User:DragonFire1024/IWWC

This page details information about my involvement in the 2nd International Wikinews Writing Contest.

As of July 8, this user is out of the running.


 * Jokers: 0

16 May, 2006

 * BellSouth denies phone records were handed over to the NSA
 * Department of Defense releases 9/11 video of plane hitting Pentagon +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.

17 May, 2006

 * Verizon says customer phone records were not handed over to the NSA

18 May, 2006

 * FBI searching Michigan farm for clues in disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

19 May, 2006

 * Indonesia hit by 6.1 magnitude earthquake
 * Apes and birds are able to plan ahead: psychologists +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
 * Space shuttle Discovery safely arrives at launch pad +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.

20 May, 2006

 * 5 killed in Kentucky coal mine explosion

21 May, 2006

 * Used a joker.

22 May, 2006

 * One of Saddam Hussein's defense lawyers thrown out of court
 * Chief of World Health Organization dies +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
 * Seven year old boy swims from Alcatraz to San Francisco +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.

23 May, 2006

 * Turkish and Greek fighter planes collide in mid air
 * Former U.S. senator Lloyd Bentsen dies at 85 +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
 * Human to human transmission of the H5N1 Avian Flu may have infected seven Indonesian family members +1 joker. 3rd article in one day. 
 * Audiotape of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden surfaces on Internet +1 joker. 4th article in one day. Joker earned limit reached for the day.

24 May, 2006

 * Fishermen make "very rare" find in Siberia

25 May, 2006

 * Used a joker. 9 jokers remain.

26 May, 2006

 * Used a joker. 8 jokes remain.

27 May, 2006

 * Tamiflu maker on alert after bird flu deaths in Indonesia

28 May, 2006

 * Two boys dead after their father throws them off hotel balcony
 * More earthquakes shake the South Pacific +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
 * Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris +2 jokers: one for 3rd article of the day; one for Original Reporting/research.

29 May, 2006

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30 May, 2006

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31 May, 2006

 * OIE: China, Indonesia and Africa "under-reporting" human and animal Bird Flu cases
 * Scientists discover prehistoric cave with unknown lifeforms +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.

1 June, 2006

 * Reported Bigfoot sighting in Clarence, New York a hoax
 * Military helicopter crashes into TV tower in Georgia, U.S. killing four +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
 * Firefighters battle fire at Los Angeles International Airport +1 joker. 3rd article in 1 day.

2 June, 2006

 * Preliminary hearing against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal delayed '''+1 joker for Original reporting.
 * Oil workers kidnapped off of Nigerian oil rig +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.

3 June, 2006

 * Indonesian human-to-human bird flu infection may be false alarm
 * Researchers discover giant asteroid impact crater in Antarctica +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.

4 June, 2006

 * Nigerian kidnappers release 8 oil workers
 * Iran warns disruption of oil may be a consequence of U.S. "wrong moves" +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.

5 June, 2006

 * U.K. doctors successfully transplant a beating heart

6 June, 2006

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7 June, 2006

 * 11,000 evacuated in Indonesia as Mount Merapi threatens to erupt
 * U.S. Senate defeats bill banning gay marriage +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
 * Two arrested in England with alleged connections to Canadian bomb plot +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.

8 June, 2006

 * Five South Korean workers kidnapped from Nigerian natural gas facility
 * Five kidnapped South Korean natural gas plant workers released +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.

9 june, 2006

 * New HIV drug could stop virus from spreading
 * New videotape of Ayman al-Zawahiri aired on Aljazeera +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.
 * 54 killed, 20 injured in Tanzanian bus crash +1 joker. 3rd article in one day.

10 June, 2006

 * Scientists discover new kind of shark in northwest Atlantic
 * Iraq: Alledged death squad members beheaded in new video +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.

11 June, 2006

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12 June, 2006

 * Singer Kevin Aviance attacked outside Manhattan, N.Y. gay bar
 * Large meteorite strikes in Norway +1 joker. 2nd article in one day.

13 June, 2006

 * Vaccine developed to fight Alzheimer's disease considered "promising"
 * Rhode Island representative Patrick Kennedy pleads guilty to DUI

14 June, 2006

 * North Korea to test missile that could reach U.S. mainland

15 June, 2006

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16 June, 2006

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17 June, 2006

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18 June, 2006

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19 June, 2006

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20 June, 2006

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21 June, 2006

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22 June, 2006

 * Garden at Elmwood and Forest in Buffalo, N.Y. dedicated +1 joker - Original Research

23 June, 2006

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24 June, 2006

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25 June, 2006

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26 June, 2006

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27 June, 2006

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28 June, 2006

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29 June, 2006

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30 June, 2006

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1 July, 2006

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2 July, 2006

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3 July, 2006

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4 July, 2006

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5 July, 2006

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6 July, 2006

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7 July, 2006

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8 July, 2006

 * No articles, and all the jokers are gone. This user is no longer in the running.