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Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun. English passed the milestones of 1 million and later 1,5 million articles in 2006, fortifying the position of the English Wikipedia as the greatest one-language encyclopedia that ever existed. This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2006.
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A number of lorry drivers and motorists were unable to pull up in time and ran into the overturned vehicle, causing a major pile-up. Some of the steel bars from the load were flung by the impact across the central reserve into the southbound carriageway, which was restricted to single-lane working because of repairs and resurfacing, causing several minor accidents. With both carriageways blocked, police closed the motorway for a time, and diversion signs were posted at the nearest slip roads. Breakdown vehicles and ambulances had considerable difficulty in reaching the scene of the accident because of fog. This was dense in places, and the flashing amber light signals had been switched on for most of the night.
So far there are no reports of anyone seriously injured in the accident. This accident, the fourth involving a multiple pile-up of vehicles in the last month, comes just as the first National Conference on Motorway Use is getting under way. At the opening meeting in London last night, Sir John Stone, the Metropolitan Area Traffic Adviser, criticised the standard of motorway driving in this country. He said that there was evidence that many of the basic disciplines of motorway use had yet to be learned by British drivers. Lane discipline was much worse in this country than in America; and the habits of drivers when overtaking were particularly bad. One saw far too much dangerous pulling-out without an adequate signal having been given, and there was a similarly dangerous tendency for drivers to cut in after overtaking. Perhaps the commonest form of misuse however, was the reluctance of drivers of private cars to move into the inside lane whenever it was possible to do so.
Sir John said that far too many were determined to stay in the middle or even the outside lanes, regardless of traffic conditions, with the result that drivers wishing to overtake became impatient and tried to follow too closely behind the vehicle in front, thus making accidents more likely.
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Bloomberg 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict : Lebanon rejects a draft U. European countries attacked Kosovo and killed ten thousand civilians. Ten thousand!
And none of these countries had to suffer before that from a single rocket. The death toll is at least three in Haifa and 12 for Northern Israel as a whole.
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The pacific language Wikipedias remained small during 2006. Polynesian language Wikipedias grew most, while the rest advanced slowly. No Wikipedia reached 500 articles. One year ago, 3 had reached 100 articles. The total article count was 918. There is still no Wikipedia in any Australian aboriginal language. East Asia competes with Europe and America as a developed Wikipedia area. Chinese passed 100,000 articles. One year ago, the total article count was 238,190. European languages still dominate the Wikipedia system. English has 1,560,143 articles, more than the total number of articles for Wikipedias in languages of all continents outside of Europe.
English passed the milestones of 1 million and later 1,5 million articles in 2006, fortifying the position of the English Wikipedia as the greatest one-language encyclopedia that ever existed. But historically, the relative weight of the English Wikipedia is going down. The percentage of english Wikipedia articles seems to be roughly similar to the percentage of native english speakers on the Internet. One year ago they had 2,747,489 articles. With less than one thousand: Romansh state language in Switzerland. One year ago such Wikipedias had 74,392 articles. Of the 97 Wikipedias listed above, 1 has more than 1,5 million articles, 1 more than 500,000, 8 have more than 100,000, 27 more than 10,000, 35 more than 1,000, and 17 more than 100. One year ago 1 had more than 500,000, 6 more than 100,000, 20 more than 10,000, 31 more than 1,000, and 11 more than 100. The 7 wikipedias have 3,803 registered users, of which Esperanto alone has 2,662. Including these, planned languages on the Meta page have 84,213 articles.
The 9 Wikipedias in historical or «dead» languages have 14,537 articles and 3,327 registered users. The borderline Wikipedia in Simple English , arguably a language without native speakers, has 13,124 articles and 7,195 users. Together, the 20 Wikipedias or online lexicons without native speakers registered on the Meta page have 111,874 articles. The 17 active wikipedias have 14,326 registered users, 7,113 excluding Simple English. The Japanese Wikibooks has reached 1,000 book modules.
Irwin, 44, is survived by his wife, Terri, and their two children, Bindi Sue and Robert. The killer told his wife he had molested children 20 years ago and was dreaming about doing it again.
There are also concerns about another Ipswich prostitute, 19-year-old Tania Nicol, who went missing on 30 October.
He is named as Tom Stephens, a 37-year-old Tesco supermarket worker. Almost 12 million viewers watch her exit and made it the most-watched show this Christmas.
We began our conversation for Traces with this new appointment. A conversation with the Custodian of the Holy Land.
2006 World Cup scandal inquiry to cost 3.5 mn euros
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Whether Chinese or Turkish, Moroccan or Northern Irish, they saw themselves purely as writers, compelled to tell certain stories not because they were representatives of their communities, but because they were compelled to write, full stop. One by one they queued up to challenge the premise of my event — but in doing so they brought out a quite different, and far more interesting problem. When pressed to say where her roots are, she recalled the image in the Koran of a tree that has its roots not in the earth but in the air. With an unprecedentedly mobile world population, writers are everywhere on the frontline of cultural exchange, putting into words the experiences of millions whose own identities are contested and denied. Yet writers themselves hate to be categorised: there is something about being a writer that is all about putting your roots in the air. Stories, on the other hand, grow downwards, seeking the cultural nutrients in the soil.
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He was transported to the Inova Alexandria Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. There is no suspect description, and police have yet to determine a motive for the murder. City Helps Katrina Victims In the days after the Hurricane Katrina, the City of Alexandria sent firemen, police officers and city workers to assist in the rescue and recovery operation. Now, months after the initial devastation, the city still has several employees working in the Gulf Cost region. A team of eight police officers traveled to Picayune, Miss. Two teams of 23 firefighters traveled to Hancock County, Miss. The New Orleans Emergency Management Center has several residents helping operations run smoothly, including two firefighters, two Information Technology professionals and one Parks and Recreation employee. In November, City Councilman Ludwig Gaines presented a proclamation honoring those employees who helped during the crisis. Housing Bubble? The real estate market may be slowing. He pointed out that the vacancy rate in Alexandria was lower than the national average, creating a strong economy in the city that has been pushing up housing prices. He said that the past few years have seen a shift in the city — with new condominiums now outnumbering new apartments. As supply catches up to demand, Jinks estimated that the housing market would cool. Superintendent Rebecca Perry credited the improvement to the dedication of teachers, parents and students. So this is a huge improvement.
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The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash. President George W. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
There, hostage negotiators tried to reason with Barber using a sound system and a robot. Eventually, Barber emerged from the house with a gun, and two police officers shot him.
This prompted one member of the commission to vote against accepting the report. A second jury found Jones guilty of second-degree murder, recommending 13 years imprisonment. The second murder happened on May 28, when bicyclist Mark Creasy, 48, was strangled by a man who later ran naked across the George Washington Memorial Parkway and bit a police officer. In November, Andre Dwayne Suggs pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The murder, which happened on federal property, is not counted in city homicide statistics.
On Sept. He is currently awaiting trial. The fourth murder happened on Dec. No arrest has yet been made in the case. David Murphy was the brother of Greg Murphy, who was indicted in 2000 for the murder of an 8-year-old boy in Del Ray.
Greg Murphy has been found incompetent to stand trial, and police suspect that a David Murphy may have been targeted. On Dec. Sims, 22, was shot to death in the 800 block of Montgomery Street.
Bainimarama nominates jona senilagakali to be interim prime minister of fiji. After the military made promises not to censor further news, the fiji times resumes publication. The united kingdom joins australia, the united states and new zealand in stopping foreign defense aid. Three people are killed in an explosion near milwaukee. Officials from the islamic courts union, which is in control in bulo burto in somalia, state that all citizens must pray five times per day or face execution.
Mitchell knows all too well what it means to be accused of representing a community. He calmly described the intimidation that he and his family have received at the hands of loyalist paramilitaries who object to his portrayals of their culture. Her play Bells, staged last year at the Birmingham Rep, explores the world of the mujra: so-called dancing clubs prevalent throughout South Asia and now common in Britain. As a young girl, Whittaker-Khan watched candy-coated Bollywood representations of the mujra, and wanted to be a courtesan when she grew up. Even in writing Bells, she explained, she was as much attracted by the glamour as she was horrified by the closeted prostitution. Jung Chang, Monica Ali and Tahar Ben Jelloun all told similar stories of the perils involved in becoming the scribe for experiences wider than their own.
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Of these, 5 major Wikipedias are Indonesian with 47,748 articles, Thai with 17,853, Malay with 16,592, Vietnamese with 13,027 and Tagalog with 5,856. They are Tetum , Khmer , Burmese and Lao. One year ago, the total article count was 46,996. The 4 biggest Wikipedias are Georgian , with 13,494 articles, Uzbek with 5,305, Azeri with 4,213 and Tajik with 4,018. One passed 10,000 articles for the first time this year. One year ago, no Wikipedia from these countries had more than 5,000 articles. The total article count was 7,064.
Indian subcontinent Wikipedias took great strides forwards in 2006: 22 Indian subcontinent Wikipedias of the countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have 78,890 articles and 8,528 registered users. The 3 biggest Wikipedias are Telugu , with 26,114 articles, Bengali with 12,790 and Bishnupriya Manipuri with 11,760. During 2006 those two Wikipedias grew rapidly to Hindi 4,616 articles and Urdu 3,934. One year ago the article counts were 1,092 and 638. In addition to the 3 that passed 10,000 articles, 7 have passed 1,000 and 8 passed 100. One year ago, no Wikipedia from the subcontinent had more than 2,300 articles. The total article count was 10,507. American language Wikipedias advance in 2006: 16 American language Wikipedias for the first time together passed 10,000 articles. Today they have 11,234 articles and 1,839 registered users. This includes 3 American languages of European origin with 8,271 articles and 373 registered users.
The greatest American language Wikipedia is Haitian with 7,038 articles. Other european origin languages are Pennsylvania German with 1,185 articles and Papiamentu. Native American language Wikipedias include 10 in American Indian languages with 2,835 articles and 1,139 registered users, and 3 in Inuit languages with 128 articles and 327 users. The 3 Inuit languages are Inuktitut , Greenlandic and Inupiak. In addition to the 4 that have passed 1,000 articles, 2 have passed 100. One year ago no American language Wikipedia had passed 300 articles, 2 had passed 100, and the total article count for all was 768. African Wikipedias make great progress in 2006: For the first time, African language Wikipedias had more than 10,000 articles. As of today, 38 african language Wikipedias have 14,163 articles and 4,784 registered users. The greatest of these is in Afrikaans , a language of European colonial origin, that has 6,177 articles and 1,315 registered users.
His law-enforcement background was an asset during the campaign. Lawhorne wants to expand the jail into the former headquarters of the police department and increase security for the facility. It will also allow city workers to test the feasibility of using wireless devices for municipal operations. There, hostage negotiators tried to reason with Barber using a sound system and a robot. Eventually, Barber emerged from the house with a gun, and two police officers shot him. This prompted one member of the commission to vote against accepting the report. A second jury found Jones guilty of second-degree murder, recommending 13 years imprisonment. The second murder happened on May 28, when bicyclist Mark Creasy, 48, was strangled by a man who later ran naked across the George Washington Memorial Parkway and bit a police officer. In November, Andre Dwayne Suggs pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The murder, which happened on federal property, is not counted in city homicide statistics. On Sept. He is currently awaiting trial. The fourth murder happened on Dec. No arrest has yet been made in the case. David Murphy was the brother of Greg Murphy, who was indicted in 2000 for the murder of an 8-year-old boy in Del Ray.
Freeview radio station are reporting an EPG reshuffle, meaning their Freeview number goes from 2 to 3 digits — rumours are that all radio channels will be on the move to new numbers in mid-October 2006. The channel started in May 2003, and was on Freeview channel 106. More on this when we have it. On-air from 1-5am only. Another Quiz channel? In case this is a new expression to you, a podcast is a downloadable audio file in MP3 format in the style of a mini radio programme. This can either be played on your desktop computer, or transferred to a portable MP3 file. See our BT Vision page for more. An amazing piece of kit. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have teamed up with probably the funniest chap around, Mr Karl Pilkington, to put together a series of podcasts.