User:Doldrums
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I started editing on Wikinews in October, 2005. I am an administrator and was a member of the Arbitration Committee.
QotD
"Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. ... He saved hundreds of thousands of lives,"
– U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia,
Colin Freeze "Canadian jurist prompts international justice panel to debate TV drama 24's use of torture". Globe and Mail, June 16, 2007
Contribs
Some articles i've contributed to:
('OR' stands for original reporting)
- Violence in Uganda over forest clearing proposal
- Ugandan judges begin week-long strike
- Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole (OR)
- HIV vaccine trial set to begin in South Africa
- Judging the Courts: Wikinews interviews Prof. Lawrence Douglas (OR)
- Joseph Kabila declared winner of Congo Presidential election
- Saddam Hussein sentenced to death for Dujail killings
- U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge (OR)
- Voting ends in landmark Congo election
- Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya shot dead
- Afghan women's rights official shot dead
- Pakistan President Musharraf in Kabul for talks
- IMF proposes quota increases for China, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey (OR)
- Chad orders oil companies out of the country
- Nigerian troops allegedly burned down slums after soldier's killing
- UK seeks pardon for executed World War I soldiers
- Tanker spills 1000s of tonnes of crude oil off Nicobar Islands
- Nigeria hands over disputed area to Cameroon
- South Africa sets deadline in land transfer scheme
- Edinburgh Fringe festival begins
- Iran bans Shirin Ebadi-led human rights group
- FDA to move on approval of over-the-counter sale of "Plan B" birth control
- Doha round of trade talks suspended after negotiations fail
- Lebanon faces humanitarian crisis
- International bodies express concern over Israel-Hezbollah conflict
- G8 Summit debates Middle-east crisis, WTO trade talks
- White House accepts judicial review of NSA eavesdropping
- Investigation into Mumbai train bombings begins
- US Federal Reserve raises interest rate from 5% to 5.25%
- Mauritanians vote for new constitution
- Kenya deports Somali businessman
- Swazi King says political parties are no longer banned
- Nigeria announces clearing of Paris Club debt
- India sends special envoy to Nepal
- Indian police break up hunger strike over dam project
- FDA approves therapeutic use of insulin inhalant
- US survey finds advertising contributes to increased underage drinking
- Bush's Iraq 'Strategy' seen as public relations exercise
- FDA ruling on emergency contraceptive pill questioned
