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This page provides editors a forum to suggest items for inclusion in Template:In the news (ITN), a protected Main Page template, as well as the forum for discussion of candidates.

This candidates page is integrated with the daily pages of Portal:Current events. Under each daily section header below is the transcluded Portal:Current events items for that day (with a light green header). Each day's portal page is followed by a subsection for suggestions and discussion.

Suggestions

In order to suggest a candidate:

• Start, find or modify a blurb directly in the light green box for that day's Current events.
• Update an article linked to from the blurb to include the recent developments, or find an article that has already been updated.
• Nominate the blurb for ITN inclusion under that day's ITN Candidates subheading, emboldening the link to the updated article.

  For standard entry styles, please see WP:In the news section on the Main Page/Style.

Aftermath of the Magdeburg car attack A multi-vehicle crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil, leaves 41 people dead. A car attack (aftermath pictured) at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, kills five people and injures more than two hundred others. In France, Dominique Pelicot and 49 other men are convicted of the serial rape of his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot. A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, leaving at least sixteen people dead. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of Lebanon Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: James E. Malone Jr. Rickey Henderson Zakir Hussain Sigrid Kehl Perry J. Dahl Nicholas Chia Nominate an article view - page history - related changes - Edit (admins only)

There are criteria guiding the decision on whether or not to put a particular item on In the news, based largely on the extensiveness of the updated content and the perceived significance of the recent developments. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines at Misplaced Pages:In the news section on the Main Page will not be put into the live template.

Sample candidate discussion

• The item on widgets seem to have been adequately updated. --and sign & date your entry 12:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to have any references for the new content. --They've also signed their comment 12:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and added some citations. It should be ready now. --User's Name 12:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks good. Posted. --Responding administrator 12:10, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

And so on. When continuing the discussion please refrain from using dot points/bullets to allow the candidates to stand out from the discussion. Indent your comments for clarity.

Please refrain from straight support or oppose votes; instead the discussion can focus on the relative merits of the available candidate items.

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June 11

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• Kosovo adopts a national anthem named "Europe"; composed by Mendi Menxhiqi, it comes without lyrics in any language to avoid offending the newly independent state's Serbian minority. (International Herald Tribune) (B-92)
• The United States Food and Drug Administration has received 167 reported incidents of Salmonellosis from eating tainted tomatoes in 17 states with New Mexico and Texas the worst affected areas. (Reuters)
• NASA launches the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (AP via Google News)
• June 2008 tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch near Little Sioux, Iowa kills four Boy Scouts and injures several others. (Des Moines Register) (AP via Yahoo! News) (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) (National Public Radio)
• Cuba introduces a wages system where workers are paid according to productivity rather than all workers in the same job receiving the same income. (Miami Herald)
• The Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper apologises to tens of thousands of the indigenous peoples of Canada for more than a century of abuses of First Nations, Inuit and Métis at residential schools set up to assimilate them into Canadian society. (SBS) (AP via Yahoo! News)
• The United States House of Representatives votes today on whether to refer Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush introduced Monday evening by Rep. Dennis Kucinich to a committee. (The Washington Post)
• InBev, the world's largest brewing company makes an unsolicited $46 billion takeover bid for United States brewing company Anheuser-Busch. (AFP via Google News)
• Estonia, Greece and Finland ratify the Treaty of Lisbon. (Xinhua) (The International Herald Tribune)
• Norway legalises same-sex marriage. (Pink News)
• The last King of Nepal Gyanendra of Nepal departs from Narayanhiti Palace for the last time after Nepal is declared to be a republic. (CBC)
• The Metropolitan Police launches an inquiry after top secret British government intelligence on al-Qaeda is found on a train going from Waterloo Station to Surrey. (BBC News)
• Sheikh Hasina, a former Prime Minister of Bangladesh detained on corruption charges, is released to seek treatment in the United States. (Bloomberg)
• Stojan Župljanin, a wartime Bosnian Serb police commander is arrested near Belgrade and will be sent to the Hague where he will face trial for alleged war crimes. (Reuters via TVNZ)
• Former basketball referee Tim Donaghy accuses other referees in the National Basketball Association of rigging games, including Game 6 in the 2002 Western Conference Finals, allowing the Los Angeles Lakers to win that game, the series, and ultimately the 2002 NBA Finals. (ESPN)
• President George W. Bush says that he wants to solve the Iran issue peacefully but "all options are on the table" in a joint media conference with the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. (Reuters)
• The British House of Commons considers anti-terrorism legislation extending the period of preventive detention to 42 days with a close vote expected due to a backbench revolt in the Labour Party. The House eventually passes the bill by 315 votes to 306. (Press Association via Google News) (Press Association via The Guardian)
• Japan's House of Councillors passes a censure motion against the Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda, the first such motion to be passed since World War II. (BBC News)
• Afghanistan:
  • Airstrikes targeting militants have killed at least 31 people including some civilians. (AP via Google News)
  • Reports claim that at least 10 Pakistan Army soldiers have died in an apparent United States-led air strike near the border with Afghanistan with eight Taliban militants also killed. Pakistan condemns the airstrike as "unprovoked and cowardly". The U.S. has released video of the strike showing the militants fighting in order to justify the attacks. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels overrun the Irukkulampiddi Sri Lankan Navy outpost killing at least 10 sailors. (AFP via Google News)
• Taiwanese negotiators led by Chiang Pin-kung, Chairman of the Strait Exchange Foundation, travel to the People's Republic of China to conduct talks on improving Cross-Strait relations. (BBC News) (AP via Yahoo! News)

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June 10

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• Two Kenyan ministers – Roads Minister Kipkalya Kones and Assistant Home Affairs Minister Lorna Laboso – die in a plane crash near Narok in western Kenya while traveling to campaign in by-elections. (BBC News)
• President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez revokes an intelligence law that opposition groups and the Roman Catholic church claim would have forced citizens to become government informants and asks the National Assembly to develop new legislation. (Bloomberg)
• A Moroccan court sentences 29 people to prison sentences for recruiting people to fight for militants in Iraq. (Reuters)
• President George W. Bush attends the final United States-European Union summit of his Presidency with agreements to tighten sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program. (AP via Google News)
• United States Republican senators block moves to levy a windfall profits tax on oil companies. (MarketWatch)
• Water from the Tangjiashan Lake, created in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, floods the abandoned town of Beichuan. (Reuters)
• South Korea's cabinet, led by Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, offers to resign following widespread protests at decisions to resume US beef imports in South Korea. (BBC News) (CNN)
• Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes on landing at Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, Sudan, with around 200 on board. The death toll is 28 with 66 people unaccounted for.(CNN) (BBC News) (AFP/Reuters via ABC News)
• A series of strong thunderstorms track through Southern Quebec, causing heavy damage south of Montreal and leaving over 250,000 people out of electricity. Champlain Bridge is closed for several hours after a wind gust causes seven semi-trailers to tip on their side. (CBC) (SRC)

ITN Candidates

• Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes on landing at Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, Sudan, with around 200 on board. At least 100 people are estimated to have died.

Support as nominator. Anonymous101 (talk) 20:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Oppose as article creator; the flight number isn't even confirmed yet (that's a bit of minor original research on my part, but right now it's the only one that fits) and the article consists of a paragraph and a quote. It's not nearly ready for front page yet, I don't think. --Golbez (talk) 20:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Weak support, definately is notable enough to be on the news section, but it doesn't have an article that covers it well enough. bsrboy (talk) 21:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Oppose, as article is short, gives little information on the crash, and doesn't have fully formatted citations. BobAmnertiopsis_{ChitChat Me!} 21:39, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Oppose - not antisemitic enough for ITN. Wait until they blame Israel. Nutmegger (talk) 01:09, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Deleted Standard Lemmey Response --Lemmey talk 03:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

• Following widespread protests against the resumption of beef imports from the United States, the Prime Minister of South Korea Han Seung-soo and his cabinet offer to resign.

Support as nominator (at least if/when the article is updated). -- Grant.Alpaugh 05:12, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Support when (if) they actually resign. --Tone 08:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Note: Article not updated. Spencer 10:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Support When resignation happens. Hobartimus (talk) 15:45, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Ditto When resignation occurs. BobAmnertiopsis_{ChitChat Me!} 15:53, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Again, no update. It might be a good idea not to formally nominate items that don't have any associated update. - BanyanTree 21:50, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Chinese dam breach is an ITN-worthy story as well, I think. Updated and sourced article, great impact as one of the earthquake consequences. --Tone 08:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Please only use the * for blurb wordings so that we can keep them seperate from the discussion. -- Grant.Alpaugh 18:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I've been looking for Sichuan earthquake blurb, but the info on the most recent developments at Tangjiashan Lake (I assume you mean that to be the emboldened link) is a bit fuzzy - e.g. only one sentence on the new sluice channel and very little detail on the engineering effort. Also, Beichuan is not a town, though Reuters apparently can't figure that out. - BanyanTree 11:28, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

The town (whatever that is) is evacuated not abandoned. There were still people living there at the time of the quake. Abandoned implies it is the remains of one of those towns relocated when they built the dam. --Lemmey talk 12:17, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

"when they built the dam" betrays the fact that you have not read the article or the Reuters link. Kevin McE (talk) 17:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I have read both, Thankyou Mr Quoteman. Obviously, I was talking about the 3 gorges dam. If a betrayl exists here, it does not lie in my words. --Lemmey talk 18:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Of course. Very remiss of me not to guess that you were referring to a different construction, more than 400 miles away, on a different river, that was not referred to in either the article or the link. As you say, obvious if I had thought about it. Kevin McE (talk) 19:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Its the same river system and its upstream, exactly in the area where over a million people were moved from to make way for the lake. Leave it to Kevin to twist a wording suggestion into a personal attack. --Lemmey talk 19:24, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

You two play nice or I'll send you to bed without any supper. - BanyanTree 21:50, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I side with Lemmey as he's at least entertaining. -- Grant.Alpaugh 23:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

June 9

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• French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner warns Ireland, saying the Irish would be the "first victim" if they reject the EU Treaty of Lisbon. (RTL France)
• June 2008 Midwest Flood: A stalled storm system in the midwest of the United States causes further heavy flooding in Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin with storms on the weekend causing 10 deaths in four states. (The New York Times)
• Pakistan lawyers begin a "Long March" of protests against the Government of the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf calling for the reinstatement of judges dismissed last year including the former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. (The Guardian)
• 24 miners are rescued from the Ukrainian coal mine collapse with 12 still missing and one reported fatality. (Reuters)
• A further three British Conservative MEPs (Robert Atkins, Sajjad Karim, and John Purvis) are facing allegations of financial abuse, following the resignation of two fellow members from European Parliament positions last week. (The Independent) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Times) (The Courier)
• Ali Al-Naimi, the Saudi Arabian oil minister calls for a meeting of oil producing and consuming nations to discuss record oil prices. (AP via ABC News)
• Apple, Inc. introduces a new iPhone with 3G capabilities, a GPS, and new features. The device is called iPhone 3G. (Business Week)
• IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory break processing speed barrier with the world's first petaflop computer, Roadrunner. (Network World)
• The body of businessman Travis Alexander is found in his home in Mesa, Arizona. It is believed he was murdered.

  Is there an updated article that could be bold-linked? This seems important, but I would like to see an article with citations to show this. Random89 20:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

  It appears to be FLOPS, which has one updated sentence. This would need more updated content before I would post it. - BanyanTree 22:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

  Actually, I just realized it's IBM Roadrunner. That's in better shape but it could still do with a few more citations. What do folks think? - BanyanTree 03:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  I like it, especially since it has its own Misplaced Pages article. Not exactly "big news" but certainly "in the news" and the article is already more informative than any of the news coverage I had seen of this. Dragons flight (talk) 03:39, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  strong support a cursory look at google news will illustrate that it is newsworthy and international in scope. Definitely deserves front page mention, in the above edited version (which links the IBM roadrunner article). --Steve Johnsenson (talk) 04:41, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  Posted. The article has gained quite a few more citations than it had before. - BanyanTree 11:17, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Following a coal mine collapse in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, 24 miners are rescued with 12 still missing and one reported death.

  Nominate Ukraine mine one; some good news, a little bad, and in Eastern Europe, for some balance. BobAmnertiopsis_{ChitChat Me!} 20:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

  The article one the collapse is currently only 2 paragraphs long (but quite well sourced). A bit of expansion would be nice, but I suppose this could go up as is if needed. Random89 20:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

  I'll try and work on it. BobAmnertiopsis_{ChitChat Me!} 20:40, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

  Support. -- Grant.Alpaugh 23:45, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

  The article looks decent...though as usual, picture are good (but the chances are slim). Weak, Weak Support...only one miner was killed and 13 went missing: Generally this isn't a big mine accident. I only support because it has its own article. Spencer 23:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

  Support as mine safety is more encyclopedic than a stabbing spree. --Lemmey talk 00:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  Posted. Thanks, BanyanTree 00:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  

  No, thank you. BobAmnertiopsis_{ChitChat Me!} 00:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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