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• Astronomers confirm z8_GND_5296: The article itself says the distance is 13.1 billion light-years, but this sections says the distance is 30 billion light-years. -erik 00:31, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Eschnett (talk • contribs)

• Looks like the article has been corrected. Thanks for the comment. Cheers. Thingg^⊕⊗ 03:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

• Distances in cosmology are complicated. 30 billion ly is the comoving distance, whilst 13 billion ly is the light travel distance. See distance measures in cosmology. Maybe there's a way of including that link in the blurb? Modest Genius ^talk 13:44, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

The blurb about the US government shutdown and debt crisis Formula One race topping the ITN section is somehow misleading as it mentions only "President Barack Obama" "Sebastian Vettel" instead of the clearer "President of the United States Barack Obama""Driver from Germany Sebastian Vettel" or simply "American President Barack Obama" "German Driver Sebastian Vettel". Some may also find it to contain an American German/European bias since it would haven't been mentioned with the same wording if, for example, it were any other President of a a driver from another country. --76.110.201.132 (talk) 16:11, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

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