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U.S. consumer confidence drops

July 26, 2005

The confidence of American consumers in their economy has slipped unexpectedly in July after it had risen the previous three months.

The Consumer Confidence Index dropped from 106.2 in June to 103.2 this July, the Conference Board said in New York. Analysts blame it on Amercians' increased fear over job security, wage perspectives, and rising gas prices.

But Lynn Franco, director of the board's Consumer Research Center, is unconcerned: "The overall state of the economy remains healthy and consumers' outlook suggests no storm clouds on the short-term horizon."

In the last months, several large American corporations have announced job cuts. Among them are Eastman Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, and Kimberly-Clark.

Private consumer spending is considered to be the backbone of the U.S. economy since it accounts for two-thirds of its Gross Domestic Product. However, in the last few years, the correlation between consumer confidence and actual retail sales has been questioned since consumers were spending money even when survey figures said they wouldn't.

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Controversy over Liverpool fan jailed in Bulgaria

July 29, 2005

Michael Shields, an 18-year old Liverpool Football Club supporter, has been jailed for the attempted murder of a Bulgarian barman, despite another man from Liverpool admitting full responsibility.

Shields, 18 from Wavertree was charged with the attempted murder of Martin Georgiev, 25, after being accused of throwing a brick at the barman's head in the city of Varna, where he was celebrating Liverpool football club's win over AC Milan in the final of the Champions League in Istanbul in May.

Before being charged, a 20 year old man from Anfield came forward and claimed responsibility for the attack - Graham Sankey, made a statement through his lawyer David Kirwan.

Mr Kirwan said: "Graham believed the case against Michael would either be thrown or adjourned after he came forward to make his confession." Despite the confession, Shields was convicted of attempted murder.

Shields' uncle, Joey Graney, was in court when the sentence was passed and said: "Michael was sobbing. He's an 18-year-old lad, quiet as a mouse, on his own, going back to a Bulgarian jail. What's he going to do? As far as the Bulgarians were concerned, a local lad had been attacked and they wanted their scapegoat. They did not care that Graham Sankey has confessed to carrying out the attack. They just tossed that aside."

The family have said they will do everything in their power to clear Michael's name. Meanwhile, Liverpool Riverside MP Louise Ellman, has backed the family's campaign calling the incident a "travesty of justice".

"Graham Sankey has admitted he was guilty of the crime that Michael Shields is now convicted of, but he did so in a way that was inadmissible to the Bulgarian court," added Mrs Ellman, who is planning to speak to his defence team.

A British Foreign Office spokesman said it could not comment on the verdict but said it would continue offering consular help to Michael Shields.

Bulgarian government officials have since agreed to begin the process of releasing Michael Shields, in exchange for the arrest of Graham Sankey.

The development came after long-time justice campaigner Stephen Jakobi held closed talks with Bulgarian ambassador Lachezar Matev at the Bulgarian Embassy in London.

Mr. Jakobi announced that Michael could be free in the next "few months".

"It's been a good day and we have achieved an important breakthrough.

"We have got an agreement with the Bulgarian government that they are going to take up our proposed course of action - that is issuing an arrest warrant for Graham Sankey.

"The government is independent of the judiciary in that country but they can hold talks with them to get the ball rolling as soon as possible.

"The arrest warrant will means the extradition process will begin."

Home Secretary Jack Straw has also agreed to meet with Shield's family to discuss the situation with them.


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Talk:Controversy over Liverpool fan jailed in Bulgaria

This article has no sources, could possibly be a copyright violation, and is very point-of-view. Please improve article to meet Wikinews' standards. -- NGerda 19:38, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * If you are going to tag an article as being POV, you should state specifically what about the article is POV. For example, regarding this article you could say "This article is not NPOV because it doesn't present the point-of-view of the Bulgarian justice system. The article would be more balanced if it included some quotes from a representative of the Bulgarian government, judges, prosecuting lawyers, etc". - Borofkin 08:08, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * This article is indeed POV and it harms Bulgaria's image without a good reason. There is no evidence that the fan is innocent, or at least no evidence has been presented to the legal authorities in Bulgaria aa it should have been; instead, the only witness that supports the fan's innocence ran away from the country before he wrote hisinfamous letter. And with this letter, which was written by the other guy who attacked the Bulgarian barman, is a weak evidence for the Liverpool's fans innocence. On the contrary, facts are that the barman was heavily injured by at least one of those two people: the one currently in jail and the other who ran away and wrote the letter after that. Indeed, there is an extremely high probability that justice was done as it should have been. Therefore this "news article" is POV and at least its wring title "Controversy over Liverpool fan jailed in Bulgaria" has to be changed to the neutral "Liverpool fan jailed in Bulgaria". ~ by Cryout

I verified all information in this story with other sources and it appears to be correct. Furthermore, I followed through with the actionable requests from Borofkin regarding statements from Bulgaria. -- 08:09, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

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Uncle G is correct, the date should be July 29 because the bottom of the article contains new information that we didn't know before. That's why I updated the date from the 27 to the 29. -- 13:49, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

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editprotected Please add the following categories to the article. 14.139.242.195 (talk) 13:48, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) A.C. Milan
 * 2) Liverpool F.C.
 * Added to Liverpool F.C. --Pi zero (talk) 02:17, 14 November 2015 (UTC)


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U.S. magazine TV Guide to drop local editions in makeover

July 26, 2005 After years of declining subscription rates, the owners of U.S. magazine TV Guide ordered a complete overhaul of the 52-year-old publication. Gemstar-TV Guide International, the corporate parent of the magazine says the current format of the magazine has caused it to become unprofitable.

The changes will be effective with the October 15 issue. Lack of profitability has been a point of contention between Gemstar management and its largest shareholder, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

Included in the new design is a shift away from detailed listings to more of a People or Entertainment Weekly celebrity-focused format. Included in that change will be the elimination of the 140 localized editions of TV Guide in favor of one national publication with only "Eastern" and "Pacific" times listed for program listings.

The magazine's owners noted that with the advent of digital cable and satellite TV, more viewers rely upon electronic program guides provided free by the television service provider than printed listings.

TV Guide officials say the current magazine is made up of 25 percent news content printed on glossy paper and 75 percent TV listings printed on newsprint and in black-and-white. The new version of the magazine will be completely four-color and on glossy paper. Additionally, the news-to-listing ratio will flip with 75 percent of future content being feature articles on celebrities and television programs.

A second change will be the magazine's size as it moves from a digest-sized publication to a full-sized glossy. The company expects the larger edition will be more profitable against competition such as People and US Weekly. But that profitability may be at the expense of national reach.

Although the magazine is getting physically larger, according to reports, the readership is expected to shrink. Gemstar expects many of is subscribers not to renew with the new format. Currently the TV Guide guarantees 9 million subscribers to its national advertisers. According to reports, it is only guaranteeing 3.2 million subscribers to its revamped publication once it hits newsstands.


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Last WWII Comanche 'code talker' dies

July 26, 2005 Charles Chibitty, the last surviving member of the group of 17 who served in World War II as the Comanche "code talkers" died in a Tulsa, Oklahoma nursing home July 20. He was 83.

Chibitty was among the 14 Comanches who landed with the D-Day invasion of Normandy Beaches where they reported by radio to division headquarters on the progress of the landings. The Comanche were dubbed code talkers because the American Indian language has no written record, and it was never broken by the Germans during the war. One of the first messages transmitted in Comanche language during the landings was "right beach, wrong place". It warned soldiers they landed about a half mile from their intended target. Chibitty served with a unit that landed on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944.

Mr.Chibitty served with the rank of a Corporal in the 4th Infantry Division that engaged in the breakthrough of the Siegfried line in Hurtgen Forest. His division also saw action in the Battle of the Bulge and the rescue of the "Lost Battalion". His division was among the first to undertake the liberation of Paris. Then later, the 4th Infantry was the first to enter Germany.

The Comanches, who came from the Lawton area in Oklahoma, heard rumors of a military plan to organize a native speaking unit. He enlisted in 1941, and along with 19 others, they were trained for special duty by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. All were sent to Fort Benning, but three remained state-side because they had dependents and deployment in the mission was dangerous.

The U.S. declassified the code talker program in 1968. Only three remained living at the time. The French Government gave special honors to the Comanches by bestowing them with the Chevalier of the National Order of Merit in 1989. Mr. Chibitty was honored in 1999 when the Pentagon bestowed on him the Knowlton Award.

In a 1999 interview with the Armed Forces Information Center, Chibitty said: "The Navajo did the same thing. The Navajos became code talkers about a year after the Comanches, but there were over a hundred of them because they had so much territory [in the Pacific Theater] to cover."

Joe Holley of the Washington Post recalled this quote from Mr. Chibitty in 2002: "'It’s strange, but growing up as a child I was forbidden speak my native language at school. Later my country asked me to. My language helped win the war, and that makes me very proud. Very proud.'"

The funeral service was held Tuesday at 10 a.m. He has three surviving grandchildren.

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Int'l Football: Liverpool beats Kaunas 3 - 1

July 26, 2005

Liverpool earned the upper edge in the Champions League, Second Leg, by beating Lithuania's Kaunas in dramaitic style.

The Reds were a goal down through Giedrius Barevicius who scored a close range shot aganist José Reina. Within minutes, Liverpool were back in the game with a Steven Gerrard effort, headed by Crouch and finished off by Cisse. Liverpool soon found their scoring touch through a corner converted into a goal by Jamie Carragher. It was his first in around 6 years.

The start of the second half saw captain Steven Gerrard fouled in the box and awarded a penalty. He took full advantage of the opportunity and converted it into a goal which saw Liverpool, with three goals up, looking likely for the win.

The game also marked the competitive debut of Peter Crouch who signed with Liverpool for around £7 million. Mohamed Sissoko, a former Valencia star, marked his competitive debut for Liverpool with much impact.

The game ended 3 - 1. With 3 straight away goals, it looks like Liverpool have a great chance of winning this leg.

The second leg is at Anfield on Tuesday, 2 August 2005.

Match Facts
FBK Kaunas: Kurskis, Zelmikas, Pacevicius, Kancelskis, Manchkhava, Barevicius, Rimkevicius, Klimek, Baguzis, Poderis, Tamosauskas. Subs: Kilijonas, Beniusis, Maciulis, Papeckys, Kunevicius, Kijanskas, Vadim Petrenko.

Liverpool: Reina, Josemi, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, Potter, Gerrard, Alonso, Zenden, Cisse, Crouch. Subs: Dudek, Luis Garcia, Hamann, Morientes, Sissoko, Warnock, Medjani.

Referee: Knud Fisker (Denmark).


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Picture round up can be seen on this page. -Edbrown05 21:22, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * From comanchenation.com: Copyright © 2005 Comanche Nation All Rights Reserved -- NGerda 21:30, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * That is so great! Glad a pic is found :) Edbrown05 21:38, 26 July 2005 (UTC)


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Neighbours of Niger also facing food crisis

July 26, 2005 A food crisis is threatening three other countries in the region of Niger — a country facing severe food shortages after drought and plagues of locusts — the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned.

The three — Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania — have been affected by drought and plagues of locusts that engulfed the Sahel region of West Africa last August.

About 6 million are short of food and require food aid: 3.5 million from Niger; 1.1 million from Mali; 750,000 from Mauritania; and 500,000 from Burkina Faso.

The United Nations — which has a Consolidated Appeal for West Africa of just under £196 million US dollars in aid for the region this year — is expecting to feed 250,000 people shortly. In May, OCHA made an additional flash appeal for $16,191,000 US dollars.

Over the past few weeks, the media has shown graphic images of the situation in Niger. Jan Egelend, OCHA Under-Secerary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, claims that the situation in the region prior to this was largely ignored by the international community, saying that: "Over the last few days, the world has finally woken up, but it took graphic images of dying children for this to happen."


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Windows Vista faces possible trademark challenges

July 26, 2005 Microsoft, the world's largest software company, announced the name of its forthcoming version of the Windows operating system from its headquarters in Redmond, Washington Friday. But in choosing the name "Vista," Microsoft may find itself in a legal fight.

Microsoft has made a name for itself in legal circles as a company that fiercely defends its trademarks and other intellectual property. With the choice of "Vista," the tables may turn as it may face allegations of swiping another company's trademark.

It appears the Vista name has already been taken by another high-tech company, coincidentally also based in Redmond. A few miles from the sprawling Microsoft campus is Vista Incorporated, which has operated a small business internet interchange since it was founded by Wall Data founder, John Wall in 2000. He was surprised by his larger neighbor's move.

"We are going to consider our options and talk to Microsoft," Wall said in an interview with the Seattle Times. Wall reportedly has not yet filed suit against Microsoft to stop it from using the "Vista" name. An investor in SCO, he does have other legal options aside from law suits. Instead, he may offer to sell the rights to the "Vista" name.

However, John Wall's company is not the only business with claims on the name "Vista." Many other tech companies use "Vista" as product names. Additionally, a wide-range of non-computer businesses have the name reserved, including branded products for sewing machines, elevators and the dairy industry.


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Talk:Stores drop game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" after given 'Adults Only' rating

As long as we still have wars with lots of children being blown to bits by our heroes in uniform; I think the kids should have the right to learn how to protect themselves...and the sex is everywhere anyways. Let the parents get off their lazy butts and do the monitoring/censoring. Paulrevere2005 01:21, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ditto on the monitoring and censoring -- this is an incredibly violent game with adult themes... I don't understand the uproar over a little simulated sex. Surely our children see as much skin (and real skin at that) on prime time. --Chiacomo (talk) 02:18, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

In polish wikinews we also have this news. Do you can add interwiki to that article? Hołek  pl:Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas tylko dla dorosłych

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Sinn Féin leaders believed to have left IRA Army Council

July 27, 2005

The Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael McDowell, TD, announced yesterday that he understands that Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and Martin Ferris, senior members of the Irish republican party Sinn Féin, have resigned from the Army Council of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

Mr. McDowell, who most recently accused the three of being members during a radio debate on the 20th of February this year, expressed his belief that the three had resigned seats on the IRA Army Council, the paramilitary organisation's ruling body, within the past fortnight, but he did not think that this "by itself amounts to a severance between the two organisations." Adams, the Sinn Féin president, McGuinness, the party's chief negotiator, and Ferris, a representative in Dáil Éireann (the Irish lower house of parliament), have however consistently dismissed all such allegations of membership of the seven-man Council.

The comment comes as expectation grows that the IRA will issue a statement this week concerning its future, following a plea by Adams in April for the organisation to "take courageous initiatives which will achieve [its] aims by purely political and democratic activity." Mr McDowell said he was looking forward to the statement, but said that was "no question of governments on either side of the border tolerating the continued existence of an unlawful organisation", and that the IRA must decommission its arsenal "down to the last bullet".

Claims that Sinn Féin members have left the Army Council have been described by some unionist politicians, such as DUP spokesperson Ian Paisley, Jr., as a "stunt" ahead of the expected statement from the IRA. On Monday, new Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey expressed his opinion that "The only thing that is going to matter is what the republican movement actually do."

McGuinness is expected to travel today to the United States with senior Sinn Féin member Rita O'Hare to brief the Irish American community on the current situation.


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U.S. Senator Santorum: ‘not to run’ in 2008 Presidential race

July 27, 2005

Senator Rick Santorum wrote Monday that his "intention is not to run" in the GOP nomination for president. The two-term senator from Pennsylvania was among names mentioned as a contender to the White House in the next presidential election in 2008.

Santorum faces a tough re-election challenge in his home state during the upcoming mid-term elections next year, where he is considered vulnerable against Democratic challenger and state treasurer

Santorum authored the book "It takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good" which further established views of him as a near ultra-conservative.

On the WashingtonPost.com on-line discussion forum, the lawmaker said, "I have six children ages 4-14. And the idea of coming off a race of the intensity that I am engaged with at this point [in Pennsylavania] and turning around and running another two-year campaign for president is not something that I believe is in the best interest of my family."


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San Diego votes for new mayor

July 26, 2005

Voters in the city of San Diego, California went to the polls Tuesday to pick a mayor to lead the financially-troubled city. Officially mayor-less since Dick Murphy resigned on July 15, the city of San Diego also lost two councilmen to convictions on charges of corruption. The largest issue facing the next mayor of this major bio-tech hub and military town on the U.S. border with Mexico, however, is the paralysis and red ink produced by two years of underfunding the pension fund for city employees. The municipal employee unions had pushed for massive benefit expanion during the booming '90s, but once the dot-com bubble burst, San Diego, home to high-tech corporate players like Qualcomm Corp., rapidly lost revenue. The result was a $2bn pension deficit, "junk" status for the city's bonds on Wall Street, and the dubious designation of "Enron-by-the-Sea" from The New York Times.

Incredibly, 11 candidates are on the ballot to lead the city that calls itself "America's Finest". The front-runner is Councilwoman Donna Frye, 53. She is expected to win a plurality of all votes cast, at the least. The city's former chief of police, Jerry Sanders, and businessman Steve Francis are dueling for the second place slot. The winner of that would face Frye again, in a run-off election slated for Nov. 8.

As of 10 pm Pacific Daylight Time July 26, Donna Frye led with 43.32%, and Jerry Sanders was leading in the contest for second place, with 27.01% to Steve Francis' 23.50%. No other candidate broke into the double-digits.

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User talk:Phroziac~enwikinews

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User:Phroziac~enwikinews

Just me, I just wanted to make this page blue. Might want to look at w:User:Phroziac

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Google adds Hybrid Satellite/Map View

July 27, 2005

Mountain View, CA - Users of the beta Google Maps service may see the world in a new way with the introduction of the "hybrid view." Here, hybrid means offering a combined satellite and map view, the hybrid button that appears on map search queries adds new functionality to the map service, combining the other choices of either map or satellite views.

The competing and similar MSN Virtual Earth service launched July 25 by Microsoft, also offers a hybrid-type view. Both services offer hybrid map and satellite views and scrollable images.

Initial public response to both services on Slashdot has been generally positive, but users noted glitches that need to be worked out, including discrepancies between satellite and map data.

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User:Dvortygirl

About me
I'm really a Wiktionarian most of the time. I occasionally hang around on Wikinews IRC to report vandals that I block on Wiktionary and generally see what's going on over here.

Amgine recruited me to create an article, and here I am. I may do more as time and inspiration suggest. I have begun doing audio for Wiktionary and may someday try reading some news. I'm also happy to try to answer language questions or improve writing. IRC, email, or my Wiktionary user page are probably the best way to reach me for the moment, since I'm only an occasional visitor here.

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User talk:Spe88~enwikinews

Welcome
Feel free to talk about Wikinews here, just no flaming, spamming or vandalising, otherwise I will get rather annoyed restoring the page. And you don't want to see me annoyed. Really.

Please add your entries to the bottom of the page.

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User talk:Dvortygirl

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Great Job!

I hope you stay on at Audio Wikinews! You'd be a huge help. -- 00:46, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:206.146.48.139

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Four arrested in Birmingham UK in connection with July 21 attempted bombings

July 27, 2005

Four men were arrested at 04:30 BST (4:30 a.m.) in police raids at two addresses in Birmingham, West Midlands in relation to the failed London bombings of 21st July.

One of the four men, arrested in Heybarnes Road in the Hay Mills area, is thought to be suspected of being one of last Thursday's bombers, and has been taken to the high security Paddington Green police station in London. Police have acknowledged using a Taser stun gun in the arrest, but no firearms were used.

The other three arrests were made shortly afterwards in Bankdale Road, Washwood Heath. Police said a suspect package was found at one of the addresses and local residents were evacuated.

Two men were also arrested at Grantham railway station after information was received from off-duty policemen on a GNER train travelling between Newcastle and Kings Cross.


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Talk:Quaker website editor launches music podcast programme

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simon gray, the website editor for the Friend & noted capitalophobe & lowerophile, today launched radio star one as a podcast linked to birmingham alive !, his popular birmingham what's on guide.

"it's an eclectic mix of jazz, world, electronic, classical, & folk", he told us, " perhaps in a similar vein to radio 3's late junction programme".

the idea has been floated that perhaps soon the Friend may itself be available as a podcast. already subscribers can read it via an rss feed, with the appropriate aggregator software.

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Talk:Four arrested in Birmingham UK in connection with July 21 attempted bombings

Whodunit?
Could it be another frame up? Something like this U.S. government plot? "We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area"

Who is behind the scenes financing and controlling this enemy? Is it people who we'd never suspect;e.g.[]? Who is it that needs to be brought to justice? We know that when it comes to terrorist attacks the official government assignment of blame can not be trusted for truth or accuracy; e.g.

July22,2005 Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair; the "Asian" looking man shot dead by police was "directly linked to the terrorist bombings."

July 23,2005 London Police;"We are now satisfied that he("Asian" looking man) was not connected with the bombing incidents".

So; "Who is behind these vicious attacks? Who is it that needs to be brought to justice?"

This is the question that needs to be asked and re-asked whenever a "terrorist" attack occurrs. Who are the "terrorists" that committed the act? A patriotic citizenry can't just blindly accept the "next day" government assignment of guilt. Without a trial or thorough investigation, any superficial "evidence" lying around or anonymous calls claiming responsibility could just be part of a frame up. Here are a few verified historical examples of how cabals within just one government (USA) have started and inflamed major conflicts by killing civilians and blaming it on someone else; which is why, regarding this attack, we, the readers and citizens, need to withhold our judgement and the direction of our anger until we find out who actually did it.

"Another most painful episode concerns the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem, by a cabal in the State Department led by undersecretary Averell Harriman"[][][][][] Paulrevere2005 12:00, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Nobody has been 'blamed' yet. The man who was shot dead was Brazilian, not 'Asian' in the context of the original eye-witness account. The thorough investigation is taking place (as in this story and many others) and nobody has drawn any conclusions yet. The police were very quick to say they were wrong and apologise, though that doesn't excuse what happened, obviously. And, on the whole, though there is certainly unprecendented (and very unfair) suspicion there is no widespread violent anger being directed at a community. Hold your judgments too :) ClareWhite 11:48, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * There is already a conclusion that "muslim extremists" did this; a conclusion encouraged by the Blair government; "Mr Straw said: "Almost certainly they are evil people who will claim — wrongly — to have done this in the name of Islam."". A conclusion based upon no evidence at all. The problem with the accidental police killing is how quick they were to lie about it afterwards; -July22,2005 Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair; man shot dead by police was "directly linked to the terrorist bombings."- That shows a willingness to deceive the people. And about the violent anger, what do you expect to see if something kills 50,000 Brits instead of 50?

 * Why not start with the fact that we have been told that Afghan dope is the primary source of al-Queda's funding,90% of London's heroin is coming from Afghanistan today; Afghan opium production is up over 1000% since we invaded; and the Afghan poppy fields,which are right out in the open, are not being sprayed(killed) by U.S. airplanes like the dope fields hidden in the jungles of Columbia are. Those are facts that are known and admitted by everybody...so if anybody wants to help "fight terrorism"..why not just deal with that source of terrorist funding right NOW!. Paulrevere2005 12:14, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


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Britain launches 2012 Olympic Lottery games

July 30, 2005

The first ever Olympic lottery scheme has been launched to the public in Britain, seven years to the day that the Olympics will be hosted to the City of London.

A scratch card game will be one of the schemes that would be used to help make money for the Olympic Games in 2012. It is called "Go for Gold" and it costs £1 to buy. The actual amount that the National Lottery could give would be £1.5 billion pounds, but the lottery games would raise an estimated £750 million for sporting infrastructure.

Olympics Minister and Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said the game was needed now to raise the cash necessary to develop the venues that will host the event.

She stated: "The Lottery needs to raise altogether £1.5 billion of which we estimate that £750 million over the seven years between now and the Games will come from the new Olympic lottery game."

Coe stated: "Camelot have a very good record for raising money, certainly for good causes."

The games went on sale on Thursday.


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Brief bomb alerts in central London

July 27, 2005

There was a bomb alert in Oxford Circus in central London at 1.20pm BST (1220 UTC) today. All streets around Oxford Circus were briefly cordoned off and pedestrians asked to move down side streets.

A similar event occurred that same day at approximately 4.15pm BST (1315 UTC) on Wilton Road, when an unoccupied car was spotted on double yellow lines outside a pub near Victoria Station.

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User talk:80.46.34.197

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British computer firm Tiny axes more than 1,500 Jobs

July 27, 2005

Granville Technology Group, who own brands such as TIME Computers and Tiny are to axe around 1,500 jobs just after the company went into administration.

The company has already closed down all their 78 retail stores around the United Kingdom.

It had emerged that all the group's directors, except its part-time chairman, have also resigned.

Formerly known as the Time Group, it had been producing around 500,000 PCs a year.

Its customers included businesses, schools and private individuals, and its products have been household names for several years.


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 * Hello, can I recommend that you have a good read of Writing an article? That will explain how to write a Wikinews article. Dan100 (Talk) 13:04, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:80.41.130.90

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Talk:Terrorist officers raid more address in North London

I think i heard one of the address to be Grange Avenue which is off of Percy Road, N12


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Talk:Brief bomb alerts in central London

This article was submitted by Leon Cych, who tells me he was present at the scene. Dan100 (Talk) 13:50, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


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Record rains disrupt life in Mumbai, India

July 27, 2005

Mumbai, India's largest city and financial capital, received a on Tuesday, July 26. The rain left many parts of the city flooded. Landslides and other related effects of the rain claimed more than 100 lives in Mumbai and the surrounding areas.

Transportation was seriously affected, as the two main highways, railway lines, and the runways at Mumbai International airport remain submerged. Trains and city buses were shut down for 24 hours, and have not yet resumed full service. Domestic and international flights have been diverted out of Mumbai. Residents of buildings in low-lying areas are being rescued with boats and navy helicopters. Large numbers of Mumbai residents did not make it home from work, or spent the night in cars that were stranded on the road. The All India Radio reported that 150,000 people were stranded across different railway stations of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, which is considered the life line of Mumbai. Mumbai Suburban Railway partially commenced operating after thirty-six hours, from late evening on July 27.

The rainfall received in Mumbai's suburbs on Tuesday totaled 37.1 inches, which exceeds the world's record for highest rainfall in a single day (33.0 inches at Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India).

The heavy rainfall has taken its toll on historic buildings as well. A building on Marine drive has been drowned up to the first floor. Mackichan Knight from IIMC mourns this irreparable damage.

As per Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, the rainfall cost the state $110m in damages.

Correction: This does not exceed the world's record for highest rainfall in a single day, but it does exceed India's previous record. (33.0 inches at Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India).

The world record for rainfall in a 24-hour period was 75.98in which fell during a hurricane on Reunion Island near Madagascar.


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Crew of Discovery inspect Shuttle for launch damage

July 27, 2005

The crew of the Space shuttle Discovery – which launched successfully yesterday – have begun to make inspections of the exterior of the Orbiter.

They are checking for any damage that may have occurred during take-off – the Columbia was destroyed after a piece of foam falling from the external fuel tank split open a wing, allowing super-heated gas to enter the craft upon reentry, leading to its break-up.

The crew of Discovery are using a laser-scanner mounted on the end of the shuttle's 15 m (49.2 ft) long robotic arm. The inspection will consist of 90 minute sessions, during which a three-dimensional image of the surface of the nosecone and the leading edges of the wings will be built up.

NASA engineers are studying footage taken from a camera mounted on the external fuel tank, which appears to show a 1.5" (3.8 cm) piece of tile falling away from on or near the nose landing-gear doors. There is also footage of an unidentified piece of debris which fell away as the solid rocket boosters were jettisoned, and did not appear to strike the shuttle.


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

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 * http://www.nirvanastudio.org
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Iran will continue work on nuclear fuel cycle

July 28, 2005

Outgoing Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said that the proposed nuclear fuel work would not include producing enriched uranium, but stressed that Iran would ultimately resume its uranium enrichment programme.

Khatami told reporters "Whether Europeans mention our right to resume activities at the uranium conversion facility at Isfahan or not, we will definitely resume them regardless."

Iran has consistently maintained that it has a right to develop its own nuclear fuel cycle from its indigenous uranium resources to produce power. Though Iran has large oil stocks, environmental concerns and the Kyoto Protocol may preclude their continued development.


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CAFTA faces tough vote in U.S. House

July 27, 2005

President Bush is lobbying the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the (CAFTA), which is scheduled for a vote Wednesday night. The U.S. Senate passed the treaty in June.

Similar to the existing (NAFTA) among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, CAFTA would create a  putting an end to most trade barriers between the United States and six additional countries, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.

The free trade agreement faces stiff opposition among Democrats. Many Republicans who represent agricultural or industrial  and southern textile states in Congress also have stated opposition to the bill. But with a Republican majority in the House large enough to ensure passage of CAFTA, party leaders are trying to shore up enough votes to ensure CAFTA's passage.

This has prompted last minute action by the President to lobby individual members of the House, reminding them that Central American countries have committed troops and other resources to fight the U.S. . Other Republican leaders have been using the party's traditional pro-business message and linking it to homeland security issues.

"Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty and there's nothing like a stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy, freedom and rule of law,", Speaker of the House, reportedly said at a news conference Tuesday.

But the opposition disagrees. CAFTA is "a bad deal for Central Americans and also for Latinos in this community... (with CAFTA) the exploitation of workers will continue in Central America," Democrat Representative Hilda Solis of Los Angeles said. Her views are common among Democrats, who are overwhelmingly against the treaty.

According to opponents of CAFTA, the current trend of American jobs being sent to foreign countries, particularly in the information technology sector, would greatly expand under the treaty.

"This will be a vote in the middle of the night. They'll keep the vote open for several hours, in violation of the rules. If it passes, it will be by fewer than five votes," predicted Rep., a Democrat from Ohio, according to a Washington Post report.

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Football CL: All first leg games of second qualifications round are over

July 27, 2005

First leg of the second qualifications round of UEFA Champions League is now over. Second leg games will be played on August 2 and August 3.

Selected match reports
The biggest surprise of the leg is probably Artmedia Bratislava's (also known as Artmedia Petrzalka) easy victory over Glasgow Celtic of 5 - 0. According to IFFHS' ratings, Celtic is 43rd on the list, while Slovakians are on position 200.

RSC Anderlacht secured an almost certain victory in the second round, as they won 5 - 0 at home against PFC Neftchi.

Another clear favorite is Liverpool, which beat Kaunas in an away game yesterday with a final result of 1 - 3. Kaunas will have to score at least three goals at Anfield next week to stay in game.

Anorthosis made the same result against Trabzonspor, but at home, which can still give Turks realistic hope to make it up next week.

Dudelange lost at home to Rapid Vienna with 1 - 6. Strikers were on a goaling spree in the first ten minutes of the game, leaving Rapid with a steady advantage of 1 - 3. Akagündüz scored his second goal of the game in 16' for Rapid. Two more goals in the second half secured an easy home game for the Austrians.

Partizan boycotted by fans
Partizan Belgrade managed to beat Moldavian Sheriff at home, with 1 - 0, but the organized fans among 15,000 present at the stadium did not cheer for their team. Fans were protesting against the club management, as they banned any banners from the stadium. Most fans only chanted "Management out!" every few minutes.

Partizan's stadium has a capacity of 32,710 seats, but last season games avaraged only about 2000 spectators in domestic matches. There is a long standing conflict between Partizan's fans and the managament, as fans accuse the club leadership of manipulation of club's funds and favoring certain fan groups.


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Canada denies visa for Africa's top biosafety negotiator

July 28, 2005

Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, the Ethiopian government's chief scientist and its representative to the Montreal-based UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) had his passport returned without the requested Canadian visa, and without explanation. Dr. Tewolde is Africa's chief negotiator for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Tewolde had announced he would be visiting Montreal the first week of August to lobby for the labeling of genetically modified (GM) seeds and food products and urge companies and governments to accept liability for environmental contamination their seeds could lead to. Canada has yet to ratify the UN biosafety protocol and opposes compulsory genetically modified labeling and liability.

Dr. Tewolde has worked against terminator technology (genetically-modified seed rendered sterile at harvest time, forcing farmers to buy new seeds each growing season). In the past, Dr. Tewolde has disagreed with Canadian scientists on proposed methods to regulate GM products.

"Dr. Tewolde is one of the most respected scientists in his field," said Pat Mooney, representative for the conservationist ETC Group in Ottawa, "If the Canadian government can't make sure Dr. Tewolde has his visa for the opening of the meetings, Canada does not deserve to host the Convention on Biological Diversity."

Dr. Tewolde himself is concerned that Canada's actions signal a pattern, "Now that I have been prevented from coming to Montreal, who knows which ones of you will be prevented next time?" he wrote.

This closely mirrors another more recent incident where 12 Ugandans (mainly youths) were denied visas by the Canadian High Commission in Kenya. After making two applications and having met all the requirements asked by the commission, the Ugandan delegation was still denied visas.


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Verdicts announced in France's largest child abuse case

July 27, 2005

The biggest child abuse case in the history of France, involving 45 abused children and 65 defendants, ended today with the conviction of all but three of the accused.

The court in Angers handed down sentences ranging from four months suspended to 28 years for, among others, Philppe V., the key accused. The court found that he, along with his son Franck V. and Franck's former spouse, Patricia M., was one the instigators of a sex ring that abused 45 children, mostly in the couple's flat.

The abuses of children aged between six months and 12 years took place in a poor and deprived area of the western french town of Angers. Many of the defendants were poor and lived on benefits and some were mentally impaired. About 20 of them admitted to the charges, while others claimed to have never heard of a sex ring.


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Tentative deal averts Ontario liquor stores strike

July 27, 2005

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Canada, reached a tentative agreement with its union one day before some 5,400 unionized employees were to walk off the job at roughly 600 LCBO outlets across the province. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union said it received a commitment that the provincially run liquor stores would not be sold, which was the main issue. Last week, workers voted 84 per cent against the latest contract offer from the LCBO, which called for raises of 11 per cent over four years to full-time staff.


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Ties found between Abu Ghraib prison abuse and Guantanamo Bay

July 28, 2005 In testimony at a military hearing yesterday on abuses at the U.S. prison camp in Iraq, the former warden of Abu Ghraib, Maj. David Dinenna, said he attended in September 2003 a meeting with Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, who was then commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Maj. Dinenna said Gen. Miller recommended using dogs, because of their effectiveness.

Two dog handler soldiers at Abu Ghraib stand accused in the hearing. Sgt. Santos A. Cardona, 31, and Sgt. Michael J. Smith, 24, are alleged to have used the dogs to threaten and intimidate prisoners. During the defendants' testimony on Tuesday, they said the interrogation techniques used by them on prisoners was learned from a team of interrogators that was dispatched to Iraq from the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba.

The Article 32 military court proceeding, which concluded Wednesday in Fort Meade, Maryland, is a preliminary hearing to hear prosecution and defense arguments in the case. The Prosecution is seeking a court-martial with claims that the defendants acted criminally. The Defense contends the soldiers were following orders, and that the charges should be dropped.

The investigating officer of the military court, Maj. Glenn Simpkins, has two weeks to weigh the evidence that was presented. Some or all charges could be dropped, but if some charges stand, he will make a recommendation on how Sgts. Cardona and Smith should be dealt with when it goes to trial.

The two accused said in yesterday’s testimony that Col. Thomas M. Pappas, the top military intelligence officer at Abu Ghraib, approved the use of the dogs. Testimony was also heard from Pvt. Ivan L. “Chip” Frederick, now serving an 8-year sentence in Fort Leavenworth for his role as ringleader in the abuse, who testified by phone from prison that approval was given to use the dogs, and that a civilian interrogator was also sometimes involved in directing which prisoner cells were to be visited by dog handlers.

In addition to the use of dogs, aggressive interrogation techniques such as clothing removal and sleep deprivation were also part of the series of abuses. Staff Sgt. James Vincent Lucas previously had told Army investigators in Guantanamo that he left Cuba in 2003 to go to Iraq where he, as a member of a 6-man team, taught the “lessons learned” at Guantanamo, and served to “provide guidelines” to interrogators at Abu Ghraib.

Legislation sponsored by several Senate Republicans seeks to specifically regulate the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo and other military prisons. A co-sponsor of the bill, Lindsey Graham (R-SC), recently released declassified internal memos dating from 2003 and written by top military lawyers. They warned the Pentagon about the aggressive tactics at Guantanamo. The memos noted it would heighten the dangers for U.S. troops caught by the enemy.

Army charge sheets accuse Cardona and Smith with maltreating detainees from November 15, 2003, to January 15, 2004 by "directing, encouraging, or permitting [their] unmuzzled military working dog[s] to bark and growl at detainees in order to unlawfully harass and threaten the detainees and in order to make the detainees urinate or defecate on themselves."

Cardona, of Fullerton, with the 42nd Military Police Detachment in Ft. Bragg, N.C., was charged with nine counts. Smith, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with the 523rd Military Police Detachment in Ft. Riley, Kan., was charged with 14 counts.


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Talk:CAFTA faces tough vote in U.S. House

I will step out on a limb here and predict this deal will go through. If it does, against the wishes of the vast majority of Americans (68%)[]; it will simply confirm that the USA is no longer a democracy; our government has been hijacked by multinational sweatshop and war profiteers; which is what I have come to believe.

If I am wrong,I will drop off wikinews for 1 week as a punishment to myself for being so "over the top" in my opinions.Paulrevere2005 23:15, 27 July 2005 (UTC) Agreed,Mrmiscellanious; and the distance between stalinism and nazism is this much ><. Paulrevere2005 02:13, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Paul, the WTO is much more of a communism than anything a few tarriffs affect. --Mrmiscellanious 23:19, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Just for the record, strictly speaking, the United States was not set up as a "democracy" per se, it is a republic of democratically-elected representatives. There is a difference. The U.S. government was designed so that the elected representatives could - and should- be free to make unpopular decisions from time-to-time (either on the left or the right) to do what they individually thought was correct, whether it was popular or not. Then, once every two or six years, if they made enough wrong decidions, they would be booted in an election and replaced by someone else. :-) -- Davodd | Talk 02:26, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Stalin and Saddam had votes too.The 2 parties in the US are twins and they fixed the rules where you can't start a third(party).Paulrevere2005 12:01, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

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