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Talk:U.S. newspaper circulation continues 20-year slide

May 2005
I'm surprised anybody still buys them. The Saturday paper here costs $2.50 and the news is old, taken straight off a wire, and usually factually incorrect. So, why are they still around at all?? I think they must be kinda like crispy creme donuts to some; a "comfort food" for the brain,maybe (with accompanying molecular damage):) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Paulrevere2005 (talk • contribs) 11:19, 4 May 2005

Wikinews is definitely a superior product. Paulrevere2005 11:17, 4 May 2005 (UTC) I think some people just like reading papers and thats what keeps it goining. You could also bring it anywhere. But on all other acounts WN is beter =). On the other hand if there was no (paper) newspaper what would people use for paper mache? ;) Bawolff 02:22, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

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Pakistan captures al Qaeda suspect

May 5, 2005 Pakistan Information Minister announced Wednesday the capture of Abu Faraj al-Libbi, and five other suspected  militants, after a gun battle in  on Monday. Abu Faraj al-Libbi was wanted in connection with two attempts to assassinate Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, one on December 25, 2004.

Security officials said the born al-Libbi was thought to be a top general for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and acted as an operational commander in Pakistan. Ahmed told AP, "This arrest gives us a lot of tips, and I can only say that our security agencies are on the right track."

Ahmed, who called the capture "a very important day for us", said they are receiving more and more tips and are on the right track towards the eventual capture of bin Laden. Pakistan has put more pressure on its northwest region with a months-long build-up there. The region is believed by many to be where al-Qaeda members are holding out after they were pushed from.

said of the capture: "I applaud the Pakistani government for its strong coöperation in the war on terror."

Musharraf has been a key ally in the US-led war on terrorism, and because of that also an militant target. A BBC security correspondent said this is the biggest arrest since that of, the alleged mastermind of the 2003 attack.

Although al-Libbi is not on the FBI's list of most-wanted terrorists, Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao stated that the United States had been offering a bounty of $10 million for information leading to al-Libbi's arrest. He refused to speculate upon whether the arrest would aid in the capture of bin Laden, saying that "We have no information" about the al Qaeda leaders, and "It's premature to say [whether this arrest will help in tracking them], but definitely interrogation is going to take place."

Sherpao also said that it was too early to say whether al-Libbi and Mohammed would be taken to the United States, or remain in undisclosed locations with other al-Qaeda detainees. He stressed that there were the attempted assassination cases pending against al-Libbi in Pakistan.

The United States is not the only country which lays claim to al-Libbi. He is wanted by, where he has been sentenced to death (and whence he escaped in the 1980s), for assassination attempts on. He is also wanted by Afghanistan.

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Twelve more moons of Saturn discovered

May 4, 2005 Astronomers at the  today announced their discovery of twelve further moons of, bringing the total number of moons discovered so far to 46. The initial discovery of the satellites was on December 12, 2004, and was made using the 8.2 metre at the. Confirmational observations were then conducted throughout January, February, and March from the Subaru telescope and from the telescope.

Similar teams at the university led by discovered 11 moons of Jupiter in 2001, and a further 11 in 2002, before turning their attentions to Saturn.

11 of the newly discovered moons are in, leading astronomers to hypothesize that they were originally asteroids, attracted out of the asteroid belt by Jupiter's gravity and then captured by Saturn. All of the moons are in inclined elliptical orbits, that range from 16 million to 22 million kilometres in distance from Saturn. As a point of reference, Earth's is an average of 384,403 kilometres from the Earth. The new moons of Saturn are provisionally named S/2004 S07 through to S/2004 S18.

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Tito remembered 25 years after his death

May 4, 2005

Delegations from every region of ex-Yugoslavia, except Kosovo, visited Josip Broz Tito's grave in Belgrade on a 25th anniversary of his death. Tito, the lifelong president of Yugoslavia from 1953, died on May 4, 1980 and was buried in the "House of Flowers" in Belgrade.

World War Two veterans, as well as youngsters, carrying Yugoslavian flags, laid down flowers on Tito's grave.

Two Macedonians, a 59-year-old Stojanche Kostovski and a 21-year-old Goce Velkovski, marched from Skoplje, Macedonia to Belgrade, Serbia to visit Tito's grave, covering around 463 km in 13 days.

B92 quoted one of the visitors, Miloica Ružić, as saying "While Tito was alive I had no democracy, but I had money and a passport. Now I have democracy, but also an empty stomach."

A visitor from Vrbas said "Many go to monasteries and churches, but I came here to find peace."

NGO "General Consulate of SFRY", from Tivat, Montenegro, published an obituary in major Montenegran daily newspapers, containing Tito's photography and the text: "Quarter of a century without you - a whole century backwards."


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Former Russian nuclear energy minister arrested by Swiss authorities on the behalf of the US

May 5, 2005

Former Russian nuclear energy minister Yevgeny Adamov was arrested on Monday by Swiss authorities. The arrest came at the request of U.S. officials who claim he stole more than nine million dollars allocated by Washington to help improve Russian nuclear safety.

The Ministry of Justice in Switzerland said Adamov will be extradited to the US. The warrant allowing this states that he is charged with diverting money from the U.S. Department of Energy to several companies he controls.

Adamov's lead lawyer said he will fight the extradition warrant and called the accusations "baseless". Adamov, who has on a number of occasions been investigated for his financial dealing by the U.S. and Russia alike, said he was being punished for his help in building a nuclear plant in Iran.

The U.S. now has 60 days to present a formal request, after which a Swiss court will make a ruling. Swiss officials said it is common for this process to take several months.

Adamov's U.S. lawyer, Larry Breur, said Adamov admitted to depositing the money into a personal account, but then he used that account to dispense the money to Russian agencies and nuclear scientists. Breur said the process was common in Russia to avoid hypertaxation.

Yevgeny Adamov was a minister in Boris Yeltsin's government, but was removed from power by Vladimir Putin in an effort to remove corruption. Adamov was in Bern attempting to unblock bank accounts belonging to his daughter.


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Partizan increases its lead

May 4, 2005

After an away victory of 1:3 over Vojvodina, Partizan increased its advantage over second place Red Star by 7 points in the First Federal League. Red Star shared points with Smederevo by tieing 1:1 at home with the 12th place team.

Another surpise of the round was the easy victory of Obilić over Budućnost, with a score of 4:2 (3:1 at half time), which put Obilić into 13th place, and allowed Zemun to take over the 5th spot from Budućnost. Obilić now has a chance to finish in the top 12, which would secure their existence in the first league, as they are behind Hajduk, Borac and Smederevo by a goal difference only and have a deficit of one played game.

All results from this round are:

 * Borac - Hajduk Bgd. 2:0 (0:0)
 * Zeta - Čukarički St. 2:0 (1:0)
 * Zemun - Sutjeska 1:0 (1:0)
 * Vojvodina - Partizan 1:3 (0:0)
 * OFK Beograd - Hajduk R. 4:1 (3:0)
 * Red Star - Smederevo 1:1 (0:0)
 * Železnik - Radnički JP 3:3 (1:2)
 * Obilić - Budućnost 4:2 (3:1)

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Investigators find black box of crashed New Zealand mail plane

May 5, 2005

Investigators in Tuesday's crash of the Airwork Metroliner airplane recovered the black box and cockpit voice recorder. According to witness reports, the airplane exploded in mid-air and crashed into a Taranaki farmland six kilometres east of Stratford, New Zealand. Both pilots were killed.

The pilots have been named as Clive Roger Adamson (43) of Wellington, and Tony Drummond (41) of Auckland. The aircraft was on a regular mail run from Auckland to Wellington carrying courier post and mail.


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Boston's Faneuil Hall selects 2005 performers

After being postponed a week because of weather, on Saturday and Sunday, April 30 and May 1, Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, Massachusetts, held public auditions for their 2005 performance slots. Thirty-two performance and musical acts got the coveted slots at one of the city's popular tourist destinations. Benefits of performing in the Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market area include exposure and tips from passersby.

Although the auditions were open to the public, few people seemed to find the location for the tryouts, since they were held on the second floor of Quincy Market because of the weather. Were it not raining, they would have been held outside.

Acts vying for performance slots included Dan Foley, who has juggled chairs at the marketplace for several seasons, jugglers, and a contortionist. Musicians included The Vegas Valentinos, a loud rock and roll act reminiscient of Elvis; Apple Crisp, a father and son with a keyboard and a vibraphone; a few guitar/harmonica combinations; and Tom Bianchi, a familiar site among Boston street performers.

The emcee between musical acts tried to steal the show with bad jokes. Luckily, audience members steeled themselves and braved his jokes to listen to Toby Tobas' steel drums.

The judges selected performers earlier this week. Entertainment will begin on Memorial Day weekend.

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Prime Ministers from Finland and Estonia meet

May 5, 2005

During the first meeting between new Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen they praised the strong relations between their countries, and spoke on how to expand their cooperation.

One topic under discussion was a 2003 report written by two "wise men" (former Bank of Finland director Esko Ollila and Estonia’s current Minister of Defence Jaak Jõeruut), regarding closer cooperation. Within the report were 43 suggestions for closer dealings.

On the economic front, discussion occurred on the Finnish one year "interim" period limiting citizens of the new EU countries access to Finnish labour markets. It is the opinion of Estonia that it goes against the principles of the EU.

In education and science, the Estonian PM commented that,"Experience that Estonians have picked up in Finland has been important. For instance, Finnish television taught Estonians about the market economy already in the Soviet period." Further cooperation between Finnish and Estonian universities for research was discussed.

Ansip made several comments regarding the recent Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. He commented that relations between Estonia and Russia should not be harmed by Estonian President Arnold Rüütel not attending the celebrations. He also stated that "We are waiting for the invitation", to sign a border treaty with Russia.


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Talk:Israeli parliament approves final step before implementation of Gaza disengagement plan can begin

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FLOWERS FOR ARMAGEDDON by Barry Chamish

Jerusalem Post, April 28/05

PERES, US DISCUSS GAZA FLOWER TRIANGLE

Israel and the Netherlands are discussing a cooperative arrangement whereby the Dutch would help Palestinians use the greenhouses left behind in Gush Katif to grow flowers that Israel would help market in Europe. Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres raised the idea Wednesday in a meeting with US Secretary For Near East Affairs, David Welch. Another idea that was raised was that the Aspen Institute would buy the greenhouses and transfer them to the Palestinians. Welch made his second visit to Israel in a week. Last week, he was here with Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams to push the Palestinians to coordinate the disengagement plan with Israel. Peres is scheduled to meet Saturday night with James Wolfensohn on the outgoing World Bank President's first visit here since being named the Quartet's special envoy charged with assisting Israeli-Palestinian disengagement coordination and Palestinian economic rehabilitation earlier this month. Peres updated Welch regarding contacts with European leaders about aid to the Palestinians... both he and Welch discussed the slow implementation of these financial commitments. The two also discussed the lack of a forthcoming financial contribution from the Arab world.

So much criminality in so few words. Here is what the report meant:

First, there is not a word reminding the readers that the Knesset Finance Committee is currently investigating the Shimon Peres Center For Peace for conflict of interest, tax evasion and embezzlement. As I have reported for the past three years, Peres gets huge kickbacks for "rehabilitating" the Palestinian economy. The Knesset is now investigating the 3.1% ownership of Paltel, the PA's phone company by the Peres Center Peace Fund. The lion's share of the company is owned by the Bin Laden family of Saudi Arabia. To thwart the investigation, Peres shut down the Peace Fund and likely, destroyed its records. Continuing in his Mafia tradition, Peres is putting his end of the scam before the interests of the nation he despises. The Israeli people have been tricked all along the way to accept the Gush Katif surrender, just so the crooks could divvy up the ransom. And who are the crooks? Once again we turn to the membership list of the Council On Foreign Relations of Manhattan http://www.apfn.net/CFR.htm And who do we find on the list? Why, everyone mentioned in the news item: Elliott Abrams, C. David Welch, James D. Wolfensohn, and The Aspen Institute is a CFR affiliate. But the Post "writer" isn't informed enough to make the observation and would dismiss it as coincidence that every American responsible for the Gush Katif sellout is a member of one 4000 member think tank. No conspiracies for the Post. Now if those fighting the pullout would stop wasting their time organizing demonstrations far from those selling them out, and surrounded Abrams, Welch or Wolfensohn with 100,000 very angry protesters, they might actually get somewhere. If any visiting CFR member arrives and his stay was made most uncomfortable, the crooks might get the message that the Jews are on to them and will make their lives insecure for as long as they live. But they needn't worry; the Jews are too dumb to figure it out. We now reach the heart of the scam. Who will sell the hothouses to the "palestinians?" The owners and builders of them living in Gush Katif for the past generation? Of course not. The CFR's Aspen Institute will take them over, sell them to the World Bank and it will resell them to the PA. That's why Wolfensohn was in town and that is why the CFR's Stanley Fischer was sworn in as the head of Israel's Central Bank two days later. That is the scam, and Peres and his CFR cronies will all get their slices of the theft. Their only disappointment is that more money to steal in the name of palestinian economic rehabilitation isn't pouring in to them. The Gush Katif residents have no choice. They must adopt a scorched earth policy if they are to have any chance of preserving their homes. The moment the pullout begins, the hothouses have to be burned to ashes. All of them. Then, if the removal forces gain the upper hand, every house has to be burned beyond use. Nothing must be left for Peres and his CFR crooks to sell to anyone. These preparations must be made immediately! To illustrate how little the Israeli media, even the voice of the settlers, understands, compare my correct reading with the following:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=80985

In his meeting with US Undersecretary for Middle East Affairs Walsh, Deputy Prime Minister Peres updated him on Israeli talks with Palestinian Authority officials, as well as with Arab and European leaders. Peres described his efforts to obtain financial assistance for the PA, and noted the slow pace of fulfillment of European and other commitments made to the PA. During the discussion, Peres and Welch also talked about the lack of response in the Arab world to requests on behalf of the PA.

In addition, Peres called on the US private sector to increase investments in PA-controlled territories.

Mr. Peres noted the need to maintain the current tax structure between the PA and Israel, and informed Welch of the plans for the transfer of Gush Katif hothouses to Arab ownership in the context of the Disengagement Plan. According to Minister Peres' office, the deputy prime minister described to the American official negotiations currently underway with Holland to allow Israeli marketing of PA-grown flowers.

Today's Tel Aviv meeting is a preview for Minister Peres of a planned meeting with the economic coordinator for the "Quartet" - sponsors of the Road Map peace plan - outgoing World Bank president James Wolfensohn, Saturday night. Peres will discuss with Mr. Wolfensohn projects to rehabilitate the PA economy.

The following report is much better.

http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Briefs/5350.htm

Peres suggests turning Gaza settlement into Club Med resort By: Israel Insider staff and partners Published: April 19, 2005

Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres sought to plot out the economic fortunes of the Middle East after Israel pulls out of the Gaza Strip this summer, proposing Monday regional economic cooperation that could include a tourist resort in Palestinian areas for terrorists who need rest and recuperation after their hard labors. "We could convert a settlement into a Club Med," he said.

There are unconfirmed reports that this could be a collaborative effort with the casino planned for Gush Katif by Ariel Sharon's adviser, Dov Weissglas. "Our fighters need rest and recuperation after their hard labors," one Palestinian official said." If they can relax in the sauna and do aerobics, perhaps they'll be less inclined to carry out martyrdom operations."

"We must not wait for the political solution but create economic and social hope" in the region, Peres said at the end of a 45-minute meeting with French President Jacques Chirac in Paris. "We must help all the countries construct an economic democracy," Peres said, referring to Gaza, Jordan and Israel. "We must coordinate on the economic front," he added.

Gush Katif residents should know that the Peres/CFR mafia are coordinating their efforts with France/Vatican. Everyone will get a piece of the resort/casino about to be built on their land. By the end of the day, don't be surprised if the Peres gang put a roof over the whole Gaza Strip, install air-conditioning and call the place The Gaza Plaza. One stop shopping for all.

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Strong hints of an impending shutdown. After my Pesach selling journeys last week, I found the lights on my car lit. The message was, We Know Where You Are. My printer Israel Cohen was lured into Jerusalem's Old City with a promise by Israel Police to escort him and his family on a tour of the Temple Mount. He was arrested the moment he walked through Jaffa Gate. Be aware that I may be a victim of a crackdown soon. Meanwhile, the selling spree was a major success. Join the many Israelis who bought extra books to awaken their friends, neighbors, families and co-workers. My DVD was requested but not enough yet to manufacture an Israeli PAL edition. I still need more interest to put out a local edition of my recent California lecture, The Dirty War Against The Settlers. For those with NTSC or multi-systems, Peter and Christie Michas will send it to you straight from the US in days. The cost is $20 for two hours of truth. Write  pmichas@mac.com  or  christiem@messengers-of-messiah.org As usual, you can order my English books; Shabtai Tzvi, Labor Zionism And The Holocaust; Save Israel!; Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin; Israel Betrayed; The Last Days of Israel; from chamish@netvision.net.il

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Italian biggest win at Italian Lottery Superenalotto

May 4, 2005 The Tuesday drawing of the Italian Superenalotto game has awarded the biggest prize ever won in a betting game in Italy. The single winner of the first category prize (6 numbers guessed) will receive an amount, including the jackpot from previous un-won draws, of €72.090.405,19 (US$93 million.) The prize money will be received in full without further taxation, since taxes in prizes of that type are taken at a fixed rate by the Italian State from the money paid for the bet.

The winning card was purchased in a café in Milan. The betting game, in some respects similar to Powerball in the USA, but without the special number, requires guessing 6 numbers out of 90.

There is not a drawing for the Superenalotto itself. Numbers are taken from the drawing of another Italian lottery game called the national Lotto. If you guess all 6 numbers in Superenalotto, you win the highest prize.

One additional number is drawn from the Lotto drawing. If you have guessed 5 numbers of the normal Superenalotto 6, where the additional number is called the Jolly number or Joker number, you win a runner-up prize (somewhat less than the full 6 award). Called the 5+1 prize, it was just won in the previous drawing on April 30. There are minor prizes for 5, 4 or 3 numbers guessed, but only the full 6 and 5+1 prize have the jackpot mechanism.

Source

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Resource

 * Page about Superenalotto from the official site of Sisal (in Italian)
 * record list of Superenalotto prize.

Indovinato il 6 al Superenalotto. Vincita record di 72.090.405,19 euro


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Liverpool and Milan in Champions League final

May 5, 2005

In a football match played in Eindhoven, A.C. Milan advanced to the UEFA Champions League finals on away goals against PSV Eindhoven with 3:1 in today's game (1:0 at half-time). Milan won at home 2:0 in the first leg a week ago.

Statistically, PSV had an advantage most of the game. They held the ball 60% of the game and took 15 shots at the goal, while Milan had only 8 shots.

By the end of the second half, the home team had a lead of 2:0. Park scored in 9' and Cocu in 65'. But during the last ten minutes of the game, Gomes' goal was invaded by Milan's strikers. In 91' Ambrosini scored the winning goal for Milan. In the next minute, Cocu scored for the second time this evening, but it was not enough for overtime.

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PSV Eindhoven: A.C. Milan:
 * Gomes, Lee, Alex, Bouma (out 70'), Van Bommel, Park, Cocu, Vennegoor, Vogel, Luicus, Farfan, Robert (in 70')
 * Dida, Cafu, Maldini (out 46'), Shevchenko, Gattuso, Nesta, Seedorf (out 69'), Pirlo, Kaka, Ambrosini, Stam, Kaladze (in 46'), Tomasson (in 69')

The other finalist is Liverpool, which won the second game with the result 1:0, after equalizing with Chelsea in the first leg. The final game will be played in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25.


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Saskatchewan man escapes black bear attack

May 4, 2005

John Rudachyk told reporters he thought he was moments from death Sunday during an attack by a black bear but managed to crawl away to his car and drive home.

Mr. Rudachyk, 32, was reportedly searching for deer horns in the woods near his home in Norquay, Saskatchewan when he says the bear suddenly charged at him out of some thick brush, snorting and grunting. He managed to climb a nearby poplar tree but before getting too high, the bear reached him. Mr. Rudachyk recalls kicking the bear's nose which caused it to momentarily retreat but then attacked again grabbing his foot and flinging him into a spruce tree. Mr. Rudachyk said he then fell to the ground and was briefly knocked out. After regaining consciousness, despite a mangled foot, broken bones, and numerous cuts, he managed to crawl to his car some 700 metres away never daring to look back to see if the bear was still near. He told a CBC reporter, "I figured if he was going to come after me, I didn't want to know. I was that scared."

Mr. Rudachyk, now recovering in a Regina hospital, said he does not know how he managed to survive the attack and drive himself home. "It was a pretty big bear. I thought I was dead. I thought that was the end of my life and all I could do was try to fight, stay alive or whatever."


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New York City Subway N service to be restored to Coney Island May 29, via the Sea Beach Line

May 4, 2005

On May 29, 2005, the final phase of reconstruction of the Stillwell Avenue Terminal on Coney Island will be completed, with the reopening of the BMT Sea Beach Line to regular N service. N service currently stops one station short of Coney Island, at Gravesend-86th Street, and last reached Coney Island under regular service on November 4, 2001, though various General Orders caused by other closures have resulted in N trains running all the way.

The Sea Beach Line began in 1879 as the New York and Sea Beach Railway, a steam-powered railroad. It was bought by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company in 1897 and soon fitted with trolley wire, with connections to Manhattan via various elevated railways.

Reconstruction into a four-track depressed line was finished in 1915, and subway trains running to Midtown Manhattan started using the line. The Sea Beach Line was the fastest of the four lines connecting Coney Island to Manhattan, especially when the express tracks of the Sea Beach Line (last used in 1968) were in use, as there were no express stations between the split from the BMT Fourth Avenue Line and Coney Island.

The N was both the first service to be cut back from Coney Island and the last to return, and was the only one not replaced by a shuttle bus during its closure. The BMT West End Line (W, later D) was never cut back from Coney Island, but the BMT Culver Line (F) and BMT Brighton Line (Q) were cut back from September 8, 2002 to May 22, 2004 (returning to service May 23).


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Mortgage advisers attempt to collect rent from neighbors after FBI raid in Union City, California

May 6, 2005

Three months after the FBI raided the offices of the Dorean Group in Union City, California, neighboring companies in the same office park have received letters claiming that rent for the office park should now be paid to the Dorean Group. The owner of the office park, Hanover Properties, insists that they have not sold the park and called the Dorean Group's claim fraudulent.

The first letter from the Dorean Group, dated May 2nd, 2005, purported to "inform [the tenants] of the change in ownership of the property [the tenants] now occupy," and asked that "payment of rents be sent" to the principals of the Dorean Group. The letter also included notarized documents authorizing the sale by an alleged agent of the current owner, Hanover Properties, a "Julia Pantibratyuk."

On the subsequent day, Hanover Properties responded in a letter to the other tenants of the park. They noted that they had not sold the office park to the Dorean Group, but that they had evicted the Dorean Group from the premises on April 26. They added that, "We do not know who Julia Pantbratyuk [sic] is."

The letters were provided to Wikinews reporter Pingswept by an employee of one of the companies in the office park.

Background on the Dorean Group
According to the Sacramento Bee, the Dorean Group says that it helps homeowners "wipe your mortgage off the books ... by executing a series of maneuvers with deeds and other real estate documents." U.S. District Judge William Alsup called the firm's work, "an elaborate Internet scam", said the Bee.

Kurt Johnson, one of the principals of the Dorean Group, disagrees. "We're on the cutting edge of legal theory ... It's in the law books, but no one's had the courage to bring it out," he told the Bee.

The Greater Cleveland Better Business Bureau issued an alert on its website in January about the Dorean Group. According to the bureau, the Dorean Group was "believed to be victimizing area lenders while leaving homeowners facing dire consequences."


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Wikinews:2005/May/5

 * Kashmir:Bus across Line of Control goes through peacefully
 * Liverpool and Milan in Champions League final
 * Doubts on yesterday's Italian Lotto and Superenalotto drawing
 * Prime Ministers from Finland and Estonia meet
 * Investigators find black box of crashed New Zealand mail plane
 * Former Russian nuclear energy minister arrested by Swiss authorities on the behalf of the US
 * Raymond N. Rogers, chemist who studied the Shroud of Turin, dies at age 77
 * Israeli withdrawal halted until Palestinians disarm militants
 * Pakistan captures al Qaeda suspect
 * Explosions near British consulate in New York shatter windows

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Serbia - Pahomije's case moved to Nis

May 4, 2005

The case of a Serbian diocesan Tomislav Gačić (also known by his Christian name Pahomije), accused of molesting four boys, will be moved to a municipal court in Niš. The supreme court in Serbia accepted a plea by prosecution in Vranje, which said that they are under a big pressure of the public and media.

Sanja Pejović and Vladimir Ristić, attorneys of the accused, asked for the exemption of all judges of municipal and district courts in Vranje because of their bias. Attorneys of the four boys said that this was a move to palliate the case.

The Serbian Orthodox Church did not make a statement regarding this case, that is now in its third year.

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User talk:Dovi

Nĭ hăo, Dovi,

The clock is ticking for Wikimedia to allow a Chinese Wikinews.

Tai Tai and I religiously follow the news from China, so it is especially frustrating to us that the Board has thwarted the launch of zh.wikinews.

There are no shortage of excuses for the board to drag this matter out for years if they so choose, so thanks for writing with a certain sense of urgency about this matter.

May I e-mail you to discuss strategy for zh.wikinews, and a possible backup plan should Wikimedia decline to pursue this project? There are many others who are interested in this project as well, (you are not the only one who is baffled as to why it has not gone forward), so we need to get better organized to support this cause.

Regards, — DV 07:13, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your reply. I sent you a more detailed e-mail about this issue. — DV 08:15, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

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User:Amar~enwikinews

I jumped over here after I started getting slightly weary of being a Wikipedian. Of course, I saw a progressing article and couldn't wikiresist :D.

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Explosions near British consulate in New York shatter windows

May 5, 2005

Videotape from security cameras appeared to show a cyclist lighting metal canisters that were filled with gun powder, and throwing them toward the building before fleeing the scene, police sources said. The make-shift explosives blew up in a concrete flower box, shattering glass but causing no injuries.

Two explosions were heard before 4am EST this morning, outside the 21-story building housing the British consulate in midtown Manhattan (map). The NYPD's bomb squad was called to the scene, and checked the area for further explosive devices. CNN and the Times Online reported a blast at 3:35; an AP report mentioned two blasts around 3:50 from "in or near a cement flower box," according to NYPD spokesman Noel Waters.

The damage from the explosion included broken windows in the building, a parked car, and the front door of the building. NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg noted that police closed Third Avenue between 51st and 53rd Streets. European markets reacted quickly to the news, which briefly increased volatility in all assets, according to Dow Jones news wires.

It is not yet known whether this is related to Britain's general election today, featuring Prime Minister Tony Blair's bid for his third term. Mayor Bloomberg told reporters, "We do not at this point have any idea who did it, or a motive...I don't think anybody should jump to conclusions".

Police think the target may have actually been a board member of Caterpillar, Inc., who works in the same building. Caterpillar sells bulldozers used by Israel to demolish Palestinian homes. NYC Police Chief Raymond Kelly noted the building was the site of an April 13 demonstration by a group called Jews Against the Occupation.


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Doubts on yesterday's Italian Lotto and Superenalotto drawing

May 5, 2005

The live television broadcast of the Italian Lotto draw, which was used to award the record-breaking €72.090.405,19 Superenalotto prize Tuesday, is reported to have had problems in the drawing procedure.

Only the numbered ball extraction of the "Ruota di Roma" (Wheel of Rome) was shown in the live television broadcast.

Instead of the traditional ball extraction made by a child, a new method based on an automatic machine was used for the "Wheel of Rome" and for the new "National Wheel". The other "Wheels" were drawn with the traditional system but were not broadcast on public television.

The operation with the new machine worked for the new "National Wheel" but when the operation started for the "Wheel of Rome", something went wrong. Not all the balls were taken into the box by the compressed air jet. A person tried to solve the problem, but a ball had fallen on the floor. Television images did not make it clear what really happened. Some parts of the procedure may not have been shown on television. The organization stated that the fallen ball was reinserted into the box, but this was not shown on television.

For these reasons, doubts have arisen about the regularity of the draw. Mr. Corbelli, the president of Movimento Diritti Civili, an association for civil rights, has stated that he wants an investigation to be made by the justice system to clarify what really happened and to check if the drawing was regular.


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Talk:Doubts on yesterday's Italian Lotto and Superenalotto drawing

Unbelivibly I can not found more sources on that news, but I have seen with my own eyes what was broadcast by television. I can not tell what has happended but I can by sure say that what happended was not shown completely and doubts on hat happened are really true. I have also read the news on Televidio to which I could no longer give you a link (since the pages are reseted each day) AnyFile 10:12, 5 May 2005 (UTC)


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Israeli withdrawal halted until Palestinians disarm militants

May 5, 2005

In Beit Laqia, a crowd of about 300 Palestinian protesters was demonstrating Wednesday against the ongoing construction of the West Bank barrier. When some Israeli soldiers arrived in two jeeps, the Palestinians began throwing stones at them. According to the Israeli army, a unit of six soldiers tried to disperse the crowd, probably using tear gas and rubber bullets, before firing warning shots with real bullets. Finally some soldiers opened fire, killing two protesters, according to witnesses and doctors.

The officer in charge was removed from active duty pending an investigation. "The company commander was suspended in light of errors -- both in the way he conducted himself and in the way in which he led his force," an army representative said.

Several breaches of the peace have occurred since the ceasefire was agreed between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit in February. Israel has already withdrawn from two of five towns it agreed earlier: first Jericho, then Tulkarm (see map). Both Israel and the United States have repeatedly demanded that the militants be disarmed.

Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Major General Aharon Ze'evi expressed on Thursday his view that the Palestinians were gradually bringing the militants under control. "As far as I know, the Palestinians have completed gathering the weapons of wanted militants in Jericho". Ze'evi explained that Abbas does not want to use force in a crackdown against Hamas, because of their popularity in the West Bank as a competing power with the Palestine National Authority of Abbas.

Both an unnamed local Palestinian official and a militant in Tulkarm, Mohammed Shahada of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, have confirmed that militants in Tulkarm agreed to possibly hand over their weapons in return for jobs in the Palestinian police or government, according to the Associated Press.


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Talk:Liverpool and Milan in Champions League final

Maybe this story should explain what sport it is talking about. -- Davodd | Talk 15:06, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Is it better now? I assumed that everybody associates Champions League, Liverpool and A.C. Milan with football. --Dcabrilo 21:05, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Poor Davodd ;)! North America really is the only place in the world that is'nt into soccer! Davodd, this is front page news throughtout Europe and at least front page of the sports section everywhere else (bar the states and canada I guess). → CGorman (Talk)  21:13, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * That isn't the point. Any news story should remember to explain what it is about. ;-) -- Davodd | Talk 07:43, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

CAT request
editprotected Please add the following categories to the article. 14.139.242.195 (talk) 12:44, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) A.C. Milan
 * 2) Liverpool F.C.
 * 3) Serie A
 * I did the two teams, but not the league. --Pi zero (talk) 03:18, 9 February 2016 (UTC)


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Bus drivers strike for six days in Auckland

May 8, 2005 Bus drivers at Stagecoach, the main busline in Auckland, began a six-day strike on May 5 after company and union representatives failed to reach a settlement. Traffic during rush-hour has become much more dense than usual, due to parents driving children to or from school. Extensive motorway roadworks in Auckland are in progress, as well as the usual rash of roadworks at the end of the annual council budgets.

Stagecoach employees are in disagreement with the new UK-based management over working practices and pay.


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User talk:24.242.143.50

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases: Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself.

Thanks again! --Cspurrier 18:43, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

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A Wikipedia:Wikipedian mainly... a newbie Wikinewsie maybe :) 20:08, 5 May 2005 (UTC) w:User:Hemanshu Category:India Special:Contributions/Hemanshu

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India's NDA rejects PM's appeal to end boycott

May 6, 2005

The (NDA), the chief alliance of Opposition Parties in India, has rejected Prime Minister}} [[Manmohan Singh's appeal to end its boycott of . A spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the chief opposition party,  termed the appeal as a "mere formality" which was akin to "rubbing salt to the wound".

"I appeal to leaders of the opposition to join the proceedings and this government is ready to discuss all issues and there is no issue which is barred from discussion," Singh said in parliament.

The NDA has been boycotting Parliament to put pressure on the government to answer their demands for the dismissal of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Railways Minister. Yadav had been indicted over charges stemming from the "fodder scam".

The appeal comes as the, an ally (although not a member) of the NDA, while maintaining its criticism of the Government's attitude, decided to end its boycott of Parliament and will join for the rest of the Budget Session.


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Hi,

Obviously this is in furtherance of the concerns I and others have brought to RFAR at the English Wikipedia. I've taken another look, and note two things - a highly productive history of a good editor there and admin on the English Wikipedia and a lack of contact. My impression is you're reading this page, but not responding to comments on it.

Can you just make sure that if/when people question edits there, you'll be able to respond well to any discussion and unblock requests by others, and maybe also drop a note here in reply to confirm that's all taken care of, or just let people know what the status quo is, and if all's okay. It matters :-)

The other thing is, email per se isn't the important thing, so much as communication. It's the combination of no discussion of edits and no email/no posts to any user/no communication, that's a concern. In some of those edits, people have raised concerns needing attention. If possible, please ensure the communication concerns of other editors (if any) would be addressed quickly, or at any rate, please acknowledge you received this message. If you're taking a break, and switched email off to not be disturbed, and won't be editing a while, feel free to let others know, it's fine :)

As an admin your responsiveness to other's views matters, because it is a role model for the community and other users. Please, do respond and discuss as part of editing, if such concerns come up.

If you don't discuss edits even when users ask you to, then it is possible you might get blocked at the English Wikipedia, temporarily until communication's resolved, purely to avoid the situation where something is edited and questioned but then there's silence in response to any questions. Editing needs good care and part of that has got to be responsiveness if there's a query on the way.

Adminship is not just about the tools, its about general conduct these days; it's part of admin policy and has been for a long time. I'd hate to see that happen, hopefully mentioning it will draw your attention, or at the least you won't end up in situations where your edits cause concern and you aren't aware of it.

Apologies for this, and if you need to, or need any help at all whatsoever, please do email me Special:EmailUser/MBisanz without hesitation, and we'll sort it out more fully that way.

If all is in fact okay and it's all good, or you're taking a break and just doing a bit well-intentioned housekeeping on the side - hope its a good one, and that this note is not a problem :) But please only engage in editing, if you'll be contactable and responsive for any discussions that might arise.

Best :)  MBisanz  talk 14:27, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Hemanshu. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Hemanshu~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Vsb~enwikinews

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Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Vsb. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Vsb~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:38, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:24.5.34.228

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User talk:64.169.155.235

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User talk:208.181.59.175

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User talk:68.85.113.226

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User talk:65.93.103.173

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User talk:208.226.153.24

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User talk:82.84.20.71

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User talk:168.143.113.52

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User talk:207.200.116.7

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User talk:212.235.51.19

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User talk:128.103.137.135

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User talk:69.248.184.46

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User talk:193.92.150.66

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User talk:212.56.97.238

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User talk:24.227.154.183

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User talk:81.76.74.73

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U.S. Navy finds soldier shot wounded Iraqi at Fallujah in self defense

May 6, 2005

In the case of a Marine who fired upon an unarmed and wounded Iraqi in a mosque in November 2004, the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service, headed by Major General Richard Natonski, ruled that the soldier acted in self-defense, and within the law of armed conflict. In a statement released by the Marine Corps: "He has determined that the actions of the Marine in question were consistent with the established rules of engagement, the law of armed conflict and the Marine's inherent right of self-defense." He will now not face a court martial.

In a videotape of the event, the Camp Pendleton U.S. marine raises his weapon and fires into the body of a Iraqi lying up against a wall in a mosque. When the Marine approached the wounded man, the marine is heard on the videotape saying, "He's f****** faking he's dead; he's faking he's f****** dead." Then he fired his rifle point-blank at the man's head, at which point a companion said, "Well, he's dead now."

The shootings occurred inside a mosque during a U.S. offensive that led to house-to-house fighting in southern Falluja last November. A television journalist embedded with the Marines recorded the killing on videotape.

The man killed was one of several Iraqi insurgents who had been wounded in fighting and then disarmed by marines, who then moved on leaving the wounded men in the mosque. The next day a second line of marines moved through the area, who fought with more insurgents. Due to the time that had passed since the first wave of marines, the second line assumed that any buildings could have been re-occupied by insurgents. The corporal found wounded men in the mosque when they searched it. At that moment marines from the first line of attack were approaching the mosque, among them the journalist, who had also been there the first time. As they approached, they heard three shots. When they entered the journalist taped what he saw, the same people who were left there, disarmed. Some were still alive and one marine thought a man lying on the ground was a threat because one of his arms was not clearly visible, so he could be hiding a weapon. However, instead of keeping him covered so another could search him he shot him, while the journalist was taping it. When the marine saw this and heard that these men had already been disarmed before he shouted that he didn't know that.

In sworn testimony, the corporal said he thought the people in the mosque were a threat. Investigators who considered a videotape of the shooting agreed. A known tactic of anti-Iraqi forces (AIF) is to feign injury or death, and the marine could reasonably claim they were still a threat.

The Marines said in a press release:

"'The evidence supports the conclusion that the shooting of all three AIF by the corporal during the assault on the mosque was consistent with the ROE (rules of engagement). The evidence indicates that based on the actions of those AIF, the corporal reasonably believed that they posed a hostile threat to him and his fellow Marines and justifiably fired in self-defense. The enhanced videotape of the shooting supports the corporal's claim that the wounded AIF was concealing his left arm behind his head. While it is not clear whether the AIF in the videotape made any overtly threatening gestures, it is clear that the Marines of 3/1, to include the corporal, were aware that feigning death was a common enemy TTP (tactics, techniques & procedures). Accordingly, it was reasonable to believe that the corporal fired on the AIF after reasonably believing that the individual was committing a hostile act by exhibiting a known enemy TTP (feigning death and subsequently moving his concealed arm). Based on all the evidence in the case, and the rules of engagement that were in effect at the time, it is clear that the corporal could have reasonably believed that the AIF shown in the videotape posed a hostile threat justifying his use of deadly force.'"

Kevin Sites, the NBC TV journalist who taped the event as "pool" footage, was embedded with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment when it neutralized Fallujah. The incident in the mosque raised considerable controversy over whether embedded journalists should maintain a neutral point of view. The unedited footage was aired extensively by Al Jazeera over the months following the incident.

Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi of the Arab Media Watch said the footage would support the idea in the Middle East that the prime concern of US forces is not the welfare of Iraqis.

In the USA, however, the shooting itself was not shown because NBC considered it too shocking. Now that Sites is no longer embedded he wants to bring the whole story out in the open.

Despite the fact that Sites introduced the footage with a long explanation of how the soldiers were under a lot of stress, which could easily cloud their judgement, he received thousands of hate-mails per day and even death-threats

Sites later responded to the criticism in an open letter to the regiment in his weblog.


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Kashmir: Bus across Line of Control goes through peacefully

May 5, 2005

The recently started bus across the Line of Control in Kashmir completed its third round-trip free of any untoward incident. The third bus from Srinagar to Muzzafarabad, carrying 37 passengers, left Srinagar at around 0815 hours IST on Thursday. The return trip from Muzaffarabad carried 41 passengers.

Heavy security arrangements were made to ensure no untoward incident took place. Authorities kept the names and addresses of the passengers secret to avoid a repeat of violent attacks launched by militants when the service started. The traveler's place of stay in Srinagar, in addition to the starting point of the bus, were also kept secret.

The 170 km Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Road, which was closed for traffic on October 27, 1947 was reopened after nearly 58 years on April 7, 2005.


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User talk:81.202.140.23/Fall of SEOInc

This article may be a perfectly useful one, but in its current condition it reads like a an editorial. It would be very useful to get this article cleaned up, but it has been moved to the ip space in the mean time. - Amgine/talk 21:36, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

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