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Spelling of city’s name…

Ukraine’s Tymoshenko charged with tax evasion

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that the capital of Ukraine is misspelled in your article.

You refer to Ukraine’s capital city as ‘Kiev.’ I would like to point out that this is an obsolete version of the name, which was abandoned by Ukraine after its declaration of independence in 1991, and replaced by the name ‘Kyiv.’

There are many previous cases where countries have made a decision to change names, and the media have adapted.

For example, in 1996 India officially changed the name of the city Bombay to Mumbai. This is also the case with the capital of China, Beijing, formerly known as Peking, and the country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

So my question is: why should the name of Ukraine’s capital city be an exception?

I.T.

South of what?

14 dead as Niger clashes with convoy from Libya

NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s army has clashed with a heavily armed convoy of vehicles that entered its territory from Libya, killing 13 in the convoy and suffering one casualty on its side, military sources in the West African country said on Wednesday.

The sources said Nigerien authorities took a further 13 prisoners after the incident, which took place on Sunday around the remote northern Nigerien mining town of Arlit just south of the border with Libya.

I think you mean just south of the border with ALGERIA. The Libyan border is 800 km to the northeast.

Chris S

Yes, we corrected: GBU Editor

Passengers stand outside their taxi during a sandstorm raised by the annual dry “Harmattan wind”, along the road that links the historic center of Agadez with Arlit, in the Agadez region, December 19, 2006. REUTERS/Florin Iorganda

The wrong province…

Gwar shock band guitarist found dead on tour

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Cory Smoot, guitarist in the shock-rock band Gwar, was found dead Thursday. The band is currently on tour, and Smoot’s body was found as the band traveled from Minneapolis to Edmonton, Ontario for its next show.

Edmonton is in Alberta, not in Ontario.

Cronin

Indeed it is. This was part of some third-party content which is not edited by us, but the error has been corrected:  GBU Editor

Photo: Gwar album cover

That’s not a country anymore…

UK’s Cameron rallies EU countries outside euro zone

At Wednesday’s summit, European leaders agreed a plan to provide debt relief for Greece, recapitalize European banks and boost the bloc’s rescue fund, though details have yet to be hammered out. Following a meeting of all EU members, Cameron held separate talks with some of the leaders of the 10 countries not in the euro zone; Sweden, Poland, Denmark and Czechoslovakia. ”

Your article mentions the country Czechoslovakia, which hasn’t existed for almost 20 years. I suppose the author meant Czech Republic.

Ivan

Indeed. We corrected that: GBU Editor

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron leave a news conference at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

We’re not in Kansas anymore?

Kansas airport fake bomb suspect ordered held in jail

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept 16 (Reuters) – A man who tried to board a Southwest Airlines flight with materials that resembled bomb parts was ordered held without bond on Friday by a federal judge, authorities said.

Okay, this is U.S. Geography 101. Kansas City International Airport is in Missouri!

Drizzle

Yes, the story itself was right but the headline should have said either Kansas City airport, or Missouri airport. GBU Editor

Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles is congratulated by quarterback Matt Cassel after scoring a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills during the first half of their NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri September 11, 2011. REUTERS/Dave Kaup

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That’s too many countries

Netflix, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do!

What is worrisome to me is the number never even clicked in their head to do a little fact checking.

Netflix may be expanding to 43 countries but not all of them can be Latin American.

Do you folks in the MSM still wonder why less and less people pay attention to you? If an average Joe like myself can spot such a glaring error, why can’t your trained “reporters” catch them?

K.M.

Sorry, this was some third party content which appears on reuters.com but which we do not edit. We didn’t write the headline, either, in case you were wondering.

I believe Netflix said it was expanding to 43 countries in Latin America AND the Caribbean, and I gather the writer didn’t catch that distinction: GBU Editor

It isn’t the Arabian Gulf

Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Margins slip as crude bounces

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) – Gasoline refining margins slipped as Brent bounced on Wednesday, although a drop in gasoline inventories in the U.S. supported the market and outright prices in the region were higher.

“There’s no interest from the U.S. but the Mediterranean is busy,” said a gasoline broker, adding that refinery shutdowns in the Arabian Gulf and issues in Israel had boosted activity.

In this article Reuters has used the wrong and racist name of “Arabian Gulf” instead of the real name of the gulf which apparently is Persian Gulf.

Persian people all over the world are very concerned about that racist and fake name. Please correct that report/article as soon as possible to prevent making Persian people more upset.

L.Z.

I wondered when I read the named article using a fake word namely Arabian Gulf. Based on geographical and historical information there exists no such name hence, I assume author meant Persian Gulf.

We’re your new neighbors

Bangladesh says FIFA refuses to move Pakistan game

DHAKA (Reuters) – FIFA has turned down a proposal from Bangladesh to relocate their World Cup 2014 qualifier from violence-hit Pakistan to Dhaka, the country’s football federation president said on Monday.

Bangladesh has not sent any sports team to neighbouring Pakistan since an attack by gunmen on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore in 2009.

The article states that Bangladesh and Pakistan are neighbours. This is not true. They do not share a common border.

Shehzaad

No, not even close. They’re about 1,000 miles apart, so it’s like saying Boston and Chicago are neighbors. The writer meant the two countries were in the same region, but that wasn’t made clear: GBU Editor

Pakistani girls with painted faces show their support for Iranian soccer team in Multan, Pakistan June 8, 2006, a day before the start of world cup. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer

Not in Washington…

U.S. Open course at Congressional hole by hole

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. Open will return to Washington’s Congressional Country Club for a third time when this year’s edition takes place from June 16-19.

Washington’s Congressional Country Club?

You need a geography lesson. Congressional is not in Washington, DC. It’s in Bethesda, Maryland.

Your writers should know that.

A Local Resident

Sanctum Santorum?

Santorum launches Republican bid for White House

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum launched a long-shot Republican bid for president on Monday, pledging an unflinching commitment to conservative policies, including a Medicare reform plan that has proved unpopular with voters.

“We’re going to be in this race and we’re in it to win,” Santorum told ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview from his home state of Pennsylvania.

In today’s story it was stated that he launched it FROM HIS HOME STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

That is totally incorrect. His home state is Virgina, specifically, Leesburg. He owns a property in Pennsylvania but he does not live there.

Explorer

Santorum was born in Virginia and lived in West Virginia until the age of 7, when his family moved to Pennsylvania. With the exception of a year or two of high school spent in Illinois, he lived in Pennsylvania through his boyhood, college and law school years and adult working life before being elected senator.