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Concrete supplier indicted in Boston 'Big Dig' scandal

May 10, 2006

Boston's Central Artery and Third Harbor Tunnel Project (CA/T), unofficially known as the Big Dig, plagued by cost overruns and reports of shoddy workmanship, has been hit with yet another scandal as six employees of its primary concrete supplier have been indicted for falsifying records regarding allegedly inferior concrete supplied to the massive highway construction project.

Federal prosecutors alleged in a 135 count indictment that of the 135,000 truckloads of concrete, a "web" of falsified documents were used to cover up a conspiracy where at least 5,000 truckloads — 1.2 percent of the concrete used — did not meet specifications. The company, Aggregate Industries NE Inc. was paid US$105 million for the concrete.

Aggregate said in a statement Thursday that it would cooperate with authorities.

"As a result of extensive testing by industry experts, Aggregate Industries is satisfied that all of the concrete it has supplied on the Big Dig and throughout the commonwealth is structurally sound," the statement said.

Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly said "We have no evidence whatsoever that the structural integrity and safety of the tunnel has been compromised."

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said in a prepared statement, "No one in Massachusetts should be surprised to learn that a project so badly mismanaged, over budget, and grossly delayed is now also facing allegations of criminal misbehavior." Romney and Lt. Governor Kerry Healey have also announced that they have decided to return campaign contributions from workers of Aggregate Industries.

Indicted were: former general manager Robert Prosperi, 63, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts; Marc Blais, 36, of Lynn, Massachusetts, a dispatch manager; John Farrar, 42, of Canterbury, Connecticut, a dispatch manager; Gerard McNally, 53, of Rockland, Massachusetts, a quality control manager; Gregory Stevenson, 53, of Furlong, Pennsylvania, district operations manager; and Keith Thomas, 50, of Billerica, Massachusetts, a dispatch manager. Stevenson and Farrar are no longer with the company. Aggregate says it has suspended the others.

According to the indictments,
 * the six Aggregate employees recycled concrete that had been rejected because it had not been used within 90 minutes of being mixed
 * in some cases double-billing for the loads
 * the workers gave falsified documentation to project inspectors to show the concrete was fresh
 * the faulty concrete was used in walls and roof slabs in the Interstate 93 tunnel, parts of the Interstate 90 tunnel and the sea walls of the Fort Point Channel, among other places.

At the arrest hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshack said, "The taxpayers of this community and this country will be paying for years to come."

Lawyers for the employees say the men believed their conduct was legal, that the concrete supplied by Aggregate Industries met all the strength requirements of the project, and that Big Dig managers sometimes waived the 90-minute rule when trucks of concrete were lined up to meet heavy demand. Stephen Delinsky, an attorney for one of the defendants, said they delivered quality concrete, but prosecutors probing the troubled project are looking to place blame. "It's always easy to blame the lowest level, which is the concrete manufacturers. Each defendant believed that they acted in good faith. They believed at all times their conduct was legal and believed the concrete delivered to the Big Dig was appropriate."

A spokesman for project manager Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff declined comment.

On August 11, 2005, it was announced that the Massachusetts State Police searched Aggregate's offices in June and found evidence of faked records that hid the poor quality of concrete delivered for highway project. On March 19, 2006, the International Herald Tribune reported that Massachusetts "Attorney General Tom Reilly plans to sue Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff and other companies if the two sides do not reach an agreement over 200 complaints of poor work in the construction of a highway system under the center of Boston, the Boston Globe reported Saturday. Reilly was said to be seeking $67 million from Bechtel and $41 million from other companies."

The purpose of the project was to remove the more than 50-year-old aboveground Interstate 93 freeway running through downtown Boston by burying it, and connecting the Massachusetts Turnpike with Logan Airport by running a third tunnel below Boston Harbor. The project was completed this year after serious delays and cost overruns reached US$14.6 billion, a more than 500% increase over the original estimate of US$2.6 billion. More than ten years of detours to traffic ended when the last major section opened in January.

Related links

 * The Boston Globe's project portal


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Talk:Bush announces food aid to Darfur, AU faces fund crisis

I heard that canada was instramental in the peace deal being made, is there any information or news on that?

Canda's role in Sudan

“Canada is proud to have played a central diplomatic role in this process, in particular through the important work of Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York Allan Rock and High Commissioner to Nigeria David Angell and their officials in Abuja,” said Minister MacKay. “Canada worked closely with the AU, the EU, the U.K. and the U.S. in brokering an agreement during the final days of these negotiations. These and other international partners were actively engaged throughout the two-year process.”

Since September 2004, Canada has contributed a total of $218 million in support of diplomatic, humanitarian and African Union-led efforts to end the violence and bring peace to the people of Darfur.

Canada remains a top contributor to the African Union Mission in Sudan, having provided 25 helicopters, two aircraft, 105 armoured personnel carriers and related equipment, as well as civilian police and military expertise.

The Canadian army doesn't have enough soldiers to deploy to the Darfur crisis in Sudan while maintaining its current commitment to Afghanistan, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor said Monday.

Mr. O'Connor told a Senate committee on national security that the military has sufficient ground troops to remain in Afghanistan indefinitely

These are two relevant articles i gotIndrajitneogi 16:17, 9 May 2006 (UTC)


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Full text of Ahmadinejad's letter to Bush made available online

May 13, 2006

The French daily Le Monde, which has a tradition of publishing full texts by politicians and intellectuals, was one of the first organisations to publish the full English text of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to US president George W. Bush on May 9, 2006. On the same day, US daily The Wall Street Journal published a scan of the English text, and the Iranian Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) published the full text. In the UK, The Guardian published the full text two days later.

The full text of the letter included discussion of a wide range of international, social, political, economic and religious issues including proliferation of nuclear weapons, WMDs, the "War on Terror", "unified international community", "the possibility of the existence of WMDs in one country", Saddam Hussein, the Iran-Iraq War, Guantanamo Bay, the Holocaust, the establishment of Israel,  the Palestinian legislative election in 2006, US vetoes of UNSC resolutions against Israel,  Operation Ajax in 1953, the shooting down of the Iranian passenger plane Air Flight 655, Iran's nuclear program, September Eleven,  economic inequality, international inequality, the monotheistic religions, and the liberal form of democracy.


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Talk:Full text of Ahmadinejad's letter to Bush made available online

Not sure if we need to add anything more to the article.

Do we have to NPOV summarise Ahmadinejad's letter? Can we NPOV summarise it without having a long NPOV battle? Do we quote selected analysts' comments (but some are already quoted in the previous letter when people didn't know where to find the text)?

In principle, we could copy/paste the whole wikisource text here - or do a mediawiki include if that's possible.

IMHO the best thing is simply to say the thing's published and encourage people to read it themselves and then decide.

Boud 15:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well we could also ask one of our French collaborators to call the paper and talk to them...Maybe add a background/history of the paper and what it has done over the years or whenever. Jason Safoutin 15:50, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Summarizing it is indeed gonna be very complicated. You got Holocaust denial again, bashing of U.S. foreign policy, allusions of intelligence agencies being involved in 9/11, comprehensive analysis of the world as he sees it, an obituary to liberal democracy and a lot of pandering to Christians. --Deprifry|+T+ 15:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Its' going to be difficult to maintain NPOV with this. I think, however; we still should try the paper too. It wouldn't hurt. Unfortunately their English version of their website is not all free and limited in information, at least from what I can find. (Speaking of Le Monde) Jason Safoutin 16:06, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * i'm not quite sure what the great need is to talk to or about Le Monde - Reuters and AP (and others?) claim they have access to a full copy, so i don't think Le Monde got this through an Inspector Clouseau operation abseiling into Ahmadinejad's office into the night and sneaking a photograph of the document. (Even if they did, they probably wouldn't tell us.) Le Monde every now and then publishes full texts of various political leaders in its printed version - so despite its shortcomings, it does give readers more chance than many other newspapers to get to at least see what political leaders have to say in paragraphs or even structured texts rather than just one sentence of half-sentence sound bites.
 * If nobody is going to accuse me of original research, i would suggest we replace "Le Monde" by something like "In line with its frequent tradition of publishing full texts by political leaders and intellectuals, Le Monde". Boud 18:45, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Not enough content to constitute a full article. Develop tagged, expand tagged.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:43, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

 * i don't see why publication of this source document is not in itself a major news item. People don't realise that the full document is available for them to read unless it's announced. That's what news is about. We could add comments by Western and Iranian and Asian and African commentators about the text, but IMHO this would be silly - it's adding unneeded content for the sake of adding content. Intelligent, sincere people would rather go to the source than have to listen to "Reader's Digest" sound-bite summaries/commentaries. IMHO unless someone feels there is some reasonably relevant newsworthy info to add, we should put it back to "published" status. Boud 21:19, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

wikisource link vs pasting the full text here
Is anyone in favour of copying/pasting the full text here into wikinews? (Is there a wikinews policy on this?) Or can/should we make the wikisource link more prominent, e.g. show the URL explicitly? Boud 18:45, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikinews is a news source, not a primary text source. We should link to Wikisource on this. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 19:07, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * That's why i asked to be sure :). Boud 23:40, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Would not fit, per WN:NOT, "source documents" aren't news. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:43, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, but there's nothing saying that the fact of publication of an important source document is not itself a news item. And i mean publication in general (IRNA, Le Monde, etc.), not just on wikisource! Boud 21:19, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, actually. WN:NOT says that source documents are not news of themselves, so we shouldn't include them in our articles.  But you're right, reporting about the publication of them is sometimes newsworthy.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:45, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, so i guess we've waited long enough and nobody seems to feel the need to add more. i'm putting it as "published". Boud 00:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I support the article being published. Neutralizer 01:58, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Published?
If this were any other article, this would be in development on the spot. 1 sentence is not an article. I reccommened stuff early on and no one paid the least bit of attention. So I will say it again: The article should include a short background of Le Monde and or any special things or whatnot it has done. There is a lot more that could be added here, I just think no one has been interested in doing so. But regardless, 1 sentence is not an article. Jason Safoutin 02:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I also said that someone should call Le Monde or write to them As I cannot speak french nor can I afford an overseas call, I cannot do it. Jason Safoutin 02:07, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Tagged as minimal. Jason Safoutin 02:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * i think i'll shift the title, since you seem to be overly focussing on Le Monde. If you want to know more about Le Monde in English, click on the wikipedia link. But AFAIK they haven't done anything special in this case except that they follow the rather obvious ethical principle that ordinary citizens should be able to have access to full documents, especially when it concerns political leaders who are involved in a major international crisis related to nuclear weapons. Anyway, WSJ and IRNA also were quick to publish online versions. Boud 23:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * What, exactly, is supposed to be the story here? Can we redirect this article to Ahmadinejad sends letter to George W. Bush? --Chiacomo (talk) 00:00, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Chiacomo, to us it may be no big deal; but for all the millions of citizens out there in small town USA; they are being censored blind; so to them, this is big news...the mere fact the letter has been published. I like this article and I sopport it and I can not figure out what harm it's doing to anybody. 67.71.123.148 01:57, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Mmmmm. Well, I happen to live in small town USA (population 2,500) and it was covered by our local television station. Is this article about the speed at which the letter was published (thanks to the internet, etc)? If so, the long list of topics (with wikilinks) is probably overkill and more could be added about internet news, the publishing process, etc... --Chiacomo (talk) 03:13, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Source material is just that. Take it and write about it, that's what makes it Wikinews. -Edbrown05 09:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * And hear MrM scream in your ear, "All my god! It's a weblog... it's a weblog!" No it's not if it is NPOV. -Edbrown05 10:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Chiacomo wrote: "Well, I happen to live in small town USA (population 2,500) and it was covered by our local television station." i don't quite follow. Do you mean to say that the full 18 page text was read out by an announcer? Or were the 18 pages of the scan slowly scrolled down the tv screen? Having access to an electronic version of an 18-page document that the wikinews reader can read for him/herself is quite different to simply hearing/seeing some commentator on television say that the letter exists. Rice and Bolton claimed that the letter does not at all respond to the US's concerns - shouldn't ordinary citizens be interested in being able to check this for themselves? Being able to check for themselves is what the news is. Boud 14:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm also wondering why there is any opposition at all to reporting that the entire text is available and letting people read the whole thing. Chiacomo, Did your local TV station somehow provide the entire text? I'd be curious as to how many people in your town of 2,500 have read the entire text and where they accessed it? Neutralizer 03:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Ahmadi Nejad or Ahmadinejad?
I had a question about the Iranian President's name. I notice that in the source he signed it as two words "Ahmadi Nejad". The media has been compounding it to one single word. Is this one of those Arabic characters to Latin characters issues, or should the world be spelling it like the man himself spells it? Sr.Wombat 15:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

editprotected Is it not worth mentioning that the letter also contains an invite to become a moslem? (As is customary to do in the three stage process stipulated in Islam.)

 * ❌ - yes, it would have been nice to include it, but late edits are not appropriate to a news article. See WN:ARCHIVE. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:51, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


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High school seniors take last-chance exit test while judge prepares to strike it down

May 9, 2006

Fifty James Logan High School seniors are scheduled to take the California High School Exit Exam today and tomorrow, while an Oakland judge is preparing to strike down the law requiring would-be high school graduates to pass the high-stakes test.

Superior Court Judge Robert Freedman said Monday that he will make his final decision today at 2 p.m. PDT on whether to issue an injunction against the enforcement of the law requiring the exam’s passage, citing “equal protection” concerns.

The ruling would affect about 47,000 California high school seniors, and dozens at James Logan High School, who have yet to pass the exam and would be barred from being graduated if they don’t.

Last week, state schools Superintendent Jack O’Connell released new statistics showing that 46.768 seniors, or 10.7 percent of the class of 2006, still haven’t passed the test.

Sixty-one percent of those students are poor, and 44 percent are English learners.

Of the 50 James Logan students taking the test today and tomorrow, 35 speak English as a second language. Eight are special education students. Of the five black students taking the test, four are special education students. Of the three white students taking the test, two are new to the district and the other is a special education student.

One, an Asian immigrant, has a 3.67 grade-point-average.

O’Donnell wrote the law requiring the test when he was in the state legislature in 1999.

In a statement to the press, O’Donnell said "Recognizing that today's ruling is not final, I intend to do everything in my power to ensure that at the end of the legal day we maintain the integrity of the high school exit exam," O'Connell said.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said "delaying the exam's implementation does a disservice to our children by depriving us of the best tool we have to make sure schools are performing as they should be."

He said he was "disappointed."

The attorney who sued the state Feb. 8, Arturo Gonzalez of the San Francisco law firm Morrison & Foerster, "felt strongly that the state should not deprive a student of a diploma unless the state can say that every student has been fairly and properly prepared for that test," he said. "There is overwhelming evidence that students throughout the state have not been taught the material on the test. And many students have been taught by teachers not credentialed in math and English."

The suit, was brought on behalf of lead plaintiff Liliana Valenzuela, a Richmond High senior who maintains a 3.84 grade-point average and is ranked 12th out of 413 in her class. Valenzuela has passed the math portion of the exam, but not the part on English, which she speaks as a second language.

Gonzalez contends the test is unfair, particularly to English learners, because students who have failed the test repeatedly are more likely to attend overcrowded schools with less-qualified teachers.

Judge Freedman said he was persuaded by that argument, but wanted to give the state a chance to change his opinion.

He asked lawyers on both sides to come prepared to talk about how conditions in the schools can be equalized.

Gonzalez urged seniors who still need to pass the test to keep going to classes and studying. "It is absolutely critical for students to understand that even if the order is made final, only those students who passed their classes will get a diploma," he said.


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Hello,

This French copyright story has been the feature story for too long.JLCourier 18:23, 9 May 2006 (UTC)


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What is meant by "poor"? Below the poverty line? --216.45.240.35 20:51, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

"English learners" is also a poor choice of words. Perhaps "taking English as a second language"? 209.137.182.35 03:05, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

"English learners" is a term used by the state and the California schools.24.5.224.240 04:06, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

"English learners" seems agreeable to me. But what about "credentialed"? That's a heavy word for English learners, don't you think? Karen 20:51, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Seniors
This articel should probably be renamed so "Seniors" can't be initally confused with "senior citizen". 68.39.174.238 04:48, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd suggest a change from "Seniors take last-chance exit test while judge prepares to strike it down" to "High-school seniors take last-chance exit test while judge prepares to strike it down". -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 18:35, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Done. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 21:33, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


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Buncefield oil depot tank 'was overflowing'

May 9, 2006

A report by the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the Buncefield oil depot fire of December 2005 has suggested that an oil tank at the site was overflowing for 40 minutes before the first explosion took place. A fire soon spread throughout the depot and some of the surrounding area, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air, and the fire took several days to be extinguished.

The HSE report, the third progress report into the disaster, explains with 'reasonable confidence' that Tank 912 in bund A of the site started receiving unleaded motor fuel from 7 p.m. UTC on December 10, 2005. By 5:20 a.m. the next day, the tank had started to overflow, spilling through air vents at the top of the tank and down the outside. Vapour from the fuel started to form from 5:38 a.m., and by 5:46 a.m. was 2 metres deep, flowing in all directions. The first explosion took place at 6:01 a.m.

Control systems measuring the levels within the tank should have prevented overspilling. A 'servo level gauge' should have sent data back to the control room, but this gave an unchanged reading from 3 a.m., despite the levels continuing to rise. Additionally, a second, float-based safety cut-out should have stopped the inward flow once the 'ultimate high level' was reached, but this too appears to have failed.

It is not known for certain what caused the spark that led to the first explosion. Any evidence is likely to have been destroyed in the fire, and so the exact cause may never be known.

The HSE report did not place any blame, for fear of jeapodising future court cases. Some, including MP for the Hemel Hempstead Mike Penning, have called for a full public inquiry. Many local residents were forced to leave their homes after suffering damage to their houses from the explosion.

The explosion and fire, whilst being one of the biggest health and safety disasters in Britain, did not cause any deaths.


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China enters UN human rights council

May 9, 2006

The UN General Assembly elected the UN by secret ballot on May 9, 2006. With the participation of 191 member countries and all votes valid, the assembly elected 44 of the 47-strong membership of the new council, practically putting an end to months of thorny debates. Three seats from Eastern Europe will be elected on Wednesday. Sixty-seven states stood for election.

India emerged as the top vote-getter in Tuesday's elections, winning 173 out of 191 votes in a secret ballot to elect the 47-member Council. It was the biggest tally for any country, surpassing Japan (158) and China (146) in Asia.

,, , , , , , , , , , , and are included in the Asian Group.

,, , , , , , and were elected for Latin America and the Caribbean Group.

,, , , , , , , , , , , and comprise the African Group.

The Western European and Other Groups include, , , , , , and.

All groups were completed but that of Eastern Europe, which only selected three of six seats:, , and. Another voting round will be held to elect the remaining three seats

The initially opposed this Council and declined to run for a seat citing inadequate correctives. A US State Department spokesperson criticizes the records of new Council members Cuba, China, Russian and Saudi Arabia, hinting that they do not merit being on the Council. US Ambassador John R. Bolton has said the US would work with other member states "to make the council as strong and effective as it can be."

The creation of the Human Rights Council is seen as a key component of overall reform of the United Nations. The new Human Rights Council replaces the 60-year old, largely discredited Human Rights Commission. The Commission was disbanded after a number of countries with dubious human right records manipulated elections to win seats and began to work together as a bloc to defeat resolutions critical against any one of them.

The new Council will be required to conduct a regular review of the human rights record of all countries beginning with those serving on it. The Council will have its first sitting in Geneva on June 19.

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Last American survivor of the Titanic disaster dies

May 10, 2006 On May 6, 2006, Lillian Asplund, the last American survivor of the Titanic, died in her home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. She was 99 years old.

"She went to sleep peacefully," said vice president of the Nordgren Memorial Chapel Ronald E. Johnson, which is located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Barbara Joyce West Dainton and Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean are the two remaining survivors living in England, however they were too young to have a memory of the Titanic sinking.

"I could see the icebergs for a great distance around. It was cold and the little ones were cuddling close to one another and trying to keep from under the feet of the many excited people … My little girl, Lillie, accompanied me, and my husband said 'Go ahead, we will get into one of the other boats.' He smiled as he said it," said Asplund's mother shortly after arriving in Massachusetts after the disaster. Throughout her life, Ms. Lillian Asplund avoided talking about her survival.

The mother of Asplund, Selma and her three-year-old brother Felix were also on the ship and both survived. Her father and three other brothers were lost at sea. Selma died in 1964 on the 52nd anniversary of the disaster. She was 91 years old. Lilian's brother Felix died on March 1, 1983 at the age of 73.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 when the ship struck an iceberg tearing a hole in the side of the hull. At the time, it was the biggest ship ever built. The Titanic Museum’s collection in Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, was the first permanent exhibition of rare Titanic artifacts and documents donated by survivors.


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Palestinians get interim aid

May 12, 2006

The United Nations, the United States, Russia and the European Union have agreed on a "temporary international mechanism" to get aid to the Palestinians for a trial period of three months, to ease financial tensions on the new government led by Hamas.

The Quartet issued a statement after a day of talks in which Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia warned of a civil war if the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority was left to collapse.

"The Quartet expressed its willingness to endorse a temporary international mechanism that is limited in scope and duration, operates with full transparency and accountability," it said.

The Palestinian Authority has been facing a financial crisis since US and EU aid was suspended in April. There has been a large effort from the Muslim world, Particularly Egypt to help raise and fund the Pastinians.

The Palestinian Authority employs some 165,000 people and the UN estimates a quarter of the Palestinian population relies on government salaries. It is estimated that $240 million is needed to cover the PA salaries for March and April.

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Article title
It appears that the title may be wrong -- as there are two younger survivors. How could the title be reworded? --Chiacomo (talk) 03:45, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * AHHHH, I see. This is the last American survivor? --Chiacomo (talk) 03:46, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, so the title IS wrong. Moving the page.


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Possibility of new graphic health warnings on NZ cigarette packs

May 10, 2006 New Zealand Associate Minister of Health Damien O'Connor has proposed that warnings, both images and text, should cover 60% of the packaging of cigarettes sold in the country. New Zealand is required to do so under obligations to the World Health Organisation.

The new images would depict throat cancer, rotting teeth/gums and gangrenous feet. Ashley Bloomfield, Chief Advisor on Public Health, says written warnings aren't as effective as pictures, and that many smokers do not know most of the diseases that smoking can cause.

If the proposal were adopted, the Ministry would dictate the size and placement of the images to the tobacco companies, but would not subsidise the cost of the changes.


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New warrning is a still at proposal stage. Title of the article doesn't suggest that. Renaming should be considered.Indrajitneogi 07:14, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, please try and find another source...articlesshould have at least 2 sources IMO. Jason Safoutin 12:04, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I am in Belgium, and from my perspective the latest title is inaccurate. Please remember you are writing for an international audience. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:43, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for all your helpful comments that I can put into practise in later news stories.nzgabriel 04:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing the story in the first place, it's quite fascinating. Rob T Firefly 16:06, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

WHO?
"New Zealand is required to do so under obligations to the World Health Organisation." -- I find this interesting, could anyone elaborate on these obligations and what they entail? Rob T Firefly 16:06, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The WHO ordered countries to cut down on smoking by including graphic warning images on packages. They have until sometime in 2007 to comply.


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Southern Australian munitions factory explodes

May 10, 2006

An Australian munitions factory exploded in South Australia. Two people were killed, another two were injured and one is still missing.

The factory produced explosives for quarrying, civil engineering and the military.

The explosion leveled everything within 100 metres and could be heard from 70km away.

Emergency services have been held back to a one kilometre radius of the factory until an explosives expert from Adelaide could come.

“It's very dangerous, so we're holding back,” police inspector Phil Warwick said, “It's an explosives factory. All right it's exploded, but that doesn't mean all the explosives have gone. There's still smoke coming from the area, which means there must be fire or heat. Put them (remaining explosives and fire) together and we could have another (explosion).”


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Britney Spears announces she is pregnant again

May 10, 2006 Pop-singer Britney Spears, 24, announced last night on the Late Show With David Letterman that she is pregnant again.

"So, we've established now that you are in fact pregnant, is that right?" asked Letterman.

"Yes, sir," replied Spears. She added, "Don't worry, Dave, it's not yours."

Spears gave birth to her son Sean Preston last September after marrying back-up dancer Kevin Federline, 28, in November 2004. This will be Spears' second child and Federline's fourth.

In 2004, shortly after the birth of her son, Spears put her singing career on hold to raise him. Her last album to be released was her "greatest hits" album in 2004.

In February, a photo of Spears was taken while she was driving her car with her son in her lap. In April, her son allegedly fell from a high chair, hitting his head and prompting Child Welfare agents to go to her home. No charges have been filed in either case.


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Australia will help in East Timor if requested: Downer

May 10, 2006 Australian minister for foreign affairs, Alexander Downer, told the Australian House of Representatives on Tuesday that Australia would provide assistance to East Timor if the East Timorese government or United Nations requested it.

Northern Territory member, David Tollner, who has long had an interest in East Timorese affairs, asked Mr Downer to update the parliament on "recent developments in East Timor".

Riots in East Timor's capital killed five people on April 28 following a march supporting 600 East Timorese soldiers who were dismissed for deserting following complaints of discrimination between those from the east and west of East Timor. The Australian government issued a travel advisory for East Timor on May 4, 2006 advising Australians to avoid the country.

Mr Downer today told parliament that there was no indication of violence against foreigners despite the warning still being in place. He continued by saying that the government was "deeply concerned" and would continue to monitor the situation closely. "We have, in a number of ways, strongly urged the leaders of East Timor to resolve quickly and peacefully the differences that there are and, of course, to do so with full regard for the democratic institutions of the country, its constitution, the rule of law and international norms of human rights." said Mr Downer.

Parliament also heard that Australia had agreed with members of the United Nations Security Council to conduct a new operation in East Timor. "Australia does stand ready to offer assistance if requested by either the East Timor government directly or the United Nations." Mr Downer told parliament.


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Explosives stolen from California mine

May 10, 2006 According to the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Agency or ATF, at least 686 sticks of dynamite and at least 30 pounds of ammonium nitrate were stolen from Gold Mountain Mine Company in Big Bear City, California located in San Bernardino County. Fuel oil and mining equipment are also among the items stolen. When combined, the fuel oil and ammonium nitrate become combustible and authorities fear what could be done with the explosives.

"The obvious concern is someone stole it, and what are they going to do with it? This is a quantity of explosives that could do significant damage. We need to recover these items," said John D'Angelo, spokesman for the ATF.

The thieves cut locks on the gate that leads to the facility and then cut the locks on a metal storage bin and stole its contents and everything inside the facility. The man responsible for mining operations in the area does so as a hobby. The robbery was reported on May 3.

"We urge anyone who has information about this theft to contact ATF and the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department. Our job is to keep the public safe. We take the theft of explosives extremely seriously, and we will relentlessly follow up every lead until we solve the case," said John A. Torres who is the special agent in charge of the ATF in Los Angeles.

Authorities have offered a $25,000 reward for information about the crime that leads to an arrest and conviction.

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Talk:Britney Spears announces she is pregnant again

Is this News?
Who, no, why an article with such an idiotic topic was posted?

Is there a lack of news with importance above absolute zero? There are hundreds and hundreds of people which sold their souls to the Devil in exchange for talent (and were scammed like nobody else in history of mankind). Shall we publish every rumor about them?
 * One, this is new, entertainment news. Two, This is not a rumor as it was annouced by Britney herswlf on the show. Jason Safoutin 12:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You have missed the point entirely. Which is: since this is the type of news which are appearing every day in exceccive quantities, why does this one gets preferential treatment?  There are hundreds of pop stars in hundreds of countries which do and say something like this every day -- note that nobody was even born yet.
 * I fear it is you who is missing the point. Anyone can write the news here, provided it is factual and newsworthy. This is clearly both as demonstrated by the numerous sources for this story. If you would like more stories of this kind - in order that wikinews be more representative - why not consider writing them yourself? WillJenkins 14:42, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Newsworthy is the key word here. Some pop singer claims to be pregnant -- that's newsworthy? Newsworthy is something that enlightens and broadens reader's knowledge of the world, allows to make conclusions and see patterns.  And no, being on CNN or BBC or wherever does not qualify a fact as newsworthy.
 * I certainly considered and decided not to write anything of the like -- it is NOT newsworthy.
 * Except that, by definition, it must be newsworthy. If it wasn't of interest to anyone then someone wouldn't have gone to the trouble of writing it up. The point is that it's better to have too many news articles than not enough. WillJenkins 15:05, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't feel this is worth reporting. Just delete it. Fans of Spears will look up the news on her official site. Also there are more than a dozen entertainment news websites. WillJenkins, please don't argue with this.
 * He has every right to argue this as you have every right. This is news IMO and its on here. Its sourced and is all facts. Unless you or anyone else can prove otherwise, then there has yet to be any actionable objections. Please respect others replies/reasons. Jason Safoutin 17:39, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * This is newsworthy, maybe not something you would read, but news none the less. Our own Sister sites Wikipedia and Wiktionary both have articals related to the worth of news items. Wikipedia has this artical on newsworthiness that states newsworthiness is defined by Proximity, Prominence, Timeliness, Impact, Conflict and Controversy, Uniqueness, and Human Intrest. By those standards I belive we should all aggree that this artical is allowed here and should remain. We may not be interested in it, but someone is or it wouldn't be here. It is deffently of Prominence, at the right time (not days old), it impacts people (having another brit baby scares me :P), Provides conflict (or we would not be dealing with this), and is Unique enough to spark intrest. So yes it has its own place here. --Andrew Myers 20:01, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Newsworthy?
To examine whether a news article's topic should be covered, check the content guide. If a news topic is something you are not interested in but meets the guidelines, don't read it. Don't be rude about it. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:58, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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Surprised to see tag removed with no discussion; the tagger stated his reasons; what's happening here? Neutralizer 02:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with the original tagger that it is not news; he just used the wrong tag. Neutralizer 02:08, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok...tell me how its not? its entertainment news. Thats what it is categorized as. It is also sourced properly and meets content guidlines. There is no actionable objections here. Jason Safoutin 02:15, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Meets guidelines, but lacks relevance. Wikinews is a resource for serious news reporting, not someones personal diary. There are a lot of events happening around the world which could use a mention. A power outage is news, not some lady announcing her pregnancy. I agree the submitter has the right to post news, but not news like this. Wikinews is a new project (I don't mean brand new, I know it has been around for some time, but many people don't know about it. I think we should be setting some minimum standards as to what merits to be on Wikinews and what does not. Just my two cents.
 * Not some lady...Britney Spears. A famous person. This is serious news reporting, and Wikinews is user based. Anyone can write an article based on what they think is news. As long as it meets content guidelinds, cites sources properly, and also reports on a NPOV basis. All of which this article has and all contents in the article are true. Jason Safoutin 03:13, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Still lacks relevance. I agree everyone has the right to report news, but like I said, we have to set some standards. Nine months from now this will not have any relevance, just like it does not now. I will say no more.
 * WN:CG states: "News is relevant. Being Wikinews — global and Internet-based — stories about local news may need to have their relevance explained for our international audience. Stories should appeal to a large number of people." You have only stated that it lacks relevance, you haven't said how it lacks relevance. Jason has argued that it is relevant because Britney is famous, meaning millions of people will know who she is, and certainly millions of people will be interested that she is pregnant. If you are going to disagree with him you need to respond to this argument. If you think we should "set some standards" you need to explain what those standards will be. So far all you have said is that you aren't interested in this story. - Borofkin 03:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Please see below.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:What_Wikinews_is

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:What_Wikinews_isnot

 * Ms Spears may have millions of fans, but this news will now affect them, maybe some teenagers who have a crush on her. I don't see how this has affected the oil prices or the American Idol finals. The standards are also explained in the links provided above. Did you know that Jessica Lynch, an Iraq war veteran, finished her first year of college? This is relevant. However an article is not put up. So my point is, there are people who have time to write about a celebrity, but not a soldier. This is sad.

 * Then I encourage you to write an article :) And its Mrs. Spears...she is married. Jason Safoutin 05:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Mrs. Spears, is that all you can come up with? BTW, Ms applies to both married and unmarried ladies. You still haven't shown any relevance to the news story. Have you read the links provided above?-Concerned Wikinews user
 * I have read the links. An this article meets all guidelines. You any everyone else have yet to prove otherwise. Jason Safoutin 15:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I have already said this news does not impact anything. Nothing has changed since this announcement. How can one prove the irrelevance of something other than by simply dismissing it? Can you please tell me how this has impacted you? Or any other fan of Ms Spears for that matter. If she was single, then yes this is a hot topic, but she is married and this is her second preganancy. She also did not announce after her first that she will have no more. Future mothers will not go to her to consult about pregnancy/labor. The only future mothers who would go to her would be her close friends. And I beleive she would have told them in person about her pregnancy. Also you haven't stated the relavance of this news other that saying that she is famous and has millions of fans. That does not imply anthing. Before replying please ask yourself how this has had an effect on you. I don't want to start a war here, please don't be offended. -Concerned Wikinews user.
 * 90% or more of the articles I publish have absolutely no impact on me whatsoever. The fact is this: the article meets content guidlines, is sourced properly, and is formatted properly. This apparently impacts people, because if it did not, then you would not be commenting on it. Whether or not this news has an effect on me does not matter. It will have a effect on the millions of fans she has, and an effect on the millions of users who read Wikinews, as you have shown. Jason Safoutin 16:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

 * If you could only comprehend what you just wrote. -Concerned Wikinews user.
 * Yes I do. But please read WN:E. There is no need to be rude. But yet, no one has yet to prove this story is not newsworthy, according to policy. Jason Safoutin 17:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I was rude, did not mean to be. I give up. -Concerned Wikinews user.
 * No problem. I am sorry that Mrs. Spears is not your fancy, and she is not mine either. But I found the news interesting and worthy. I am not attempting to imply you are wrong, but your opinion of her or my opinion of her are not supposed to matter when reporting on facts of a situation. I do hope you contimue to read and or contribute to the project...no hard feelings i hope? Jason Safoutin 18:20, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:72.10.107.101

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UK hacker faces extradition to US

May 10, 2006 Gary McKinnon was today told that he would be extradited to the US pending appeal. McKinnon stands accused of having caused $700,000 worth of damage to US military computer systems. Describing himself as a "bumbling hacker," McKinnon said his intention was to look for UFOs and information regarding technology that he claims the US government is withholding.

Karen Todner, McKinnon's solicitor, explained that "there is power under the Computer Misuse Act to charge him here and he could stand trial here. In fact, had that happened he probably would have been tried, served his sentence and have been released by now." Speaking after the trial, District Judge Nicholas Evans said, "I readily accept, if convicted in the US, the probable sentence is likely to be appreciably harsher in the US than, in comparable circumstances, it would be in the UK. It must be obvious to any defendant that if you choose to commit a crime in a foreign country, you run the risk of being prosecuted in that country."

Judge Evans reported that the US government has made promises that McKinnon will be tried in a civil court, rather than facing a military hearing. Despite these assurances McKinnon still fears what could happen to him, "as one person has said to me, most people in Guantanamo have not been proved to be terrorists but allegedly I directly attacked the military."

Ms. Todner indicated that they intend to appeal against this initial ruling. "We're proposing to appeal this to the Secretary of State, and if we're still refused we will then appeal to the High Court for a decision to allow Gary to be tried here as a British citizen." This seems unlikely to be successful, however, as Struan Robertson, a computing law expert, explains, "the only way out of it is if he faces the death penalty or if he can prove extradition is politically motivated, which he hasn't done. The fact that he may get 70 years in the US is irrelevant. The treaty makes an exception for capital punishment, but facing a harsh sentence is not in itself grounds to block extradition."

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Judge delays exit exam decision until Friday

May 10, 2006

A California judge has delayed until Friday his decision on whether to stop the state from requiring high school students to pass the California High School Exit Examination in order to graduate.

On Monday, Superior Court Judge Robert B. Freedman said he would issue an injunction against the high-stakes test, which was taken Tuesday by thousands of seniors in danger of not being graduated unless they pass, unless the state's attorneys came up with an otherwise convincing argument by 2 p.m.

Instead, Freedman said he would wait until Friday to issue his decision.

The San Francisco law firm Morrison & Foerster filed the lawsuit on behalf of Richmond High School senior Liliana Valenzuela and others. It contends that the test violates the “equal protection” concept of the law in that poor students and English-language learners don't have access to equal education.

The ruling would affect about 47,000 California high school seniors, and dozens at James Logan High School, who have yet to pass the exam and would be barred from being graduated if they don't.

Thirty-two James Logan students were scheduled to take the second half of the two-day test Wednesday, along with thousands of others throughout the state.

Last week, state Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell said that about 47,000 California high school seniors still needed to pass the test or face the prospect of completing four years of schoolwork without receiving a diploma. O'Connell wrote the law requiring the test while serving in the state legislature.

The statistics O'Donnell cited also show that, while nearly 90 percent of seniors have passed the test, only 71 percent of seniors who are English learners have passed, and 83 percent of those classified as low-income have passed.

Of the 50 taking the first part of the test at Logan High on Tuesday, only 13 were native English speakers.

Cynthia O'Brien, who is coordinating the administration of the exit exam at James Logan, said she'd like some certainty about whether the test is going to be required or not.

“The politicals in STATE and our judicial system need to get together and do the right job by the students. If the Exit Exam is going to go forward, then it needs to go forward. If not, then it needs to be cancelled completely,” she said after a long day of testing Tuesday.

“It is not fair to the students to work their hearts out and agonize over something that has such a large impact on them and then find they didn't need to work so hard. I know there are probably students who have not taken the exam seriously, but the vast majority of Logan students have. They deserve better than to not know from one day to the next what they need to do to be granted a diploma. Most of our students who are taking the exam this go around have given up electives, lunches or time after school to prepare for the test,” she said.

"I am afraid that the message we are giving our students is that you don't need to care,” O'Brien continued, “Then, one day, the system will pull the rope tight, and students will be caught not having what they need. Yes, they should all be doing their best, but when the system cries WOLF too often, people tend to ignore the message.”

O'Donnell, in a statement released on Monday, said he would try to make sure the test counts.

"Recognizing that today's ruling is not final, I intend to do everything in my power to ensure that at the end of the legal day we maintain the integrity of the high school exit exam, and that all graduates in the class of 2006 will enter college or the workforce with a diploma that reflects their mastery of critical academic skills,” he said.

“Independent research shows that because of the High School Exit Exam, students are working harder and learning more, and those who are struggling are getting the help they need to succeed,” he said.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said, "Delaying the exam's implementation does a disservice to our children by depriving us of the best tool we have to make sure schools are performing as they should be. We must increase our efforts to help all students meet the minimal bar set by the exam, not lower our standards or expectations of them.”

"I am disappointed in the Court's tentative ruling to stop implementation of the California High School Exit Exam this year but I remain hopeful this will not be their final word,” he said.

If Freedman grants the injunction, the state's lawyers say they'll appeal.

Whatever happens with Valenzuela vs. California, the battle isn't over. Next week, Freedman is scheduled to hear arguments in another suit that seeks to block the test. Lawyers for Public Advocates claim the department failed to hold until December a public hearing to consider alternatives to the test, six years after the Legislature approved it.


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User:DavidBailey

Hello,

My name is, oddly enough, David Bailey. Optimist, conversationalist, ponderer, technology enthusiast, and seeker of beautiful things, both in people and in the world. I love the Lord, elegant design, creative people, games of all kinds, good food, a good story, wild things, earnest discussion, good rockin' music, weekend trips, and most importantly, my wife and two children. I laugh often and unabashedly. If unselfishness and open-and-honest communication can't solve the world's problems, then nothing can.

I live in the United States in the State of North Carolina.

I like to contribute to articles regarding religion, movies, music, business, computer technology, and politics, and the people involved. I like trying to keep things brief, clear, and informative. I love the Internet as a news source and as a news "nut", I'm looking forward to contributing to and reading from Wikinews.

title: User:DavidBailey