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Nearly 25% of Iceland's voters petition for veto of Icesave bill

January 3, 2010Nearly a quarter of Iceland's voters have signed a petition calling for President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto the bill passed last week to pay €3.8 billion to the United Kingdom and The Netherlands to compensate depositors impacted when the Icesave online bank collapsed in 2008.

"I consider it to be a reasonable demand that the economic burden placed on the current and future generations of Icelanders, in the form of a state guarantee for Icesave payments to the UK and Dutch governments, be subject to a national referendum," says the petition.

The petition also demands a referendum be held; any bill not signed by the President must do so under the country's constitution. This constitutional clause has only once been invoked since the country's independence from Denmark in 1944. Ólafur challenged a media reform bill in 2004 which the parliament passed by a margin of only two votes. The bill which would have forced the breakup of Baugur Group due to a mix of media and business interests.

The group collecting signatures and who handed over the petition to the President, InDefence, called the bill a "huge risk" for Iceland's economic future. "All projections based on realistic assumptions […] showed without doubt that Iceland would be unable to meet the payments stipulated by the Icesave loan agreements as set out in the disputed legislation," it announced in a statement.

Organiser Magnus Arni Skulason made the comparison between repaying the debt and financing Iceland's health service. "We were able to represent our arguments to the president, and also on the occasion we handed over a petition to ask the president to reject the current Icesave bill," he said to the BBC. "The interest rate on the Icesave agreement for Iceland is like running the National Health Service of Iceland for six months."

Magnus expressed preference for the previous legislation from the Icelandic government in August last year. That would have seen the interest paid limited and a time-limit on the period for payment where any outstanding amount would be written off after fifteen years.

Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and her coalition government threatened to resign if the bill was not passed by parliament. It did so by a slim three vote majority: 33 in favour, 30 against. One junior minister has already resigned over the matter.

Icesave was the online service offered by the Landsbanki bank and proposed high interest rates to investors. When it collapsed in October 2008 it had its accounts frozen and had to be rescued, losing 320,000 British and Dutch investors their savings. They were compensated in part by their own governments, which in turn looked to the Icelandic goverment to recompense them. In addition to the Landsbanki, the Glitnir and Kaupthing banks also had to be rescued by the Icelandic government.

The €3.8 billion, to be repaid in installments starting in 2017 over eight years, represents 40% of Iceland's gross domestic product. Repayment of the debt is an important factor in the country's application to join the European Union.


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The figures for this are a complete mess; the France 24 source quotes $5 billion, the BBC quotes € and £ figures as the same amount.

The video clip mentions minimum repayment/compensation amounts under european laws for depositor guarantees but no details of these are present.

A criticism of the related news story on NewsTrust was that it did not give context/background for those truly ignorant of the Icesave issue - which affects more than the one failed bank. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:17, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Worked together with Brian (thanks for the additional info you added) to address issues. The figures error was sloppy. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 15:09, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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 * The bit you took out was sort-of paraphrase from Magnus' comments in the video clip on the BBC article. He gave a month, I was quickly able to track down the previous deal and a couple of points from it. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:27, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Ah, ok. I didn't watch the actual clip, I don't presently have headphones plugged into my laptop. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:31, 3 January 2010 (UTC)


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Should the Icelandic president force the government to consult voters via a referendum on the Icesave deal?
If the people of Iceland want a referendum they should get one especially when such a burden will be added to future generations

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Im dutch and i fully sympathise for the Icelandics. The total amount to be repaid amounts to aproximately 12.000 euros PER PERSON in Iceland, which is ridiculous high. 77.250.25.84 (talk) 17:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not hard to sympathize with Iceland's general public - one can imagine few of the signatures on that petition supported the actions of the coalition government in the first place. That being said, it's a curse of democracy that the majority must be held accountable for their actions, and in allowing a government of democratic socialists to assume control of the country's financial institutions, a slim majority of voters created a thoroughly unacceptable financial crisis. Before totally sympathizing with Iceland's situation, remember that there are thousands of British citizens and organizations that have lost hundreds of millions of pounds as a result of the Icelandic government's actions - is the UK to place this per-person bill on their citizens, instead? I can't imagine that solution being somehow more fair than the nation of Iceland owning up to its mistakes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.63.153 (talk) 00:52, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes. We must pay the rich back what they lost at the Casino of International Finance. Idiot. And, for your apparent ignorance of international affairs, the current left-leaning Icelandic government was elected after the neoconservative lot that deregulated their financial markets were run out of town on a rail. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:23, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * "Casino of International Finance"? You might consider the reasons these "rich" (read: Non-profit organizations, small businesses, and other individuals trying to avoid oppressive government banking policies) go abroad for banking. I know where the rich bank, and it sure isn't in Iceland. As for your latter point... what is it? This incident has been caused by regulation, not deregulation. If the government wants to take control of banks, they should also take responsibility for the debts these banks face.
 * And don't be rude. I've disagreed with your viewpoint on plenty of occasions, but never felt the need to call you an idiot.
 * Last year was the first time ever that Iceland voted in a majority left-wing government – after at least fifteen years of "market liberalisation" (read: deregulation). Would you prefer "Idiot", "Liar" or "Propagandist"? --Brian McNeil / talk 03:59, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * And we've all seen what happens under neoliberalism, it amazes me how so many can still misunderstand and support it. They just have to look at latin america for a stark warning against it. --JulesMattsson (talk) 12:41, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

South America? That continent that posed the threat of a good example when several of its countries democratically elected socialist leaders? That continent the CIA then de-stabilized by installing dictators and training/funding death squads which still terrorize the streets of some nations down there? I suppose it is a stark warning... of what happens when you oppose the economic & political systems of world superpowers like the U.S. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.31.21.15 (talk) 21:37, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Precisely, the US backed destabalisation with the intent to force neoliberalism on the people and the economy, and look what happened. Exactly like you say, people were killed and dictators were installed, all with US backing. Believe me, I agree, it's disgusting. --JulesMattsson (talk) 10:09, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * No, "rich" means two nations, the UK and Holland, who paid back the "Non-profit organizations, small businesses, and other individuals trying to avoid oppressive government banking policies." Iceland need not be held to ransom by two nations who can afford to absorb it and can consider it something akin to foreign aid. It's money that Iceland scarcely has and probably won't if they give any reason for it to depart. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:47, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Neoliberalisim( read conservatisim with less economic regulation) Is a Good thing for the rich sponsor's who hold the real political power In the world today. People Like the IMF, and the WTO which quite a few first world conutires are a part of, Make absoltly sure that they CANT start regulalating commerce. Biggest tragedy of our age, im sorry to say. 164.116.47.179 (talk) 15:43, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Were Icealandic banks guaranteed by the government of Iceland?
If the bank accounts were guaranteed by the government of Iceland, as the FDIC guarantees a certain amount of deposits in US banks, then Iceland has to simply honor their guarantee. If Iceland failed to properly regulate their banks, oops, time to pay up. If however the government was not the guarantor of those deposits, then the Brits and others who invested in those banks (already paid back by their respective governments) should be forced to bear the burden. Banks go under all the time. Some banks - for example, recent failures in the Caribbean - are found out to be nothing but Ponzi schemes. And although there is much gnashing of teeth when this occurs, we all know that if you are earning 12% in a 2% interest rate environment, there must be a catch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.75.138.121 (talk) 11:34, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The EEA equivalent of FDIC guarantees, technically, only apply to Icelandic depositors. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:10, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Should the Icelandic president force the government to consult voters via a referendum on the Icesave deal?
no —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.106.210.154 (talk) 14:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Tough noogies! He did, and good on him! The country has faced anti-terrorism legislation being used against them for now swearing to sell their children into slavery. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:38, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


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US, UK embassies in Yemen close due to al-Qaeda threat

January 4, 2010 The United States and the United Kingdom closed their embassies in Yemen Sunday, pointing to ongoing terrorist threats. The closures came after the two nations pledged to boost counter-terrorism support to the Yemeni government.

The American embassy's website said the threats come from, the group linked to the failed Christmas Day airplane bombing attempt in the United States. The message in part said, "The U.S. Embassy in Sana’a is closed today, January 3, 2010, in response to ongoing threats by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to attack American interests in Yemen."

Further adding, "On December 31, the U.S. Embassy sent a warden message to Americans citizens in Yemen to remind them of the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against American citizens and interests throughout the world. The U.S. Embassy reminds U.S. citizens to maintain a high level of vigilance and to practice enhanced security awareness."

Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism said on 's , "There are indications that al Qaeda is planning to carry out an attack against a target inside of Sana'a, possibly our embassy." Brennan added, "And what we do is to take every measure possible to ensure the safety of our diplomats and citizens abroad, so the decision was made to close the embassy."

A spokesperson for the British said their embassy would be closed on Sunday and a decision to reopen would be made on Monday.

The closures come a day after U.S. General visited the capital,, to discuss security issues with President. The general, who oversees the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, recently announced that the United States would more than double its security aid to the impoverished nation.

The United States gave $67 million last year to Yemen, the only country that receives more aid is Pakistan with $112 million, according to the Associated Press.

Yesterday, in his weekly radio address, President Barack Obama linked the suspect in the attempted bombing of to  saying, "We know that he traveled to Yemen, a country grappling with crushing poverty and deadly insurgencies. It appears that he joined an affiliate of al-Qaeda, and that this group, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, trained him, equipped him with those explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for America."

Obama annouced, "So, as President, I've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the Yemeni government-training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al-Qaeda terrorists."

Obama said that they had already results prior to the Christmas Day bombing attempt saying, "So, as President, I've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the Yemeni government-training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al-Qaeda terrorists."

Britain has also announced plans to join with the United States in funding a counter-terrorism police unit in Yemen, as well as plans to hold an international conference on Yemeni security later this month.

Earlier today, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the, "This is a new type of threat and it is from a new source which is obviously Yemen, but there are many other potential sources Somalia, as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan."

Editor Hakim Almasmari, of the Yemen Post newspaper, thinks the conference might be advantageous if it results in more development projects for rural Yemen. However, he fears what any foreign-backed military attacks could mean.

"Al-Qaeda right now is not very strong," Almasmari said. "Its followers are not more than 400 in all. However, if the U.S. does attack Yemen, al-Qaeda will get stronger and stronger because people who lose their families in the airstrikes will join al-Qaeda not because they want to but because they want revenge against the Americans and the Yemeni government for the attacks."

The situation has gained new urgency as the government in Sana'a finds itself overwhelmed not only by the growing terrorist threat, but also two separate rebellions, one of which has become something of a proxy war, at least in rhetoric, between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

U.S. military experts have warned that vast reaches of the impoverished nation, with its booming population and dwindling resources, could spin permanently out of the government's control.

Militant groups from Somalia said that they would send fighters to help aid al-Qaeda in Yemen. Yemen has vowed to keep foreign extremists out.

The U.S. embassy has faced attacks from the local al-Qaeda group before, with an assault outside its gates in 2008 that left 19 people - civilians and militants - dead.


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New year introduces Illinois texting while driving ban, among other laws

January 3, 2010

About 300 new or amended laws took effect at midnight of New Year's Day last Friday in Illinois, ranging from government ethics reform to driving laws.

One law that is likely to affect residents' lives the most is a ban on reading or sending text messages through a hand-held device. Drivers who wish to text must put their vehicle on park or neutral while stopped in traffic or on the shoulder. The law also prohibits reading email or surfing the Internet, although using GPS capabilities is still allowed. Breaking this law is considered a primary offense, which means that law enforcement officers may pull violators over for it, similar to a seat belt violation.

Motorists also are prohibited from talking on their phones in a construction or school zone unless they are using earphones. Truck drivers outside the six-county Chicago area now have a speed limit of 65 mph, increased from 55 mph. In addition, injuring somebody while driving uninsured has become a misdemeanor, punishable with up to a year in jail or a $2,500 fine.

Former governor Rod Blagojevich's removal from office has led to new legislation to reform state government as well. Changes to the state's Freedom of Information Act requires government agencies to respond more quickly to requests for information. The Illinois Attorney General also gets broad powers to oversee enforcement of this law. In addition, lobbyists will have to pay a $1,000 annual registration fee, up from $150–$350. They will also have to report frequently on their activities and expenditures.


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Keeping copyright to my images, fair use of original work.
Hi Guys, i'm more than happy for the text of my articles to be used in any way according to the CC licence, but as a semi-pro and with my images going to other places and not just Wikinews, I need to maintain copyright fully over my images, particularly in terms of commercial usage and attribution. I get the impression that I can do so by uploading locally to Wikinews as fair use media. To clarify, is this okay with OR photos to upload via fair use? Also, what option should I selec under 'Licensing', I know it says "Specify the license/what it is of the file by selecting it from the drop-down list below. Only the fair use situations listed in the licensing drop down are permitted on Wikinews" But maintaing copyright and granting limted use to Wikinews is a must for me. Thanks, --Juleshs31 (talk) 20:56, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
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 * Just to clarify, fair use refers to specific parts of copyright law, which simply don't apply to your images (IANAL). See Fair use.
 * Last of all, I hope you'd be willing to contribute images, but if you don't feel comfortable doing this, we still welcome any other contributations you might make. Cheers. hopefully that answered your question. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I’m more than happy to contribute my images, but I'm not sure if I want to license them for commercial use under CC. I have no problem with their use for non-profit projects such as the WMF, but if I give it away for free commercial use under creative commons then I can't exactly sell commercial licenses to clients. Can I not submit it under a CC non-commercial license, like “Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0”. I’m more than happy to share under that license. I know it isn't accepted by the commons, but can't I upload locally to Wikinews under said license? --Juleshs31 (talk) 11:24, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * No, we aim to create "properly" free content. As I said on your article's page, a good way forward would be to release a few completely and link to the rest on a noncommercial license somewhere. We want everyone to be theoretically able to use our content - including newspapers. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:45, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hello. If anyone has the time I'd appreciate help in expanding a new article on Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri's death. This is an important event, and if it's big now it will be huge tomorrow when the burial happens. Cueball (talk) 16:52, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The article in question has now been published. Tempodivalse [talk]  18:16, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

== This is scientific article but considerably outdated Another alike event covered by some press could save it from deletion But I could not find one Can you help? ==

I hope it is not too late. Do you have some free 30 minutes? I'm just afraid that this novice user Wikiwide, the author of the article, being probably a scientist (you just look at the first version of this article), has a very little understanding of what Wikinews is. And probably has lots of other work to do, is not interested, etc. Even the topic of climate contrarians near UNCCC sounds scientific, doesn't it? I think that if you revive this article, it will be very good for Wikinews, for this user, and for the environment (as some of the "skeptics" or just common diesel car drivers can find this article realistic). I think only an experienced Wikinews user can manage with such significant and responsible task. Q/0/k 22:29, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * seems to have edited the article somewhat to get it up to standards. Maybe I'll try a bit as well, this is certainly a worthy topic. Tempodivalse [talk]  03:16, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

 * Yes. The lede needed beaten about a bit and the conference-end was a good excuse to try and resurrect it. If you can call it OR, I looked up the climate contrarian guy's website; apparently owns hundreds of others. --Brian McNeil / talk 03:20, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

 * "If you can call it OR" - do you expect me to do it? I think I am not very experienced to make up an Original Research. But the conference is already over. The article is getting less and less newsworthy. Please, help. Q/0/k 05:44, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

New article -Blue moon to occur on New years Eve
Hi, I am new to Wikinews. I submitted an article about the blue moon stated to occur this New years eve along with 3 relevant sources. It was removed within 3 minutes of creation for copyright violation from one of the sources. I understood the objection and rewrote the article since then, and attached a picture from the commons. Can a administrator please check if its OK now and move the article from Temp, the story would be irrelevant in less than a day if it takes too long to move it. Thank you.Theo10011 (talk) 19:08, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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editprotected ... should be Chicago Tribune. See second source. Blurpeace 09:13, 27 February 2010 (UTC)


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Comments:US researchers increase tobacco's oil production for biofuel use

Wasteful exercise
The stated goal of developing plants for biofuels that are not food crops is of questionable value. If there is enough land it doesn't matter what crops we use as long as we are using the land efficiently. If using non-food crops means less biofuel production, then we're wasting land by not using the optimum biofuel crops. This research appears to be a wasteful exercise in genetic engineering without any real benefit to alternative energy production.

Second hand exhaust
As if tobacco smoke from people wasn't bad enough, now it'll be coming from cars?

Well, the Oil dosent contain Nicotine, as far as I am aware. would still smell like i though 164.116.47.180 (talk) 15:58, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

The spanish team referred in the article is, in fact, working to obtain bioethanol from Prickly Pear and from Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca), wich is a shrubby plant, and - certainly - not the same as common tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)


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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocks the Solomon Islands

January 3, 2010

At 08:48 local time (2148 UTC), a 6.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale struck the Solomon Islands on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was 10 kilometers deep (or 6.2 miles deep) and was located 88 kilometers (or 55 miles) south-southeast of the city of Gizo according to preliminary reports.

No immediate reports of damage have been reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that there was no immediate threat of any tsunamis heading toward Hawaii. The Australian Tsunami Warning Centre has issued no alerts.

A possible aftershock to the quake was reported at 09:36 local time (2236 UTC), just shy of an hour after the first quake, with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale, affecting the same area. This time, the epicenter of the earthquake was 30 kilometers (or 18.6 miles) deep, and was 103 kilometers (or 64 miles) south-southeast of Gizo.


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Comments:Icelandic government passes Icesave deal; €12,000 debt per citizen

Icesave repay deal
I hope the current President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson of Iceland will NOT sign the proposal from the Icelandic parliament. I think it's immoral to put a burdon of €12.000,- on each citizen of Iceland who had nothing to do with the demise of several of their banks. Young people, needed for the country wil emigrate with the consequence that no money will be able to be repaid anyway. It would be a good wake-up call for capitalist run countries to recognize what a rotten system it actually is. So, don't sign and forget about the EU-membership. You can manage on your own, Island!

Frans, Rotterdam, The Netherlands I think it is our money. From the Netherlands. So, there must be a pay back!

Victor Rotterdam —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.57.37.141 (talk) 10:24, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Even in the first world?
Seems like the world is used to similar events in the third-world, this should be a wake-up call, economic assassination can happen to you too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuffedanimalbrigade (talk • contribs) 16:07, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

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Good thing? Bad thing? Discuss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.116.47.179 (talk) 15:40, 7 January 2010 (UTC)


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Airport security tightened worldwide

January 5, 2010

Airports worldwide have implemented new security measures in the aftermath of the Christmas Day 2009 incident involving Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is accused of attempting to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan.

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The BAA, the airport authority of the United Kingdom, announced Sunday that it would add full-body scanners to airports through out the country as soon as practical. The body scanners cost £100,000 (€112k, US$160k) a unit and they will be implemented at all six of BAA's controlled airports. This came after Prime Minister of the UK, Gordon Brown, said that he was committed to using the controversial technologies.

"We've recognised that there are new forms of weapon that are being used by al-Qaeda, so we've got to respond accordingly. We will do everything in our power to tighten up on the security that is essential," said Brown to BBC News. Critics have said that the scanners are ineffective and would not have detected the weapons used in the Christmas day attack, and that they would create airport delays.

The BAA released a statement saying "It is our view that a combination of technology, intelligence and passenger profiling will help build a more robust defence against the unpredictable and changing nature of the terrorist threat to aviation,".

Shami Chakrabarti, director of the civil liberties group Liberty, said that the BAA should not profile saying, "Has no one noticed the terrorists' ability to capitalise on discrimination, or the recruits from a range of different backgrounds? Whether on the street or at the terminal, suspicious behaviour is a sensible basis for search by policing professionals; race or religion is not."

United States
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced new guidelines today about international travel to the United States. All passengers from targeted countries will have their carry-ons searched and be patted down, Politico reports. Travelers from all other nations will be searched randomly more often. The targeted countries include Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya and Somalia. Other targeted countries were not revealed for security reasons.

TSA spokeswoman Kristin Lee, said in a statement that the new measures go "beyond simply looking at passports and now looks at itineraries from and through countries of interest...Because effective aviation security must begin beyond our borders, and as a result of extraordinary cooperation from our global aviation partners, TSA is mandating that every individual flying into the U.S. from anywhere in the world traveling from or through nations that are State sponsors of terrorism or countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening. The directive also increases the use of enhanced screening technologies and mandates threat-based and random screening for passengers on U.S. bound international flights."

The new regulations went into effect at midnight EST (05:00UTC) on January 4.

The Netherlands
The Netherlands interior ministry announced December 30, 2009 that all passengers on commercial flights from the nation to the United States will have to be screened using the full body scanners. Originally U.S. officials advised Holland not to use such scanners due to privacy concerns, but now Guusje ter Horst said that "all possible measures will be used on flights to the U.S." in the wake of recent events.

Nigeria
Nigeria will install full 3-D image scanners to all of its airports beginning this year. The suspected bomber from the Christmas day attack originated from an airport in Lagos Nigeria, which had full-body imaging machines which may have been able to pick up the bomb.

The Nigerian government has expressed discontent with the new U.S. regulations, saying that it will discriminate against the 150 million innocent Nigerians if they wish to travel to the U.S..

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Make article more broad
I think this article should also discuss security at all airports around the world, not just on high-risk passengers. Benny the mascot (talk) 03:01, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have changed the article to reflect world changes in airport security Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 04:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

BAA aren't the British Airport Authority. They are a private company, BAA Limited, which only operate a number of the busiest airports in the UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.176.227.174 (talk) 13:33, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * What the IP said above was correct (though note Wikipedia says BAA sold off all its possessions but Heathrow by 2012, and is now Heathrow Airport Holdings). I think "airport authority of the United Kingdom" suggests a government regulator overseeing all airports (interestingly, Wikipedia says BAA was a government entity, British Airports Authority, until Thatcher privatized it). Perhaps a correction is necessary? Heavy Water (talk) 16:10, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
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Croatian ruling party expels ex-PM from membership

January 6, 2010

Croatia's ruling Democratic Union (HDZ) party expelled the former prime minister Ivo Sanader following his political comeback Sunday. The decision was made after a day-long intra-party meeting led by the party's president and current prime minister Jadranka Kosor, who accused him of trying to split the party and thus make a crisis in the government majority.

Of twenty two members of the party presidency, 16 voted for expulsion, three were against (Luka Bebić, Mario Zubović and Damir Polančec) and two abstained (Bianca Matković and Petar Selem). Sanader himself was not present at the meeting.

Mr. Sanader declared he would be returning to a more active role in politics, stating that his decision to withdraw was a mistake, and that the HDZ is a "winning party and not a party that wins 12% of the vote", a remark made in connection with the first round of the presidential election held one week before, in which HDZ's candidate didn't score well. He was supported by a dozen HDZ MPs, including the president of the parliament, Bebić. Several of those MPs later disclaimed any association with Sanader and claimed they were misled.

Sanader quit from his PM position in July last year, vowing to quit politics for good, also. He held the post since the 2003 parliamentary elections, and it was during his government that Croatia entered NATO. His government was accused of corruption, however.


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US Secret Service discovers third uninvited guest at White House dinner

January 5, 2010 🇺🇸The US has revealed that a third uninvited guest gained entry to last November's state dinner for the Indian Prime Minister. The Secret Service discovered the third interloper while investigating how Tareq and Michaele Salahi were able to breach security at the dinner. The man did not get close to the, and authorities are not revealing the man's name at this time.

In a statement, the Secret Service commented that "It appears at this point that the subject traveled from a local hotel, where the official Indian delegation was staying, and arrived at the dinner with the group [...] At present, there is nothing to indicate that this individual went through the receiving line or had contact with the president or first lady."

While not revealing his identity, authorities are, however, investigating the man. The Secret Service has said that he arrived at the dinner party along with the Indian delegation, but was not part of the group of people that had been pre-screened and pre-approved to attend the dinner. The man is a citizen of the US, and spokesman Ian Kelly has said that the incident has led to changes in department policy regarding how it deals with such foreign delegations.

As a result of the security breach, three uniformed Secret Service officers have been placed on administrative leave.


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At the time the article had no tags ... it did not have develop or review nor was it publish, which left it outside of the stages of article development. I simply brought it back into the stages which lets other editors see it. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
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Suicide bomber at US base in Afghanistan was al-Qaeda double agent

January 5, 2010 Media in the United States says a suicide bomber who attacked a Central Intelligence Agency base in eastern Afghanistan last week was a Jordanian working as an al-Qaeda double agent.

The reports say current and former Western intelligence officials identified the suicide bomber as Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a 36-year-old physician and al-Qaeda sympathizer from Zarqa, Jordan.

U.S. television network NBC says Jordanian authorities arrested al-Balawi more than a year ago and later recruited him to infiltrate al-Qaeda, believing he had been successfully reformed. Due to his medical background, it is believed his mission was to find and meet Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second-in-command. The CIA declined to comment on the reports.

According to multiple sources, al-Balawi posted online in jihadist forums under the name Abu Dujanah al-Khurasani. One post by him read, "When a fighter for God kills a U.S. soldier on the corner of a tank, the supporters of Jihad have killed tens of thousands of Americans through their connection to the opposition."

Jarret Brachman, consultant to the US government on terrorism said in a telephone interview to The New York Times, "He’s one of the most revered authors on the jihadists' forums. He’s in the top five jihadists. He's one of the biggest guns out there."

Evan Kohlmann, who tracks jihadi Web sites for NBC News said, "He was actually an administrator on the now-defunct Al-Hesbah forum, previously al-Qaeda's main chat forum."

The bombing last Wednesday at the CIA base, known as Forward Operating Base Chapman, in Afghanistan's Khowst province killed seven CIA employees and a Jordanian officer.

The U.S. military's intelligence chief in Afghanistan has criticized the work of U.S. intelligence agencies operating there, saying they are "ignorant" and out of touch with the Afghan people. General Michael Flynn says U.S. intelligence efforts have focused too much on gathering information about insurgent groups in Afghanistan.

He says U.S. intelligence has been unable to inform U.S. and NATO forces about the environment in which they operate and the Afghan people whom they seek to persuade. His comments were published in a report issued Monday by a U.S. think tank, the Center for a New American Security.

The bodies of the seven CIA employees killed in the Khowst attack arrived Monday at a U.S. Air Force base in the East Coast state of Delaware. A small, private ceremony was held at the base, attended by friends and family and CIA Director Leon Panetta.

The bombing was the second-deadliest attack in the U.S. intelligence agency's history. In a statement, CIA spokesman George Little described the fallen employees as "patriots who courageously served their nation."

In message to employees the day after the bombing, Panetta said, "Those who fell yesterday were far from home and close to the enemy, doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism."

Jordan's state news agency, Petra, identified the Jordanian officer killed in the bombing as Sharif Ali bin Zaid. It says he was killed while "performing the sacred duty of Jordanian forces in Afghanistan." NATO says Jordan has seven troops in Afghanistan.

NBC News says Bin Zaid was an intelligence agent and a first cousin of Jordan's King Abdullah II. Both the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.


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A double-agent for the al-Qaeda? Wow that is scary. --MoodieBluesy2010 (talk) 16:33, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

 * And it was also reported that he was a doctor. Now thats even more scary an educated man blowing him self up for some virgins.--KDP3 (talk) 02:31, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

 * It was doctors behind the attempted bombing of Glasgow International Airport, too. The same folk as save people. Sometimes they don't even do it for virgins. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:10, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


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Explosives pass security checks in Slovakia, arrive in Ireland in failed test

January 6, 2010

A failed test of security at Slovakia's Poprad airport resulted in a 49 year-old man unknowingly carrying plastic explosives from Slovakia to Dublin, Ireland. The explosives were concealed so well that the man did not find them when he unpacked his bag at his apartment.

On Saturday, Slovak authorities planted contraband in passengers' luggage at Poprad's Poprad-Tatry Airport without the knowledge of passengers. Seven of the eight items were recovered, while an eighth made its way to an apartment in Dublin. Slovak authorities realised on Tuesday that one package of explosives were missing and notified Irish authorities who searched the man's apartment.

During the search, parts of Dublin's inner-suburbs were sealed off and evacuated causing disruption to residents and businesses. At the apartment authorities found the package and arrested the man under anti-terrorism laws; he was later released without charge after it was established he was innocent.

The man, a Slovakian electrician had been living in Ireland for some time. He was holidaying in Slovakia over Christmas.

Ireland's Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform issued a statement saying, "Following contact earlier today from the Slovakian authorities with the Airport Police at Dublin Airport, members of the Garda Síochána have recovered a small quantity of explosive material from the luggage of a passenger who had flown into Dublin from that country on Saturday last."

The package contained 90 grams (3 ounces) of the plastic explosive RDX, also known as cyclonite or hexogen. According to Commandant Gavin Young, a spokesperson for the Irish Defense Forces, "On their own, this type of explosive does need to be combined with other elements to make it into a bomb, but obviously this type of high-grade explosive is potentially extremely dangerous."

Slovakia's Minister for the Interior Robert Kalinak has apologized to Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern over the incident and expressed his “profound regret”. Irish authorities are now investigating the incident and the government has ordered for a full report to be delivered.

The Irish Opposition has expressed concern about the incident. Labour Party spokesman Joe Costello said "This incident led to the closure of roads in the area, the evacuation of businesses and the lives and safety of residents could have been put at risk. We also need to know what protest the government is going to make about this breach of our security."


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Giant tuna sold for $177,000 at Japanese fish market

January 6, 2010

This Tuesday, at a wholesale auction at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, a 512-pound bluefin tuna was sold for over sixteen-million yen ($177,000 USD). The great fish was bought and then shared by the owners of a local sushi restaurant and a Hong Kong-based dining establishment. This tuna is the most expensive fish sold on record since 2001, when a 440-pound tuna was sold for over twenty-million ($220,000) at the very same market.

When asked by local media outlets why he decided to purchase this giant tuna, the Hong Kong restaurateur said, "I want[ed] to make an impact on the Japanese and Hong Kong economies by buying the highest-priced tuna."

This locally caught tuna was among over two-thousand others bought and sold at this bustling fish market. Japan is the world's largest consumer of seafood per annum. With tuna being a major staple of their cuisine, the Japanese eat nearly eighty-percent of all commercially caught bluefin.

However, tuna consumption in Japan has declined over recent years due to the change in the spending habits of its people as a result of economic downturns from the most recent recession.

"Consumers are shying away from eating tuna...We are very worried about the trend," a spokesperson for the Tsukiji market told the Associated Press.

In addition to the lack of demand and declining tuna stocks, fishermen and wholesalers worldwide are worried by the possibility of tighter fishing regulations that will be sanctioned and enforced by the Japanese government. Despite this promise, many environmentalists say that this is not going far enough; they say that the only way to curb the inevitable extinction of the Pacific bluefin tuna is to initiate a trade ban on the fish altogether.


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I understand the title is in line with what other news agencies are using, but it really fails as part of NPOV and keeping strictly to the news. "513-pound bluefin tuna fetches $177,000 at auction in Japan" or something along those lines would be more appropriate. --SVTCobra 02:38, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I know what you mean. No problem, I'll change it. PSD27 (talk) 02:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

I just changed it from "Big Money for Big Fish" to it's now current title. PSD27 (talk) 03:00, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Made downstyle as per WN:SG --Thunderhead 04:34, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Sure. PSD27 (talk) 04:50, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Exchange rate doesn't change in 9 years?
If you use the exchange rate from 2001, rather than today's exchange rate, the bigger tuna from 2001 actually sold for less US Dollars, respective of it's higher Japanese Yen amount. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.63.165.171 (talk) 01:44, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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This needs to be attributed to something specific: "this promise—one that is widely supported by the international community." What is the community? The UN? Some maritime organization? --SVTCobra 02:41, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Due to the fact that the article's sources—among other websites and resources that I have checked—do not appear to specify who the "international community" actually consists of in this context, it may be wise to just remove that passage. Thank you for pointing that out. PSD27 (talk) 03:53, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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could you please change the title of an article from Giant tuna sold for $177,000 at Japanese fish market to Giant tuna sold for over 16 million yen at Japanese fish market please

i know this is not wikipedia.

 * And might I ask the reason to rename the article? It says so in the first paragraph. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  05:27, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Was the transaction really in dollars??


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No debt yet: Iceland's President vetoes repayment of Icesave losses

January 6, 2010Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, refused to sign a bill to pay US$5 billion (£3.1 billion) to Holland and the UK. Savers in those countries lost out when Icesave's parent bank Landsbanki collapsed and was nationalised alongside Glitnir and Kaupthing.

The governments of those nations paid out the money individuals had lost and the bill is designed to compensate them. However, the bill is unpopular with the public as 70% of them are said to oppose the measure, which critics have claimed will slow recovery for the Icelandic economy. A petition was given to the President demanding he refuse to sign the bill.

The constitution states that there must now be a public referendum on the issue. The UK has threatened the island nation's 320,000 inhabitants with economic isolation and has requested intervention from the European Union, which is currently considering an application from Iceland for membership. The national assembly has brought forward a planned meeting from the 26th to Friday.

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The fact that they used the real thing seems pretty stupid, but this test in general is exactly the kind of thing governments need to be doing much more often, and on all fronts. It's not like anyone is harmed, except the innocent passenger who loses a day or two of his time at most. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.18.185.37 (talk) 16:28, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

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You use inert simulations, not the actual fucking thing! --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 14:28, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Why not ? Simulated INERT substances do not have the same chemical properties, therefore they wouldn't be a threat, and might not be detected at all, thus failing to serve the purpose of testing airport security.

In addition to that, please read the article carefully; "On their own, this type of explosive does need to be combined with other elements to make it into a bomb, but obviously this type of high-grade explosive is potentially extremely dangerous." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.58.232.136 (talk) 01:15, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Poprad, not Bratislava
Just a little inaccuracy in the text - the airport was Poprad not Bratislava. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.128.187.134 (talk) 10:18, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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Obama's suspension of Guantanamo repatriations criticized

January 7, 2010

Human rights groups have criticized United States President Barack Obama's decision to halt the transfer of detainees to Yemen from the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Mr. Obama suspended the repatriation of Yemeni detainees Tuesday because of what he called an "unsettled" security situation in Yemen. "It was always our intent to transfer detainees to other countries only under conditions that provide assurances that our security is being protected," Obama said.

Some lawmakers had expressed concern that freed inmates could join Yemen-based al-Qaeda militants plotting attacks on the United States. The Times has also reported claims that former detainees have joined al-Qaeda on returning to Yemen.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed U.S. authorities had cleared the release of about 35 Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo. Ben Wizner, ACLU staff attorney, said that "the decision to halt all transfers of detainees to Yemen will prolong a shameful chapter in American history without making Americans any safer." He called the actions "unwise and unjust".

Human Rights Watch says it appreciates that Yemen poses a "very difficult problem" for the Obama administration. But, it says continuing to hold Yemenis at Guantanamo without charge "only increases resentment against the United States and hands al-Qaida a recruiting tool."

The Center for Constitutional Rights called the decision "unconscionable". "We know from the military's own records that most of the detainees at Guantanamo have no link to terrorism," the group said.

Mitch McConnell, Republican Party minority leader in the U.S. Senate, backed the move. "Given the determined nature of the threat from al-Qaeda, it made little sense to transfer detainees from the secure facility at Guantanamo back to Yemen, where previously transferred detainees have escaped from prison and returned to al-Qaeda," he said.

President Obama reiterated his pledge to shut down the Guantanamo prison, saying its existence helps al-Qaeda to recruit members and damages U.S. national security interests. Obama had said one year ago that he wanted to close the prison by 22 January this year, but recently admitted that this target would not be met. Guantanamo currently holds 198 prisoners, about half of them from Yemen.


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Brian, what specifically in the article do you take issue with? I know VoA is funded by the US government, but I was pleasantly surprised by their neutrality here - including quotes from human rights groups etc. In fact of all the articles I've seen, it had the most focus on criticism. Feel free to add more sources and improve if you like, but I contend that this is fine for publication as it stands. the wub "?!"  16:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I concur with wub, i don't understand failing an article on POV just because it's based on VOA. I read through the article carefully, and found no VOA-bias anywhere. I might have missed something though; it would help if you told us what areas, specifically, do you consider biased? Tempodivalse [talk]  16:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

 * This particular section takes it as-fact that those detained are being held legally. A court may uphold that passed US law permits such but its basis in international law is in question. Particularly considering the issues around some of these detainees having ended up in Gitmo via "rendition" which is, frankly, a euphemism for state-sponsored kidnapping. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:55, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

 * It has been ruled so by a court in a jurisdiction about as bad as no worse than that in the US. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

 * "takes it as-fact that those detained are being held legally" - it does no such thing. It just accurately reports the decision of a U.S. court, readers can draw their own conclusions about the rights and wrongs of that decision. You are grasping at straws. the wub "?!"  17:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

 * If we regularly import from a certain news source you must accept we will quickly get wise to its particular biases and look much more carefuly for them. Look at this as an opertunity to really do this properly. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I would hardly call looking at the output of a government-funded news agency which produces material not for consumption within the continental United States as "grasping at straws". Where are the media or press releases for the organisations cited as criticising the failure to follow through and repatriate detainees? What, in an unfiltered manner, were the words they chose to put forth this position as being? It certainly would be more critical than the cherry-picked items used by VoA. The "throwaway" comment about a court ruling that - within the United States - there were grounds for continued detention takes no account of the position taken by the public and media in muslim-majority countries, or the dubious nature of the laws permitting this in relation to international law and the Geneva Convention. The use, from VoA, and not critically filtered, is presenting the POV of the US Government; these people remain in detention because laws were made up to excuse doing so. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:52, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I disagree, and think you are being unreasonable here. The comment is not throwaway, it is a related and pertinent piece of news which has been covered extensively in its own right (e.g. NY Times, LA Times, Reuters) as well as in the BBC piece. Nevertheless I have removed that section of the story, in the hopes of at least getting something published. the wub "?!"  20:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

I have added information from Al-Jazeera and an ACLU press release. the wub "?!"  20:49, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * these changes are much appreciated. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:14, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Bullshit line
"U.S. authorities transferred six Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo to Yemen last month. Days later, al-Qaida militants in Yemen claimed responsibility for a failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, December 25."

Please elaborate this. What connection do the six Yemeni detainees have to this exact incident? Did they escape and plan/execute the attempt? Or is this just bullshit meant to lead the reader to false conclusions? --199.173.225.25 (talk) 17:49, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I agree with your interpretation that it is bullshit. I will add to that that it is also racist. I shall delete it entirely. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:04, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh c'mon, racist? Have you entirely taken leave of your senses? I certainly didn't read it as positing a connection, "al-Qaida militants" in the second sentence is obviously referring to different people. the wub "?!"  20:27, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

 * It implies that people from Yemen are not to be trusted; at best, it says they are worse because they are from Yemen. There may be a neutral way to draw the comparison, but I felt it safer to just get rid of it. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:36, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * By that standard the comments above about the US Government are racist, as are yours about Italian courts. the wub "?!"  20:42, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

 * There is a difference between generally criticising a government or judiciary and throwing down assumptions based purely on some random dude's nationality. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:44, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Might I suggest that the key issue with the above-quoted section that was removed is that "correlation does not equate to causation". --Brian McNeil / talk 20:50, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm done here. Whenever I bring in material from VoA I always read it very carefully and consider: "is this something I would write"? So to be told that what I would write is hopelessly biased and worse, racist, is extremely hurtful. Frankly I can do without that. the wub "?!"  21:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I happen to have a contact who is a journalist in Yemen. Shall I ask him how hurt he is after reading it? I honestly doubt you'd write it like that; it slipped past your radar once you'd seen it written in front of you. We've caught it now, let's move on. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:48, 8 January 2010 (UTC)


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Northern Ireland loyalist group lays down arms

January 7, 2010

The (UDA), a paramilitary group in Northern Ireland that wants Northern Ireland to remain in the United Kingdom, said today that it has rid itself of its weapons.

A statement by the group read, "The Ulster Defense Association was formed to defend our communities. We state quite clearly and categorically that this responsibility now rests with the government and its institutions where legitimacy resides."

UDA spokesperson Frankie Gallagher spoke at a press conference in Belfast, stating that the group regrets the approximately 400 people, primarily Catholic civilians, that they were responsible for the murder of between 1971 and 2001. He added, "But we are determined and are willing to play our full part in ensuring that tragedy of the last 40 years will never happen again."

The destruction of ammunition and explosives was verified by the, stating that other groups have a deadline of February 9 to destroy arms they may still hold, after which they may potentially face imprisonment.

Ireland's, Micheál Martin, said in a statement, "This is a statement of confidence in the political process and in the devolved institutions. Another obstacle to dialogue and partnership has been removed."

said the group's choice was "a very positive milestone on the journey of peace."

The other main "loyalist" groups, the (UVF) and  (RHC), are reported to have destroyed their arms last June, with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) having destroyed their arms four years ago.

However, two republican splinter groups, the (CIRA) and the  (RIRA), have refused to lay down their arms and have continued to undertake attacks including three murders in March of 2009.

The Real IRA in Antrim, County Antrim on March 7 and killed two British soldiers. Three days later, The Continuity IRA claimed responsibility for the murder of Police Service of Northern Ireland officer Stephen Carroll, who was shot by a sniper responding to a call.

There is also concern that the power-sharing government between and the  may collapse because of disagreements between the parties on the issue of transferring policing and justice powers from London.