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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Regional High School in Sudbury has left a 15-year old student Turkish-Armenian journalist the attack. dead. killed in Turkey •A close aide to UK Prime Minister An Armenian Tony Blair is arrested in a The stabbing happened around journalist, Hrant corruption probe. 7:20 am EST, before classes had Dink, was started. A fight broke out in a assassinated •Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish boy's bathroom between the 15- today at the age writer, is shot dead in Istanbul. year old victim, James Alenson and of 52 in front of Dink was convicted in 2005 for 16-year-old suspect John Odgren, the Agos 'insulting Turkishness' by writing the fight spilled out in the hallway, newspaper office, an article on the Armenian where the stabbing occured. at the Istanbul district of Genocide. Osmanbey, where he worked as •Hurricane force winds claim at The school was sent into a the editor and a journalist. least 40 lives in Western Europe "lockdown" and students were including 10 lives in Britain and ushered into the gym, cafeteria H5N1 Avian Flu virus mutates; 11 in Germany, and other victims and various classrooms. Alenson shows resistance to drugs in The Netherlands (6), Poland was rushed to Emerson Hospital A mutation in the H5N1 Avian Flu (6), Czech Republic (3) and where he was pronounced dead at or Bird Flu France (3). 8:15 am EST. Odgren admitted to virus has the stabbing and was in the •Robert Gates, the United States been found principal's office saying "I did it, I Secretary of Defense, visits in two did it," to police. However, Odgren Basra, Iraq to consult with US humans also reportedly said "Is he OK? I and allied commanders. infected with the virus located in don't want him to die," according the Gharbiyah Province of Egypt •Twelve of the thirteen suspects in to a police report. All students which is located about 50 miles Norway's NOKAS robbery case were released at 10:20 am EST. outside of Egypt's capital, Cairo, from 2004, are found guilty and Egypt. given sentences from 4 - 19 Odgen is being charged with years in prison. "murder, assault and battery with Featured story a dangerous weapon, and carrying •Following the furore over the a knife onto school property" and China shoots down weather treatment towards contestant was arraigned in Framingham satellite with ballistic missile in Celebrity Big District Court where he pleaded China has shot down one of their Brother 2007 by contestants not guilty to the charges. old weather satellites including have with a ballistic resulted in Jade being evicted by Shapiro also asked if his client missile and the popular vote from the show, to could go to secure facility at United States is an empty crowd due to heighten Children's Hospital in Boston. concerned about the test. concerns over safety after the Judge Paul Healy denied the issue reached a highpoint in UK- request saying he did not have Wikipedia Current Events Indian relations. "enough assurance that Children's •Somalia's presidential palace is Hospital would be secure." hit by two mortar shells. It's Stabbing at Massachusetts Instead, he will be held at unknown if Somali President high school leaves one dead Middlesex Jail in Cambridge Abdullahi Yusuf is inside during A stabbing at the Lincoln-Sudbury outside of the general population.

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According to the school's website, 77-90-15 for the United Kingdom announced a 15-day mourning there will be a community meeting and Ireland. following the assassination. Mr. tonight in the school's auditorium Mutafyan called the assassination at 7pm EST. Turkish-Armenian journalist "barbarian, treacherous, and killed in Turkey dastardly". Consumer database of several A Turkish-Armenian journalist, major North American stores Hrant Dink, was assassinated While the body was taken away, a hacked today at the age of 52 in front of group applaused Dink, uttered TJX Companies, a U.S. chain, that the Agos newspaper office, at the "Long live peoples' brotherhood", owns big box stores Winners, a Istanbul district of Osmanbey, "The assassin state will pay", and fashion outlet, and HomeSense, a where he worked as the editor and "Hrants will not die". They then home accessories store, has a journalist. Witnesses say that marched to the Taksim Square. revealed they had their computers after being shot, he was able to Another protest march was hacked back in mid-December. stand up for a while, extending his organized at the capital of Turkey, hand in search of help, which Ankara. It also affected the U.S. and never came. Puerto Rico stores Marshalls, T.J. Turkey witnessed 62 journalist Maxx, HomeGoods and A.J. Dink, a brave journalist who was assassinations after 1909, the last Wright, which are also owned by not afraid to discuss one of before Hrant Dink being Ahmet TJX Companies. The intrusion Turkey's most controversial issues, Taner Kışlalı in 1999. could also affect stores in the clearly called what happened to United Kingdom and Ireland. Armenians in 1915 when the land Canada beats USA 5-0 in ice was being governed by the hockey at World University They discovered the hacking in Ottoman Empire the Armenian Games mid-December and revealed the Genocide. As BBC reports, he said In his first play of Winter information to the public on “the word did not need to be Universiade 2007 Hockey team of Wednesday. accepted by other Turks for it to Canada defeated USA 5-0, while in remain true in his mind.” another game the home team of "The company is committed to Italy lost to Kazakhstan 3-1. providing its customers with more His body was kept for an hour on information when it becomes the pavement by Turkish security Italy won its first gold medal in available," TJX Companies said in a forces. Giant Slalom when Aronne Pieruz statement. was first in both runs of Skiing The assassin was reported to be competition. Czech Filip Trejbal The computers contain credit card, about 18-19 years old, wearing a was second and American Adam debit card, check, and white hat and jeans. Two other Cole was third. merchandise return transactions suspects were taken into custody information. The hacker could at the Taksim district. A Turkish TV Medal table is leaded by Poland have accessed transactions during station broadcasted the images of who won two gold medals: in 2003 and from May through the killer. Speedskating Katarzyna Wojcicka December 2006. was first in 1,500 metres and in Following his father's Cross-Country Katarzyna Wojcicka Jefferies analyst Timothy Allen said assassination, Dink's daughter, won 5 km Classical Individual. the chain should use this as an referring to the fascist obsession Other gold medalists in the day opportunity for excellent customer with pure blood, said: “They shot were Dutch Mark Ooyevaar in service. He added that they should my father. Is their blood purer Speedskating 5,000 m, the offer coupons to customers to get now? They were afraid to face him, Russian Alexander Lasutkin in them back to shopping in stores they shot him in the back.” 10km Classical Individual Cross- owned by TJX. Country, the Austrian Daniela All vacations were canceled for Iraschko in K95 Ski jumping and Customers with questions can call Turkish security forces in Istanbul. Japanese Daisuke Takashasho in one of the help lines at 866-484- Single Figure Skating. 6978 in the United States, 866- The patriarch of Turkish 903-1408 in Canada, and 0800- Armenians, Misrob Mutafyan, In Men's Curling Switzerland beat

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USA 8-5, and South Korea won the project will deprive them from Media, a technical manual against Italy 7-5. Following results the expected profits from books publishing company, that in the are to be highlighted in Women's sold in bookstores and online time of revolutionary changes, Curling: Sweden- USA 8-7, marketplaces. brought by the development of Switzerland-Great Britain 9-7 and digital technologies, it was Japan-Italy 7-2. The speech of Jim Gerber, important for their industry manager of content partnerships segment not to ignore but World's oldest living woman at Google, opened the event. Mr. embrace the forthcoming changes. dies at age 115 Gerber noticed that their meeting He also mentioned that the Library The world's oldest woman, was aimed at mutual Project and Book Search tool Montrealer Julie Winnefred understanding of changes the carried out by Google represented Bertrand, died in Thursday, book-publishing market was about an opportunity to become part of passing away peacefully in her to face in the 21st century. Among the newly-born media culture. sleep. the speakers there were those closely related to the publishing Intoxicated New Zealand She earned the distinction as the business - authors, publishers and policeman keeps job oldest living woman when 116- analysts, including Cory Doctorow, Mokau, Taranaki, New Zealand year-old Elizabeth Bolden of a science fiction writer and co- policeman, Constable Jonathon Tennessee U.S.A. died on Dec. 11, editor of Boing Boing, as well as "Jono" Erwood has been 2006. agents of the leading publishing discharged without conviction by a stores such as Harper Collins and judge at the New Plymouth District Bertrand was born on Sept. 16, Cambridge University Press. Court and has been allowed to 1891 in Coaticook, a town in keep his job after he arrived Quebec's Eastern Townships, and Having organized the event, intoxicated at a car crash scene. lived there for the majority of her Google did not pursue the only aim He was tested for drink driving and life. She was the oldest of six of improving the perception of its found to be over the legal limit. children, and never married. She project. The company tired to moved to Montreal after the death establish links with publishers and Constable Erwood, however, has of her parents, and later moved libraries, having offered them to been reprimanded following an into a nursing home. present their content through Book official police enquiry. The Search. Still, Google stumbled reprimand notice will stay on his She had never left her sixth-floor upon skeptical attitude of the personal file for seven years if he room in the nursing home for two publishers. However, some of the receives further disciplinary years, but unexpectedly, she asked publishers supported Google's charges then the reprimand will be to tour the building the day before initiative and gave their reasons taken into account. Nine previous she died. for that. Cory Doctorow expressed complaints were investigated but his belief grounded upon his disciplinary action was not taken. Bertrand will be buried in personal experience that books However there was considerable Coaticook. available free on the net implied local support for him as well. commercial benefit. One of the Google and publishing business major advantages of the on-line When Constable Erwood arrived at to team up in future library is the guaranteed attention the double fatality July 9, 2006 On the 18th of December, Google and interest it is to attract to the crash scene on his day off he was held the "Unbound" event that publishers' products. taken aside by another police attracted about 300 people, who officer and breathalysed and then gathered at the New York Public Although the issue aroused a lot of charged with drink driving. Library. The event's visitors met to controversial opinions, the discuss the issue of Google's speakers came to the conclusion The judge who discharged him, Library Project and Book Search that as the digital world has been Louis Erwood, said that Constable tool and the publishing business experiencing rapid growth, the Erwood risked his life by perspectives in general. Google publishing industry has to keep to responding to the accident. "There decided to bring up the issue, as a the modern pace and broaden its was nothing personal in this for lot of representatives of the horizons. As it was mentioned by you and it reflects a commitment publishing industry believe that Tim O'Reilly, the founder of O'Reilly to your job which you should be

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, January 20, 2007 Wikinews Page 4 proud of." Chairman Purificacion Quisumbing Turkish homeless man burns to called the act "frightening". death after being neglected Constable Erwood has admitted On one of the very crowded streets that he was over the legal limit to Quisumbing was worried that it of Istanbul, Turkey, an elderly drive a car. would turn out bloody had the homeless man died of burns that is shots been fired. She was thought to have been caused by a The Police Association is "shocked to see policemen going fire he lit to warm himself. The applauding the decision to into a public building with assault police officers who came to help discharge constable Erwood rifles in a manner not consonant could not extinguish the fire with without a conviction. Richard with the picture we are trying to the small bottles of water they Middleton, vice president of the portray of a peaceful country of had. Police Association, said that law-abiding citizens.” common sense has prevailed. The man was seen earlier in one of "If this can happen in broad the most crowded streets of Superintendent Mark Lammas, daylight to an elected official and Istanbul screaming "I do not have area commander and Constable (before) the media, (how much) a blanket, someone stole my Erwood's boss, has said that Mr more at night in the barrios?" she blanket!". He was offered a cookie Erwood did not make the correct said. and a coat by two passers-by decision to drive drunk. before someone called an The assault was stopped by a 60- ambulance. He was refused Constable Erwood will return to his day temporary restraining order admittance to two different job on Monday but has been given against the enforcement of the hospitals because he lacked the job in North Taranaki as rural dismissal order. identification, and the ambulance liaison officer. He will start on eventually left him where he was February 5. Mr Lammas said: But Department of Interior and picked up. "Rural police officers in small and Local Government (DILG) somewhat isolated communities in Secretary Ronaldo Puno defended “He was shaking. He couldn't walk. particular, have a fine and the police and proposed a joint I brought him 15 - 20 empty sometimes difficult balance to investigation with CHR on the boxes and started a fire for him to achieve – in being active members matter. get warm. I put my coat on him, of their community but also being he was wet. They told us that he seen to be impartial in the "The policemen ... should not be died in the morning.” discharge of their duties as a condemned. They should even be police officer." commended," Puno said. “He died in front of everyone's eyes. Like an animal. What kind of Provincial capitol assault An initial assessment prompted a government is this? He was 'Overkill': Philippine's CHR Quisumbing to declare that the shaking like a leaf. He was purple Philippine human rights police committed human rights all over because of the cold. His commission (CHR) together with violations. She also indicated in a cloths were smoking. My friends various local government officials television interview that CHR thought he was burning. It was branded "overkill" the police would look into the matter that night's dew that was assault on the Iloilo provincial independently, thereby rejecting evaporating... We are ignorant, we capitol on Wednesday. DILG's proposal for a joint probe. didn't know. But someone else called for an ambulance. They In an attempt to arrest Governor She was quoted as saying “we came, this guy can in fact walk. He Niel Tupas, Sr. and seize control of define our independent is sane. But that day he was the capitol, hundreds of policemen investigation as one where we almost unconscious and he armed with M-16 rifles stormed ourselves have to examine the couldn't walk. We carried him to the capitol, smashed glass doors facts and the circumstances.” the ambulance and thought he was and destroyed padlocked iron saved. They brought him back an gates. The rifles were pointed at Quisumbing also noted that a joint hour later. I asked him what civilians. investigation with DILG would be happened. He told me that "they in conflict CHR's mandate and didn't want to provide care In a television interview, CHR function. because I didn't have an ID to

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, January 20, 2007 Wikinews Page 5 show." For God's sake, what kind of this outbreak," said Bird Flu Lankan troops met little resistance of a government is this?” antivirals expert for the WHO, as they moved into the town at Doctor Fred Hayden. "It would be around noon local time, as the “I just saw him the other day. I very worrisome" if human to Tamil Tigers were believed to have gave him a cookie. He thanked, human transmission did occur. fled further North. but didn't accept. He was shaking, miserable. I would have taken him The WHO however is not A Sri Lankan defense ministry home, only if I knew.” concerned that this outbreak may statement on its website said the be the start of a world-wide LTTE had fled the town area H5N1 Avian Flu virus mutates; pandemic and it is unknown how "unable to withstand the intrusive shows resistance to drugs many times Bird Flu will need to thrust of the armed forces". A A mutation in the H5N1 avian flu mutate before it becomes more statement from the Media Center or bird flu virus has been found in dangerous to humans. for National Security said two humans infected with the virus "triumphant troops are presently located in the Gharbiyah Province "Given the information we have, consolidating their positions and of Egypt which is located about 50 we don’t see any broad public clearing the terrain to resettle miles outside of Egypt's capital health implications," said a displace civilians." Cairo. spokeman for the WHO, Dick Thompson. The Tigers have so far failed to The victims, a 16 year-old girl and comment on the fighting. her 26 year-old uncle both died in Egypt was added to the list of December of 2006 and both countries where the H5N1 virus Leading up to the capture of the patients were administered the has been found just last year. town, around 12,000 civilians, Bird Flu treatment oseltamivir Since then the virus has only whom the government claimed the (Tamiflu®), had shown to be less infected 18 people. Of those LTTE were using as Human effective against their illnesses. people, 10 have died so far, Shields, were reported to have fled The virus was also tested against including these three cases in to the safety of government the drugs zanamivir (Relenza®) December. controlled areas. This added to the and amantadine, and is was found 20,000 who had already fled to that drugs were less effective The WHO reports that 267 people government controlled areas since against the mutated form of this have been infected with Bird Flu in heavy fighting began in December virus. the entire world and that of those 2006. people, 161 have been confirmed A sister of the 26 year-old also to have died from the H5N1 virus. Basic necessities for them were died of Bird Flu in December of provided by the security forces. 2006, but health officials have yet Mutated Strains of Bird Flu have The government stated that it to determine if she died from the been found in Vietnam in 2005 and would make all efforts to resettle mutated form of the virus. in Turkey in 2006. the civilians as soon as normalcy is restored in the town. The World Health Organization is Sri Lankan military liberates also stating that the three cases key town The fall of Vakarai is expected to may be human to human Sri Lankan troops liberated a key badly disrupt Tamil Tiger activities transmission, but further tests are town in Eastern Sri Lanka as they in the East, an also seriously dent needed. The three cases are being continued their offensive to evict their supplies to the North. treated as an outbreak and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil officials have yet to determine if Eelam (LTTE, also called the Tamil The LTTE has been fighting since the victims received the illness Tigers) from the Eastern Province 1983 to establish an independent from chickens, or from one of the country. state in the North and East of Sri another. Lanka. Its methods including the The town of Vakarai, which has recruiting of child soldiers and "Based on the information we been under the control of the LTTE suicide bombings have been widely have, we can't yet rule out human- since 1996, was a key stronghold criticized, and it is banned as a to-human transmission. We need for the LTTE and one of their last terrorist organization in a number to better understand the dynamics major bases in the East. Sri of countries including the United

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States, the United Kingdom, India, some kind of energy or of hepatitis in the city. Canada and the 27 member something.” European Union. A ceasefire Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreement was signed with Fields ruled out the possibility of and the Punjab government intentional mediation in 2001, but the UFOs being flares saying that sponsor the REIP. broke down following a series of the movements made by the UFOs rebel attacks on government did not resemble that of a flare. In Peasant group to rap Philippine troops following the election of 1997, lights seen over Arizona and military for ‘electioneering’ President Mahinda Rajapakse in Nevada were also claimed to have A Philippine daily reported that November 2005. been UFOs before the US Air Force peasant group Kilusang identified them as flares dropped Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant In December, Sri Lankan Army by an airplane on a training Movement of the Philippines or commander Lt. Gen. Sarath mission. KMP) plans to file electioneering Fonseka made clear that the case against Armed Forces of the objective of the military was to Fields, now 61, was in the military Philippines (AFP) claiming that clear the East of the country of the for almost 32 years of his life, fully armed troops have been rebels and then concentrate all flying F-16 fighter jets. deployed in various areas around efforts towards defeating them in the country with strong presence the North. Sewerage project starts in of progressive organizations and Pakistan party lists groups. US air force colonel claims he In Pakistan, the Daily Times spotted UFOs over Arkansas reported that construction work on The military says that politicians Brian Fields, a retired United a sewerage project has started in running for elections have sought States Air Force Colonel, has Pindi. the military's protection against photographed what he claims are what it says is harassment and two UFOs hovering over his home It said that the construction work extortion by the Communist Party in Van Buren, Arkansas. for the Rawalpindi Environment of the Philippines and its military Improvement Project (REIP) aims wing, the New People’s Army. Fields said, "I believe these lights to lay a new underground drainage were not of this world, and I feel a and sewerage system in the area. Danilo Ramos, KMP Secretary duty and responsibility to come General, said they also seek to forward. At first I thought they The project director of REIP, Aslam exclude AFP members from voting were landing lights from an Sabzwari, said, according to the in the upcoming May elections, aircraft. As I continued to observe report, that improvement of pointing out the possibility of the them they began to slowly sanitation and sewerage system soldiers as "flying voters". disappear, then suddenly one had started in the eastern zone of reappeared, followed by two, then the city, consisting of 15 union Prior to that, another group, an three. On at least one occasion councils (UCs). The project urban poor organization Kadamay, four or five appeared. Each time includes improvement of the hit the increased presence of they would slowly fade and sanitation and sewerage systems, soldiers in areas where the group eventually disappear. This occurred a sewage treatment plant, solid is active. The group suspects that several times and when they would waste management, removal of the deployment of soldiers in a reappear they might do so in slaughter-houses and construction number of barangays in Quezon differing numbers and in different of public toilets. City and parts of Metro Manila is positions, sometimes in a an attempt to flush out activist triangular shape, sometimes Sabzwari also said that 22 new leaders. stacked on top of each other, tube wells would be installed, while sometimes line abreast, etc. When 32 old ones would be repaired China shoots down weather the objects appeared they might under the project, recalling that satellite with ballistic missile stay illuminated 10 or more the existing sewerage systems in A Philippine daily reported that minutes. I'm certain it wasn't an Satellite Town and Kahyabane- peasant group Kilusang aircraft [from Earth]. It's not Sirsyed were laid in the 1950s and Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant anything I ever had any 1969s, respectively, and were the Movement of the Philippines or experience with. ... They were main cause of the increasing case KMP) plans to file electioneering

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, January 20, 2007 Wikinews Page 7 case against Armed Forces of the said that Iran was prepared for Big Brother's sponsor, has pulled Philippines (AFP) claiming that any possibility in the standoff with out after some of the reality TV fully armed troops have been the West over its nuclear activities. show's contestants were accused deployed in various areas around of racism, with which the company the country with strong presence "Today, with the grace of God, we did not want to be associated. The of progressive organizations and have gone through the arduous Perfume Shop has announced they party lists groups. passes and we are ready for will withdraw the perfume Shh... of anything in this path. Their aim is Jade Goody, one of the contestants The military says that politicians to frighten Iran and weaken the accused of bullying with a racist running for elections have sought resistance of the Iranian nation undertone. Motorcycle insurance the military's protection against but they will not succeed," stated company Bennetts unilaterally what it says is harassment and Ahmadinejad. terminated its deal with former extortion by the Communist Party Danielle Lloyd to of the Philippines and its military Iran has stated that its nuclear front an advertisement campaign. wing, the New People’s Army. program is strictly for peaceful purposes, but the United Nations The accusations centre around Danilo Ramos, KMP Secretary disagrees and imposed limited recent comments made by Jade General, said they also seek to sanctions on the nation last year. Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo exclude AFP members from voting O'Meara (a former member of pop in the upcoming May elections, "Unfortunately, some inside the act S Club 7) about Bollywood pointing out the possibility of the country try to fabricate news and actress Shilpa Shetty. The racism soldiers as "flying voters". portray a bad image of the great row was sparked by Jade's mother, achievement of the Iranian nation who referred to Shilpa as "the Prior to that, another group, an [...] prescribe compromise, repeat Indian", instead of calling her by urban poor organization Kadamay, the words of the enemy. Of course, her name. She also asked Shilpa: hit the increased presence of this will have no effect," added "Do you live in a house or a soldiers in areas where the group Ahmadinejad. shack?" There have been remarks is active. The group suspects that over her accent, her alleged lack of the deployment of soldiers in a Ahmadinejad's announcement hygiene when cooking, and number of barangays in Quezon comes as Iran announces that the reactions because she touched the City and parts of Metro Manila is country is prepared to begin the food of housemates with her an attempt to flush out activist installation of nearly 3,000 hands. Danielle Lloyd said: "You leaders. centrifuges at its nuclear facility, don't know where those hands the Natanz uranium-enrichment have been." Lloyd also commented Iran says it's ready for standoff complex. to Goody about the Indian actress: over nuclear activities "She wants to be white". Iranian President, Mahmoud According to an unknown Ahmadinejad has stated that his European diplomat, "everything When asked about the incident in country is prepared to have a has been prepared for assembling the Diary Room, Shetty said "...I standoff with the United States. [and installing] the centrifuges at don't feel there was any racial Natanz for the beginning of the discrimination happening from The move comes as the U.S. industrial phase of enrichment. Jade's end. I think there are a lot decided to send another aircraft The hardware is now in place." of insecurities from her end but it's carrier to the Middle East. definitely not racial." Ahmadinejad also said that According to the U.S. Defense enrichment of uranium will begin Hertfordshire Police, the Secretary Robert Gates, the USS at the Natanz facility "very soon" constabulary within which the Big Stennis was dispatched to the and "bit by bit." Brother House falls, have received region to "impress on Iran that the numerous formal complaints they four-year war in Iraq has not made UK Celebrity Big Brother loses will be investigating. Politicians, America vulnerable." sponsorship over racism other celebrities, and fans spoke of allegations their disgust as the UK media In response to the deployment of In the United Kingdom, The regulator Ofcom received a record additional troops, Ahmadinejad Carphone Warehouse, Celebrity number of complaints that rose

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, January 20, 2007 Wikinews Page 8 tonight to 33,000. The Commission transition toward open source announced yesterday finds articles for Racial Equality is investigating reports of savings on the long- and links within the English if the footage was manipulated to term costs of ownership of the Wikipedia. Wikiseek, run by a deliberately imply racism. software products.” California based startup company called "searchme", is a website Labour Party MP Keith Vaz even which aims to be "A better way to proposed a motion in the House of search Wikipedia." Commons condemning the abuse. In addition, “Costs to migrate to He said "If this racist behaviour an open solution are relevant and Although most keywords work goes on, they [Jo O'Meara, an organization needs to consider without problems, Digg users have Danielle Lloyd and Jade Goody] an extra effort for this. However found search terms that the site should be asked to leave". these costs are temporary and does not recognize. If you enter Chancellor Gordon Brown, mainly are budgeted in less than "Chicago" for example, it shows no currently on tour in India, told one year. The major factor of cost Wikipedia articles at all, and reporters in Bangalore: "I want to of the new solution – even in the clicking "Chicago, Illinois" leads to reassure people that what British case that the open solution is an article on West Chicago, Illinois people are proud of is our mixed with closed software – is and other related articles to the reputation for tolerance and costs for peer or ad hoc training. subject. Similarly, entering fairness." Others believe this These are the best example of "Christmas", "United States" or reflects a racist tendency in British intangible costs that often are not "PlayStation 3" only provides links our Western society in general. foreseen in a transition. On the to related articles on Wikipedia, The newspaper Times of India ran other hand not providing a specific although they are in the top 10 of the headline "Big(ot) Brother training may cause an adverse most viewed articles in the English bullies Shilpa". "What is happening attitude toward the new Wikipedia. Searching "porn" comes in Big Brother is just holding the technology. Fortunately those up with commercial websites mirror to the western society. This costs are limited in time and are linked from Wikipedia, but not the is the real, discriminating face of not strictly linked to the nature of relevant articles in the free the West.", was the reaction of the new software adopted.” encyclopedia. For most articles Bollywood film director Mahesh however, the relevant Wikipedia Bhatt. Ken Livingstone, the Mayor The study also reported that they article is the first result or among of London, accused of found "no particular delays or lost the results. damaging the country's of time in the daily work due to reputation. the use of OpenOffice.org" (p. The site says that "The contents of 283) instead of Microsoft Office. Wikiseek are restricted to The show was recently losing Wikipedia pages and only those viewers, but as a result of the This is bad news for Microsoft, who sites which are referenced within controversy, viewing rates are up is in a legal battle with European Wikipedia, making it an for the program. Union over its monopolist authoritative source of information behaviors. It is also competing less subject to spam and SEO EU report in favour of adopting with a number of open source schemes." The site also offers a open source software software distributors for the Toolbar plugin and a Firefox An EU Commission-funded market. Microsoft recently released extension to add a Wikiseek search research studied costs and an update to its popular operating button inside of Wikipedia pages. benefits of adopting open source system Windows, as well as to its software, such as Linux or browser Internet Explorer and its Danny Sullivan at the Search OpenOffice.org instead of office productivity suite Microsoft Engine Land blog found Wikiseek's proprietary software such as Office. These products are results inferior compared to the Microsoft Windows or Microsoft competing with distributors such results from established search Office. as Red Hat, Firefox, and engines. SearchMe CEO Randy OpenOffice.org. Adams stressed that Wikiseek is The study was conducted on six still in a beta phase. He pointed organizations from European New to search out that they welcome feedback nations. The study concluded that: inside Wikipedia more than the average search “in almost all the cases, a A new search engine that was engine, which can be posted on

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, January 20, 2007 Wikinews Page 9 their company wiki. Games, was the last torch relay than 21 million iPod players and and ignited symbolically the about 1.6 million computers - it Searchme put a button on their Olympic Flame. The fire was just implies the respective growth of main page, encouraging beta symbolic because obvious safety 28% and 50% again compared to testers to instantly promote the reasons prohibited a real fire the previous year. As soon as the site on Digg. In August 2006, Digg inside an indoor arena. results were announced at the had half a million registered users. New York Stock Exchange, the The ceremony show featured the shares of the American computer Some media outlets have reported Football World Champion Gianluigi company increased by 5 percent. that Wikiseek was created by Buffon, goalkeeper of Juventus, either the Wikimedia Foundation the long jumper Andrew Howe and It should be mentioned that the which runs Wikipedia, or private the actor Arturo Brachetti. stock capital of Apple Inc tripled in corporation Wikia, which hosts a 2004, doubled in 2005 and collection of wiki communities. Apple Inc. doubled its profits increased by 16 percent in 2006. The American computer company The steady growth is also due to Both rumors are untrue, says Apple has reached 78 percent considerable sales of its iPods and Angela Beesley, co-founder of increase in its profits during the computers. Wikia and chair of the Advisory last quarter, which ended Board of the Wikimedia December 30, 2006. This fact is Last week the company presented Foundation. "Wikiseek is an explained by great demand the iPhone. independent project with no enjoyed by Apple's iPod digital affiliation with either Wikia or the music players during the Airline checks Dell and Apple Wikimedia Foundation." Christmas and New Year sales computers for hazard period. Qantas, Australia's primary airline, The Wikiseek site says they has begun checking the batteries contribute the majority of its As a result of successful Christmas of Dell and Apple computers and in revenue from advertisement to the sales, the very beginning of the some cases removing them for the Wikimedia Foundation's financial year marked a double safety of the passengers. This fundraising effort. increase of the Apple's sales if relatively new safety precaution compared to the $ 565 million was sparked by a battery recall a World University Games 2007 profit reaped during the same few months ago. 4 million dell opened in Turin period of the last year. The laptops worldwide were recalled The opening ceremony of 23th company gained the record- after some of the laptop batteries edition of Winter Universiade took breaking $ 1 billion. The overall exploded, causing the laptop to place yesterday night in Turin. The annual revenue of the company erupt into a . Universiade, also referred to as the made up $ 7.1 billion in 2006, World University Games, is an having boosted from $5.8 billion in Although Qantas has yet to release international event for university 2005. The company's revenue a statement, they are expected to athletes organized by the growth is partially explained by the within the next few days. Qantas International University Sports fact that the laptops produced by said in an interview that the Federation. Apple are also found among the practice has been occurring for a bestsellers. number of months for the Representatives of 52 countries passengers' safety to mitigate the took part to the event. The Even the Wall Street experts have rare chance of fire “In some participants to this edition of not broadcasted such remarkable circumstances yes, the cabin staff Universiade are the highest results for the Apple computer shall ask some passengers to number ever, both in terms of company. Apple's results were way remove the battery of their laptop countries and athletes (that ahead of market expectations. Its in order for them to check there is amount to 2,700). The Olympic net profit has made up $1.14 per no chance of the battery being a Oath was taken by Francesco share, while Wall Street expected fire hazard. This is however Ghedina, nephew of famous just 77 cents. managed by the cabin crew and downhill skier, Kristian Ghedina not the airline management itself.” while Livio Berruti, world medalist During the first quarter of the —Sharron, an employee of Qantas. in 200 metres in 1960 Olympic financial year Apple Inc. sold more

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