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In the wake of a United States Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. New London on eminent domain last week, a California man has proposed that Justice David Souter's New Hampshire home be seized by the state and a hotel be built on the site. Logan Darrow Clements faxed a letter to town officials in Weare, New Hampshire June 28, 2005 that justified the action as such:

"The justification for such an eminent domain action is that our hotel will better serve the public interest as it will bring in economic development and higher tax revenue to Weare."

Justice Souter, who was in the majority ruling in the Kelo case, has lived at the farmhouse in Weare since he was 11 years old. Clements indicated that it was necessary to build on that location because "it is a unique site being the home of someone largely responsible for destroying property rights for all Americans." The action has given rise to a great deal of support nationwide, as many are writing to the councilors of the small town of Weare to voice their approval for the proposal.

The proposal for the "Lost Liberty Hotel", as it is to be called, features a number of components which seem to focus on the libertarian leanings of its designer. A dining room, called the "Just Desserts Cafe" and a museum based on the "loss of freedom in America" are two such components. Instead of a Bible provided by the Gideons (a standard item placed in most American hotel rooms), each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged.


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From the Slashdot article's commentary, here are the email addresses of the Board of Selectmen for the town of Weare:

 * [mailto:lbuono@weare.nh.gov Laura Buono], Chair Person
 * [mailto:lmethot@weare.nh.gov Leon Methot], Vice-Chair
 * [mailto:hkurk@weare.nh.gov Heleen Kurk]
 * [mailto:jfiala@weare.nh.gov Joseph Fiala]
 * [mailto:dosborne@weare.nh.gov Donna Osborne]

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call 1-800-slu-mber for reservations
Satire: The hotel's Eminent domain suite has no windows. Due to the high demand for the David Souter suite, the maximum length of occupancy is 4 hours. (The hotel reserves the right to restrict that length of stay to less as the demand for that suite requires} Edbrown05 1 July 2005 08:10 (UTC)


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6,000 residents of Lismore in New South Wales have been told to evacuate their homes after South East Queensland received rainfalls of 368mm in the last 24 hours. The Gold Coast suburb of Coolangatta has been averaging 80mm per hour for at least two hours.


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Bodies found at crash site of US helicopter in Afghanistan
Thirteen bodies have been found at the site where a US helicopter crashed yesterday in Afghanistan. Seven more soldiers are unaccounted for - including soldiers who were fighting on the ground at the time of the crash. "It's a search and recovery operation in a tactical environment, which means we have to ensure security throughout," U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jerry O'Hara said.

Flash floods hit Australia's eastern coast
6,000 residents of Lismore in New South Wales have been told to evacuate their homes after South East Queensland received rainfalls of 368mm in the last 24 hours. The Gold Coast suburb of Coolangatta has been averaging 80mm per hour for at least two hours.

Undercover investigation into protests planned for July's G8 summit
Scott McCulloch's 6 month under cover investigative report into protests planned for July's G8 summit for Scotland on Sunday was published in June 26th edition. McCulloch detailed the training camps and protest tool factories put together by protesters. Road blocks and other actions are being planned in an attempt to disrupt the summit.

The protests are expected to be coordinated from the Ecovillage in Forthbank, Scotland. The actual summit will be held at Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland, 20 miles from the Forthbank camp.

Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes
Two Rwandan businessmen were sentenced to 10 and 12 years for their role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The two, tried in Belgium, could have faced up to 25 years in prison. They were convicted based on their offers of transportation and weapons to Hutu militas in the planned massacre of Tutsis in a church and a municipal building where Tutsis and Hutus had met.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announces cooperation between KDE Group and Wikimedia
A co-operation between the KDE group - makers of a free desktop for Linux - and the Wikimedia Foundation has been announced at the LinuxTag Conference in Karlsruhe. They intend to build a protocol which will make it possible to access Wikimedia project's data from any application, but especially from the KDE suite. It may also be possible to include the Wikipedia archive in some of KDE's CD editions to make it possible to use the data from Wikipedia on machines without an internet connection.

OhmyNews forum discusses experiences in citizen journalism
The OhmyNews International Citizen Reporters' Forum concluded on Saturday with several speeches and a visit to sponsoring companies in South Korea's technology sector. Since the conclusion of the conference, presentations and transcripts have been published on the OhmyNews web site.

Sharapova knocked out of Wimbledon 2005 in semi-final
Defending Wimbledon Ladies Singles champion Maria Sharapova has been beaten by Venus Williams in the 2005 semi-final by two sets to none. In the final game, Williams came to match point twice, just as rain began to fall. Both that and the preceding game were hard fought, with a succession of deuces.

The other semi-final, between Amelie Mauresmo and Lindsey Davenport, will resume tomorrow after rain forced an early end to play today. The match will resume with Davenport a break up in the final set. The previous sets both went to tie-breaks after both players exchanged breaks of serve.

Both matches were played at the same time - Williams and Sharapova on Centre Court, with Davenport and Mauresmo on No.1 - after early rain meant players could not get onto the courts until late afternoon.

Brazil wins Confederations Cup
Playing in very poor weather in Frankfurt Germany, Brazil clinched the Confederations Cup with a 4-1 victory over Argentina.

Adriano broke the ice in the 12th minute from more than 18 metres, quickly followed by a goal from Kaká. In the second half, a pass from Cicinho set up Ronaldinho's goal, and Adriano got a second off Ronaldinho's pass.

Argentina's Pablo Aimar, substituting, scored after and tried start a rally, but they were unable gain any more goals.

Football: Kežman goes to Madrid
Serbia and Montenegro international, Mateja Kežman, will sign a three year contract with Atlético de Madrid today. The striker spent an unsuccessful season with Chelsea and all three parties have agreed to this 7 million Euro transfer. Other teams that demonstrated an interest in Kežman this summer included Sevilla, Olympique de Marseille and Schalke 04.

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Football: Kežman goes to Madrid
Serbia and Montenegro international, Mateja Kežman, will sign a three year contract with Atlético de Madrid today. The striker spent an unsuccessful season with Chelsea and all three parties have agreed to this 7 million Euro transfer. Other teams that demonstrated an interest in Kežman this summer included Sevilla, Olympique de Marseille and Schalke 04.

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Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes/Brief

Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announces cooperation between KDE Group and Wikimedia/Brief

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announces cooperation between KDE Group and Wikimedia
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Undercover investigation into protests planned for July's G8 summit/Brief

Undercover investigation into protests planned for July's G8 summit
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July 1, 2005 U.S. President George W. Bush suspended all sanctions on Serbia and Montenegro by a decree yesterday. Serbia and Montenegro was under various degrees of economic and other sanctions by the United Nations and individual countries since 1992.

Serbia and Montenegro will now enjoy the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences which includes allowing duty-free import of more then 4600 products. Economic relations between two countries were stabilized in 2003 when Serbia and Montenegro gained a status of most favoured nation.

"We did a study and came to a conclusion that free market exists in Serbia, that there are laws to protect American investors, and we based our decision on that," the U.S. ambassador in Belgrade Michael Polt said.

The President of Serbia and Montenegro, Svetozar Marović, wrote a letter to Bush thanking him for his move.


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Spain legalizes same-sex marriage

July 1, 2005

Spain, a predominantly Catholic country, Thursday became the world's third nation to legalize same-sex marriage following The Netherlands and Belgium. Canada, whose lower house has voted in favor of same-sex marriage, is widely expected to have that bill pass also in the upper house, making Canada the fourth country to legalize the marriage of gay couples.

By a vote of 187-147 with four abstentions, the 350-seat Congress of Deputies approved the measure to give same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual ones, including the right to adopt children and inherit each others' property. The bill, which became law immediately, says, "Matrimony shall have the same requirements and effects regardless of whether the persons involved are of the same or different sex."

Catholic leaders and the conservative opposition lobbied heavily against the bill "calling it an assault on the institution of marriage and a threat to social stability." The Roman Catholic Church endorsed a June 18 opposition rally in which about two hundred thousand marched through Madrid, including twenty.

Recent polls suggest Spaniards support gay marriage, saying 62 percent of Spaniards support the government's action on gay marriage while 30 percent oppose it.

According to an Associated Press report, Beatriz Gimeno, a longtime leader of Spain's gay rights movement, held back tears as she hugged her partner Boti after the vote.

"It is a historic day for the world's homosexuals. We have been fighting for many years," Gimeno said. "Now comes the hardest part, which is changing society's mentality."

Gay couples can get married as soon as the law is published in the official government registry as early as Friday or within two weeks at the latest, Parliament's press office said.

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I added this story but did not realize I was not logged in. This is my first so pointers are welcome. - Tdempsey 1 July 2005 08:12 (UTC)

I would like to see the title change to "Spain legalizes same-sex marriage" - Tdempsey 1 July 2005 08:13 (UTC)

I think Spain is the fourth country, because Canada was just a few days earlier. I'm not absolute sure. Thijs 1 July 2005, 15:35 UTC

 * You are right, Canada passed bill C-38 legalizing same-sex marriages a few days ago. Should be easy to find on Google News. MikeCapone 1 July 2005 22:10 (UTC)

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User talk:Shreshth91~enwikinews

 * Hi. I'm Shreshth. I study in 9th grade in Delhi Public School, RK Puram, in New Delhi. That's in India for those of you who don't know. It's rated among the best schools in India.
 * I joined Wikinews around July 1, 2005. So I'm relatively new around here. I basically use Wikinews for help in my projects and homework. I think it's the coolest colection of news stories ever. I haven't got around to much editing yet. You can check out my contributions here.

External Link
Delhi Public School official website

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Hello,

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Renamed
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Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. 24.64.223.203, welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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- Amgine/talk 1 July 2005 08:39 (UTC)

Notice of Temporary Block
You have been blocked temporarily for your actions on the following page: Canada confirms fifth case of Mad Cow Disease. Your block will be up within 1 day. I suggest you look at our style guide during your inaccessable period to amend your methods of editing Wikinews. If you wish to speak with me directly, contact can be made by my talk page or contact can be made instantly via the IRC chat room.

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Some great copyediting this evening... Thank you! - Amgine/talk 1 July 2005 08:46 (UTC)

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User talk:NGerda/Archive 3

This is User talk:NGerda Archive 3, performed at 10:20 UTC on July 1, 2005.

=Archive 3=

WNN Proposal
Please consider discussing changes to the WNN proposal on the talk page for the proposal before aribtrarily changing it... This is the purpose of the discussion page and the proper method for developing a proposal. I do not believe current consensus supports live programming for the initial programming schedule presented in the proposal, though a future proposal for chaning the schedule may include live programming. Again, please discuss any changes on the discussion page -- we need to follow procedure and the wiki-way. --Chiacomo 20:02, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re: Re: Audio Wikinews
Thank you very much for your comments. In the future, I will use the "change tempo" feature on Audacity to make it sound like I am talking faster. --Munchkinguy 00:32, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I just uploaded my newsbrief again. This time it's 24% shorter. --Munchkinguy 01:02, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you. :) NGerda 01:06, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Whoops.
I'm still getting used to the layout of things here so I ended up putting the Lebanon story in the tomrrow's news thing. Eheh ^_^; --AutisticPsycho 02:55, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

News Briefs Proposal
I think we should aim for a 90 second - 150 second (2.5 minutes) goal for the news briefs from now on. Anything above is bordering on the line of a Full Report, and anything less can't really get much detail in. --Mrmiscellanious 21:03, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Live report
Hi there I'm sorry, I've just got your message, I'm back in London now catching up! As a suggestion, you could call Sandra from our media group who already works in radio and is fabulous. You could then be talking in sort of retrospect about the conference but ask her about issues in Rwanda too? If you're keen, send me an email on claremariewhite at gmail dot com and I'll send you her number there ClareWhite 08:11, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Will do. :) NGerda 15:22, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

Other User's Comments
Ngerda, I'd ask that you don't change other users comments, it's generally looked upon as very bad. Lyellin 16:03, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, I was just fixing an incorrect statement, and it's been reverted and I added my own comments below it. NGerda 16:04, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * I saw- but, it wasn't your incorrect statement. Just wanted to make that point clearly, is all. Lyellin 16:05, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, fair enough :) NGerda 16:06, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Hi --AutisticPsycho 22:49, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Accreditation ids
Change the card.

If we do not maintain unique id numbers, there's no point in having the accreditation number. Not that I really think there is a point to it; the only reason I can see is to have a number to put in a field on a form requesting an accreditation number. - Amgine/talk 21:33, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Those numbers already are unique ID numbers. NGerda 21:33, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Under the numbering scheme, Pingswept would be A1, Alan would be A2, you would be A3, Craig would be A4. - Amgine/talk 21:35, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Who's Alan? NGerda 21:36, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * See Accreditation history. - Amgine/talk 21:38, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * See User:Alan J Franklin

Or User:Alan J Franklin
 * I am quite aware of Alan's decision to leave WN, and why. However, to have a *unique* id his status as an accredited reporter must be considered, to avoid potential issues at a later point in time. If Pingswept eventually leaves, do we decrement every id number so we always use A1? of course not. - Amgine/talk 21:46, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The ID numbers came well after Alan left. NGerda 21:46, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * And are completely arbitrary, created without community input. Use a logical system, counting, and you will need to account for all accredited reporters past and present in order to maintain that logic in the future. - Amgine/talk 21:52, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

3RR warning
You have reverted Credential verification three times. Please do not violate the Three revert rule. - Amgine/talk 21:55, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sorry to see you go
I thought that you were a great contributor. Differences of opinion on Wikinews are nothing new, it's just something we all have to learn how to live with. Hopefully you'll come back some day. Either way, good luck in whatever you do! -- IlyaHaykinson 03:50, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Even though I do not always agree with you NGerda, It's sad to see you go. I loved your work with broadcasts and WNN, I just wish you would slow down a bit and allow for proper discussion. Good luck in your other endevors. Lyellin 04:12, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Good Luck, Friend.
NGerda, It's terrible to see you go. However, we all have decisions in life - and all I can tell you is Good Luck in the future. Be sure to keep in touch - my Skype acc't is always (well, sometimes) open. It was great having you as a moderator, as a colleague, and as a friend here at Wikinews. So, good luck - and best wishes! --Mrmiscellanious 04:30, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Only a 2-day break
I'm only taking a 2-day break. I've realized that I can't spend that much time away from Wikinews. :) I'll still be around recording stuff for Wikinews World Report.  See ya good ol' buddies in on Saturday!  NGerda 05:10, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

 * Hooray thought you'd gone then!

WN needs to be consensual but it also needs people to drive things forward. If you put your foot in it sometimes just think of it as the rough and tumble of a constructive newsroom - I think you're doing great. Perhaps just keep policy changes on the watercooler for a bit longer :) On the (very nice) suggested story template, do the stories automatically disappear after 24 hours or do they ave to be cleared out manually? Not quite clear. And also Sandra's happy to talk to you on WNN, if it's not too late? ClareWhite 09:17, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This is just my 2-day "cooling off period" I'm still working on WNN, and I'd be glad to talk to her.  I could definitely set up the list to take stories off after 24 hours, but in order for me to do that, each article would need to have a  tag.  NGerda 16:02, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Translation
I am working on a translation of Mothers, teachers air more concerns about leukemia cases at California elementary school for de.wikinews. Can you tell me what the AQMD is. Is it a private company or a public agency? --SonicR 16:20, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Public agency, operated by the State of California. NGerda 16:22, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Hi
Hi

the royal we
We've been getting complaints that it's difficult to move an article from Developing stories to Latest news and fix a link if an article's name is changed. In response to that, NGerda has implemented a system where all that a user need to do to have an article display in either Developing stories or Latest news, is take advantage of the tag (already widely implemented), and have either  or  at the bottom of the page.

We? Who's been complaining, where, and in what numbers? Just trying to get a handle on the DPL stuff. btw, it sounds a little silly to write about yourself in the third person. It sort of displays a faceless monolithic kind of feeling that goes against the grain of general wikimedia philosophy (also i dont know if it was you or amgine or someone else but the reference to "staff" in Audio wikinews also feels a little wrong). Anyway, each to thier own.

paz y amor ~The bellman | Smile  01:58, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I referred to myself in the third person because that was a proposal and I wanted others to edit it freely, as it was a wiki page and not my personal comments. NGerda 02:26, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Notnews tag
Do you consider the 'Notnews tag' a contribution to the Tom Cruise story? -Edbrown05 16:38, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No, I consider it a flag that the story needs to be refined, or abandoned because at its current state, and at any foreseen future state, it's not newsworthy. NGerda 16:39, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

C'mon, it is in developing stories because by definition, it is developing. Slapping a tag on it is not helping, it's a negative contribution. -Edbrown05 16:45, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, then can you explain how in the future it will be a newsworthy article? NGerda 16:46, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Nope, can't explain that. I can explain stop signs.... they mean "stop". Edbrown05 16:49, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The stop signs have long been disputed. I can change them, but that's beside the point of whether or not the article will ever be newsworthy.  NGerda 16:50, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * No, the stop signs are not besides the point. They are the point. The content of the news story is under develpment. And you put a stop sign in front of it. That is also the point.
 * You say the tag was put there by you because the story in it's current state is not news worthy. Okay, let it develop. Edbrown05 16:58, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No, I put it there because I don't foresee it ever being newsworthy. You, of course can prove me wrong and win a valuable prize!  Just kidding about the valuable prize stuff. NGerda 17:01, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Now you are ridiculing efforts by contributors Edbrown05 17:09, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No, I just want to see newsworthy articles developed. NGerda 17:09, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * I understand self-doubt haunts contributors here at Wikinews. It is not like we can sit at a round table and look each other in the eye and truly see what is in their soul. So ease up and let people do what people do. Edbrown05 17:12, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I removed the Notnews tag and added the Wackynews category. feel free to edit away!  NGerda 17:13, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course I feel free to edit away, if persons would just take those damn stop signs out of my face. Edbrown05 17:19, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * If it really means that much to you, I'll get rid of the annoying stop signs on the tags and replace it with something else. I'd just appreciate it if you would ask a little nicer. :) NGerda 17:20, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * You hit on it. Can you please remove the stop signs from the tags. I do find them annoying, maybe or maybe not I'm alone in that regard. Edbrown05 17:24, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem, just don't take it out on me! I didn't put them there in the first place.  :) NGerda 17:25, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Whoa, hold on folks. No one person should be making arbitrary decisions which affect many, many articles. - Amgine/talk 17:26, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, Amgine, I'll just change the icon so, say, a yellow caution cone. NGerda 17:27, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * I would like to point out that it is this tendency to make decisions on your own without consulting the community which has led to issues in the past. The article flags have developed the way they have through many disputes and discussions. I would suggest proposing your solution - which I think is a good one - before simply implementing it. Most likely it will be unanimously embraced. - Amgine/talk 17:30, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Would it be okay to make the change to one of the tags, as an example, and to see how the community reacts? If not, I can make a proposal.  NGerda 17:31, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry to drag on in this conversation when it has probably about run its course, but I have comment that I have taken high offense to the critique of a writer concerning the debacle over the 'Wikitorial' at the LA Times where it was said that "thin skinned, internet trolls" evidently doomed the experiment. True as that may be, "stop" signs or "caution" signs slow down traffic. The ability to make changes exists without the need to resort to such devices. Edbrown05 17:48, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Check it out!

I fail to distinquish much difference between a "stop" sign and a "caution" sign. I run'em all down if I'm so inclined. Edbrown05 17:55, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh well, I tried. :( NGerda 17:55, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, now I'm getting rediculous again.... checking out.. and as always best regards to you NGerda... Edbrown05 17:57, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Right back at you Edbrown05! NGerda 17:58, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

User:NGerda/Block
I've moved this out of the templates to your space for a variety of reasons, one of which is you're the only person who uses it. It can still be used via transclusion like this:

I would actually discourage its use, and here are the reasons why:
 * There is no way to know the user who receives this message is the person who was the vandal. Most likely the person who gets it is using a dynamic IP and has done no wrong.
 * There is no way to discern whether the block is currently on the IP. This could be fixed in the template.
 * The use of the link to the IRC is a bad idea since you don't know if you will be in IRC when the user actually clicks on the link. It's not fair to other users of IRC to have to deal with an issue you create.

- Amgine/talk 21:03, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Questions
Hi Dan100 and NGerda I'm intrigued and alarmed by all this incomprehensible talk of DPLs and production processes but I've got a bit lost. Has anything actually changed? Where does the nice looking space for uploading prepared articles belong? Is there any hope for the Suggested Articles box, at least in what was till recently called the workspace? Did publish/develop tags disappear or are they still in use? I'm obviously not spending enough time here! ClareWhite 28 June 2005 16:04 (UTC)

DPLs
Hey, I only support them cos now they work :-).

RE Wikinews:Story upload - it just seemed the most descriptive name. But please don't move it - I update lots of instructions to use this page, so there are many links to it - many are direct html to the editing page, so won't be redirected. Obviously that doesn't preclude moving it, but I'd like to see very good reasons before moving it, and then having to fix everything! Dan100 (Talk) 28 June 2005 16:52 (UTC)

Thanks
for the images, the article really needed them Dan100 (Talk) 28 June 2005 18:53 (UTC)
 * No problem! I was lucky that they were Public Domain, though!  NGerda June 28, 2005 18:54 (UTC)

Please be aware I am about to mass-revert your many changes.
You did not even attempt to gain community consensus when you were specifically asked to do so. - Amgine/talk 28 June 2005 20:01 (UTC)
 * Thanks for leaving a message 2 minutes before you revert 20 of my edits! No one opposed my changes.  NGerda June 28, 2005 20:10 (UTC)

Just a note - saw your edit about Amgine removing comments - there's a dumbass bug in 1.5 which is doing that :-( Dan100 (Talk) 28 June 2005 21:06 (UTC)
 * I think it's the Edit Conflict bug. NGerda June 28, 2005 21:08 (UTC)
 * P.S. That's what happens when you install Beta 1!

Yes, please show me how
Hi NGerda. I made my way to Workspace. Am I on the right path? Humus sapiens 29 June 2005 03:09 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invitation and for the update. Looking forward to constructive collaboration. Humus sapiens 29 June 2005 03:16 (UTC)

Article development

 * I like too. Things are starting to make come together. But is your's a rival system or is part of the same thing? Still confused of London ClareWhite 29 June 2005 12:27 (UTC)

Just wondering, why use seperate DPLs for each day on Developing stories? Isn't that a little redundant, now DPLs list in time-order properly? Dan100 (Talk) 29 June 2005 14:50 (UTC)

3rr
As I'm sure you are aware, I am not now in IRC nor have I been in communication with CraigSpurrier today; we are not colluding. You have already violated 3rr on that article, but in my opinion it was on two different edits and would not qualify as a single 3rr violation.

However, I would like to warn you against the abuse of adminship implied by your warning. Please do not abuse your position as an admin. - Amgine/talk 30 June 2005 20:19 (UTC)

 * Do you dispute that you and Cspurrier were working in concert? I certainly don't.  You each reverted my edits within 2 minutes.  The 3RR is violated when a user or group of users reverts for the fourth time.  From 3RR: The 3RR may apply to small groups of two or three working in concert to harrass another person.

 * Yes, I do deny that. For some background, you should know that I insisted on that addition to the policy which previously said groups were specifically not vulnerable to the 3rr.

 * As for the specific case, I feel that adding categories is a form of substantive editing, rather than "tag-and-dash" of adding and then not helping to develop the article. Which is why I did not revert your category edits. On the other hand, it is certainly the most minor of edits one can do and still does not add content. It also exemplifies how redundant the automated list is. And I feel CraigSpurrier is equally justified in removing it for the reasons stated. - Amgine/talk 30 June 2005 20:31 (UTC)
 * I never said that I wasn't going to develop the article, I was merely tagging it at that time. And just because an edit isn't large, does that mean that it can just be reverted without consequence?  NGerda June 30, 2005 20:36 (UTC)
 * NGerda, your recent history has fairly limited number of content edits. It is reasonable to extrapolate that you would not add content to this article, as you have not added content on previous occasions. If you would like I could spend a lot of time analyzing your last 100 edits in the article namespace and providing you with the proof for my conjecture. I'd really rather not spend the time that way. - Amgine/talk 30 June 2005 20:42 (UTC)

 * It is the IRC RC thing, I keep it open most of the day and I assume Amgine also does. When I am online I see edits as they happen and will normal be able to deal with them quickly. --Cspurrier 30 June 2005 20:33 (UTC)
 * That doesn't remove the fact that you and Amgine were working together. -- NGerda June 30, 2005 20:36 (UTC)
 * Yes it does. We each reacted to your edits, but we were not working together. (btw Craig, I'm just using rcbirds atm because I'd hoped to concentrate rather than get overly distracted.) - Amgine/talk 30 June 2005 20:42 (UTC)

Please do not abuse your position as an admin - coming from the person who uses rollback many times a day - something that should only ever be used for reverting vandals - that's actually pretty funny. Dan100 (Talk) 30 June 2005 22:33 (UTC)

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on your proposal regarding the dispute tags has just been posted. Why don't you call the question? That is, why don't you say you'll implement it and then wait a little bit to see if anyone objects. If not, go for it. - Amgine/talk 30 June 2005 23:03 (UTC)

A little perspective?
That's an awfully harsh block for minor vandalism to something which wasn't showing on the main page. I looked at the edits as soon as Paulrever2005 corrected them, and was waiting for the third hit before blocking. I would not have expected more than a day for a two-off vandal at worst. - Amgine/talk 1 July 2005 06:47 (UTC)
 * OK, then I'll change it to two. Just out of curiosity, what difference does it make?  He's probably using a dynamic IP anyways. NGerda July 1, 2005 06:56 (UTC)
 * If it is dynamic, then sometime in the next week someone who did no wrong may be blocked from editing on WN. If not, well, several very good contributors are reformed vandals. I'd rather work on reforming than fighting. - Amgine/talk 1 July 2005 06:58 (UTC)
 * Then why were you so opposed to me trying to talk a vandal ouut of being a vandal on Cspurrier's talk page? NGerda July 1, 2005 07:00 (UTC)

Apologies on that one
I did not realize they were published. BTW: the rollback merely does an edit on the version before the first one by you - it's not a "vandal tool" per se. - Amgine/talk 1 July 2005 08:57 (UTC)
 * It was created to revert vandalism, not legitimately-based user edits. NGerda July 1, 2005 08:58 (UTC)
 * NGerda is completely correct on that. Ask anyone on WP or any developer - it should only ever be used for rv'ing vandalism Dan100 (Talk) 1 July 2005 09:11 (UTC)

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Romania redenominates its currency

July 1, 2005

Today, Romania introduces its new redenominated currency, the new leu (code: RON), which is valued at 10,000 old lei (code: ROL). The process, which is known as redenomination, started in March 2005 when Romania started dual-currency display and all prices had to be displayed in both the old leu and the new leu. Starting from today, the first notes and coins of the new leu will become legal tender, and the new leu will become the official currency of Romania.

The redenomination (or conversion from the old to the new leu) is simple — 10,000 old lei are replaced by 1 new leu. One US dollar will buy 2.98 new lei, while one euro will buy 3.6 new lei. After the similar redenomination by Turkey the old leu had been the world's least valued currency unit, with the US dollar buying 29,891 lei and the euro buying 36,050 lei (on 30 June 2005). With the introduction of the new leu, Romania's currency will be among the most highly-valued in the region.

The new leu notes and coins, introduced into circulation today, will circulate alongside the old lei until 31 December 2006, when the dual-currency period ends and all of the old lei are expected to be withdrawn. However, old lei can be exchanged at banks indefinitely.

The new notes come into denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 new lei. The largest note of the old leu was 1,000,000 lei, or 100 new lei. The largest note of the new leu is worth 500 new lei, or approximately US$167 and €139. New leu notes will also have the same dimensions as euro notes of similar value. Additionally, they will use the same colours and design as their corresponding old leu equivalent (for example, the 100 lei note will look similar to the 1,000,000 old lei note).

All notes will be printed on polymer materials. Romania was the first country in Europe to introduce polymer notes, in 1999.

Redenomination represents the symbolic end to transition
The governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Isărescu, said that the redenomination of the leu marks the symbolic end of Romania's economic transition from a planned economy under Communism, which was overthrown in 1989, to a free market economy.

The reason for redenomination was mainly the fact that the leu had become severely devalued, especially in the 1990s, due to high inflation rates. From 2002 onwards, the leu stabilised, and has even appreciated against the euro and the US dollar in the past year. Hence, the new leu was introduced to simplify the national currency, and also as a symbol of Romania's increasing economic stability. It is also expected to help pave the way for the adoption of the euro by Romania, which is expected in 2012-2014, after Romania joins the European Union in 2007.

Concern for inflation
Although the introduction of the new leu is viewed as beneficial on the whole, since it will bring Romania's currency more in line with the value of important global currencies such as the euro and the US dollar, concerns have been raised that the new leu will fuel inflation. Some people are concerned that the new leu will result in the rounding-up of prices, similar to what happened when the euro was introduced in the Eurozone in 2002, and therefore fuel inflation.

However, a rise in prices is not thought to occur due to the dual-currency display. This ensures that all businesses continue to display prices in both the new leu and the old leu until the end of 2006, and hence they will not be able to raise prices as easily, for fear of becoming less competitive in the market.

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Schröder loses motion of confidence

July 1, 2005

The German Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler), Gerhard Schröder, deliberately lost a confidence vote in the German lower parliamentary house, the Bundestag. Schröder had aimed to lose the vote of confidence in order to dissolve the Bundestag and to achieve earlier elections. In debate, Schröder argued, that there is no safe majority for his policy in the Bundestag. In his second term as Chancellor, he tried to start a reform agenda (Agenda 2010) which aimed to cut the budget deficit and unemployment in Germany, which has been criticised as neo-liberalism by several supporters of his party.

During the debate, opposition leader Angela Merkel explained that her party, the Christian Democrats, supports early elections. However, she did criticise the coalition government of the Social-Democrats and the Greens, for the country's high unemployment rates (which have peaked at 5 million) and low economic growth. A Green deputy, Werner Schulz, attacked Schröder's using the vote of confidence in order to achieve early elections, which is from his point of view unconstitutional. Franz Müntefering, leader of the Social Democrats had invited members of the ruling coalition to abstain from voting. 151 deputies supported Schröder, 296 voted against him and 148 abstained from voting.

After the lost motion of confidence, the German President Horst Köhler can examine Schröder's arguments for three weeks and dissolve the Bundestag while setting a date for early elections. At least one deputy has announced he intends going to the Federal Constitutional Court to appeal against Schöder's way of using the vote of confidence. The court will then have to decide whether it was constitutional or not.

All parties know that there might be early elections by September. At the moment, opinion polls are showing a majority for conservative opposition.

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 * Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Germany asked parliament to dissolve the government and order new elections to be held next year, one year earlier than otherwise would be required. Schröder decided to take the move to demand a vote of no confidence in view of his inability to solve his country's current economic problems. It is predicted that if the request is approved by the German Supreme Court and German President Horst Köhler, that Schroeder's government would not return to power, and the most likely person to become Chancellor will be Angela Merkel, who would become the first female chancellor in the country's history.

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Multiple deaths as Congolese government cracks down on pro-democracy protests

July 1, 2005

Thousands of protesters are marching through the streets of Kinshasa demanding that the government resign over delayed elections.

Kinshasa - a city with nine million residents - is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

They were met by security forces who shot in the air and threw tear-gas grenades at the protesters. Army helicopters flew overhead as protestors threw stones at soldiers.

The UN in Congo have said that four people may have been killed in Kinshasa, but that is not yet confirmed. A journalist in the area saw bruised and bandaged protestors who said they had been beaten by police, and a local TV station broadcast images of a protester who they said had been shot dead. The station was raided shortly afterwards by police.

Another six people were killed in Tshikapa, a town 700 km southeast of Kinshasa. In another province, heavy weapons were fired at protesters. Casualties are as yet unknown. The Congolese government has declined to confirm or deny any casualty figures.

Unrest has been growing among the 60 million residents in Congo - a former Belgian colony - over delays to the first democratic elections to be held for forty years. The elections - which should have been held before last Thursday - were agreed upon as part of a peace treaty that ended a five year civil war in 2003 - a war that had seen the deaths of four million people.

The current President made a television address to the nation the night before the deadline appealing for calm and re-iterating his desire to see elections.

Protest organisers say the people were just peacefully demonstrating their desire to see the interm government resign, but were attacked without provocation by security forces. The government had recently announced another six month delay before elections could take place.


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Minnesota state government shuts down

July 1, 2005

Nine thousand state employees in Minnesota were left jobless Friday after state legislators failed to pass a spending bill that would have kept the state government up and running.

"I'd like to say I'm sorry to the people of Minnesota," said Republican state Rep. Rod Hamilton of Mountain Lake. "This is disgusting."

It is not uncommon for states to miss their budget deadlines, but Minnesota, in contrast to other states, has no law that automatically extends the previous budget if lawmakers fail to approve a new budget.

Governor accused Democrats of intentionally shutting down the government in order to hurt the Republican governor's chances in the 2006 gubernatorial elections.

"The Senate wanted to shut down government from the beginning," said Steve Sviggum, the leading Republican in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Due to the shutdown, highway rest-stops will not be staffed during the busy July Fourth weekend. Lawmakers agreed, however, to a bill that would keep the state's parks open.

A court order earlier this month requires the state to continue to provide services essential to "health, safety and property."

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Leitzinger, Forbes-Robinson win the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona

July 1, 2005

Butch Leitzinger and Elliot Forbes-Robinson drove the #4 Pontiac Crawford GTO into victory lane at Daytona International Speedway late Thursday night as the winner of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series Brumos Porsche 250. Early in the race, the #66 car driven by Jorg Bergmeister and Max Papis passed the #10 car in the pole position, maintaining the lead positions for most of the race. The second caution at lap 32 occurred after a car spun on the infield. The caution lasted 3 laps, and only two laps later a two-car crash happened, sending the race into its third caution. The #06 car, driven by Rob Dyson and Harrison Brix, lost a portion of the car's hood on lap 43 and had to pit, causing the car to drop down a lap.

The Howard-Boss Motorsports #4 car stole the lead position from the #19 Finlay Motorsports car at lap 47, a position it would hold for the remainder of the race. The #10 car with drivers Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli silently climbed back up to the 2nd position with 17 laps to go. The debuting #65 Pontiac GTO car, sponsored by Auto Gallery, was hit on the backstretch in the left front tire, causing him to spin and hit the wall with 14 laps to go. A similar event happened five laps later when another car spun out. Neither instances resulted in a caution.

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Lol. I was moving this from SAS, but when I got to Create a story, it was already here :-) Dan100 (Talk) 1 July 2005 15:42 (UTC)


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US House approves $1.17 billion in Amtrak funding

July 1, 2005

The United States House of Representatives on June 29 passed a $1.17 billion funding bill for Amtrak in fiscal year 2006, an amount that is still short of the $2 billion Amtrak was originally seeking. The funding was approved in an amendment to a more general transportation and treasury appropriations bill. The House also removed the requirement in the bill that would mandate Amtrak to end passenger train service on currently unprofitable routes. The funding has yet to be approved by the Senate.


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Radioactive leakage at Swedish nuclear waste store

July 3, 2005

Radioactive water is leaking from the nuclear waste store in Forsmark, Sweden. The content of radioactive caesium in sampled water is ten times the normal value. Statens strålskyddsinstitut (SSI, the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority) believes that the leakage originates from waste barrels that have corroded, since the radioactive water is leaking out from the waste disposal area of the Forsmark power plant. The radiation is, however, still within the allowed limits according to SSI. The waste is low and intermediate level waste. No high level waste has been reported. A new roof is to be constructed for the chamber containing the barrels.


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Africa faces food crisis, UN Security Council told

July 1, 2005

The head of the World Food Programme, James Morris, has told the United Nations Security Council that Africa is facing a food crisis, with one in three people there malnourished.

Zimbabwe is one country that Morris is particularly concerned about at the moment.

“It does not matter whether that instability is caused by civil conflict, drought, AIDS, poor governance or any combination of those factors-hunger almost always comes with it,” said Morris.

“The impact of rural-urban migration on employment in Africa has been precisely the opposite of Western Europe and the United States - it has led to higher rather than lower rates of unemployment and social instability.

“At a certain point the capacities of local governments are stretched to the limit and social demands are not met, especially among competing ethnic groups perhaps not accustomed to sharing the same political space.”

In addition to Zimbabwe, 1.6 million in Malawi, 1.2 million in Zambia, 900,000 in Mozambique, 245,000 in Lesotho, 230,000 in Swaziland, and 60,000 in Namibia all need emergency food aid.

According to Morris, the World Food Programme has been told by the Zimbabwe government that they will feed the people, which goes against the policies of the WFP.

Morris highlighted the effects hunger can have — destabilizing countries and threatening peace and security. Food shortages are driving people into urban areas, where they are confronted by high unemployment and social instability.


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Original reporting information: I watched the debate on TV this morning. --SonicR 1 July 2005 16:18 (UTC)

double negative
It is possible to edit the headline of this article? As it stands, it means that he won a motion of confidence, which is incorrect. It could be altered one of two ways: "Schröder loses motion of confidence", or (quite aptly) "Schröder wins motion of no-confidence" --Crockett 1 July 2005 21:43 (UTC)
 * Simply click the "move" button at the top of the page. NGerda July 1, 2005 21:47 (UTC)

Bundeskanzler
Not Bundskanzler, like in the first paragraph
 * usually you could make the change yourself, but somehow that's not possible now, weird. perhaps a message on the watercooler might be useful. Boneyard 09:39, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

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It wasn't a double negation to start with. Motion of non confidence can be won or lost by the Chancellor. He wins it if the motion fails, and loses if it succeeds. Motion of confidence is entirely different thing, and I don't even think it was ever held in Germany. Anyway, I moved it to a new title (defeated by...), because he was defeated, regardless of whether that was his intention or not. --Dcabrilo 2 July 2005 01:23 (UTC)

 * There was a motion of confidence held in Germany proposed by Schröder. His aim was to achieve early elections. In Germany a chancellor normally proposes a motion of confidence in order to have a save majority for a controversial bill. On July 1st, Schröder deliberately lost the vote of confidence. Deputies of the ruling coalition were invited to abstain from voting. The opposition could propose a motion of non confidence. However, this means that a new chancellor has to be elected by the Bundestag within the same vote. Because the opposition does not have a majority in parliament to elect a new chancellor, they did not propose a motion of non confidence.

 * See Article 69 of the basic law of Germany:
 * Article 68[Vote of confidence; dissolution of the Bundestag] 1) If a motion of the Federal Chancellor for a vote of confidence is not supported by the majority of the Members of the Bundestag, the Federal President, upon the proposal of the Federal Chancellor, may dissolve the Bundestag within twenty-one days. The right of dissolution shall lapse as soon as the Bundestag elects another Federal Chancellor by the vote of a majority of its Members. That is why the title of the article should be "Schröder lost motion of confidence" or something similar.--SonicR 2 July 2005 19:45 (UTC)


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lol, I wish whoever was moving these from SAS would delete them from there afterwards :-) Dan100 (Talk) 1 July 2005 17:01 (UTC)
 * I changed the title as, after reading the WFP press release (which quotes a lot of the speech), the thrust was clearly more about Africa than any one country. Dan100 (Talk) 1 July 2005 17:17 (UTC)


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United States Supreme Court Justice O'Connor to retire

July 1, 2005 United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, announced Friday her intention to retire from the court. She said she would be stepping down before the beginning of the court's fall term, or when the Senate confirms a successor.

More than 10 years have passed since the last vacancy on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the United States. Justice Stephen Breyer was the last jurist appointed to the court; Breyer was appointed by President Bill Clinton. This will be President George W. Bush's first opportunity to appoint a justice to the court.

Soon after the retirement was announced, President Bush held a short press-conference outside the White House where he praised O'Connor's years of public service. O'Connor has served on the court for 24 years, since her appointment by President Reagan in 1981.

In July 20 2005 President Bush nominated John G. Roberts as the candidate for the post.

O'Connor was the first female justice, as well as the first from the state of Arizona.


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New denunciations of Brazilian deputy and evidence make things difficult for Lula

On June 30, in Brazil, deputy Roberto Jefferson testified to deputies and senators of a Commission that is investigating the alleged Post Office Service scandal. Jefferson's testimony along with new evidence supporting his testimony are putting the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a difficult situation.

Roberto Jefferson's testimony ran from 4 p.m. to close to 2 a.m. (local time). The deputy further explained the alleged corruption scheme involving the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT).

The testimony of Jefferson was at times very tense, and sometimes discussions between Jefferson and deputies of the Workers Party become heated. In one instance, a Workers' Party deputy attacked Jefferson's credibility, calling him a liar on the basis that he supported the former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello, who suffered impeachment for corruption related to Treasurer Paulo Cesar Farias, who worked on Collor's campaign. Jefferson answered: "PC Farias is a chick when you see the corruption in PT", and accused the former governor of Rio Grande do Sul Olivio Dutra (Olivio Dutra is the minister of Lula at the present time) of involvement with the "Jogo do Bicho" (illegal gambling).

According to Jefferson, the President of the Worker's Party José Genuino, former Minister José Dirceu, Secretary-General Sílvio Pereira, and Treasurer Delúbio Soares, head a widespread national corruption scheme which involves the Workers Party, members of the Government, the Brazilian Agency of Intelligence, and both government and private enterprises. Jefferson said the President was unaware of this scheme. Some members of parliament from the opposition see this claim as strange.

During his last testimony, Jefferson said that entrepreneur Marcos Valério was responsible for finacing the payment of deputies of the alleged Votes-for-cash scandal. This week, investigations by the police showed that Marcos Valério withdrew, in cash, large sums of money from Rural Bank. According to Jefferson, this money was used to pay deputies. Valério said that he used the money to buy cattle and that farmers don't like to receive cheques, just "real money". His explanation was considered suspect and his former secretary said she does not know of any farms owned by Valerio.

Marcos Valério is part-owner of SMPB and DNA. Documents from the Agrarian Reform Institute (INCRA) showed that Valério's enterprises owned 10 big farms. According to an article published by the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo on July 1, at least two of these farms do not exist. The Brazilian Federal Police said that there is evidence sufficient to indict Valério. The accusations against Valério are tax evasion and money laundering.

According to Internal Revenue Service, Marcos Valério's fortune was R$ 230,000 (97,676.27 USD - Live mid-market rates as of July 3, 2005, 12:47:43 UTC.) in 1997 and R$ 14,000,000 (5,945,511.97 USD) in 2004, a growth of 6086%. The enterprises of Valério, SMPB and DNA, have contracts with five Ministeries and eight big public enterprises, including the Post Office Service.

Before his testimony to the Commission, Jefferson said that Furnas, an energy company in Brazil, was involved in a corruption scheme. According to Jefferson, money from the enterprise was moved to the Workers' Party of Minas Gerais, to the treasurer Delúbio Soares, to be used to buy deputies. Furnas denied this. Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the allegations should be investigated. Under pressure the Furnas' directors resigned.

On July 2, newspapers reported that according to Brazilian Central Bank's documents, in February 17, 2004, the Workers' Party borrowed R$ 2.4 millions (1,019,230.62 USD) from Marcos Valério. In addition, the documents named José Genoíno (the President of the Workers' Party) and Delúbio Soares (the treasurer). After initially denying that the magazine had taken out this loan, the President of the Workers' Party acknowledged it to journalists on Saturday, July 2.

Delúbio Soares cried during his speech last week and said that the accusations are not true and that the "right" is trying to impeach President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on false charges.

The testimony of Jefferson is at the center of discussions in Brazil. According to the PMDB leader, Senator Ney Suassuna, the denunciations are "nitroglycerine which are thrown into the arteries of the Republic every minute". Leader of the PSDB, Arthur Virgílio Neto, said that the government lives in darkness. Senator Peter Simon (PMDB-RS) appealed to President Lula to do an ethical turn-around, and respect the imperatives of morality and seriousness in government. According to Simon: "Today society is still saying that president Lula is a man of good. However, shortly, nobody is going to say that anymore".

On July 1, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened the celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the Foro de São Paulo, in São Paulo. At 7:30 p.m. the forum was opened and, according to the Workers' Party, the participants expressed support for the government of President Lula. Lula spoke during the encounter with the semblance of a tired and worried man affected by the crisis.

It is expected that the government will began a Ministerial reformulation next week.


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Wikinews:Briefs/July 1, 2005

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As reported by Paul Robinson It is July 1, 2005 at 2130 UTC, and this is Wikinews: News Briefs.

Here are the stories that are being covered.

Pro Democracy Protests in the capital of the Congo. Spain to legalize same-sex marriages. The World Health Organization is making some progress in the treatment of AIDS United States Supreme Court Justice O'Connor to Retire The government of the state of Minnesota shuts down.

Breaking News
Deaths as Congolese government cracks down on pro-democracy protests Thousands of protesters are marching through the streets of Kinshasa demanding that the government resign over delayed elections. They were met by security forces who shot in the air and threw tear-gas grenades.

Spain legalizes same-sex marriage Spain, a predominantly Catholic country, became the third nation Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage following The Netherlands and Belgium. By a vote of 187-147 with four abstentions, the 350-seat Congress of Deputies approved the measure to give same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples, including the right to adopt children and inherit each others' property.

UN/WHO making progress in treating HIV/AIDS, but will miss 2005 target The World Health Organisation has announced that the number of people receiving anti-retroviral treatments (ART) in developing countries is increasing significantly - more than doubling between December 2003 and June 2005. One million people are now getting the drugs they need, compared to just 400,000 eighteen months ago.

However, access to treatment is not growing as fast as demand, and the UN is unlikely to reach its target of treating three million people by the end of 2005 - just over half the people who need it. The longer-term target of universal treatment by 2010 is still likely to be met.

United States Supreme Court Justice O'Connor to retire United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, announced today her intention to retire from the court. She said she would be stepping down before the beginning of the court's fall term, or when the Senate appoints a successor. The last appointment to the Supreme Court was Justice Stephen Breyer more than ten years ago.

Minnesota state government shuts down Nine thousand state employees in the U.S. State of Minnesota were left jobless Friday after state legislators failed to pass a spending bill that would have kept the state government up and running. It is not uncommon for states to miss their budget deadlines, but Minnesota, in contrast to other states, has no law that automatically extends the previous budget if lawmakers fail to approve a new budget. A court order earlier this month requires the state to continue to provide services essential to "health, safety and property."

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Four channels to be launched on Viasat in the Nordic and Baltic countries

July 2, 2005

Swedish satellite broadcaster, Viasat, has announced that they are about to launch four new channels on their digital platforms in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia this autumn. The channels are Toon Disney, Cartoon Network, TCM and E!.

The launch of Toon Disney was announced earlier in 2005. Until August 1, Viasat broadcast the Disney Channel exlusively on satellite. With the launch of Toon Disney, their competitor Canal Digital is also able to broadcast the Disney Channels.

Cartoon Network and TCM are already available with most of Viasat's comptetitors, but from September 23, Viasat will also broadcast the Turner-owned channels.

The company that broadcast E! in the Nordic countries before decided to rename their channel and get a new franchise. However, E! will re-arrive in the Nordic and Baltic countries on August 1.


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