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US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets with senators on Capitol Hill

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US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan began the first of a long series of meetings with US Senators on yesterday. Kagan met with eight leading Senate leaders on Wednesday, including Harry Reid (Democrat-Nevada), Mitch McConnell (Republican-Kentucky), (D-Vermont), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Jeff Sessions (R-Illinois); she continued the meetings with seven additional Senators on Thursday. Senator Reid called her "the right choice to replace Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court", while McConnell hoped "that the Obama administration doesn't think the ideal Supreme Court nominee is someone who would rubber-stamp its policies."

It is currently unclear what the meetings mean for Kagan: Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) guessed that around half of the Senate's 100 members already have strong opinions about the nominee. Some Republicans are worried about her move to block military recruiters from Harvard University's campus to protest the federal "Don't ask" policy against openly gay and lesbian members of the US military. Kagan's background is also of concern to some. If confirmed, she would be the first without ever having held a judicial position in 38 years. Kagan, currently the, spent much of her early career as a professor of law and the dean of the. She was previously nominated for the for the Washington, D.C. Circuit in 1999, but the nomination was unsuccessful.

However, the nominee is also gathering support from both Republicans and Democrats. Despite her controversial decision at Harvard, Senator (R-Massachusetts) said Thursday that he found Kagan to support the military, after meeting with her. In addition, (R-Maine) said that she does not believe Kagan's "lack of judicial experience in any way disqualifies her" to the position. Neither Senator, however, has committed to supporting Kagan yet, choosing to wait until after confirmation hearings finish this summer. On the other hand, the Washington Post estimates that Kagan will pass the Senate, if only because of the Democratic majority that currently exists there. Most, if not all Democrats are expected to vote for Kagan.

The 50-year-old lawyer was nominated to the highest court in the United States by President Barack Obama on Monday, after current Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement earlier. Kagan is seen as a moderate, having been criticized by both and  politicians, although "she's identified with the American liberal position", according to Sessions.


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Wikinews:Briefs/May 12, 2010

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Today on Wikinews : An 8 year old boy is the sole survivor of an air crash in Libya, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reassures Afghanistan of continued American support and Czech composer Bedrich Smetana dies in an asylum in Prague.

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Today is Wednesday, May 12th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and this is Wikinews.

Over 100 dead in Libyan plane crash (0:38)
An Afriqiyah Airways-owned airplane, originating from South Africa, crashed on approach to Tripoli International Airport in Libya at around 06:00 Eastern European time. Initial reports indicated everyone on board died, which officials say is 93 passengers and 11 crew, but later developments say an eight-year-old boy was the sole survivor.

The plane left Johannesburg in South Africa with the aim of transferring at Tripoli before heading to the final destination, United Kingdom's London Gatwick Airport. Officials have ruled out terrorism as a cause of the crash, which is still undetermined. A security official said the plane "exploded on landing and totally disintegrated."

Terrorism has been suspected in Chile where

Explosives investigation at US Embassy in Chile; Pakistani man detained (1:23)
a Pakistani man, identified as Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, 28, was arrested in Chile on Monday after he was found with traces of explosives in the US Embassy.

Chilean police say that traces of Tetryl, used to help detonate explosives, were detected. Yesterday a judge ordered Khan's continued detention under anti-terrorism laws. It has been reported that Khan was in Chile for four months, and was called to the embassy to be told that his visa for the US had been revoked. A US official declined to give the reason behind the decision, saying only that "[we] are required to notify individuals when we take that action and we invited him in."

Khan spoke briefly to Chilean journalists and denied he was a terrorist or that he was handling explosives.

This is not the first incident involving explosives at the US Embassy in Santiago; after the September 11 attacks of 2001, the embassy was sent a letter bomb that was defused.

Unrelated to the events in Chile,

At least fourteen dead in Pakistan after drone strikes (2:30)
at least fourteen people in Pakistan's North Waziristan region have been killed in drone strikes earlier today by suspected US unmanned aircraft.

The attacks happened in a village located near the Afghanistan border; as many as eighteen missiles were fired at targets, according to security authorities. A local intelligence official said that "Three missiles hit a vehicle and three militants sitting in it were killed."

A nearby compound used by rebels was also attacked with around a dozen missiles fired by drones. The dead in that attack are alleged to have been fighters. A reporter for Al Jazeera says the strikes lasted from twenty to 25 minutes.

As US drone strikes continue in Pakistan,

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledges support for Afghanistan (3:12)
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in remarks made at a meeting with officials from Afghanistan, said that the US would continue to support Afghanistan even after the withdrawal of US troops from the country next summer.

Clinton made her statements at the beginning of a meeting between US and Afghan officials in Washington DC to forge a plan on how to handle the conflict with the Taliban in the future. The talks are intended to mend some of the disagreements between the governments of the two countries, which have been in conflict with each other in the past; the US has claimed the Afghan government is corrupt and Afghan president Hamid Karzai has accused the US of giving his government insufficient support.

In her speech, Clinton played down concerns that a sudden US exit from Afghanistan could lead to the Afghan government forging agreements with the Taliban in response, an action that has been threatened by Karzai.

Clinton stated that the US "will not abandon the Afghan people," and that "Our civilian commitment will remain long into the future." Karzai, in his statements, acknowledged differences between the two governments, saying that "As two mature nations and two mature governments ... we will be having disagreements from time to time." Even as they acknowledged differences in views, both Clinton and Karzai stressed the accomplishments both countries have achieved.

Finally, while there has been political strains between the US and Afghanistan, on

New Albertan Lieutenant Governor takes office (4:39)
Tuesday, Colonel Donald Ethell assumed the post of provincial Lieutenant Governor in Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Edmonton's Legislative Building, with the retired colonel inspecting the guard afterwards. As is traditional, the taking of the oath of office was accompanied by a fifteen-gun salute.

The 72-year-old decorated war veteran assumes the post from Norman Kwong, who served from January 20 in 1995. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the appointment last Thursday.

Ethell has served Canada with distinction, spending 38 years in the armed forces, and was involved in over fourteen peacekeeping missions. His honors include being a member of the Order of Canada, the Alberta Order of Excellence, and the Order of St. John. He is known as a leading United Nations' Peacekeeping diplomat, and in later years has been part of the Canadian Association of Veterans.

The first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta was sworn in during 1905, as Alberta became a province of Canada. Ethell is the seventeenth holder of the office.

On this day in history (5:53)

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In 1884, the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana, died in an asylum in Prague.

Smetana was seen as a pioneer in the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood and he is widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his opera The Bartered Bride, and for the symphonic cycle "My Fatherland" which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native land.

Smetana was naturally gifted as a pianist, and gave his first public performance at the age of six and wrote his first piece of nationalistic music during the 1848 Prague uprising, in which he briefly participated.

During the liberal political climate in his country during the 1860's, he threw himself into the musical life of Prague, primarily as a champion of the new genre of Czech opera. His first two operas, The Brandenburgers in Bohemia and The Bartered Bride premiered in 1866, the latter achieving great popularity.

That same year, he became Prague's new Provisional Theatre principal conductor, but the years of his conductorship were marked by controversy. Factions within the city's musical establishment considered his identification with the progressive ideas of Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner at odds to the development of a distinctively Czech opera style.

Smetana soon became ill and a throat infection was followed by a rash and an apparent blockage to the ears which soon rendered him deaf A press announcement stated that Smetana had "become ill as a result of nervous strain caused by certain people". Soon after, he reluctantly accepted an annual pension of 1,200 gulden and resigned as principal conductor due to his health problems.

It was after this event in his life which he had begun a cycle of six symphonic poems called "My Fatherland" as well as other major works which cemented his reputation as the principal exponent of Czech national music.

However, in 1879, Smetana had written to a friend revealing fears of the onset of madness. By the winter of 1882–83 he was experiencing depression, insomnia, and hallucinations, together with giddiness, cramp and a temporary loss of speech. In October 1883 his behavior at a private reception in Prague disturbed his friends and by the middle of February 1884 he had ceased to be coherent, and was periodically violent. On 23 April his family, unable to nurse him any longer, removed him to a lunatic asylum in Prague, where he died on 12 May 1884.

According to musicologist John Tyrrell, Smetana's close identification with Czech nationalism, and the tragic circumstances of his last years, have tended to affect the objectivity with which his work has been assessed, particularly in his native land.

Though in his own homeland the general public was slow to recognize Smetana and he had been twice married, lost three daughters in infancy, and eventually went mad, he laid the groundwork for the flowering of Czech music, paving the way for the even more famous Antonín Dvorák.

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Five hundred Euro note withdrawn from sale in UK

May 13, 2010 Currency exchanges offices in the United Kingdom have today stopped the sale of 500 notes after an investigation by the (SOCA) concluded that up to 90% of the notes were being used by  and other organised criminals. Ian Cruxton, deputy director of SOCA, said that the Euro had been chosen as the currency of choice by criminal gangs due to the large denomination of the notes, adding "[i]t should now be impossible now to buy a €500 note over the counter from one of the suppliers. And that's going to have an effect on the criminals — it means they are going to have to find other means of trying to move their money."

The note was introduced by the European Central Bank in 2002, when the currency itself officially entered into circulation. The notoriety of the note's criminal uses has earned it the nickname "the Bin Laden" after Al-Qaeda suspect Osama bin Laden — something that everyone knows is out there, but law-abiding people rarely see. The Euro is the official currency of 16 European countries, colloquially known as the, as well as unofficially in a.

Since its introduction, there has been mounting international concern over criminal use of the large denomination note, which facilitates money laundering by allowing large concentrations of cash to be concealed in small spaces, for example, €20,000 can be concealed in a cigarette packet and £1 million in €500 notes weighs 2.2kg while the equivalent in weighs 50kg. The highest denomination note in Sterling is, making high-value denominations in other currencies, such as the Euro, tempting for those wishing to move large amounts of money.

When asked if criminal demand for the note would simply be displaced to other high-value notes, such as the (the next-highest denomination), Ian Cruxton, deputy director of SOCA said he believed that would be the case, however, with less of the €200 note in circulation, their movements would be easier to track than those of the €500.

Tourists returning to the UK from holidays in Europe will still be able to change their €500 notes for Sterling but will be unable to purchase them. The European Central Bank has no plans for a withdrawal of the note, given the legitimate demand for it in countries such as Germany and Italy, where cash is used far more frequently than alternatives such as credit cards.


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Canadian track and field coach Charlie Francis dies at age 61

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Canadian coach  has died at the age of 61. The cause of death was announced as cancer by his family. Francis had been battling the disease for five years.

Francis had worked with several athletes including disgraced runner. Johnson won a gold medal at the but was later disqualified after testing positively for steroid use. During a national enquiry Francis admitted introducing Johnson to steroid use.

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Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina 'will not run in polls'

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, the leader of Madagascar, announced that he will not run in elections due to be held later this year. He stated his reason as an attempt to end the country’s. Rajoelina has been pressured to find a solution to the crisis.

At the same time as his announcement not to run as a candidate, he announced the planned dates for both the parliamentary and presidential elections. The parliamentary elections were announced for September, with the presidential election following in November.

Rajoelina announced his decision on television, saying: "I declare in the name of the superior interest of the nation and of the people, my decision not to stand as candidate in the presidential elections for a fourth republic."

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Before I pass this, could you just fix when you repeat that he's trained runners. Getting rid of "Francis trained athletes such as Ben Johnson and Marion Jones" in the first paragraph and linking "Ben Johnson" in the second paragraph and "Marion Jones" in the last paragraph should do the trick, --James Pain (talk) 14:11, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the review. On further examination, as far as I can work out (from the telly and the sources) the note was secretly withdrawn last month (not last year) but they've only just got the agreement of all the currency agents to stop selling them. Is that still newsworthy? I can work on the style links, though which links do you feel a re surplus to requirements? The "American feel" surprised me a little bit (I'm an Englishman)- I added the Dollar conversions because the Beeb did and because it's a widely used measure for currency. As for "states" vs "country", I don't really use the terms to be mutually exclusive but I can change that :). Your thoughts? Thanks again for your time. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   15:33, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I've left a not for James, but he appears to be offline at the minute, so I'd welcome further input and feedback. Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   16:03, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm getting my words muddled up. I meant last month, not last year. On the links side of things "the Bin Laden" doesn't need a link since Bin Laden isn't strictly relevant to the story but an explanation that it's in reference to the fellow would do. On the currency thing, we're having to be very international. If we were to reference USD, then why not Yen or the old French Franks system as people still use them and read this site. On that note we may be favouring Britain a bit too much as well. Most cases it's alright because it's a British story but using it as a reference isn't. Lastly, the European Union has member countries, not states. I'm think I'm right in saying that using the word state's in this situation is something often done in America and is wrongly used mainly (no one hit me please, this is what I believe is happening) because of ignorance. Hope I haven't sounded too strict or bossy. --James Pain (talk) 16:11, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I changed it to "nations" simply to avoid having the word "country" twice in the same sentence. Should I take all GBP/USD conversions out or just leave one or t'other? I'll look at better working Bin Laden in in a moment (blocking vandals on en.wiki!). Thanks again, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   16:23, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Nations sounds fine. All conversions should ideally be taken out, yes. I'll set the state of the article to develop. When you're done, submit it for review again and I'll have a look through. Hope en.wiki isn't too bad, keep up the good work. --James Pain (talk) 16:35, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay then, any better? Vandals all seem to have got bored (or blocked) now :). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   18:39, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

RE: Revision 1019161
The revision put in a paragraph that had no source to go by and went against some points in the style guide. This is why it was undone. http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Five_hundred_Euro_note_withdrawn_from_sale_in_UK&action=historysubmit&diff=1019161&oldid=1018973 --James Pain (talk) 23:39, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

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edit protected Please add this article to Category:Euro and localize the link of the same name. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 23:01, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * addressed. --Pi zero (talk) 01:16, 13 November 2015 (UTC)


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Ok for not changing the photo - even though the actual one is of very bad quality - but the NPOV here is not respected, and if articles reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, what is reflected here is Wikipedia's stand towards the political conflict that took place at this time.

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The picture of Andry Rajoelina is of very low-quality, and is not a good reflection of what he actually looks like: There has already been a discussion about it in the [|Andry Rajoelina's talk page], which led to the change of the photo for this one:

In addition to this, the legend of the picture is Andry Rajoelina seized power in 2009 whereas it should be Andry Rajoelina at an event related to the U.S. presidential election 2008 in the embassy of the U.S. in Antananarivo.

This photo and the legend should be changed right away: Right now, they express an anti-Rajoelina standpoint, and this doesn't resonate with Wikipedia NPOV.

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 * Well, the first linked "$" was to US Dollar, so I'm guessing they're all US and I've changed it accordingly. Anything else need fixing? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   18:59, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:Canadian track and field coach Charlie Francis dies at age 61/Disgrace To Canada

People who get involved in sport generally do so for health reasons. When we see someone competing we want to see someone who is healthy, and who is doing the sport to improve their own lives. It motivates other people to do the same in order to improve their own lives. Taking short cuts like steroids only harm the body and cause problems later on in life. Ben Johnson shamed Canada by using and lying about using steroids. If there was any professional system for coachs, the coach that introduced Johnson to steroids should have been barred from coaching again.

Real athletes do not want to compete against records set by steroid users. It becomes a sad joke when every professional in competition is using steroids. It's like "keeping up with the jones". Because each one cheats, the bar has to be set higher, resulting in everyone cheating and suffering because of it.

Do I care if runners run 100m .1 of a second slower? No. I don't.

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This certainly is an awkward coalition government. I have a hard time imagining Cameron and Clegg getting on so well once decisions of policy start to be made. I expect it to be sort of like when Stalin and Trotsky were elected heads of the supreme Soviet. Publicly they presented a united front, but in reality they were always at each others throats. We all know what happened to Trotsky...


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Airport named after late Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua

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Nigeria has announced that an airport has been named after late president. The announcement to re-name was made by President Goodluck Jonathan. Yar’Adua died earlier this month after being ill for several months. He was not seen in public since November 2009.

President Jonathan released a statement saying that the decision was taken "in recognition of his [Yar'Adua's] contribution to national development." The airport is located in, Yar’Adua’s home state. A road in Abuja is also to be renamed after the late president.

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Shove the picture to the left and put a info box to the right. Once done, I'll put it through. Good job. --James Pain (talk) 17:10, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Done
Done, Nigeria info box added! Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 17:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


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Comments:Five hundred Euro note withdrawn from sale in UK

laughable excuses, smoke and mirrors put up by banksters to further reduce use of cash in favor of digital, dematerialized, money. worth investigating further ...


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Nigerian ex-governor James Ibori arrested in Dubai

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, a former Nigerian governor, has been arrested in Dubai on corruption charges. Ibori was the governor of from 1999 until 2007. He has been accused of stealing US$290m (£196m). As well as being wanted by Nigeria's anti-corruption agency and by law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom.

London's released a statement saying that Ibori had been arrested at the United Kingdom's request on suspicion of money-laundering and conspiracy to defraud. The Met added that they are seeking extradition though the EFCC are reported to have requested his extradition to Nigeria.

Ibori's UK assets were frozen in 2007. They amounted around US$35m while Ibori's annual salary only amounted to US$25,000. He had already returned to Nigeria when his assets were frozen prior to his arrest in Nigeria in December 2007.

Ibori was cleared of all 170 charges by an court in 2009 which found that there was no evidence to convict him. Police attempted to arrest him again in Nigeria last month but were attacked by Ibori's supporters.

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He's how old?!
"Ibori was the governor of Delta State from 199 until 2007" Need I say more? I'm a bit shifty about letting a currency comparison through without contest because we don't want to see too Anglo-American. Just link the first "US$" and "£" and I'll let it through. --James Pain (talk) 19:32, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
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 * Thanks for the help. I fixed the year date to 1999 not 199. I have also linked a Wikinews link on all i can (Nigeria, Dubai and the United Kingdom). Does this meet the satasfactory criteia. Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 19:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

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I've given this article a quick copyedit, but I feel it could do with a little improvement- I don't like the sentences about his assets, it seems to have a bit of an accusatory tone. You could also do with copyediting out a few of the "Ibori"s. Great work though. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   21:08, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


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I'd doubt that Cameron would kill Clegg and wright him out of history. Hopefully Clegg will pull Cameron to the center and likewise, but since they are both politicians the most likely thing happening is that the coalition will failed. --KDP3 (talk) 20:55, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


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Three people suspected of involvement in a on the Moscow  have been killed after a confrontation with police in the city. The attacks, carried out on March 29, killed at least 40 people and wounded over 100.

According to a statement released by of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the suspects were killed in "an attempt to detain three members of an illegal group. To our great regret, we were unable to detain them alive because they put up fierce armed resistance and were killed." One of the suspects killed in the incident was suspected by Russian authorities to have escorted the two suicide bombers to Moscow in preparation for the attack while another was suspected of escorting one of the bombers to a Metro station to carry out the attack.

Dmitry Medvedev released a statement in which he said authorities had no choice but to kill the suspects, referring to them as "terrorists", adding that "there was nothing to be sorry about", having reportedly told Bortnikov "[t]hose who put up resistance have to be eliminated - you cannot show pity".

In the immediate aftermath of the March attacks, Vladimir Putin had said the catching those involved should be viewed as a "matter of honour" but that the security forces would be heavily criticised by Russian media if they were to drag the suspects "from the bottom of the sewers".

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Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also hit back at Petros Tzomakas, a member of another Greek far-left party which criticised KKE in a previous interview.

The interview comes amid tensions in cash-strapped Greece, where the government is introducing controversial austerity measures to try to ease the nation's debt-problem. An international rescue package has been prepared by European Union member states and the International Monetary Fund – should Greece require a bailout; protests have been held against government attempts to manage the economic situation.

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 Has slavish pursuit of free-market capitalism been the cause of Europe, and particularly Greece's, economic woes?

What we are experiencing today – not only in Greece, but in all capitalist countries – is a crisis of overproduction. The exploitation of the working class and the other popular is intensified due to the fact that the bourgeoisie has been keeping for itself larger and larger parts of the produced wealth. Behind overproduction lies the over-accumulation of capital. The average profit rate is decreased in the main sectors of the economy. This leads to destruction of part of productive forces, closing factories, inflation, mass redundancies of superfluous workers as waste – in order to permit a new process of accumulation to begin, when new sectors of the economy will secure the increase of the average profit rate. This has nothing to do with the ‘management’ of the system by social democrats or liberals; it is an inevitable outcome of capitalism.

The national deficits do exist. In fact, behind the debt are the huge tax reliefs for large monopolies, the massive bank bailouts, the inconceivable NATO military expenses, the subsidies in the name of capitalist development. In Greece at the moment, there is a clear expression of the imperialist rivalries between the US and EU, between EU countries and especially between Germany and France. However, it is now becoming clearer every day that the ruling class is using the existing deficits, in Greece and in Europe, in order to promote new anti-labour policies which will secure the profits of the capital. These measures have been pre-decided a long time ago in the and are here to stay. Their aim is not just to exit the crisis, but to ensure stability and high profits for the capital in the next phases of the economic cycle.

 How, given the, and China being communist in name only, would your vision of a communist system have been better for the majority of citizens?

Despite the various problems of socialist countries, the socialist system of the 20th century proved the superiority of socialism over capitalism and the huge advantages that it provides for peoples’ lives and working conditions. The Soviet Union and the world socialist system constituted the only real counterweight to imperialist aggression – we recently celebrated the 65th anniversary of the Anti-fascist victory. The achievements of workers in the socialist states were a point of reference for many decades and contributed to the gains won by the working class in capitalist societies as well. In this way, everyone had guaranteed work, public free health care and education, housing, and access to intellectual and cultural creativity. The complete eradication of the terrible legacy of illiteracy, in combination with the increase in the general level of education and specialization and the abolition of unemployment, constitute unique achievements of socialism. In the Soviet Union in 1975 it was guaranteed by law that the hours of work could not surpass 41 per week, among the lowest in the world. All workers were guaranteed days for rest and relaxation and annual paid holidays. Non-working time was extended and its content was changed. It was transformed into time for the development of the cultural and educational level of the workers, for the enhancement of their participation in workers’ power and in the control of the administration of productive units. Social Security for working people was of utmost priority for the socialist state. A comprehensive system of retirement benefits, with the important achievement of low age limits for retirement (55 years for women, 60 for men), was created. Socialist power laid the foundation for the abolition of inequality of women, overcoming the great difficulties that objectively existed. Socialism ensured in practice the social character of motherhood and socialized childcare. It instituted equal rights for women and men in the economic, political and cultural realm, although not all forms of unequal relations between the two genders, which had become entrenched over a long period of time, had been successfully eradicated.

Our critical approach regarding various issues of building socialism in the USSR, namely decisions in the economy in critical times, or the extend of workers’ control and participation, do not change the fact that the first historical attempt to abolish the exploitation of man by man had many achievements for the majority of people and many of the rights that Soviet people had in 1975 seem like a dream for us today. Also, it does not change the fact that the contradictions of the capitalist way of production become deeper. The counter-revolution may have won one fight, but it has not won the war. As long as there is socialised production combined with capitalist property of the means of production, there will be crisis, unemployment and poverty – and socialism will remain the only way out.

Our Party in 2009 held its 18th Congress, during which we discussed and studied socialism and the causes of counter-revolution in the USSR. The conclusions we drew have been published and we have enriched our programme based on them. See here for more information.

''' For right or for wrong, we have now reached a situation where Greece is on the brink of an international bailout. If you were given power tomorrow, what steps would you take immediately to get Greece back on track?'''

At the moment we are trying to build a front of workers, small farmers, the self-employed and working young people. This front needs to become a huge social and political anti-imperialist anti-monopoly coalition with only one duty - to bring the working class into power and socialise the basic means of production, namely energy, telecommunications, mines, manufacturing, and transportation. We would implement public and free education, health and national insurance systems. Next to the socialised sectors, there can be the co-operatives of small farmers and small tradesmen in sectors of the economy where concentration is still low. The production and distribution in both the socialised and the co-operative sectors will be under workers’ control as part of a centrally planned economy. This is a vital need in order to fulfil our contemporary needs, in order to ensure that all productive forces are mobilised, that science and technology will develop in favour of the people, and that all international economic co-operation will be used, on the basis of mutual benefit. The government, which will be the organ of the popular power, will have to ensure the participation of the people in building this new society. The debt is due to the power of monopolies. There will be no solution if the capitalist profits remain untouchable, if we don’t disengage from EU and NATO, if the capitalists continue to rule at the expense of the working class.

''' Why do you oppose the current austerity measures? What has the government, in your view, got so wrong?'''

Massive and drastic cuts to public and private sector salaries and pensions, further cuts of benefits, reduced overtime payments, increase of the VAT up to 23%, increase of the indirect taxes, abolishment of collective labour agreements, massive redundancies to public services and merges, right of unrestricted redundancies to private companies, and increases to the retirement age: Huge masses will be condemned to unemployment and extreme poverty. Health and Education will become a privilege only for a small minority. The recovery phase will lead to new concentration of wealth to the capital, to an increase in the degree of exploitation. The recovery, when it happens, will not have a positive impact on the people on one hand, and will lead relatively soon to a new crisis on the other. That is why we oppose the measures.

That is also why the working class should not be trapped in a discussion about bonds or interest rates, the simple reason being that it has nothing to gain from this discussion. The international loans will end up in the capital’s pockets, not the working class. The Greeks have suffered when the rates were down, they suffer now that the rates are up. We do not intend to share the capital's 'anxiety' about the, because it is becoming clearer every day that if does not go bankrupt, then the people will.

The government is not doing anything wrong – in fact, it is doing a great job representing the interests of its bosses, the Greek capitalists, the imperialists of E.U., the I.M.F. But they want the working class partners to their crime. They are telling us that our sacrifice to live in poverty and work until we die is our patriotic duty. What they are not telling us is that the workers, the farmers, the owners of small shops; we do not have the same country as these E.U. fans of the, the City-educated bankers, the corporate media owners. Their country and their god is exploitation and profit. Our people have proven their patriotism in every single crucial point in history for thousands of years now. But this case is different, the working Greek man and women should not make any sacrifices for plutocracy! The only ‘sacrifice’ that should be made is to fight the dangerous fear and hesitation and organise the struggle. That’s what will help our own country and our class.

''' I have heard that people in Greece are upset that the euro has weakened Greece’s economic position, as the {{w|Drachma]]'s low value actually encouraged spending by foreigners. What steps would a socialist government take to encourage new spending in Greece by both foreign tourists and investors?'''

As mentioned earlier, since the agreements signed within the EU do not allow for manoeuvres in favour of the people, our disengagement would be inevitable and would be an essential term in order to plan the economy based on how we will fulfil our contemporary needs. The currency itself is not the main issue.

Tourism is another sector of the economy whose fate depends again on who owns the means of production. Only with a different economy the country will develop the infrastructures and provide quality services that will first of all guarantee decent working conditions, will be accessible to all the population and will be cheap.

So far, the development of Greek tourism has been based on profit. Therefore, the fees for ships and other means of transport are outrageous; many islands are left with no regular connection with the mainland because these lines are not considered to be profitable. Both PASOK [ {{w|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}} ] and ND [ {{w|New Democracy}} ] governments, under the EU guidance, have implemented policies that led to rough working conditions and wages in tourism. Besides, more than 60% of Greeks at the moment cannot go on any holiday and after the latest measures these numbers will increase; another significant portion reduces the time off work, and a third one relies on the hospitality of friends and family for their holidays, due to their low income.

For us, tourism and holidays are not a trade, they are a social right – for both the Greek workers and the tourists that will choose to visit our country.

'''How do you respond to the assertion that 'democracy is the least-worst of all the political systems tried'? Would the Greek communists accept a multi-party system where some parties would be stridently advocating free-market economics?'''

Democracy is not synonymous with the number of parties that exist in a country. For example, today in Greece we have dozens of political parties but despite the fact that the vast majority of the population opposes the austerity measures, the Parties that have the majority support them. How is that democratic? Nearly all strikes in Greece over the last decade have been declared illegal by the bourgeois court. In the workplace, there is no other law but the law of the employer.

In the process of building an anti-imperialist anti-monopoly Front, there will be a social coalition of the small farmers, the self employed, or other poor popular strata that will follow the working class since that will be their objective interest. Besides, people’s power is the real democracy, since capitalists and monopolies do not exist: it’s the democracy which is guaranteed by the direct political action of millions of people – in their workplaces, in their industrial units, in their neighbourhoods, in their popular organisations.

How would you respond to allegations that the recent protest from the {{w|Acropolis of Athens|Acropolis}} was not appropriate for a historic monument?

The Acropolis is more than a touristic attraction. For the Greek people, it is a symbol of hope and dignity. KKE made this symbolic demonstration in order to emphasize that the attack against the Greek working class is a preview of the attack that follows to the other European people. And that the struggle of the Greek working class is indeed at the moment a struggle that gives hope to all the peoples abroad, who suffer the same. From that point of view, our demonstration not only was not inappropriate, but actually highlighted the true meaning of the monument. And judging by the impact this symbolic occupation had, I would think it has been very successful as well!

Those who accuse us of ‘blasphemy’ are those who have been shamelessly privatising most historic and archaeological monuments in Greece during the last decades. In 1992, {{w|Coca Cola}} used the Acropolis for a commercial, where the monument was built on bottles instead of columns! {{w|Samsung}} recently filmed its own commercial, let alone the various fashion shows that take place there. They have been selling out our beaches and forests to touristic monopolies and have been offering the monuments in order to promote commercial products – and that is not considered to be inappropriate. They accuse us of undermining tourism – in fact all visitors had free entry to Acropolis on that day!

A few days ago, being annoyed by the fact that the seamen prevented the strike breaking in a cruise ship, the bourgeoisie and its journalists accused the seamen of anti-patriotism for attacking tourism which is ‘the only thing we have left’. They even encouraged the government to ban the organisation of strikes. Despite the media efforts to turn even the tourists against the seamen, the majority of travellers expressed their solidarity to the strike. Their problem is not the historical meaning of Acropolis or tourism, their problem is organised struggle.

We have said it before and we'll say it again: the images broadcast by the media of our struggle are an honour for the working people of our country.

How would you respond to the criticisms levelled by Petros Tzomakas of Xekinima, who denounced the KKE's lack of co-operation with SYRIZA [ {{w|Coalition of the Radical Left}} ] in a recent interview?

{{WNI response|Isabella}}SYRIZA are the tail of social democracy in Greece. Their analysis on the crisis is similar to PASOK. According to them, the way out is a more ‘human capitalism’, where ‘people will come first’ and profits will follow. What they are hiding from the people is that capitalist profits cannot co-exist with pro-popular policies, the basic contradiction between capital and labour cannot be overcome.

SYRIZA, being consistently pro-E.U. (it has voted for the Maastricht treaty after all), prefers the implementation of the same measures by the E.U. rather than the IMF and fights for different versions of the '{{w|Stability Pact}}'. As if the E.U. is the good cop and the IMF the bad one. We say: this is a fake dilemma; there is no good or bad imperialism. All of them are good for serving their own monopolies, their own fat cats. The bottom line is that there is increasing antagonism between the different imperialist centres and the Greek government is trying to play the game with all of them. KKE has warned that this leads to our even deeper involvement in the inter-imperialist rivalries, and this can be a very dangerous path. They all agree 100% on the measures taken by the government and they ask for more blood now. Contrary to the party of Syriza, we do not plan to choose our assassin or negotiate the terms of the assassination with any of them.

It is also important to notice that for years now, in the trade union movement and during the latest strikes and rallies, SYRIZA has been following the compromised leaderships of GSEE [ {{w|General Confederation of Greek Workers}} ] and ADEDY (the Greek {{w|TUC}} in the private and public sector respectively, controlled by PASOK) who originally boycotted the strikes, went on strike breaking and then dragged them in unwillingly under public pressure, in order to minimise the damage to the government.

'''I notice that the KKE is seeking to distance itself from the recent deaths in Athens. Are the people responsible completely wrong in their actions, or can you sympathise with their anger? Do you believe they should be prosecuted?'''

{{WNI response|Isabella}}The burning of the bank at Stadiou Avenue by ‘anarchist’ provocation groups, which led to the death of three people, is clearly a crime and a provocation aiming at the intimidation of the people and the defamation of the struggle. It proves that the mechanisms of this system are ruthless when it comes to attacking the popular movement. Both the Greek as well as the international movement have had similar experiences in the past. Do you remember the bomb at Chicago’s Heymarket after the demo for the 8-hour workday in 1886, for which the pioneers of that movement were sentenced to death? Or the arson of the German parliament by the fascists, which allowed them to unleash the chase against the communists? Even the large scale provocations of today that are used in order to justify the ‘preventive wars’...

The question we urge people to ask themselves in order to understand why this happened is: who benefited from these actions? Clearly, it was the supporters of the anti-popular measures, all those who are scared by the huge numbers of working people who participated in the protests: the capitalists. Since they are the ones who are really responsible for the deaths, we have no illusions that they are going to be prosecuted. The main thing is that the Greek workers have got enough experience now and can differentiate between massive, organised and protected political struggle and isolated, criminal provocations that cause innocent victims, intimidate the people and at the end of the day, only facilitate the monopolies’ goals.

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Hello,it is .I am also active on Wikipedia,where I edit medical articles.

Mike moral  ♪♫  20:32, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

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Hey. Wikinews is not Wikipedia, your article is not news and is going to be deleted. --Diego Grez let's talk 18:44, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

But is it not needed to have at least some non-news articles on wikinews to put the news articles into context. Immunize (talk) 18:48, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * No, we don't do that. We link to Wikipedia. --Diego Grez let's talk 18:49, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * So what will happen to the article (PS, I am very active on wikipedia, much more than on Wikinews). Immunize (talk) 18:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It will simply be deleted because Wikinews is for news, Wikipedia is for encyclopedic articles. --Diego Grez let's talk 18:55, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I think from now on I will mainly stick to editing wikipedia 'only though I might make the occasional comment on a discussion page. Immunize (talk) 18:58, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Long wikibreak, possibly permanent
Becuase of | this experience I am taking a long wikibreak, possibly permanent. Please contact me at | my English wikipedia user talk page if you wish to speak with me. Best wishes. Immunize (talk) 17:24, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * So you are retiring because someone told you your article was not news and therefore not suitable for Wikinews? Mike  moral  ♪♫  19:32, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * We probably don't care, but it's really ... disappointing that you are retiring because I told you your article was not news. Probably you can help us writing articles on medical news, etc. Just a suggestion, take it or leave it. --Diego Grez return fire 19:36, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, I just don't understand why do you retire when people doesn't agrees with you:  --Diego Grez return fire 19:38, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Well, I went into Wikinews thinking that this was a place where encyclopedic content was acceptable or even needed in order to put the news articles into context. As I found out, I was completely wrong. I currently am most active on Wikipedia, where I mainly revert vandalism, and ctaying here would reduce the amount of time that I could spend reverting vandalism. All in all, I do not think it is worth it for me to stay involved on Wikinews. However, I may return to simple Wikipedia. Best wishes. Immunize (talk) 14:58, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Immunize, you aren't aware that we can link directly to Wikipedia through interwikis? If there was some sort of term in our articles that was confusing, we wouldn't have to link mumps, we'd do mumps, which goes to the corresponding Wikipedia article and saving the need for us to duplicate efforts here. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:47, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I am now aware of the existence of the interwiki links but I do not believe I was at the time of writing the mumps article. Immunize (talk) 20:45, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I am retiring here
I have decided, after some thought, to permanently retire from editing on Wikinews. If you desire to contact me, do it on a wikimedia project where I am active, such as English Wikipedia, where my amin account is, or on Simple English wikipedia or Meta-wiki. Note I am currently inactive on Wikimedia commons and Wiktionary. Immunize (talk) 19:25, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Give Wikinews another chance
Admittedly you started editing wikinews on a bad note. But why let that make you quit? If you want I can mentor you to become a wiki news editer :) Irunongames  •  play  20:51, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I've decided to take a wikibreak-a long one regardless of what the template says, and then eventually think about possibly writing some news articles. Immunize (talk) 22:12, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

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Well, they've already upped Value Added Tax (Sales Tax for you Americans) by 2.5% to 20%.

Guess what? That hits those on lowest incomes the hardest. Not to mention that it would be relatively trivial for anyone on £30,000+ p.a. to take out VAT registration and profit from reclaiming on a variety of larger purchases such as computers.


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As you might have noticed, the new interview was a little longer than expected before it arrived. See KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party.


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India's Anand defends chess world championship title against Bulgarian challenger Topalov

May 13, 2010

, a chess grandmaster from India, has retained the world championship title after a match with Bulgarian challenger.

The match, consisting of a dozen games, was played in the Bulgarian capital Sofia over the last twenty days. Anand received the first-place prize of 1.2 million euro, whilst Topalov took 800,000 euro. The awards ceremony was attended yesterday by the Bulgarian prime minister,, and the international chess federation 's president.

Going into the last game, both sides had two wins apiece, and seven draws. However, the Bulgarian's manager, Silvio Danailov, told the that Topalov played the last game "rather nervously", saying: "A draw would have been a good result for him but he made a few mistakes and the Indian exploited them.

"We should concentrate on the positive sides of the match. This was a historic match for Bulgaria. The country was in the spotlight for millions of people worldwide who love the game. We should be happy and proud that we organised this event."


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"If confirmed, she would be the first US Supreme Court Justice without ever having held a judicial position."

100% false. Some of the greatest Supreme Court Justices of all time--John Marshall, Earl Warren, William Rehnquist, Felix Frankfurter, and Louis Brandeis ALL didn't have any judicial experience prior to serving on the court.

PLEASE EDIT ASAP.

 * What's your source? Mike  moral  ♪♫  00:09, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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Violence in Bangkok prompts closure of US embassy in Thailand

May 14, 2010

A string of anti-government protests in Bangkok yesterday resulted in at least one fatality, numerous others injured, and the temporary closure of several foreign embassies in Thailand.

Philip Crowley, a spokesperson for the, announced early Thursday morning that the would be closed to the public due to its location near the violence. The embassy will be operating with a reduced staff and will not offer American citizens services until the conflict is resolved. The British and Dutch embassies in Thailand also halted their services after the Thai government said that it would seal off the area.

The leader of the protests was fugitive Major-General, the radical leader of the militant movement. While giving interviews with foreign journalists, Sawasdipol appeared to have been shot in the head by a. He was later taken to a local hospital for emergency treatment. One other protester, 25-year-old Chartchai Bualao, was killed in the incident, but it is still unclear as to who is responsible for the shooting.

Thai military forces moved in quickly to suppress the protesters just after the shooting, aiming to put down the opposition movement and secure the area in which they had barricaded themselves since early April. The Thai government declared a state of emergency for seventeen of the country's 76 provinces in the wake of the protests.

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Russian meeting with Hamas provokes criticism from Israel

May 14, 2010 Russian president Dmitriy Medvedev met with the, leader of the Hamas group, earlier this week in Syria, prompting criticism from Israel.

Medvedev, during the meeting, had encouraged Hamas to reconciliate with rival Fatah; a spokeswoman quoted him as saying that "no one" should be left out of the peace process.

He also requested that an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in 2006, Gilad Shalit, be released, although this was refused by Hamas, who says that Shalit wouldn't be released unless there was an "honourable" prisoner exchange with Israel. Shortly before his conversation with Meshaal, Medvedev also held a meeting with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

A statement by the Israeli foreign ministry read: "Hamas is a terror organization whose declared goal is the destruction of the state of Israel. Hamas is responsible for the murder of hundreds of innocent civilians, among them immigrants from the Soviet Union and also Russian citizens.

"Israel has always stood by Russia in its struggle against the Chechnyan terrorism. We expect the same attitude when we are talking about the Hamas terrorism against Israel."

Ha'aretz, an Israeli newspaper, described the meeting as being "a surprise" for the country.

Andrei Nesterenko, a spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry, responded to Israel's comments, saying: "Hamas is not an artificial structure. It is a movement that draws on the trust and sympathy of a large number of Palestinians. We have regular contacts with this movement.

"It is known that all other participants of the Middle East quartet are also in some sort of contact with Hamas leadership, although for some unknown reason they are shy to publicly admit it."

Only a few countries in Europe, including Russia, maintain ties with Hamas; the European Union and the United States regard it as a terrorist organisation.


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I suppose it's asking too much for wikinews to remain neutral on political issues, blatantly give one side an "exclusive" interview while ignoring the other side of the argument isn't the right way to cover news. Granted it's only an interview, but it's an interview of only one side of an issue, how neutral is that? It isn't, I'd rather not see the article at all than have a one-sided story being covered. We already have way too many news websites with political opinions, I'd like to at least have one that harbors no political affiliations.


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