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I love Minsc, but I don't think it's fair to say that only Sarevok surpasses him- Korgan is just as good a fighter, possibly better, and only gets the short shaft from fans because he's tempermentally unsuited to most parties. [[User:Stilgar135|Stilgar135]] 22:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

== Warrior? ==

"Minsc is the strongest joinable warrior in both games"

Isn't Minsc a Ranger?

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[[User:Deadhoax|Deadhoax]] ([[User talk:Deadhoax|<small><font style="color:#800080;">Talk</font></small>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Deadhoax|<small><font style="color:#800080;">Contr</font></small>]]) 10:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

With a hamster yes. But with the way he acts, its a mix between Warrion/Fighter, paladin(doing hid own good, a good rebel)and ranger, with abilities.

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[[User:Pece Kocovski|Pece Kocovski]] 05:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

== Breaking news--Daily events ==

A Ranger is a type of warrior. [[User:Pyromaniac589|Pyromaniac589]] 20:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

== PC vs NPC ==

Minsc is '''not''' a non-playable character since not only can he join the group but he is also fully under the control of the player. This should be changed in the article. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_character wikipedia's article] [[User:Bragador|Bragador]] 15:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

=== [[January 20]], 2002 ===

== Sarevok spoiler? ==

[[Speed skating]]: world championships sprint, [[Hamar]], [[Norway]]. Katriona Lemay-Doan of [[Canada]] wins in the women's event (2. Andrea Nuyt, Neth., 3. Anzhela Kotyuaga, Bel.), Jeremy Wotherspoon, also of Canada becomes the champion in the men's competition (2. Casey Fitzrandolph, USA, 3. Michael Ireland, Can.).

It might be a borderline-case, but shouldn't Sarevoks appearence in Baldur's Gate 2 (and especially that he can join your party) be marked as a spoiler? It's in the "Powers"-section. <blockquote>''Minsc is the strongest joinable warrior in both games (Strength 18/93) until the Baldurs Gate II addon Throne of Bhaal that introduced Sarevok (Strength 18/00) (...)''</blockquote> -- [[User:Anissen|Anissen]] 12:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

== Vin Moosk and Boo ==

You don't suppose that when there is another episodes of [[Kids Next Door]] featuring Moosk, that Boo may make a Cameo/homage role? After all there Are hamsters in the show and Moosk is very much like Minsc. Even the name is a slight anagram.

[[American football]]: the divisional round of playoffs concludes. Four teams remain in contention for [[Super Bowl XXXVI]]. The [[Super Bowl]] is the most-watched sporting event in the United States.

=== [[January 8]], 2002 ===

Fast-food restaurant chain [[Wendys|Wendy's]] founder [[Dave Thomas]] dies at 69.

[[Ozzie Smith]] is elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]

[[Michael Jordan]]'s wife files for divorce. Can't believe she took so long to do it.

=== [[January 4]], 2002 ===

U.S. officials announce they have custody of [[Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi]].

=== [[January 4]], 2002 ===

The [[Israeli Army]] seizes the [[Karine A]] on the [[Red Sea]], claiming the [[arms]] on the ship were bound for the [[Palestinian Authority]].

[[Tom Daschle]] accuses President [[George W. Bush|Bush]] and the Republicans have caused the "most dramatic fiscal deterioration in our nation's history."

The [[U.S. Labor Department]] announces that the [[United States unemployment rate]] rose to 5.8% in December.

[[U2]], [[India Arie]], and [[Alicia Keys]] lead the nominations for the [[44th annual Grammy Awards]] from the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].

The movies [[Impostor]], [[Eisenstein]], [[Black Hawk Down]], and [[Gosford Park]] are released in the U.S. - several are actually worth seeing.

=== [[January 3]], 2002 ===

Beer brewer [[Freddy Heineken]] (grandson of the brewery's founder) died in his home at the age of 78.

=== [[January 1]], 2002 ===

[[Euro]] banknotes and coins become legal tender in 12 member states of the [[European Union]].

=== [[December 13]], 2001 ===

US releases some [[Videos of bin Laden]]

=== [[December 10]], 2001 ===

* [[Nobel Prize]] Award: [[Alfred Nobel]]

=== [[November 29]], 2001 ===

== Topics in the news ==

If updated, the list of topics should reflect topics that have recently come to the forefront of recent news events. Older topics, also essential to understanding current events, can be found below.

* Ethnicity: [[Israeli]] - [[Jew]] - [[Palestinian]]

* Geography:

** Re Colin Powell's speech: [[Gaza]] - [[Gaza Strip]] - [[Golan Heights]] - [[Israel]] - [[Judea]] - [[Palestine]] - [[Syria]] - [[West Bank]]

** Re airport security bill: [[Reagan National Airport]]

** Re germ warfare: [[Iraq]] - [[North Korea]]

* Law: [[anti-terrorism legislation]]

* Organizations, governmental and professional: [[Air Transport Association]] - [[American Automobile Association]] - [[House of Lords]] - [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]

* People: [[Yasser Arafat]] - [[Caroline Dickinson]] - [[Saddam Hussein]] - [[Shimon Peres]] - [[Colin Powell]] - [[Condoleezza Rice]] - [[Nabil Shaath]] - [[Ariel Sharon]]

* Religion: [[Islam]] - [[Judaism]]

* Concepts:

** Military and defense: [[biological weapons program]] - [[sniffer dog]] (better term for this?) - [[weapon of mass destruction]] - [[x-ray searching]]

** Other: [[airline baggage]] - [[bounty]] - [[bounty hunter]] - [[sniffer dog]] - [[x-ray searching]]

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== Background for ongoing current events ==

'''The War in Afghanistan: Background'''

* Developing stories: [[2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan]] - [[individual cases of anthrax]]

* Ethnicity: [[People of Afghanistan]] - [[Azerbaijan]] - [[Pashtun]] - [[Tajik]]

* Geography: [[Afghanistan]] - [[Baghlan, Afghanistan]] - [[Israel]] - [[Kabul]] - [[Kandahar]] - [[Kunduz, Afghanistan]] - [[New York City]] - [[Pakistan]] - [[Palestine]] - [[United States of America]] - [[Washington, D.C.]]

* History: [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Back history]]

* People: [[Osama Bin Laden]] - [[Tony Blair]] - [[George W. Bush]] - [[Abdul Rashid Dostum]] - [[Pervez Musharraf]] - [[Mullah Mohammed Omar]] - [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] - [[Donald H. Rumsfeld]] - [[Abdul Sattar]]

* Organizations: [[al Qaeda]] - [[CDC]] - [[Northern Alliance]] - [[Taliban]] - [[United Nations]] - [[United Nations Security Council]] - [[U.S. Special Operations]]

* '''Concepts'''

** Geographical: [[airport]] - [[airspace]] - [[pipeline]]

** Military/guerilla/defense technology and strategy: [[aircraft carrier]] - [[airport security]] - [[anthrax]] - [[antibiotic resistance]] - [[baggage screening]] - [[biological warfare]] - [[biological weapon]] - [[car bomb]] - [[ciprofloxacin]] - [[domestic security]] - [[gas mask]] - [[germ warfare]] - [[aircraft hijacking]] - [[smallpox]] - [[terrorist cell]] - [[vaccine]]

** Political: [[anti-Americanism]] - [[domestic terrorism]] - [[foreign aid]] - [[foreign aid worker]] - [[humanitarian aid]] - [[peace]] - [[risk analysis]] - [[terrorism]] - [[terrorist groups]] - [[war]]

** Religious: [[Islamism]]

** Psychological: [[collective trauma]]

'''U.S. Domestic Response to Terrorism: Background'''

* Geography: [[New York City]] - [[Reno, Nevada]] - [[Washington, D.C.]]

* People: [[John Ashcroft]] - [[George W. Bush]] - [[Colin Powell]] -

* Organizations: [[Air Transport Association]] - [[Central Intelligence Agency]] - [[United States/Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] - [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] - [[Office of Homeland Security]]

* Concepts: [[bipartisanship]] - [[electronic surveillance]] - [[encryption]] - [[wiretap]] - [[tax cut]]

'''The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Background'''

* Ethnicity: [[Israeli]] - [[Jew]] - [[Palestinian]]

* Geography: [[Gaza]] - [[Gaza Strip]] - [[Golan Heights]] - [[Israel]] - [[Judea]] - [[Palestine]] - [[Syria]] - [[West Bank]]

* People: [[Yasser Arafat]] - [[Shimon Peres]] - [[Colin Powell]] - [[Nabil Shaath]] - [[Ariel Sharon]]

* Religion: [[Islam]] - [[Judaism]]

* [[October 23]] [[2001]] [[Gerry Adams]], president of [[Sinn Fein]] calls for [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] to start disarmament after pressure from [[America]], [[Ireland]] and the [[United Kingdom]].

* Other: [[2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587]] - [[Airbus A300]] - [[Queens]], [[New York City]] - [[Dominican Republic]]

* [[November 3]] [[2001]] At 2230 [[Greenwich Mean time|GMT]] after a late warning that contained a known [[terrorist]] [[code word]] from a bomb exploded in [[Birmingham]], [[England]] on the site of one of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] explosions that killed the most people. This comes after the PIRA disarmed a portion of their weapons, [[David Trimble]] sought to regain his position as First Minster of the [[Northern Ireland assembly]] and as [[Tony Blair]] is still involved in the consequences of the "[[War against Terrorism]]". This action could open a second front in this war, if only for the [[United Kingdom]].

* The terrorist attack: [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack]] - [[World Trade Center]] - [[Pentagon]] - [[New York City]] - [[Washington, D.C.]] - [[American Airlines flight 11|AA Flight 11]] - [[United Airlines flight 175|UA Flight 75]] - [[American Airlines flight 77|AA Flight 77]] - [[United Airlines flight 93|UA Flight 93]] - [[September 11]]

'''[[India]] and [[Pakistan]]'''

*[[India/Transnational issues]]

*[[Kashmir]]

'''Other Conflicts'''

*[[East Timor]]

'''Science and Technology'''

* The atmosphere of an [[extrasolar planet]] was detected

* The 3rd human [[chromosome]] has been fully sequenced as part of the [[Human Genome Project]]

'''Europe'''

* [[Basque Fatherland and Liberty|ETA]]

* [[Anti-war protests]]

'''Business news'''

* [[recession]] - [[depression]]

* [[stock market]] - [[stock exchange]] - [[Dow Industrial Average]] - [[NASDAQ]]

* [[Cisco Systems]]

* [[United Auto Workers]]

* [[Railtrack]]

'''Celebrity news'''

* [[Jennifer Lopez]] - [[Sharon Stone]] - [[aneurysm]]

'''Sports news'''

* [[Basketball]]: [[Michael Jordan]] returns to the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], with the [[Washington Wizards]]

* [[American football]] season is underway. The [[National Football League]] seasons culminates in the [[Super Bowl]], which is scheduled for Sunday, [[February 3]], [[2002]], in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].

* [[Winter Olympic Games]] scheduled for February 2002 in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]

'''Holidays'''

* [[Christmas]] - [[Santa Claus]]

'''[[Topics removed from current events]]'''

'''News pages'''

<br>External links to news pages that can be used to gather new topics for the above list.

* http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ts/

* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news - Coverage split in to science/health etc... for UK and world news

* http://www.cnn.com

[[/Talk]]

Vin Moosk

Minsc (C is a K sound)

[[User:Pece Kocovski|Pece Kocovski]] 11:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)