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First casualty of French riots reported

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Monday, November 7, 2005

Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec has been reported as the first casualty of recent rioting in France. The 61-year old man was beaten by a hooded rioter last week and had been in a coma since the attack.

The uprising was set off by the death of two teenagers who were allegedly chased by police and hid in an electric power station where they were electrocuted.

The French riots have further intensified over the past few days and are now said to have spread to nearly every city in the country.

The French prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, announced on Monday plans to allow the nation’s regions to impose curfews. Mr. de Villepin appeared the day before on television with an appeal to end the violence.

The president, Jacques Chirac, ended his silence on the rioting on Saturday, when he spoke to the press. “Those who want to sow violence or fear will be caught, tried and punished,” he said. “But we also understand very well that we must move towards respect for each individual, justice and equality of opportunity. We are all completely determined to go down this road and pursue the efforts that are already under way in this domain.”

The Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy, called for a radical overhaul of the French social model that he said, “in every aspect, needs to be fundamentally rebuilt.” On the same day, various people [1] [2] discovered that UMP, the political party of Nicolas Sarkozy had bought the Google AdWords ‘banlieue’ (suburbs) to advertise their own website on google.fr.

Arrests in the rioting total nearly 1200 following the deaths of two youths on October 27. The unrest, which started in a Paris suburb, has spread to over 270 towns across France. More than 4300 cars have been torched across the country, and 2 schools were burned.


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Bacterial outbreak forces closure of Toronto hospital neo-natal unit

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Saturday, March 10, 2007

An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a wing of the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Canada has resulted in the temporary closure of the hospital’s High Risk Perinatal Service in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

The NICU, operated by the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, will not accept direct newborn admissions or maternal transfers, temporarily, until the outbreak is controlled. Current patients are being cared for in the NICU and Sunnybrook has created a separate area to accommodate new babies.

The closure of the NICU at Women’s College Hospital is expected to put a strain on availability of high-risk neo-natal services in Ontario. According to Sunnybrook, the NICU cares for one in five of all babies born in Ontario weighing less than three pounds.

Head of Sunnybrook’s department of newborn and developmental pediatrics, Dr. Michael Dunn, suggests that some patients of the NICU will need to be transferred to other facilities to allow for intensive cleaning of the area.

In a CBC interview, Dunn explains that, “all the babies who developed infections have been successfully treated, but we were not able to completely prevent the spread of the organism from one baby to another.”

New patients will have to be diverted to other facilities in the province of Ontario or even out of country. Buffalo, New York in the United States may be a potential destination for some women in Ontario with high-risk pregnancies or premature babies.

According to a Sunnybrook press release, the High Risk Perinatal Service will remain closed until there are no new transmissions of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. It further explains that outbreaks in the NICU are rare and that several measures have been put in place to keep the bacterium from spreading. The hospital has isolated babies who have symptoms and are ensuring that a specific team of clinicians only treat the affected babies.

The Sunnybrook press release suggests that, although MRSA bacteria are commonly found on the skin of newborns, the organism that has surfaced in the NICU has caused a variety of infections to the skin and eyes of the babies. The babies in the NICU are, apparently, responding to antibiotic treatment.


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Micrognathia: The Disorder And Its Origin

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Micrognathia: The Disorder and Its Origin

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Micrognathia, also known as micrognathism or mandibular hypoplasia, is a term that means small jaw . It comes from the Greek word micros meaning small, and gnathos which means jaw.

This physiological abnormality is characterized by an unusual small size of the jaw. The disorder can be seen as early as childbirth. During the first few years of the infant, there will be difficulty during the feeding process. As a solution for feeding problems, specially made feeding bottles are utilized to ensure the health of the infant, as well as feeding techniques done by healthcare professionals.

The primary signs and symptoms of micrognathia is the difficulty experienced during feeding and the small size of the jaw. Parents are advised to immediately consult healthcare professionals when these signs and symptoms occur, and become more evident especially as the child grows older.

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The disorder is sometimes accompanied by a series of other disorders, like the Pierre Robin Sequence. In this condition, because of an abnormally undersized jaw, the development of the palate will be hindered, thus, this may result to a cleft palate. When the condition gets really severe, polyhydramnios may develop. The infant may also experience difficulty in swallowing and choking.

Micrognathia involves the retraction of the tongue, causing obstruction in the upper digestive tract. In severe cases, there can be auditory malfunctions, leading healthcare providers to adhere to intubation to preventing the inability of the infant to breathe properly because of the obstruction. In addition to this, the occurrence of mental retardation is also common. This is due to the tongue obstruction and inefficient oxygenation in the body.

Micrognathia can also become a part of some disorders, which include trisomy 13 as well as trisomy 18. Even though the infant has been born with micrognathia, the effects of the disorder will fade s the jaw gets bigger.

The most common cause of this disorder is through inheritance of a defective chromosome or genes, termed as autosomal dominant inheritance.

Diagnostic tests done to determine the presence of micrognathia include carrier testing, fetal ultrasound, dental and skull x-rays.

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Stem cells used to cure paralysis in rats

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Monday, June 26, 2006

Dr. Douglas Kerr, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins University, has recently led a research team to identify enough of the chemicals necessary to regrow motor neurons. They have succeeded in partially restoring paralyzed rats‘ ability to walk.

These results represent major progress towards curing many nerve-related problems in humans, such as Lou Gehrig’s disease and spinal cord injuries. However, Dr. Karr emphasized that it will be many years before any possible treatments for humans become available.

Dr. Naomi Keitman of the National Institutes of Health‘s neurology division said “They did something that people have been trying to do for at least 30 years and literally hit a brick wall until now.”

The research will be published in the Annals of Neurology.


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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Progressive Conservative candidate Pam Hundal, Bramalea—Gore—Malton

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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Pam Hundal is running for the Progressive Conservatives in the Ontario provincial election, in the Bramalea—Gore—Malton riding.

Wikinews’ Nick Moreau requested an interview regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign. In response, Hundal’s campaign office did not send replies to the questions asked, but a general statement. Moreau has excerpted parts of her statement, placing them as answers to related questions. However, a great number of questions have been skipped in the process.

Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party members, Ontario Greens, as well as members from the Family Coalition, Freedom, Communist, Libertarian, and Confederation of Regions parties, as well as independents.


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Home-invaders pose as NYC police

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Monday, July 16, 2007

In two separate incidents, men posing as members of the New York Police Department (NYPD), have invaded homes in the New York City area. In both cases, they robbed the residents, but in the most recent, they sexually assaulted a woman.

On Saturday, July 14, at 1:09 a.m. EDT (UTC-4), four men knocked on the door of a Yonkers, New York, apartment. The 33-year-old male that lives there opened the door, as the men outside wore NYPD hats and t-shirts, and had badges hanging around their necks.

The men promptly ordered the male victim to the floor. “When this guy pushed me, he had a gun in my face,” the victim said. “I could see the other guy. He motioned to the others, come on, let’s go, let’s go.” The intruders shouted “Where are the drugs?” as they ransacked the apartment.

Two of the men entered the bedroom and sexually assaulted the 30-year-old female. The couple has a five-year-old child, who was sleeping in another bedroom. “The more I resisted, the more he began to hit me,” the woman said. She said she was sexually assaulted by two of the men while her boyfriend was bound and guarded.

Frightened. Make you think twice before you want to open the door, you know

Police said the men then left with a cell phone, a laptop computer, a diamond ring and a gold chain. Police do not believe that they were real officers. As of this afternoon, no arrests have been made.

On Thursday, July 5, shortly after six p.m. in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn five men knocked on the door claiming to be “the police.” When the victims opened the door, they pushed their way in demanding the family give them drugs and money.

When police responded to a call reporting a robbery, they found the family, husband, wife and their daughter, tied up. The man suffered a head injury when he was pistol-whipped. Police say the robbers got away with a camera, jewelry, and US$5,000 in currency.

Neighbors told NY1 that they were stunned. “Frightened. Make you think twice before you want to open the door, you know,” said one of the neighbors. “Now you be asking for all this ID and stuff and even still you’re going to wonder, are they for real? So it’s kind of scary.”

There is no word about whether the two cases are connected. Yonkers is on the border of New York City, but is outside the jurisdiction of the NYPD.


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TGV makes 574.8 km/h on rails

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007

A French Train à Grande Vitesse (High-Speed Train or TGV) has smashed the world record for a train on conventional rails by a big margin, reaching 574.8km/h (356mph) The TGV travelled over 59.8 km/h (36 mph) faster than its previous record of 515 km/h (320 mph)

The record attempt by a modified TGV took place on a track between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg. However, this is not the fastest train speed. A Japanese Maglev (Magnetive Levitation Train) reached a top speed of 581km/h (361mph) in 2003. The TGV made history at 13:14 CEST (11:14 UTC). The TGV had been modfied and was called V150 – a TGV with larger wheels than usual and two engines driving three double-decker cars. The vehicle’s horsepower was 25,000.

Reporters said the three train drivers were seen grinning on French TV after they realised they had broken the record. The TGV travelled almost as fast as a World War II Spitfire fighter at top speed. Even the electrical tension in the overhead cable was increased 6000 volts from 25,000 volts to 31,000 for the record attempt.

“We saw the countryside go by a little faster than we did during the tests,” engineer Eric Pieczac said.

“Everything went very well. There are about 10,000 engineers who would want to be in my place,” Mr Pieczac said. “It makes me very happy, a mixed feeling of pride and honour to be able to reach this speed.” Since their introduction in 1981, TGVs generally travel at about 300km/h (187.5 mph) however, on the recently opened Paris-Strasbourg LGV (Ligne à Grande Vitesse or High-Speed line) trains will travel at 320 km/h (200 mph)

SNCF and Alstom – the TGV’s manufacturer – have said that the record test was performed to see how a TGV would react in extreme conditions – conditions that cannot be performed in a laboratory.

After the record was broken, French President Jacques Chirac conveyed his congratulations on “this new proof of the excellence of the French rail industry.” The President also said that “Economically efficient and respectful of the environment, the TGV is a major asset in efforts to ensure sustainable development in transport

“What is important for us today is to prove that the TGV technology which was invented in France 30 years ago is a technology for the future,” said Guillaume Pepy

Alstom plans to increase TGV sales abroad, where it is competing with high-speed trains such as the Japanese Shinkansen and the German ICE. Currently, nations of the Far East such as China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan are the “top” customers for high-speed trains. Agence France-Presse said that a high-speed rail link in between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California was being looked into.


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Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as a Scientology executive in multiple high-ranking positions, working out of the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base”, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California.


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Enjoy your Holiday with Campervan Hire Christchurch NZ

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Are you deciding to go on a holiday? Then hire a campervan in Christchurch and tour round New Zealand through Christchurch which is known as the Garden City. Christchurch is located in the center of the east coast of New Zealand perfect place for people on holiday to board the campervan and start their travels.Motorhome rental gives travelers the opportunity to choose from a fleet of 34 vehicles according to your budget. You can avail of luxurious RVsto cheap campervans to suit your budget. You can take the campervan and go to places nearby like the Bank’s Peninsula or the Hanmer Springs or take a long trip of three to four weeks and visit Nelson in the far North or Bluff in the far South.Why Book with Motorhome Hire in Christchurch?Motorhome Hire offers you many benefits compared to others which include:• Low hire rates compared to others• No booking charges• Motorhome experts available seven days in the week.• Most rentals come with free amendments• Services are trusted by many customers who booked with usChristchurch enjoys pleasant temperatures all the year round which make it the best place for a holiday. In summer the temperatures go as high as 25 – 30* Celsius while in winter the temperatures are quite low but there is not much of snowfall at lower levels. If there is snowfall it does not last for more than a day on the ground.Customers who book Motorhome Rentals find free amendments to the rentals very convenientto start their travels on a pleasant note. Christchurch which is known as the Garden City is considered a special place to visit for many reasons one of them being its unique European feel and the second being the vibrancy and energy of the people in the area.Services offered by Motorhome Rental in ChristchurchIf you are deciding to go on a holiday with a campervan then the Christchurch branch of the Motorhome will provide you with all the information you need to know about hiring a campervan. When you get to the place you will have to sign the documents of the car rental or the campervan rental and the team will help you get on the road as soon as possible with all the information you need.Those wanting to save time on their travels have the option of self-check-in. The team at the Motorhome will also provide you with a travel wallet which will provide you all the information about New Zealand and the places you can stay and instructions to get rid of your waste.Make your Holiday SpecialAre your hiring a campervan or a motorhome for the first time? Do not get worried, our team will be there to instruct you about the operation of the campervan. They will also provide you with a DVD that will take you through all the functions of the campervan from making the beds to operating the gas. If you have a DVD player with you, pick up the DVD and start your travel.If you face any problems on the way you can contact our team at Motorhome hire 24/7 and they will provide you all the assistance. If you are thinking of a holiday in New Zealand in a campervan then book now with Motorhome hire.

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13-year-old shot dead by Brazilian police in mock-up of hijacking situation

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

A 13-year-old boy was killed and ten people were injured in an accidental shooting incident in the Brazilian town of Rondonopolis.

The police were staging a mock hijack as a training exercise with real people in a bus as an audience on Saturday. They fired their guns at cardboard cutouts of criminals in the exercise. However, they used live ammunition in their guns, and the shots went straight through the cutouts and the glass windows of the bus.

Luis Henrique Dias Bulhoes, 13, was killed by a single shot to the head received from one of three 12-gauge shotguns that were amongst the weaponry the 16 police were using. Among the 600 people attending the exercise, six children and three adults were also injured.

Police admitted to the blunder on Monday. They believe bullets from more than one gun reached the audience. Seven of the 16 policeman are temporarily dismissed from their positions pending investigations.