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December 31, 2005

• A blast in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia leaves 8 dead and 45 injured.
  • Maybe when it's not a stub. --Golbez 04:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Tried to update it as best I could, better now? Let's remember that putting it on the front page is the chief way to ensure people contribute to it :) Sherurcij ^{(talk) (bounties)} 06:29, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
      • It's good enough now, popping it up. And I agree, but confronting people with a substub can also turn them off, "This is all they have? Feh." --Golbez 23:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

December 30, 2005

• The Catholic League gets an episode of South Park pulled off the air through its ties with Comedy Central's parent company, Viacom (wikipedia page).
  • Not remotely notable enough. --Golbez 04:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

• United States Department of Justice has open an Investigation on who leak infomation on the Domestic Spying Program [1], [2]
  • No updated article. --Golbez 04:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

December 29, 2005

Location of Bangalore, India.

Police in the Indian city of Bangalore have launched a search operation for the perpetrators of the Wednesday night's shootout at the Indian Institute of Science, which killed 1 scientist and injured 4 others. --Pamri • Talk 16:10, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• • Posted. --Golbez 19:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

December 28, 2005

• Andrey Illarionov, top economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin quits, after saying Russia "is no longer a democratic country."
  • Major political event with worldwide significance, underlining a slow but steady trend away from democracy in Russia. (Washington Post). --Edcolins 09:00, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
  • It seems there is no objection. I'll go ahead. --Edcolins 12:02, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Added. I hope everything that needed to be protected is protected, and that the layout is okay. Please double-check and let me know. Thanks. --Edcolins 12:16, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Posted. --Golbez 19:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

December 27, 2005

• A mass grave has been discovered in the predominantly Shia city of Karbala south of Baghdad, Iraqi police said.(BBC)
  • No updated article. --Golbez 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

• The Free Aceh Movement disbands its military wing ending 30 years of violence in Aceh.--nixie 06:59, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

  

  • This is a good story, but we should really have more info in the article than there is in just the blurb.--Pharos 07:49, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
    • There isn't much detail around, I have expanded the section slightly, mabye some time on the main page will help expand it further.--nixie 08:07, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
      • OK, thanks; that's good enough for me. As long as a decent effort has been made to cover the basics.--Pharos 08:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

December 26, 2005

• Memorial services around the world mark the one year anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake which killed approximately 275,000 people. joturner 13:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• A gas attack takes place at an outlet of the Maksidom chain on Moskovsky Prospect in Saint Petersburg, Russia, leading to the hospitalization of numerous victims.
  • No updated article. --Golbez 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

• Australian billionaire and media mogul Kerry Packer dies, aged 68. - Ta bu shi da yu 00:31, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I would say no, and the chat on Talk:ITN agrees with me. Doesn't fit the obit rules, not an internationally important death. --Golbez 04:54, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

December 25, 2005

• The Libyan Supreme Court scrapped the death sentences in the Trial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor in Libya and ordered a new trial. It is expected that the humanitarian fund established will be sufficient to gain the pardons of the families involved.
  • Posted. --Golbez 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UT)

December 23, 2005

• The 2012 Summer Olympics may have been given to London by a voting error, a IOC senior reveals (BBC)
  • IMO, not ITN worthy unless they're actually in the motions to possibly revoke London's having it. --Golbez 21:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
    • AFAIK, they aren't Sceptre ^(Talk) 21:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Italian news agency says prosecutors issue arrest warrants for 22 purported CIA operatives in alleged kidnap of Egypt cleric (This is a breaking news story... more details to follow).
  • There has to be an updated article.--Pharos 16:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Kaczyński takes the office of Polish president
  • Unless the event is particularly momentous (which doesn't seem to be the case here), we usually focus on election results rather than the starts of governmental terms.--Pharos 16:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• After 5 years the ITV News Channel closes down at 18:00 (UTC)
  • No updated article. --Golbez 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

December 22, 2005

• Much loved ONE News presenter Judy Bailey read her last night of news today after Television New Zealand announced it would not renew her contract. Once referred to as the "mother of the nation" she will be replaced by Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie in January 2006.
  • This candidate for a news topic really isn't of interest to a world-wide encyclopedia, IMO. Ian Manka ^{Questions? Talk to me!} 06:41, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Judge Richard Fred Suhrheinrich of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rules that the US Constitution does not include "a wall of separation between church and state," denying a claim by the ACLU and approving the continued display of the Ten Commandments in a Kentucky courthouse.[3]
  • I think we really need an article update which is considerably more expansive than the blurb itself. Otherwise, our readers will only be disappointed by the click-through.--Pharos 17:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Done! —Preost ^talk contribs 18:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
      • OK, thanks. I've posted the item.--Pharos 19:20, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a surprise visit to Basra to meet with and talk to British troops in Iraq. [4]
  • An article has to be updated, and I don't really think this events merits a serious update of any article.--Pharos 17:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
    • I was trying to find an article that could be updated, the best might be Operation Telic? Zoe (216.234.130.130 17:46, 22 December 2005 (UTC))
      • The thing is, that something like this doesn't really merit a substantial update to any encyclopedia article. Wikipedia's process doesn't mirror the nightly news; we have different standards as we're an encyclopedia rather than a news outlet. This type of thing is more appropriate for Wikinews.--Pharos 18:07, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

• Mohammed Mahdi Akef, president of the Muslim Brotherhood, the main Egyptian opposition party, calls the Holocaust a "myth", and claims that Western democracy was "crafted by the sons of Zion". Zoe (216.234.130.130 00:03, 23 December 2005 (UTC))([5])
  • Not terribly important. Maybe if he were president of Iran. --Golbez 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

December 20 2005

• The 2005 New York City transit strike enters its second day.

[6] TMS63112 22:56, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• • I strongly support this being added to the "In the News" section -- see Main Page talk page for commentary (found here). This may be able to bump Sharon (now out of hospital) or Bolivia (too much election news on main page anyway)

• After the parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, its first parliament since the 1970s is sworn in [7]. --Akira123323 02:57, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Judge Rules Intelligent Design teaching unconstitutional [8]

December 19 2005

• Second Congo War to cost Uganda billions after World Court rules Uganda violated rights in the DRC. ("War to cost Uganda billions"[9]. "World Court rules Uganda violated rights in Congo" [10]. Matches the current Featured Article on Main Page.)
  • Needs updated article. --Golbez 20:42, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Added to 2nd Congo War. - Xed 20:48, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

December 17 2005

• The European Union has made a last minute deal on it's budget during a summit in Brussels. The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, agreed to give up some of the rebate won by Margaret Thatcher in 1984.
• The European Union has given the green light to Macedonia to become an EU candidate country. No date has been set for its accession talks though. [11] --Akira123323 08:17, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

December 16 2005

• The US Senate rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. Supporters of the act were unable to receive the 60 votes needed to overcome a threatened filibuster by Senators Russ Feingold and Larry Craig; the final vote tally was 52-47.[12]
• Wikiworld: The Experiment

December 15 2005

• The European Council meets to discuss the next 7-year budget for the European Union.

• I removed this, because the article had not been updated. I also note that there is no specific information there on any of the previous summits either.--Pharos 20:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

• Voting starts in Iraq to elect the first permanent 275-member Iraqi National Assembly under the new Constitution of Iraq.
• The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows. (BBC)
• Bradley John Murdoch was sentenced to a non-parole period of 28 years in prison for the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio.(NineMSN)

• High turnout out for 2005 Tanzanian general election for both the president and parliament.More here --Gozar 15:45, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Probably wait until there is a result, particularly if it is a notable one. Harro5 23:30, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• update: Initial election results from the 2005 Tanzanian general election show the ruling Chama_Cha_Mapinduzi sweeping the Legislature and their candidate,Jakaya_Kikwete, landing the Presidency. [13]--Gozar 21:09, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
  • This still seems to me a bit premature to post, as the result is still very incomplete.--Pharos 21:16, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
    • On second thought, we could use another story and I would support putting the election up under December 14 if the article is updated with preliminary results and we use a less decisive blurb; something like:
      • Initial results from the Tanzanian general election show successes for the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi.--Pharos 21:38, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

December 14 2005

• The upper resevoir burst at the Taum Sauk pumped storage plant in southeastern Missouri sending a 20 foot crest of water down the Black River. People are reported missing and three children are in critical condition.
  
  • If the fire at Hemel Hemstead qualifies, why can't this go on the main page ? --64.229.44.47 22:40, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

• High turnout out for 2005 Tanzanian general election for both the president and parliament.More here --Gozar 15:45, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Probably wait until there is a result, particularly if it is a notable one. Harro5 23:30, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

December 13 2005

• Iraqi Sunni politician Mizhar Dulaimi was shot dead while campaigning in Ramadi. The previous night, he had appeared on television urging Sunnis to take part in the general elections. (BBC)
  • We need at the least for an article to be updated. His name is still a red link.--Pharos 01:20, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
• Stanley Williams, co-founder of the Crips, became the 12th person executed by the state of California since it reinstated the death penalty in 1977. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 10:07, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• Sydney Race Riots between anglo-saxon Australians and Islamic Lebanese youth have continued for a second night with no signs of the violence ending.

• Already posted. (not by me) -- PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude rocks Pakistan again, the earthquake is said to have originated from Afghanistan and tremros were felt all the way to New Delhi. Full details can be found on USGS Earthquake Information website

• Where is the updated article ? -- PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Would the new supporting articles suffice? -- Drawab

• No, sorry, we need an article within Wikipedia, not in one of the sister projects. And since this earthquake has not done too much damage, there isn't much to write about, so I am not sure if there should be an encyclopedic article in Wikipedia for it. Thanks for the suggestion, though. -- PFHLai 07:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• I've found December 2005 Afghan-Pakistan earthquake. Please feel free to expand the stub. -- PFHLai 08:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• Please put the Lebanese flag instead of the Chilean flag, regarding that the front news is lebanon-related. CG 20:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• The Sixth Ministerial Conference (MC6) of the World Trade Organization begins at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. — Instantnood 21:14, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

• I like this candidate, but this is 2 days too early. While we wait, please take care of the {{copyedit}}-related problems on the WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 page. Articles with known quality problems really should not be featured on the MainPage. Thanks. -- PFHLai 08:34, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
  • That's exactly why it was nominated in advance. :-) — Instantnood 08:39, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
    • I hope no one is expecting administrators who manage ITN to do the copyediting there. ^_^ Anyway, I've posted a link at Current events under "Upcoming events". Hope this helps. -- PFHLai 09:44, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
  • The article has in the past few days been edited by some university students. Different views have to be balanced by efforts of wikipedians from different parts of the world before it makes its way to be featured as ITN. :-) — Instantnood 10:57, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Still waiting for the removal of the {{copyedit}}-tag. Would be nice if there is some mention of what happened at the opening. -- PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
      • I think the aritcle is OK now. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 10:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
        • Alright, I've posted it.--Pharos 01:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

December 12 2005

• ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, attended by the leaders of its members, and South Korea, the People's Republic of China and Japan. — Instantnood 21:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• ASEAN Summit#December 2005 summit could use more updating than the 2 senetnces there right now. -- PFHLai 02:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Location of Bangalore

• The chief minister of the Indian state of Karnataka, Dharam Singh announces that the state government will rename Bangalore to it's colloquial name, Bengaluru, with effect from November 1, 2006, following a suggestion from Jnanpith awardee U. R. Ananthamurthy. --Pamri • Talk 08:03, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Pamri, you are an admin. Are you asking for a peer review ? Hmm... I don't know. How about posting this on ITN when the name change takes effect ? I mean, after all the page moves are done ? -- PFHLai 07:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• Gebran Tueni, a prominent Lebanese anti-Syrian member of parliament and managing editor of the leading liberal An-Nahar newspaper, has been killed in a car bomb attack in Beirut. CG 12:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Already posted (not by me). -- PFHLai 07:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• Mob violence erupts in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. The crowd targetted anyone who looked Middle Eastern in retaliation for the assault of two lifeguards by Lebanese gangs. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:16, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Looking at the current ITN entry, I don't think Anti-Arab is entirely accurate, it seems almost misleading? For one, the article doesn't use the word arab once...--Brendanfox 15:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

December 11 2005

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe officially raked in $65 million ($65,556,312) in the United States and $42 million world wide on its opening weekend alone. This making its release a vast $107 million all together. Disney has been in an economic slum lately, and this was the kind of profit they needed. These numbers are #2 on the December Opening Weekends of all time (right behind Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King and in front of the first two Lord of the Rings films. With this news, Disney has officially greenlit the second book in the series, Prince Caspian to be made into a movie by 2007.

I'll pass on giving free advertising space for the hit movie. Maybe I should go and see it.... -- PFHLai 07:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• A large Hemel Hempstead Fuel Depot Explosions occured in the UK near junction 8 of the M1 just after 6 am; with the blast heard and flames visible from more than 12 miles away. A fuel refinery/storage area seems to be the centre of the blast; with broken windows and damaged buildings more than 0.5 mile away. The cause is not known as yet although there was a report of an aircraft prior to the blast, casualties are unknown.

Already posted. (not by me) -- PFHLai 08:35, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• Race Riots in Cronulla beach, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Anti-middle-eastern australians held a massive near-riot in retrebution for the bashing of Lifesavers last saturday

• December 2005 Sydney Suburb Unrest ? Any admins from Australia around ? Is this a big news ? Anyway, we need a better news headline. -- PFHLai 21:31, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• Now 2005 Cronulla race riots. Ben Aveling 06:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Now 2005 Sydney race riots. -- PFHLai 07:38, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

10 December 2005

• The 2005 Nobel Prizes are handed out to Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren (Physiology or Medicine), Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch (Physics), Robert H. Grubbs, Richard R. Schrock and Yves Chauvin (Chemistry), Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling (Economics), Harold Pinter (Literature), and the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (Peace). -- PFHLai 11:10, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• American comedian Richard Pryor dies at age 65.
• American statesman and former presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy dies at age 89.

Sorry, we usually don't post obituaries on ITN. Please see criterion #5 on Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page. Thanks. -- PFHLai 08:36, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

9 December 2005

• The full group draw for the 2006 FIFA World Cup to be held in Germany is decided in Leipzig. [14] [15]

• I almost posted this on ITN. This was reported very widely. There definitely is an international interest. However, it's only a draw. The whole event in Leipzig was, IMO, designed and presented to generate publicity for the games next year. (Why was Heidi Klum involved ?) As much as I'd like to see more well-done sports-related articles featured on the MainPage, I will have to pass this time. -- PFHLai 09:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

8 December 2005

• Yahoo! Inc and Seven Network Australia merge to form Yahoo! 7 (Official Site). Link 1 Google News listings Media Releases

• M&A transactions like this happen every day in the business world. Not sure how significant this is. And not sure if we really should help these big corporations in their advertising. I'll pass. Does any other admin want to post this ? -- PFHLai 17:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• This isn't even a real merger. It's a corporate "partnership" in Australia and New Zealand. Noone outside of Oceania will notice the difference in Yahoo!--Pharos 17:16, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• The Liberal Party of Canada, as part of their federal election campaign, announce that they will implement a total ban on handguns in Canada, if re-elected. (National Post)

• This is just an election promise. Nothing has actually been done yet. I think we should wait till something is actually done. Where's the updated article, anyway ? -- PFHLai 17:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• The Geneva Conventions states adopt a third protocol to the conventions recognising the Red Crystal emblem as an alternative to the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

• Already posted yesterday. -- PFHLai 17:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

7 December 2005

• Potential for disaster in Vanuatu, volcano predicted to erupt
• Why is Saddam quote about the court being "agents of America" between quotation marks? Is it because Wikipedia is criticizing his quotes? If it is the fact, according to NPOV they should be removed. CG 21:18, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
  • NPOV isn't the question here. The fact is that Saddam did call the court agents of America, and the news item would be perfectly neutral without the quotes. However, since he used those exact words, the addition of the quotes serves simply to provide more information to the reader. They are not scare quotes. — Dan | talk 21:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• Federal Air Marshals on American Airlines Flight 924 from Medellin, Colombia shot and killed a man who was acting in an agressive manner. The man was reportedly threatening to detonate a bomb in his carry-on luggage while disembarking at Miami International Airport. (CNN)
• Wikipedia tightens up its submission guidelines in response to a scathing editorial written in USA Today by John Seigenthaler, a former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Seigenthaler was critical of the Wikipedia submission process, citing potentially slanderous articles allegedly linking him with the asssassination of both Kennedys, and anonymously edited into the Wikipedia article bearing his name.(BBC)
• David Cameron starts appointing his Shadow Cabinet, known as the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet

6 December 2005

• New medium-sized species of mammal found.[16]
• David Cameron is elected leader of the British Conservative Party.
• A civil law suit resulting from the death of a 27 year old woman race riots that occured in 1969 in York, PA has been settled for $2 million (US). [17] (See List_of_subjects_investigated_by_the_FBI.)
  • additional reference material: [www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772272/posts convictions resulting from continued investigation]

5 December 2005

A large earthquake (East African earthquake, 2005) estimated between 6.3 and 6.8 has hit East Africa, with the DRC particularly noted to have taken major damage. Epicenter located in Lake Tanganyika. More information here.--Gozar 18:11, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

• Posted.--Pharos 05:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

4 December 2005

Hong Kong march for universal suffrage

• 250,000 takes part in a rally in Hong Kong for universal and equal suffrage. (BBC News Online) — Instantnood 18:32, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Has an article been updated? The most relevant article I could find is Pro-democracy camp, which so far has nothing about it. Perhaps you could give as bit more context so the rally's significance in the politics of Hong Kong (i.e. how does it compare to previous marches?) is clerarer.--Pharos 05:57, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
  • It's not even on Current events. English Wikipedia may not have any relevant content. This item cannot be posted on ITN. -- PFHLai 06:22, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
    • December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong. — Instantnood 16:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
      • And 2005 Hong Kong march for universal suffrage ? Please merge. -- PFHLai 00:09, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
        • Now that it's been merged, I've posted it.--Pharos 08:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

• SUGGESTION: From www.msnbc.com, I found an article about "The recipient of the world’s first partial face transplant was thriving medically and psychologically a week after her groundbreaking surgery, one of her doctors said Sunday.

The woman, whose face had been partially disfigured by a dog, appeared relatively normal after the operation and doctors were pleased with her mental state, Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard said in a telephone interview." from [18]

• We generally don't put up relatively minor updates on previous items like this.--Pharos 05:57, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

• Exit polls indicate that Kazakhstan's incumbent leader Nursultan Nazarbayev wins the presidential election by a landslide. (wokring on election article now)--nixie 06:50, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Posted. -- PFHLai 16:17, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

2 December 2005

• Political tension increases in Venezuela as the date for the legislative election approaches (Sunday, December 4th, 2005). The main opposition political parties have withdrawn from the elections as a way of boycotting. President Hugo Chávez has directly accused the U.S.A. government of causing the withdrawal of those political parties (ABC News, BBC News).
• Hurricane Epsilon strengthens from a tropical storm to become a record breaking fourteenth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. (CNN) (Reuters via Yahoo)

1 December 2005

Flag of Gabon, from Wikimedia Commons

• President Omar Bongo of Gabon, in office since 1967, wins the 2005 presidential election for another 7-year term. -- 199.71.174.100 00:25, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Thanks for posting, Pharos. -- 199.71.174.100 04:23, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

• South Africa becomes the fifth country in the world where same-sex marriages are recognized, after Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The Constitutional Court declared that current marriage laws are unconstitutional and must be changed within a year. (AP via Yahoo)
• White Sands Missile Range now has a civilian director instead of a commanding general. U.S. Army officials estimate that it will take at least six months to appoint a general officer to be in command of the Missile Range, due to the shortage of eligible general officers.

--Ancheta Wis 17:18, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

• Singapore prepares to hang 25 year old Australian man Van Tuong Nguyen, convicted of trafficking in 400g of heroin, despite pleas from the Australian government to spare his life. His execution is scheduled for 6 am Singapore time, Friday morning. —preceding unsigned comment by 203.217.62.238 (talk • contribs) 11:05, 2005 December 1

• How about this ? Convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore, Vietnamese-Australian Van Tuong Nguyen faces execution by hanging despite pleas of clemency from the Government of Australia. -- PFHLai 12:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
• I think this is a bad choice for the main page.--nixie 12:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

• Pls elaborate, nixie. -- PFHLai 12:47, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

• I don't think most exectutions should be on ITN. Singapore exectues its own citizens and foreign nationals pretty frequently for drug realted crimes, 400 since 1991, Nguyen's case isn't exceptional, but has recieved alot of press in Australia.--nixie 12:52, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

I see. If this news item is widely reported (outside Singapore and Australia, and just being on CNN doesn't count as 'international'), I would be more supportive of this suggestion for ITN. Thanks for the quick response, nixie. Anyway, headlines need to be WIKIFIED and I did it to this headline. -- PFHLai 13:06, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

I think it's a good idea to put it ITN. It's encourages discussion internationally about the issue of capital punishment. --joank 22:26, 1 December 2005 (UTC)