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March 31

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  • The consequences of the Schiavo case - removed cut & paste press release

March 30

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  • Poll: Iran not a nuclear threat - removed, cut and paste from CNN.com
  • Romanian journalists kidnapped in Iraq -Used
  • thehopetrust - contacted, unverifiable
  • eLearning Challenges Survey - deleted, wikispam not article or press release

March 29

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  • Johnnie Cochran Dies & Johnny Cochran Dead at 67 - Used

March 28, 2005

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  • Quake hits off Indonesia - Used
  • Crowded House drummer dies - Used
  • Disney Goes On A Witch Hunt - Unverifiable
  • Israeli parliament rejects disengagement referendum - Used

March 27, 2005

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  • Five wounded in Lebanon blast - Used
  • Sehwag dominates, but India trails - Used
  • Church Report Finds Rumsfeld, Bush Ordered Torture - Possible hoax.
  • Global Study: Top 10 Most Confusing (yet widely used) High Tech Buzzwords - Used
  • Israel and Palestine united in music - Developing
  • Noted stamp engraver Czeslaw Slania dies at 83 - Used
  • New Zealand Labour Party announces list - Used
  • Sri Lanka accept “one China” policy - Used
  • White Whale - Developing
  • Eight killed in church serial murder/suicide - Used
  • Pakistan admits scientist sold centrifuges to Iran - Used

March 23, 2005

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  • New Speed Camera on A14 - serious POV and poorly sourced.
  • Noted stamp engraver Czeslaw Slania dies at 83 - duplicated submission (removed one copy of two).
  • Water day - no article, no source.
  • Pot Club Goes to City Council, Santa Rosa, California - no article, no source.
  • Paris Hiltons Phone Book Hacked Off Of Her Side Kick - not news, no article just cut and past list.
  • Prince Says "Au Revoir" To Australia - no source, seriously out of date.
  • All is set for Elections in Malta - no source.

March 19, 2005

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  • Tongan election - no content just source, moved to requested articles.
  • Plot to kidnap David Letterman's son - no sources.
  • Anti-war march in London Used

March 17, 2005

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  • McCartney campaign changing minds about IRA Used.

March 15, 2005

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  • To A New Generation of Spiritual Entrepreneurs, the Multi-Billionaires of the Future - spam/advertisment.

March 13, 2005

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  • Surf Junky SCAM - personal rant, sources were the same article posted in a fourm.
  • Defendant shoots Judge, 3 others at Atlanta courthouse - Used.

March 11, 2005

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  • Judge threatened Michael Jackson with jail - Used

March 10, 2005

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  • United Nations calls for a ban on human clothing - Used

March 7, 2005

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Bolivian president resigns amid protests - This is a direct cut and paste from CNN.com. Destroyed.

March 5, 2005

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  • Freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena Shot By Americans - added to talk page of already existing article on the same event.

March 4, 2005

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  • The Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena released - Used
  • Original complaint adressed to Supreme Court in the interest of peace for humanity - Appears to be a letter from a lawyer, not a news story.
  • Liberalization of trade in oils and fats with Romania and Bulgaria in sight - Copyvio dispute, no action in several days
  • Speech on receiving the Wadden Forum's final report - Copyvio dispute, no action in several days
  • Star Trek fans contribute $3,000,000 to TrekUnited - Used, but not sure about large quote used with "permission from the author"
  • DPRK's Stand on Six-party Talks Reclarified - No sources, loaded with opinions. Could be resurrected if someone wanted to do the work.

March 3, 2005

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  • Pedestrian killed on I-70 - local news, no sources or follow up details.

March 2, 2005

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  • Bush/Putin summit - just a request
  • Gmail down - it isn't/wasn't

March 1, 2005

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  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Released - Used
  • CLIMATE CHANGE - AUSTRALIAN MEDIA GROUNDSWELL - Opinion, not news, no links
  • Montserrat Refugees Risk Deportation from United States - Used
  • Can polarity rebirth regulation? - Opinion, not news.
  • Pope John Paul II goes back to hospital - Used

February 25, 2005

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  • Princeton student - Local news, no links, no follow ups
  • Hunter S. Thompson - See Template:Editor tasks articles under dispute
  • Dublin Airport quarantine - Wish I'd seen this earlier, no longer current
  • Australian tennis website - No link, no followup
  • Tourists at Ft.Lauderdale airport - No links, patent nonsense
  • Tsunami Disaster - Excellent concept for a 3-month investigative report on an expense account.
  • Pak Test team - what is this about?
  • Presidents in Indian Ocean region - no longer news
  • Portugal PM - no context, no one willing to write

February 15, 2005

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Kyoto Protocol to come into effect Wednesday - copy vio straight from source :( Dan100 (Talk) 23:43, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 14, 2005

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  • Great Grey Owls Appearing Just North of Toronto - non-news Dan100 (Talk) 01:38, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 13, 2005

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  • ABC program on UFOs - advert Dan100 (Talk) 09:31, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Aiding our enemies may be an intended consequence - opinion piece; not suitable for Wikinews Dan100 (Talk) 21:09, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 10, 2005

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  • All clear in the solar pathways - joke Dan100 (Talk) 21:55, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)