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US teen missing in Aruba feared dead

June 11, 2005

Missing American teen Natalee Holloway, who vanished on the Dutch island of Aruba two weeks ago, is feared to be dead today following a suspect's statement earlier this morning. The suspect, who is yet to be named, told police that "something bad happened" to the missing teen. Police Commissioner District 1 Gerold Dompig said that the suspect was leading police to a scene, where it is believed a major update to the case is to be found.

Two security guards were taken into police custody early last week: 28-year-old Abraham Jones and 30-year-old Mickey John. Additionally, three teenagers who were believed to be the last people to have seen Halloway are now under custody. Among the three teenagers is 18-year-old Satish Kalpoe, 21-year-old Depak Kalpoe, and 17-year-old Joran van der Sloot, a friend of the brothers and son to a Judicial Servant.

Anita van der Sloot, mother of suspect Joran van der Sloot, told American news network CNN that her son stated to her that he was "innocent", and even offered to speak to Holloway's family. No announcement from police has yet confirmed the death of Holloway.

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Lula's future in the hands of Brazilian Parliament

June 12, 2005

The government of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in a severe political crisis. The crisis began after the exposure of a series of scandals which involve the Workers' Party, the Brazilian ruling party.

In 2002, Celso Daniel, the mayor of Santo André, 10 km (6 miles) away from the São Paulo city, was murdered. Daniel was a member of the ruling Workers' Party. The mayor's brother says that Daniel died because he was in disagreement to a supposed bribe conspiracy organized by some Workers' Party members. The case remains under investigation by police.

In 2004, the former adviser to the government of President Lula, Waldomiro Diniz, was accused of negotiating with "bicheiros" (men who deal with: "Jogo do Bicho", or illegal gambling) and extorting money for Workers' Party (PT) electoral campaigns. A supposed victim of extortion released a tape exposing Diniz. The tape's authenticity has been verified by experts and it was aired by the major Brazilian television stations. A Congressional special commission was proposed by non-government parties so the denunciation could be investigated. The government succeeded in stopping the creation of the commission.

On March 16, the leading Brazilian magazine Veja published a story saying that according to documents of the Brazilian Agency of intelligence (Abin) the Workers' Party received 5 million dollars to be used by political campaigns of their candidates in 2002 from the Colombian communist armed group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP). Abin said that the documents were not authentic.

Last month, some men, supposedly involved in illicit negotiations with the Brazilian Post Service recorded a video which shows former Post Office Chief, Maurício Marinho, during a supposed bribe negotiation. In the tape, Marinho receives and puts in his pocket R$3,000 (about 1,259 USD) in cash. He insinuates that the scheme is commanded by deputy Roberto Jefferson. The recording was aired by the major Brazilian television stations.

Roberto Jefferson is the president of the government-allied Brazilian Labor Party (PTB). Lula da Silva said in a earlier occasion that he "would give to Jefferson a bank check in blank", what means that he had high confidence on Jefferson.

Still related to the Post Office case, on June 2, Lídio Duarte, the former president of IRB, a government enterprise, denied allegations that money from some Brazilian government enterprises was going to PTB, Jefferson's party. An earlier story published by magazine Veja, said that Duarte was a victim of extortion by a representative of PTB. According to Veja, Duarte resigned from the Presidency of IRB, because he had difficulties in continuing to give more money to PTB. Lídio denied this story to the police, and furthermore he said that he never have had an interview with Veja's journalists.

On June 8, the magazine Veja released for download in its webpage, an audio tape where it can be heard the voice of Lidio Duarte during an alleged interview to Veja. In the tape, Lidio Duarte talks about being under pressure because someone was asking him more contribution in money for PTB. The tape contradicts the Duarte's testimony to the police and because of that, he became subject of investigation by the authorities. The name of the deputy Roberto Jefferson is cited by Duarte in the alleged recorded interview to Veja.

After the Post Office scandal been exposed, the Brazilian Congress proposed the creation of a Congress' special commission, so it could be investigated by the Parliament. The government, however, protested against it, arguing that political adversaries were anticipating the dispute to the next election for Brazil's Presidency. Workers' Party senator Eduardo Suplicy protested in Senate against his party decision. Because that he was very criticized and he got subject to punishment by the Workers' Party.

On June 6, Roberto Jefferson told the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo that the ruling Workers' Party (PT) has payed Brazilian deputies 30 thousand Brazilian Reals (US 12 thousand) each, every month. The stock markets went down and the U.S. Dollar increased its value in relation to the Brazilian Real. A new Congress' special commission was proposed by some Brazilian senators, so Jefferson's allegations could be investigated. The Workers' Party says that Jefferson's allegations were untrue and that he had no proofs.

After Jefferson's denunciation the focus of the scandal moved to the government and the ruling Workers' Party. Because the government were under pressure, the Workers' Party changed his earlier decision of stopping the creation of a Congress' special commission for the Post Office scandal. The proposal for the creation of a Congress' special commission for the Post Office scandal was approved.

On June 9, there was the first meeting of members of the Congress' special commission for the Post Office scandal. Because of unsolved disputes between government's parliamentarians and the other parties representatives, the meeting could not continue. The government's block argued that it must choose the president and the report  for the commission, since the government commission members are the majority. Other parties argue that according to Parliament tradition the government should choose one member for the presidency or report and the opposition should choose the other member. A new meeting was scheduled to the next week, on Tuesday, June 14.

Besides these scandals, the current Social Security Minister, Romero Jucá, is accused of having offered seven non-existent farms as guarantee for a financing from the Banco of Amazonia, among other denunciations of misuse of public loans. The current President of Brazilian Central Bank, Henrique Meirelles, is accused of financial fraud among other accusations. Also there is a denunciation of a  irregular transference of founds of Central Bank to the construction of a new headquarter for the Workers' Party.

On June 4, during the so called Curupira operation, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested members of IBAMA, a Brazilian agency for environment. Among other accusations, they are accused of selling irregular licenses for deforestation in Amazon. At least one of the suspects, a Workers' Party affiliate, is under suspection of have used the money for the political campaign of a Worker's Party candidate in Mato Grosso.

Besides the commission to investigate the Post Office scandal, another Congress' special commissions were suggested by non-government members of Brazilian Senate: a commission to investigate the IRB scandal and another one to the investigation of Roberto Jefferson's allegations. Also, it is expected that the Brazilian Courts rule against the earlier government decision of stopping the creation of a commission for the investigation of the alleged Waldomiro Diniz scandal.

Repercussions
The scandals involving the ruling Workers' Party are receiving a good attention by the public and the media. According to the Senator Pedro Simon (center-left, PMDB), an old member of Senate, one reason is because that one of the mains Workers' Party mottos was the fight against corruption. But after Lula became President on 2003, the government and the Workers' Party has been envolved in a series of severe scandals and the government has tried to stop the investigations, which is suspicious. Besides that, all scandals originated inside the government, according to Simon. The Waldomiro and the Post Office scandals emerged after the denunciations of people supposedly under pressure and involved in these scandals.

According to members of Brazilian Court, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may be subjected to an impeachment process, if there is some proof that he is really envolved on some of the alleged scandals, or case someone can proof that he was acting with negligence.

Part of opposition avoids talking about impeachment. According to the governor of Minas Gerais, Aécio Neves (left, PSDB), "President Lula is not President Collor". President Fernando Collor de Mello was submitted to a impeachment process in 1992 because of alleged denounciations of corruption in his government.

Cesar Maia (center-right, PFL), the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, and one of the probable adversaries of Lula in the next election for President, said that he still believes that Lula can explain all the corruption allegations against his government. But he also said that if Lula doesn't succedd explaining the scandals, he will require the President's impeachment.

Some of the harsh critics to Lula's government comes from the Senator Heloísa Helena (left, PSOL). Her party, PSOL, is a dissidence of Workers' Party and the party claims that all denountiation must be investigated, besides the alleged government efforts by the party that the government is trying to stop the investigations.

The Senator Demóstenes Torres (PFL) is another harsh critic of the alleged Lula's scandals. He cited the former deposed President Fernando Collor de Mello, during some of his discurses in Brazilian Senate.

According to the journalist Boris Casoy, from Rede Record Television channel, it can be seen written in some places in Brasilia the name of the President Lula written as "Lulla" (with double "l"). The name of the former deposed President Fernando Collor de Mello also has a double "l".

In São Paulo, the labour union "Força Sindical" is organizing protests against corruption in Brasil. The other major labour "CUT", which is linked to Workers' Party, said that don't want to take part on it.

Lula's future
Until now, politicians, even those from opposition to the government, were trying to preserve the personal image of the President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. However, as new denountiations arise and the government has not succeed in explaining, the permanence of Lula in the Presidency becomes difficult, because of popular pressure.

It is also possible that all the inquiries finish in an inconclusive form, as has already happened with some old cases investigated by Brazilian Congress.

But, even if Congress and the Senate choose not to blame Lula, his reputation certainly will still remain harmed. According to Senator Antonio Carlos Magalhães (PFL), "Lula's re-election has gone."

At present time, there is a general consensus that Lula will have to work hard if he wishes to get re-elected.

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Thanks for the source for the collision article - very helpful! Did you know that after that, it was nearly ready to be published? All it needed was for the 'dateline' to be removed (we don't use them unless it's original reporting) and the date to be added - see the 'how to write an article' link above for more info. Don't take this as me saying 'do more work!', I'm just trying to encourage people to take a more active role if they want to :-) Dan100 (Talk) 10:02, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Great job on your first release at Audio Wikinews! I just listened to your news brief and it sounds really great, very relaxed. Congratulations, hopefully we'll see more releases from you in the future! --Mrmiscellanious 01:24, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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 * Thanks Mr. Misc for your nice comments and thank NGerda for all your help. --Chiacomo 15:38, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hello. The Audio Wikinews is really a good thing. But could you - please - talk a bit more slowly. I'm not a native English speaker and even if I don't have problems to follow CNN speakers or others, it's really, really hard for me to understand what is said at Wikinews.

 * Of course! It's a toss-up really whether it's easier for me to talk quickly or slowly. Thanks for the comment. --Chiacomo 15:04, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Edit count
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Hi, I think you need to have a look at Cite sources and Original reporting. Basically, if we can't fully validate a story, it doesn't run. We currently have a reasonably good reputation - we don't want to become known as being a rumour mill full of untrue stories! Dan100 (Talk) 22:21, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Hi, there's a debate on his banning on the Water cooler under Policy. Could you drop by? Dan100 (Talk) 08:39, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re: Vacation
LOL! I hope the boss doesn't yell at me for taking a vacation :). Hopefully I will find something to write about while gone, perhaps a few sports articles.  I'll have plenty of time to do so.  --Mrmiscellanious 20:05, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Publishing
No, no, drop it straight in! It's how CGorman and I have been doing it for ages, others too probably Dan100 (Talk) 15:29, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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I had the article saved and I just wanted to finish it up today to see if there was any other news. I shouldn't have put it in developing stories and then just left it there unfinished. Anonymouswriter24 (Talk) 12:25 23 Jun 2005

Scenario for impeachment of Lula raised in Brazil
I think that there is a problem at the Main page:

Though unsubstantiated, the accusations involve alleged information about bribes given to Brazilian deputies.

Maybe is just my bad understanding of English, however I would apreciate if you check it.

The problem here is that:
 * Deputy Roberto Jefferson told he has no proofs
 * The Workers Party say that Jefferson has no proofs
 * Other witnesses confirms some of the Jefferson's allegations:two former ministers, a governor, at least two deputies. A newspaper published the same story of Jefferson a year ago. A secretary, a Post Office employee and bank account extracts confirms what Jefferson said.
 * Roberto Jefferson was questioned during 7 hours by Congressmen (including Congressmen from the Workers Party). The interrogation could be watched by television and internet by the TV of Congress. He never entered in contradiction during his testimony. Besides that, Roberto Jefferson was questioned by the Federal Police.

Did you see what I mean? Although Jefferson and the Workers Party say that there are no proofs, there are a lot of evidences and the story seems very logical.

Besides that, Roberto Jefferson is about just the Vote-for-cash scandal. This is not the only scandal envolving the government and the Workers Party. You can say that Roberto Jefferson just put the fire or that he threw the garbage in the fan. --Carlosar 29 June 2005 11:43 (UTC)

Categories
I will do that, and I appreciate your note. If the basis for organizing cats isnt "logical" then there are going to be some serious problems as articles increase and the rate of production increases. I would even say that the growth rate (speed, efficiency) has been hampered by a lack of basic logic in the way things are organized.

Not that I dislike the idea of conglomerating "politics and conflicts," but I think it was appropriate only for when WN was new, and didnt have that much to sort. Certainly, on wikipedia we have different uses for the cat scheme - the front page "browser" categories for example. I suspect thats what thats about, but that doesnt replace the need to be categorical, because that helps us not only read stories, but know whats been written and thus helps people write them. -Stevertigo 29 June 2005 16:55 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews
I've overhauled it, can you tell me what you think? Dan100 (Talk) 5 July 2005 13:02 (UTC)

Adminship
I've nominated you for adminship. Basically, we can't have too many people who can block and quickly rv vandals, but of course people with those powers needed to be trustworthy, so I'm nominating you. Hope you'll accept! Dan100 (Talk) 8 July 2005 17:03 (UTC)
 * That's not worked out as I'd planned. I don't wish to say too much about some of the responses. The best course of action would probably be to wait another month. I hope you are not discouraged though - stick with it! Dan100 (Talk) 16:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Dan, you may want to make sure this is what he wants, first. Hi Chiacomo! -- NGerda 16:37, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Chia accepted, so - ? Dan100 (Talk) 10:44, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
For you help getting my signature working. -- Ross Koepke Talk 23:52, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome! Very nice sig. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:19, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Move protection
In the light of yesterday, I've taken the liberty of move-protecting your user pages. Just tell me if you don't want it. Dan100 (Talk) 10:44, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Admin status granted
Congratulations, you have just been made a sysop! You have volunteered for boring housekeeping activities which normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops basically can't do anything: They cannot delete pages arbitarily (only obvious junk like "jklasdfl,öasdf JOSH IS GAY"), they cannot protect pages in an edit war they are involved in, they cannot ban users except in cases of obvious vandalism or excessive edit warring (24-hour "cool down" ban). What they can do is delete junk as it appears, ban vandals, remove pages that have been listed on Deletion requests for more than a week, protect pages when asked to by other members, and help keep the few protected pages there are up to date.

Note that almost everything you can do can be undone, so don't be too worried about making mistakes. You will find more information on Administrators, please take a look before experimenting with your new powers. Drop me a message if there are any questions or if you want to stop being a sysop (could it be?). Have fun!--Eloquence 06:04, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

DPLs
Thank you for what you did, but nothing's appearing now :( Also the Quaker stories shouldn't be appearing on the main page as they have a different category, if that's something you can help with too. Oh dear... ClareWhite 08:21, 22 July 2005 (UTC) PS Congrats on the adminship!

Doing deletion
Chia, if you have a look near the top of WN:DR you'll see a link to the "deletion archives". Rather than just removing the section of a finished deletion debate, could you cut it and paste into the right archive? Ta Dan100 (Talk) 08:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note -- I was actually about to (page still open in another tab) when I looked at Clare's little problem... --Chiacomo (talk) 08:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Audio shortcut
I actually set up wn:a a while back, but forgot to tell anyone :-). WN:AW is probably more memorable though. Dan100 (Talk) 08:10, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I probably should have checked "What links here" before creating it, but... I too like WN:AW better -- right now, WN:A might better be pointed to Wikinews:Administrators. --Chiacomo (talk) 14:36, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the Copyedit
--Noisecontrol 05:11, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Nice to be working with you :)

Thank you!
Thank you Chiacomo! I just wish I could be more active at the moment - i'll be back at full speed in September hopefully. → CGorman (Talk) 17:12, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Please stop the mean comments
I really resent your comments about my user name. I like the NPOV concept and that is what I am all about, and I take it as a personal attack when you attack the name I so carefully chose. How would you like it if people attacked your user name? NPOV 00:05, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I am not attacking your username, I'm simply asking that you change it as it may be confusing to other editors -- in that they may believe you are an official enforcer of the NPOV policy. Again, please select another username. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:08, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * By the way, I resent the slur on my talk page related to what you think I may have run into on Wikipedia. It's not true as far as I know and I only started using this name there and here today; so I'd appreciate an apology for that transparent effort to make me look like a troublemaker and I don't appreciate you "checking up on me" for no good reason. NPOV 00:33, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Please quote the Wikinews User name rule I am breaking
Please tell me where I can find the wikinews rules regarding usernames and identify the one you, as an administrator, think I am breaching. Thank you. NPOV 00:27, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * You are potentially impersonating an official enforcer of the NPOV policy -- your username may be confusing to other users. This is quite simply really -- you need only select another username. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:37, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * That makes no sense to me unless there is an official enforcer with the title NPOV....I simply like the concept and name; please don't read anything else into it that's not there. 67.71.122.133 00:54, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm not trying to read anything into it -- the username "NPOV" might be confusing to new (or even old) editors who could believe you are an official enforcer of the NPOV policy. Again, please choose another user name. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:55, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Where is this heading?
Are you threatening me with some sort of suspension? blocking? Please advise on what basis and what my options are right now to deal with what I see as non-appropriate behaviour by yourself. I am new here and am at a disadvantage.I simply like the concept and name and please,as an administrator, please give me an official reference to the rule my name infringes upon in your opinion. It is not constructive to just tell me to change it because you think someone might misinterpret it. NPOV 01:06, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not threatening you, I'm simply asking you to choose another username. Username policy can be found at Username. --Chiacomo (talk) 01:03, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * "Don't create user names that are offensive or attempt impersonate another user" is what it says. Since your insistence that I change my name was so inappropriate, I am now insisting that you change your user name. Someone may think it's a slur upon people of Chinese origin. NPOV 01:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm sorry, but my username comes from a Danny Kaye movie from Europe.... and is a family name no less. What is the relation to China? I've never found a link to China but it might be helpful in my genealogical research. --Chiacomo (talk) 01:13, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Congrats.. a little late, but still. ;-) -- Davodd | Talk 05:51, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

About Andrewbot
NGerda noticed Andrewbot, so he will probably do something about it ASAP. Andrew pmk 01:55, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. I thought there was a page for it on Wikinews itself. I couldn't find it. Andrew pmk 02:06, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Review
Hi, can I get you to review my first article before I publish it? http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Utah_dance_party_broken_up_by_police --Static 05:15, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I have made the changes you suggested and added the Publish tag but it still shows up in developing stories.. does someone need to approve it first? --Static 06:03, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Scratch that.. is fine now.. thank you for your help :) --Static 06:04, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Welcome mat
Thanks for the greetings, Chiacomo! I'm actually w:User:Ardonik, operating under the cloak of anonymity since I haven't registered an account 'round these parts yet. (I should one of these days, though; I read the RSS feed every day and this project has become my daily source of news.)

I can't remember the last time someone rolled out a welcome mat for an anonymous user on En. :-) --69.236.29.49 05:08, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

deletion query
what was your reason for the deletion of enistein gone
 * It appeared to have no news content, contained an email address "for more information" and referenced a web search. Decidedly not news. If you are the creator of this "article", you might consider reviewing the content guidelines and actually writing a story and citing sources. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:12, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

RE oil in alberta spill...
"Why it took Canadian National Railway 3 days to report to residents that there were toxins spilled is a mystery, especially when the Conductor on each train carrys with him documents outlining what each car contains, and lists all w:toxins or hazardous materials on the train. And at any CN Terminal, a clerk with access to CN's Intranet can get that information in minutes."

Sorry you thought you would take this info out. I am a CN employee, and I think while the investigation is on about CN not reporting toxic spills that people need as much eduction as possible. There was a spill 2-3 days later in BC, that polluted a river near Sqamish. I thought this site was here to help with education. Take care.

Re: IRC
Hey, having a few connection problems with IRC (I don't think my PM responses got to you), but I have formed a response to my sudden "trial" of departion.

A user which I looked up to ever since my existance on Wikimedia wikis left a message on one of my talk pages with the message simply stating a large amount of disgust, disappointment and inappropriate expression based on my edits. As a regular here, I know I'm not going to have a good relationship with some of the users - however this one, from one of my mentors/idols, really made me think about my contributions to this project. In short, I want to self-evaluate myself for a week to decide if I really am promoting this project to high standards, or weighing it down.

For this reason, I have contemplated departing Wikinews if a positive evaluation isn't recieved from my edits. There's no reason to stay at a place where some regular users cannot work together - especially on a collaboration-essential website like Wikinews. --Mrmiscellanious 23:41, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

News Contest
Fellow judge, I could use your input on how to handle an issue that has come up, at the "Judge's Forum" section here:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

Thanks, StuRat 13:18, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Help !
Note to other English-language judges: I feel I am doing a disproportionate amount of the judging of English-language articles. Ideally, I would like to see all judges render an opinion on all articles in their language. I will not be doing any judging today, so could especially use some help now. Also, please respond to the issues I have raised on previous dates in the Judge's Forum:

 * m:Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

 * m:Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

 * m:Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

 * m:Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

StuRat 14:23, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

WikipediaMention templatees
Hi there; I think it's more standard to have an italicized mention, in smaller font, at the end of na aricle noting conflicts of interest.... than a bordered centered caveat at the start. But good idea! Sj 05:06, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Whoops, I should have looked more carefully. ok, you can put the other template back; I hadn't realized it was already in use.  When I say 'standard' I mean 'compared to print publications I read'... Sj 05:29, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

No problem, certainly. While checking, I found the list of "General" templates page which describes the usage. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

thanks for fixing that article
...just a note to say thanks for fixing the Peru article! 80.43.14.68 23:55, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

diffs vs. edit tags
Sorry, I don't know what a diff or edit tag is?? Neutralizer 00:05, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks; I understand now:)Neutralizer 00:09, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Whitehouse denies article
Can you be more specific about a "news" style? I've refactored the article somewhat, but it's difficult without specific criticisims. Thanks.--Herda05 00:19, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

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Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Renamed
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Wikinews:Audio Wikinews/Transcripts/June 13, 2005

Audio Wikinews transcript – 2005 06 13 – 0300 UTC
As reported by Nicholas Gerda

June 13, 2005. This is Wikinews.

Lead Story
G8 finance ministers agree deal to relieve debts of 18 nations The finance ministers of the G8, the world's eight richest countries have agreed a deal to relieve the debts of 18 of the poorest countries in the world.

The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the African Development Fund will write off all of the money owed to them by the selected countries.

The countries are Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethopia, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

The deal, spearheaded by the UK, aims to free up government revenue for domestic spending on things such as education and health services. Full details are not yet available but $40bn is expected to be cleared.

The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Fund will write off 100% of the money owed to them by selected nations.

Charities have said that the debts of 62 countries need to be cleared if the UN wants to meet it's target of halving world poverty.

Fourteen of the eighteen countries to get debt relief are in sub-Saharan Africa.

Headlines
Lula's future in the hands of Brazilian Parliament The government of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in a severe political crisis. The crisis began after the exposure of a series of scandals which involve the Workers' Party, the Brazilian ruling party.

Last month, some men, supposedly involved in illicit negotiations with the Brazilian Post Service recorded a video which shows former Post Office Chief, Maurício Marinho, during a supposed bribe negotiation. In the tape, Marinho receives and puts in his pocket R$3,000 (about 1,259 USD) in cash. He insinuates that the scheme is commanded by deputy Roberto Jefferson. The recording was aired by the major Brazilian television stations.

Report finds FBI missed multiple chances to stop 9/11 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) missed several opportunities to uncover and to possibly stop the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States, a report has found.

The agency did not respond to leads and failed to follow up a theory that al-Qaeda was sending its members to US-based flight schools, it said. The report by the United States Department of Justice's Inspector General said that mistakes amounted to a "significant failure".

The conclusions indicated in the report are similar to others, drawn up after investigations into US intelligence performance in the months and years leading up to the events that occurred on September 11, 2001.

The report is a year old -- but is only being released after a legal battle involving lawyers for Zacarias Moussaoui, who has been convicted of an al-Qaeda plot against the United States, but is currently fighting a possible death penalty.

U.N. condemns lack of due process in American-run Iraq prisons The United Nations Secretary-General has criticised United States handling of prisoners in Iraq, during a recent report to the UN Security Council. He said that the prisoners were denied due legal process and other rights guaranteed under international law.

"One of the major human rights challenges remains the detention of thousands of persons without due process. Despite the release of some detainees, their number continues to grow. Prolonged detention without access to lawyers and courts is prohibited under international law including during states of emergency," the Secretary General's report said.

His argument is that since the US has declared that the occupation has ended and sovereignty has been handed to the Iraqi's, it has no legal right to detain prisoners.

The US military has defended its actions, saying that it has not breached prisoners' rights under the Geneva Conventions, and is acting to process current detainees as quickly as possible.

Wikipedia Current Events

 * The finance ministers of the G8 member countries agree to $40 billion in debt relief for 18 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (map right) before next month's G8 summit.
 * Following massive protests in Bolivia, Supreme Court Chief Justice Eduardo Rodríguez is named transitional president after Carlos Mesa resigns.
 * President Faure Gnassingbé names Edem Kodjo the new Prime Minister of Togo.
 * The United States drops its objections to another term by Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
 * The ruling party of Ethiopia blames an opposition party after violence during demonstrations against alleged fraud in last month's general elections.

Today in History provided by Wikipedia
June 10 is the National holiday of Portugal is observed. Camões, who wrote the national epic The Lusiads, died on this day in 1580.

 * 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in a river in Anatolia while leading an army to Jerusalem.
 * 1829 - Oxford beat Cambridge in the first Boat Race.
 * 1864 - Confederates defeated a much larger Union force at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads.
 * 1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio. This is the traditional date of the first day of sobriety of the co-founder of AA, Dr. Bob Smith.

Today's facts provided by Wikipedia
Otokichi was a Japanese castaway, who circled the globe as he tried unsuccessfully to return to Japan. And, the US children's television series Romper Room aired for over forty years.

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Italians vote on fertility referendum

June 12, 2005

On Sunday and Monday, Italians will vote on a referendum that would the abolish certain rules of the law about medically assisted fertility treatment.

Italian Law 40 of February 19, 2004 ruled on some aspects of assisted fertility treatment and established some rigid limits. The law was approved by the majority of Parliament with the encouragement of the government. The opposition protested because there was no agreement among Parliament for such a law and there was also disagreement among the majority. The law was approved using an urgent mechanism of the parliament, an apparatus used only if there is an urgent need for a law.

A Committee against the law has formed and asked for the Referendum. There will be 4 different votes about 4 different aspects of the law.

The first of them is asking to remove the prohibition of doing scientific studies with embryonic cells. The second is the ban on donor sperm and eggs; the third is a ban on embryo screening for couples with hereditary diseases; and the fourth, the rule that only three embryos per treatment can be created, all of which have to be implanted at the same time.

The referendum is of abrogate type, the only type of referendum permitted by Italian law.

According to the Italian Law, in order for a law (or part of a law) to be abolished by a referendum, there must not only be a majority vote in favor of the abolishment, but also that the valid vote must be more than the majority of the people that have the right to vote.

Since it's easier for the referendum not to be approved due to lack of presence of voters rather than for the presence of the majority of the "no" vote, the party who wants to keep the law as it is currently, has now asked citizens "not to go vote" rather than to vote "no".

Even the Catholic Church asked its members to "not go to vote"; the Pope himself asked for that in an indirect way. The president of the Senate and other people in charge of important official positions took this position.

The opposition contested this behavior.

Reference

 * Web site about referendum of the Italian Internal Affair Minister
 * Web site of the Committee for voting yes to this referendum

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Glazer caps Manchester United's player transfer spending at £25m a year

June 11, 2005

The intentions of Manchester United's new owner, U.S. sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer, for the club have been revealed. Although spokespersons for Mr. Glazer (including his son) have stressed that nothing has been finalised, it appears that he intends to raise ticket prices, income, profits whilst capping spending on player transfers.

Mr. Glazer - who owns over 76.2% of the club's shares through his investment company, Red Football - enraged fans when he started to accumulate shares earlier this year in an attempt to gain control of the what amounts to the world's most successful football club. Manchester United has more fans, a higher market value, a more valuable and more widely recognised brand and is more profitable than any other football club in the world.

To gain control of the club, Glazer used borrowed money and he is set to transfer this money to the club's books when he gains full control. The borrowed money will result in large interest repayments - pushing the clubs finances into the red. To counter this Mr. Glazer apparently intends to raise ticket prices by about 50% and to increase revenues by 52% to £245.6m (from £161.5m this year) over the next five years. Apart from ticket price increases, this jump in revenue will be achieved by a 61% jump in match day sales, a 13% increase in media sales, and a 76% rise in sales of merchandise and other commercial activities.

As part of his plans, expenditure on player transfers will be capped at just £25m a year. This is a very low figure for a English football club endeavouring to win domestic and European trophies. Seven years ago the club spent £28m on players, since then expenditure in England on players has increased hugely.


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Talk:Lula's future in the hands of Brazilian Parliament

This article is great, just needs copyediting. PLease help out if you can! Lyellin 19:39, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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The main sources are the Portuguese documents (Jefferson interview to Folha de São Paulo) and audio documents. I tried to do a description based on the Portuguese documents in Special: Political crisis in Brasil (it is huge) and in the past articles:Corruption endangers Brazilian government and New denunciations of political corruption create severe political crisis in Brazil.

I did not used the English sources directly. They are here as a reference so you can check a part of the story. The article is original because I have not found yet a good English publication of something similar to it. --Carlosar 02:16, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Crown Prince of Kuwait admitted to hospital

June 12, 2005

Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Saad al-Abdulla al-Sabah, was admitted to a hospital on Thursday due to a blood condition. According to the state news agency KUNA he has been suffering from a high level of blood glucose. In 1997 Sheikh Saad underwent colon surgery.

Sheikh Saad has been crown prince since 1978. He was also prime minister until July 2003. In July 2003 the Emir replaced him with Sheik Sabah as prime minister. This appointment broke the tradition of crown princes also serving as heads of government. Both he and the Emir have made very few public appearances recently.


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Irish inflation creeps upwards to 2.4%

June 11, 2005 The inflation rate in Ireland, as measured by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), edged upwards to hit a five month high in May at 2.4%. This represents a 0.2% rise on the previous month when the rate stood at 2.2%.

The major contributors to the rise were increased transportation, healthcare, and education costs. In April the EU25 average rate of inflation was 2.1%, with Latvia having the highest rate at 7.1% and Sweden the lowest at 0.4%.

Despite the increase in the rate, Irish inflation remains very low - having hit 7% during 2000 and remaining around the 5% until the beginning of 2003. Another major factor easing any worries about the increase is Ireland's very strong GDP growth - expected to be around 5.5% this year On an annual basis the cost of footwear and clothing have fallen by 2.7% whilst energy costs have soared by 10.4%. The cost of food, furniture, and communications also fell over the last 12 months.

The Consumer Price Index is made up of over 55,000 prices consisting of 613 headings which cover over 1,000 different items.

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I read the CSO report and drew relevent (unbiased) interpetations from it. I also included content from the report not mentioned in other news articles. → CGorman (Talk)  20:02, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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BSkyB faces challenge in securing British Premiership football rights

June 11, 2005

BSkyB, the UK television broadcasting and transmission company, faces a serious rival bid from Setanta Sports for the rights to broadcast Premiership football. BSkyB, which dominates the satellite TV market, has held the rights to the broadcast Premier League games since 1992. They paid £1.02bn for its current three year contract.

Setanta has approached the managing director of BSkyB, Trevor East, with the intention of luring him to Setanta to lead the acquisition of sports rights. Mr East, who's contract runs out soon, has not yet made a decision, but should he decide to sign a contract with the Irish station, it would be a massive boost to their ambitions.

Setanta initially started out by broadcasting GAA games to Irish people living abroad particularly in the US. Today, backed by an investment by AIG, it is pursuing an ambitious plan to grow its business - it currently broadcasts the Scottish Premier League and earlier this week it bought control of North American Sports Network. North American Sports Network broadcasts baseball, NFL football, basketball and Nascar motor racing outside the US. Also in the planning stages is a European sports station for the US market.


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I am of the opinion that this headline sucks. But I dont know how to change it! lol signed, Kevin 20:59 UTC, Jun 11, 2005.


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Talk:US teen missing in Aruba feared dead

This news story is a product of ridiculous bias. No one would care if it were a Kenyan teen. I'm listing for deletion as not notable. Superm401 21:48, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Although this technically is news, I agree with Superm401. NGerda 21:49, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * I was wary to post this because I was afraid of comments like this, however - Aruba is a tourist island, most of its income is from foreign tourists. This could become a starting block for a downslide in the island's economy, as many US travelers don't think it would be safe to travel there.  We could be facing a number of different things with this specific case.  It's the fact that she was a tourist, in a nation where tourism as a large economic provider and a low crime rate (which might've attracted people to the island), which I think makes it a news-worthy item.  --Mrmiscellanious 23:19, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * But if the crime rate is low, then how is this news? It would be news if it was in an area with a high crime rate; we would want to report on that.  But the point that Superm401 was trying to make is that the only reason that this is getting so much press attention is that it happened to a white, blonde, American girl who has a cute face  I don't know if any of you remember the Samantha Runnion case; the trial was held a block away from my high school.  She had big blue eyes and a cute face, and her perpetrator was Mexican, adding icing to the corporate media's cake.  It got a lot of press.  NGerda 00:24, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * The crime rate being low is what makes something news instead of a special report. Most news is events that are uncommon (such as a major crime in a low crime area). --Cspurrier 00:27, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * But are we merely imitating the rest of major corporate news by giving much attention to relatively minor events? NGerda 00:28, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * In no way. As stated before, the US has much involvement with this island's economy.  It's more than a missing person, at least I think so.  While the major networks are covering it fully, I don't think we should ignore it completely.  If we reported this around 12 articles, it would get obsessive; but just one article that can be a much larger issue than it seems at the current time is definitely something news-worthy here.  --Mrmiscellanious 01:29, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, as long as this doesn't get to be a big story. NGerda 01:30, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Stop cruise ships from docking in aruba until case is solved.
it is quiet obvious that aruba is not performing the appropriate interrogation of the suspects now in custody. there have been too many stories with a lack of confirmation on each occurance of possible guilt.

to get the proper attention from the aruba officials do not allow american cruise ships to make further stops at aruba until the case of the missing student is solved.

That link at the bottom
is misleading. The suspect didn't confess to killing her, it says there had been a "sort of confession"
 * Then could you please fix it? We can work from there.  :) NGerda 04:13, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Being from the US and also vacation in Aruba, the US is over reacting. Granted Aruba authorities may not be investigating the incident as the US would, but how many unsolved murders occur in the US? Meaning, the US doesn't have much room to say how another country should approach their investigation.

Chris

Missing American in Aruba
I am an American who has visited the beautiful island of Aruba. I must start out by addressing the comments on this site by saying that Americans, by nature, are very patriotic and protective of their own. Anything to do with an American in a foreign country will attract the U.S. media. As far as this case is concerned, I think that it comes down to a cultural difference and the various elements of this case. For example, the length of time it took the authorities to find and arrest these young men, the interrogation process, just the overall snail pace. I am also aware that, like many other islands, Arubans are never in a hurry to do anything which is part of the allure that attracts tourists, especially Americans. However, considering Ms. Holloway’s impeccable background and the bizarre circumstances, this is not a case that the authorities should take their time on. My gut tells me that there are more facts than the public has been made aware of and that these young men know more that they are saying, especially the Dutch man. I wish that they could be extradited to the U.S. so that we could get to the bottom of this. I wonder why the authorities are not searching the rocky areas of the North Shore near the lighthouse. As for the comment about the many unsolved crimes in the U.S., I agree. But one must take into account that the U.S. has a much, much larger population, hence more crime. In any event, I pray for her and that they find her soon.

I believe Natalee Holloway is the victim of illegal drugs. Who would take a High school Class to such an awful place? The following is taken from the State Department's Web page.

Aruba. Aruba is a transshipment point for increasing quantities of heroin, and to a lesser extent cocaine, moving north, mainly from Colombia, to the U.S. and secondarily to Europe. Drugs move north via cruise ships and the multiple daily flights to the U.S. and Europe. While the transshipment of heroin is of growing concern, evidence in 2004 did not support a finding that drugs entering the U.S. from Aruba were in an amount sufficient to have a significant effect on the U.S., but the eastern and southern Caribbean is an area of concern to the U.S. The island attracts drug traffickers with its good infrastructure, excellent flight connections, and relatively light sentences for drug-related crimes served in prisons with relatively good living conditions. This problem is further promulgated by the Netherlands Antilles’ law enforcement successes in Curacao during 2004, which necessitated a change in route on the part of the traffickers in the region.

Aruba and Natalee
I would like to remind everybody in the USA that it took four months to California police to arrest Scott Peterson and that nobody had ever said that US police was corrupt or incompetent. If the body of poor Lacy had not showed up on the shore in early april, Scott would still be a free man. So please quit lambasting the Arubian police and the dutch legal system and stop talking about "foreign corruption". I would like too to remind you that Mr Ebbers was recently sentenced to jail for faking  11 billions dollars in the company books, cheating shareholders and employees in a way unheard of before. And this took place in America not in Holland or any other foreign country. Please be a little bit more modest and humble when you talk about foreign countries or do not be surprised if people outside America  end up hating you.

Stating the obvious
So Joram said that something bad must have happened to Natalee? Well,well that is really world news, right: him stating what we all already know. Does that mean he is guilty? Hardly more than you or I when stating the obvious. But then he is only a Dutchman, so guilty. Do I detect a whiff of old Southern bigotry? Let's lynch 'em! Preferably in front of all the cameras of fox news, MSNBC, CourtTV who make their money out of this kind of spectacles.

As far as drugs are concerned: what nobody seems to realize is that Aruba had invited the police of a foreign power (the FBI) on its territory for quite some years now, because the Arubans did not want to be taken over by the Medellin cartel. This is also one of the reasons the island refused to become completely independent from Holland. Aruba has been a strong ally of the US in the War on Drugs. Now that this war is not important to Americans anymore Aruba is now useful as the little guy that can be bullied. It's a nice distraction from -say- the news from Iraq.

Visits to Aruba
Been to Aruba 11 times in the last 10 years, and going back in Sept for 12 days. If these 3 young men and the father are not made to account for the disapearance of Natalie, it will be my last trip. Suspose something happen to my wife or daughter during a trip there, and I had to deal with the inept investigation. No way. If this case is not solved, I will do anything I can to make sure people avoid the island. Does it Matter?? We, my wife and I have personally taken 8 guests, been responsible for 20 people going to Aruba, and have many others considering a trip there. It may matter just a little.

Aruba and Natalee
Americans can be quick to condemn the Aruban government for not doing enough to solve this case. But on the other hand it does nothing to quench the flames of anger and fustration when we see the Aruban people in the streets cheering on Johran when he is released from each round of question. When see this one has to wonder what are they happy about. He got off the hook or they pulled to wool over on Uncle sam once again.

what where Natalee's parents thinking
I was discussing this with my son one night and I stated that I don't understand parents who let their teenage childern take off to foriegn countries right after high school. I think Natalee had no idea what the real world is like, looking that the pictures of her life in Alabama one can say it was atleast comfy. My son retorted, who has a similar background, " You mean when we where in Antigua you wouldn't have allowed me to go the Shirley Heights alone." I said absolutely not and if it was going to be a major point of discontentment that we would have accompanied him there and this would be twice as true if he were female.


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US millitary says it killed approximately 40 'insurgents' in Iraq

June 11, 2005

United States air-strikes have killed an estimated 40 suspected insurgents in western Iraq on Saturday, the US military has said. "Seven precision-guided U.S. air strikes on the outskirts of the town of Karabilah killed the insurgents who were stopping vehicles at gunpoint and threatening Iraqi civilians," said a US military statement. It has not been confirmed that insurgents were stopping civilians at gunpoint.

The statement said that there were no US casualties and that no report of civilian casualties has been received in the area of the attacks, near Karabila, 300 km (186 miles) west of Baghdad.

Elsewhere, reports indicate a former Iraqi police commander blew himself up in a failed bid to assassinate the leader of the anti-insurgent "Wolf Brigade" in Baghdad, killing three other policemen in the attempt.


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