User:Doldrums
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I'm presently not actively involved in Wikinews. If you need assistance, please leave a message at the Water cooler or the administrators' action alerts noticeboard.
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
Useful links
- BBC's editorial guidelines and Impartiality & Diversity of Opinion guidelines (compare with Wikinews:NPOV).
- Reuters Foundation Reporters Handbook