ex-hostages walked into a Nigerian Government building and were in good health.

The kidnappers, who belong to the group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, released the workers after Mujahid Dokubo-Asari pled for the release. Mujahid Dokubo-Asari is a militant who is currently in prison and the kidnappers were demanding that he be released.

"All five Korean prisoners captured by our unit in the attack on the Daewoo camp were released … at the request of Dokubo-Asari," said the group.

Shell Petroleum Development Company operated the plant in the Nigerian Delta where the hostages worked. Shell has since closed the plant after the group said yesterday that more attacks were "planned" on the facility. The plant is located in Port Harcourt and Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. and Korea Gas Corp. were the workers employers.

Today the group again reaffirmed their earlier statement that all "oil companies in the Niger Delta are again warned to leave while they can."


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Yes it is news...two different events two different articles. Jason Safoutin 21:27, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


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Suspected lock evasion

Suspected global lock evasion. Both accounts posting similar, homophobic slurs.,

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 * They are both blocked here and globally locked. Pretty obvious, I don't see what I checkuser would tell us that the duck test wouldn't Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 20:54, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm hoping to get the IP behind the accounts blocked from creating new accounts. Otherwise we just continue to play whack-a-mole. Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 13:38, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

 * Note: Global stewards have effectively verified these accounts and also are all sock puppets. It would be helpful to have local, long-term, range blocks in place. Locally we can tolerate longer and wider blocks than are typical at the global level. --Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 17:06, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

from the Checkuser but obviously the same behaviour. Two ranges locally blocked for a year. All accounts on these ranges (including the two above) were blocked indefinitely by the abuse filter. [24Cr][talk] 20:13, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

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New HIV drug could stop virus from spreading

June 9, 2006 In a small-scale trial on humans, American scientists say they may have developed a new drug that could stop the spread of HIV and "rapidly clears" the blood of the virus.

"There is a lot of interest in this product," said editor Keith Alcorn of the National Aids Manual.

The drug called PA-457, which is derived from betulinic acid and comes from by-products from paper manufacturers, is being manufactured and developed by Maryland drug manufacturer Panacos Pharmaceuticals. The drug is known as a maturation inhibitor, which is a new group of drugs. Its purpose is to break down the protective protein coating of HIV. The drug exposes the inner genetic material by making holes in the coating of the virus essentially causing it to break down and disabling its ability to be passed from one human to the next. The drug also shows that it works on strains of HIV that are resistant to other medications. The drug is also compatible with other HIV drugs.

"It's a truly novel new class of drugs, and I really support their development. If PA-457 turns out to be non-toxic, easy to use and not to select for resistance, it will find good use," said Charles Boucher who researches HIV at Utrecht university medical center in the Netherlands.

"It stops the virus by interfering in one of the final stages in its assembly and stops it from 'budding out' from the wall of a cell," said Alcorn.

Scientists are expected to begin a larger scale test on 48 people in one month, whose drugs are no longer working; however, the drug itself is not likely to be available for wide-scale use for at least 3 years. Test subjects will be administered either a placebo or PA-457 that will be taken in combination with the medication they already take.

"This provides the basis for future studies that will be designed to provide a detailed understanding of the interaction between PA-457 and its target as well as insights into the design of new generations of maturation inhibitors," said CEO of Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Graham Allaway.

At least 80% of those suffering from the disease have shown resistance to other medications.


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Australian unemployment at lowest level in 30 years

June 9, 2006

Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced Australia's unemployment rate for May 2006 on Thursday. The rate had dropped to 4.9 percent, the first time since 1976 that unemployment in Australia had been below five percent.

Mr Howard said 56,000 full time jobs were created in May with 38,000 of those taken up by women. He said it was a symbol of how well his government was managing the economy. "The result is a wonderful symbol of the success of the Government’s economic policies." said Mr Howard.

According to the government 1.8 million jobs have been created since it took office in March 1996.

The number of people actively seeking work also increased, a sign Mr Howard said that people are "confident of finding work."

At an interview in Sydney, Mr Howard told reporters that he believed the unemployment rate would be driven down further when the benefits of his Workchoices industrial relations reforms begin to show. "I believe, as some of the effects of the workplace relations changes work their way through, then the unemployment rate, particularly in small business, will go down even further," he said.

Mr Howard denied that Workchoices had any affect on the figures for May saying that it was too early to tell. "I am not going to make that claim. It’s only May’s figures and the changes only came in March. I think it is too early to make that claim" Mr Howard told reporters.

Following the announcement, Liberal MP Wilson Tuckey said that the rise in the number of jobs could not have happened without the government's industrial relations reforms. "We wouldn't have achieved these outcomes, particularly in employer hiring, without the changes we've made,"

"When employers have confidence in their hiring arrangements as the Workchoices gives them, they're going to go out and hire more people" said Mr Tuckey.

Stephen Smith, workplace spokesperson for the opposition attacked Mr Tuckey's claims, stating that all the government's new industrial relations legislation has achieved is reduced wages. "The suggestion that somehow we've got these employment and unemployment figures as a result of 30 days of John Howard slashing wages is a complete nonsense," he said.

"It's great that we've got a 30-year low in unemployment but that's a result of 15 years of continuous economic growth and a resources boom." said Mr Smith.


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"not to select for resistance"?? what does that even mean? if this drug kills hiv, of course it selects for resistance, that's basic evolutionary theory... what is this guy even trying to say? i can't accept that a netherlands doctor doesn't know anything about biology, so what's he trying to say by that?
 * If it breaks down the protein coat in certain ways, it could be very difficult for the virus to adapt to it. It is attacking the virus particle directly instead of interfering with metabolism, which is the current paradigm for HIV treatment. Here's the Wikipedia article discussing antiretrovirals, which is the status quo for HIV treatment. The article is describing a potentially novel form of HIV treatment, provided Wikipedia is accurate. ^_^ -- Canar 00:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

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Related news: Iranian scientists claim to have found new treatment for AIDS. I would do it but... Emesee (talk) 21:49, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
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26 Australian citizens detained in immigration centres

June 9, 2006 According to a government document, the Australian federal government has detained 26 Australian citizens in immigration detention centres over the past ten years. In its count, the document does not include high-profile cases involving Cornelia Rau, Vivian Solon and "Mr. T", for which the government has already accepted liability.

Responding to a question on notice from Labor MP Steve Georganus, Phillip Ruddock, former Australian immigration minister said that the commonwealth ombudsman was looking into 220 possible cases where people have been illegally detained and of those 26 had been identified as legitimate Australian citizens. "Of the 220 cases bearing the descriptor 'released not unlawful' the department has identified 26 cases involving Australian citizens" he said.

According to Mr Georganus, his question was put to the government six months ago. He received a reply from Mr Ruddock last week.

Mr Georganus said that the errors should not be occurring in a democratic country. "When you see 26 Australian citizens locked away in Australia in a democratic country in the year 2006, you lose all confidence," he said.


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34 people injured in Assam serial blasts

June 9, 2006 At least 34 people were injured when a series of explosions rocked different parts of the state of Assam in India, on Thursday night. According to the police, four explosions of a very high intensity occurred in different parts of the state after 7 p.m. Those injured in the explosions are being treated at local hospitals.

Police said the first explosion occurred when militants lobbed a grenade at a crowded market in Islampur, 80 kilometres north of Guwahati, injuring 21 people. In the second incident, five passers-by were injured in another blast near the Golokganj police station close to the border with Bangladesh. The third explosion took place in the western district of Dhubri town where three people were wounded. The last explosion occurred in Nagaon, 120 kilometres east of Guwahati, injuring four people, including a policeman.

The attacks come a day after the Central government announced dates for the third round of talks between government peace representatives and an 11-member civil society group from Assam chosen by the militant, separatist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). The ULFA has demanded the release of five of its top leaders from prison if New Delhi wants to hold direct talks with the separatist group. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said "We have already recommended their release to the authorities in Delhi. We want peace back in the state."


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Congressional Candidate Raj Bhakta challenges Schwartz to debates

June 8, 2006

Republican candidate Raj Bhakta (R) has challenged incumbent U.S. Rep. Congresswoman Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-13) to a series of debates. Bhakta, a former contestant on the television show 'The Apprentice, accepted an invitation to debate on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart. Schwartz, however, declined - wishing to keep the debates in the district instead of on TV. "You wonder, why wouldn't somebody want to debate their opponent?" Bhakta said. "Either, they are afraid that they are going to look worse, which I would if I were her, or, you are just so full of contempt for the voters that you figure you are above that and they will vote for you anyway." Now, Bhakta suggests a series of 12 debates, six in Montgomery County and six in Northeast Philadelphia. "We want to get out and take questions from the voters," he said. "I have nothing to be afraid of." Calls to Schwartz's office were not returned before deadline. While both candidates have said they want to debate, the specific details of where and when have yet to be ironed out. "Anytime, anyplace, I'll debate," Bhakta said. He even purposed one for the fourth of July. "Her vision for America's future, on the day America was born, versus my own," he said. "My issues, quietly clearly, are how do we deal with the big issues of the country and the big issues of the area and Northeast Philadelphia," Bhakta said, "which are rising crime, declining services, a mayor who's trying to destroy Northeast Philadelphia." As his grassroots campaign continues, Bhakta gains confidence. "Meeting with the people and talking with the people, you realize what makes this country great," he said. "It gives me a lot of confidence when I'm out there and talking to people because I realize how very poorly represented they people." Bhakta wants to launch a movement to "save the Northeast." "It needs some saving," he said. His campaign is compiling crime statistics for the Northeast that show a "quintupling of crime." Bhakta says that over the past four years crime in "most areas" has increased fourfold. "That is ridiculous," he said. "It's unbelievable. A community can only hold up to that kind of attack for so long. Take a ride down Schwartz Street and it looks like that - four times as much crime."

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Details emerge on how al-Zarqawi's location was pinned

June 9, 2006

Someone said to be an informant within Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's trusted circle told Coalition forces the insurgent leader was going to have a meeting, it has emerged. This information appears to have led US F-16Cs to a safehouse in the Iraqi town of Hibhid, where the Jordanian and five others, including a child, were killed on Wednesday.

"We had absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Zarqawi was in the house. There was 100 percent confirmation," Caldwell said.

The informer is said to want the insurgency to pursue a strategy within the Iraqi political process, which in the informer's view was in contrast to tactics executed by al-Zarqawi's leadership that involved ethnic killings.

It was one of the last in a long line of breadcrumbs leading the hunt for the Iraqi government's most-wanted murderer to the doorstep of an attractive isolated house in Hibhid.

In a late-April video al-Zarqawi had been shown spraying bullets from a machine gun with a horizon in the background. This is said to have revealed the general location of al-Zarqawi, found near Diyala province, in the north east of Iraq. The ethnically mixed region had seen an upsurge in violence and over days preceding the airstrike.

Murders had included a number of decapitated heads left in fruitboxes. Al-Zarqawi had been known for kidnapping and video beheadings of westerners in Iraq.

Another al-Zarwaqi insider also had given vital clues to the investigators before the final tip-off. A former customs clearance officer in Rutba identified as Ziad Khalaf al-Karbuli had named Sheikh Abu Abdul-Rahman as al-Zarqawi's spiritual advisor and gave-up contact details.

Ziad Khalaf al-Karbuli had appeared on Jordanian television, May 23, to confess his links to al-Zarqawi, and to his murder of a Jordanian driver and his kidnap of two Moroccan embassy employees in 2005. The vital clue about Abu Abdul-Rahman was not broadcast.

With details from the al-Karbuli interrogation the gunsights got closer to al-Zarqawi. "Through painstaking intelligence effort, they were able to start tracking him, monitoring his movements and establishing when he was doing his link-ups with Zarqawi, " Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said of the investigators.

The US search for the Sheikh included the use of remote controlled aircraft, it was revealed.

However; it is said neither the al-Karbuli information nor the al-Zarqawi betrayer lead the Americans to press the fire button on al-Zarwaqi's two-story home. Al-Zarqawi was hard to catch because he reportedly eschewed trackable cell-phones in favour of high-tech Thuraya-made satellite phones to communicate.

The death certificate was signed by the secret informant who said both Sheikh Abu Abdul-Rahman and al-Zarqawi would be in Hibhid, Wednesday night.

For the elusive insurgent who had previously escaped attempts to bomb him, the execution came after comparison of this source's information with tracks of the location of satellite phone users.

The location found was beside a property with a courtyard surrounded by fields away from other buildings. It appears then the US command made the decision to strike at an address in the small town, near Baqubah.

US special forces were on the scene to photograph the dead al-Zarqawi at 6:17 p.m., two minutes after two 500lb bombs were dropped. Al-Zarqawi was said to be alive and being given medical assistance when he died of wounds sustained in the bombing.

The announcement of the killing was made Thursday by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said to viewers of Iraqi television the $25 million bounty for information leading to the death or capture of al-Zarqawi would be "honored."


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I was listening to NPR this morning and one of their stories indicated that al-Zarqawi wasn't dead when troops first arrived. Rather, they said he was on a stretcher and muttered something unintelligible. Anyone else heard that? I'm "working" so I don't have time to look for a source... --Chiacomo (talk) 16:39, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I've just come across information that corroberates your memory... moving to develop for time being Ealturner 16:54, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

 * this story needs an article of its own. I'll link one source and note he died of wounds.

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why is the fruitbox beheadings mentioned in the article? is there a link between that incident and zarqawi? Doldrums 13:19, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


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The time is 17:00 (UTC) on June 9th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Mount Merapi erupts
Indonesia

Kevin Anderson, correspondent for the BBC, reports Mount Merapi is erupting.

34 people injured in Assam serial blasts
India

At least 34 people were injured when a series of explosions rocked different parts of the state of Assam in India, on Thursday night. According to the police, four explosions of a very high intensity occurred in different parts of the state after 7 p.m.

Details emerge on how al-Zarqawi's location was pinned
Iraq

Someone said to be an informant within Abu Musab al-Zarwaqi's trusted circle told Coalition forces the insurgent leader was going to have a meeting, it has emerged. This information appears to have led US F-16Cs to a safehouse in the Iraqi town of Hibhid, where the Jordanian, and five others were killed on Wednesday.

Australian unemployment at lowest level in 30 years
Australia

Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced Australia's unemployment rate for May 2006 on Thursday. The rate had dropped to 4.9 percent, the first time since 1976 that unemployment in Australia had been below five percent.

26 Australian citizens detained in immigration centres
Australia

According to a government document, the Australian federal government has detained 26 Australian citizens in immigration detention centres over the past ten years. In its count, the document does not include high-profile cases involving Cornelia Rau, Vivian Solon and "Mr. T", for which the government has already accepted liability.

New HIV drug could stop virus from spreading
United States

In a small-scale trial on humans, American scientists say they may have developed a new drug that could stop the spread of HIV and "rapidly clears" the blood of the virus.

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New videotape of Ayman al-Zawahiri aired on Aljazeera

June 9, 2006 Al-Qaeda's second in command,, has released a new videotape. The television network Al Jazeera has aired the tape.

On the tape, al-Zawahiri said, " bless the of Islam in Iraq, the persistent hero of Islam, the Holy Warrior ." According to Al Jazeera, the tape was made before the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who was the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

During the broadcast, al-Zawahiri talks to the general Muslim population saying, "I call upon them to reject any referendum on Palestine, because Palestine is not for bargaining or bidding. Palestine was a land of Islam, and its liberation is the duty of every Muslim. I call upon Muslims everywhere to support the brothers in Palestine."

Al-Zawahiri also claims that the United Nations is trying to "occupy" Sudan and is attempting to "divide" the nation.

"The spineless Sudanese government ... is joining the United States in dividing Sudan to stay in power. In Sudan, the crusader (U.N.) Security Council decided to send military experts to Darfur in preparation for its occupation and division. I call upon every Muslim and everyone who has faith in Sudan, and every fervent Muslim in Darfur to confront the Crusader plot to occupy the lands of Islam," added al-Zawahiri.

Zawahiri also talks about judges in Egypt who wish to make the judiciary system independent.

"In Egypt, the crusader system supports the system that violates the judges' integrity, cheats in elections and enforces emergency law. Oh judges, you won't obtain independence unless your country is liberated first, and our home will not be liberated unless Islamic Sharia [law] is implemented. The regime won't give you your independence because to do so would be to kill itself," said Zawahiri, who was addressing the Egyptian judges.

"I have to be frank with you. You are part of the problem. You agreed on the constitution and the secular laws imposed on the nation by arms and suppression and torture and rigged elections. I tell the Egyptian judges you will not gain independence because America and Israel simply and clearly do not want that, and what you see today in procedures against you is part of their promised American reform plan," added Zawahiri.

Zawahiri also talks about the aid to the, which has been frozen. "The Arab governments did not have the courage to even meet the Palestinians' needs for one month. Because the orders came from [ Washington D.C. ] to their agents to starve the Palestinians and to isolate them," added Zawahiri.

The videotape is approximately 17 minutes long and it is unknown where Al Jazeera got the tape.