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en | 880 | 2630053 | "2014-05-19T01:52:41" | 2,014 | 5 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=880 | Australians talk tough ahead of Brisbane test match | ''November 17, Brisbane, Australia'' - The Australian [[w:cricket|cricket]] team has brashly talked up their chances of winning the first [[w:Trans-Tasman|trans-Tasman]] test, which is due to begin in [[w:Brisbane|Brisbane]] tomorrow.
Bowler [[w:Shane Warne|Shane Warne]] has stated that he will be targeting New Zealand captain [[w:Stephen Fleming|Stephen Fleming]], [[w:Glenn McGrath|Glenn McGrath]] has revealed that he will be after [[w:Nathan Astle|Nathan Astle]], and Australian batsman [[w:Matthew Hayden|Matthew Hayden]] has vowed to hit New Zealand bowler [[w:Daniel Vettori|Daniel Vettori]] out of the ground.
The New Zealand team's reaction to this Australian bravado was muted. "It's just history repeating itself", said former New Zealand coach and former test player [[w:John Bracewell|John Bracewell]]. "They just have a set of lines they've been using since I've been coming over here and it's exactly the same story, just a different name saying it. It's just repetitious", he went on to say. New Zealand batsman [[w:Scott Styris|Scott Styris]] went further, labelling the Australians' comments as "a yawn".
Australia is widely tipped to win the opening match of the two test series, especially due to New Zealand's loss of frontline players [[w:James Franklin|James Franklin]], [[w:Darryl Tuffey|Darryl Tuffey]] and [[w:Shane Bond|Shane Bond]] to injury.
==Sources==
* Cricinfo [http://aus.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/NOV/103192_AUS_17NOV2004.html New Zealand lose Franklin to groin injury], November 17, 2004
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/4015129.stm New Zealand suffer Franklin blow], November 17, 2004
*The New Zealand Herald [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sports/sportsstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3611248&thesection=sport&thesubsection=cricket&thesecondsubsection=blackcaps Black Caps shrug off Aussie sledging], November 17, 2004
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Bowler Shane Warne has stated that he will be targeting New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, Glenn McGrath has revealed that he will be after Nathan Astle, and Australian batsman Matthew Hayden has vowed to hit New Zealand bowler Daniel Vettori out of the ground.
The New Zealand team's reaction to this Australian bravado was muted. "It's just history repeating itself", said former New Zealand coach and former test player John Bracewell. "They just have a set of lines they've been using since I've been coming over here and it's exactly the same story, just a different name saying it. It's just repetitious", he went on to say. New Zealand batsman Scott Styris went further, labelling the Australians' comments as "a yawn".
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en | 1027 | 4329095 | "2017-07-08T14:31:52" | 2,017 | 7 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=1027 | Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi in custody | ''Thursday, November 18 2004, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India.'' Kanchi Mutt seer Sri Jayendra Saraswathi has been remanded to 5 day's police custody in the South Indian town of [[w:Vellore|Vellore]].
[[w:Jayendra Saraswathi|Jayendra Saraswathi]] is the senior [[w:Pontiff|pontiff]] of the 2500 year old Kanchi Mutt, situated in Kancheepuram in the [[w:South India|South Indian state]] of [[w:Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]. He is also a prominent religious leader both because of the stature of the Mutt and the Mutt's large number of devotees but also for his active but unsuccessful role in resolving the [[w:Babri Mosque|Ayodhya dispute]].
The seer was arrested on 11 November, 2004 at Mahboobnagar, about 150 km from [[w:Hyderabad|Hyderabad]] of directing the murder of A.Sankararaman, a former Manager of the Mutt.
[[w:Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] [[w:Chief Minister|Chief Minister]] [[w:Jayalalitha|J. Jayalalithaa]] said on Wednesday, November 17 2004 that the arrest was made since they had solid evidence.
The evidence was in the form of a statement by two of the prime accused in the case confirming his invovlement, huge sum of money drawn to pay for the murder and telephone conversations with the killers.
== References ==
# ''ANI, November 18, 2004:'' [http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=52787&cat=India Shankaracharya remanded to 5-day police custody]
# ''Deccan Herald & PTI, November 18, 2004:'' [http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov182004/i1.asp We have solid proof against seer: Jaya]
# ''Times News Network, November 18, 2004:'' [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/925914.cms Police have solid proof against pontiff: Jaya]
# ''UNI, November 18, 2004:'' [http://www.deepikaglobal.com/latestnews.asp?ncode=22450 Shankaracharya produced before court]
# ''Express News Service, November 18, 2004:'' [http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=59102 Cops have shocking information, details]
# ''Hindustan Times, November 18, 2004:'' [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1110535,0008.htm Shankaracharya remanded to five-day police custody]
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Jayendra Saraswathi is the senior pontiff of the 2500 year old Kanchi Mutt, situated in Kancheepuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is also a prominent religious leader both because of the stature of the Mutt and the Mutt's large number of devotees but also for his active but unsuccessful role in resolving the Ayodhya dispute.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said on Wednesday, November 17 2004 that the arrest was made since they had solid evidence.
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en | 1037 | 1535509 | "2012-06-21T15:27:08" | 2,012 | 6 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=1037 | Kyoto Treaty becomes legally binding on February 16 | ''November 18 2004, Nairobi.'' The [[w:United Nations|United Nations]] has announced that the [[w:Kyoto Treaty|Kyoto Treaty]], which its signatories claim will counter the [[w:greenhouse effect|greenhouse effect]] and global climate changes, will take effect on February 16, 2005.
The treaty could not be made legally binding to those countries who signed it earlier, the BBC reports, because they did not make up for the required 55% of the world's emission of greenhouse gases. Last month, [[w:Russia|Russia]] announced they would sign the treaty, pushing that percentage to 55%. Andrei Denisov, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, handed [[w:Kofi Annan|Kofi Annan]] the official papers today.
Several industrialized nations around the world have refused to ratify the Kyoto Treaty, in particular the [[w:United States of America|United States of America]] and [[w:Australia|Australia]]. The governments of both countries argue that signing the protocol would cause an estimated 3% decline in GDP, and thus stagnation of their economies, while resulting in only small total greenhouse gas reductions worldwide. The also point out that other major nations, notably China, are extempt from the treaty provisions.
==References==
*''BBC'', November 18, 2004: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4022283.stm "Start date set for Kyoto Treaty"]
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[[Category:Kofi Annan]] | November 18 2004, Nairobi. The United Nations has announced that the Kyoto Treaty, which its signatories claim will counter the greenhouse effect and global climate changes, will take effect on February 16, 2005.
The treaty could not be made legally binding to those countries who signed it earlier, the BBC reports, because they did not make up for the required 55% of the world's emission of greenhouse gases. Last month, Russia announced they would sign the treaty, pushing that percentage to 55%. Andrei Denisov, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, handed Kofi Annan the official papers today.
Several industrialized nations around the world have refused to ratify the Kyoto Treaty, in particular the United States of America and Australia. The governments of both countries argue that signing the protocol would cause an estimated 3% decline in GDP, and thus stagnation of their economies, while resulting in only small total greenhouse gas reductions worldwide. The also point out that other major nations, notably China, are extempt from the treaty provisions. | [
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en | 1038 | 818774 | "2009-05-14T06:37:48" | 2,009 | 5 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=1038 | World's most-spammed man | ''November 18, USA'' - William Henry Gates III or just [[Bill Gates]], [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]] founder, receives up to four million emails a year, and most of it is "junk" or "spam," according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. An entire department filters the unsolicited emails.
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== Sources ==
*Detroit Free Press, [http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland2e_20041202.htm Ballmer talks up links to the Net,] December 2, 2004. (Updated link clarifies quantity.)
== Older sources ==
The following sources were published prior to the clarification about the quantity of e-mail provided by Steve Ballmer, of Microsoft Corporation:
*ABC News, [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=262372 Gates: Even Microsoft Master Is Plagued By 'Spam']
*BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4023667.stm Bill Gates 'most spammed person']
*CBS News, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/18/tech/main656429.shtml Spammers Love Bill Gates]
*China Daily, [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/23/content_394000.htm Bill Gates 'most spammed person']
*CNN, [http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/11/18/gates.spam.ap/ Gates world's most spammed person]
*Forbes, [http://www.forbes.com/2004/11/18/1118autofacescan02.html Gates: Even Microsoft Master Is Plagued By 'Spam']
*India Economic Times, [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/926617.cms Gates world's most spammed person]
*MSNBC, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6522635/ Bill Gates gets millions of spam daily]
*Reuters, [http://news.com.com/Gates+may+be+worlds+most+spammed+person/2100-1032_3-5458633.html "Gates may be world's most spammed person"]
*Slashdot, [http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/11/18/1355229.shtml?tid=111&tid=1 "Gates: World's Most-Spammed Man"]
== Related sources ==
*Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A9093-2003Nov23 A Spam-Free Future]
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[[Category:Bill Gates]] | November 18, USA - William Henry Gates III or just Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, receives up to four million emails a year, and most of it is "junk" or "spam," according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. An entire department filters the unsolicited emails.
*ABC News, Gates: Even Microsoft Master Is Plagued By 'Spam'
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*CBS News, Spammers Love Bill Gates
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en | 1289 | 715624 | "2008-10-26T19:08:40" | 2,008 | 10 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=1289 | Blog declared Word of the Year | Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary has announced that the word “blog” is their word of the year in their list of Top 10 words of the year.
The top ten list in order was:
# [[wikt:blog|blog]]
# [[wikt:incumbent|incumbent]]
# [[wikt:electoral|electoral]]
# [[wikt:insurgent|insurgent]]
# [[wikt:hurricane|hurricane]]
# [[wikt:cicada|cicada]]
# [[wikt:peloton|peloton]]
# [[wikt:partisan|partisan]]
# [[wikt:sovereignty|sovereignty]]
# [[wikt:defenestration|defenestration]]
[[w:Reuters|Reuters]] reports that the company said most online dictionary queries were for uncommon terms, but people also turned to its Web sites for words in news headlines.
"That is what occurred in this year's election cycle ... with voluminous hits for words like 'incumbent,' 'electoral,' 'partisan,' and, of course, our number one Word of the Year, 'blog'," Merriam-Webster President and Publisher John Morse said in a statement.
The dictionary has been criticized however for its definition of a blog on a [http://www.blogherald.com blog news website], that described Merriam-Websters definition of a blog as a personal journal as "garbage" and "so [[w:1999|1999]]".
== References ==
# [http://www.m-w.com/info/04words.htm Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year 2004]
# [[wikt:Main Page|Wiktionary]]
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[[Category:Published]] | Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary has announced that the word “blog” is their word of the year in their list of Top 10 words of the year.
The top ten list in order was:
# blog
# incumbent
# electoral
# insurgent
# hurricane
# cicada
# peloton
# partisan
# sovereignty
# defenestration
Reuters reports that the company said most online dictionary queries were for uncommon terms, but people also turned to its Web sites for words in news headlines.
"That is what occurred in this year's election cycle ... with voluminous hits for words like 'incumbent,' 'electoral,' 'partisan,' and, of course, our number one Word of the Year, 'blog'," Merriam-Webster President and Publisher John Morse said in a statement.
The dictionary has been criticized however for its definition of a blog on a blog news website, that described Merriam-Websters definition of a blog as a personal journal as "garbage" and "so 1999". | [
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en | 1371 | 1985444 | "2013-09-16T20:12:33" | 2,013 | 9 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=1371 | Delta 4 Heavy rocket poised for maiden launch | '''December 13, 2004'''
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The first new heavy lift space vehicle in a generation is cleared to launch from [[w:Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]]. The [[w:Boeing|Boeing]] '''[[w:Delta IV rocket|Delta IV Heavy]]''' has missed launch opportunities three days in a row (starting Friday, December 12) due to minor technical difficulties. It is now scheduled to launch Dec. 20 or 21 from pad SLC-37B.
The '''Delta 4''' was developed as part of the U.S Air Force's ''Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle'' program to reduce costs and improve reliability. The basic design is a two stage, cryogenic [[w:Bipropellant rocket|LOx/LH<sub>2</sub>]] rocket. Strap-on boosters may be added to increase lift capacity.
Two major obstacles have plagued the project in recent years; a bidding scandal which cost Boeing a large portion of the military satellite launch business for which it was competing, and a downturn in commercial satellite launches in 2001.
The ''Heavy'' variant of the Delta 4 rocket can place 13,100 kg (28,950 Lb) into [[w:Geostationary transfer orbit|geostationary transfer orbit]], greater than any other current rocket. Two additional first stage cores are used as strap-on boosters for this configuration. Their rated thrust is 2,900,000 N (656,000 lb) each.
Delta 4's main engine, the RS68, is the most powerful hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine in the world, approximately three times as powerful as the [[w:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] Vulcain HM60. Its design sacrifices efficiency for increased reliability and lower cost: rated [[w:specific impulse|specific impulse]] is 365s at sea level and 410s in a vacuum. The second stage engine, Pratt and Whitney's RL-10B-2, has a specific impulse of 462s.
The primary market for this launcher will be classified [[w:spy satellites|spy satellites]] for the US intelligence community. Most of these satellites were previously launched on the Titan 4, which has since been retired. The Delta 4 Heavy's published launch cost is $170 million, compared to the Titan 4's $400 million (1999 dollars).
Delta 4 Heavy's maiden launch is a demonstration and will carry a dummy load and two nano-satellites. The main payload, dubbed ''DemoSat'' is a 6020 kg (13271 lb) mass designed to simulate the dynamic and initial properties of a real satellite. Its design consists of large brass rods, intended to fully burn up on reentry.
The two nano-satellites are part of the US Department of Defense ''Nanosat-2 Program'', and built by students from New Mexico State University, Arizona State University, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
==Sources==
*[http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/delta4/delta4.htm Boeing Delta IV]
*[http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html Launch Schedule]
*[http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d4h.html SpaceFlightNow coverage]
*[http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/dellarge.htm astronautix page]
*[http://www.spacedaily.com/news/launchers-04zze.html SpaceDaily]
*[http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/propul/RS68.html RS68]
*[http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-07-24-boeing-air-force_x.htm Bidding scandal]
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The first new heavy lift space vehicle in a generation is cleared to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Boeing 'Delta IV Heavy' has missed launch opportunities three days in a row (starting Friday, December 12) due to minor technical difficulties. It is now scheduled to launch Dec. 20 or 21 from pad SLC-37B.
The 'Delta 4' was developed as part of the U.S Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program to reduce costs and improve reliability. The basic design is a two stage, cryogenic LOx/LH2 rocket. Strap-on boosters may be added to increase lift capacity.
Two major obstacles have plagued the project in recent years; a bidding scandal which cost Boeing a large portion of the military satellite launch business for which it was competing, and a downturn in commercial satellite launches in 2001.
The Heavy variant of the Delta 4 rocket can place 13,100 kg (28,950 Lb) into geostationary transfer orbit, greater than any other current rocket. Two additional first stage cores are used as strap-on boosters for this configuration. Their rated thrust is 2,900,000 N (656,000 lb) each.
Delta 4's main engine, the RS68, is the most powerful hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine in the world, approximately three times as powerful as the Ariane 5 Vulcain HM60. Its design sacrifices efficiency for increased reliability and lower cost: rated specific impulse is 365s at sea level and 410s in a vacuum. The second stage engine, Pratt and Whitney's RL-10B-2, has a specific impulse of 462s.
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== References ==
* Ashley, S. (January, 2005). A bad fix for Hubble?. In ''Scientific American, 292'', 20 – 22.
* Berger, B. [http://www.space.com/news/hubble_reaction_041209.html Recommended Hubble Repair Mission Gets Measured Response from Congress].
* Leary, W. E. & Overbye, D. (December 9, 2004). Panel urges shuttle mission to help Hubble Telescope. In ''The New York Times, CLIV'', A21.
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The global war on [[w:smoking|smoking]] passed a major milestone on 30 November 2004. On that date, [[w:Peru|Peru]] became the 40th country to ratify an international [[w:treaty|treaty]] to reduce smoking, thus triggering activation of the treaty in 90 days.
According to the [[w:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]]'s World Health Report 2003, [[w:tobacco|tobacco]] consumption is the single leading preventable cause of death. It prematurely ends the lives of 5 million people a year, a figure which will double by 2020 if current trends are not reversed. Tobacco is the only legal product that causes the death of one half of its regular users, more than many illegal drugs. This means that of the current 1.3 billion smokers, 650 million people will die prematurely due to tobacco. Another way to look at the effect of smoking is to measure the average reduction in life expectancy among smokers. A [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15213107&itool=iconpmc study] published in the British Medical Journal in June 2004 followed 34,439 male doctors since 1951 and showed that smokers died on average 10 years earlier than non-smokers.
Although the number of smokers has stabilized or fallen in developed areas, it is rising in developing or transitional regions, which contain more of the world's population and already 84% of the world's smokers. To fight this increasing health threat, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ([http://www.who.int/tobacco/framework/en/ WHO FCTC]) was unanimously adopted by the 56th [[w:World Health Assembly|World Health Assembly]] in May 2003 following almost three years of negotiations. The treaty aims to reduce both the demand for and the supply of tobacco by setting standards on tobacco price and tax increases, tobacco advertising and sponsorship, labelling, illicit trade and second-hand smoke.
Studies show that increasing prices through taxes on tobacco products is the most cost-effective way to reduce smoking. The [[w:World Bank|World Bank]] estimated that a 10% increase in tobacco prices would, on average, result in a reduction of 4% of the demand in high-income countries and 8% in lower-income countries. Thus the treaty suggests tobacco taxes or price controls, although it neither suggests specific levels nor requires any taxes or price controls.
The treaty requires all countries adopting it to ban, to the extent allowed by their constitutions, all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship within five years. Health warnings must occupy at least half of the principal display areas of a pack, but they must not be less than 30%. These health warnings must be changed regularly and may include pictures. [[w:cigarette|Cigarette]] packages must contain information on ingredients and [[w:emissions|emissions]].
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An anti-smoking ad (source: CDC Media Campaign Resource Center). [http://www.who.int/features/2003/en/08_galleryb_1_en.html View more here].
The treaty aims to reduce [[w:smuggling|smuggling]] by requiring adopting nations to mark all tobacco packages for tracing purposes and to indicate their country of destination, as well as to cooperate with each other in monitoring and controlling the movement of tobacco products and investigating their diversion. The treaty bans tobacco sales to and by [[w:minors|minors]].
The idea for an international instrument for tobacco control was initiated in May 1995 at the 48th World Health Assembly. But it wasn’t until 1999, a year after the then WHO Director-General, [[w:Gro Harlem Brundtland|Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland]], made global tobacco control a priority, that work on the present treaty began. During the year after the FCTC was written, 167 countries signed and 23 countries ratified it, making it one of the most rapidly embraced [[w:UN|UN]] treaties of all time. "The momentum growing around the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control seems unstoppable. It demonstrates the importance placed by the international community on saving many of the millions of lives now lost to tobacco," said Dr [[w:Lee Jong-wook|Lee Jong-wook]], WHO Director-General. "I look forward to more countries joining the 40 states that are making it possible for this Treaty to become law."
Of the countries ratifying the treaty, the largest are (in order of decreasing population) [[w:India|India]], [[w:Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[w:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]], [[w:Japan|Japan]], [[w:Mexico|Mexico]], [[w:Thailand|Thailand]], [[w:France|France]], and [[w:Burma|Burma]]. Nations that have signed but not yet ratified include [[w:China|China]], [[w:USA|USA]], [[w:Brazil|Brazil]], [[w:Nigeria|Nigeria]], [[w:Philippines|Philippines]], [[w:Vietnam|Viet Nam]], [[w:Germany|Germany]], and [[w:Egypt|Egypt]]. The largest non-signers are [[w:Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[w:Russia|Russia]], [[w:Colombia|Colombia]], [[w:Tanzania|Tanzania]], and [[w:Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]]. The [[w:Himalayas|Himalayan]] kingdom of [[w:Bhutan|Bhutan]] went beyond the treaty requirements when on December 17 it became the first country in the world to completely ban the sale of tobacco.
==References==
*{{source|url=http://www.ideaexplore.net/news/041217.html|author=Larry Baum|title=A Smoking Gun Loaded And Ready To Fire|pub=Human News|date=17 December 2004}}
*{{source|url=http://www.who.int/whr/2003/chapter6/en/index2.html|author=World Health Organization|title=The world health report 2003|pub=WHO website|date=2003}}
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The global war on smoking passed a major milestone on 30 November 2004. On that date, Peru became the 40th country to ratify an international treaty to reduce smoking, thus triggering activation of the treaty in 90 days.
According to the World Health Organization's World Health Report 2003, tobacco consumption is the single leading preventable cause of death. It prematurely ends the lives of 5 million people a year, a figure which will double by 2020 if current trends are not reversed. Tobacco is the only legal product that causes the death of one half of its regular users, more than many illegal drugs. This means that of the current 1.3 billion smokers, 650 million people will die prematurely due to tobacco. Another way to look at the effect of smoking is to measure the average reduction in life expectancy among smokers. A study published in the British Medical Journal in June 2004 followed 34,439 male doctors since 1951 and showed that smokers died on average 10 years earlier than non-smokers.
Although the number of smokers has stabilized or fallen in developed areas, it is rising in developing or transitional regions, which contain more of the world's population and already 84% of the world's smokers. To fight this increasing health threat, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ( WHO FCTC) was unanimously adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly in May 2003 following almost three years of negotiations. The treaty aims to reduce both the demand for and the supply of tobacco by setting standards on tobacco price and tax increases, tobacco advertising and sponsorship, labelling, illicit trade and second-hand smoke.
Studies show that increasing prices through taxes on tobacco products is the most cost-effective way to reduce smoking. The World Bank estimated that a 10% increase in tobacco prices would, on average, result in a reduction of 4% of the demand in high-income countries and 8% in lower-income countries. Thus the treaty suggests tobacco taxes or price controls, although it neither suggests specific levels nor requires any taxes or price controls.
The treaty requires all countries adopting it to ban, to the extent allowed by their constitutions, all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship within five years. Health warnings must occupy at least half of the principal display areas of a pack, but they must not be less than 30%. These health warnings must be changed regularly and may include pictures. Cigarette packages must contain information on ingredients and emissions.
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An anti-smoking ad (source: CDC Media Campaign Resource Center). View more here.
The treaty aims to reduce smuggling by requiring adopting nations to mark all tobacco packages for tracing purposes and to indicate their country of destination, as well as to cooperate with each other in monitoring and controlling the movement of tobacco products and investigating their diversion. The treaty bans tobacco sales to and by minors.
The idea for an international instrument for tobacco control was initiated in May 1995 at the 48th World Health Assembly. But it wasn’t until 1999, a year after the then WHO Director-General, Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, made global tobacco control a priority, that work on the present treaty began. During the year after the FCTC was written, 167 countries signed and 23 countries ratified it, making it one of the most rapidly embraced UN treaties of all time. "The momentum growing around the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control seems unstoppable. It demonstrates the importance placed by the international community on saving many of the millions of lives now lost to tobacco," said Dr Lee Jong-wook, WHO Director-General. "I look forward to more countries joining the 40 states that are making it possible for this Treaty to become law."
Of the countries ratifying the treaty, the largest are (in order of decreasing population) India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, France, and Burma. Nations that have signed but not yet ratified include China, USA, Brazil, Nigeria, Philippines, Viet Nam, Germany, and Egypt. The largest non-signers are Indonesia, Russia, Colombia, Tanzania, and Uzbekistan. The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan went beyond the treaty requirements when on December 17 it became the first country in the world to completely ban the sale of tobacco. | [
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Emergency hospital during 1918 influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas (source: National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP).
A bout of the flu can be mild. In young, healthy adults, many infections pass unnoticed. But sometimes the [[w:influenza|influenza]] [[w:virus|virus]] evolves into a strain that decimates its victims. The worst known strain swept the world in the Fall of 1918, infecting 500-1000 million and killing 40-100 million, about 2-5% of people.
There are several theories about where the [[w:pandemic|pandemic]] began, but the [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=340389&blobtype=pdf likeliest origin] was in Haskell County, Kansas, in the United States. People in the sparsely populated county, where farmers raised pigs, poultry, cattle, and grain, began suffering from influenza in late January 1918. Unusually for flu, it was young, healthy adults who were hardest hit. Victims fell ill suddenly, many progressing to [[w:pneumonia|pneumonia]] and dying, often within days. Within weeks, however, the [[w:epidemic|epidemic]] ended. The natural geographic isolation of this community normally might have contained the fatal flu in a sort of unintentional [[w:quarantine|quarantine]], but the [[w:World War I|First World War]] intervened. Men were uprooted from their home towns and congregated in huge numbers in army camps for training and then shipping out to other camps or to fight in Europe. The destination for men from Haskell County was Camp Funston, part of Fort Riley, Kansas, where the first influenza case was reported in early March. As soldiers moved among camps, the virus spread. Within two months, the epidemic spread to most of the army camps and most of the largest cities in the United States. As American soldiers went to France, so did the virus, spreading first from the port of Brest.
The flu then spread worldwide. The pandemic reached its height in the Fall of 1918. Spain was affected early, and because Spain was not fighting in the World War, there was no wartime censorship, and news of the outbreak became widely known, leading to the flu being called the Spanish Flu in many countries. In Spain, however, it was called French Flu or the Naples Soldier. In India, about 12 million people died of flu. In some US cities, people died so quickly that morticians couldn't cope with the bodies. According to Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux, who worked in the Fort Riley laundry during the epidemic: "They were piling them up in a warehouse until they could get coffins for them."
The disease started with cough, then headache. Temperature, breathing and heart rate increased rapidly. In the worst cases, pneumonia came next, the lungs filling with liquid, drowning the patients and turning them blue from lack of air. Patients bled from every orifice: mouths, noses, ears, eyes. Those who survived often suffered temporary or permanent brain damage. Several million developed [[w:encephalitis lethargica|encephalitis lethargica]], in which victims were trapped in a permanent sleeplike and rigid state, as portrayed in the 1990 movie "[[w:Awakenings|Awakenings]]." In others, normal thought processes were impaired. During negotiations to end World War I, US President [[w:Woodrow Wilson|Woodrow Wilson]] was struck with flu, and people around him noted that his mental abilities never fully recovered. The French leader [[w:George Clemenceau|George Clemenceau]] had wanted harsher punishment of Germany than Wilson had desired. Clemenceau may have convinced Wilson in his weakened state to accept such harsh terms, which may have been one of the factors causing [[w:World War II|World War II]].
Since flu is highly contagious early in the illness, even before symptoms appear, strict quarantine may be necessary to stop its spread during an epidemic. Australia kept its 1918 flu death rate relatively low by enforcing quarantines. However, in many parts of the world, public health officials hesitated to impose such measures, giving the disease time to gain a foothold. In the US city of Philadelphia, a rally of half a million people was planned in September 1918 to sell bonds to fund the war, at just the time when the flu started to infect residents. Although doctors warned the public health director to cancel the rally, he wanted to meet the city's quota to raise money for the war and refused to cancel the event. Within days after the rally, half a million city residents caught the flu.
Why was the 1918 flu so deadly? The influenza virus wasn't preserved at the time of the outbreak, at least on purpose. But in the late 1990s researchers Ann Reid, Jeffery K. Taubenberger, and their colleagues extracted and [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/96/4/1651 sequenced the genetic material] of the virus, [[w:RNA|RNA]], from tissue of victims who died in the pandemic. They used bits of lung that were preserved in formalin from victims on army bases or from victims buried in permafrost in the Alaskan village of Brevig Mission, where flu killed 85% of adults. Comparisons with known flu viruses in humans, pigs, and birds suggest that some genes of the 1918 virus came from birds or an unknown animal source. Other scientists then were able to show that the [[w:amino acid|amino acid]] sequence of [[w:hemagglutinin|hemagglutinin]] [[w:protein|protein]] from the 1918 virus had several changes from other flu viruses that may have helped it to easily bind and invade human cells, and that made the virus look different enough from earlier flu virus strains that people had no immunity.
The possibility exists that another flu pandemic will sweep the world like the one in 1918. In 2004, an [[w:H5N1|H5N1]] influenza virus has killed millions of birds and at least 30 people in southeast Asia. So far this virus strain has not evolved the ability to pass directly from human to human, but that possibility becomes more likely as the [[w:bird flu|bird flu]] pandemic continues and humans remain in contact with chickens, ducks, and other birds. The virus has killed two-thirds of people reported to be infected. Dr. Tim Uyeki, an epidemiologist for the [[w:Centers for Disease Control|US Centers for Disease Control]], says, "you have the ingredients in Asia right now for a public health disaster."
But since sequences of this bird flu virus are known, it may be possible to develop a [[w:vaccine|vaccine]] or set of vaccines to protect against it. At a special meeting of influenza experts on November 11th and 12th, [[w:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] influenza program chief [[w:Klaus Stohr|Klaus Stohr]] said, "It is not only possible, but also important, that influenza pandemic vaccines be made available... and there's a shared responsibility needed to make that happen…. We have a huge window of opportunity now."
==References==
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Emergency hospital during 1918 influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas (source: National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP).
A bout of the flu can be mild. In young, healthy adults, many infections pass unnoticed. But sometimes the influenza virus evolves into a strain that decimates its victims. The worst known strain swept the world in the Fall of 1918, infecting 500-1000 million and killing 40-100 million, about 2-5% of people.
There are several theories about where the pandemic began, but the likeliest origin was in Haskell County, Kansas, in the United States. People in the sparsely populated county, where farmers raised pigs, poultry, cattle, and grain, began suffering from influenza in late January 1918. Unusually for flu, it was young, healthy adults who were hardest hit. Victims fell ill suddenly, many progressing to pneumonia and dying, often within days. Within weeks, however, the epidemic ended. The natural geographic isolation of this community normally might have contained the fatal flu in a sort of unintentional quarantine, but the First World War intervened. Men were uprooted from their home towns and congregated in huge numbers in army camps for training and then shipping out to other camps or to fight in Europe. The destination for men from Haskell County was Camp Funston, part of Fort Riley, Kansas, where the first influenza case was reported in early March. As soldiers moved among camps, the virus spread. Within two months, the epidemic spread to most of the army camps and most of the largest cities in the United States. As American soldiers went to France, so did the virus, spreading first from the port of Brest.
The flu then spread worldwide. The pandemic reached its height in the Fall of 1918. Spain was affected early, and because Spain was not fighting in the World War, there was no wartime censorship, and news of the outbreak became widely known, leading to the flu being called the Spanish Flu in many countries. In Spain, however, it was called French Flu or the Naples Soldier. In India, about 12 million people died of flu. In some US cities, people died so quickly that morticians couldn't cope with the bodies. According to Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux, who worked in the Fort Riley laundry during the epidemic: "They were piling them up in a warehouse until they could get coffins for them."
The disease started with cough, then headache. Temperature, breathing and heart rate increased rapidly. In the worst cases, pneumonia came next, the lungs filling with liquid, drowning the patients and turning them blue from lack of air. Patients bled from every orifice: mouths, noses, ears, eyes. Those who survived often suffered temporary or permanent brain damage. Several million developed encephalitis lethargica, in which victims were trapped in a permanent sleeplike and rigid state, as portrayed in the 1990 movie "Awakenings." In others, normal thought processes were impaired. During negotiations to end World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson was struck with flu, and people around him noted that his mental abilities never fully recovered. The French leader George Clemenceau had wanted harsher punishment of Germany than Wilson had desired. Clemenceau may have convinced Wilson in his weakened state to accept such harsh terms, which may have been one of the factors causing World War II.
Since flu is highly contagious early in the illness, even before symptoms appear, strict quarantine may be necessary to stop its spread during an epidemic. Australia kept its 1918 flu death rate relatively low by enforcing quarantines. However, in many parts of the world, public health officials hesitated to impose such measures, giving the disease time to gain a foothold. In the US city of Philadelphia, a rally of half a million people was planned in September 1918 to sell bonds to fund the war, at just the time when the flu started to infect residents. Although doctors warned the public health director to cancel the rally, he wanted to meet the city's quota to raise money for the war and refused to cancel the event. Within days after the rally, half a million city residents caught the flu.
Why was the 1918 flu so deadly? The influenza virus wasn't preserved at the time of the outbreak, at least on purpose. But in the late 1990s researchers Ann Reid, Jeffery K. Taubenberger, and their colleagues extracted and sequenced the genetic material of the virus, RNA, from tissue of victims who died in the pandemic. They used bits of lung that were preserved in formalin from victims on army bases or from victims buried in permafrost in the Alaskan village of Brevig Mission, where flu killed 85% of adults. Comparisons with known flu viruses in humans, pigs, and birds suggest that some genes of the 1918 virus came from birds or an unknown animal source. Other scientists then were able to show that the amino acid sequence of hemagglutinin protein from the 1918 virus had several changes from other flu viruses that may have helped it to easily bind and invade human cells, and that made the virus look different enough from earlier flu virus strains that people had no immunity.
The possibility exists that another flu pandemic will sweep the world like the one in 1918. In 2004, an H5N1 influenza virus has killed millions of birds and at least 30 people in southeast Asia. So far this virus strain has not evolved the ability to pass directly from human to human, but that possibility becomes more likely as the bird flu pandemic continues and humans remain in contact with chickens, ducks, and other birds. The virus has killed two-thirds of people reported to be infected. Dr. Tim Uyeki, an epidemiologist for the US Centers for Disease Control, says, "you have the ingredients in Asia right now for a public health disaster."
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Officials in [[w:Mumbai|Mumbai]], India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city's slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December.
When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After wiping out the least desirable shanties, next in line for demolition are the illegal ‘well-off’ shanties and neighborhoods, according to the legal and bureaucratic motions that have been executed toward cleaning up Mumbai's appearance by lowering the dominance of shanties, which make up 62 percent of Mumbai's housing.
"As far as eye can see, there are mounds of wood, tin and tarpaulin, the remains of 6,200 illegal homes, flattened by a heavy excavator running on tank-like tracks and giant motorised claws," the Indian Express reported about today's destruction. [http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61510]
<blockquote>Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that citizens would see a change within six months. "Every chief minister likes to be remembered, and I’m no exception," said Deshmukh, who despite having an empty exchequer, also announced that Rs 31,000 crore will be spent on new roads, sea links and rail lines. [http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61510]</blockquote>
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Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city's slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December.
When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After wiping out the least desirable shanties, next in line for demolition are the illegal ‘well-off’ shanties and neighborhoods, according to the legal and bureaucratic motions that have been executed toward cleaning up Mumbai's appearance by lowering the dominance of shanties, which make up 62 percent of Mumbai's housing.
"As far as eye can see, there are mounds of wood, tin and tarpaulin, the remains of 6,200 illegal homes, flattened by a heavy excavator running on tank-like tracks and giant motorised claws," the Indian Express reported about today's destruction.
Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that citizens would see a change within six months. "Every chief minister likes to be remembered, and I’m no exception," said Deshmukh, who despite having an empty exchequer, also announced that Rs 31,000 crore will be spent on new roads, sea links and rail lines. | [
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'''December 26, 2004'''
[[w:Nicobar Islands|Nicobar Islands]] - A [[w:moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] 7.3 [[w:earthquake|earthquake]] occurred at 04:21 [[w:UTC|UTC]] in the [[w:India|Indian]] region near [[w:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]].
[[w:seismologist|Seismologists]] at [[w:USGS|USGS]] have indicated that this earthquake is an aftershock of the [[Strongest earthquake in 40 years hits Southeast Asia|9.0 earthquake]] which had occurred just a few hours earlier, 305 km (190 miles) distant, in the [[w:Indian Ocean|Indian Ocean]] near [[w:Sumatra|Sumatra]], [[w:Indonesia|Indonesia]].
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department issued a statement that the quake had struck [[w:Chittagong|Chittagong]], a southern port that is the second largest city in Bangladesh.
==Quake characteristics==
[[Image:EQ neic smax small.gif|right]]
The [[w:hypocenter|hypocenter]] was measured at 6.901°N, 92.952°E, some 130 kilometres south by southwest of [[w:Misha|Misha]], Nicobar Islands, at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles).
==References==
* [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/ussmax.htm Magnitude 7.3 - NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 2004] ''USGS,'' December 26, 2004 at 04:21:26 UTC.
* [http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041226/ap/d8774gj04.html Tremor jolts parts of Bangladesh] ''Associated Press report on Yahoo Asia news,'' December 26, 2004.
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en | 2445 | 4678703 | "2022-05-29T07:09:00" | 2,022 | 5 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=2445 | MN4 2004 asteroid now considered safe | '''December 29'''
[[w:United States|United States]] - According to [[w:NASA|NASA]]'s [http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ Near Earth Object Program], [[w:2004 MN4|2004 MN4]]'s assessed risk has been corrected downward to zero on the [[w:Torino scale|Torino scale]]. The [[w:Torino scale|Torino scale]] is the current method by which astronomers classify the likelihood of an impact with a [[w:near-Earth object|near-Earth object]].
A score of zero means that the possibility of a collision between the asteroid and Earth has been ruled out of consideration.
[[w:2004 MN4|2004 MN4]] was once tentatively estimated as having the highest potential of any asteroid to hit the Earth. Its risk was first calculated as 2 out of 10 on the [[w:Torino scale|Torino scale]].
This rank was upgraded to Level 4 Dec. 24, giving it the highest score ever for a [[w:near-Earth asteroid|near-Earth asteroid]]. It was considered to have a 1 in 37 chance of striking the Earth.
Upon discovery of previously recorded sightings of the same asteroid, its estimated flight path was corrected and found to miss the Earth entirely, outside of the margin of error. The asteroid will, however, make one of the closest passes of Earth ever seen.
It will pass close enough to the Earth's for the planet's gravitational field to influence the asteroid's orbital pattern. However, [[w:NASA|NASA]]'s current risk analysis for the asteroid indicates that "no subsequent Earth encounters in the 21st century are of any concern."
==See also==
Wikinews' earlier report on 2004 MN4 asteroid
[[Near-Earth asteroid 2004 MN4 reaches Torino Scale hazard rating 4]] (December 24, 2004)
==Sources==
* [http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news148.html Possibility of an Earth Impact in 2029 Ruled Out for Asteroid 2004 MN4], Near Earth Object Program Office, NASA.
* [http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004mn4.html 2004 MN4 Earth Impact Risk Summary], Near Earth Object Program Office, NASA.
* [http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/torino_scale.html The Torino Impact Hazard Scale], Near Earth Object Program Office, NASA.
* [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/neo/spaceRocks.html Keeping an eye on space rocks], Near Earth Object Program Office, NASA.
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United States - According to NASA's Near Earth Object Program, 2004 MN4's assessed risk has been corrected downward to zero on the Torino scale. The Torino scale is the current method by which astronomers classify the likelihood of an impact with a near-Earth object.
A score of zero means that the possibility of a collision between the asteroid and Earth has been ruled out of consideration.
2004 MN4 was once tentatively estimated as having the highest potential of any asteroid to hit the Earth. Its risk was first calculated as 2 out of 10 on the Torino scale.
This rank was upgraded to Level 4 Dec. 24, giving it the highest score ever for a near-Earth asteroid. It was considered to have a 1 in 37 chance of striking the Earth.
Upon discovery of previously recorded sightings of the same asteroid, its estimated flight path was corrected and found to miss the Earth entirely, outside of the margin of error. The asteroid will, however, make one of the closest passes of Earth ever seen.
It will pass close enough to the Earth's for the planet's gravitational field to influence the asteroid's orbital pattern. However, NASA's current risk analysis for the asteroid indicates that "no subsequent Earth encounters in the 21st century are of any concern."
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< [[Digest/6December2004|6-13 December 2004]] • [[Wikinews:Digests|Index]] • [[Digest/26December2004|26-31 December 2004 >]]
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==Articles==
'''[[Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless.]]'''<br />
25 December 2004<br />
India government demolishes over 6,000 shanties in a push to eradicate the capital city's slums.
'''[[Former Indian PM Narasimha Rao passes away]]'''<br />
23 December 2004<br />
Former Indian PM Narasimha Rao passed away after suffering cardiac arrest in a private hospital in New Delhi.
'''[[Zambian government launches a new agricultural policy]]<br />
22 December 2oo4 <br />
African nation moves to modernize food production infrastructure.
'''[[Mozambique's ruling party retains control in elections]]'''<br />
22 December 2004<br />
Elections in the Southern African nation Mozambique have resulted in a landslide victory for the ruling Frelimo party.
'''[[US army gives medical assistance to Iraq school]]'''<br />
22 December 2004<br />
US soldiers provided medical assistance to Iraq children at an elementary school in Bagdah.
'''[[Police raids filesharing resources]]'''<br />
22 December 2004<br />
The largest BitTorrent and ed2k link sites have been closed by police or went offline voluntarily.
'''[[European Union Council to accept software patent directive]]'''<br />
22 December 2004
'''[[16 Foot Asteroid Passes Between Earth and Satellites]]'''<br />
22 December 2004<br />
Earth's scientists discover the latest astronomical near-miss.
'''[[Thieves carry out biggest bank robbery in British history]]'''<br />
21 December 2004<br />
Thieves have gotten away with $39m or $58m from the Northern Bank.
'''[[SEALs say US officer's cover-up was reported by fake SEAL]]'''<br />
21 December 2004<br />
US Sergeant Frank Ford has already made several unsubstantiated claims according to VeriSEAL.
'''[[Poland made software patent directive stop]]'''<br />
20 December 20 2004<br />
Despite all expectations, the EU Council will further discuss the software patent directive.
'''[[Battle of the Bulge reenacted in Belgium]]'''<br />
19 December 2004<br />
Seventeen American paratroopers jumped out of two old Dakota's who date from WWII.
'''[[The Deadliest Fall]]'''<br />
18 December 2004<br />
The flu pandemic in the Fall of 1918 killed tens of millions. Can it happen again?
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'Former Indian PM Narasimha Rao passes away'
23 December 2004
Former Indian PM Narasimha Rao passed away after suffering cardiac arrest in a private hospital in New Delhi.
'Zambian government launches a new agricultural policy
22 December 2oo4
African nation moves to modernize food production infrastructure.
'Mozambique's ruling party retains control in elections'
22 December 2004
Elections in the Southern African nation Mozambique have resulted in a landslide victory for the ruling Frelimo party.
'US army gives medical assistance to Iraq school'
22 December 2004
US soldiers provided medical assistance to Iraq children at an elementary school in Bagdah.
'Police raids filesharing resources'
22 December 2004
The largest BitTorrent and ed2k link sites have been closed by police or went offline voluntarily.
'European Union Council to accept software patent directive'
22 December 2004
'16 Foot Asteroid Passes Between Earth and Satellites'
22 December 2004
Earth's scientists discover the latest astronomical near-miss.
'Thieves carry out biggest bank robbery in British history'
21 December 2004
Thieves have gotten away with $39m or $58m from the Northern Bank.
'SEALs say US officer's cover-up was reported by fake SEAL'
21 December 2004
US Sergeant Frank Ford has already made several unsubstantiated claims according to VeriSEAL.
'Poland made software patent directive stop'
20 December 20 2004
Despite all expectations, the EU Council will further discuss the software patent directive.
'Battle of the Bulge reenacted in Belgium'
19 December 2004
Seventeen American paratroopers jumped out of two old Dakota's who date from WWII.
'The Deadliest Fall'
18 December 2004
The flu pandemic in the Fall of 1918 killed tens of millions. Can it happen again? | [
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Over 116,000 are reported dead in the coastal areas of [[w:Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]], [[w:India|India]], [[w:Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[w:Thailand|Thailand]], [[w:Malaysia|Malaysia]] and other regions. As international aid begins to flow to the region, casualties caused by outbreaks of [[w:cholera|cholera]], [[w:typhoid|typhoid]] and related diseases, as well as by increasingly unsanitary conditions, threatens to push the death toll even higher.''
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*'''Jan 10''' [[Abbas wins election; offers Israel "hand of peace"]] Abbass wins Palestinian election with 62%, begins by addressing peace issues.
*'''Jan 9''' [[Voting underway for successor to Yasser Arafat]], and [[Voting ends, exit polls give Abbas lead]] Landmark election for Palestinians, which sparks hopes for renewed peace in region. Abbas is likely leader.
*'''Jan 9''' [[Peace agreement signed in Sudan]] - End to 20 year civil war likely, Christian government and Rebel leaders agree to end conflict, though separate from the Darfur crisis.
*'''Jan 8-9''' [[US Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine runs aground near Guam]], and [[One dies in submarine accident]] - American submarine hits bottom about 260km south of Guam, one dies, 23 injured.
*'''Jan 5''' [[Pinochet arrested after Supreme Court ruling]] - Former Chilean dictator responsible for an estimated 3,000 killings and 28,000 abuse cases under house arrest.
*'''Jan 5''' [[Nias Yet to Receive Aid 10 Days After Quake]] - Aid devastatingly slow to reach certain regions victim to recent tsunami.
*'''Jan 2''' [[Idi Amin offered to act as peacemaker in NI]] Surising British peace initiative.
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*Jan 7 - Tsunami death toll at almost 160,000 [[http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050107-063926-4639r.htm]]
*Jan 5 - U.N. Reports aid is towards 4 billion.
'''Entertainment'''
* Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt end 7 year marraige over Brad wanting children, vow to stay friends. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1105147817750_33?hub=Entertainment]
** Or maybe it was "steamy" phone-sex cheating with Angelina Jolie [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3153050a5620,00.html]
*[['Noise' takes on 'Fockers' in weekend box office race]]
*[[DirecTV tunes out Trio, network in limbo]]
'''Science/Technology'''
*[[NASA schedules launch date for comet-chasing probe]]
*[[Extraordinary feature found on Saturn's moon Iapetus]]
*[[Key HIV gene discovered]]
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*'Jan 10' Abbas wins election; offers Israel "hand of peace" Abbass wins Palestinian election with 62%, begins by addressing peace issues.
*'Jan 9' Voting underway for successor to Yasser Arafat, and Voting ends, exit polls give Abbas lead Landmark election for Palestinians, which sparks hopes for renewed peace in region. Abbas is likely leader.
*'Jan 9' Peace agreement signed in Sudan - End to 20 year civil war likely, Christian government and Rebel leaders agree to end conflict, though separate from the Darfur crisis.
*'Jan 8-9' US Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine runs aground near Guam, and One dies in submarine accident - American submarine hits bottom about 260km south of Guam, one dies, 23 injured.
*'Jan 5' Pinochet arrested after Supreme Court ruling - Former Chilean dictator responsible for an estimated 3,000 killings and 28,000 abuse cases under house arrest.
*'Jan 5' Nias Yet to Receive Aid 10 Days After Quake - Aid devastatingly slow to reach certain regions victim to recent tsunami.
*'Jan 2' Idi Amin offered to act as peacemaker in NI Surising British peace initiative.
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*Jan 7 - Tsunami death toll at almost 160,000
*Jan 5 - U.N. Reports aid is towards 4 billion.
'Entertainment'
* Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt end 7 year marraige over Brad wanting children, vow to stay friends.
** Or maybe it was "steamy" phone-sex cheating with Angelina Jolie
*'Noise' takes on 'Fockers' in weekend box office race
*DirecTV tunes out Trio, network in limbo
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*Extraordinary feature found on Saturn's moon Iapetus
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en | 3323 | 435225 | "2007-06-03T13:22:52" | 2,007 | 6 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=3323 | First ever corruption conviction of public official in Honduras | [[Image:LocationHonduras.png|250px|right|World locator map with Honduras highlighted in green.]]
[[w:Dante Gabriel Ramírez Erazo|Dante Gabriel Ramírez Erazo]], who was Director of Roads in [[w:Honduras|Honduras]] between 1994 and 1998, was yesterday found guilty of illegal enrichment by stealing 967,892 Lempiras ($US51,000) during his two years in this office. This is the first time a public official has been found guilty of this type of offence in Honduras. He will be sentenced on February 15th. Although the sentence is from 3 to 5 years, he may be able to pay a fine instead. He also has the possibility of appealing to the Supreme Court of Justice, something he may well do as he maintains his innocence. He is not in prison at the moment, but he cannot leave Honduras and he has to report to the judges on a weekly basis.
Part of the prosecution case against him was his ownership of a house worth 1,350,000 Lempiras ($US72,000).
==Reference==
* http://www.laprensahn.com/policiales.php?id=804&tabla=January_2005&fecha=20050118
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en | 3669 | 1985707 | "2013-09-17T10:55:46" | 2,013 | 9 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=3669 | Lab creates petrified wood | {{Date|January 25, 2005}}
A process that would normally take millions of years, scientists have mimicked within a couple of days. Today, researchers at the [[Wikipedia:Pacific Northwest National Laboratory|Pacific Northwest National Laboratory]] have turned wood mineral by the process of soaking poplar and pine in a chemical mix and then cooking them. The team of scientists accomplishing this feat, led by Yongsoon Shin, bought pine and poplar boards and performed a series of steps. The first step leading to the petrifying of the wood is thinly cutting it, then soaking it in acids and a silica solution, after that, heating it, and lastly, cooling the product in argon. Silica takes up a bond with the carbon left in the wood's cellulose, creating silicon carbide, widely known as a ceramic.
== References ==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4206387.stm|pub=BBC|author=|title=Petrified wood created in the lab|date=25 January 2005}}
* http://www.pnl.gov
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en | 3700 | 3909060 | "2015-10-19T15:06:30" | 2,015 | 10 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=3700 | Rice new Secretary of State | {{Date|January 26, 2005}}
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly confirmed Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state after a host of Democrats harshly criticized Bush administration Iraq policy. The expectation of Rice becoming the Secretary of State, like many presumed, has come true.
== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_go_co/senate_rice|title=Senate Confirms Rice As Secretary of State|author=[[Associated Press|AP]]|pub=Yahoo! News|date=26 January 2005}}
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en | 3781 | 435686 | "2007-06-03T16:27:33" | 2,007 | 6 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=3781 | Honduras' Head of Congress illegally standing for President | [[Image:LocationHonduras.png|250px|right|World locator map with Honduras highlighted in green.]]
Head of Congress [[wikipedia:Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo|Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo]] is illegally standing in the February 20th internal party elections for President of [[w:Honduras|Honduras]], according to a group of 20 well known [[wikipedia:lawyer|lawyers]] from the capital [[wikipedia:Tegucigalpa|Tegucigalpa]]. This is because in the run up to the previous elections it was decided by the 5 presidential candidates, including fellow National Party member and current President [[wikipedia:Ricardo Maduro|Ricardo Maduro]], to support a ban on members of the National Congress from standing for President. This was in order to discourage people from using the Congress as a launch pad for their presidential aspirations. A constitutional reform to this effect was then passed by the Congress while it was headed by Mr Lobo. This law appears to have been conveniently forgotten until yesterday when these lawyers made a public announcement calling on both The Supreme Electoral Tribune and the Public Ministry to determine the illegality of Pepe Lobo's candidacy, and to act in the case of his not being allowed to stand.
==References==
[http://www.laprensahn.com/nacionales.php?id=1293&tabla=January_2005&fecha=20050128|Pepe Lobo is an illegal candidate]
(in Spanish)
[http://www.laprensahn.com/opinion.php?id=1378&tabla=January_2005&fecha=20050131| Law and morality-an opinion]
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Head of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo is illegally standing in the February 20th internal party elections for President of Honduras, according to a group of 20 well known lawyers from the capital Tegucigalpa. This is because in the run up to the previous elections it was decided by the 5 presidential candidates, including fellow National Party member and current President Ricardo Maduro, to support a ban on members of the National Congress from standing for President. This was in order to discourage people from using the Congress as a launch pad for their presidential aspirations. A constitutional reform to this effect was then passed by the Congress while it was headed by Mr Lobo. This law appears to have been conveniently forgotten until yesterday when these lawyers made a public announcement calling on both The Supreme Electoral Tribune and the Public Ministry to determine the illegality of Pepe Lobo's candidacy, and to act in the case of his not being allowed to stand.
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en | 4078 | 469945 | "2007-08-10T22:00:12" | 2,007 | 8 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=4078 | Cambodian opposition leader stripped of immunity, flees country | [[Wikinews:2005/February/3|February 3]], [[Wikinews:2005|2005]]
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[[Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg|200px|National flag of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Kampuchea]]
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Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition party in the [[w:Cambodia|Cambodian]] National Assembly, and two other members of his party, Chea Poch and Cheam Channy, have been stripped of parliamentary immunity. Rainsy has left the country, while Channy has been arrested.
Assembly members are immune to prosecution or arrest for expressing their opinions as part of their parliamentary duties. Armed forces surrounded the Assembly building in Phnom Penh during the vote Thursday, which requires a two-thirds super majority.
Speaking on behalf of the United States, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli called on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's government to "allow all citizens to peacefully express their political views without fear of retribution or intimidation."
== Sources ==
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Assembly members are immune to prosecution or arrest for expressing their opinions as part of their parliamentary duties. Armed forces surrounded the Assembly building in Phnom Penh during the vote Thursday, which requires a two-thirds super majority.
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en | 4986 | 4498124 | "2019-08-06T14:10:59" | 2,019 | 8 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=4986 | Canada's next ambassador to U.S. instigates outrage over missile defense | '''[[Wikinews:2005/February/22|February 22]], [[Wikinews:2005|2005]]'''
OTTAWA - [[w:Frank McKenna|Frank McKenna]], [[w:Canada|Canada's]] next Ambassador to the [[w:United States|U.S.]], announced Canada's partnership in the U.S.A.'s [[w:National Missile Defense|continental missile shield program]]. "We are part of it now," he said at a press conference in [[w:Ottawa|Ottawa]].
Prime Minister [[w:Paul Martin|Paul Martin]] has said there is no deadline, that Canada has not made a decision and will not until the matter has been debated, and Defense Minister Bill Graham agrees: "Canada's position is not a done deal."
Opposition parties expressed a range of responses on this hotly contested topic. Bloc Québécois MP Michel Gauthier charged "They don't want to tell the population that we've got our arm in the wringer of the washing machine and it's sucking us in."
Stephen Harper, leader of the [[w:Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]] and a long-time proponent of the missile shield program, was angered by the [[w:Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]'s failure to live up to its promise to bring the issue up in parliament before any decisionmaking. "How could this prime minister secretly make this decision, so clearly breaking every commitment he's made to this house and to Canadians?"
The Canadian public is adamantly opposed to the missile defense, as they have shown in several polls. Martin's own party is on record opposing the installation of U.S. missiles in space or Canadian territory, so there were outcries from within the Liberal Party as well as from the opposition.
Recent tests of the missile defense have failed, on February 14, 2005 and December 15, 2004. The next most recent test was more than two years earlier.
== Sources ==
* {{source|title=Canada's U.S. Envoy Sparks Fury With Missile Remarks
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[[Category:Stephen Harper]] | 'February 22, 2005'
OTTAWA - Frank McKenna, Canada's next Ambassador to the U.S., announced Canada's partnership in the U.S.A.'s continental missile shield program. "We are part of it now," he said at a press conference in Ottawa.
Prime Minister Paul Martin has said there is no deadline, that Canada has not made a decision and will not until the matter has been debated, and Defense Minister Bill Graham agrees: "Canada's position is not a done deal."
Opposition parties expressed a range of responses on this hotly contested topic. Bloc Québécois MP Michel Gauthier charged "They don't want to tell the population that we've got our arm in the wringer of the washing machine and it's sucking us in."
Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party and a long-time proponent of the missile shield program, was angered by the Liberal Party's failure to live up to its promise to bring the issue up in parliament before any decisionmaking. "How could this prime minister secretly make this decision, so clearly breaking every commitment he's made to this house and to Canadians?"
The Canadian public is adamantly opposed to the missile defense, as they have shown in several polls. Martin's own party is on record opposing the installation of U.S. missiles in space or Canadian territory, so there were outcries from within the Liberal Party as well as from the opposition.
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en | 5004 | 1982870 | "2013-09-10T20:34:15" | 2,013 | 9 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=5004 | Effort on to eradicate Polio from Asia in 2005 | '''[[Wikinews:2005/February/23|February 23]], [[Wikinews:2005|2005]]'''
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced its goal to eradicate [[w:Polio|Polio]] from [[w:Asia|Asia]] in 2005.
The 16 year old private-public project aims to add [[w:Poliomyelitis|Poliomyelitis]] to the list of childhood diseases which have been eliminated. The [[w:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]], [[w:Rotary International|Rotary International]], the [[w:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] and [[w:United Nations Children's Fund|UNICEF]] are leading the Initiative and coordinating a series of overlapping immunization campaigns in the region.
In 2004 [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], [[w:India|India]], and [[w:Pakistan|Pakistan]] cut their number of [[w:Polio|Polio]] cases by 45%. In 2005 the goal is to cut the number of cases by 100%.
The three countries are the last in Asia to have endemic polio, and the disease is confined to a small number of regions within the country. Only 186 cases were reported in 2004, down from 336 the previous year.
== Sources ==
* {{source|title=South Asia slashes polio cases by nearly half
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* {{source|title=WHO: Asia on Track to Halt Polio Spread by Year-End
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== External links ==
* [http://www.polioeradication.org/ Global Polio Eradication Initiative]
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In 2004 Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan cut their number of Polio cases by 45%. In 2005 the goal is to cut the number of cases by 100%.
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en | 6214 | 4519979 | "2019-10-08T06:15:01" | 2,019 | 10 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=6214 | Harp seal hunt approved by Canada, activists call for boycott of Canadian seafood | '''[[Wikinews:2005/March/23|March 23]], [[Wikinews:2005|2005]]'''
[[Image:Buberel seal.jpg|thumb|180px|right|A seal, photo by Jason L. Buberal]]
[[w:Ottawa|Ottawa]] says it will allow the harvest of 320,000 young seals this year, prompting a backlash from international environmental activists who call for a boycott of the Canadian fisheries products.
The seal hunt is an annual event on the ice floes off the east coast of [[w:Canada|Canada]] where the seal nurseries give birth. This year's hunt begins March 29, and lasts for two months.
The government reports the [[w:harp seal|harp seal]] population is large and healthy. "The harp seal herd - the most important seal herd for this industry - is estimated at around five million animals, nearly the highest level ever recorded, and almost triple what it was in the 1970s," a Department of Fisheries and Oceans statement said. Large scale hunts will continue to be allowed until the harp seal population drops below four million.
Environmental activists protest and observe the hunt annually, but this year's larger number of seals has brought a bigger response. Observers are already in the hunt area, and officials said if too many show up they will be prevented from interfering with the hunt. The annual protests, and the publication of photos of the hunt, are a public relations problem for Canada.
Protests were held in 50 cities around the world last week, and activists say they would press consumers and restaurants to avoid Canadian fish for at least the duration of the hunt.
"We're going to be encouraging consumers to enter into dialogue with their grocery stores and their restaurants and say 'Please don't serve Canadian seafood' or 'I won't buy Canadian seafood until this hunt is over'," said Pat Ragan of the [[w:Humane Society|Humane Society of the United States]] [HSUS] to ''Reuters''.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare sponsored two independent veterinary teams to observe the 2001 hunt which concluded the animals are often (42% of the time) killed in an inhumane manner and not in accordance with Canada's own laws.
== Sources ==
* {{source|title=Canada unveils annual seal hunt, slams activists
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* {{source|title=Canada gives seal hunt go-ahead
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* {{source|title=It has become the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth, says Rebecca Aldworth
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== External links ==
* [http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/home-accueil_e.htm Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canadian Government]
** [http://www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/publications/news_presse_NL_TNL_0511.asp?Lang=English News Release in english] regarding hunt, and [http://www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/publications/news_presse_NL_TNL_0511.asp?Lang=Francais in french].
* [http://www.hsus.org/ Humane Society of the United States]
* [http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx International Fund for Animal Welfare]
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[[Category:Fish]] | 'March 23, 2005'
A seal, photo by Jason L. Buberal
Ottawa says it will allow the harvest of 320,000 young seals this year, prompting a backlash from international environmental activists who call for a boycott of the Canadian fisheries products.
The seal hunt is an annual event on the ice floes off the east coast of Canada where the seal nurseries give birth. This year's hunt begins March 29, and lasts for two months.
The government reports the harp seal population is large and healthy. "The harp seal herd - the most important seal herd for this industry - is estimated at around five million animals, nearly the highest level ever recorded, and almost triple what it was in the 1970s," a Department of Fisheries and Oceans statement said. Large scale hunts will continue to be allowed until the harp seal population drops below four million.
Environmental activists protest and observe the hunt annually, but this year's larger number of seals has brought a bigger response. Observers are already in the hunt area, and officials said if too many show up they will be prevented from interfering with the hunt. The annual protests, and the publication of photos of the hunt, are a public relations problem for Canada.
Protests were held in 50 cities around the world last week, and activists say they would press consumers and restaurants to avoid Canadian fish for at least the duration of the hunt.
"We're going to be encouraging consumers to enter into dialogue with their grocery stores and their restaurants and say 'Please don't serve Canadian seafood' or 'I won't buy Canadian seafood until this hunt is over'," said Pat Ragan of the Humane Society of the United States HSUS to Reuters.
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en | 6361 | 434398 | "2007-06-03T09:22:35" | 2,007 | 6 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=6361 | Canada set to rule on U.S. Army refugee | '''[[Wikinews:2005/March/24|March 24]], [[Wikinews:2005|2005]]'''
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada is scheduled to release its decision on [[w:Jeremy Hinzman|Jeremy Hinzman's]] application for political refugee status.
The case is being closely watched as it will directly affect at least 8, and possibly more, U.S. military deserters in Canada, and could further strain relations between Washington, D.C. and [[w:Ottawa|Ottawa]].
Hinzman's application was heard at a three-day immigration hearing in December. At the hearing he argued that he fled to [[w:Canada|Canada]] to avoid military service in [[w:Iraq|Iraq]] in an illegal war, possibly making his participation a war crime under the [[w:Nuremberg Trials|Nuremberg tribunals]]. The [[w:United States Army|U.S. Army]] has declared Hinzman "Absent Without Leave" ([[w:AWOL|AWOL]]), and said he would face charges as a deserter which include the possibility of the death penalty.
"My life isn't that significant, but it's also not so worthless to be killed or go kill innocent people," said Hinzman.
Canada has accepted refugees in the past fleeing compulsory military service, but as Hinzman volunteered to serve this case is breaking new ground.
Hinzman is a practicing [[w:Buddhism|Buddhist]], and applied for [[w:conscientious objector|conscientious objector]] status in the Army in 2002 before his unit was ordered to [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]. His application was rejected and he was ordered to ship out to Iraq in late 2003. At that time he and his family fled from his [[w:North Carolina|North Carolina]] base for Canada (his wife, Nga Nguyen, is also seeking asylum.)
The Immigration and Refugee Board's decision is expected Thursday afternoon on their website, and will not be announced publicly.
== Sources ==
* {{source|title=U.S. army deserter to learn refugee status
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* {{source|title=Canada to decide whether to grant N.C. soldier asylum
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== External links ==
* [http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/index_e.htm Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board]
** [http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/decisions/public/hinzman/hinz_e.htm News release regarding Jeremy Hinzman]
* [http://www.jeremyhinzman.net/ Jeremy Hinzman official site]
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[[Category:March 24, 2005]]
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[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
[[Category:Published]] | 'March 24, 2005'
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada is scheduled to release its decision on Jeremy Hinzman's application for political refugee status.
The case is being closely watched as it will directly affect at least 8, and possibly more, U.S. military deserters in Canada, and could further strain relations between Washington, D.C. and Ottawa.
Hinzman's application was heard at a three-day immigration hearing in December. At the hearing he argued that he fled to Canada to avoid military service in Iraq in an illegal war, possibly making his participation a war crime under the Nuremberg tribunals. The U.S. Army has declared Hinzman "Absent Without Leave" (AWOL), and said he would face charges as a deserter which include the possibility of the death penalty.
"My life isn't that significant, but it's also not so worthless to be killed or go kill innocent people," said Hinzman.
Canada has accepted refugees in the past fleeing compulsory military service, but as Hinzman volunteered to serve this case is breaking new ground.
Hinzman is a practicing Buddhist, and applied for conscientious objector status in the Army in 2002 before his unit was ordered to Afghanistan. His application was rejected and he was ordered to ship out to Iraq in late 2003. At that time he and his family fled from his North Carolina base for Canada (his wife, Nga Nguyen, is also seeking asylum.)
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[[w:Ottawa|Ottawa]] announced several proposed amendments to the [[w:Canada|Canadian]] Copyright Act, including signing onto two [[w:World Intellectual Property Organization|World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO) treaties and requiring Internet Service Providers to keep records on users who transfer many files online.
According to the announcement, the changes would "clarify that the unauthorized posting or the peer-to-peer file-sharing of material on the Internet will constitute an infringement of copyright."
Recording industry representatives were ecstatic with the news. "This is terrific news," said Graham Henderson, who heads the [[w:Canadian Recording Industry Association|Canadian Recording Industry Association]]. "Clearly, once we get implementation there will be no doubt ... it will be illegal to engage in unauthorized file-sharing."
== Sources ==
* {{source|title=Proposed copyright amendments would crack down on file sharing
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* {{source|title=Ottawa moves to quash file swapping
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* {{source|title=Canada's anti-p2p plan
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ic.gc.ca/cmb/welcomeic.nsf/0/85256a5d006b972085256fcd0078718c?OpenDocument Government of Canada's announcement]
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Ottawa announced several proposed amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act, including signing onto two World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties and requiring Internet Service Providers to keep records on users who transfer many files online.
According to the announcement, the changes would "clarify that the unauthorized posting or the peer-to-peer file-sharing of material on the Internet will constitute an infringement of copyright."
Recording industry representatives were ecstatic with the news. "This is terrific news," said Graham Henderson, who heads the Canadian Recording Industry Association. "Clearly, once we get implementation there will be no doubt ... it will be illegal to engage in unauthorized file-sharing."
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Talks are being held between Nigerian unions and the country's government ahead of possible strikes next week. Earlier talks last week ended with no agreement.
The unions have called for three-day warning strikes over issues of job cuts and welfare. Although common, such short strikes tend to have little effect on oil producers as they can often manage to maintain production for short periods with non-union staff.
However there exists the possibility of supply interruptions from the world's eighth largest producer of oil if the union's fears are not dealt with and more strikes take place.
"Today's meeting is crucial," said the deputy of the Pengassan union Babatunde Ogun. "We will focus on Conoil and Belpop. If these issues can be resolved today, then things will be much easier," he continued, referring to the two state-owned companies at the centre of the dispute.
While in London on late Sunday the Nigerian Presidential Petroleum Advisor Edmund Daukoru said he was hopeful the state and the unions could reach a deal.
==Sources==
* [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1112606101126B256 "Oil unions meet state for talks before strike"]. ''[[w:IOL|IOL]]'', April 4, 2005
*Veronique Dupont [http://business.iafrica.com/worldnews/429421.htm "Oil hits new highs"]. ''[[w:iafrica.com|iafrica.com]]'', April 4, 2005
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[[Category:Nigeria]] | 'April 4, 2005'
Talks are being held between Nigerian unions and the country's government ahead of possible strikes next week. Earlier talks last week ended with no agreement.
The unions have called for three-day warning strikes over issues of job cuts and welfare. Although common, such short strikes tend to have little effect on oil producers as they can often manage to maintain production for short periods with non-union staff.
However there exists the possibility of supply interruptions from the world's eighth largest producer of oil if the union's fears are not dealt with and more strikes take place.
"Today's meeting is crucial," said the deputy of the Pengassan union Babatunde Ogun. "We will focus on Conoil and Belpop. If these issues can be resolved today, then things will be much easier," he continued, referring to the two state-owned companies at the centre of the dispute.
While in London on late Sunday the Nigerian Presidential Petroleum Advisor Edmund Daukoru said he was hopeful the state and the unions could reach a deal.
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The [[w:University of North Carolina|University of North Carolina]] Tar Heels won the 2005 [[w:NCAA|National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) Division I Men's Basketball Championship Title in the U.S. National college Basketball tournament, beating the [[w:University of Illinois|University of Illinois]] Fighting Illini by 75 points to 70. This tournament is sometimes referred to as [[w:March Madness|March Madness]]. The final championship game was played on the evening of April 4, 2005 at the [[w:Edward Jones Dome|Edward Jones Dome]] in St. Louis, Missouri.
==Sources==
[http://www.ncaasports.com/ NCAA Sports.com]
[http://fightingillini.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/ill-m-baskbl-body.html Men's Basketball Illinois Fighting Illini]
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The University of North Carolina Tar Heels won the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men's Basketball Championship Title in the U.S. National college Basketball tournament, beating the University of Illinois Fighting Illini by 75 points to 70. This tournament is sometimes referred to as March Madness. The final championship game was played on the evening of April 4, 2005 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri.
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'''April 6, 2005'''
With the approval of an additional 18 months of funding, NASA's twin Mars rovers, the Spirit and Opportunity, will continue their exploration of "fantastic" landscapes for an additional 14 months.
"The rovers have proven their value with major discoveries about ancient watery environments on Mars that might have harbored life," said Dr. Ghassem Asrar, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "We are extending their mission through September 2006 to take advantage of having such capable resources still healthy and in excellent position to continue their adventures."
With 11 months of extensions exceeding their successful three-month prime missions, "We now have to make long-term plans for the vehicles because they may be around for quite a while," said Jim Erickson, rover project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Scientists are within a few football field’s distance of a region called “Etched Terrain,” with rocks exposed by actual wind erosion rather than craters. There are rocks different from others in any other time in Mars’ history. "This is a journey into the unknown, to something completely new," said Dr. Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and principal investigator for the rover's science instruments.
The rover Opportunity has overtaken Spirit in total distance driven. It has been pushed by rover planners to roll more than three miles—eight times the original goal.
On March 20, a new Martian record of 722 feet in a single 24-hour drive was accomplished by Opportunity. Even Spirit is exceeding expectations although it is in much rougher terrain, climbing a rocky slope toward an area called “Husband Hill.”
The rovers have shown signs of wear and tear. Spirit’s rock abrasion tool grinding teeth might be nearly useless after exposing the interior of five times more rocks than its original design goal of only three rocks.
== Sources ==
*[http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/mer_main.html NASA Mars Rovers get 18 month overtime opportunity]
*[http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/mer-040505.html RELEASE: 05-091, DURABLE MARS ROVERS SENT INTO THIRD OVERTIME PERIOD]
== External link ==
* [http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/mer_main.html Spirit and Opportunity], NASA's Mars Rover page.
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'April 6, 2005'
With the approval of an additional 18 months of funding, NASA's twin Mars rovers, the Spirit and Opportunity, will continue their exploration of "fantastic" landscapes for an additional 14 months.
"The rovers have proven their value with major discoveries about ancient watery environments on Mars that might have harbored life," said Dr. Ghassem Asrar, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "We are extending their mission through September 2006 to take advantage of having such capable resources still healthy and in excellent position to continue their adventures."
With 11 months of extensions exceeding their successful three-month prime missions, "We now have to make long-term plans for the vehicles because they may be around for quite a while," said Jim Erickson, rover project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Scientists are within a few football field’s distance of a region called “Etched Terrain,” with rocks exposed by actual wind erosion rather than craters. There are rocks different from others in any other time in Mars’ history. "This is a journey into the unknown, to something completely new," said Dr. Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and principal investigator for the rover's science instruments.
The rover Opportunity has overtaken Spirit in total distance driven. It has been pushed by rover planners to roll more than three miles—eight times the original goal.
On March 20, a new Martian record of 722 feet in a single 24-hour drive was accomplished by Opportunity. Even Spirit is exceeding expectations although it is in much rougher terrain, climbing a rocky slope toward an area called “Husband Hill.”
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<p>
Nigeria is cracking down illegal firearms, the Xinhua news agency reports.
<p>
So far this week the Nigerian government has destroyed 2,738 small arms and 5,368 rounds of ammunition, primarily in the troubled Niger Delta region.
<p>
The government began a project last October to rid the country of illegal arms and Tuesday's news will bring the total weapons seized and destroyed to 4,678 along with 8,256 rounds of ammunition.
<p>
Nigerian Defence Minister Rabiu Kwankwaso told local Nigerian newspaper Vanguard, this was "the highest single destruction ever". He added: "The war against the proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition is being won by the government."
<p>
The government will continue to "recover and destroy illegally acquired arms in order to engender a peaceful and secured environment for socio-political, economic and cultural development," Kwankwaso continued.
<p>
The Niger Delta holds most of the country's oil reserves, which makes Nigeria the eighth largest producer in the world. Fighting in the region claims over 1,000 lives a year.
<p>
Residents of the Niger Delta have been fighting armed campaigns against oil companies that have begun oil production in the area. They claim that they have been inadequately compensated, that the land and water are being polluted, and that the Nigerian police and military have been acting in collusion with the oil producers to attack local villages, and torture and execute campaigners.
==Sources==
* [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/06/content_2795208.htm "Nigeria destroys 8,000 illegal arms, ammunition"]. ''[[w:Xinhua|Xinhua]]'', April 6, 2005
*David Smith [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1441947,00.html "Britain honours hanged hero as legal war rages on"]. ''[[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'', March 20, 2005
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[[Category:Politics and conflicts]] | 'April 6, 2005'
Nigeria is cracking down illegal firearms, the Xinhua news agency reports.
So far this week the Nigerian government has destroyed 2,738 small arms and 5,368 rounds of ammunition, primarily in the troubled Niger Delta region.
The government began a project last October to rid the country of illegal arms and Tuesday's news will bring the total weapons seized and destroyed to 4,678 along with 8,256 rounds of ammunition.
Nigerian Defence Minister Rabiu Kwankwaso told local Nigerian newspaper Vanguard, this was "the highest single destruction ever". He added: "The war against the proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition is being won by the government."
The government will continue to "recover and destroy illegally acquired arms in order to engender a peaceful and secured environment for socio-political, economic and cultural development," Kwankwaso continued.
The Niger Delta holds most of the country's oil reserves, which makes Nigeria the eighth largest producer in the world. Fighting in the region claims over 1,000 lives a year.
Residents of the Niger Delta have been fighting armed campaigns against oil companies that have begun oil production in the area. They claim that they have been inadequately compensated, that the land and water are being polluted, and that the Nigerian police and military have been acting in collusion with the oil producers to attack local villages, and torture and execute campaigners.
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A US Chinook helicopter crashed in south-eastern Afghanistan 80 miles south west of Kabul, killing at least sixteen people on board. Another two are missing, presumed dead.
The crash is believed to be an accident; there are no indications that it was shot down.
The helicopter went down near the city of Ghanzi at 2.30pm local time in bad weather while on a routine flight to Bagram airport. A second helicopter which was with the first arrived at Bagram safely.
Rescue operations were started at once but work at the site has been suspended for the night.
The identities of the dead are currently not known.
==Sources==
*Stephen Graham [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AFGHAN_US_HELICOPTER_CRASH?SITE=CAANG&SECTION=HOME "U.S. Copter Crash Kills 16 in Afghanistan"]. ''[[w:AP|AP]]'', April 6, 2005
* [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2005/20050406_500.html "Officials Confirm Nine Dead in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash"]. ''[[w:AFPS|AFPS]]'', April 6, 2005
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[[pl:Tragiczny wypadek amerykańskiego śmigłowca w Afganistanie]] | 'April 6, 2005'
A US Chinook helicopter crashed in south-eastern Afghanistan 80 miles south west of Kabul, killing at least sixteen people on board. Another two are missing, presumed dead.
The crash is believed to be an accident; there are no indications that it was shot down.
The helicopter went down near the city of Ghanzi at 2.30pm local time in bad weather while on a routine flight to Bagram airport. A second helicopter which was with the first arrived at Bagram safely.
Rescue operations were started at once but work at the site has been suspended for the night.
The identities of the dead are currently not known.
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[[w:Microsoft|Microsoft's]] [[w:Encarta|Encarta]] has announced the addition of a blog as well as some wiki-like functionality to the online subscription encyclopedia.
Encarta is welcoming revision suggestions from their users, but they have a disclaimer:
: ''Encarta is different from open-content encyclopedias found elsewhere on the Web that post users' changes immediately.''
When the changes are implemented at ''Encarta'', readers can click an "Edit this article" link to have their contribution reviewed by editors at Microsoft for possible use.
The web enhancement has introduced a minor security glitch for the subscription service. When trying to look up an article on Encarta as a non-subscriber, web surfers receive a teaser page suggesting the user sign up for a subscription [http://beta.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567883/Microsoft_Corporation.html]. However, using the editor URL for the same article will get a WYSIWYG display of the article requested; a simple way around the subscription requirement [http://beta.encarta.msn.com/encnet/editor/editor.aspx?refid=761567883].
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== Is Encarta trying to follow Wikipedia? ==
In an interview with [[w:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], founder of [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], on Friday he suggested the two are not the same, and Encarta's model will not be able to do what Wikipedia does.
* ''Q:'' Do you think [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]] is going to throw enough money at this to snow under Wikipedia?
* ''A:'' It seems unlikely to me that they can afford to hire enough editors to compete effectively with the thousands of dedicated volunteers at Wikipedia. And it seems even more unlikely that people will voluntarily contribute to Microsoft's closed proprietary project. Who wants to volunteer to make Microsoft even richer, when they can volunteer at Wikipedia and make the world a better place?
* ''Q:'' Is this the beginning of large corporate commercial wiki ventures?
* ''A:'' I do think that the wiki editing model has much to recommend it, but companies have to understand that a community is not just isolated individuals you can exploit. Wiki editing is a powerful tool, but it requires a commitment to genuinely caring about the community for it to work.
* ''Q:'' Encarta broke 40,000 articles not long ago: does this mean they have focused on "hard" and "real" articles and Wikipedia is basically fluff, entertainment?
* ''A:'' Well, amongst our 500,000+ articles (in English Wikipedia alone) of course there are many topics which people might consider fluff. But I think you'd be hard pressed to find any article in Encarta that we don't also cover, usually in a more comprehensive fashion.
: It has taken them so long to get to 40,000 articles because they are utilizing an outmoded model of economic production, with proprietary content and expensive staffers. Anyway, what they are doing is obviously an attempt to seem more like Wikipedia, but in reality their model doesn't appear to come close. People submit suggestions which are then reviewed by a staff of editors, ''yawn''.
* ''Q:'' You mentioned in your [http://blog.jimmywales.com/index.php/archives/2005/04/08/encarta-goes-wiki/ blog entry] on this story, and earlier, that most online people aren't likely to give their effort to a company to get rich off without any pay themselves. Does this necessarily mean Wikipedia is a better choice for them?
* ''A:'' When people contribute to Wikipedia, they know that everything they are doing is under a free license. So they don't have to trust nearly as much that the Wikimedia Foundation will do the right thing and take their free contribution and pass it along for free to someone else. With Microsoft, it is just as clear that they will not be doing the right thing. Is Microsoft going to release Encarta under a free license?
== Sources ==
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[[de:Encarta möchte Wiki werden]] | 'April 9, 2005'
Microsoft's Encarta has announced the addition of a blog as well as some wiki-like functionality to the online subscription encyclopedia.
Encarta is welcoming revision suggestions from their users, but they have a disclaimer:
: Encarta is different from open-content encyclopedias found elsewhere on the Web that post users' changes immediately.
When the changes are implemented at Encarta, readers can click an "Edit this article" link to have their contribution reviewed by editors at Microsoft for possible use.
The web enhancement has introduced a minor security glitch for the subscription service. When trying to look up an article on Encarta as a non-subscriber, web surfers receive a teaser page suggesting the user sign up for a subscription . However, using the editor URL for the same article will get a WYSIWYG display of the article requested; a simple way around the subscription requirement .
* Q: Do you think Microsoft is going to throw enough money at this to snow under Wikipedia?
* A: It seems unlikely to me that they can afford to hire enough editors to compete effectively with the thousands of dedicated volunteers at Wikipedia. And it seems even more unlikely that people will voluntarily contribute to Microsoft's closed proprietary project. Who wants to volunteer to make Microsoft even richer, when they can volunteer at Wikipedia and make the world a better place?
* Q: Is this the beginning of large corporate commercial wiki ventures?
* A: I do think that the wiki editing model has much to recommend it, but companies have to understand that a community is not just isolated individuals you can exploit. Wiki editing is a powerful tool, but it requires a commitment to genuinely caring about the community for it to work.
* Q: Encarta broke 40,000 articles not long ago: does this mean they have focused on "hard" and "real" articles and Wikipedia is basically fluff, entertainment?
* A: Well, amongst our 500,000+ articles (in English Wikipedia alone) of course there are many topics which people might consider fluff. But I think you'd be hard pressed to find any article in Encarta that we don't also cover, usually in a more comprehensive fashion.
: It has taken them so long to get to 40,000 articles because they are utilizing an outmoded model of economic production, with proprietary content and expensive staffers. Anyway, what they are doing is obviously an attempt to seem more like Wikipedia, but in reality their model doesn't appear to come close. People submit suggestions which are then reviewed by a staff of editors, yawn.
* Q: You mentioned in your blog entry on this story, and earlier, that most online people aren't likely to give their effort to a company to get rich off without any pay themselves. Does this necessarily mean Wikipedia is a better choice for them?
* A: When people contribute to Wikipedia, they know that everything they are doing is under a free license. So they don't have to trust nearly as much that the Wikimedia Foundation will do the right thing and take their free contribution and pass it along for free to someone else. With Microsoft, it is just as clear that they will not be doing the right thing. Is Microsoft going to release Encarta under a free license? | [
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Google has extended its [http://maps.google.co.uk/ mapping] and [http://local.google.co.uk/ local searching] services to the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
Google Maps first launched in North America on February 8 2005, and proved popular with its innovative user interface. Google Maps UK is the first mapping website to be offered by Google outside of North America.
Two weeks ago Google added satellite imagery to its maps after buying the Keyhole company. Google Maps UK currently does not offer a similar service.
The Google Local service offers users two search boxes - one for the search terms, and a second to specify a location, for example a postcode or 'near London'. This enables users to find business in or near a specific location.
Google also introduced their [http://www.google.co.uk/sms/index.html SMS] service to the UK. This allows users to get information - both abstract, such as dictionary definitions and the answers to mathematical calculations - and geographical, such as driving directions or the address of nearby businesses.
==Sources==
* [http://www.google.com/googleblog/ "Google does Grimsby, Gateshead and Glasgow"+other posts]. ''[[w:Google Blog|Google Blog]]'', April 20, 2005
* [http://local.google.co.uk/help/faq_local.html "Google Local Help"]. ''[[w:Google|Google]]'', April 20, 2005
* [http://www.google.co.uk/sms/index.html "Google SMS (UK)"]. ''[[w:Google|Google]]'', April 20, 2005
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Advisers to British Prime Minister [[w:Tony Blair|Tony Blair]] are suggesting that constructing new nuclear power stations would be the best way to meet the country's targets on reducing emissions of gases responsible for [[w:global warming|global warming]].
The government has a near-term target of cutting emissions below 1997 levels by 20%, and a more ambitious target of a 60% cut by 2050.
Critics of nuclear power say that it will not be able to help meet the 2010 target due to the length of time needed to plan, construct and commission such power plants. However backers say nuclear power will help meet the 60% cut by 2050 target.
Sir David King, Chief Scientific Advisor to the government, is a supporter of nuclear power believing that it is the best way to tackle global warming.
The chairman of [[w:British Nuclear Fuels|British Nuclear Fuels]], a company that operates several British nuclear reactors, said that he expects Tony Blair to make an announcement of new power stations within weeks of the May 5 general election if he is re-elected.
Another primary supporter of nuclear power is the ex-BBC Director General Lord Birt, who has been advising 10 Downing Street on various issues by providing 'blue-sky' thinking without payment, as part of the Strategy Unit. He is said to be preparing a report that will say nuclear energy provides an opportunity to reduce dependence on Middle Eastern oil supplies (although very little oil is burnt for electricity production in the UK).
While it is believed that senior Cabinet members would not oppose a plan for new nuclear power stations if Tony Blair proposed it, the Environment Secretary [[w:Margaret Beckett|Margaret Beckett]] and Trade and Industry Secretary [[w:Patricia Hewitt|Patricia Hewitt]] both oppose nuclear power.
New reactors would probably be sited next to existing reactors to limit public opposition.
Nuclear power currently provides 22% of the UK's electricity needs. The UK has 31 operating reactors at 14 power plants, but by 2015 all but three stations will have been shut down. The last nuclear reactor to open was Sizewell B on the [[w:North Sea|North Sea]] coast in 1995. The 1,188MW station was a large reason why the UK met its carbon dioxide emissions reduction target in the 1990s. British nuclear power stations have created 2,000 cubic metres of nuclear waste. There are currently no plans for the long-term storage of the waste.
By comparison, just over 3% of Britain's electricity comes from [[w:renewable energy|renewable energy]]. France met 78% of its electricity needs in 2002 using nuclear power.
==Sources==
*Marie Woolf and Andrew Grice [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=632254 "Nuclear power? Yes please, says Blair"]. ''[[w:The Independent|The Independent]]'', April 23, 2005
*Maurice Chittenden [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1582577,00.html "Labour ‘to boost nuclear power’"]. ''[[w:The Sunday Times|The Sunday Times]]'', April 24, 2005
* [http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/nuclear/technology/history.shtml "Nuclear power generation development and the UK industry"]. ''[[w:DTI|DTI]]'', July 16, 2003
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4407421.stm "Warning on nuclear waste disposal"]. ''[[w:BBC News|BBC News]]'', April 4, 2005
* [http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/inform/dukes/dukes2004/05main.pdf "Digest of UK Energy Statistics Chapter 5"]. ''[[w:DTI|DTI]]'', July 2004
* [http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/greenhousegas/index.shtml "Long-Term Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the UK"]. ''[[w:DTI|DTI]]'', July 2002
* [http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/developep/part2_sub_final_12sept02.pdf "Climate Change and Security of Supply"]. ''[[w:DTI|DTI]]'', September 2002
*[[w:Nuclear power|Nuclear power]] - Wikipedia
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[[Category:Nuclear waste and reprocessing]] | 'April 24, 2005'
Advisers to British Prime Minister Tony Blair are suggesting that constructing new nuclear power stations would be the best way to meet the country's targets on reducing emissions of gases responsible for global warming.
The government has a near-term target of cutting emissions below 1997 levels by 20%, and a more ambitious target of a 60% cut by 2050.
Critics of nuclear power say that it will not be able to help meet the 2010 target due to the length of time needed to plan, construct and commission such power plants. However backers say nuclear power will help meet the 60% cut by 2050 target.
Sir David King, Chief Scientific Advisor to the government, is a supporter of nuclear power believing that it is the best way to tackle global warming.
The chairman of British Nuclear Fuels, a company that operates several British nuclear reactors, said that he expects Tony Blair to make an announcement of new power stations within weeks of the May 5 general election if he is re-elected.
Another primary supporter of nuclear power is the ex-BBC Director General Lord Birt, who has been advising 10 Downing Street on various issues by providing 'blue-sky' thinking without payment, as part of the Strategy Unit. He is said to be preparing a report that will say nuclear energy provides an opportunity to reduce dependence on Middle Eastern oil supplies (although very little oil is burnt for electricity production in the UK).
While it is believed that senior Cabinet members would not oppose a plan for new nuclear power stations if Tony Blair proposed it, the Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett and Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt both oppose nuclear power.
New reactors would probably be sited next to existing reactors to limit public opposition.
Nuclear power currently provides 22% of the UK's electricity needs. The UK has 31 operating reactors at 14 power plants, but by 2015 all but three stations will have been shut down. The last nuclear reactor to open was Sizewell B on the North Sea coast in 1995. The 1,188MW station was a large reason why the UK met its carbon dioxide emissions reduction target in the 1990s. British nuclear power stations have created 2,000 cubic metres of nuclear waste. There are currently no plans for the long-term storage of the waste.
By comparison, just over 3% of Britain's electricity comes from renewable energy. France met 78% of its electricity needs in 2002 using nuclear power.
*Maurice Chittenden "Labour ‘to boost nuclear power’". The Sunday Times, April 24, 2005
* "Nuclear power generation development and the UK industry". DTI, July 16, 2003
* "Warning on nuclear waste disposal". BBC News, April 4, 2005
* "Digest of UK Energy Statistics Chapter 5". DTI, July 2004
* "Long-Term Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the UK". DTI, July 2002
* "Climate Change and Security of Supply". DTI, September 2002
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Today around 6pm the new Italian Government was introduced to the House of Parliament.
This government turns out to have a larger number of ministers, vice-ministers and undersecretaries than the previous. There are 9 viceministers and 62 undersecretaries (to which Undersecretary of the Council Gianni Letta should be added.)
The new government also turns out to have the greatest number of ministers, vice-ministers and undersecretaries of all the governments of the Italian Republic. The number of vice-ministers has reached 9, the number of undersecretaries is 62 (plus Letta). This has caused the unusual sight of the benches of the Government being overcrowded (there are only 25 benches). The crowding is expected to increase, because in the emiciclo (the party of the Parliamentarians) there were few Parliamentarians today, since the House vote of confidence in the new government will be carried out only tomorrow.
Prime Minister Berlusconi has said that the next elections will take place in May of 2006 and this government will continue to serve until then.
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en | 8951 | 1108844 | "2010-10-07T23:21:45" | 2,010 | 10 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=8951 | World's largest passenger airliner makes first flight | '''April 27, 2005'''
[[Image:A380 Reveal 1.jpg|right|200px|The A380 was revealed in January 2005]]
The world's largest passenger aircraft, the [[w:Airbus A380|Airbus A380]], has made its maiden flight after lifting off from [[w:Toulouse|Toulouse]] in [[w:France|France]].
The take-off, at 08:30 UTC, was apparently normal and took place exactly on time. The aircraft flew into clear blue skies with a flight crew of six (all wearing parachutes as a safety precaution) and twenty tonnes of test equipment on board.
Around 50,000 people watched the maiden flight, many sitting on grass banks lining the runway. More people watched the flight on a giant screen erected in the centre of Toulouse.
The test flight lasted four hours, with the aircraft flying no higher than 10,000 nor further than 100 miles from Toulouse as it circled the Bay of Biscay.
The A380, known for many years during its development phase as the Airbus A3XX, will be the largest airliner in the world by a substantial margin when it enters service.
The first A380 prototype was unveiled during a lavish ceremony in Toulouse, France, on January 18, 2005. Its manufacturer's serial number is 001, and it is registered F-WWOW.
The new Airbus will initially be sold in two versions: the A380-800, a full double-decker configuration, able to carry 555 passengers in a three-class configuration or up to 800 passengers in a single-class economy configuration. Range for the A380-800 model is expected to be 8,000 nautical miles (14,800 km). The second model, the A380-800F dedicated freighter, will carry 150 tons of cargo 5,600 miles (10,400 km).
The cost of the project so far is £8.4bn, £1bn over budget. 144 planes have already been ordered. Singapore Airlines, which will be the first company to operate the new air giant, in July 2006, have opened a reservation site for this first regular flight.
==Sources==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4488361.stm "Airbus A380 completes test flight"]. ''[[w:BBC News|BBC News]]'', April 27, 2005
*[[w:A380|A380]] - Wikipedia
== External links ==
* [http://www.futura-sciences.com/communiquer/g/showgallery.php/cat/547 Photo Gallery of the A380 adventure]
* [http://garbure.org/~mammique/Premier_vol_A380.mpv Video of the take-off] (GFDL CC-BY-SA)
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[[ro:Primul zbor al noului aparat Airbus A380]] | 'April 27, 2005'
The A380 was revealed in January 2005
The world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, has made its maiden flight after lifting off from Toulouse in France.
The take-off, at 08:30 UTC, was apparently normal and took place exactly on time. The aircraft flew into clear blue skies with a flight crew of six (all wearing parachutes as a safety precaution) and twenty tonnes of test equipment on board.
Around 50,000 people watched the maiden flight, many sitting on grass banks lining the runway. More people watched the flight on a giant screen erected in the centre of Toulouse.
The test flight lasted four hours, with the aircraft flying no higher than 10,000 nor further than 100 miles from Toulouse as it circled the Bay of Biscay.
The A380, known for many years during its development phase as the Airbus A3XX, will be the largest airliner in the world by a substantial margin when it enters service.
The first A380 prototype was unveiled during a lavish ceremony in Toulouse, France, on January 18, 2005. Its manufacturer's serial number is 001, and it is registered F-WWOW.
The new Airbus will initially be sold in two versions: the A380-800, a full double-decker configuration, able to carry 555 passengers in a three-class configuration or up to 800 passengers in a single-class economy configuration. Range for the A380-800 model is expected to be 8,000 nautical miles (14,800 km). The second model, the A380-800F dedicated freighter, will carry 150 tons of cargo 5,600 miles (10,400 km).
The cost of the project so far is £8.4bn, £1bn over budget. 144 planes have already been ordered. Singapore Airlines, which will be the first company to operate the new air giant, in July 2006, have opened a reservation site for this first regular flight.
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[[Image:Boeing 777-AA.jpg|right|300px|An American Airlines 777 landing at Heathrow airport]]
Boeing has secured two large orders for new aircraft.
[[w:Air Canada|Air Canada]] has ordered US$6 billion in new airliners, while Air India has signed a deal for a further US$7 billion.
The Air Canada deal includes firm orders for 18 [[w:Boeing 777|777]]s and 14 of the new mid-size, long-range [[w:Boeing 787|787]] Dreamliner. Options are included for 18 more 777s and 46 more 787s.
The [[w:Air India|Air India]] order is worth US$6.8 billion for 50 787s.
Air India says the new fuel-efficient airliner will save US$300 million in fuel a year, while Air Canada has estimated a 30% fuel saving over their existing [[w:Boeing 767|767]]s. Air India have also said that the 20 extra seats the 787 offers over a similarly-sized [[w:Airbus A330|Airbus A330]] was a decisive factor.
[[w:Korean Air|Korean Air]] also bought 20 Dreamliners earlier this month.
Boeing now has a total of 237 orders and commitments for the 787.
The Boeing 777 is a family of long range widebody twin engine airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It carries between 305 and 550 passengers and has a range from 5,600 to 8,870 nautical miles (10,400 to 16,400 km). The first flight of the 777 was in 1994.
The Boeing 787, or Dreamliner, is a mid-sized passenger airliner currently under development by Boeing Commercial Airplanes and scheduled to enter service in 2008. It will carry between 200 and 350 passengers depending on the seating configuration, and be more fuel-efficient than earlier airliners. In addition, it will be the first major airliner to use composite material in the majority of its construction.
==Sources==
* [http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q2/nr_050425h.html "Air Canada Selects Boeing 777s and 787 Dreamliners"]. ''[[w:Boeing|Boeing]]'', April 25, 2005
*Matthew Daly [http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20050427/business/133434.shtml "Boeing buoyed by order influx"]. ''[[w:AP|AP]]'', April 27, 2005
* [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5983_1339425,00430005.htm "Air India-Boeing deal irks EU"]. ''[[w:Hindustan times.com|Hindustan times.com]]'', April 27, 2005
* [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15109122%255E23349,00.html "Boeing's $9bn Air India win"]. ''[[w:The Australian|The Australian]]'', April 27, 2005
*[[w:Boeing 777|Boeing 777]] - Wikipedia
*[[w:Boeing 787|Boeing 787]] - Wikipedia
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[[Category:Air Canada]] | 'April 27, 2005'
An American Airlines 777 landing at Heathrow airport
Boeing has secured two large orders for new aircraft.
Air Canada has ordered US$6 billion in new airliners, while Air India has signed a deal for a further US$7 billion.
The Air Canada deal includes firm orders for 18 777s and 14 of the new mid-size, long-range 787 Dreamliner. Options are included for 18 more 777s and 46 more 787s.
The Air India order is worth US$6.8 billion for 50 787s.
Air India says the new fuel-efficient airliner will save US$300 million in fuel a year, while Air Canada has estimated a 30% fuel saving over their existing 767s. Air India have also said that the 20 extra seats the 787 offers over a similarly-sized Airbus A330 was a decisive factor.
Korean Air also bought 20 Dreamliners earlier this month.
Boeing now has a total of 237 orders and commitments for the 787.
The Boeing 777 is a family of long range widebody twin engine airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It carries between 305 and 550 passengers and has a range from 5,600 to 8,870 nautical miles (10,400 to 16,400 km). The first flight of the 777 was in 1994.
The Boeing 787, or Dreamliner, is a mid-sized passenger airliner currently under development by Boeing Commercial Airplanes and scheduled to enter service in 2008. It will carry between 200 and 350 passengers depending on the seating configuration, and be more fuel-efficient than earlier airliners. In addition, it will be the first major airliner to use composite material in the majority of its construction.
*Matthew Daly "Boeing buoyed by order influx". AP, April 27, 2005
* "Air India-Boeing deal irks EU". Hindustan times.com, April 27, 2005
* "Boeing's $9bn Air India win". The Australian, April 27, 2005
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I later realized, after passing by later, that it was a changeover from a Texaco station to Shell. The man-lift was finished and gone by then. Earlier it was making changes to the plastics and graphics on the gas price sign.
I gave Mr. Demir the URL here to come get me if I mis-quoted him.
-[[User:Edbrown05|Edbrown05]] 07:37, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
{{nopublish}} | When I first passed the gas station earlier in the day, there was a guy in a man-lift hoisted up next to the gas price sign, and I thought, “Oh gawds, the gas prices are really outta hand now…!”
I later realized, after passing by later, that it was a changeover from a Texaco station to Shell. The man-lift was finished and gone by then. Earlier it was making changes to the plastics and graphics on the gas price sign.
I gave Mr. Demir the URL here to come get me if I mis-quoted him.
-Edbrown05 07:37, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC) | [] | [] | enwikinews-20240201-pages-articles.xml |
en | 9293 | 434444 | "2007-06-03T09:30:55" | 2,007 | 6 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=9293 | British Skylark rocket makes its final flight | '''May 2, 2005'''
The last British [[w:Skylark (rocket)|Skylark rocket]] has made its final flight.
The rocket flew from coastal Sweden at 6am UTC on Monday, carrying its ESA science package to an altitude of 250km.
The 13m tall rocket was developed in the UK and first flew in 1957 from Woomera range in Australia. It continued to be developed for another twenty years. The British government ended support for the project in 1979, leaving private companies to fly the remaining rockets. Enough rockets had been built to sustain a launch program until today.
A total of 441 flights have been made by the sub-orbital Skylark. The rocket is known as a 'sounding rocket', designed to explore the upper regions of Earth's atmosphere.
==Sources==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4504623.stm "Skylark makes its final launch"]. ''[[w:BBC News|BBC News]]'', May 2, 2005
* [http://www.sat-net.com/serra/skylar_e.htm "Skylark sounding rocket"], viewed May 2, 2005
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[[Category:Europe]]
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[[Category:published]] | 'May 2, 2005'
The last British Skylark rocket has made its final flight.
The rocket flew from coastal Sweden at 6am UTC on Monday, carrying its ESA science package to an altitude of 250km.
The 13m tall rocket was developed in the UK and first flew in 1957 from Woomera range in Australia. It continued to be developed for another twenty years. The British government ended support for the project in 1979, leaving private companies to fly the remaining rockets. Enough rockets had been built to sustain a launch program until today.
A total of 441 flights have been made by the sub-orbital Skylark. The rocket is known as a 'sounding rocket', designed to explore the upper regions of Earth's atmosphere.
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en | 10698 | 435808 | "2007-06-03T17:13:16" | 2,007 | 6 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=10698 | How tall is tallest? Chinese researchers measure tallest mountain | '''[[Wikinews:2005/May/27|May 27]], [[Wikinews:2005|2005]]'''
[[Image:Mount Everest from Rombok Gompa, Tibet.jpg|thumb|225px|Mount Everest from Rombok Gompa, Tibet]]
Mount [[w:Mount Qomolangma|Qomolangma]], known in the west as Mount Everest, may be taller than ever, and a group of 24 Chinese researchers have scaled the peak and made observations they hope will document its current height.
In 1975 the peak was surveyed at a height of 8 848 metres, in line with previous calculations, but a U.S. survey team in 1999 measured it at 8 850m. The growth to some extent fits current theories regarding the geology of the region, a region with crustal upthrust. The growth may also be due in part to rapid glacier retreat on the peak's slopes, and the mountain springing back as the weight of snow melts and runs off.
At the same time, recent theories suggest the mountain is also shrinking. The peak may be getting smaller from subsidence as it reaches extreme heights, and again the glaciers and snow help to stabilize and expand the mountain itself.
There is some disagreement regarding the methods of measurement used previously, so the researchers spent an hour at the summit taking measurements using radar, satellite, and other methods on 6 points. The average of the measurements will be used to make the official Chinese measurement, which remains at 8 848. Results of the expedition are expected to be available in August.
A previous measurement team from Italy also used the radar methodology in 2004, but their results have not yet been published.
The mountain straddles the border between Tibet and Nepal, and is known by several names. In Chinese, 珠穆朗瑪峰 ([[w:pinyin|pinyin]]: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng); Tibetan Qomolangma ("Mother of the Universe"); in Nepal Sagarmatha ("Forehead of the Sky"); and in English named after Sir [[w:George Everest|George Everest]].
== Sources ==
* {{source|title=Researchers reach top of the world for survey
|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/23/content_444761.htm
|author=Cao Desheng
|pub=China Daily
|date=2005-05-23 05:05}}
* {{source|title=China to Draw Benchmark for Tracing Growth of Earth's Summit
|url=http://www.cer.net/article/20050523/3138245.shtml
|author=Xinhuanet
|pub=China Education and Research Network
|date=2005-05-23}}
* {{source|title=Interest peaks in Everest's new height
|url=http://abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_1375614.htm
|author=[[w:Agençe France-Presse|Agençe France-Presse]]
|pub=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
|date=Tuesday, 24 May 2005}}
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[[Category:May 27, 2005]]
[[Category:Science and technology]]
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[[Category:Nepal]]
[[Category:Tibet]]
[[Category:Published]] | 'May 27, 2005'
Mount Everest from Rombok Gompa, Tibet
Mount Qomolangma, known in the west as Mount Everest, may be taller than ever, and a group of 24 Chinese researchers have scaled the peak and made observations they hope will document its current height.
In 1975 the peak was surveyed at a height of 8 848 metres, in line with previous calculations, but a U.S. survey team in 1999 measured it at 8 850m. The growth to some extent fits current theories regarding the geology of the region, a region with crustal upthrust. The growth may also be due in part to rapid glacier retreat on the peak's slopes, and the mountain springing back as the weight of snow melts and runs off.
At the same time, recent theories suggest the mountain is also shrinking. The peak may be getting smaller from subsidence as it reaches extreme heights, and again the glaciers and snow help to stabilize and expand the mountain itself.
There is some disagreement regarding the methods of measurement used previously, so the researchers spent an hour at the summit taking measurements using radar, satellite, and other methods on 6 points. The average of the measurements will be used to make the official Chinese measurement, which remains at 8 848. Results of the expedition are expected to be available in August.
A previous measurement team from Italy also used the radar methodology in 2004, but their results have not yet been published.
The mountain straddles the border between Tibet and Nepal, and is known by several names. In Chinese, 珠穆朗瑪峰 (pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng); Tibetan Qomolangma ("Mother of the Universe"); in Nepal Sagarmatha ("Forehead of the Sky"); and in English named after Sir George Everest. | [
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en | 10749 | 644503 | "2008-06-01T15:07:35" | 2,008 | 6 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=10749 | Los Angeles firefighters battle Mt. Washington blaze | '''[[Wikinews:2005/May/29|May 29]], [[Wikinews:2005|2005]]'''
[[Image:Mt Washington Blaze 6.jpg|right|300px|Brush blaze on Mt. Washington]]
Saturday evening, at approximately 7:00 p.m. PST on [[w:Mt. Washington, Los Angeles, California|Mt. Washington]] in [[w:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, California]], a [[w:brush fire|brush fire]] broke out on the southwestern side of the hill.
[[w:firefighter|Firefighters]] were on the scene by 8:30 p.m. with [[w:fire truck|fire trucks]], [[w:paramedic|paramedic units]], surveillance [[w:helicopter|helicopters]], and water-equipped helicopters. Two fire trucks blasted water at the blaze from higher up on the mountain, while every minute or so, a water-equipped helicopter would swoop down over the flames and release its payload. At the top of the hill, there were five fire trucks and one paramedic unit; the three main entrances to the mountain were barricaded off by fire trucks.
By approximately 9:15 p.m., the flame was entirely extinguished, thanks mainly to the water-equipped helicopters. Firefighters were offering bystanders bottles of [[w:water|water]] and [[w:Gatorade|Gatorade]] to help combat the effects of standing near an open flame.
==External links==
*[[Commons:Category:Mt. Washington Blaze|Full image gallery]]
==Sources==
{{Original reporting}}
{{publish}}
{{archive}}
[[Category:May 29, 2005]]
[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:California]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Fires]] | 'May 29, 2005'
Brush blaze on Mt. Washington
Saturday evening, at approximately 7:00 p.m. PST on Mt. Washington in Los Angeles, California, a brush fire broke out on the southwestern side of the hill.
Firefighters were on the scene by 8:30 p.m. with fire trucks, paramedic units, surveillance helicopters, and water-equipped helicopters. Two fire trucks blasted water at the blaze from higher up on the mountain, while every minute or so, a water-equipped helicopter would swoop down over the flames and release its payload. At the top of the hill, there were five fire trucks and one paramedic unit; the three main entrances to the mountain were barricaded off by fire trucks.
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en | 11300 | 521427 | "2007-11-13T11:50:22" | 2,007 | 11 | null | 0 | 0 | http://en.wikinews.org/?curid=11300 | Steve Jobs gives opening keynote to WWDC 2005/Notes | [[User:NGerda|NGerda]] attended the keynote address of WWDC 2005 on behalf of Wikinews.
{{nopublish}} | NGerda attended the keynote address of WWDC 2005 on behalf of Wikinews. | [] | [] | enwikinews-20240201-pages-articles.xml |
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The dataset contains news articles from Wikinews in different languages. Each article is associated with metadata like title, url, and date. The articles grouped into data splits by the article month, quarter, and year (the date is one mentioned in the article text, changes might have been after, see revision timestamp). The dataset config name defines the language.
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
# all English news from 2008
ds = load_dataset("malteos/wikinews", config_name="en", split="2008")
# all German news from January 2017
ds = load_dataset("malteos/wikinews", config_name="de", split="2017_q1_01")
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