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June 30

June 30, 2010 (Wednesday)

News

United States
- The United States government is sued by 10 plaintiffs, including an American citizen, challenging the country's no-fly list. (ABC News) (BBC) (The Wall Street Journal)
- On the night streets of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, United States, five people are shot in two separate incidents. (ABC)
  - The Obama administration allows General Stanley A. McChrystal, until recently commander of the United States in its war in Afghanistan, to retire at a four star rank. Army rules state that he would have to serve for several more years to earn its additional retirement benefits, but the administration used its right to exempt him from these rules. (The New Zealand Herald) (Hindustan Times)
Protests are held all across India and occupied Kashmir amid curfew restrictions for the past ten days. Ten adolescents are killed by the forces. (G.K) (Kashmir)
Africa
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo marks 50 years of independence with celebrations attended by Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, the Belgian king and other world leaders, days after the funeral of Floribert Chebeya. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (Al Jazeera)
- Guinea-Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanhá takes a "sovereign decision" to inaugurate mutineering General Antonio Indjai as army chief, causing upset to the United States which decides not to support this. (news24.com) (BBC)
- 11 Algerian paramilitary police are killed by militants in an ambush in the Sahara. (BBC)
Iran:
- A man claiming to be an Iranian nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, says he has escaped from United States agents whom he alleges were holding him illegally and calls for help from the Iranian government and human rights agencies. (France24) (BBC) (The Australian)
- Iranian woman Sakineh Mohamamadi e Ashtiani is convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Iran sentences two officials to death and nine others to fines and floggings for the deaths in custody of three protesters during the 2009-2010 Iranian election protests. (AP) (BBC) (Tehran Times) (Ynetnews) (Voice of America)
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for a boycott of Israeli goods or companies that do business with Israel, including a blacklist of international companies that are Jewish-owned or have branches in Israel; among the companies targeted are Nestlé, Coca Cola, Intel, and IBM. (Ynetnews) (Press TV) (JTA)
A man whom the United States considers to be the 11th member of a Russian spy ring goes missing in Cyprus. (Aljazeera)
South Korean actor (Winter Sonata) and singer Park Yong-ha's mother finds him hanging by an electrical cord at his home in Seoul. (BBC) (AsiaOne) (TODAYonline) (The Vancouver Sun)

Politics and Elections

The Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, announces his resignation by a live television address. (BBC) (Aljazeera) (Kantipur) (Times of India)
Burundi's opposition leader Agathon Rwasa goes into hiding after being threatened by the country's government. (Aljazeera)
Finland becomes the first country in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right. (MSNBC)
Sudan releases its opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi after a month and a half. (BBC)
Inauguration of Noynoy Aquino:
- Benigno Aquino III is sworn in as the 15th President of the Philippines and Jejomar Binay is sworn the 15th Vice President of the Philippines.(Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- Outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will become the representative of the 2nd district of Pampanga. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Two people are killed overnight in Burundi and two others wounded in violence that follows a controversial presidential election in which incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza was the only candidate. (Daily Nation)
Prime Minister Julia Gillard confirms she does not support the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia, (Ninemsn) and that she does not believe in God. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
At least 30 people are injured by police while protesting the arrest of opposition party leaders in Bangladesh. (Aljazeera)

Science

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurs in southern Mexico near the city of Pinotepa Nacional, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico City but not causing serious damage or casualties. (National Post)
An unfinished secret tomb is found in Egypt. (The Straits Times)
The discovery of fossilized remains of Leviathan melvillei, an extinct species of physeteroid whale, is announced in Nature. (AP) (BBC)

Ireland officially exits recession. (The Wall Street Journal) (RTÉ) (The Independent) (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC)
Rescuers have recovered eight bodies from the ruins of a southwest China village, two days after a devastating rain-triggered landslide destroyed 37 houses and buried 99 villagers under mud. 91 residents of Dazhai Village, Guanling County, Guizhou Province, remained missing. (Xinhua)
13 people are killed during attacks in Iraq: 4 people die in the town of Beiji. (TRT)

8 militants are killed in fighting at eastern Afghanistan's Jalalabad Airport. (Belfast Telegraph) (The Globe and Mail) (Press Association) (BBC)
Israeli police arrest Hamas MP Mohammed Abu Teir for breaking a law by staying within the borders of the state of Israel after being ordered to leave Jerusalem. (Aljazeera) (Press TV) (Reuters) (The Jerusalem Post)
Several people are injured in an explosion in Grozny, Chechnya. (CBC) (Al Jazeera) (RIA Novosti)
Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious medal and $100,000 from the United States, presented by Bill Clinton, for his "steadfast" efforts in "the resolution of conflicts rooted in religion around the world". (BBC) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Straits Times)
Lord Jay, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ahead of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, tells the Iraq Inquiry he felt "very uncomfortable" about Tony Blair declaring war on Iraq without another "necessary" United Nations resolution. (BBC)
The Special Court for Sierra Leone, sitting in The Hague, rules that model Naomi Campbell can be called to testify against former President of Liberia Charles Taylor in relation to her blood diamond. (BBC) (Sky News) (The Guardian)
The Italian government appeals to the European Court of Human Rights to overturn a ban on classroom crucifixes. (BBC)

Sports

Goodluck Jonathan suspends the Nigeria national football team from international competition for two years due to poor performances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Reuters)
Roger Federer is defeated by Tomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic at Wimbledon, so Federer will not contest the final for the first time since 2002, also his second Wimbledon loss during that time. (Daily Mail) (The Guardian) (BBC) (South Africa Post)

ITN candidates for June 30

2010 Oaxaca earthquake

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Oaxaca. - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 09:20, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

If there has been no damage and no injuries, they it is probably even not necessary to have an article, a mention in List of 2010 earthquakes would do... --Tone 12:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Oppose and don't be surprised if that article ends up at AfD sooner or later. Courcelles (talk) 12:40, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Opppose No serious injuries and apparently no damage. APK whisper in my ear 15:47, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

German presidential election, 2010

Indirect elections to replace Horst Köhler who resigned in May - Dumelow (talk) 15:06, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

When it is updated to reflect first round of voting. (how come the DAX has not responded negatively?)Lihaas (talk) 15:05, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Wait for the second round, as usual. Off topic, why would the DAX care? Modest Genius ^talk 15:53, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

AP The second round failed to provide the necessary majority for Christian Wulff so it has gone to a, and final, third round (where a plurality is sufficient for election). It would be nice for the article to detail these events before posting - Dumelow (talk) 16:26, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. Are all the rounds on the same day?

As an aside, generally market sentiment is not going to like instability and several global media outlets are speculating about the stability Merkel's government after this. (should put this analysis in the article too)Lihaas (talk) 16:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Christian Wulff has been elected. As soon as the election article is updated, this is ready to post. --Tone 19:24, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. The results appear to have been added to the article, but there's no prose. I've uploaded and protected an image that can go up when the article does. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Probably a better image is on Commons . --91.32.96.93 (talk) 19:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Posted. Feel free to choose a photo. --Tone 20:01, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Agricultural Bank of China IPO

(BBC). This bank's initial public offering begins today and will become the world's largest with the 14% stake up for sale being worth £15.3bn ($23 bn). The article says the final share price will be fixed on 7 July so it might be worth waiting until then. I am putting it up here for comment first - Dumelow (talk) 09:01, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

When the details are fixed we can discuss this for ITN (or discuss improvement on its talk page)Lihaas (talk) 15:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 29

June 29, 2010 (Tuesday)

Current events

Aftermath of the Gaza flotilla clash
- Turkey says it will return an ambassador to Israel if the Israeli government formally apologizes for the killing of nine Turkish citizens during the Gaza flotilla raid, compensates their families and when an independent commission is established into the matter. (The New York Times)
Israel
- Egyptian border guards fatally shoot an Eritrean woman in the stomach and leg as she tries to cross the border illegally into Israel. (BBC)
- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman promises no Palestinian state before 2012 after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (Reuters)
- United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, Richard A. Falk, issues a statement calling Israel's plan to demolish 20 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem illegal and states the forceful transfer of four Palestinians in another incident could be a "war crime". (Reuters) (The Vancouver Sun)
- Lebanese authorities arrest a man accused of spying for Israel for more than 15 years. (BBC)
- An international youth charity finds that children in the West Bank live in significantly worse conditions than children in Gaza. (Aljazeera)
United States
- The Supreme Court rules that Nigerian families can sue drug company Pfizer for using a deadly antibiotic on their children. (BBC)
- General Stanley A. McChrystal, who led the United States in its war on Afghanistan until last week, announces his retirement. (CNN) (Aljazeera) (BBC)
- One of the ten people arrested in the United States for involvement in an alleged Russian spy ring is said to have used a false Irish passport, the second time this has happened recently and following the expulsion of an Israeli Dublin embassy official in protest over a similar misuse. (The Irish Times) (The Guardian) (RTÉ)
- King Abdullah and Barack Obama meet in the United States to discuss Palestine, U.S. objections to Iran's nuclear program and the U.S. war on Afghanistan. (Aljazeera) (Arab News) (Reuters)
Africa
- Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Odinga undergoes brain surgery in Nairobi. (Reuters) (Daily Nation) (AllAfrica.com) (Times LIVE)
- Rescuers in Ghana's Central Region end an operation to search for survivors from a gold mine collapse in which 70 people were thought to be dead. (My Joy Online) (BBC)
China
- China and Taiwan sign a trade deal in the southern mainland city of Chongqing. (AP via Google News) (Focus Taiwan News Channel)
- China states it can have Tibet "forever" but indicates a heavy security presence will be necessary to maintain public control. (Reuters)
- Google ends a redirect to its Hong Kong site in China and provides a new method of reaching unfiltered results after the Chinese government threatened to end its Internet Content Provider license. (BBC) (The New York Times) (AFP)
- One body is recovered after 107 people were buried by a landslide triggered by flooding in the southwestern province of Guizhou. (Xinhua)
A report by Human Rights Watch calls on Britain, France and Germany to stop using intelligence obtained through illegal torture in third-party countries, saying that it contradicts the European Union's anti-torture guidelines and is self-defeating in the "fight against terrorism". (Aljazeera)
At least 26 policemen are killed in a Maoist attack in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
At least 20 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured during a huge explosion in Hyderabad, Sindh. (The News International)
Six people are killed in a train derailment in East Java, Indonesia. (Jakarta Globe) (CNN)
The United Kingdom's Iraq Inquiry resumes after a break for the general election, with Douglas Brand as the first witness. (BBC)
Thousands of workers take part in a 24 hour strike in Greece in protest against government austerity measures. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters Africa) (Xinhua)
Sudan announces it will close its border with Libya due to the operations of Darfur rebels in the area. (BBC) (AfricaNews)
Indonesian publisher and blogger, the "Prince of Jihad", is imprisoned for five years after being convicted of concealing information about suicide attacks on two hotels in Jakarta. (Aljazeera)
Dr. Jayant Patel is convicted at the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia of three charges of manslaughter committed while working at the Bundaberg Base Hospital. (AAP via The Australian)

Science

Australian Winter
- Sydney experiences its coldest June day in 27 years. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Ballarat experiences its coldest day of the decade. (Ballarat Courier)
- Melbourne experiences its coldest day in 2 years. (The Age) (Herald Sun)
At least 21 people die and hundreds are evacuated after major floods in the northeast of Romania. (Yahoo News)^{permanent dead link} (Hindustan Times) (Reuters)
Hurricane Alex becomes the first hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season with warnings posted from Baffin Bay, Texas south to Mexico. (Canadian Press via Amherst Daily News)
21 suspected cases of swine flu A (H1N1), with one death, have been reported in Thanjavur in India. (EB)^{permanent dead link} (The Times of India) (The Hindu)

Politics and elections

Presidential transition of Noynoy Aquino:
- Aquino names the incoming cabinet and becomes the Secretary of Interior and Local Government in acting capacity. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- Aquino names former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. as head of a truth commission that will put "closure on so many issues". (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The entire Maldives cabinet resigns en masse. (Aljazeera)
Same-sex marriage is legalized in Iceland making it the 9th country to do so

ITN candidates for June 29

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir marriage

A world first for national leaders? --can dle •wicke 22:20, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support: If it is truly a world first. What to link to? Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, there we go! And it seems her bio is up to date. --220.101 (talk) ^\Contribs 06:10, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support if its a world first - which seems likely. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 07:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The article will require more on the marriage before it can go up, but it's a pretty reasonable state. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 07:57, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support First LGBT country leader to marry in office. Significant milestone in the history of LGBT culture. __meco (talk) 09:25, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Strong oppose. Private matter for the people concerned, with no wider implications. Negligeable coverage in other media. We should have an embargo on same-sex marriage stories until they are made legal in the Vatican City State. Physchim62 (talk) 10:08, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Well it is a marriage of a head of state while in office. The same-sex element just makes it more unique, but I don't think we really have a clear consensus yet on royal/political weddings. Regardless, the article needs more work if it's to go up. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Or, how about waiting until the Sovereign of Vatican City gets married, then we put up another marriage? Unlike HRH Victoria's a few weeks ago, this is a mere head of government, and not a new "marriage", merely a transformation of terms as the law changed. Put me down as an oppose, I guess. Courcelles (talk) 12:45, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose per Physchim's point about a lack of media coverage. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 14:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Same-sex marriage is not legal in Iceland. What are the details on this? Needs more of the controversy to be worthy of this. Marriages of heads of state (non-royal) are not usually ITN-worthy.Lihaas (talk) 15:11, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Same-sex marriage in Iceland was legalized last ~~Sunday~~ Monday 2, and Jóhanna took the opportunity to convert her pre-existing civil union into a marriage 3. I agree that marriages of heads of government are not usually ITN-worthy: I'll check for precedents. Physchim62 (talk) 15:18, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We didn't run the Nicolas Sarkozy – Carla Bruni marriage, that is the marriage of a serving Head of State resulting from a relationship started after he was elected. Why should we run the marriage of two people who have long been known as a couple just because one of them is a head of government. Wouldn't that by LGBT-bias? Physchim62 (talk) 16:05, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose Her becoming PM was the notable milestone, this next step is just a rather logical consequence for someone who was already in a civil union before gay marrigae was legalised. I might support it if the blurb makes it clear that the actual legislation legalising gay marriage was passed under her premiership (iirc we didn't post that? could be wrong) - that is the more general story here, and someone provides some evidence than anyone internationaly has given this significant coverage. It isn't even on the BBC World front right now. MickMacNee (talk) 16:53, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Likewise support with caveat that iceland legalized same-sex marriage. (this wasnt posted, its the bigger story)

Perhaps "Same-sex marriage is legalized in Iceland making it the 9th country to do so" (the addition of the PM is more WP:Trivia than anything.Lihaas (talk) 17:10, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

After reading the discussion, I lean towards oppose. We pointed her orientation when she became the PM (World's first). As Iceland has legalized same-sex marriages, she can get married, the same as everyone else. Posting the fact that Iceland legalized same-sex marriages is not ITN material IMO, since we've reached a consensus that this is not something very special in the Western world anymore. --Tone 17:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose per Tone and Physchim. It's not really that important. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 18:41, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We posted it before. I forget which country (portugal?)

Not so with the west, would be a big deal if the usa does it nationally though. im mean, A law like that in the south...? ;)Lihaas (talk) 23:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

President of Hungary

Pál Schmitt is elected President of Hungary. President is the head of state, though in Hungary the position is elected by the parliament. But, Schmitt is also two time gold Olympic medallist! (the article needs some update, though). --Tone 20:19, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply
- Tentative support I'm having a crack at updating the article now. This is a new Head of State - but does the fact that the position is largely ceremonial affect our judgement here? --Mkativerata (talk) 20:44, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We usually post any change of Head of State, if the article is updated. It's something of an ITN tradition! Physchim62 (talk) 00:29, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. --can dle •wicke 22:22, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Support. Physchim62 (talk) 00:29, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Ready to post. Suggestion for the blurb or should I just go with Pál Schmitt is elected President of Hungary? --Tone 08:05, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

How about "Former Olympic champion..." to give it some flavour? --Mkativerata (talk) 08:07, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posted. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:24, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I posted on the errors in the news page, but the link to the election is not there. it ought to have been there.::We usually only put thsi up after taking office (heard that arguement used here before). What happened? He becomes pres in August.Lihaas (talk) 15:12, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

No, we usually post once the result of the election has become clear thorough official sources or multiple other reliable sources. We make a slight exception for prime ministers in Westminster system countries, who are not described as PM until they have been duely appointed, but this is not a big practical difference. Westminster system countries appoint a new prime minister very quickly after the election, other non-presidential systems wait for approval from some other body (as do many presidential systems, including the U.S.); with elections under the Westminster system, we have to change the blurb while it still appears on the Main Page, with other systems we just announce the result of the election and any subsequent change of government. Physchim62 (talk) 15:42, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Cool, but as an aside i've done a bigger update of the election page so that can go up on ITN.Lihaas (talk) 16:50, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Maldivian cabinet resignations

Well this is certainly big news (and a first anywhere i might think). If there is such an article with expanded details i think it would warrant an ITN placement. Perhaps on the last elections page? (as an "Aftermath" subsection or something of the sort) Or Politics of Maldives Lihaas <talk> 19:01, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support, in principle. Has the PM resigned as well? In such case, his article could be the focus one. --Tone 20:19, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. --can dle •wicke 22:22, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment. No PM, the Maldives have a presidential system, and the President has not resigned. Politics of the Maldives seems to be the article to focus on for the moment. Physchim62 (talk) 00:37, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I see. There need to be some update to the article and then we can go with: The cabinet of Maldives resigns, leaving the president to do (...?). --Tone 08:07, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

2010 Romanian floods

- At least 16 deaths - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 11:49, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Now 19 fatalities - 4 - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 16:09, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I would probably support this if the article was brought up to a decent length - Dumelow (talk) 18:01, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Update - 21 deaths - I complete with some info. - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 18:25, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support this seems significant and the article's in decent shape. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:46, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. (too many floods this month, but we can't help here...) --Tone 20:19, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment: References need improvement. I'd prefer more and there are also unreferenced quotes in the article. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 21:41, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. Don't forget to consider the Chinese landslide (107 trapped) as well, but this is also a significant flood. 2010 could become the year of floods, earthquakes, and oil. ~A H 1^(TCU) 22:09, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. --can dle •wicke 22:23, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Could someone format those bare URLs into proper citations and give the article a quick tidy up for aesthetics, please? Once that's done, I'm ready to post. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 05:19, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Can anybody help, refs was resolved...ready for post? - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 20:11, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I hate to be a pain, but I'd like to see publication (like BBC News or The Guardian or The New York Times) and access dates at least, then I'll be happy to post. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:26, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

+BBC, resolved 5 - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 20:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

All the references are now properly formatted. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:41, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Thanks guys. Posting. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:51, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

ECFA is signed between China and Taiwan

Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement Landmark free trade deal by China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC) will be signed today. This is a very significant deal with major implications. Many news reports 6 7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.65.23.252 (talk) 01:18, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support, top story on the Economist. Colipon+(Talk) 02:28, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The article looks good, support. --Tone 09:38, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Strong support. Agreement with far-reaching implications for the relations of both countries with the rest of the world. I'd like to see some mention in the article of the recent protests in Taiwan: I'll add a sentence or two myself later, if no one else gets there first. Physchim62 (talk) 09:47, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Anyone care to give me a good blurb? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:48, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Hmm, nightmare WikiPolitical sensitivities to watch out for, but I'll give it a go:

The People's Republic of China and the Republic of China sign the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, intended to boost trade across the Taiwan Strait. Physchim62 (talk) 11:55, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Thanks, posting. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:00, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Alleged Russian spies arrested

I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but this is the top story on the BBC's front page, "world", "Americas" and "Europe" pages, suggesting it has some significance. BBC News. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:22, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I've nominated the roundup, with an article largely based on reporting in The New York Times. This is my first ITN nomination, so please be gentle if I've missed any protocol. I will review the BBC article for additional material. Alansohn (talk) 01:27, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Do you mean there is an article? If so, could you link it. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:31, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I had posted Illegals Program above, but it seems to have been moved. Alansohn (talk) 01:42, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It was already listed on the 28th, and I readded it below. Alansohn (talk) 01:47, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oh, I see what you mean now- you added it to the current events portal, which is transcluded below, but is actually a different page. That explains the confusion, sorry! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

From a quick glance, the article appears to be just about sufficient for ITN standards. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:55, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It is an arrest, not a conviction. The presence of the words "alleged" and "arrested" are worrying. I think the convictions are usually posted if significant enough though (sounds like they would be in this case). --can dle •wicke 02:23, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The arrests themselves aren't the story, more the spying and the potential impact on US-Russia relations. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:35, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

oppose Crystal Ball to speculate now. Let's see the reactions from both sides (although al jazeera made comparisons between obama's june meeting with medvedev and "reset" and this coming now). No convictions even, if and when that happens it may mean something.Lihaas (talk) 12:16, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 28

June 28, 2010 (Monday)

Captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit:
- Hamas leader Khaled Mashal says Hamas plans to kidnap more IDF soldiers and increase the price for captive soldier Gilad Shalit if Israel does not meet its demands for a prisoner swap. (The Jerusalem Post) (Ha’aretz)
- About 5,000 people attend a rally in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Motzkin in support of the captured soldier on the second day of cross-country march (Ynet)
Five Muslim American students sentenced to serve 10 years in a Pakistani prison for conspiracy to commit attacks and raising funds for terrorism, appeal their conviction. (Reuters) (CNN) (Voice of America)
The European Union and United States sign a five-year agreement on sharing financial data in anti-terrorist investigations for accounts suspected of being used for terrorist financing, after agreeing on limits to protect customer privacy. (NPR)^{permanent dead link} (Star Tribune)^{permanent dead link}
Gulf of Mexico oil disaster:
- Tropical Storm Alex is expected to become a hurricane, with heavy winds, rain and rough seas in the Gulf of Mexico, driving the oil deeper inland and bringing much of the cleanup to a standstill. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)^{permanent dead link} (Statesman) (CBS)^{permanent dead link} (Reuters)
- The state of Louisiana reports 162 cases of oil-spill related illnesses to date, 128 of those among workers in the Gulf of Mexico, as concern over petroleum-related air pollution also grows. (Los Angeles Times) (CNN)
Assassination of Rodolfo Torre Cantu:
- Rodolfo Torre Cantu, a leading candidate in a Mexican, state election is assassinated near Ciudad Victoria. (Times Live South Africa) (CNN)
- President of Mexico Felipe Calderón blames drug cartels for the assassination. (Aljazeera)
Death of oldest, longest serving United States Senator, Robert Byrd:
- Democratic Robert Byrd of West Virginia, President pro tempore of the United States Senate and the longest serving member its history, dies at age 92 in Washington, D.C. (CNN) (BBC News)
- Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii succeeds Byrd as President Pro Tempore, making Inouye the highest ranking Asian American politician in American history. (Politico)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad postpones nuclear talks so as to “punish the West” for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 aimed at curbing the alleged development of Iranian nuclear weapons. (Aljazeera) (Voice of America) (AFP)
World leaders at the G20 summit agree to cut their budget deficits in half by 2013, while US President Obama urges continued spending to support economic growth. (Voice of America) (The Washington Post) (Forbes)
Toronto police arrest over 600 people outside the G20 summit, with police using rubber bullets and tear gas on protestors. (Democracy Now!)
Rwandan authorities arrest two people in connection with the killing of a journalist critical of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and deny complicity in the murder. (AFP) (Sky News) (AP)
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse and other prominent Sri Lankans protest international calls and the appointment of a United Nations panel to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country's civil war with the Tamil Tiger separatists. (AFP) (Canadian Press) (Colombo Page)
At least 100 people are feared trapped or buried in a landslide in Guizhou Province in south-west China following continued heavy rain. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Former Panamaian leader Manuel Noriega goes on trial in Paris. (Arab News) (Aljazeera) (The Guardian)
Kyrgyzstan approves a new constitution with 90.6 percent of voters backing a constitution that would pave the way for a parliamentary election in October, following the violence of the recent uprising and riots. (The New York Times)
Philip Gordon, the Obama administration's top diplomat on European affairs warns Turkey that it must demonstrate its commitment to NATO, Europe and the United States after its opposition to sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program and rhetoric against Israel after the Gaza flotilla raid. (The Jerusalem Post)
A presidential election takes place in Burundi with incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza as the only candidate. A series of grenade attacks also take place. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
A member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is killed and two others are wounded by Israeli forces east of Gaza City while firing rockets into Israel (JTA) (Ynet) (AFP) (Press TV)
Thousands of Sudanese Lou Nuer are forced from their homes in Upper Nile towards Jonglei, an area where food is short. (BBC)
Singer Sergio "El Shaka" Vega is shot dead while on tour in Sinaloa, hours after denying his own murder. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph) (UPI)
The military government in Fiji issues new media restrictions targeting foreign ownership of media organisations in the country. (Hindustan Times) (BBC) (The Australian)
The Red Crescent delays an aid shipment bound for Gaza after being told that Egypt would prevent it from using the internationally neutral Suez Canal. (BBC)
A group of armed men vandalises a United Nations summer camp in the Gaza Strip, in a second attack since May. Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemn the attack. (Aljazeera)
Turkey closes its airspace to some Israeli military flights in apparent retaliation for Israeli raid on the Gaza-flotilla; civilian commercial flights are not affected. (The Jerusalem Post) (BBC) (Christian Science Monitor)
Somali pirates hijack a Singaporean chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, carrying a cargo of ethylene glycol. (Yahoo! News)
A second statue of Joseph Stalin is removed by authorities in Georgia. (The Independent) (Straits Times)^{permanent dead link}
Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt incorrectly links hooliganism to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, and is called "an absolute disgrace" by families of those who were killed. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Reuters)
The United States Department of Justice announces that ten people have been arrested for allegedly spying for Russia. (Aljazeera) (BBC) (The Guardian) (USA Today)
- The United States Department of Justice rounds up ten suspects alleged to have participated in the Illegals Program, a multi-year effort by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service to infiltrate the U.S. (New York Times), (MSNBC)
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that Chicago's handgun ban is unconstitutional. (BBC News)
America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) remains unaware of Australia's new prime minister. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Le Monde is sold to Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse and Pierre Bergé. (The Guardian) (BBC)
One person is killed and eleven are injured in a derailment at Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. České Noviny Idnes
Turkish soldiers mistakenly kill two villagers in Hatay. (Hurriyet Daily)^{permanent dead link}

ITN candidates for June 28

Mexican gubernatorial (governor) candidate assassinated

Rodolfo Torre Cantu, the leading candidate for governor of a Mexican state, was assassinated today. This is the biggest assassination in Mexico in 16 years. The story is getting some play in U.S. news sources. However, the lack of an article on Torre might indicate a lack of interest in him among English Wikipedia readers. Even the Spanish Wikipedia article has barely been updated since the news broke (it still talks about him in the present tense).

What do people think about this? I think it's certainly newsworthy and important. I don't know how much longer I'm going to stay awake (I'm quite exhausted right now), but at the least I can translate the (mediocre) Spanish article for the English Wikipedia. We could then expand the section on his death. On the other hand, if the content isn't great, and it's not likely to be improved by the community, it might not be the best thing to feature on ITN. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 00:27, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. Especially if it is the biggest in 16 years. --can dle •wicke 00:44, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

An interesting one. On one hand, he was only a candidate and it's not like he was a presidential candidate and gang violence is sadly far from uncommon in Mexico, however this is obviously more significant than most of the other violence of the last few months, so I'm not sure one way or the other. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:56, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

however i do not see an article yet. the entire article would be mainly prose with little chance of getting updated once its up. support but im afraid article wont be that great unless someone can translate it over. -- Ashish -g55 01:00, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The Spanish article looks like nothing more than a candidate website bio, as is typical for many politicians. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 01:11, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The article exists as Rodolfo Torre Cantú. ----moreno oso (talk) 09:25, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It possibly ties into Jesús Manuel Lara Rodríguez. It has been suggested in one of the CCN articles to Lara and by Univision that with two weeks to go to the elections, the Mexican Drug War cartels are sending a message to Felipe Calderon. ----moreno oso (talk) 09:28, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support - This is getting lots of airtime on Univision as indicated. Basically before this, the cartels had stuck to local politicians and police chiefs = all the while, wiping out wholesale police forces. It's thought now by bumping off PRI candidates, the elections will be halted or thrown into disarray as the established candidates now have an edge over replacements. ----moreno oso (talk) 09:58, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Article seems long enough. --can dle •wicke 22:25, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support as above. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:27, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Sorry I didn't have a chance to translate it myself. I hit the sack early these days. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:31, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posted. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 05:04, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

McDonald v. Chicago

Should we make a mention on this recent Supreme Court decision?8 Truthsort (talk) 21:08, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support I was going to propose this myself, but didn't because I felt there'd be objections to having two American items on top. DC v. Heller, the precedent for McDonald, was posted back in June 2008. When I was looking around for int'l coverage of Byrd's death, this story was tops on the BBC homepage. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 21:27, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Oppose local news only really of interest to people who live in Chicago - a basic repeat of the supreme courts earlier ruling on Washington DC's gun laws (source). -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:29, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose, minor domestic ruling with little international interest. Plus, remember the contents of the BBC News front page change depending on where you are viewing it from. Modest Genius ^talk 21:30, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. This is not just a Chicago issue -- it applies nationwide to other places with laws against handguns, such as New York City. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:33, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Strong oppose. Very minor domestic politics. I hate to bring the US bias thing up, but if this had been in the UK or Canada for example (both of whom I believe have much stricter restrictions on firearms), it would be completely shot down. Even in the US, though, the only people this really affects are criminals and the NRA nutters and even then, only in one city. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:49, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Weak oppose. This does seem like a bit of a domestic issue to me, and the ruling doesn't seem to go beyond the previous DC case (so it's not really earth-shattering new law). On the other hand, we do have lots of readers who are obsessed with guns and explosives and stuff like that, and even more readers who roll their eyes at any mention of U.S. "gun laws", so it might get some interest. Physchim62 (talk) 23:57, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

There seems to be some misunderstanding about what exactly this case does. In an earlier decision, the court struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns, saying that the district, as part of the federal government, cannot ban them outright. However, not all limitations on the federal government also apply to state governments (from the federal perspective, cities are considered part of state governments). In this case, the court expanded its precedent to cover state and local governments. The limitation now applies everywhere in the U.S. Chicago happened to be the defendant in this case, but once the Supreme Court applies such a limitation to one state or local government, it automatically covers all other state and local governments with similar laws. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 00:03, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

As something of an opinion of order (if such a thing exists), I don't think we should be basing decisions of what should be posted based on whether they are of interest to a certain fraction of our readership. Such a system would result in a continuous stream of 'news' on (primarily American) celebrities, sport and 'entertainment' items, and reinforce systemic bias. Our criteria include 'significance', not interest to some fraction of our readership. Modest Genius ^talk 00:09, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose. Typical systemic bias. Colipon+(Talk) 02:29, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support It doesn't only affect criminals, also victims of crime. It is mainly notable because the US is an extreme black sheep in the world and everyone else is always watching (and laughing) about these laws. Of more interest than a US FTA even taking into account their economic power YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 02:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Oppose. It will likely affect only those small portions of the country which still have draconian, ass-backwards gun laws. The vast majority of states already protect civil rights at least to the degree specified in the decision. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ligtymn (talk • contribs) 07:32, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Chinese landslide

- 100 people trapped - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 17:11, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Neutral, it depends how it works out and while it is a lot of people the rainstorms have already appeared on ITN this month. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:32, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Is there an article? It's hard to evaluate an ITN nomination without an article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. Rain is hampering rescue efforts, one body has been found, and the remaining 106 people trapped are feared dead. I have added a paragraph to 2010 South China floods#Guizhou Province. Expand or split into a separate article if necessary. ~A H 1^(TCU) 22:07, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Switching to Support if that's the case, and AstroHurricane has put in a lot of work into that article :). -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:10, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. Enough people. --can dle •wicke 22:26, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment. I'm going to have to work on that article more later, it looks like 2010 will be a hectic year for all sorts of natural (?) disasters. ~A H 1^(TCU) 23:05, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It could do with a bit more detail before posting. Splitting it into a new article might not be a bad idea, but either way is fine, provided there's a reasonable amount of information. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment. I've updated the article, but could not find enough information yet to spilt into a new page. So far, there are 10 dead, 89 missing and feared dead, 8 found alive but never buried, and 1,000 evacuated. For a blurb, how about "A landslide is triggered by flooding in Guizhou Province, China, trapping 99 people while forcing the evacuation of 1,000 others, and at least 10 bodies have been found". ~A H 1^(TCU) 20:54, 1 July 2010 (UTC)reply

Kyrgyzstan approves new constitution

-http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/27/kyrgyzstan.constitution/index.html?hpt=T2&fbid=Sek5GGjLan6 Kubek15 ^write/sign 11:38, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oh, please vote... Kubek15 ^write/sign 15:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Voting - Support - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 17:09, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

wait until the results are out. Right now i've updated only what little the news is reporting (no exact numbers, etc)(btw- the link to the referendum page is in yesterday nominations) Lihaas (talk) 19:47, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support in principle, but wait until the official results. Is there an article which has been updated? Modest Genius ^talk 21:31, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Kyrgyzstani constitutional referendum, 2010 (nominated on the previous day already). The results are there, we need some comments about the results and aftermath and then this should be ready. --Tone 13:27, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. A new constitution is much rarer than a new prime minister of president. --can dle •wicke 22:28, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We still need some content before we can post that... it would be a pity not to post because it is a big story. --Tone 09:03, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

There. Now, quickly! ;) A new constitution is too important. Suggest: Kyrgyzstan approves a new constitution. or whatever is best. --can dle •wicke 23:41, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Can you give me a slightly more detailed blurb? I'm all for being concise, but 5 words is a little curt. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posting, slightly modified. --Tone 09:29, 1 July 2010 (UTC)reply

Death of Robert Byrd

-Nom - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 09:55, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support Robert Byrd, longest-serving Senator in U.S. history, dies at age 92 - 74.171.71.173 (talk) 10:57, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Support, but only after a more substantial update (particularly the addition of reactions from colleagues) occurs. Byrd was the longest-serving and highest-ranked U.S. Senator, third in line to the nation's presidency. —David Levy 12:11, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
I usually oppose deaths but considering this ends the longest term in US senate history, I support. --Golbez (talk) 12:38, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Oppose. We have too many politician's deaths on ITN. I don't think Byrd was as exceptionally notable as we usually require under the death criteria: what did he do that was special, apart from getting elected a lot? After all, getting elected was just his day job. Physchim62 (talk) 12:45, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

He died while he was third in the line of succession to the Presidency. That seems fairly notable. --Smashville^talk 14:05, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Why? We don't usually post the deaths of serving Vice-Presidents (although we might make an exception from time to time), let alone thirds-in-line. Physchim62 (talk) 14:22, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We shouldn't consider all VPs equal, same with those third in line. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 14:45, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Well the Unites States senators can hardly have considered the position of third-in-line to the Presidency to be that transcendential, otherwise they wouldn't have elected a 92-year old to the post! Physchim62 (talk) 14:57, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

oppose since he died at age of 92. we really have to stop posting deaths at that age unless extremely notable. Way too many deaths getting posted. the top ITN item is already a death of politician. -- Ashish -g55 14:31, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Why does age matter when they are still in office? --Smashville^talk 15:19, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It shouldn't. It only needs to meet one of the three death criteria, and seeing that he was in high office (as President Pro Tem of the Senate), it easily meets criteria 1.

Strong Support: Longest serving Member of Congress in history, third in line to the world's most powerful office.--User: Duffy2032|Duffy2032 (talk) 14:42, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Support there are probably 95+ US Senators who's death I wouldn't consider notable enough. But since he's both the longest serving senator (and longest serving member of congress), and President Pro Tem of the Senate, I think he is notable. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 14:45, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

As an aside, it still lacks much of an update. I'll try and work on it, but for now I'd say it isn't substantial enough. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 14:53, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support as per Duffy2032--Wikireader41 (talk) 15:10, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
~~Oppose~~ unless the same level of notability as in Ted Kennedy case can be demonstrated. Being third in line for the office does not seem very ITN-worthy by itself, he was not head of state and for consistency, would you consider listing the oldest senator in another country? --Tone 15:43, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The US isn't your average country. Half our readers are from the US. Plus it's the world's largest economy, only superpower, etc. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 15:49, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

That does not convince me. And I don't want to start another pro/anti US bias debate as those can get pretty nasty. Demonstrating that Byrd received a similar amount of news coverage in non-US media as Kennedy did would convince me, though. --Tone 15:55, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Btw, what you have just demonstrated is that US is notable ;-) And surely noone objects that. --Tone 16:05, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

LOL. His death is on the frontpage of bbc.co.uk (I realize it's the international version, not the British one, but it still show's it's importance). Also on the frontpage of ABC News (the Aussie one), Toronto G&M, The Guardian. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 16:28, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Also, on the front page of the German, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Finnish wikis (all under the heading recent deaths, I assume). Sort of reminds me of when we we're amongst the last to post Kennedy's death. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 16:34, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Wikis do not count. But let's say you convinced me. Always good to do some research on the international scale. Changing to neutral. --Tone 17:56, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

For the record, I would support an item about the death of the longest-serving member of another nation's legislature, assuming that an appropriate article update occurred. —David Levy 17:40, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support He served longer than any other member of Congress, as the chair of the Appropriations Committee he was the "King of Pork", he was part of the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act, he is responsible for the Byrd Rule, he was Majority Leader of the Senate for 12 years, he wrote a multi-volume history of the Senate. Is that enough? -Rrius (talk) 15:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

FWIW, he was also a member of the Gang of 14, and although his membership in the KKK helped propel him into politics, he enthusiastically endorsed Barack Obama near the end of his career. -Rrius (talk) 16:02, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. I'm sure if this was the death of the longest-serving parliamentarian in history, there'd be waves of support coming in. Same rationale applies here. Just about any other senator I wouldn't considering putting on here; even Ted Kennedy I was unsure of. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 16:04, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Support The man was the longest serving member of the United States legislature ever, his death is certainly notable to the English version of Wikipedia. The death itself is not what's at issue here; it is his life and record of service which is the main cause of his candidacy for ITN. Cwill151 (talk) 16:29, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Strong Support--Istcol (talk) 16:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Query This discussion has been going on for 7 hours and there appears to be consensus in favour of posting. At what point do we close and add? -Rrius (talk) 17:02, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

A sufficient article update has yet to occur. —David Levy 17:40, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. I made my way here to find out why his death was not listed. Post it already. Abductive (reasoning) 17:35, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

A sufficient article update has yet to occur. —David Levy 17:40, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I agree with David. We need more on things like reaction to the death. The material shouldn't be difficult to come by, so it's not asking a lot. I'll post this as soon as the update is sufficient. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:43, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It's not clear what you are talking about. A quote from the Harry Reid and fellow W.VA senator Rockefellar? -Rrius (talk) 17:55, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Whenever someone extremely notable dies, lots of another notable people come out and pay tribute to them, so a few quotes from other well-known US politicians and other non-US notable people would be good. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:05, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I've added Obama, Biden, and Rockefeller. Is that enough for now? -Rrius (talk) 18:07, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

That'll do- if you can find quotes from former POTUSs and possibly international politicians, hat would be ideal, but it's sufficient now imho. Thus, posting. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:10, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I agree that this update satisfies our criteria. —David Levy 18:36, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support posting once the article has been updated, since international reactions have been pointed out by DC. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 17:49, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Belated and almost certainly futile oppose. Simply not a globally notable person, does not meet the death criteria in my opinion. Modest Genius ^talk 21:34, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

(edit conflict) Oppose though I suspect it will have no effect and I sense a further problem. Byrd's importance here seems to be argued on the basis of him being the longest serving politician, being the third highest ranking after the president and vice-president, and so on. Daniel Inouye has apparently been named as his successor. He is 85 years old (and good for him). But he might live for many years, he might not. If he does not, will there be a nomination for him as well based upon all the achievements in the opening paragraph of his article? And then who succeeds him? I see no reason for the third most important person in any country to be on ITN and don't know where this is going to lead in terms of nominations. Apart from that, the ITN section is the first and only place I have read of or even casually noticed this man's death today. I thought maybe I had missed it or had not been paying attention. I have just checked the BBC for example (after knowing that the man was dead and expecting to find him there) - there are at least two United States items on the Front Page and no mention of Byrd - one of them is even the latest supreme court nomination. Aljazeera has nothing, not even in the "Americas" section. CBC News - nothing in the "home", "world" or "politics" sections. Just three sites from different parts of the world that I've checked right now. While I recognise that Byrd is very important to the United States I am not convinced about his international importance at all. --can dle •wicke 22:05, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It was on the BBC earlier. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 22:53, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose per Candlewicke. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:09, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Torn. On one hand, he was the longest-serving member of Congress. On the other hand, we want to limit deaths on ITN lest it become an obituary service, and Byrd was not nearly the kind of national figure that Ted Kennedy was. But then again, he certainly was a big deal to the people of West Virginia, and I'm sure we have a lot of readers from there. But then again, WV has fewer than 2 million people... and so on. I could go either way on this one. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:33, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Leaning support. I am generally quite sensitive towards U.S. systemic bias for ITN, and have made numerous stands against it, but this time I have to say that there is no way Algirdas Brazauskas is more notable (or even comes close) when compared to Robert Byrd. Both men died of natural causes. Thus my proposition is that we take off Brazauskas, so we don't make Wikipedia look like a funeral centre for old politicians. As for international media attention, Byrd trumps Brazauskas by far. It's like having the elections of Nauru and Australia next to each other on ITN, let's use some common sense. Colipon+(Talk) 22:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Brazauskas was President from 1993 to 1998 and Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He was also his country's first President. He held the two highest political posts in his country for at least 10 years with several years off in between and was still influential at his death. That does not suggest someone who is less notable. What more could Brazauskas do? He certainly wasn't an average leader. --can dle •wicke 23:40, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I think comparisons with Brazukas aren't helpful. I believe his death should be on ITN, but comparing his notability with Byrd's is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. While Byrd wasn't well known outside the US, Brazukas was hardly well known in the Anglosphere, but Byrd was influential in American politics up until his death as Brazukas was in Lithuanian politics and I daresay most English Wikipedia readers have a better knowledge of American politics than Lithuaninan. FWIW, I have no conflict of interest as an Englishman who's never heard of either. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:56, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I agree that the comparisons don't help, but people will always make them. It's human nature. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 00:43, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment I hope this doesn't get "Woodened." Time and time again an item will get only objections after it's posted, because people who support it's inclusion don't feel a need to chime in after it's posted (why support something that's already up?) ~DC _{Let's Vent} 22:53, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Although you do have a point, this went up rather quickly (7 hours) after a large number of early support votes. Since most aren't 'regulars' (and I imply no criticism by that) I assume many came here after hearing the news through other outlets. It works both ways - various people see it is missing, disagree, and come here to suggest/support it; and then others see it there, disagree, and come here. Some (the aforementioned 'regulars') would come here and offer their opinion anyway. But I for one do not check the candidates page every few hours during my working day. Modest Genius ^talk 23:59, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Makes sense. People generally chime in to change something they disagree with (i.e. adding something that hasn't been added yet, or removing something that was). I think it shows how ITN needs more participation (there are what, a dozen or so "regulars", plus maybe another dozen "observers" who chime in less frequently, plus the smattering of non-regulars). Maybe it's time to add a link to ITNC to the template (DYK does it). Of course, this isn't the proper venue discuss it, but I think it's something to consider. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 00:43, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

That would result in an influx of new participants, but how many of them would be informed participants (i.e. users who understand that the section isn't a news ticker and is intended to highlight encyclopedia articles updated to reflect recent/current events)? I suspect that we would receive more feedback along the lines of "OMG, HOW COULD YOU NOT REPORT THIS?!?! IT'S HUGE NEWS!!!!11!!" than anything else. —David Levy 01:14, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

They can just be ignored if they do that, I'd support a link from the homepage. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:09, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Isn't this a wiki? Don't we use consensus? If there's consensus for ITN to be a newsticker, than so be it. And yea, I know the response is WP:NOTNEWS, but doesn't DYK violate WP:TRIVIA under that same logic. ~DC _{Let's Vent} 20:06, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose I know it's up already. But this not international news in the slightest. I wonder if any of these "support" votes are from non-Americans. I also wonder how many Americans had even heard of him before his death. My on-the-spot survey (admitedly, of only two Americans) suggests not many. Kombucha (talk) 21:00, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Late support as a non-American to hopefully stem the tide of consensus towards this getting pulled. The longest serving member of the world's most recognised legislative body. Clearly a giant of his times. This death is all over the international news. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:39, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

"All over international news"... on the BBC News site I have to go to the Americas section and then scroll to the bottom to find anything about it. It's not on the main "World" page and it's certainly not a headline. Kombucha (talk) 22:34, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It has dropped out of the international news rapidly. I read the BBC news website as well and I only learnt about this from Wikipedia. Carcharoth (talk) 00:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose - I've read the arguments above, and I know it has already been posted, but I'm not convinced that this sort of posting takes ITN in the right direction (it takes us further down the slippery slope to an obituary postings that started when the death of Ted Kennedy was posted). Do any ITN regulars know whether similar "longest-serving" politicians in other countries get put on ITN or not? I suspect not, but in this case at least I think the focus should have been on the office and not the person. i.e. update and draw attention to the article on the office, particularly as the incumbent of the office depends on which party is in power (the most senior senator in the majority party), so not even the most senior politician in some cases, though he was in this case. I would suggest something like: "US senator Daniel Inouye becomes President pro tem of the Senate following the death of the longest-serving senator Robert Byrd at the age of 92.". Carcharoth (talk) 00:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 27

June 27, 2010 (Sunday)

The first President of an independent Lithuania, Algirdas Brazauskas, dies in Vilnius. (Tehran Times)
Guinea holds the first democratic election in the nation's history. (Aljazeera) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
A constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan is criticized for fears the country would destabilize. (Aljazeera) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
A road accident in Bolivia kills at least 25, injures 44, between Cochabama and Potosí. (China Daily)
At least 11 people die while watching a 2010 FIFA World Cup match in Matam, Senegal. (BBC)
Italy awaits the outcome of a trial which could imprison Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi's senior adviser, Marcello Dell'Utri, for 11 years. (The Independent)
A coal mine explosion kills 5 in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (China Dialy)
Two Canadian medics are killed in Afghanistan, 20 kilometres west of Kandahar City in Panjwaii District. (Vancouver Sun)
Fighter jets pounded Taliban hideouts in the upper Orakzai Agency of Pakistan on Saturday, killing 14 Taliban, and injuring eight others. (Dialy Times PK)
Six NATO-led service members are killed Saturday in bombing attacks in Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. (CNN)
In the Netherlands a helicopter carrying 5 people crashes and 4 people are dead.French language article

ITN candidates for June 27

Burundian presidential election, 2010

First round of the first direct presidential elections since 1993 - Dumelow (talk) 14:12, 17 May 2010 (UTC)reply

Obviously we may not get a result, in which case the second round is on 26 July 2010. The article needs some work also - Dumelow (talk) 15:00, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Considering the fact that all opposition candidates withdrew, it is obvious what the result will be. Still, the article needs to be expanded and then it has my support, in principle. --Tone 16:00, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It is still technically possible for Pierre Nkurunziza to lose as there is an option to vote against him. Though there have been allegations of widespread electoral fraud so it is likely that it won't matter which way the people vote anyway - Dumelow (talk) 16:43, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Elections in Kyrgzstan and Guinea

I added the wikilinks above, but would wait for the results for publication (also would tweak the Kygrz text above)Lihaas (talk) 17:30, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We have Kyrgyzstani constitutional referendum, 2010 that is waiting for updates. --Tone 11:06, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

For reference the Guinea articles are at Guinean presidential election, 2010 and Guinean legislative election, 2010 - Dumelow (talk) 15:01, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Death of Algirdas Brazauskas

- Lithuanian politician, President (1993–1998); Prime Minister (2001–2006) - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 07:58, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Algirdas Brazauskas, the first post-Soviet President of Lithuania, dies in Vilnius, aged 77.
- Support Being the first Lithuanian president following the breakup of the Soviet Union I think makes this notable enough for inclusion. --Kitch ^{(Talk : Contrib)} 12:18, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply
- Support - What Kitch said. APK whisper in my ear 15:44, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Oppose for now. The article simple is not good enough for ITN. There is only one reference, nothing about his death apart from the day and overall, the article is way too short. --Tone 16:33, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply
The article needs some serious work before it could be considered, but a former head of state is certainly notable enough. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:40, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Much improved now, still needs some expansion (particularly the details of the death (i presume he died of cancer and not something else?)). But i would support nowLihaas (talk) 17:57, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support notable death. article looks better--Wikireader41 (talk) 22:05, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The timer's red and ITN is looking very stale, so I would love to get this up, but I can post an article tagged with {{update}} and {{citations missing}} and that has only one sentence about his death. It looks ten times better than it did when this was nominated and the latter tag is probably not warranted. I will post this if someone can turn the sentence about his death into a reasonable sized paragraph. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:34, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Done.Lihaas (talk) 1:32, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Posting HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:12, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comet C/2009 R1

Currently at about magnitude +5, and approaching the sun, while it could brighten to magnitude +2 or +3 by the end of the month. We put up Comet Lulin on ITN last year when it was at a similar magnitude, but this is currently a morning comet. However, the only problem may be that this article was already listed for DYK back on June 16. ~A H 1^(TCU) 00:50, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

This was nominated about a week ago (see 18 June on Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/June 2010), when the consensus was to wait to see if it got really bright. 'Could' isn't enough, and +5 is faint enough that you'd only spot it if you were looking for it. Modest Genius ^talk 11:38, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Strong Oppose Unless it's brilliant enough to be easily seen, like the first Comet McNaught in 2008, it should not even bear consideration. --Kitch ^{(Talk : Contrib)} 12:21, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 26

June 26, 2010 (Saturday)

Shreya Ghoshal was honored from the U.S. state of Ohio, wherein governor Ted Strickland declared June 26 as "Shreya Ghoshal Day". (IMDb News)
Gunmen raided a jewelry shop Saturday morning in western Iraq, killing four people before fleeing with a large amount of gold in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad. (Arab News)
The Death toll in unrest in southern Kyrgyzstan rises to 275. (Central Asian News)
17 people are killed and 25 others injured when an overcrowded bus collided head-on with a speeding truck near Chenaki More, abount 30 km from Patna, India. (Thaindian)
2010 G-20 Toronto summit
- The leaders of the world's twenty largest economies meet in Canada at the 2010 G-20 Toronto summit. (BBC)
- Over one hundred people are arrested for planning to "commit mischief". (CBC)
- Mostly peaceful protesters march through Toronto while a small amount of radicals smash shopfronts and burn police cars. (Reuters via ABC Australia)
- President of China Hu Jintao accepts an invitation for a state visit from President of the United States Barack Obama. (BBC)
- The G8 releases a statement agreeing that Israel's blockade on Gaza is "not sustainable and must be changed" and calling for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1860, which was approved by the United Nations Security Council in January 2009, to be implemented. (AFP) (Ynetnews) (Al Jazeera)
- A Toronto veterinarian, who has no involvement in activism, alleges "overreach of police power" after being awoken at night by police in his bedroom at gunpoint; they did not produce a search warrant, questioned his wife and disturbed their baby son before dragging him downstairs in handcuffs onto his own front lawn. He was later released and filed a complaint. (CBC) (National Post)
- France is announced as the host of the G8 in 2011. (Xinhua)
President of Zambia Rupiah Banda says his country did not ask for health and road aid which has now been frozen by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the European Union before an upcoming election and says "We must not allow donors to feel they can interfere in the internal affairs of this country because it is a sovereign and independent state". (Reuters Africa)
Voters in Somaliland take part in a presidential election. (Arab News) (AP) (The New York Times) (Al Jazeera)
Israel allegedly confiscates seven oxygen machines en route to hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza as they "came under the category of possible use for non-medical purposes". The Palestinian Ministry of Health asks for the Norwegian Development Agency that donated them to assist in calling for their return. (Haaretz)
Israel's pledge to ease its blockade on Gaza has little effect on factories. (The Independent)
Iranian lawmakers protesting at Israel's blockade of Gaza say they will travel to the area on an aid ship from Lebanon. (Reuters Africa)
The Vatican's Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone criticizes Belgian police participating in raids against child sex abuse. (BBC)
Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Taiwan against a trade agreement with China to be signed on Tuesday. (BBC) (Focus Taiwan News Channel) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Several thousand Egyptians, joined by opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, protest systematic use of torture by authorities in the largest demonstration yet resulting from the alleged fatal beating to death of Khaled Said by police. (Arab News)
Two Palestinians are killed in an Israeli strike on two underground tunnels from the Gaza Strip to Israel. The IDF claims the attack was a response to Thursday's firing of a dozen mortar rounds towards Israel. (Arab News) (The Washington Post)
Thousands of Iranians in Paris ask the UN to tighten its sanctions on Iran. (YnetNews) (Euronews)
Four people are killed and five wounded in violence in Indian-administered Kashmir's Sopore area. (CNN)
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cancels his trip to Canada due to the widespread floods. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
The ruling Workers' Party of Korea in North Korea announces that it will convene a meeting in September to elect new leaders. (Arirang News) (Al Jazeera) (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
Alleged Agrigento mafia boss Giuseppe Falsone is arrested in Marseille in the south of France after spending 10 years on the run. (BBC)
Four American service personnel are killed in Afghanistan. (CNN)
Former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, who has a long history of heart problems, is hospitalized. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Fedor Emelianenko records only the second loss of his career as he is tapped out by Fabrício Werdum at the Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum mixed martial arts match in San Jose, California, US. (Sherdog)

ITN candidates for June 26

36th G8 summit and 2010 G-20 Toronto summit in Canada

As per candidate explanation for June 25. G-20 meeting will comprise the heads of state of 19 economically powerful countries, European Union leaders, 7 international organizations (such as the UN and World Bank), and 6 other heads of state (non-G-20 members) invited to the summit--quite an extensive attendance. Both summits are being held one after another (G-20 summit will follow the G8 summit) on this day; G8 ends today while G-20 starts today and continues tommorow. The G-20 summit remains the most important of the two as it has an extended membership, considerable international news coverage, and notable as the most expensive security operation in Canadian history (probably the largest summit held, as per sources outlined in the article in question). G-20 meetings, as per previous meetings, have a profound effect on world economy, as summit discussion relates to top socio-economic issues and the concurrent global economic recession. Eelam StyleZ (talk) 05:33, 26 June 2010 (UTC)reply

So... why is this listed again? –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 12:21, 26 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Well, it is a different day. Or are previous candidates still worth posting on ITN the next day? If so then my mistake. Eelam StyleZ (talk) 15:42, 26 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Why is there no mention of the G8 on the ITN?(Lihaas (talk) 19:44, 26 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Indeed; the current ITN item should mention both G8 and G20. -M.Nelson (talk) 00:25, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Firstly, candidates don't become ineligible because they were nominated on the previous day. Second, this has already been posted and is currently on ITN. Tird and finally, I shall add a mention of the G8. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:37, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I've changed the blurb to include a mention of the G8 as well. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:47, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The current blurb implies that the two are the same summit; how about something like:

Leaders of the world's major economies convene at the 36th G8 summit and 2010 G-20 Toronto summit in Huntsville and Toronto, Ontario, respectively.

-M.Nelson (talk) 00:52, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Another option is:

Leaders of the G8 and G-20 attend summits in Huntsville and Toronto, Ontario respectively.

-M.Nelson (talk) 00:59, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Is the gathering of these leaders (as they do on a regular schedule) noteworthy in comparison to the unseen levels of chaos that hit Toronto streets yesterday? NO! - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 16:50, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Agree with mention of both, i also posted a message at errors in "in the news"Lihaas (talk) 17:25, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Also agree. G8 and G-20 should be mentioned together. Also, protests should also be mentioned as they are receiving enough attention from media. A decision of creating a separate article for G-20 protests is currently under consideration (see Toronto summit talk page). On a side note, Toronto should not have Ontario or Canada following it, just like how its written on ITN at the moment. Eelam StyleZ (talk) 18:03, 27 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 25

June 25, 2010 (Friday)

At least 24 people are killed and 50 people injured after an overcrowded bus crashes into a truck in the Patna district of Bihar state in India. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
13 people have died of dengue fever in Honduras in 2010 as 10,200 others were hit by the disease, the Honduran Health Ministry said. (Xinhua)
Millions of protesters take to the streets in Rome, Naples, Milan and other Italian cities to protest their government's austerity measures which cut funds and affects public sector salaries and to test Silvio Berlusconi. (Aljazeera)
Christopher Coke:
- Christopher Coke, sent to United States territory by Jamaica, pleads not guilty to United States charges of drug smuggling at a federal court in New York and, in his first public comments since August, says he took the decision to be extradited "in the best interest of my family, the community of western Kingston and in particular the people of Tivoli Gardens and above all Jamaica". (Aljazeera)
- Evangelical preacher Merrick "Al" Miller is charged with "harbouring a fugitive" and "perverting the course of justice", though he says Coke was on the verge of turning himself into authorities. (Jamaica Gleaner)
The Constitutional Court of Romania rules that government budget plans are "unconstitutional"; this decision cannot be appealed. Dozens of people trying to request an audience with President Traian Băsescu at his palace are beaten back by riot police. (France24)^{permanent dead link} (BBC) (Deutsche Welle) (Reuters)
Commemorations are held in South Korea to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. (Yonhap) (BBC) (The Guardian)
Rwandan journalist Jean Leonard Rugambage, acting editor of Umuvugizi, is shot dead by two men in front of his house in Kigali. Rugambage's death shocks journalists in the country; the paper's exiled chief editor says the government is responsible. (BBC) (The Guardian) (The Independent) (Reuters Africa)
The Vatican expresses its "astonishment" and "indignation" at the "violation of the graves of the Cardinals Jozef-Ernest Van Roey and Leon-Joseph Suenens" by Belgian police making holes in the crypt at Mechelen Cathedral during a child sex abuse search. (Aljazeera) (BBC) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit:
- The fourth anniversary of the capture of Gilad Shalit, and held incommunicado by Hamas in Gaza, is marked in Israel, the United States and a number of European cities. (The Jerusalem Post) (VOA)
- Human Rights Watch criticizes Hamas for human rights violations by prohibiting the captive Israeli soldier from having contact with his family and the Red Cross, characterizing this as torture. (AP) (The Jerusalem Post)
- The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously calls for the release of Gilad Shalit on the anniversary of his capture. (JTA) (Ynet)
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy sends a letter to Shalit's father saying ""no circumstances can justify" his continued captivity, while also saying that the Gaza blockade won't help free him. (The Jerusalem Post)
Security forces in Yemen clash with suspected Al-Qaeda members in Aden during investigations into a bombing of a government compound last week. (Al Jazeera)
Iris Robinson is interviewed in London as part of a police investigation. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
In response to the mortars fired into Israel that hit a government building, Israeli warplanes bomb smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, with one person being wounded in an air attack in Rafah. (CNN) (AFP via Google) (Press TV)
President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister of Britain David Cameron meet and agree to work to renew ties stained by the refusal of both men to hand over men the other man wants. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Five people are killed and one is seriously wounded after an attack at a wedding party in Ghrab hamlet in Algeria's Tébessa Province. (Hindustan Times) (IOL) (Reuters Africa)
Three Indonesian celebrities - pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham, TV presenter Luna Maya and soapstar Cut Tari - are allegedly involved in a celebrity sex tape; Nazril "Ariel" Irham is charged, prompting anger and calls for punishment from some conservative groups in the country. (BBC)
China jails Tibetan environmentalist Karma Samdrup on charges of stealing from tombs. (BBC) (Reuters Africa) (The Guardian)
Statues of 4 Chinese leaders, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, are unveiled in Sichuan. (Global Times)
A statue of Joseph Stalin is discreetly removed overnight from the central square of his hometown of Gori in Georgia. (Xinhua) (BBC) (The Guardian)
The 36th G8 summit opens in Huntsville, Ontario and the 4th G20 summit is held in Toronto, Canada.
British–Irish Council:
- The British–Irish Council meets in Guernsey, with those attending including Taoiseach Brian Cowen, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales, and the Chief Ministers of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. (RTÉ) (BBC) (STV)
- The politicians agree to continue to work together on marine renewable energy improvements. (BBC)
- Edinburgh is agreed as the location of the group's new headquarters. (The Belfast Telegraph)
- Chief Minister of Guernsey Lyndon Trott defends the cost of hosting this summit. (BBC)
Germany's TanDEM-X satellite, whose aim it is to create the most precise 3D map of Earth's surface, obtains its first images. (BBC)

ITN candidates for June 25

36th G8 summit and 2010 G-20 Toronto summit in Canada

Pretty ITN-worthy as the largest economies in the world, with half the world's population at least, meet amidst the current economic re-downturn. (technically G20 starts tomorrow, but i think it can double up here as only a few hours divides the similiar event and it would then have to be edited on the main page)Lihaas (talk) 12:31, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support due to both groups' importance, as well as the major controversy over security costs that it has caused in Canada. --Plasma Twa 2 18:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support, pretty obvious reasons. G8/G20 meetings were previously ITN candidates. Infact, it's the last important G8 meeting and first G8/G-20 meetings happening back to back. Eelam StyleZ (talk) 21:37, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support APK whisper in my ear 21:43, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment: Do we have an article to be updated? Physchim62 (talk) 21:52, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

36th G8 summit and 2010 G-20 Toronto summit. APK whisper in my ear 22:29, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support per above--Wikireader41 (talk) 00:09, 26 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support an important meeting. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 10:51, 26 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support as long as the articles are updated to reflect the results of the summits (if there are any!). I suggest we post the G8 once it finishes this evening (and once the article has been updated), and then tweak the blurb to include the G20 when that finishes tomorrow evening. Physchim62 (talk) 12:33, 26 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 24

June 24, 2010 (Thursday)

One person dies and another two are injured when a shell left over from the Vietnam War explodes in the central province of Quang Ngai. (Thanhnien News)
The death toll in Brazilian storms rises to 46 in Brazil's Alagoas and Pernambuco states. (Xinhua)
A parcel bomb delivered to the public order ministry in Athens, addressed to counter-terrorism minister Michalis Chrysohoidis, is opened by an aide, instantly killing him; Chrysohoidis is unhurt. Prime Minister George Papandreou labels it a terrorist attack. (BBC) (Aljazeera) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Guardian)
Belgian authorities raid their country's Catholic Church HQ during an investigation into child sexual abuse as rumours circulate about a cover-up. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Aljazeera) (The New York Times) (RTÉ) (The Age)
Rescue workers continue the search for hundreds of people who have disappeared during floods in Brazil. (Aljazeera)
At least twelve people are killed, and 17 more people are injured, in a train accident in Castelldefels, near Barcelona. (El País) (BBC News)
A Knesset parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe, led by Yohanan Plesner, seeks to block a key vote intent on establishing an international probe into the Gaza flotilla raid. (The Jerusalem Post)
Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd steps down after his leadership is contested following considerable drops in popularity in polls in recent months. Julia Gillard becomes Australia's first female Prime Minister. (SMH)
Several people are killed during suicide attacks and bombings across Iraq. (Aljazeera)
Public sector workers strike in their millions across France. (The Age) (Aljazeera) (BBC) (The Independent) (RTÉ)
President Hu Jintao of China arrives in Ottawa on a three-day state visit to Canada. The two countries sign a tourism agreement. (Global Times)
Five American men are jailed for 10 years in Pakistan after being arrested in possession of maps of sensitive locations. The men deny they have links to militants and say they are charity workers. The verdict is announced inside a prison in the presence of American diplomats. (BBC) (Xinhua) (Aljazeera) (The Guardian)
Organisers of a fresh aid flotilla to Gaza cancel the event due to what they describe as "Israeli threats", while the United States Department of State issues a statement calling aid flotillas to Gaza "irresponsible". (Haaretz) (Ynetnews)
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon states as "illegal and unhelpful" the plan to demolish Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem to make way for a tourist park. (BBC)
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East commissioner-general Filippo Grandi questions the fine print of Israel's promise to ease its blockade on Gaza, citing parts which are unclear and saying it is "urgent, because the conditions are very bad on the ground". (Daily Times)
Hooded gunmen kill 4 commuters in Philippines. (CBS)
Burundi's defence minister Germain Niyoyankana says he hopes opposition leader Agathon Rwasa has not gone into hiding as this is banned. Rwasa, an ex-rebel chief, signed a peace deal in 2009. A spokesman says he has only gone on holiday for 15 days. (BBC)
During a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann calls on him to lift the Gaza Strip embargo. (Austrian Independent)
Somaliland is set to go to the polls with its president facing a challenge to be reelected. (Aljazeera)
Russia's natural gas export monopoly Gazprom announces that it will restart gas supply to Belarus in full following payment of the debt. (Reuters)
Bridgeport, Connecticut in the United States is put under a state of emergency when hurricane-force winds from a strong storm went through, causing injuries and severe damage including the collapse of a multi-story building. (CNN)(CTPost)
Sri Lanka announces that a United Nations panel investigating human rights abuses will not be allowed to enter the country. (BBC) (Times of India)
China announces it has broken up what it describes as a terrorist ring in Xinjiang in the west of the country. (China Daily) (AP) (Al Jazeera)
Slovakia defeat defending champion Italy by a 3-2 score; following France's elimination on Tuesday, this marks the first time in World Cup history that both previous finalists fail to progress beyond the first round of play. (BBC News)
American John Isner defeats Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (3), 70-68, in the longest match in tennis history, finally advancing from the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles tournament. The match took over 11 hours, spanning three days. (ESPN)
Writer Neil Gaiman wins the Cilip Carnegie Medal for The Graveyard Book. (BBC)
Four specimens of Anogramma ascensionis, a plant native to Ascension Island and presumed extinct for 60 years, are discovered alive and well in Kew. (BBC)

ITN candidates for June 24

Singapore's Marina Bay Sands opens

Marina Bay Sands casino in Singapore officially opens with a 2-day (June 23 and 24) celebration. Most expensive casino property, largest public cantilever platform, largest observation deck (SkyPark). It's in the news throughout Asia. (Daily Mail photos) Arsonal (talk) 22:07, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose nothing newsworthy about this. Hotels' open all the time, even casinos dont have ITN precedence.(Lihaas (talk) 22:20, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose its just a Casino. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:29, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose What Lihaas said. APK whisper in my ear 02:36, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Thirteen people killed crossing railway in Spain

Thirteen people were killed while crossing the railway line at Castellfels when they were hit by a High Speed Train.

Nom by Mjroots (talk)

Support - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 19:50, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Death toll now up to 13: not because anyone else has died, but they've only just finished putting the body parts together... Physchim62 (talk) 22:08, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

oppose nothing especially ITN-worthy. how many people die crossing railway lines a year?Lihaas (talk) 22:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)).reply

Not usually twelve at once, and the story has been all over the news (in Europe at least) today. Physchim62 (talk) 22:33, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Death toll now 13, amended title and blurb accordingly. Mjroots (talk) 05:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. I think it is sufficiently rare to get train accidents on this scale. The article is looking good as well - Dumelow (talk) 10:18, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment. I think the scale is unusual for this type of accident. In Spain, for example, in 2008 (last year for which figures are available), 35 people died crossing railway tracks; two more people died in Catalonia alone in two separate track crossing accidents on Wednesday evening. But trains ploughing into large groups of people (rather than just individuals) is unusual. Physchim62 (talk) 12:20, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posting Timer is yellow, and the article looks sufficient. Courcelles (talk) 16:39, 25 June 2010 (UTC)reply

25th anniversary apology for Air India Flight 182

Relatives of those killed in Air India Flight 182 gather with diplomats and politicians from Canada, India and Ireland in Cork to mark the 25th anniversary with a memorial service. (RTÉ) (BBC) (AFP)
Stephen Harper of Canada apologises for his country's treatment of the dead. (AFP) (Toronto Star) (Taiwan News)
- Maybe this should be discussed since a David Cameron apology made it onto the Main Page last week and this directly affects a larger area of the world? --can dle •wicke 04:41, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support, although the problems with the article itself still keeps it from being posted. --Plasma Twa 2 05:03, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Strong oppose. The release of the report last week would have been a far better time to post this, but it was not due to the appalling state of the article. It has not been improved since; I see no reason to justify re-nomination, let alone changing the previous decision. Modest Genius ^talk 12:32, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Neutral. I support the posting of a prime-ministerial apology resulting from the findings of this enquiry, but I weakly oppose if the article is still as bad as it was last week (I haven't looked). MickMacNee (talk) 23:55, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships

Mahut and Isner are currently playing in the "longest tennis match in history" at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. They have played over 100 games for over 7 hours. Isner has also set a record for aces at Wimbledon with 53 (and counting). (The Guardian) (BBC) (SB Nation) (Crunchsports) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 17:12, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support once the match finishes. Perhaps not the most earth-shattering news we've ever seen, but a nice general-interest story. Where would the update go? Modest Genius ^talk 17:24, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. We can decide where to put the update when the match is over and we have the full details. Physchim62 (talk) 17:29, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support This has smashed the previous record, so it's not something I'd expect to see beaten in my lifetime.yorkshiresky (talk) 17:40, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support once match ends. Might be worth linking to Longest tennis match records -93.97.122.93 (talk) 17:44, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I'd say put the update either in the Wimbledon 2010 articles or it might be notable enough for its own article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:48, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support when it has ended and if indeed this is the longest match in history. The longest match in Wimbledon history wouldn't be good enough but "in history" seems important enough. --can dle •wicke 18:18, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Per HJMitchell I just created Nicolas Mahut v. John Isner (2010), which hopefully people can use to document this record breaking epic. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 18:57, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support - When finished, which may well be tomorrow. They're still going with serve, and if this goes to tomorrow, isn't it the first time in history when this has happened not due to weather? I'd imagine they'd have to postpone the winners next match too, as they're supposed to play tomorrow. Regards, --—Cyclonenim | Chat 19:30, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment. We appear to have two articles, I've just found this - 2010 Wimbledon: Mahut-Isner match. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 19:31, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support once the match finishes. APK whisper in my ear 19:34, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support of not I've added merge headers to both articles. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:42, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I've merged them. All should be fine now. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:48, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support Quite an extraordinary story that will certainly attract readers. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:51, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support I actually came here just to suggest this. Incredible stuff. Makeemlighter (talk) 20:20, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support Remarkable and of interest to a very large audience. __meco (talk) 20:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment given it won't finish until tomorrow, can this be posted now? -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:21, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Let the guys finish the match, then we post with the final number. Otherwise, we could be updating the blurb each consecutive game. But when it is finished, we post In Wimbeldon (first stage...) X defeats Y in the longest tennis match in history or something like this. --Tone 21:38, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I agree we should let the match finish - which will now be in at least another 14 hours, I guess. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:40, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support when it ends... if it ever ends! -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Suggested blurb:

Wimbledon: Nicolas Mahut defeats John Isner 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 999-997 in the longest match in tennis history

with the score updated (and switched if Isner wins) as necessary. I know we don't usually include scores, but the epic number of games played is the whole point in this story. Modest Genius ^talk 23:23, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I think we should say something like "break several records in the longest match in tennis history. Physchim62 (talk) 23:26, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support, this is an epic tennis match and probably one of the longest match in all of sports. Rarely is such a feat seen. I think it's a no brainer and should link to 2010 Wimbledon: Mahut–Isner match, as well as longest match in tennis history. It's amazing that a first round Wimbley match is trumping World Cup in the world of sports! Captain Courageous (talk) 23:34, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

'all sports'? I know it hasn't finished yet, but it's got some way to go to surpass any year's 24 Hours of Le Mans or Dakar Rally, and there have been plenty of very long snooker matches (just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are other examples). Modest Genius ^talk 23:47, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

A tennis match with numerous records attached to it. Normally, even the championship winner probably wouldn't be ITN-worthy, but the sheer abnormality of the match makes this a special case. Doc Quintana (talk) 01:26, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Note: This is nominated under yesterday's date where the consensus seems to be to include it when the match ends. --can dle •wicke 01:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Let's move it to June 25 then *scnr* --78.43.172.126 (talk) 15:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support when the match ends. Goodness, I was tired after playing 2.5 hours of tennis about a week ago; I can't even comprehend 10. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 04:32, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Note: The two discussions have now been merged to avoid confusion. --can dle •wicke 04:45, 24 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Strong support can't remember any kind of sport where the incumbent record was doubled, eg a team scoring 250+ points in a soccer match, or a 15-0 win in a soccer final etc. YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 05:26, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Strong support Why isn't this on the main page already? This feat transcends sports - it is a once-in-a-life time general event - we should feature it both while it is happening and once the match is complete! CapnZapp (talk) 10:21, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply
The news is now - and yesterday. Once the match is actually over, wikinews will be the last media to report it. CapnZapp (talk) 10:23, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We don't wait until volcanic eruptions and other longish events are over before reporting them - this match belongs on the front page right now. Besides, the records are already now broken (and newsworthy). Regards, CapnZapp (talk) 10:25, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Support putting it in now. The records are already broken, the coverage is all over the place. Why do we have to wait for the match to end, when the highest interest will probably be now anyway? Quantpole (talk) 10:57, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

support waiting until it finishes. It's probably better to wait at least 5 mins after it finishes for the article to settle down. MickMacNee (talk) 15:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply
We can finally post the story, Isner has won. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 15:49, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

it's finished. Isner wins 68-70. MickMacNee (talk) 15:49, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posting I've watched an awful lot of tennis in my life, but this was simply amazing. Courcelles (talk) 15:59, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posted --Allen3 ^talk 16:02, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Eh, well... I left the image alone for now, Gillard hasn't been up very long, and none of the pictures of Isner are that great, anyway. Courcelles (talk) 16:09, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 23

June 23, 2010 (Wednesday)

The death toll in yesterday's train crash in the Republic of the Congo rises to 76. (TVNZ) (Aljazeera)
Anthrax kills 30 hippopotamuses in Uganda. (The Straits Times)
9 Iraqis are killed in bombings, including two leaders of U.S. government-backed Sunni militants. (TIME)^{permanent dead link}
An Indian colonel dies in Kashmir for the first time in three years. (The Times of India) (The News International) (BBC) (Press TV)
25th anniversary of Air India Flight 182:
- Relatives of those killed in Air India Flight 182 gather with diplomats and politicians from Canada, India and Ireland in Cork to mark the 25th anniversary with a memorial service. (RTÉ) (BBC) (AFP)
- Stephen Harper of Canada apologises for his country's treatment of the dead. (AFP) (Toronto Star) (Taiwan News)
Southeast European Cooperation Process summit:
- Slovenia is approved as a new member of the organization in the opening session of the summit. (People's Daily)
- The 12 other European nations meeting at the summit issue a joint statement saying they "deplore the loss of life and injuries during the incident in international waters" during the Gaza flotilla raid and "call "an impartial, independent and internationally credible investigation on this matter". (Today's Zaman) (The Jerusalem Post) (Haaretz) (The Straits Times)
General Stanley A. McChrystal magazine remarks controversy:
- General Stanley A. McChrystal, America's top military commander in Afghanistan, submits his resignation after being summoned home by an "angry" Barack Obama due to his expression of critical opinions about senior American politicians and diplomats in a Rolling Stone magazine profile. Afghan President Hamid Karzai supports McChrystal, while the Taliban say the incident is "another sign of the start of the political defeat" for America's Afghan policies. (BBC) (Dawn) (Aljazeera) (The National)
- Obama relieves McChrystal of command in Afghanistan, and names General Petraeus as his replacement. (The New York Times)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- The Association for Civil Rights writes to Israel's Attorney General after being alerted to the secrecy surrounding the jailing of a "Mister X" in a maximum security jail in Ayalon. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Dockworkers launch a week-long boycott of cargo to and from Israel at all Swedish ports - handling 95% of foreign trade - in protest at Israel's raid on the Gaza-bound international flotilla which led to nine people being killed. (Aljazeera) (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) (Ynetnews)
- A lawyer for 33 Greek citizens on board during the Gaza flotilla raid announces legal action against several Israeli politicians, including Defense Minister Ehud Barak and army leader Gabi Ashkenazi. (Haaretz)
- King Abdullah II meets with Mahmoud Abbas to discuss Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. (Xinhua)
- The United States Department of State expresses concern about an Israeli plan for the demolition of 22 Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem to make way for a tourist park. (BBC)
Kenya permits prisoners to vote in a referendum on a new constitution in a landmark court ruling. (BBC) (Daily Nation) (KBC)
Strikes in China which began on 21st of June have shut down Toyota and Honda plants there. "The BBC's China editor Shirong Chen says the government has tolerated strikes at foreign-owned plants, which are obliged to respect workers' rights, but maintains strict control at Chinese-owned factories for fear of widespread social unrest." (BBC)
27 people are questioned about a bomb attack which killed five people in Istanbul. (The Straits Times) (Reuters)
1 person is killed when a crane crashes at Chennai International Airport, Chennai, India. (India Times)
The International Whaling Commission does not reach agreement on curbing whaling by Japan, Norway and Iceland in a meeting in Agadir, Morocco. (AP via San Jose Mercury News)^{permanent dead link}
The Palace of Monaco announces the engagement of Albert II, Prince of Monaco to South African native and Olympian swimmer Charlene Wittstock. (AP)
BP chief executive Tony Hayward hands over responsibility for cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to senior executive Bob Dudley "effective immediately". (AFP via the Sydney Morning Herald)
2 American service members die following bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan. (CBS)
2 Australians are injured after shooting each other in the buttocks and legs. (The Straits Times)
A Toronto man is charged with possessing explosives alleged to be part of a plot to bomb the 2010 G-20 Toronto summit in Canada. (AFP via Google News)
An earthquake occurs 56 kilometres north-northeast of Ottawa, registering a 5.0 on the Richter scale. Slight damage was reported near the epicenter, and the tremor was felt in Sudbury, Windsor, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Toronto, Milwaukee, Northern Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York State. (CBC) (Ottawa Sun) (Ottawa Citizen)
Hours after the earthquake struck Central Canada, severe thunderstorms rolled through Central Ontario, Canada, which has spawned at least 2 tornadoes in cottage country, including one confirmed F-2 tornado touch down in Midland, Ontario, north of Toronto, The most significant damage was reported at Smith's Camp, a trailer park at the south end of the town, where several mobile homes were completely destroyed. (CTV)
Golfer Graeme McDowell returns home to celebrations after becoming the first European to win the U.S. Open since 1970. (The Irish Times) (The Belfast Telegraph) (BBC)
Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships becomes the longest match in Association of Tennis Professionals history, and is adjourned after 9 hours. (The Guardian)

ITN candidates for June 23

Australian Labor Party leadership election

In 1 and a half hours, the Australian Labor Party will hold a spill of its leadership (Kevin Rudd current Prime Minister), with Julia Gillard, according to reliable sources, to become Australia's first female Prime Minister. 9. I'm putting this up a little early to note two things in advance for this ITN: (1) she won't be PM until she's sworn in by the Governor-General; and (2) in the very unlikely event that Rudd wins, oppose as we don't post unsuccessful party coups. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:29, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support iff and when she becomes the new PM. Not before. Changes of heads of state are of course ITN material. --Tone 21:36, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

This is a head of government, not a head of state, I assume that doesn't make a difference? --Mkativerata (talk) 21:41, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

My mistake. What I wanted to say was that we post change of president, PM and monarch (whichever position exists in a given country). These are the top positions. Probably Governor-General in the Commonwealth as well. --Tone 21:50, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Well Her Majesty the Queen is the head of state in Oz, but it's only a constitutional monarchy. Anyway, this should be a no-brainer if/when we have confirmation. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:53, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

If an appointment as PM is a fait accompli after a successful leadership challenge, I think we should post right away rather than wait for a formal change of power. If the challenge is unsuccessful, I'll leave it to an Australian to say whether that's real big deal news event. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:13, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Has now happened. Gillard is now leader of the Federal Australian Labor Party and will be formally sworn in by the Governor-General later today. The swearing in is merely a formality, Gillard is now PM. First female PM in Australia's history. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 23:41, 23 June 2010 (UTC) See here for story and Australian Labor Party leadership election, 2010 for wikipedia article. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 23:51, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. There's a nice photo as well to balance the male/female images and it is something from the Southern Hemisphere. --can dle •wicke 23:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support the moment she is sworn in by the Governor-General. --Plasma Twa 2 00:26, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support Surprised this isn't up yet. PageantUpdater talk • contribs 01:12, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

According to her article, she hasn't been sworn in yet. Ass soon as she is and the article is updated, it can go up. If it happens on the next hour or 2, I should be around to post it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:40, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

If people are anxious to have it in, substitute "will become" for "becomes", then update after she's sworn. -Rrius (talk) 02:10, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Associated Press: "Since she is leader of the majority party in Parliament, Gillard's swearing in as prime minister is a formality." Arsonal (talk) 02:14, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We're only following the same protocol as we did for Gordon Brown in June 2007... Physchim62 (talk) 02:18, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

No one doubts that, but she is not PM until appointed and sworn. Full stop. The articles should not be updated until then, and obviously ITN should not say something that hasn't been changed at the relevant article. -Rrius (talk) 02:19, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

But she's won the election in relevance and people want to know about the election. Elections are always listed immediately when there is a clearcut result, people don't wait until they are sworn in by the highest judicial body or head of state YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 02:21, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

(edit conflict) Then you state she won the election; you don't go beyond the truth. If you read what I said, you'd see I suggested you could fix the wording for the time being by simply changing "becomes" to "will become". -Rrius (talk) 02:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I know, it was a wording mistake on my part to put in present tense her becoming PM instead of being elected PM. I am proposing to insert the latter as that is the convention and seems that people are ready for it. I am posting here as I have been reverted YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 02:35, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We should either (1) put up that she has been elected as the ALP leader and is "set to become" PM; or (2) wait. We can't say she is the PM because she isn't. It's more than mere formalities; it's about accuracy. --Mkativerata (talk) 02:29, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

We waited for the UK, we waited for Nauru, for Colombia and for finland. With the Swedish wedding, we waited til they were married, so we can wait for Australia. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:35, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I don't know about Nauru and Finland, but the Wedding and the Blair/Brown change were long expected. This is breaking news that should have been up in one form or other long ago simply on the basis of the spill. -Rrius (talk) 02:38, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I have the blurb, I've uploaded and protected the image and all I have to do is hit "save" (I've even written out the blurb) which i will do as soon as this is official. The precedent for ITN is we wait til it's official, no matter how strongly people object to it. I don;t agree with it, but it's the way things are done. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:43, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Was the Colombian president sworn in right after the election? I haven't been following but don't think he was. Brown's was a scheduled takeover, not an election win. This is an election win like the others, unless all the other countries were sworn in on election night. With weddings the main event is the fanfare and kissing on the balcony, the glamourous dress worn by the princess, with politics, the drama and backstabbing is the main event, not signing a piece of paper YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 02:48, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I'm inclined to agree with YM here; I don't think we should be overly bound by conventions that aren't strictly analagous. We can put up an accurate blurb that reflects the true state of affairs at the moment and update it when she is sworn in very shortly (TV cameras are currently parked outside Gov House). --Mkativerata (talk) 02:51, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

She's at Gov House now. --Mkativerata (talk) 02:52, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Post please I've checked and JM Santos is still the P-elect, he hasn't been sworn yet, but he won the relevant election, same as Gillard, so I say post it, and there is consensus to do so YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 02:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

On Finland, whose events are somewhat similar to Australia's (change in party leadership though triggered differently), Tone mentioned that the election was what mattered and posted the news item ahead of Kiviniemi's confirmation. He also stated that a non-confirmation is a news item of its own. Arsonal (talk) 02:58, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Yes, please post ASAP. Aaroncrick ^TALK 02:59, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Actually, the ceremony is about to happen on live tv. Maybe it isn't worth posting then updating. -Rrius (talk) 03:00, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

She's sworn in now so the above debate is moot. --Mkativerata (talk) 03:02, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It's the (party room) election that's important and newsworthy, more so than the swearing in. Gordon Brown situation was a little different because that was a handover not an election, I believe. Post now. Peter Ballard (talk) 03:04, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

2010 Central Canada earthquake

- A 5.5 magnitude quake, very rare, felt in New York City, Montreal, Toronto, and other thousands of places. Minor injuries. - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 19:03, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose even though its very rare in NYC but it was not a major earthquake. --Saki ^talk 19:31, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose. Somewhat unusual for its location, but a Californian would laugh off this "earthquake." -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Weak support. Shaking here was fairly weak, but this one was felt over a very extensive area (about 1,500 km across10) and quakes of this magnitude occur around this region only about once a decade. I think we posted a mag. 4 earthquake in England a while back, simply because it was relatively rare, and this quake hitting a populated area is also somewhat rare (originally the shakemaps had up to Mercalli IX, but now it's down to maximum of VI). ~A H 1^(TCU) 22:29, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose as its a big news week. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:31, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

not much actually happened but i do kinda like the article -- Ashish -g55 22:50, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I'm going to support this. Although there wasn't any major damage, we have a nicely developed article and judging from the number of edits, this is a big deal to a lot of people and something that many people might be expecting to see on ITN. I think the rarity of such an occurrence in this area outweighs what would make it a fairly trivial area in, for example, California which is (according to my quick Google maps search) over 2000 miles away. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:36, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose, no major damage, of interest only to those in its locality. Same as the Lincolnshire earthquake last year (or was it two years ago?). Modest Genius ^talk 23:44, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I think it was 2 years ago. It was of interest to me- it woke my grandmother up in Nottingham! I still think this is ITN-worthy, though, especially since we have a quality article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:47, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose - No major damage, no serious injuries, and as mentioned above, it's a big news week. Nice article though. APK whisper in my ear 23:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support, it was the first of its kind to hit places like the Greater Toronto Area and the rest of Southern Ontario in several years. Though there were no injuries, it received considerable national and international media coverage. Eelam StyleZ (talk) 00:23, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support per Eelam. --Plasma Twa 2 00:27, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

i will support this per the rarity of event. this is first time since 1998 and it was felt by quite a large number of ppl. plus as i said above article is actually pretty good. -- Ashish -g55 01:06, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I am going to oppose because of how often I read about earthquakes in rare places around the world. This doesn't seem to be the first in history either. There is virtually no devastation. There's no shortage of disasters at the moment - Chinese floods, Brazilian floods, train crash in the Republic of the Congo, all involving dozens and hundreds of deaths and injuries and misery and mourning across the affected regions. --can dle •wicke 01:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support but change the blurb to emphasize other points besides New York. This was the most powerful earthquake to hit Ottawa in nearly 12 years, and it was felt fairly widely.--Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 02:37, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

That isn't actually the proposed blurb. We'd never hear the end of it if we put up an article on a Canadian earthquake saying that it could be felt in New York City. --Plasma Twa 2 04:02, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal

...Commander of forces in Afghanistan General Stanley A. McChrystal resigns after a critical interview in Rolling Stone.(BBC)(Guardian)yorkshiresky (talk) 18:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Comment change dismissal to resigns as it's unclear if he was pushed or jumped. BBC/Guardian sites for example report both options. yorkshiresky (talk) 18:35, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support - Worldwide coverage. (Al Jazeera, Der Spiegel, Financial Times, France 24, The New York Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times of India, Xinhua News Agency) McChrystal will be replaced by David Petraeus. APK whisper in my ear 19:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support Clearly a very big news story. __meco (talk) 20:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support clearly a very important story - there seem to have been a lot today! -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:42, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posted. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:07, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Red Sea oil spill

"Largest offshore spill in Egyptian history", according to the article. I know it is a little short right now but is this doing as much damage to Egypt as the American oil spill seems to be doing to the United States? The Egyptians seem to be doing better at cleaning it up, though there seems to have been a delay in telling the public and "Media reports suggested, however, that 20 kilometres of coastline had been polluted". --can dle •wicke 05:07, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support - Relevant, informative, and interesting. — C M B J 07:16, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply
comment It does look like a very small spill, doesn't it? __meco (talk) 08:13, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

That's a good point, though the current details seem uncertain at best. According to NPR, an Egyptian environmental organization alleges that their government is downplaying the extent of the leak. — C M B J 08:35, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Wait. We need more sources, the situation is not clear. But in principle, I support if it shows true. --Tone 09:07, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Indeed, there's no need to rush to get something up that might later turn out not to be a big deal, better to wait until we know exactly what's going on. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:17, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 22

June 22, 2010 (Tuesday)

At least 60 people are killed and hundreds disappear after a derailed train plunges into a ravine in the Republic of the Congo. The accident happened after the train left the coastal town of Pointe-Noire on the Chemin de Fer Congo Ocean (CFCO) line to the capital Brazzaville. (TVNZ) (DNA)^{permanent dead link} (Dawn) (Sky News)
The death toll from floods and mudslides reaches at least 31 people in Alagoas and Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil. (CBS)
Red Sea oil spill disaster:
- Environmentalists said that an oil spill near Hurghada Egypt in the Red Sea is continuing even after the government said it had been contained, leaving turtles and sea birds covered in oil. (The Associated Press)
The death toll from unrest in southern Kyrgyzstan riots reaches 251. (itar-tass)
War crimes charges are formally requested against 12 Belgian government officials and military officers in connection with the assassination of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, as historians agree on a high-level Belgian conspiracy, with Western-backed dictator Mobutu Sese Seko succeeding Lumumba until he was overthrown in 1997. (AP) (AFP) (Reuters) (Taiwan News)
The United States investigates itself to see if it is accidentally financing the Taliban in Afghanistan with $4 million per week in U.S. taxpayers' money. (Aljazeera) (BBC) (CNN)
Israel asks the United Nations to suspend attempts to organise an international inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid, with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak saying "some organisation, probably backed by a terror organisation, (is) once again trying to send a vessel into Gaza." (BBC)
General Stanley A. McChrystal, the top United States commander in Afghanistan, apologises for an article in Rolling Stone magazine in which he criticised senior members of the Obama administration. McChrystal is later summoned to Washington, D.C. for talks with Obama. (The Los Angeles Times) (BBC)
Christopher Coke walks into a police station on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica and is detained, following search efforts which killed more than 70 people last month. The United States accuses him of being the Shower Posse leader, which it alleges operates an international drugs and guns network. (BBC)
An expert panel is appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to investigate whether war crimes were committed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. (Reuters) (CNN) (BBC)
During a two-day visit to Ghana, President of Angola José Eduardo dos Santos visits Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra among other engagements. (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation) (Angola Press)
Five people are killed and 12 injured in a bus bomb in Istanbul, Turkey. Kurdish rebels later claim responsibility for the attack. (Anatolia News Agency) (Reuters) (Xinhua)
Two rival Nigerian lawmakers in the National Assembly are injured, with one sustaining a broken arm. (BBC)
The American Samoa Constitutional Convention, the first to be held since 1986, opens in Pago Pago. (Radio New Zealand International)
United States federal judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman issues a preliminary injunction blocking a six month moratorium on deep water offshore drilling. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In the United Kingdom, Chancellor George Osborne presents the coalition government's emergency budget statement to the House of Commons. (BBC)
Nikki Haley wins the Republican Party primary to be the Republican candidate in the South Carolina gubernatorial election in the United States. (Washington Post)
One person is killed and 10 injured after a former worker at a Mazda factory in Japan drives his car at colleagues. (Kyodo)^{permanent dead link} (BBC) (AFP)

ITN candidates for June 22

UK budget

To shrink its budget deficit, the British government announces proposes 25 billion pounds in new spending cuts and an increase in the value-added tax to 20 percent.

A major announcement for the U.K. and world economies of great interest to many Wikipedia readers. Currently the number-three story on the New York Times' website, which is highly unusual for a British politics story. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:44, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose. This is just a national budget. Bad as it may feel to us Brits, it's not an especially harsh austerity package in world terms. And Alistair Darling's last budget actually cut more of the deficit than this 11. Modest Genius ^talk 22:52, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose. Just Osbourne and Cameron playing politics- after all, if you came to power after 10 years of opposition, the first thing you're going to do is bash the previous party and bring in a new budget to undo the last 10 years' worth of work and make life that bit harder for those of us on a low income. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose. Domestic political news: a new government presenting an emergency budget is completely normal in global terms. Physchim62 (talk) 22:57, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support I echo Mwalcoff. As for "an emergency budget being quite normal," that's quite Orwellian, if I may. 63.138.70.132 (talk) 01:48, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

UN investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka

I've created the War crimes in Sri Lanka article which covers this news item.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 21:27, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Wait until the panel releases its report in four months. Arsonal (talk) 04:31, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Usually the results are posted so it would be a good idea to nominate it again when they are available. But it's good that you've started it. :-) --can dle •wicke 01:39, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

New members of the hockey Hall of Fame are inducted including the first females

Dino Ciccarelli, Cammi Granato and Angela James are elected as players with Angela James & Cammi Granato being the first women. While Jimmy Devellano and Daryl 'Doc' Seaman are elected as builders. 12--Everyone Dies In the End (talk) 20:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Strong oppose. Nowhere near significant enough. Modest Genius ^talk 21:11, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

How is this not significant. This is the only time in that a Woman has been elected to a professional sports Hall of Fame. Come on how can you say this is less significant than Eurovision. WHile that gets posted. This is an international Hall Of fame. There's people from all over the world in it. It's not like the Baseball where only MLB players are in it.--Everyone Dies In the End (talk) 21:33, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

1. This is certainly not 'the only time in that a Woman has been elected to a professional sports Hall of Fame' (just off the top of my head, see English Football Hall of Fame). Nor would it be particularly significant were it true. 2. This is a story only of interest to hardcore ice hockey fans - the sport fan on the street neither knows or cares who is inducted into the hall of fame. 3. Although I am a hockey fan myself, ice hockey is not a big sport on the international stage. I simply don't think there's enough international interest to justify posting this. 4. Much as I dislike it, Eurovision is a major cultural institution which hundreds of millions tune in to watch, and was accompanied by masses of media attention. I doubt any of that is true here. 5. The article has received only a one sentence update, with no reference. Modest Genius ^talk 22:00, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I don't think anyone outside of Canada can really comment on the significance of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Canada, hockey being so essential to Canadian nationhood. That said, we have quite a bit of sports on ITN now, and including selections for halls of fame might raise the argument of opening floodgates. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:33, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I agree with MG and Mwalcoff. We seem to have quite a lot of ice hockey on ITN currently (and nobody outside North America really pays much attention to it) and I'd rather save the ITN slots for the absolute most significant sports tournaments. That apples regardless of the sport- I think we have too much association football on ITN FWIW. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:59, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

2010 Yanga train derailment

- at least 51 deaths - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 17:51, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support as 2010 China Rail crash was posted (along with the European ones) - though the article probably needs a bit more improvement. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 17:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Article needs some expansion, but we've posted train crashes and derailments with significantly lower death tolls. Is it me or is it nothing but floods and train crashes at the minute? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:19, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I think part of it is that because the Chinese crash was posted people are bring up more crashes outside of Europe/the US where sadly they are more common. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Unfortunately we can't post that as it is a copy vio. First sentence is copied from first reference. As there are only 2 sentences that's a sizable amount! Mr. R00t ^Talk 02:10, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

The article has been expanded and the copyvio issues addressed, so I'm ready to post, but one more support would be nice. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:19, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Anybody? Please? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:49, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It's a pity there isn't more interest if 1991 was the last time something like this happened. I don't think crashes on this scale are common at all if this is correct. --can dle •wicke 18:13, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I presume that's a support? -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:16, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Yes, I expanded the article. Sorry, I thought I'd already supported but it seems I didn't. So support to clarify. :) --can dle •wicke 18:39, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posted HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:41, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Mari Kiviniemi elected as new Prime Minister of Finland

I think a new head of government of an entire independent country is significant enough to be mentioned. Possible blurb:

Mari Kiviniemi (Centre Party) is elected as the new Prime Minister of Finland. 13

JIP | Talk 16:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Changes to heads of state and government usually et on ITN, but I haven;t been able to find an article on an election. Is there one? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:52, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support. It seems to be a change of leadership under unique circumstances. The party leadership changed, resulting in a change of prime minister that has been approved by the Parliament of Finland. She will hold office until the 2011 parliamentary election. Arsonal (talk) 17:35, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Also, the parliament vote must be confirmed by the President of Finland, but that step appears to be a formality. Arsonal (talk) 17:43, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support once confirmed by the president. Modest Genius ^talk 21:13, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support, upon confirmation. — C M B J 07:18, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I'll go and post. She has been elected, that's what it counts. In case the president would not confirm her, that would be another ITN story. --Tone 08:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Belarus cuts gas to Europe in response to Russian cuts

i think this is a dramatic escalation of the conflict between Russia and Belarus which started when Gazprom announced an initial cut of 15% of gas to Belarus a few days ago, to be increased to 85%, over a disputed claim of less than $200 million in unpaid gas bills. __meco (talk) 15:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Saw this the other day and thought about nominating it. Yamal–Europe pipeline might be the appropriate article. Arsonal (talk) 15:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

2010 Cameroon Aero Service CASA C-212 Aviocar crash

- Wreckage found - 11 killed - SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 10:45, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose - small turboprop with few people aboard. We can't go featuring every single plane crash on ITN, take a look at Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2010 to see how many that would entail. Modest Genius ^talk 21:16, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Oppose While notable people died on this crash, I just don't think it's significant enough. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

So notable that only Ken Talbot has his own article (about a third of which is describing his death), and nor does the company they worked for have one. Modest Genius ^talk 22:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

2010 northeastern Brazil floods

I started a very basic stub on this one. Looks like we'll have 3 flood items on the main page...--Tone 09:09, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

I thought about nominating this a couple of days ago. It's much less extensive than the floodings in China. There are also other similar events going on at the moment. I may support it though, perhaps more likely if the article is bigger than the stub that has been created. __meco (talk) 09:36, 22 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support pending expansion. Looks like a major flooding event. Do we eventually need to create a "Floods of 2010" article or would all these floods go into global storm activity of 2010? ~A H 1^(TCU) 14:27, 23 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Support and expanded. Since China is at the bottom and this is ongoing this will be the only flood on the Main Page soon. Suggest: Floods cause the deaths of at least 44 people and the disappearance of hundreds more in Brazil. Or anything else. --can dle •wicke 04:11, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Posting now the article has been expanded. (I hope nobody minds the fact that I nominated it the first place...) --Tone 07:37, 24 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 21

June 21, 2010 (Monday)

Mara gang members in El Salvador attack a bus on the outskirts of San Salvador, shooting at it before dousing it with gasoline and lighting it on fire, killing 14 and injuring 16. Gang members open fire on another bus shortly afterward, killing another 2 people. (Yahoo! News) (Aljazeera)
Iraq's electricity minister Karim Waheed offers his resignation on live television as "Iraqis are not capable of being patient in their suffering". Two people are shot dead by armed forces while protesting over lack of electricity generation blamed by Waheed on lack of funding. (BBC)
The death toll in Colombia's mine blast reaches 70, as 4 more charred corpses are retrieved. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
At least 46 people are killed and dozens more trapped after a mine blast in Henan, central China. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (China Daily)
Major aid agencies Oxfam and Save the Children both launch $10 million (£6.7 million) appeals for Niger where drought is common at the moment and half the country has no food. (BBC) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly, cuts 15% of Belarus' gas supplies over alleged debt, and threatens to gradually cut up to 85% of Belarus' gas supplies if the debt remains unpaid. (Aljazeera) (BBC)
Juan Manuel Santos wins convincingly in the final round of the Colombian presidential election. (BBC)
Bronisław Komorowski and Jarosław Kaczyński face each other on 4 July after Sunday's inconclusive vote in Polish presidential election, 2010. (Aljazeera)
An American man pleads guilty to charges of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt. (AP via Google News)
Search teams find the wreckage of a CASA C-212 Aviocar private plane carrying senior Australian mining executives including Ken Talbot in the jungle of the Republic of the Congo. (Reuters via News Daily)
Iran bans two International Atomic Energy Agency weapons inspectors from entering the country claiming they had leaked false information about Iran's nuclear program. (Sky News)
Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping meets with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on an official trip to Canberra. The two countries sign agreements valued at over A$10 billion. (The Australian)
8 people die and 10 people are wounded in a suicide attack in the northern city of Shirqat of Iraq. (TRT)
The Washington Post reports that Gizab villagers in Afghanistan overturned their local Taliban movement during April, with some members putting down their weapons and being welcomed back into their local community. The United States did not hear of this before now as it happened in a remote part of the country ignored by the military. (The Washington Post)
Three Australian soldiers and a United States Army soldier are killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan with nine NATO casualties overall. (The Australian) (AFP via Google News)
The northernmost radiation detection station of the South Korean Institute of Nuclear Safety claims to have detected an eightfold increase in the radioactive substance xenon. (AP) (Chosun Ilbo)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat calls for the demolition of 22 Palestinian homes in the Silwan neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. Barkat wants to build a tourist centre, while Palestinians say it is "forced displacement". Members of Israel's Meretz say they will resign their city council seats in protest. (Aljazeera) (AP) (Reuters Africa) (AFP) (The Belfast Telegraph) (Ynetnews)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) calls for Israel's blockade on Gaza to be fully lifted. (Reuters)
- Israel's naval forces are put on alert as a shipful of females prepares to set sail for Gaza aboard the Mariam. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
The Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy Magazine releases its 2010 index of so-called "failed states", ranking 177 countries by what it sees as those most at risk of failure; Foreign Policy claims state failure "is a chronic condition". (Aljazeera)
Six people are arrested in South Africa over the shooting of Rwandan dissident Lt Gen Nyamwasa. (BBC)
Bangladesh authorities indefinitely shut down Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology due to a student rampage which injures four people because of 2010 FIFA World Cup fever. (BBC)
The World Health Organisation creates a data base on the use of child medicines. (AP via The Guardian)
The Communications Commission of Kenya embarks on a compulsory mobile phone registration initiative as part of the country's crime reduction policy; numbers remaining unregistered by the end of July are to be disconnected. (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) (Daily Nation) (BBC) (TMC Net)
A carved brick sculpture intended as a Bloody Sunday (1972) memorial is vandalised prior to completion in Derry's Bogside area. (BBC) (RTÉ) (The Belfast Telegraph)
A tour of North America by Simon & Garfunkel is "postponed indefinitely" as Art Garfunkel develops vocal cord paresis; he is expected to recover. (BBC)
Hyksos capital Avaris is believed to have been located via radar imaging by a group of Austrian archaeologists in Tel al-Dabaa. (BBC) (IOL)^{permanent dead link} (News24.com)

ITN candidates for June 21

Hilda archaeological site

Possible blurb: Archaeologists in Hilda, Alberta announce the largest cache of fossilized dinosaur bones in recorded history.

Came across this headline in an RSS feed today and figured I'd throw it out there. — C M B J 07:27, 21 June 2010 (UTC)reply

There are no updates in the article about this event. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 14:38, 21 June 2010 (UTC)reply

It's an interesting event, though- we haven't had anything prehistoric who though of that term, anyway? What a stupid word. Before history? up on ITN for a while. I'd update it, but I daren't go meddling with articles on subjects I know nothing about! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)reply

Here are some news articles for anyone interested in taking it on. — C M B J 18:14, 21 June 2010 (UTC)reply

June 20

June 20, 2010 (Sunday)

At least 40 people were shot over the weekend across Chicago, with seven of them slain, Chicago Tribune reported. (CNTV)
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland wins the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. (Reuters via UK Yahoo) (RTÉ) (The Guardian)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- Israel says it will move to loosen its land blockade against the Gaza Strip, while indicating the continuation of its naval blockade against the region. (Xinhua)
- Israel denies Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Dirk Niebel entry to the Gaza Strip to visit a humanitarian project co-funded by Germany during his four-day visit to the region. (Reuters) (AFP) (Ynetnews)
In Poland, presidential elections take place after the death of President Lech Kaczyński on April 10, 2010 in a plane crash. (AP) The two main candidates are Acting President Bronisław Komorowski (Civic Platform) and former Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński (Law and Justice) receive 45.7% and 33.2% of the votes respectively, requiring a runoff between them. (AP)
Colombian presidential election, 2010:
- In the runoff of the presidential elections in Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos from the Party of the U defeats his Green Party adversary Antanas Mockus, getting around 70% of the votes. (AP via CBS)^{permanent dead link}, (Reuters)
- At least seven police officers are killed and eight others disappear in an explosive attack on a police patrol. (Aljazeera)
Jundallah's leader Abdolmalek Rigi is executed in Tehran. (BBC) (South China Morning Post) (The Sysney Morning Herald) (Bangkok Post) (Reuters)
Archbishop of Naples Crescenzio Sepe and former Italy transport minister Pietro Lunardi face allegations of corruption over a property deal. (BBC) (RTÉ)
At least one person is killed and tens of others are wounded during clashes between Indian paramilitary authorities and demonstrators in Kashmir. The demonstrators were protesting against a 25-year-old who is said to have been beaten to death by soldiers during a 12 June demonstration. (Aljazeera)
At least 26 people are killed and 53 other are injured during two car bombings in central Baghdad, Iraq. (BBC)
A Bell 412 Mexican military helicopter crashes in Durango state in northern Mexico Saturday, killing all 11 people on board. (People)
A plane carrying several Australian mining executives including Ken Talbot disappears in either Cameroon or the Republic of the Congo. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (BBC) (Reuters), (Sydney Morning Herald)^{permanent dead link}
Celia becomes the first hurricane of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season. (AP via Breitbart)^{permanent dead link}
2010 FIFA World Cup
- The managing director of the French Football Federation, Jean-Louis Valentin, quits after the France national football team participates in a public row with him and then a boycott during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. (BBC) (AP) (Xinhua) (TIME)^{permanent dead link} (The Guardian)

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