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User talk:81.179.64.188

Regarding Children of Negro mothers 'more likely to turn to crime'
First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

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Former Washington D.C. police officer sues district for racial discrimination and harassment

June 22, 2007 According to court documents obtained by Wikinews, Randy Squires, an African American male and a former police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (DCMPD) has filed a lawsuit against the department alleging racial discrimination and harassment by a fellow officer. Squires is also suing the former mayor of D.C., Anthony A. Williams, and the district's Attorney Generals office. Squires is also suing his superior officer, Robert Atcheson, for racial discrimination and harassment.

"Defendant Atcheson treated Plaintiff differently than similarly situated Caucasian police officers in several respect [sic], including but not limited to assignments, evaluation, and disciplinary actions, deprivation of overtime and use of departmental vehicles," stated court papers filed by Squires' attorneys, Donald M. Temple and Dhamian A. Blue of Temple Law Offices in Washington D.C.

Squires accuses Atcheson, a white-caucasian male and a lieutenant in the Environmental Crimes Unit (ECU) Warrant Squad and the Paternity Warrant Squad, of discriminating against him on the basis of the color of his skin and also harassing him while on the job. Squires originally started to work in DCMPD 1988, and shortly after he was hired, he began to work in the ECU. Atcheson was in control of the unit Squires belonged to.

In court documents, Squires alleges Atcheson treated him with "flagrant racial discriminatory conduct," like using the word "mope," which is defined as slang for "nigger," and that the discrimination was "designed to intimidate, insult, emasculate and humiliate" Squires. In one incident in 2002, during a training exercise, Atcheson allegedly "deprived Squires of appropriate breathing apparatus, which is designed to save life in emergency and hazardous situations," but that the apparatus was "provided to two other caucasian officers."

Documents also allege that Atcheson had "falsified" a report to North Carolina State Police after Squires was arrested and wrongfully charged with "unauthorized taking of a police vehicle." Court documents say that the report to N.C. police states that "Atcheson falsely told Plaintiff (Squires) that he had photographic evidence of the police car outside Plaintiff’s home overnight and of Plaintiff driving the car from his home."

Court documents also allege that Squires allegedly informed his superior officer of Atcheson, only known as 'Captain Brito,'  of the incident, but no action was ever taken against Atcheson. Squires initially filed a complaint against Atcheson with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, (EEOC) in a letter on March March 8, 2005.

The Washington D.C. police department has investigated the claims made by Squires, which "revealed inappropriate conduct toward Squires," but according to documents, no disciplinary action has been taken against Atcheson or his superiors.

The defendants "deny any and all allegations" that Squires has made against them and also state that Squires "failed to exhaust their administrative remedies and/or failed to comply with other mandatory filing requirements." Defendants also say that "all actions taken by District (Washington D.C.) relating to Plaintiffs were necessary, reasonable, pursuant to lawful authority, and based on legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons" and that "the district denies that any district policymaker adopted, approved, condoned and/or maintained an unconstitutional policy, practice or custom of unlawful employment practices."

Squires is asking at least US$350,000. Squires and the Defendants also request that a jury be present during the trial, which is scheduled to conclude on June 26.


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I am writing this report from court documents located on PACER. This report, so far, is written from the initial filing against DC. So since there is A LOT of documents, I am going in stages. So please do not publish just yet :) DragonFire1024 12:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * All PACER documents can be found on Wikisource at Randy_Squires et al vs. District of Columnia et al. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:09, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Do not mark this abandoned, as soon as I have time, and i am in the right frame of mind, I intend to continue this report. DragonFire1024 13:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * As noted, the case closes on the 26th of this month - or at least that is when it is next due in Court. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:30, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Question about damages
Is there something odd with the dollar values in the last paragraph? Or is it such in the court documents? The phrase, "Squires is asking at least US$150,000 per defendant (US$350,000)" doesn't seem to add up. Where is the $350,000 from? Are there two or three defendants in this case? If two, should the value in brackets be $300,000, or if three, should it be $450,000? Just not sure. Jcart1534 11:12, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Documents say that the total is 350,000... I read that they were asking for at least 150 a defendant...I could have misread it. But I do not have time tis moment to look at it...but I believe it is from the first document in the Wiki Source listed above. DragonFire1024 11:27, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * from the first document: [...]WHEREFORE, each Plaintiff respectfully prays that this Honorable Court enters: (a) Judgment against Defendants for compensatory damages in excess of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00) per Plaintiff;[...]. I couldn't find any reference to any $150,000  figure.  I'm going to change the article to reflect this. Demiquave 22:17, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Future use of PACER
This case came to my attention totally at random while searching for something else in the system. It probably cost about 20-30 dollars to pull all the documents out of the system and I've stuck them over on WikiSource so anyone can check them. DragonFire1024 did most of the "donkey" work reading through the documents and writing up the article, but this is a potentially interesting avenue for getting original reporting. Others can sign up for the PACER system - email me for details. And if you limit the amount of querying you do it is free (less than a certain amount a quarter is waived). I'll obviously be looking this one up again from time to time until we have the trial outcome as a verdict. So, a couple of things.
 * Do people think this is a good way to get unique news?
 * Can people suggest how to get leads to find cases and extract documents?
 * Are there similar systems in other countries than the U.S.?

--Brian McNeil / talk 12:41, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


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Global Warming and Christianity, Islam, Capitalism, Socialism
Author: Dr. Durgesh Samant, National spokesperson, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

Green House Effect (Click to enlarge) Our understanding about global warming has reached a definite mode when scientists across the globe (Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Changes) have declared a few things in unequivocal terms. They are as follows:

1. The global temperature is going to rise by 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century, resulting in great human misery.

2. It is not the nature but man (human activity) himself who is responsible for the problem. They have clearly stated that the impending doom is not because of one of those natural cyclical phenomena that appear, creating damage to human life and property.

3. They have asked man to be alert and respect nature.

All these points, particularly the second one needs to be taken into consideration seriously, not only to find remedies or solutions to limit human suffering, but also to think about the root causes responsible for this tragedy. Here when I say root causes, I do not mean the causes like increase in the atmospheric CO2 etc, but the causes, which have made man so destructive and irresponsible so as to create a problem of such great magnitude. I think we shall provide serious attention to this particular aspect of global warming, obviously not only for academic interest.

Human mind expresses itself through various actions. Scientists tell us that, ultimately these actions are the causes of global warming. So it is a must for any serious person to find out, “Why human actions were in wrong direction for over so many years?” This is because of the human mind that dictated man to do so. But why has the mind failed to take the right direction? Here lies the key to this issue. Many a times it is the ideology of a person that guides his mind to act in a certain manner. The mind decides what is right and what is wrong according to the ideology that influences it. In this manner, he decides upon the course of action to be adopted. So it is better to analyze the ideologies, which influence the human mind to find out why human actions in this case were in the wrong direction.

If we study this issue closely, we understand that Global Warming (Click to enlarge) man went on exploiting mother earth for his needs. And his needs were and are unending. To get more material comfort and prestige he wanted to earn more. Yesterday’s leisure items became today’s essentialities. There is no end to it. Creation of wealth became the sole aim. And then there were wars, intolerance, etc. All this happened without paying any attention to mother earth. And why does he have to pay any attention to mother earth? He was sure that the Nature, the non-living entity, is not at all going to say anything to him about her exploitation. So when we study global warming, we actually understand a story of unlimited, unscrupulous exploitation of the planet by man. Man has shown absolutely no respect towards nature. He felt that such exploitation is necessary for his happiness. So lack of respect for mother earth and an unending quest for happiness in material things are two peculiar qualities of the human mind, which should be analyzed with respect to the various ideologies which influenced the human mind. As we can see that combination of these two resulted in human actions responsible for global warming.

We will take into consideration the major ideologies that shaped the human mind over the last 200 years in those countries, which are said to be mainly responsible for problem of global warming. The main actors in the list are Christianity, Islam, Capitalism and Socialism. These are the major ideologies that have contributed to the thought process of human mind in those developed countries, which are considered as mainly responsible for global warming. There is also a fair amount of agreement on the point that since the advent of industrialization i.e. over last two hundred years, things have started worsening.

History tells us that before the ideology of Christianity started prevailing over human mind, in Europe and elsewhere, there were some other cultures or ideologies. And these ideologies taught their followers to worship nature. But Alas! Christian missionaries worked relentlessly to wipe out this culture. ‘Pagan’ is the term they used to identify these people. Details of where, when and how this took place is not the point of our discussion here. Then came Islam, an ideology that has no concept of worshipping nature. Both these ideologies were extremely intolerant towards everybody who were not willing to accept their God as the only God and their way as the only way. History is full of stories of violence by their followers in the name of their Only True God! These followers kept on increasing their numbers by conversion, many a times by force. For them the concept of spiritual upliftment of an individual meant bringing him to adopt their faith by whatever means including force.

So technically speaking, although perpetrators of such actions might have done this with what they call as non-materialistic intentions, but their actions and the thoughts were definitely very materialistic i.e. to increase the number of their followers. Imperialism was an integral part of these actions. So the ideologies which inculcated such so called ‘non materialistic’ intentions, had no concept of inward journey within one’s mind to reach God or to find bliss within. If at all such a concept did exist, then it was very primitive in nature, as the history of bloodbath created by these two ideologies to gain numerical superiority just negates any existence of such a concept put seriously in practice by the mind they influenced. Along with such thoughts of intolerance, no teachings to find bliss or God within and lack of the concept of viewing nature with reverence were qualities imparted to the mind by these important ideologies. Such was the state of human mind, which then came under influence of various other ideologies like Capitalism, Liberalism, Socialism and Communism, especially after industrial revolution.

None of these new ideologies have any concept of worshipping nature. Neither have they cared for finding bliss or happiness inwards as stated earlier. So the results have been devastating. E.g. the man in developed countries takes material worth 20 times his weight everyday from the planet and then 99 % of it becomes waste! As a result the consequences have been devastating. If others have to use American living standards then we will require many more earths! In the past half century, the world has a lost a fourth of its topsoil and a third of its forest cover.In the past three decades, one-third of the planet's resources,its "natural wealth," has been consumed. Humankind has inherited a 3.8-billion-year store of natural capital. At present rates of use and degradation, there will be little left by the end of the next century. The mind that is already convinced that happiness lies in some material aspect of life then goes in that direction with no limit. Destructive nature of communism and socialism is well known to history. For both these ideologies, worshipping nature is out of question. They too attempt to find happiness for man through material fulfillment.

A mind influenced by such ideologies then just cannot think of preserving mother earth with conviction nor can limit her exploitation. Someone may question, “Why is finding bliss or happiness inwards and worship of nature important? Is it not sufficient just to be careful about nature? The answer is ‘No!’ Here to be careful about nature is a thought at a superficial level or an attempt made by the mind after some explanation or understanding about the problem. Whereas worship inculcates not only the quality of taking care of nature but also a sense of gratitude towards nature. One can understand the ocean of difference between the effort made by the mind, which takes care of its unwanted actions affecting nature, and the efforts made by one whose actions affecting nature are governed by gratitude towards it. This when coupled with an ideology directing the mind to realize God i.e. ‘Bliss’ within, by using nature for basic needs honestly makes a big difference. The mind that seeks happiness in material things or achievements will always end up in performing some action detrimental to nature. If these two principles, viz. seeking bliss or the God within and nature worship becomes an integral part (akin to faith in religion) of any ideology which governs human mind, then we need not worry about problems like global warming for generations to come.

In contrast to all these above-mentioned ideologies, Sanatan Hindu Dharma (Hinduism) shines with its peculiarities. There is nature worship in various ways in Hinduism. e.g. Hinduism tells its followers to pray to Mother Earth every morning before placing their feet on the ground. Hinduism places a non-materialistic goal i.e. God Realization in front of every individual in clear words in day to day life. There are well-evolved disciplines in this regard and masters who actually practice them. They are free to decide which way to follow. It is a unique wonder that we find some small areas of forests (called Devrai meaning God’s garden!) absolutely untouched for centuries together because of such qualities of Hinduism.

Before I conclude, I must say that this small article is just to provoke some thoughts in the reader’s minds. It is not an argument. It is my humble suggestion to scientists and those who are genuinely concerned about global warming to study Hinduism and other ideologies from this point of view.

(The author is a physician and the National spokesperson of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti. He is doing spiritual practice for over last 15 years. )

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31 children rescued as UK police shut down global paedophile ring

June 18, 2007 Police in the United Kingdom have shut down a global internet paedophile ring in a ten month operation that involved 700 suspects in 35 different countries, some of whom remain at large. 31 children have been rescued from their abusers.

Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said it could well be the biggest internet paedophile operation ever mounted in the UK. It was led by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.

Timothy Cox, 28, from Buxhall, near Stowmarket, UK, has been identified as the ringleader and has been sentenced to an indefinite jail term. He hosted the network the paedophiles used to communicate, a web chatroom called Kids The Light Of Our Lives, on which they swapped photos and videos of child sex abuse. Some attacks were broadcast live over the internet.

Judge Peter Thompson said that Cox posed a significant risk and had to be sent to jail for the protection of the public. He will not be considered for release until such time as he has persuaded the authorities that he is no longer a threat to the community. Such a term could mean that he is never released.

Cox himself was found to have 75,960 indecent and explicit images on his computer and police found evidence he supplied at least 11,491 images to other paedophiles over the chatroom, on which he used the identity "Son of God". He admitted to nine counts of possessing or distributing images of children. Since his arrest in September, authorities worldwide have been infiltrating the network and collecting evidence against the other members, culminating in today's announcement.


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Restored warplanes flown in Hamilton, Canada

June 18, 2007

Spectators flocked to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, beside the John C. Munro Airport in Hamilton, Ontario on Sunday to see restored Canadian warplanes in the sky as part of the annual FlyFest airshow.

Included among the day's attractions, was one of two remaining flight-worthy Avro Lancasters, which was open to visitors to climb into the cockpit for a small fee. Other craft included a Messerschmitt 109, B-25 Mitchell and PBY Canso.

The non-profit museum is dedicated to restoring old Canadian warplanes from the past 75 years. Normally stored in the museum's display rooms, some of the planes make it out to airshows when finances allow.

They were flown all day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.

External link

 * Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum


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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 Chambers0623. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Chambers0623~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.

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Politically charged murder trial under way in Malaysia

June 18, 2007

A trial in the murder of Mongolian-born model and interpreter got under way today in, Malaysia, with a former adviser to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as one of the defendants.

The prosecutor said political consultant, 47, plotted the October 19, 2006, murder with two police officers, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, who fatally shot Altantuya, and then blew her body up with in an attempt to get rid of the evidence.

The sequence of events would be pieced together by testimonies of witnesses who saw Altantuya taken from Abdul Razak's house, closed-circuit television footage and telephone records, deputy public prosecutor Abdul Majid said in his opening remarks.

"Several items belonging to the deceased have also been seized by the police from Sirul Azhar. [We] will show that the items belonged to the deceased through identification by prosecution witnesses and DNA tests, prosecutors told the court," he said.

"Besides that, a pair of bloodstained slippers had been found in Sirul Azhar's car and analysis by the Chemistry Department had confirmed through tests that the blood was Altantuya's," Abdul Majid said.

Abdul Razak has admitted he had an affair with the 28-year-old Altantuya, who was born in Mongolia, and schooled in Russia and France. She was a part-time model and also worked as an interpreter and translator, as she was fluent in Mongolian, Russian, French and English. Abdul Razak has said he met Altantuya in Hong Kong in 2004, and they had a short-lived extramarital affair. After he ended it, Altantuya went to Malaysia and threatened Abdul Razak with.

After that, prosecutors say, Abdul Razak contacted Azilah, who was head of Deputy Premier Najib's security detail, and that Abdul Razak "abetted" the two policemen "by planning and giving instructions to get rid of her by killing her".

Abdul Razak, Azilah and Sirul Azul were brought into court handcuffed and made to sit in a dock.

Before entering, the tearful Abdul Razak hugged his wife who was wearing a T-shirt that said "Mrs. Abdul Razak Baginda" on the front, with "And Proud of It" on the back.

The politically charged trial has been a sensation in the Malaysian media, and is one of the biggest political scandals since former deputy prime minister and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was jailed on charges of corruption and sodomy. Supporters of Anwar, who was released from prison in 2004, forced Najib to vehemently deny allegation that he was linked to the murder.

The trial has also been beset by delays.

Today, lawyer, representing Altantuya's family, asked that the judge and a defense lawyer be replaced because they distantly related by marriage. Judge Mohammad Zaki Mohammad Yasin denied the request, saying his third cousin is dead and he has "no personal interest whatsoever" in the case. Defense lawyer Hazman Ahmed's late wife was the third cousin of the judge.

The trial had been scheduled to start on June 4, but was postponed after the attorney general abruptly replaced the prosecutor after he was seen playing with the judge. The new prosecutor then needed more time to study the case.


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17 hurt in southern Thailand blasts, schools closed

June 18, 2007

Bombings across southern Thailand injured 17 people today. In Yala, a bombing in a tea shop injured 14 people, while in Narathiwat, a roadside bomb injured two soldiers and a bomb on a bridge injured a government employee.

Overnight, a school was burned. Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont ordered indefinite closure of all public schools in the three southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani, citing insurmountable security concerns because of the south Thailand insurgency.

"There are more than 700 schools in the three southern provinces. It's difficult to beef up security at all schools," Surayud was quoted as saying by the Thai News Agency.


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Very little info out there about which other countries are involved no? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:47, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * There's no obvious press information about what other countries are involved (the Toronto Star mentioned something about 'not sure about what the Canadian involvement was' type thing), so I guess that's a kind of @kudos to anyone who finds anything on the subject' type situation. Still, with 200/700 Brits (I'm so ashamed I'm Brittish all of a sudden... I think I might emigrate somewhere more civilized, and with decent music, too) we can assume that it's mainly a Brittish thing; I'd be surprised if any other countries had such a large number of people involved. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
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I have been trying to find out what the "rescued children" is supposed to mean. Does anybody have any information about this? What does "rescued" and "abuse" mean in this context? 130.235.16.196 11:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I would say "abuse" is sexual abuse, presumably, from what has been said in the media, at a quite horrific nature; innapropriate images and videos been taken of them, possibly going as far as rape, and certainly some mention has been made of "sex attacks". Also, I would think "rescued" means that the police have stepped in and arrested the specific abusers of these children, and placed them into government-funded care if nescescary. Hope that helps. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, it helps if it's true. But if I read you correctly you're just speculating, right? I would really like to actually know what kind of abuse we are talking about, since the term covers so much. And I am incredibly curious about "rescue". Have 31 children been freed from damp cellars where they were kept and raped for months? Or have 31 peeping Toms who took and distributed pictures of their neighbour's kids playing naked in the garden been put in jail? Or is it somewhere in beetween? The only thing I am quite sure about is that the investigating force uses language that puts their achievement in as favourable terms as possible. 83.254.157.130 20:23, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


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White House press center evacuated after bomb scare

June 18, 2007 A press room across the street of the was evacuated after a bomb sniffing dog had a reaction to a van it was searching. The van was believed to be a transport vehicle for Israeli Prime Minster, but some reports also say that it is not known to whom the van belongs.

The evacuated space is where the press gathers before they enter the in the  of the White House. It is around the corner from.

"Police were called, they are on the scene currently attempting to clear the vehicle. The vehicle is part of the delegation that is staying at the Blair House," said Darrin Blackford, a spokesman for the.

Police searched the van using a robot and blocked off streets around the area to vehicle traffic, but at 4:30 p.m. (eastern time), authorities gave the "all-clear" for personnel to be allowed back into the building.

The "suspicious" van was parked in front of Lafayette Park. Other areas near the White House were also evacuated including Pennsylvania Avenue, on which the White House is located, and the Jackson Square Press Center, because "of an abundance of caution."

Olmert is currently a guest in the Blair House which is located across the street from the White House. Olmert is expected to meet with United States President George W. Bush to discuss the Palestinian government and other issues. It is not known if Olmert was inside the house at the time of the incident.

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Been watching live TV between CNN FOX News and such and all the reports of the "all-clear" are just coming in. Nothing to link to that yet. DragonFire1024 20:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't know if any of the white house was actually evacuated. The sources seem to say "The buildings included were the White House Conference Center and buildings surrounding Blair House — where Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is staying as he prepares for a meeting with President Bush on Tuesday."  I know that the press corps used to be housed inside the white house, but I think they were removed a year or so ago.  (some transparency in that thar' Bush white house eh? NByz 01:44, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Ah I see a good part of the history is you changing around the title, so I'm sure you're up on that. Is the white house conference center in the white house?  Good luck on the wikimedia board elections. NByz 01:45, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! and yes sorry...I was at work and it was breaking news at the time so I wrote about it as much as I could. So i apologize for a quick publish there. DragonFire1024 03:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It turns out it is not. It should have been caught sooner. --SVTCobra 02:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Cool. How often does the main page update?  I've cleared my temp files and refreshed it a couple times and it still seems to say "Portions of the white house evacuated after bomb scare."  NByz 02:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Scratch that. Looks good. NByz 02:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

 * To make sure you're viewing the latest, you can always click Refresh right below Latest News. --SVTCobra 02:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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edit protected Please add this article to Category:White House and localize the link of the same name as well as the one for good ol' George Dubya (George W. Bush in case you didn't know about that spelling of the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet). Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 23:29, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
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Scottish first minister calls for united front in visit to Northern Ireland

June 18, 2007

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond made his first official visit outside Scotland as First Minister, meeting his counterpart in Northern Ireland, First Minister Ian Paisley.

The leader of the Scottish National Party, who is calling for Scotland and Northern Ireland to present a united approach toward governance, addressed the Northern Ireland Assembly and said Stormont, and the Scottish Parliament "now share a political model based on necessary compromise."

"The Deputy First Minister hasn't stopped being a nationalist and you, First Minister, haven't stopped being a unionist," Salmond said, referring to Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin and Paisley, of the Democratic Unionist Party. "Nevertheless, what matters is identifying the areas where you agree and working on those. It doesn't remove the other issues, but it allows a democratic chamber to function and an executive to govern.

"No-one in this chamber should feel that their aspirations, their view of the future, is anything other than legitimate," Salmond said in his speech, quoted by BBC News Online.

Salmond hailed the dedication of Prime Minister Tony Blair and the resolution of the Northern Ireland political crises.

"You will know how closely many in Scotland follow events and I am acutely aware of the difficulties you faced and, indeed, still face in the path to progress," he said in the Stormont Senate chamber.

"In that context, the efforts to make strides forward in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland are truly remarkable.

"Scottish Government and the people of Scotland salute you for that collective leadership.

"Leadership is a concept that is often cheapened and devalued in modern politics but the members of this Assembly have done something truly impressive.

"Over the last years, you have turned a seemingly intractable situation into one full of hope and optimism. That is real leadership."

Salmond, as a Scottish Nationalist, said he is a passionate believer in Scottish independence, but compromise is still needed.

Salmond said that he thinks the Edinburgh Parliament and the Belfast Assembly present a united front on devolution issues as they seek more home rule powers.

Among the issues would be lowering corporation tax to a 12.5 percent rate.

“It is not a question of ganging up, it is a question of formulating ideas in a constructive way,” Salmond said. “And on many of these issues it will also be, in my opinion, in the interests of the Westminster Government."

He said the British-Irish Council, meeting next month in Belfast, is "the best mechanism we currently have for Scotland and Northern Ireland to work together within the devolved structure".

Salmond is also planning to visit Welsh leader Rhodri Morgan in addition to visits to Ireland, Brussels and Norway.


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Hamilton is really starting to look like the future of F1, the next King of the Road. --SVTCobra 21:12, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Isn't he? Time we had a good Brittish F1 driver again. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Don't know how about the future of F1, but he is obviously the most successful driver up to now... --Yuriybrisk 14:29, 8 July 2007 (UTC)


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EU, US and Israel to resume aid to and lift financial sanctions against Palestine

June 18, 2007

It was announced today that millions of dollars worth of foreign aid would once again be delivered to Palestine by the European Union. Aid to the Palestinian Authority had previously been ceased some 15 months ago when Hamas seized control. The announcement comes the day after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new emergency government in response to the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip.

The announcement was made in Luxembourg by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, and is said to be due to Hamas no longer being a part of the Palestinian government. Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said "We absolutely have to back" the new government in the West Bank and that "The question of today is: How can we help the 1.4 million people in Gaza?"

Riyad al-Malki, the new Palestinian minister of information and justice, said of the event "There are encouraging steps. We hope that these steps will be carried out quickly."

Both the United States and Israel have also said they will lift financial restrictions against Palestine. Israel has withheld some $55 million a month in customs duties that it has collected on Palestine's behalf starting soon after Hamas took power, coming up to $550 million total, and Israel say they are considering releasing the money.

Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel, flew to the US this weekend and is scheduled to discuss the situation in Gaza with US President George Bush tomorrow. Upon his arrival, he informed reporters that "Israel would be a genuine partner of the new Palestinian government."

Israel and the US have said they will back the new government against Hamas. The U.S., EU and Israel all consider Hamas a terrorist group as they have killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombimgs.


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CNN and YouTube partner for democratic debate

June 19, 2007 CNN and YouTube have joined forces to enable YouTube users to upload videos with questions for Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

CNN will choose the "most creative and compelling videos" to air live on CNN on July 23 in Charleston, South Carolina at the South Carolina Democratic Debate to be hosted by Anderson Cooper in partnership with the South Carolina Democratic Party.

The debate is scheduled to be held at the Citadel, and will last for two hours.

Creators of videos chosen by CNN to air live on the show will get the chance to fly to the debate, and offer reactions on the official YouTube political blog.

CNN Washington's bureau chief, David Bohrman said that "Journalists do a really good job asking questions, but there is another world of questions out there I'd like to see. This is wide open to creativity and the use of sound and pictures. The tone and flavor will be so different from any other debate."


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4.5 quake hits northern Thailand
A minor earthquake centered in Mae Rim, Chiang Mai Province shook northern Thailand today, panicking residents in Chiang Mai city, who fled from tall buildings that swayed.

The quake, measuring at around 4.5 magnitude, struck at 12:06 p.m. (0506 UTC), Meteorological Department director-general Suparerk Tansriratanawong told Thai News Agency. The quake was on the active Mae Tha fault line, which had a 5.1-magnitude quake on Dec. 19, 2006.

No injuries or major damage was reported in today's quake, Thai News Agency said. The Nation newspaper's website reported that the main Buddha statue at Wat Krong Or in Chiang Mai was cracked by the shaking.

Yesterday, a 4.2-magnitude quake was reported near the Myanmar border in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

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5.6 quake shakes Iran
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck yesterday in Iran, about 125 kilometers (77 miles) south of Tehran.

Nearer to the epicenter, in the holy city of Qom, people fled into the streets in fear, but no injuries or major damage was reported, residents and state television said.

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Thaksin ordered back to Thailand on stock-sale charges

June 19, 2007

Ousted and living in exile, with assets frozen in Thailand, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ordered today by the Royal Thai Police to appear on charges related to the sale of some of his family's stock holdings.

The order adds to mounting, increasingly complex legal troubles for Thaksin, the telecommunications billionaire who led Thailand until he was unseated in a coup last year.

Thaksin and his wife, Potjaman Shinawatra, who are both outside of Thailand, were both ordered to present themselves to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) by June 29 at the latest. A relative of Potjaman's, Busaba Damapong, was also ordered to appear.

"If they intentionally fail to appear, we must issue an arrest warrant," DSI chief Sunai Manomai-udom was quoted as saying by Agence France Presse.

Noppadol Pattama, Thaksin's lawyer and spokesman in Thailand, could not say when his client would return.

"We will have to seek legal consultations among the lawyers. His security is only one factor. We will have to see what our options are and consult with him as well," Noppadol was quoted as saying by Associated Press.

Last week, interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and the junta's leader, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, both said Thaksin could return to Thailand of his own free will, in order to appeal the seizure of his assets. But later, Sonthi said Thaksin might face harm if he returned too soon.

The latest charges relate to the transfer of shares in 2000 in a real-estate company called SC Asset to a British Virgin Islands-owned company called Win Mark. Police say the Shinwatras' controlling ownership of SC Asset was illegally concealed through nominees. Potjaman's relative, Busaba Damapong, served as executive director of SC Asset.

Through nominee companies and disclosed shares, Sunai said, the Shinawatra family owned 79.87 percent of SC Asset. "Not only did they have control of a majority stake but also control over board decisions," Sunai told Associated Press.

They broke the law in failing to report their ownership in SC Asset and failing to report the transfer of the shares, Sunai said. They could face five years in prison and fined at least 500,000 baht (about US$15,000), Sunai added.

Thaksin is also supected of violating the prohibition on Cabinet members holding shares in publicly traded companies, and could face up to ten years in prison and a 1 million baht fine for that.

Potjaman's legal troubles, land purchase
Potjaman and Thaksin were also charged yesterday over the purchase of a 13-acre tract of land along Ratchadaphisek Road near the Thailand Cultural Centre in Bangkok.

The Office of the Attorney General says Potjaman purchased the land in an auction that was possibly rigged. Valued at 2.1 billion baht before the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and 870 million baht after, Potjaman purchased the land in 2003 for 772 million baht.

The Attorney General's office is recommending to the Supreme Court that the land be confiscated by the government.

Potjaman is also sought in Thailand to testify before the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) on the sales of her family's Shin Corporation stock to Singapore-owned Temasek Holdings.

She sent word today that she is seeking medical treatment for headache and irregular heartbeat in Raffles Hospital in Singapore, and that she asked the AEC to delay the hearing.

Potjaman appeared in court last month to plead not guilty to charges of tax evasion in the sale of Shin Corp. stock to Temasek.

Missing 8 million baht found
The AEC yesterday ordered an additional seven bank accounts seized after it was discovered that the accounts are controlled by the Shinawatra and Damapong families. The accounts contain 8 million baht that was feared missing last week after the AEC ordered 21 of Thaksin's bank accounts frozen. The 8 million baht had been transferred just before the AEC's order, to the other seven accounts.

Authorities have frozen a total of 52 billion baht, or about US$1.6 billion, frozen, money they say came from the Shinawatra family's sale of Shin Corp. stock to Temasek. The stock sale prompted mass protests against Thaksin last year and was one of the factors in the coup that overthrew his government. The authorities also believe that the Shinawatras and the Damapongs have 73 billion baht from the stock sale remaining in Thailand, and officials are still hunting for another 21 billion baht to seize.


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North Korea launches missile in 'military drill'

June 19, 2007

According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, North Korea has fired a short-range today into the. Officials believed it to be part of a regular exercise.

"North Korea fired a short-range missile in what appeared to be part of a military drill," a Japanese Defense Ministry official was quoted as saying by.

A South Korean defense spokesman said such tests are routine.

"We don't deny that North Korea fired a missile," South Korean Army Colonel Ha Doo-chul, told Yonhap. "If it did, we regard it as a routine exercise."

The test comes at the time when North Korea is inviting inspectors in to discuss its nuclear programs.


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any reasons I shouldn't publish yet? Maximusnukeage 14:12, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The article is one sentence long. You should add more information for the reader to understand the event.  —FellowWiki Newsie 14:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Expanded. Maximusnukeage 14:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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The re-naming of the article is unnecessary. The new name is way to long Maximusnukeage 14:38, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Name changes to North Korea launches missile Maximusnukeage 14:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok. I'm just going to make some minor edits to the article.  —FellowWiki Newsie 14:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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I'm not sure that describing North Korea as using "missile tests to terrorise neighboring states" entirely complies with the neutral point of view policy. Any thoughts? Adambro 15:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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This is my talkpage. I don't visit Wikibooks too often, so if you need to contact me urgently, feel free to edit my Russian Wikipedia talk page in a language I know.

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 * Thanks, Adambro! I'm a newbe only in english wikinews, in ruwiki I'm an "old man" (bureaucrat). --Obersachse 14:56, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * lol— Don't worry, we tend to give welcome messages to everyone, whether they need it or not (for example, Brion VIBBER). Anyways, welcome to wikinews. Just wanted to say hi, and thank you again for the permissions with the location map templates (slowly collecting them all). Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

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Came to the event. It was truly a great event and I am happy to be reporting it for Wikinews.  —FellowWiki Newsie 17:22, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Not seeing mention/images of any WWI planes, was that an error? Sherurcij 08:46, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, is 9pm a typo as well? It should say 9am? Sherurcij 13:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


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Supporters of Myanmar's Suu Kyi mark detained leader's 62nd birthday

June 19, 2007

Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar marked her 62nd birthday today, still under house arrest, where she has spent most of the past 17 years.

About 250 supporters met at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters in Yangon, not far from Suu Kyi's home, and held a rally calling for her release. Doves and balloons were released into the air, under the watchful eyes and video cameras of around 50 plainclothes police officers, who were stationed across the street.

The police force was augmented by a dozen truckloads of members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association, the political arm of the State Peace and Development, the junta that rules Myanmar.

"The doves symbolise peace. We also released colourful balloons, which rise like her prestige when they fill the sky," NLD women's wing leader Lai Lai was quoted as saying by Agence France Presse.

With the party marking marking Suu Kyi's birthday as "Myanmar Women's Day," Lei Lei read out a statement at the ceremony, calling Suu Kyi "irreplaceable" and praising her "honesty, bravery and perseverance."

Security was beefed up around Suu Kyi's lakeside home on University Avenue, which is usually open to traffic during daytime, but is closed on significant anniversaries such as Suu Kyi's birthday or the May 30 anniversary of her detention.

NLD supporters said police were also watching their homes.

"Plainclothes police circled around my house on their motorcycles last night until dawn," Su Su Nway, 34, was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse. She was arrested on May 15 with 60 others during a prayer rally for Suu Kyi in Yangon, and was released for health reasons on June 7. She said around 52 NLD supporters were still in custody.

Suu Kyi is generally barred from receiving visitors, so she spent the day alone. Except for her maid, a personal physician, a dentist and an eye specialist, the only other person to visit with Suu Kyi in the past year was United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari, whom she met for one hour last November at a government guest house.

Winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 11 of the past 17 years, continuously since 2003. Her National League for Democracy won a landslide election in 1990, but the military, which has ruled Myanmar since 1962, refused to honor the results. The country is also known as Burma, but the military government renamed it Myanmar in 1989.

Calls for Suu Kyi's release have been issued by the NLD, various world bodies and other countries, but the pleadings have been met by no response from the generals.

"In our view, until their constitution is ratified, she will not be released," Sann Aung, a Bangkok-based leader of the Burmese government-in-exile was quoted as saying by Reuters.

"They are worried that she will be a threat to the National Convention and the referendum," he told Reuters, referring to the planned national referendum on a new constitution that is being written by the generals.

The Nation newspaper in Bangkok marked Suu Kyi's birthday with an editorial, saying that sanctions against the Myanmar regime have been ineffective.

"The junta has earned huge amounts of foreign revenue from oil and gas exports, with prices jacked up many times over. With rich mineral resources, energy hungry countries have been attracted to Burma despite the repressive nature of the junta," the editorial said, also making note of a recent deal that Russia has made to build nuclear reactor in Myanmar.

The paper also said Myanmar bodes ill for the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional grouping.

"As long as Aung San Suu Kyi remains incarcerated, ASEAN's reputation and the group's international standing will be tarnished. Asean leaders have repeatedly appealed to the Burmese junta to free her, but to no avail ... today, Burma is the black sheep of ASEAN. Without any current provisions for sanctions, Burma will remain as intransigent in the future as it is today."


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Aid group reports 110 North Koreans killed in explosion

June 19, 2007

A South Korean aid agency reports that 110 North Korean villagers died in an explosion while trying to scavenge fuel from a cracked pipeline 10 days ago.

The incident occurred in North Pyongan Province on June 9 when one of the villagers lit a match near a cracked segment of the pipeline, setting off fuel vapours.

"Informed sources told us that about 110 people were killed in the blast," Noh Oh-jae, an official for the group Good Friends, said.

The National Intelligence Service in South Korea says it cannot confirm the reports.


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This news is not old. The explosion happened 10 days ago. but the information has just come out of the dprk. Maximusnukeage 18:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
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 * votes from Wikinews:Deletion requests page trend heavily toward removing the request for deletion. So I removed the dr tag. -Edbrown05 04:58, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


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Caterpillars force temporary closure of Wisconsin state park

June 19, 2007 A park in the U.S. state of Wisconsin has been closed, due to being over-run by gypsy moth caterpillars.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the unprecedented move yesterday, with officials saying they would temporarily close Rocky Arbor State Park near Wisconsin Dells due to an infestation of gypsy moth larvae.

The larvae are present at the park in such large numbers that, according to a report by the Wisconsin State Journal, camping there would "apparently be a squishy, nightmarish experience."

Mark Guthmiller, DNR gypsy moth suppression coordinator said that "there are also health and safety considerations that prompted our action," explaining that there was a significant risk of people having severe allergic reactions to the caterpillars. There were also concerns that the caterpillars might be accidentally transported out of the park on park user's vehicles to areas where the moths have as yet failed to establish themselves. Guthmiller also commented that related sanitation issues" would also "significantly detract from the quality park camping experience."

Andrea Diss-Torrance, another gypsy moth coordinator for the DNR, said of the infestation: "It's very severe - it's as severe as I have ever seen." The closure, which will run until at least June 27, is thought to affect around 95 campground reservations at the site, which covers 255 acres. State officials have been attempting to arrange alternatives for campers at nearby parks, or, failing this being acceptable, are offering refunds. The park will be closed until after the caterpillars have completed pupation - the period in their life cycle in which they transform into moths.

The gypsy moth is a pest in the U.S., having been introduced in the 19th-century in a failed attempt to to try to breed a hardy variant of silkworm. The moths can strip the leaves off at least 250 different tree species, and as they lack natural predators in the U.S., cause significant damage. The moths often chew leaves but don't actually eat them, thus increasing the potential damage.

At Rocky Arbor, they have already stripped all the trees in some areas of the park. The caterpillars can kill trees directly, but more usually weaken them so that they are more susceptible to die from other causes, such as disease.


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User talk:JIMDAY

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User talk:Cfrhdvt

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Failings identified in response to Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel

June 19, 2007

Two inquiries into the seizure of Royal Navy personnel by Iran in March 2007 have found that the capture was not a result of "a single failure or any particular individual’s human error, but rather of an unfortunate accumulation of factors" and that there was a "collective failure of judgement" in allowing those involved to receive payment for discussing the event with the media.

The first report, by Lieutenant General Sir Rob Fulton, looked at "operational circumstances, consequences, and implications of the detention of the personnel". The second, by Tony Hall, former BBC Director of News and now Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, examined the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) handling of the media attention in relation to the incident and has been published on the MOD website. The report by General Fulton is not available to the public, as it is classified because it deals with operational issues.

General Fulton identified weaknesses in training, communications and the handling of intelligence and suggested improvements in training for boarding operations.

The Hall report found that the poor judgement in allowing members of the armed forces to talk to the media was not the failure of a single individual, but Defence Secretary Des Browne accepted this as his responsibility, and has apologised for this error. He said that personnel would not be allowed to sell their stories in future.

In a statement to Parliament, Des Browne said that the Ministry of Defence were committed to implementing the recommendations made in the reports and that he expects "the great majority to be implemented by the end of this year".


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Comments:CNN and YouTube partner for democratic debate

Americans should really get on this. Ask the questions you really should be asking. I think this is a wonderful opportunity for the youth of the U.S. to have their opinions heard. I will be watching for sure up here in Canada. Please do not disappoint. Apollo 216.209.139.86

Rename to 'CNN and YouTube partner for Democratic debate'
Rename to 'CNN and YouTube partner for Democratic debate'

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User talk:Apollo 82

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User talk:Ripper47~enwikinews

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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 Ripper47. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Ripper47~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.

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User talk:Minniegirl

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Is it just me or does the first paragraph go alittle bit contradictory to the title, I suggest it be slightly changed. The 13th 4postle 03:06, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the title, as is, is way off. I'll agree that it is a difficult headline to write. --SVTCobra 03:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


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Cocaine found in frozen mango puree shipped to Montréal, Canada

June 20, 2007 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced Tuesday that they had seized approximately 160 kilograms of cocaine discovered in buckets of frozen mango puree imported from Mexico.

Investigations led the police to a shipping container destined for the Port of Montréal, in the Canadian province of Québec. A CBSA officer at the Container Examination Centre in Montréal identified the suspect container. The drug was found in brick-shaped plastic wrapping of about 4 kilograms in weight each. There were 1,200 buckets of frozen mango puree in the shipment, not all with cocaine inside.

RCMP Sgt. André Potvin told reporters that the value of the shipment was significant and was the largest maritime port drug haul in the force's history. At CA$20 per half-gram, "that's in the vicinity of $38 million," said Potvin.

The investigation by the RCMP Drug Section, CBSA Intelligence officers, the Marine Security Enforcement Team and the Port of Montréal Security Group, determined that an import company, named Quality Mexport, was allegedly a front for the drug-smuggling operation.

Five Mexicans, holding visitor status in Canada, were arrested in the matter. They are:

 * Juan Manuel Huerta Canela, 31;
 * Jose Gerardo Bernal Vasquez, 52;
 * Jose Luis Navarro Ochoa, 33;
 * Jesus Manuel Villa Quiroz, 32; and
 * Alfonso Strag Estrada, age 50.

The suspects have been charged with importing and possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking. The charges are allegations at this point in time.


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I'm not sure about the accent over the e in Montreal (é). Isn't the accent used only when using french. I've always seen Montreal without the accent on the e when the language was english. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:17, 20 June 2007 (UTC)