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US peace activist to be deported from Australia

September 12, 2005 A US peace activist and history teacher, Scott Parkin, has been arrested in Melbourne after his visa was revoked on grounds of character. He was deemed "a threat to national security" by the Australian Department of Immigration, according to a spokesperson from Anti-Deportation Alliance. The ABC has reported that the Federal police have confirmed an American man was arrested on the orders of the Immigration Department (DIMIA) and is in custody.

Mr Parkin, a native of Houston, Texas, USA, participated in an anti- war-profiteering protest outside Halliburton in Sydney on August 31, and was also reported to have attended the Forbes Global CEO Conference protest.

Liz Thompson from the National Anti-Deportation Alliance (NADA) said Mr Parkin was held by Federal Police at Carlton West police station before being moved to Melbourne Custody Centre on Saturday September 10. She said the incident seemed to contradict Philip Ruddock's denial that Australia was turning into a police state.

"This is a major attack on dissent, free speech and the anti-war movement. This should be a warning to everyone about the greater powers that ASIO may soon be granted," Ms Thompson said. She was referring to the proposed legislation to increase police and ASIO powers in dealing with suspected terrorists.

Federal Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock stated that he knew of the case, and that it was an issue for the Immigration Minister. He said that a security assessment of Mr Parkin had been conducted, and it was this security assessment that provided the basis for the decision to revoke his visa.

"I understand the decision was based upon a security assessment, and security assessments are not something about which I can comment in any detail," he said. "I understand it's a decision that's been taken by the Minister for Immigration and that there may be legal proceedings surrounding it." Spokesperson for the Brisbane Peace Convergence Kim Stewart said Mr Parkin's detention and deportation posed a "dangerous precedent to free speech in Australia".

"By arresting and threatening to deport Mr Parkin, the government is already using its power to silence non-violent peace campaigners and discourage peaceful dissent in our community," Ms Stewart said.

Julian Burnside QC, a prominent human rights lawyer, asked why it took so long for authorities to act if indeed Mr Parkin is a security threat.

"They've got the right but the question is whether that right has been exercised in a way that provides sufficient protection for ordinary citizens of Australia," he said.

Greens Senator Bob Brown also criticised the arrest, suggesting that pressure may have been applied by the United States government.

"The Howard government appears to be doing the Bush administration’s bidding. As far as I know, Mr Parkin has broken no Australian law. He was granted a visa to enter this country, so his arrest contradicts the government’s own assessment of his credentials,”

"It seems to have nothing to do with terrorism. The Howard Government will do whatever Washington asks of it and I am very concerned the request for his arrest came in the wake of information from Washington," Mr Brown said.

The government is currently calling for increased police powers ostensibly to protect the country from terrorists. Some groups are concerned that these powers will be used against critics of government policy.

"Our fears that these [Anti-terrorist] powers would be used against activists have been justified by yesterday's police action," said Kim Stewart.

Scott Parkin, on the day of his arrest, was due to give a workshop titled: Bringing Down The Pillars - People power strategies against war and capitalism. The workshop was sponsored by Forest Action Trust, Pt'chang Nonviolence Training Project, and Friends of the Earth Melbourne.

Parkin had done guest lectures and teach-ins in the past; he has been an organizer with Houston Global Awareness, including direct action pertaining to the 2004 and 2005 protests outside the Halliburton Shareholders Meeting. He is also an active participant with Houston Indymedia despite 'outing' Maoist-themed activists by enforcing quasi-apartheid policy of noncollaboration.

Appeal lodged
Greenpeace is providing legal help to Mr Parkin and advised that he had instructed his lawyers to appeal to the Migration Review Tribunal to review the basis on which his visa was withdrawn.

Danny Kennedy, Greenpeace campaigns director, said: "The burden of proof in the Scott Parkin expulsion case lies morally with the Commonwealth, to prove that he is a danger. When the Government brought in anti-terror legislation, they promised the public that these laws would only be used to confront a real and present risk of a terrorist attack, not a sweep-all approach against citizens. Peace is not terrorism. Peace is not a threat to national security. No democratic government should expel a foreign citizen because [it] opposes his political opinions."

Protests against the detention and deportation of Scott Parkin have taken place outside the Melbourne custody centre today, as well as in Sydney.


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Talk:US peace activist to be deported from Australia

There is a typo in the headline... 'ant-terrorism' ... and inconsistent capitalisation. Are these the same laws that had a recent article? How can someone be detained under proposed laws? I suspect he was detained under existing and probably years old laws. He has not been deported; he is still in country and has due process. Here's a quote from Ruddock: "...there are provisions by which the decisions can be challenged if people are inclined to do that."

That's from Auntie: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1457737.htm another source http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/outcry-over-plan-to-deport-activist-as-a-security-threat/2005/09/11/1126377205181.html

Brisbane Peace Convergence media release
Is this source available online? I haven't been able to find it by searching? If it doesn't exist online a registered Wikinews contributer at least needs to state that they have it, and preferably place a copy onto the talk page. - Borofkin 07:22, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Article name
I've changed the article name to US peace activist to be deported from Australia. Mr Parkin is yet to be deported, and also he was arrested under standard immigration regulations that allow the government to declare a person of bad character, or a threat to public order, or whatever. It appears from the sources that this occurred because of some kind of a security assessment, however there are no details yet. - Borofkin 07:51, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Appeal lodged
added this section and sources, plus mentioned the protests in Sydney and Melbourne. Also added detail on the workshop he was about to give in Melbourne, and the sponsoring organisations --Tirin 10:29, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Nice work. This has become quite a good article. - Borofkin 03:11, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Fairness?
the article reads like the propaganda found on protest websites - needs more government sources (perhaps say the Dep for Immigration or even Sen. vanstone if possible) regardless could be a lot more impartial
 * On the day that I worked on the article I checked the Department of Immigration website for media releases, but there weren't any. I searched many source articles for comments from the minister, but the best I could do was the comments from Phillip Ruddock. If you are able to find comments from Vanstone justifying her actions I encourage you to add them to the article. - Borofkin 01:27, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Also note that all this article does is report on what various people have said. So far the arrest and planned deportation has been widely criticised, and not supported publically by anyone. - Borofkin 01:30, 15 September 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:69.88.31.161

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User talk:Paul Knox~enwikinews

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England win the Ashes

September 12, 2005

England's cricket team have won The Ashes with a draw in the final test.

England won the series 2-1, with the other two tests drawn. Australia won the first Test comfortably, but the Second Test saw England level the series with a two run victory that was the narrowest win in Ashes history. The third Test ended in a draw (with England one wicket away from a win), and England narrowly won the fourth Test in Nottingham by three wickets after the English enforced follow on after a poor first innings by Australia.

The fifth and final Test started on 8 September at the Oval in London. It entered its final day evenly balanced with all results still possible and the destination of the urn still in doubt. Australia needed to win to force a 2-2 series draw and retain the Ashes; any other result would give them to England, ending 18 years and eight series of Australian dominance. In the end, England managed to bat out the final day, and a draw ensured the Ashes were coming back to England.

Kevin Pietersen and Ashley Giles hit personal bests of 158 and 59 respectively, to bat out the best part of the last day. Pieterson's 158 was his maiden test century, and included 7 sixes. Early in the day, Australia looked to be in with a chance of winning the match, with early wickets leaving England at 67 for 3. Giles and Pietersen's century partnership, though, left Australia with no hope of catching England in the remains of the day, sealing England's Ashes win since 1987.

England's next Tests will be an away series in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the world champions Australia will play an ICC World XI (which inclues Kevin Pietersen, Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff) in the Johnnie Walker Super Series in early October.

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User talk:85.210.146.211

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FEMA accused of misusing trained disaster workers as public-relations workers

September 12, 2005

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is being criticized for misallocation of personnel in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. FEMA representatives said they requested volunteers from fire departments around the U.S., to handle its community relations campaign. However, a document FEMA sent to local fire departments asked for firefighters with very specific skills and who were capable of working in "austere conditions". Fire departments around the nation responded by sending crews to the FEMA staging ground in Atlanta. Some of these crews were unaware that they were only going to be used for public relations work. Others, however, merely hoped that FEMA would allocate them to rescue and damage control operations once it saw their qualifications.

The firefighter's objections are particularly poignant as one of FEMA public relations training seminars coincided with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin plea for firefighters on national television, to relieve his own exhausted crews. It is unclear if FEMA's request for firefighters prevented any municipalities from responding to Mayor Nagin's request.

Some firefighters have objected to their use as FEMA public relations officers because their municipalities must bear the cost of their salaries, as well as endure reduced firefighting capacity. FEMA has stated that it sought to use firefighters to avoid background checks required of federal employees.

Firefighters began receiving their assignments Monday, September 5th. Among these was a crew of 50 assigned to tour the devastated areas with President Bush and the press.


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UK Chancellor blames OPEC for oil crisis, refuses to cut fuel tax

September 11, 2005

The United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown blamed oil producers from OPEC for oil prices surge in the BBC's Sunday AM programme. Mr Brown accused 'the cartel' of the lack of reaction on China's rising oil demand. He said that he wanted OPEC to increase supplies by the end of the month.

However, the Chancellor insisted that the government would not ease the tax on fuel, saying that the price surge is "a global challenge that demands global measures". He admitted the situation is as serious as it was in 1970s oil crisis, but added that the slump can be avoided due to stability and low inflation rate of the British economy.

Mr Brown will probably have to face country-wide protests on high fuel prices. The protesters from the Fuel Lobby give the government three days to meet them to discuss lowering the fuel tax, then they threat refinery demonstrations and motorway go-slows.


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Koizumi wins electoral mandate for postal reform

September 12, 2005

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is set to win the election that has resulted from the previous dissolution of half the legislature over privatization and reform of the Japanese postal system. The Japanese postal system deals with post and banking and life insurance services as well, and Koizumi earlier proposed legislation to divide the postal system and to privatize it, which failed, with governing Liberal Democrat members crossing the floor on the issue. Koizumi then dissolved the lower house in order to gain a mandate for the reforms.

Polls have predicted Koizumi will win this election by a landslide, permitting the Liberal Democrats to govern without any alliances. The opposition Democratic Party leader Katsuya Okada has said he will resign if the election was lost.

There have also been reports of electoral "assassins", attractive candidates, who were intended to push out the rebel Government ministers who helped defeat the postal reform bills.


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Katrina raised gas prices higher than ever

September 11, 2005

The retail price of gasoline has risen higher than ever in the wake of. The losses from the deadly hurricane include the destruction of oil refineries all around the Mexican Gulf area, and resulted in a cut of nearly 11 percent of U.S. refining capacity.

It is estimated that 897,605 barrels of oil production has been curtailed, an amount which accounts for nearly 59.8% percent of the Gulf of Mexico's total daily output. Since Katrina, 17.1 million barrels have not been produced. There were 122 oil platforms shut down, out of 819 platforms in the Gulf.

The national average retail price for gas was $3.04 on Sunday. This exceeds the previous inflation-adjusted record of $3.03, set in March of 1981.

The survey was published by Trilby Lundberg, who publishes such surveys semi-monthly.

These prices are all "thanks to Katrina," said Lundberg.

Lundberg also says that prices could drop in the next few weeks, as the hurricane damaged areas are repaired, and less gas is being purchased nationwide because of lowered demand due to higher prices.


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User talk:Brent Dax/Main Page

This is a semi-proposal for a new Main Page layout. (I say "semi" because I'm not entirely happy with it.) The basic ideas are:

 * Emphasis shift: With the new layout, the main page's emphasis is more on the content, rather than the site itself. This seems better to me.
 * "News" in the left column, "Wikinews" in the right: separate the things Wikinewsies care about from the things casual visitors would.
 * Keep similar things together: I always hated how there were three lead articles, none of which were anywhere near the others (when you looked at it from a scrolling standpoint).
 * Get interesting-looking stuff above the bottom of the page: we want to grab visitors' attention, and the way to do that is with interesting text and pictures. The long lists of links are mostly off-screen.
 * Make original reporting more prominent: We want to encourage this stuff, right?

There are still a few issues I have with this layout, mainly because I wanted to keep using the same underlying templates:
 * I don't like the "Featured story" on the third lead.
 * I'd prefer to have fewer days of news on the page. This might also allow the weather to move into the left column, where it probably belongs.
 * I'm really not sure what to do with the list of countries; at the moment it's at the bottom, but I don't really like that.
 * There is some extra spacing above the second and third leads that should be removed.

Let me know. —Brent Dax (talk) 00:25, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

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Bush approval rating sinks to 38%

September 12, 2005

A new Newsweek poll shows that President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 38%. The drop comes largely in response to the Bush Administration's -- and in particular, FEMA's -- inability to handle the recent rescue and recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana.

The poll also shows that 57% of people have lost faith in the Administration's ability to handle a natural disaster. 52% do not feel Bush has the ability to make good decisions in a time of crisis.

The poll of 1,009 people, which has a margin of error of 4%, also showed that the country is still split on issues such as dealing with terrorism, Homeland Security, and military action in Iraq. An overwhelming 66% are not satisfied with the current direction of the country.

The combination of the above issues are likely contributing to President Bush's declining approval rating. The strong and vocal criticism from Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans may be one factor in the near-term decline. Nagin has given a number of publicized interviews during the recovery crisis, and the following is from the Sunday, September 11 broadcast of MSNBC Meet The Press:

MR. RUSSERT: What's the biggest mistake you made?

MAYOR NAGIN: My biggest mistake is having a fundamental assumption that in the state of Louisiana, with an $18 billion budget, in the country of the United States that can move whole fleets of aircraft carriers across the globe in 24 hours, that my fundamental assumption was get as many people to safety as possible, and that the cavalry would be coming within two to three days, and they didn't come.

Responding to public criticism, President Bush stated he intends "to lead an investigation to find out what went right and what went wrong." The U.S. Congress is expected to investigate the disaster response on the local, state, and federal level as soon as is practical.

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Talk:Bush approval rating sinks to 38%

September 2005
I think that if the Mayor Nagin interview quote is going to be included, there needs to be a more-clear transition into that aspect and its impact on the President's approval rating. I'm sure there's some good way of doing that while still maintaining NPOV. As it stands, however, the article seems to jump from poll to an interview with Mayor Nagin, and while the relationship may seem obvious to those of us who have been following this news closely, I think some transition is warranted none-the-less. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anthony Pearson (talk • contribs) 04:18, 12 September 2005

 * I understand the concern raised above. Clueless how to make a smooth transition from the poll results to the Nagin quote. The quote was added to contribute more context to this story. -Edbrown05 04:28, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

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edit protected Please add this article to Category:MSNBC. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 13:09, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 14:26, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

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Bush sinking pol
Hi! My thought with the poll story was it is extremely 'new' news (and very limited in scope). So is the NSNBC interview very new news. The whole 'shebang' could sit in 'Developing stories' until it was 'Not news'. Or get published. I respect your, and all other's, views, so if you think it should go back to, by all means do so. -Edbrown05 04:52, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:FEMA head relieved of duties

September 2005
Wouldn't a picture of Michael Chertoff be more relevant than Thad Allen? The headline says FEMA chief relived - and then we see a picture of Allen (not FEMA chief as one would immediately suspect). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.172.169.15 (talk • contribs) 06:31, 12 September 2005

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edit protected Please add this article to Category:Time (magazine) and localize a link of the same name. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 13:13, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * addressed. --Pi zero (talk) 03:06, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:202.63.56.57

Welcome
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Second night of violence in Belfast

September 12, 2005

A second night of rioting on Sunday night and into Monday morning has taken place in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland, with loyalist mobs attacking police, hijacking vehicles and setting them alight.

A crowd of about 700 gathered on the Albertbridge road in the east of the city, where police were attacked. A mob of about 100 attacked police in the north of the city, and in the west of the city, a police station was attacked with a blast bomb (homemade grenade).

A digger was used to take out streetlighting before the disorder, with some of the street left in darkness. It is also believed that an ATM was removed by the digger. The police and army came under attack as they moved in to retrieve the items and respond.

Cars were hijacked and set alight in a number of locations. A more serious incident occurred in Bangor, some distance east of Belfast in County Down where a bus was hijacked. Passengers were ordered off the vehicle before being robbed, and the bus set alight, blocking a road.

Baton rounds were again fired by police and the army, with the army also firing one live round. A suspect was shot and apprehended in this incident, and they are to be charged with attempted murder.

The previous night's riots were the worst seen in Northern Ireland for many years, and a first for involving live fire at police during a public disorder incident.

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Irish dancing record broken in Cork

September 10, 2005

On Saturday 10, 2005, the world record for the largest performance of the Siege of Ennis, an Irish folk dance, was set in Cork, Ireland. It was organised by the Triskel Arts Centre and the local newspaper Evening Echo, and was part of the city's tenure as European Capital of Culture.

It beat the previous record set in Dublin, Ohio. This attempt was sponsored by Michael Flatley.

The record breaking attempt was immediately followed by an actual dance.

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Talk:Katrina raised gas prices higher than ever

Hmmmm. I'm in Blacksburg, VA, USA, and gas prices are lower today. They were 3.25 or so last week and 2.95 yesterday. --Aciel 14:03, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Misleading article title
This article title is misleading. As of Sept 11 (the date of the article), prices have been dropping. Maybe a better title is "Katrina rose gas prices higher than ever". You can't wait days after the peak and then claim "higher than ever" - makes the article inaccurate. - Texture 14:45, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

It is not only misleading, it's not in English! Hope someone has the authority to edit titles here!
 * intransitive verb: to rise, rose, risen; to move upward
 * transitive verb: to raise, raised; to lift, to cause to rise up

 * You too could have that authority. Just register an account (it only takes 30 seconds) and you can rename whatever page you like :) --Deprifry 16:41, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * It may have been a while since I took a proper English course, but I am certain that the anonymous English lesson posted above is correct. Therefore, as a registered acct user, I would change title from "Katrina rose gas prices higher than ever" to "Katrina raised gas prices higher than ever" but when I try to edit the page, I can only edit the text and not the headline.  Yes, I'm new here.  --Dymaxion 17:05, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Take a look at the top of the article. To the right of the "edit this page"-button, you see "history" and "rename" :). Clicking there will get you to a special page where you can enter a new name for the article. --Deprifry 17:31, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Destruction of Refineries?
"The losses from the deadly hurricane include the destruction of oil refineries all around the Mexican Gulf area,"

I was under the impression that most refiniries were knocked off line or taken of their moorings. Serious but not as permanent as the word destruction implies.

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Panic-buying as petrol protests sweep Britain

September 14, 2005

Long queues are forming outside UK petrol stations as motorists rush to buy fuel ahead of protests against fuel tax.

Consumer groups such as 'The Fuel Lobby', the group behind the fuel protests in 2000, have given conflicting reports on plans to blockade refineries to prevent supply of petrol stations. Action started at 6am this morning, with a low turnout of protesters at refineries. Further protests are planned at forecourts and on various roads for the remainder of the week. Welsh protesters plan a 20mph rolling roadblock on the M4 motorway, starting at 7am on Friday, September 16.

The government has told the public there are enough petrol supplies to last for 80 days, but petrol stations themselves may be set to run out much faster as large numbers of people fill up their tanks in anticipation of shortages. An eyewitness has said that as well as filling up their vehicle tanks, people are taking spare tanks.

Bill Johnson, a petrol station manager in Cornwall, told the Guardian that he found it necessary to restrict petrol supplies to account holders only. He said: "They were shouting, 'You fucking bastards, I've got to get to work.' It wasn't pretty, people are just getting greedy."

Matthew Carrington of the Petrol Retailers' Association called on Gordon Brown to reduce tax. "His tax take goes up as the price goes up, " he said.


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Synagogues burn as Palestinians rejoice over Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip

September 12, 2005

On Monday, the Israeli army withdrew from the Gaza Strip. Palestinians rejoiced over this occasion, with Mahmoud Abbas saying that "This is a day of happiness and joy that the Palestinian people have not witnessed for a century."

The 38 years of Israeli presence in the Gaza strip have officially ended.

Palestinians were overjoyed at the sight of the burning synagogues, planting flags in the midst of it all, and shouting cries of independence. Teenagers set fire to a few synagogues, letting out anger at Israel's occupation.

The fires did little damage to the concrete structures, but Abbas said that the Palestinians planned to destroy them fully.

Palestinian police admitted that there was not much they could or would do to stop this.

Last year, the Israeli cabinet had planned to destroy the synagogues, but this Sunday, under pressure from religious Jewish organizations, it reversed its decision. Palestinians were angry at the cabinet's Sunday vote.

The synagogues, as well as all community structures, including community centers, schools, and sports facilites, are the only physical remnants of the Israeli Gaza Strip presence since all residential structures have been destroyed.


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Hong Kong Disneyland opens to the public

September 12, 2005 The Walt Disney Company and the government of Hong Kong officially opened the world's eleventh Disney theme park, Hong Kong Disneyland, today at 13:00PM local time.

The park, located in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, is the major attraction at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which also features two luxurious hotels and a recreational lake with stunning views of local Hong Kong scenery, unlike previous Disney theme parks.

Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, and vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, Tung Chee-hwa, were present at the ceremony, as were joint Walt Disney CEOs Michael Eisner and Bob Iger, among a host of Disney Imagineers who helped design and create the park.

The park has been criticised for its apparent lack of attractions compared to the other Disney theme parks around the world, but senior show designer for the park, Tom Morris, told journalists that the Imagineers had left much room around the park for expansion, and if all goes well financially, much construction will be going on in the next few years.

Sixteen thousand guests attended the park today, and officials expect five million will follow in the next year. Over seventy percent of all visitors will come from Hong Kong and mainland China.


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Talk:Synagogues burn as Palestinians rejoice over Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip

I highly doubt that Israeli troops would burn down synagogues. Please provide sources for that --Deprifry 16:12, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

You doubt it? It's in all of the news networks; Israel actually burned down a couple of synagogues in Gaza as they were leaving, after all of the religious objects had been removed. The Palestinians didn't want any Israeli structures remaining in Gaza. --Ari S.

 * Yes I do. Israel is on contrary refusing to demolish synagogues, much to the dislike of the PA. Now Palestinians are burning them down. Could you please provide a link for the allegations stated in the article? --Deprifry 20:54, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * i have searched around and can't find any source for the fact that Israeli troops burned any synagogues when leaving. the palestinians certainly set fire to them once they entered, but nowhere it is mentioned some were already on fire or such, something im sure would be said if it was the fact. it wouldn't make sense that israel would do this as they clearly stated they wanted them protected by the palestian authority, something they of course aren't able to do. Boneyard 11:47, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I took out all the disputed parts, since the author has not provided sources which support his claims. I also added links, categories, and a pic.  I renamed it, and then somebody else renamed it to a much longer name. StuRat 22:56, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Did you read my sourced articles? I thought the disputed facts were in them; if not, it's a misunderstanding of the text. Ari S. 13 September 2005

 * The first source seems to direct us to a section lead story in Yahoo!, which is changed periodically. Therefore, the story there now is not the one you tried to refer us to.  Please fix that link to point to the article directly.  The second article could be misunderstood to mean Israel set the fire, but then clarifies things in the next sentence:

"Thousands of celebrating Palestinians thronged through Neve Dekalim on early Monday just after Israeli soldiers withdrew, setting fire to a building that just last month served as a rabbinical college for Jewish settlers.

There were similar scenes throughout Gaza as Palestinians headed straight for empty synagogues Israel had decided to leave intact."

 * If you find sources that support the view that Israelis set the fire, let me know to take another look. StuRat 03:42, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I have now changed the first source to point at the article which I believe you had in mind. It does not, however, say Israel burned down any synagogues. It says "On Sunday, the Israeli Cabinet reversed itself, voting not to destroy the synagogue buildings." StuRat 04:04, 14 September 2005 (UTC)


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EBay to acquire Skype

September 12, 2005 Online US-based auction company eBay, the world's largest online marketplace, agreed to buy Voice-over-IP (VoIP) firm Skype, the company providing the most popular internet telephony service, for $2.6 billion USD in cash, stock, and rewards, and may pay a further $1.5 billion if the company's financial targets are met in 2007 and 2008.

Skype technology is to be introduced on eBay's website, allowing sellers to receive calls or leads from the sites users, for a fee.

It is the biggest acquisition in eBay's history. The company hopes to diversify its profit sources and gain popularity in areas where Skype holds a strong position, such as China, Eastern Europe, and Brazil.

EBay expects to cut 2006 earnings per share by $0.12 due to the acquisition.

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