User:DragonFire1024/IWWC
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This page details information about my involvement in the 2nd International Wikinews Writing Contest.
As of July 8, this user is out of the running.
- Jokers: 0
16 May, 2006[edit]
- BellSouth denies phone records were handed over to the NSA
- Department of Defense releases 9/11 video of plane hitting Pentagon +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
17 May, 2006[edit]
18 May, 2006[edit]
19 May, 2006[edit]
- Indonesia hit by 6.1 magnitude earthquake
- Apes and birds are able to plan ahead: psychologists +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
- Space shuttle Discovery safely arrives at launch pad +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.
20 May, 2006[edit]
21 May , 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
22 May, 2006[edit]
- One of Saddam Hussein's defense lawyers thrown out of court
- Chief of World Health Organization dies +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
- Seven year old boy swims from Alcatraz to San Francisco +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.
23 May, 2006[edit]
- Turkish and Greek fighter planes collide in mid air
- Former U.S. senator Lloyd Bentsen dies at 85 +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
- Human to human transmission of the H5N1 Avian Flu may have infected seven Indonesian family members +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.
- Audiotape of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden surfaces on Internet +1 joker. 4th article in one day. Joker earned limit reached for the day.
24 May, 2006[edit]
25 May, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker. 9 jokers remain.
26 May, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker. 8 jokes remain.
27 May, 2006[edit]
28 May, 2006[edit]
- Two boys dead after their father throws them off hotel balcony
- More earthquakes shake the South Pacific +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
- Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris +2 jokers: one for 3rd article of the day; one for Original Reporting/research.
29 May, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
30 May, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
31 May, 2006[edit]
- OIE: China, Indonesia and Africa "under-reporting" human and animal Bird Flu cases
- Scientists discover prehistoric cave with unknown lifeforms +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
1 June, 2006[edit]
- Reported Bigfoot sighting in Clarence, New York a hoax
- Military helicopter crashes into TV tower in Georgia, U.S. killing four +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
- Firefighters battle fire at Los Angeles International Airport +1 joker. 3rd article in 1 day.
2 June, 2006[edit]
- Preliminary hearing against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal delayed +1 joker for Original reporting.
- Oil workers kidnapped off of Nigerian oil rig +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
3 June, 2006[edit]
- Indonesian human-to-human bird flu infection may be false alarm
- Researchers discover giant asteroid impact crater in Antarctica +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
4 June, 2006[edit]
- Nigerian kidnappers release 8 oil workers
- Iran warns disruption of oil may be a consequence of U.S. "wrong moves" +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
5 June, 2006[edit]
6 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
7 June, 2006[edit]
- 11,000 evacuated in Indonesia as Mount Merapi threatens to erupt
- U.S. Senate defeats bill banning gay marriage +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
- Two arrested in England with alleged connections to Canadian bomb plot +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.
8 June, 2006[edit]
- Five South Korean workers kidnapped from Nigerian natural gas facility
- Five kidnapped South Korean natural gas plant workers released +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
9 june, 2006[edit]
- New HIV drug could stop virus from spreading
- New videotape of Ayman al-Zawahiri aired on Aljazeera +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
- 54 killed, 20 injured in Tanzanian bus crash +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.
10 June, 2006[edit]
- Scientists discover new kind of shark in northwest Atlantic
- Iraq: Alledged death squad members beheaded in new video +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
11 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
12 June, 2006[edit]
- Singer Kevin Aviance attacked outside Manhattan, N.Y. gay bar
- Large meteorite strikes in Norway +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
13 June, 2006[edit]
- Vaccine developed to fight Alzheimer's disease considered "promising"
- Rhode Island representative Patrick Kennedy pleads guilty to DUI
14 June, 2006[edit]
15 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
16 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
17 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
18 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
19 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
20 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
21 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
22 June, 2006[edit]
- Garden at Elmwood and Forest in Buffalo, N.Y. dedicated +1 joker - Original Research
23 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
24 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
25 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
26 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
27 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
28 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
29 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
30 June, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
1 July, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
2 July, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
3 July, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
4 July, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker
5 July, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker
6 July, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker
7 July, 2006[edit]
- Used a joker.
8 July, 2006[edit]
- No articles, and all the jokers are gone. This user is no longer in the running.