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May 28, 2009 At 10:34 UTC (4:34 p.m. local time) Wednesday, a Russian carrier rocket launched from  at the  in Kazakhstan, with the  spacecraft, on a  to the  (ISS).

Aboard were three crew members,  of the  (RSA), Belgian  of the  (ESA) and  of the  (CSA). The launch was almost cancelled due to strong winds and the threat of swine flu carried by a journalist however, the flight was just delayed by eight hours. "The Russians do a magnificent record of taking people to space and back. They don't have a launch window, they don't have launch date, they have a launch second," said Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut.

It will be a two day journey to the ISS with the crew expecting to arrive on Friday. Then there will be six crew members aboard the ISS who will represent all five global space agencies; (NASA),, RSA, ESA and CSA.

Thirsk will spend six months aboard the ISS, "It's only in those situations where you are able to realize what your own weakness and strengths are and the weaknesses and strengths of your astronaut colleagues as well, and then work as a team to meet everyone's needs."

Romanenko follows his father's footsteps, Yuri Romanenko, into space. DeWinne will become the ISS commander in October following. "It is quite an achievement," said, "He represents Europe, he represents Belgium, he represents international collaboration for peaceful application of science."


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Bankruptcy for U.S. automaker GM becomes almost certain after bondholder offers fail

May 28, 2009 The United States automobile manufacturing firm General Motors announced on Wednesday that most of its bondholders did not exchange GM's US$27 billion debt for a ten percent share in the company's stock. The automaker, in financial straits, has a June 1 deadline to finish a government plan that includes plant closures and other debt reduction measures. U.S. President Barack Obama's administration said it would not give more financial aid to the firm unless 90% of GM's bondholders would agree on compromises that would significantly reduce the firm's costs.

"The principal amount of notes tendered was substantially less than the amount required by GM to satisfy the debt reduction requirement," GM said in a statement.

"They said no. That's it. They tried. That's why they're going to have to file for bankruptcy," said a university professor from the University of Michigan who specializes in bankruptcy.


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Israel's Knesset considers 'loyalty' law

May 28, 2009

The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has initially voted in favor of two bills, the "Loyalty Oath Law" and the "Nakba Law", both of which have sparked major controversy and are aimed at Palestinians living in Israel who are critical of Israeli policies in the occupied territories.

The first law, the 'Loyalty Oath Law', makes any "call to negate Israel's existence as a Jewish and democratic state, where the content of such publication would have a reasonable possibility of causing an act of hatred, disdain or disloyalty" a criminal offense punishable with imprisonment of up to one year. Naomi Chazan, president of the liberal New Israel Fund called the bill an "attempt to trample on the feelings of pain of Israeli Arabs".

The second law, the 'Nakba Law', makes marking the Nakba illegal. The Nakba is commemorated in the Arab world as marking the day when Palestinians were dispossessed of their lands for the creation of the Israeli state.

Another law proposed this week, by the Yisrael Beiteinu party, requires a citation of a loyalty oath to Israel in order to gain a compulsory identification card.

During the debate on the initial Loyalty Oath Law in the Knesset its proponents faced serious attacks from the opposition. Ronnie Bar-On of Kadima asserted existing law sufficed, and disdained the new legislation, saying, "You want to punish people for talking? Soon, will you want to punish for thoughts?"

The bills have all passed initial readings, but have to be further voted upon and passed to a committee review before taking effect as legislation.


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Fox News: GM Plunges Below $1; Lowest Close Since '33
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This law is aimed at making political debate impossible. Israelis can not have political freedom and face being put in jail because a comment can be interpreted a certain way. I urge everyone to fight against this undemocratic proposal and not only keep it from seeing daylight but punish the overzealous politicians who proposed it. 72.146.170.209 (talk) 10:10, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Can we concentrate on getting the article finished first please? It isn't even published yet. If you've any additional sources that tend to back up your opinion add them on the article's collaboration tab, thanks! --Brian McNeil / talk 10:14, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Loyalty Law?
Good idea. Pity we didn't ask Omar Bakri for this when we allowed him to stay in the UK.

Oxymore
'a Jewish and democratic state'. How can it be? if there is a 'Jewish state', then this is a racial one, so it cannot be 'democratic' too. I wonder why, after Obama's meeteing, Israel is pushing still with that Apartheid policy. Add to that the proibition of Nabka and you'll have a totalist state. After all, with mr. Lieberman there is not much surprise. It's a shame.--Erik455 (talk) 18:48, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * So all the "christian" states in Western Europe and North America are racist? And its not Apartheid when Israeli Arabs have the same rights as Jewish Israeli. And what dos Hamas want? Oh Genocide.--66.229.26.39 (talk) 22:36, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well Hamas has agreed to the two state solution...so by that logic does it make Israel the genocidal ones? Soapy (talk) 00:05, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well Soapy what dos Hamas charter say?--66.229.17.49 (talk) 00:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hamas spokesmen have stated many times that they accept the two state solution...so yeah a document crafted 20 years ago is not as relevant as what hamas officials have been repeating for the last 10 years, namely that they accept the two state solution along with Iran and Hezbollah the Arab League and the rest of the world. Unlike the U.S and Israel however.Soapy (talk) 02:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * So why doesn't Hamas update their documents? And the US has long been for a two state solution. --SVTCobra 02:32, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Past documents superseded by later documents, later statements, later actions. That is natural. Besides, the "documents" mentioned here are pale wiki approximations and not exactly the fresh pen work of some supreme leader. 68.222.134.38 (talk) 03:32, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The U.S in favor of a two state solution? Is that why every year when the matter of a two state settlement is voted on in the UN the U.S has voted against the two state settlement.  There has been a vote, every year for the past 30 or so years, the matter in questoin is termed "Peaceful Settlement on Resolving the Israel-Palestine Question".  And every year it's the whole world on one side, and the U.S and Israel on the other.  So in 2008 the vote was 164 in favor, and the U.S, Israel, Australia, Micronesia, Palu, Nauru and the Marshall Islands against.  The U.S has no interest in the two-state settlement.  Maybe they do think Palestine should have a state in a phone booth somewhere, but if they really cared all they'd do is simply threaten to withdraw aid from Israel and Israel would accept the settlement in a heartbeat.Soapy (talk) 16:54, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

The two state solution is great, but for the Arabs who decide to stay on their familial land now inside Israel, they are being made into second class citizens due to no fault of their own. The comparison with supposed christian Europe is disingenuous at best since only the Vatican city-state comes close in severity to this extreme "jewish israel" ideal. Racist rhetoric does nothing but show the speakers are racists so no go there. 72.146.170.209 (talk) 01:14, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Exactly. There is NO a Swedish state, nor a ortodox state nothing of that. If Israel is becaming a 'Jewish State' then there is no doubt of the shifting, execially if in the Israel government is now Avigor Lieberman, a ultra-extremist that even proposed to bomb (with nukes) Gaza and Assuan dam. But Vatican state had not 73 ONU resolution against, it has no 10.000 politic prisoneer inside his undergrounds. What Israel is becaming is what guys like Mandela or Desmod Tutu said, an Apartheid even worse than the Southafrican one. Now, IF arab-israel will be kicked off from Israel or will be subdues with sub-citizens rules, Israel will be deserved to be the next, new pariah state. Despite the madmen in N.Korea, is Israel that is a NUCLEAR POWER and can bomb to hashes half Europe if they like to. Our 'friends', of course. Let's stop support to Israel before it will too late (for israeli too, they are living in a madhouse now)--Erik455 (talk) 14:58, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There is no Swedish state? What is Sweden then? --SVTCobra 02:41, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Since you do not see the actual detail involved here, then tell me how Sweden only allows ethnic Swedes full citizenship and restricts the housing of all "refugee" native inhabitants. That is the distinction here. Unless Sweden is THAT type of Swedish state then it does not matter. 68.222.134.38 (talk) 03:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems to me that Sweden at least has an actual state religion aka Church of Sweden.--SVTCobra 03:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * In modern times that basically means there might be a box to check on your taxes to optionally donate to the church. More of a left over of old traditions than guiding principle for domestic policies. Again, a huge distinction with what this establishes. 68.222.134.38 (talk) 03:44, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Exactly. To have a 'state religion' don't makes necessary a teocracy. If yes, then Japan (Shintoism) or GB (Anglicans) must be placed in the same league of Iran. That's matters. The problem, here, is that -as always- Zionists plays the usual game: mixing 'religion' (Hebraism), State (Israel), people (jews). So, if you criticize Israel you'll be 'antisemytic'. Well, with this way, if one criticized Hitler or Nazis, then he was 'anti-german'? I am not against Woody Allen, nor against Uri Avnery or David Grossman. But it's not my fault if Israel's mad leadership is doing all they can to establish a clear and net 'racial State', in which there are jews and sub-human (arabs). Israel's leadership has already said to Obama, that they will never stop the building of settlements in the 'Palestine'. Settlers in Hebron are a little minority and despite this, they have almost all the water available. They have swimming pool while 100,000 arabs languish all around. Just tell me how hell a Palestian state will be ever built, if the settlements (populated by ultra-hortodox extremists) will be there. It's a joke wishing to the 'Two State solution'. The only way is to quit the BS of 'Great (Jewish) Israel' and build a sort of Switzerland with ONE STATE, TWO NATIONS.--Erik455 (talk) 13:52, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I wish
we can have a Loyalty law in the US. Then maybe we can kick out Westboro Baptist Church.--KDP3 (talk) 22:40, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Great Loyalty Oath Crusade
Captain Black, anyone?--72.209.8.195 (talk) 00:20, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, great bookSoapy (talk) 16:55, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Fascist?
A friend of mine comments: "You'd think the group most affected by fascism would be more cautious to moving towards it..." Ha! -Victor Sheckels
 * It truly is ironic that Israel is slowly but surely becoming basically a nazi state. This time it'll be the jews in power, with everyone else considered untermensch.  "What goes around, comes around."  However, if you can't pay back at the original perpetrators, at who will you exact that payback?  The next weakest kids on the block.—88.112.229.237 (talk) 09:49, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


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Israel's Knesset considers 'loyalty' law
I have made some changes to this article, can you check I'm right on the last bit? That is, that all three bills have passed initial readings, and that each has to pass one vote (to give the three you previously mentioned) before going to committee. The way previously worded it wasn't clear, as if each law had to be voted on three times. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:12, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

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RE: Original Reportage: I was on the protest, taking photographs which are linked to, and gathering information. Some notes and recordings were taken. I also gained information from the police forward intelligence (see the part about CO11) by requesting a form 5454 from them. I can email these to whomever would be able to verify. Jules.--Juleshs31 (talk) 14:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Original Reporting
sorry i will be unable to upload the or evidence until sun at the latest, due to a technical problem on my end. apologies --Juleshs31 (talk) 18:11, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * When you are able to upload or send the information, send it to scoop@wikinewsie.org Any of our active accredited reporters will receive the e-mail. In the mean time, I think this can be reviewed. I will do so unless anyone has objections. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:06, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * My key objection is that this was borderline stale when it was started. It's now a full week past the actual event. If it isn't published sometime tomorrow - with OR notes here and/or emailed to scoop (esp unnamed source stuff) then it should probably be labelled stale. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:45, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

 * I have sent OR evidence to the scoop email for review::: --Juleshs31 (talk) 14:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The OR notes haven't turned up for me at [mailto:scoop@wikinewsie.org scoop]. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:04, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Just to add to that, if you've email from what appears in the article as an "Unnamed source" please highlight this if sent as an OR note - we don't want anyone blowing your source's cover accidentally. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I got them. I forwarded them to you brian. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 15:08, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Timeliness
I find it difficult to publish an article on an event that took place so long ago. Even if we stretch our limits to include original reporting, this seems stale as it is from May 23, and per above, we still don't have the notes. --SVTCobra 00:51, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

 * RE: Stale, information re:arrests from source found through OR only thurs, day article was written. Ah, sorry upon rereading you have taken that into account. I have added fresh information regarding the pressure groups upcoming action just now as well as a new development in union affiliation--Juleshs31 (talk) 14:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


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Scotland Yard protest
Hi, I've just looked at your Scotland Yard article. Unfortunately it's too old to run as news, unless you can update it with more facts from the past 2-3 days...it's too bad, it's a good article. Thanks. --Killing Vector (talk) 21:52, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

 * If you only obtained the information yesterday that's fine. But, we'd prefer it if your original research notes were more complete.

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 * You don't have to break anyone's confidence but we have to find a way to balance anonymity with verifiability of sources...you've taken on quite an article for your first story. Once you've got a few under your belt you can apply for accreditation.

 * One final note, Wiki markup means you don't have to include HTML tags. Check out W:Wikipedia:How to edit a page for instructions on basic markup. --Killing Vector (talk) 10:53, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

 * I've done some cleanup & editing on the article but there are three points I'd like to raise. One is that your photo Image:UPLOAD_UCAPV_RALLY_NSY.jpg has conflicting permissions. In one place you list it as CC-BY-SA-3.0, our preferred license, but in the permissions box you have them as CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0. Non-commercial and non-distribute Creative Commons work can't be used by Wikinews, so if you'd like the photo to go into the article you'll have to drop that license. Secondly, your paragraph beginning "As the speeches ended, activists set up a sound system...", I'm not sure where you're going with that. Were police supposed to have closed that road in the agreement the march made with the police? Finally, this is a well-written article overall. I do have to ask, just to be sure, whether you were taking part in the march or just observing; Wikinews's code of ethics says that you can't both take part in and report on a protest event. Thanks. --Killing Vector (talk) 11:20, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Temp Accreditation
I have passed your accreditation request for tomorrow-look forward to seeing the finished piece! As I said at AR, please request permanent accreditation after. Good luck!   Tris   19:37, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Tristan, all went well on the action. Have finished article and tagged for review, photos to be added tommorrow. Was a bit boring compared to prev. years where they've got into the building or the roof and unfurled huge banners etc. The older hippies were a little more sedate this time. :) --Juleshs31 (talk) 20:59, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Username change
Hi! Just in case you didn't notice, I have one question i need you to answer before I can rename your account, see this. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  15:19, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

A trophy for you!
Thanks for all you help on Thursday! Cocoaguy (talk) 05:11, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Aw shucks, thanks. Thanks for the OR and photos at the scene :p --JulesMattsson (talk) 12:43, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Accreditation Request
OK, all closed up now-sorry about the delay!! You'll need to ask Brian for the @wikinewsie.org email address which I imagine would be useful and access to the closed wiki as well. If you want the press pass to go on your userpage just give me a shout and I'll find it. Hope it's useful!   Tris   22:54, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Tristan, okay i'll drop a note on request wikinewsie account page, would you be able to send me the accredited reporter box thingy? I'm not entirely sure where it is, thanks. Also, do I need to add myself to the accredited list or do you or somebody else do that? As you can tell, my background is in journalism and not wikis :p Thanks, --JulesMattsson (talk) 23:14, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Just to note, i've created an account at the wikinewsie wiki for you. Check your email for the random password. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:58, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Shiny, thanks. --JulesMattsson (talk) 23:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Haven't received it yet, but that may just be a delay on my end. Just to confirm; was it sent to julesmattsson+wn[at]googlemail/gmail[dot]com? --JulesMattsson (talk) 00:06, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, scratch that. Have had an email from BrianMC. Thanks --JulesMattsson (talk) 00:41, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure I entered that email (and double-checked), but maybe I made a mistake? Did you manage to get in? Tempodivalse [talk]  01:01, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * No, but i've had an email from BrianMC confirming the email adress, I think he seems to be doing it. --JulesMattsson (talk) 01:16, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

'''If you have trouble with the code/putting it on your user page, give me a shout. You don't have to fill in all the details if you don't want to.   Tris   11:26, 4 January 2010 (UTC)'''
 * OK, here's the code for the box-just copy and paste it, with the correct details added in. I'll add you to the list of accredited reporters.
 * Okay, thanks, I'll try and work out the code :p --JulesMattsson (talk) 11:28, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Hi Jules, slight problem with the wikinewsie account. Check the requests page for an explanation of the dilemma. Basically, i can't access your account so it's impossible for me to change the specified email address. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:30, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've come up with a workaround for the problem, check the requests page for my suggestion and tell me what you think. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  17:49, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

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Credential_verification is lacking a user id. Go hit up Special:Preferences and tell me what your user id is. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 04:12, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry for the late reply. I'm currently kneck deep in exams. Well my user ID is 128833. But has something happened to my accreditation on this account? Am I not supposed to be a 'member' of the accredited reporters user group, but according to prefs. I am only in "Member of groups: Autoconfirmed users, Users" --JulesMattsson (talk) 09:46, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

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Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate?
We've created the Writing contest 2013, which will start on April 1 and end on June 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 contest. It would be a really great time for you, as an inactive Wikinews accredited reporter, to renew your credentials by doing some original reporting or conducting interviews. People should be around to interview to prevent a backlog, and several reviewers have access to scoop to make it easier to review any original reporting you do. If you are interested in signing up, please do so on Writing contest 2013/entrants. There is at least one prize on offer for the winner along with the opportunity to earn some barn stars as a way of thanking you for your participation. :D --LauraHale (talk) 10:25, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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Protesters against police violence surround London's Scotland Yard

May 30, 2009 Protesters against police violence marched Saturday, May 23, from Trafalgar Square to New Scotland Yard in central London. The protest, organized by the United Campaign Against Police Violence (UCAPV) and with the support of several UK trade unions and activist groups, including from the 6th largest UK trade union; the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).

Protesters marched against police violence in the UK, including as perpetrated by riot police against activist activities and by other police towards members of black and ethnic minority communities. The protest also called for an end to containment of protesters by police on demonstrations, a controversial tactic known as "Kettling" and for freedom to protest without intervention by police.

The march began in Trafalgar Square, central London, where police and private security attempted to move the rallying protesters, but did not succeed. Protesters marched on towards New Scotland Yard; the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, passing Downing Street and Parliament in the Palace of Westminster, encountering minor police resistance and cheering Tamil Tigers protesters in Parliament Square as they marched past.

Slogans chanted throughout the march included "No Justice; No Peace" and calls for the dissolving of the police Territorial Support Group (TSG), who have allegedly perpetrated acts of serious violence against protesters; a large proportion of the allegations of brutality during the G20 summit protests accuse the TSG. Among these calls were questions of 'How many skulls have you cracked today' and call-and-response of 'Hey Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, The TSG Has Got to Go'.

The procession was accompanied by several police vans, officers on foot and Forward Intelligence Team (FIT) members. Policing of the event was mostly provided by CO11, the Metropolitan Police public order unit.

The protest crossed an SOCPA zone without police permission. Because of the illegality of the protest, it was not facilitated by police. Due to this, the police did not assist with traffic flow or close roads, including the road outside the main entrance to New Scotland Yard where the end rally was held.

The protest ended at the New Scotland Yard building, where activists gradually tried to surround the building by linking arms and hands, although did not succeed in fully encircling it. The attempted "kettling" of the building was followed by speeches from people affected by police violence, including member of the United Friends and Families Campaign, Doreen Bishop, mother of Ricky Bishop who died in police custody in 2001. Also speaking was Sam Rigg-David, representing the Sean Rigg Justice & Change Campaign; Chris Nineham from the Stop The War Coalition; Martin Smith from the Socialist Workers Party and political rap performer/poet Lowkey and many other representatives from campaign groups and those representing affected families and groups.

As speeches ended, protesters held an open mic in the road next to the entrance to the scotland yard building. The road had not been closed and police had allowed traffic to attempt to continue along the road. However towards the end of the rally, protesters blocked 2 coaches from attempting to traverse the road by blocking the roadway, some sitting on the ground.

Three protesters were arrested during the event. Wikinews learned from an anonymous legal observer from the Legal Defence and Monitoring Group on 28 May that one man arrested was believed to have an outstanding warrant following an animal rights activism related offense. A woman, believed to be his girlfriend, was reported to have been arrested for pushing and swearing at police after the male was arrested, and was arrested under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, for causing the police intentional harassment. The third, a man, was believed to have been arrested after allegedly urinating on the wall of the Scotland Yard building, in public view, and was arrested under either section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, for causing the police intentional harassment or for indecent exposure under Section 66 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; reports are unclear as to which.

The three arrested were taking part in the surrounding of Scotland Yard, and were arrested by police on the side of the building away from the main speeches and people; protesters were not aware of this until towards the end. The three are believed to have been taken to Charing Cross police station.

According to the United Campaign against Police Violence; the protest organizers, they will be continuing to protest on this issue, the next protest being on July 10th 2009 outside the office of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Furthermore, according to information released by the UCAPV; the University and College Union (UCU), representing lecturers, has officially affiliated to the campaign nationally.


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This is a strange article. The OPP Commissioner has not lived up to the comments noted in this article. It is May 2009 and the OPP have refused to laid any charges against any natives. Native people have dug up public roads, downed hydro towers, physically assaulted non-natives without any provocation. Check out this document http://www.caledoniawakeupcall.com/canace/HumanCost.pdf No charges have been laid by the OPP even for serious unlawful activities. Non-whites are arrested for very minor infractions or just to move them out of the way with no charges ever being laid. The OPP have not upheld the law as Julian Fantino stated in this 2006 article.


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Over a dozen killed in suicide bombing in Iran

May 28, 2009

At least 15 people have been killed and over 50 more injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in the Iranian city of Zahedan in the province of Baluchestan. The Iranian news agency Fars reports the death toll to be at 20 and 55 injured.

"The bomb exploded at the time of evening prayer and killed a number of worshippers," said the governor general of Baluchestan Province, Ali Mohammad Azad.

Reports also say that a second device, a bomb, was found inside the mosque when rescue workers were searching for victims, but that authorities were able to defuse it.

No group has claimed responsibility though authorities blame militants from Western nations. It was earlier thought that the blast had been due to live ammunition in a 1980's war exhibit being mishandled.

The last time an Iranian mosque was the target of a suicide bombing was in April 2008. A bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Shiraz, injuring over 200 people and killing 13.


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Thursday, May 28, 2009 you are free to express opposition! Today I spoke up and expressed my opposition to having a private corporation take machinery into a sacred space, the terwilliger hot springs also known as cougar hot springs which sits in the middle of the last remaining stretch of old growth forest along the cougar reservoir in the willamette national forest, this space is very sacred and this intrusion is not at all the correct thing to do. They plan on using cement and heavy machinery, this is to be done by HOODOO recreational company (and a private company called STONED MASON company) who has a contract with the us forest service to manage the hot springs and the camp grounds which they do a very poor job at, but to not change the natural quality, but in direct violation of the contract the plan to incorporate an increase in room of these naturally created pools, this is done to increase their revenue stream, so our national forest is being manicured by a non federal but private corporate entity. This is uncalled for, and the spirits are not happy with this event which is to cause a complete shut down public use from today until July 4th when they plan on having their peak in business, yes our national forest is a business venture where visitors are not citizens of earth visiting a sacred natural site, no it is a business and we are no longer free to enjoy what is all of ours to share.When I expressed my opposition I was harassed and my door of my vehicle was kicked, I was threatened with bodily harm by one of the employees of the HOODOO company, I was told to leave and if I did not I would be beaten, they called law enforcement which I met down by the dam, I spoke with the gentle man who was very respectful accept for the fact that he lied to me saying I had camped in restricted area, which is a lie, I was told that I would be arrested for disorderly conduct because I expressed my opposition, I was calm and cooperated he threatened to have my vehicle a motor home searched by K9 police unit, this is illegal. But I am free and the great mother spirit protects me and so I was set free. Great Mother Spirit through a meditation experience where I saw this great change/cleansing this premonition has told me that soon she will slide the whole area and bury the hot springs under several cubic miles of rock and debris, too much disrespect has come to this space and so the soil will be tilled under along with the hot spring which will be diverted to flow out into the lake well below the water line, the result will be so profound that no amount of machinery or effort will allow this space to be used again, this is the will of the Great Mother Spirit to end the intrusion into such a sacred space. this winter a small slide happened and more are to come until the final event which will harm no one as this will occur during a time when a large winter storm will bury the area with several feet of snow pack. great mother spirits puts up with only so much disrespect, the natural processes are all she has to protect her children. Posted by Premana'th Pascal Clere at 11:11 AM

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Interview with Anna Mikkola, Finnish Left Alliance candidate for European Parliament

May 29, 2009 Anna Mikkola is running for  as a member of the   party. At the age of 28 she's the youngest member of the 14 candidates on the Left Alliance's list for the multi-national body. She spoke to Wikinews during a break in campaigning. Finland votes in the  on June 7.

Thanks for joining us, Anna.

Thanks for asking. I had a convenient break in the campaign this afternoon.

'''You're the youngest member of your party's list in the Euro elections; but you've also had an extensive career in politics already. How did you first get involved in political activity?

I believe I was 16 or 17 at the time, and I just stopped by at the local party office and asked if there was something I could do. There had just been a and the conservatives widely spoke of things I could not accept. Like [how] public financing for culture and sports is unnecessary. One politician even suggested young people could spend their time climbing trees and not expect society to provide them with facilities.

'''So from there you went straight into the. How did you choose that party? Did you explore others?

It was between the and the Left Alliance. The Greens I felt concentrated too much on individual life style choices as a method of doing politics, so I chose the Left Alliance. I have always been the sort of person who likes to think of structures and their effects, the big picture in a social sense if you may.

'''So what's it like campaigning for a nationally-elected office? Is it like organizing youth locally or does it feel basically different?

Basically different. The whole country is one constituency, which means more traveling than most people do in a year. It's also expensive as in our election system candidates have to buy their way into public knowledge. Luckily I have both an extensive election team covering the whole country and also some financial support from the Left Youth movement.

'''You mentioned last night waiting for a bus and seeing three with pictures of you on the side pass by...

It's kind of absurd. I have ads in public transport in the 6 biggest cities in Finland. You are definetely more conscious of yourself when you're traveling on a bus or tram that has your face on it.

'''Now, Finland's has fundamentally changed in your lifetime: from a neutral state with  than many others in democratic Europe, to  member and now potentially to  member. Do you think your youth makes it easier for you to adapt to the changes going on?

Well, it makes my relationship with Finland's EU membership definetely easier and less emotional maybe than for many older people. Finland has been in the EU my whole adulthood, so for me membership is not the question. I am more interested in looking at the content. I think the new political generation of around 30 year olds, who are making their breakthrough, are going to change political discourse substantially.

'''Do you see green & socialist politics as being the key to this younger generation? In your view can you have environmentalism without socialism?

We have an interesting Green party in Finland, who have accepted the necessity of additional nuclear power and support market mechanisms as a part of their climate policy without any questions or caveats. So yes, there is an attempt to create a. The youth as well are divided on this issue. Many people however do see the problems of turning the environment or climate action into products you can buy or sell and speculate with. In that sense I feel environmentalism cannot be separated from socialism, which has a fundamentally different logic.

'''The other end, though, to the importance of the youth vote is voter apathy; how do you deal with the situation of "celebrity" candidates, in particular far-right candidates like ?

In European elections the problem is apathy in general, not just youth apathy. But maybe you can separate between two types: many older people do not vote in these elections because they don't like the EU and/or because they feel they cannot change anything by voting since the EU is too big and too far way. These are choices, often resulting from considering the options. Many young people do not vote in elections in general, because they do not really even notice them. Their apathy is not a result of a decision, but genuinely a product of being out of the whle political process. This is something Timo Soini cannot change I think. His candidacy is a big risk for him in any case, since is a one man show to a great extent. If he buries himself in it might well be the end of that party.

'''You've been working in Brussels yourself for over a year now; how did you stay in touch with the situation in Finland before the campaign began?

Mostly by visiting Finland often. It's been two years that I have worked in the European parliament now. Working as a parliamentary assistant to a kind of means you need to be aware of what is happening in Finland and what the papers are saying about it.

'''Now let's talk policy; on your website you mention numerous issues with the but also say that EU membership isn't an either-or consideration. If you could re-write Lisbon, what would you take out, what would you put in?

Simply put I would take out all the militarisation stuff, and remove the economic thinking of no rules for the financial markets, and maybe remove some of the new policy areas. I would put in a social progress clause that would ensure rights (especially worker's rights) inside the EU and add a recognition for e.g. cross border strikes.

'''On the subject of militarization, what would be the best alternative to the ? What's the right path, if any, for collective European defense?

Defense is a word that is understood very differently in different European countries. The Finnish tend to understand this term as passive defense, but many — especially old colonial countries — understand it in a more active sense, as including pre-emptive and aggressive operations outside EU borders. I believe the right path to be a firm concentration on non-aggressive. As for a common European defense, I am against the idea because of the abovementioned reasons. The European Defence Agency is basically an arms trading operation, when its role would maybe be better in co-ordination of crisis management and peacekeeping.

'''So in the long run should the other countries in Europe leave NATO as well?

That is for them to decide. However any European defence organisation would be based on NATO, and would not respect the status of non-allied countries. I believe the European Union should respect it.

'''With regard to workers' rights, a number of parties on the left have raised objections to the and the European Court of Justice's positions on the rights of workers from one EU country working in another. Finland both receives foreign workers and sends workers elsewhere; how could the Posted Workers Directive be best fixed, in your view?

There is no point in fixing the directive. The ECJ's decisions have been based on the Treaties, and override the directive, which itself is actually not too bad. This is why European trade organisations too have been demanding a social progress clause I mentioned earlier to be put in the Lisbon Treaty, which would be the only way to fix the situation. So that the rights of workers could not be overriden by for example the free movement of services, which has happened in most of the ECJ decisions.

'''And what are the practical chances that such a clause would be put in?

Close to zero at this point. However the Lisbon Treaty most probably will not be the last Treaty in the EU. And of course the Irish will still vote on it for a second time. Should the result be a no this time too, the chances would increase. What is not widely being talked of is that were are now in a situation where the EU is doing its best to get into effect a Treaty that was negotiated years ago and is founded on an economic logic that has clearly failed. This does not seem to bother most people.

'''But given that this process has taken so long, do you think the will for a new Treaty would be present — especially with the current Treaty having passed most national parliaments by solid majorities only a year ago?

Solid majorities...The started its proceedings with it before a translation was available. Then they ratified without any public discussion. I think there would be will, but it is clearly not appropriate to talk about it, since the Lisbon Treaty is presented as the only option. Besides, tax payers pay the politicians to do their job. With that money one would assume they would not say they don't have the energy for a new Treaty.

'''What place does the organized left have in a post-Lisbon Europe? Would they have to make an uncomfortable alliance with the anti-European right?

I think such an alliance would be impossible in post-Lisbon EU too. The anti-European right tends to combine their act to anti-immigration as well in many cases, and very aggressively. I think with the current economic crisis there is an increased risk that the political right, even, could gain as people look for some way to express their frustration.

'''So to wrap up, then: what's the best thing the next European Parliament can do, and what's the best thing you could do in the next European Parliament?

I think the best thing would be to recognise different opinions. The Parliament is very keen to restrict other voices and likes to pretend were are all one happy family. That is not politics at all.

What I could do and want to do is to speak and try to fix problems with rights; they have not been properly dealt with in the EU, whether they are workers' rights or for example net users' rights. The fundamental problem with for example the telecoms package is that its staring point is not users' rights, defining them and then going into other stuff. Instead, the starting point is the interests of industry, and the limiting of users via different methods in order to protect certain copyright interpretations. The result then for the user is a collection of random and often illogical "rights". The net is something most politicians seem to be unable to handle as a normal and social part of life for millions and millions of people.

'''So where should net rights come from — from free speech rights, from privacy rights, from practical considerations of restricting the movement of information?

From all of those. Mostly you tend to be in a situation, where you have to explain it to politicians that you cannot cut someone's connection (to for example bank services and other daily things) without a court order in copyright cases.

'''How do you feel about movements like Sweden's Pirate Party, which is a single-issue group pursuing radical copyright reform?

Very neutral.

'''Anything else you'd like to tell the readers?

It's been a pleasure. This is actually my second interview online, sort of. The first was earlier this week when I spent two hours on an anti-immigration forum answering questions. I must say you have been very friendly in your questions compared to that.

'''Well, thanks for that. It's been a pleasure and thank you for taking the time out for this.

Thank you, and now I have to run to my next event!


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Maker Faire 2009 wraps up in San Mateo, California

June 4, 2009 The fourth annual Maker Faire took place this past weekend at the San Mateo Fairground in San Mateo, California located in the United States. The first Maker Faire, which took place in 2006, had approximately 20,000 people in attendance. This year, more than 80,000 people were expected to attend; quadruple the attendance of just four years prior. On Saturday night, it was reported that attendance was up considerably over last year's event.

Maker Faire, the self-declared "World's Largest DIY Festival", offers a forum where hundreds of makers and crafters alike man booths where they display their work. In the main halls alone, there were hundreds of booths. Outside the expo halls, the surrounding area was also filled with many interesting projects, some of which were mobile. In addition to all of the projects on display, there were a number of on-stage presentations. The biggest presentation of the weekend was given by Adam Savage who spoke on the topic of his "Colossal Failures". During his talk, the Fiesta Hall was filled to capacity.

The theme for this year's fair was "Remake: America" after President Obama's call to "begin again the work of remaking America". In addition, "going green", alternative fuel vehicles, crafting, steampunk and sciences for the young, were common themes found throughout the fair.


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UN hides facts about war in Sri Lanka, says French Le Monde

May 30, 2009 French newspaper Le Monde published on Friday an article accusing the United Nations (UN) of deliberately hiding facts about civilian killings during the last months of the civil war in Sri Lanka in order to protect their own activities in the country.

According to investigative journalism by Le Monde, The UN did not publish the number of civilians killed until it was finally leaked. According to a UN confidential report, 7,720 people were killed (among them 678 children) and 18,465 were injured (among them 2,384 children) between January 20 and May 13. A UN official declared to Le Monde that his hierarchy tried to suppress these figures to remain in good terms with the government. When these numbers were leaked, Neil Buhne, the UN official coordinator in Sri Lanka, asked to be the only recipient of the figures in the future. Even the secretary general Ban Ki-moon tried to hide the numbers, according to Le Monde.

Despite the heavy bombings in the last days of the war, the 7,720 dead people are still given as an official figure which was repeated in The New York Times. According to Vijay K. Nambiar, Ban Ki-moon's chief-of-staff cited by Le Monde, the numbers could be closer to 20,000; these figures are corroborated by The Times. The paper discovered compelling evidence showing that on average 1,000 Sri Lankan civilians perished each day during the first 19 days of May. "These figures are not even complete yet. It’s going to end up way more" said a UN source.

The Times relied on aerial photographs, confidential UN documents, witnesses and independent defense experts to understand the final days in the 26 year old Sri Lankan civil war. 200,000 survivors are interned in the Manik Farm refugee camp. The camp was visited twice by The Times investigators. 3,000 wounded civilians are still missing from the last known makeshift hospital. A survivor reported hospitals were bombed by the government which claimed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels were using them as hideouts. “They didn’t want anyone left to say what had happened,” say UN sources.

“We reject all these allegations. Civilians have not been killed by government shelling at all. If civilians have been killed, then that is because of the actions of the LTTE [rebels] who were shooting and killing people when they tried to escape.” said a representative for the Sri Lankan High Commission. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara of Sri Lanka added "We have not used any shelling or mortaring, only small arms. We know how we are fighting". The aerial images taken by The Times suggest the contrary.

Le Monde also wrote that the United Nations did not help its people on the ground. Text messages sent by local employees in the war zones asked to "stop the war" and "what is the international community doing". "Hundreds of people trying to flew where caught by local dictators and beaten, without distinction of age and sex. I hear them crying." said another one. In April, Vijay Nambiar asked the locals to keep a "low profile" and play an active role in supporting the government.

The Sri Lankan government denied any wrongdoing. On Wednesday, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland cleared Sri Lanka of any alleged war crimes. Sri Lanka gained the support of China, Egypt, India and Cuba.


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Church of Scientology indefinitely banned from editing Wikipedia

May 29, 2009 Contributors to Wikipedia, the self-described free, online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, have voted to block the Church of Scientology from editing the encyclopedia. The arbitration committee voted to block the Church with 10 supporting the ban and 1 against it.

"All IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates, broadly interpreted, are to be blocked as if they were open proxies. Individual editors may request IP block exemption if they wish to contribute from the blocked IP addresses," a statement on Wikipedia's website explained.

The ban comes after an arbitration case that lasted six months, beginning in December 2008. The case was opened after contributors discovered that the Church had been editing Scientology-related articles and removing or adding information to promote the Church's studies.

"Editors [have been] openly editing [articles related to Scientology] from Church of Scientology equipment and apparently coordinating their activities," added Wikipedia. The committee says that the edits were damaging Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy.

A "host of anti-Scientologist editors" were also banned from working on Wikipedia's Scientology-related articles. The committee concluded that both sides had "gamed policy" and resorted to "battlefield tactics", with the encyclopedia's articles on living persons among the "worst casualties".

Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw said some of the encyclopedia's articles had been "hateful and erroneous". She added: "We hope all this will result in more accurate and useful articles on Wikipedia."

Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis said church members were only "confronting inaccuracies" on the internet: "The story that's being missed is there were people who were doing non-stop attacks on the church and using Wikipedia to do it. Those people have been banned." He said there had been no orchestrated campaign by church leaders to have members change Wikipedia articles: "The church is huge. Scientologists are going to say what they're going to say about their own religion."


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Talk:Interview with Anna Mikkola, Finnish Left Alliance candidate for European Parliament

Interview transcript

 * (12:53:56) Edmund Schluessel: So. I'm Edmund Schluessel and I'm writing this article for Wikinews. I'm talking with Anna Mikkola of Finland's Vasemmistoliitto or Left Alliance party. Thanks for joining us, Anna.
 * (12:54:59) Anna Mikkola: Thanks for asking. I had a convenient break in the campaign this afternoon.
 * 12:55
 * (12:55:55) Edmund Schluessel: You're the youngest member of your party's list in the Euro elections; but you've also had an extensive career in politics already. How did you first get involved in political activity?
 * (12:59:00) Anna Mikkola: I believe I was 16 or 17 at the time, and I just stopped by at the local party office and asked if there was something I could do. There had just been a general election in Finland and the conservatives widely spoke of things I could not accept. Like public financing for culture and sports is unnecessary. One politician even suggested young people could spend their time climbing trees and not expect society to provide them with facilities.
 * 13:00
 * (13:00:09) Edmund Schluessel: So from there you went straight into the Left Youth. How did you choose that party? Did you explore others?
 * (13:03:51) Anna Mikkola: It was between the Green party and the Left Alliance. The Greens I felt concentrated too much on individual life style choices as a method of doing politics, so I chose the Left Alliance. I have always been the sort of person who likes to think of structures and their effects, the big picture in a social sense if you may.
 * 13:05
 * (13:05:05) Edmund Schluessel: So what's it like campaigning for a nationally-elected office? Is it like organizing youth locally or does it feel basically different?
 * (13:08:17) Anna Mikkola: Basically different. The whole country is one constituency, which means more traveling than most people do in a year. It's also expensive as in our election system candidates have to buy their way into public knowledge. Luckily I have both an extensive election team covering the whole country and also some financial support from the Left Youth movement.
 * (13:08:38) Edmund Schluessel: You mentioned last night waiting for a bus and seeing three with pictures of you on the side pass by...
 * 13:10
 * (13:10:43) Anna Mikkola: It's kind of absurd. I have ads in public transport in the 6 biggest cities in Finland. You are definetely more conscious of yourself when you're traveling on a bus or tram that has your face on it.
 * (13:12:04) Edmund Schluessel: Now, Finland's role in the world has fundamentally changed in your lifetime: from a neutral state with closer ties to the Soviet Union than many others in democratic Europe, to EU member and now potentially to NATO member. Do you think your youth makes it easier for you to adapt to the changes going on?
 * (13:15:18) Anna Mikkola: Well, it makes my relationship with Finland's EU membership definetely easier and less emotional maybe than for many older people. Finland has been in the EU my whole adulthood, so for me membership is not the question. I am more interested in looking at the content. I think the new political generation or around 30 year olds, who are making their braketrough, are going to change political discourse substantially.
 * 13:15
 * (13:16:00) Anna Mikkola: Of around 30-year-olds. Typo :)
 * (13:16:26) Edmund Schluessel: Do you see green & socialist politics as being the key to this younger generation? In your view can you have environmentalism without socialism?
 * 13:20
 * (13:21:24) Anna Mikkola: We have an interesting Green party in Finland, who have accepted the necessity of additional nuclear power and support market mechanisms as a part of their climate policy without any questions or caveats. So yes, there is an attempt to create a green capitalist system. The youth as well are divided on this issue. Many people however do see the problems of turning the environment or climate action into products you can buy or sell and speculate with. In that sense I feel environmentalism cannot be separated from socialism, which has a fundamentally different logic.
 * (13:22:43) Edmund Schluessel: The other end, though, to the importance of the youth vote is voter apathy; how do you deal with the situation of "celebrity" candidates, in particular far-right candidates like Timo Soini?
 * 13:25
 * (13:28:02) Anna Mikkola: In European elections the problem is apathy in general, not just youth apathy. But maybe you can separate between two types: many older people do no vote in these elections because they don't like the EU and/or because they feel they cannot change anything by voting since the EU is too big and too far way. These are choices, often resulting from considering the options. Many young people do not vote in elections in general, because they do not really even notice them. Their apathy is not a result of a decision, but genuinely a product of being out of the whle political process. This is something Timo Soini cannot change I think. His candidacy is a big risk for him in any case, since his party is a one man show to a great extent. If he buries himself in Brussels it might well be the end of that party.
 * (13:29:41) Edmund Schluessel: You've been working in Brussels yourself for over a year now; how did you stay in touch with the situation in Finland before the campaign began?
 * 13:30
 * (13:32:20) Anna Mikkola: Mostly by visiting Finland often :) It's been two years that I have worked in the European parliament now, by the way. Working as a parliamentary assistant to a Finnish MEP kind of means you need to be aware of what is happening in Finland and what the papers are saying about it.
 * (13:33:36) Edmund Schluessel: Now let's talk policy; on your website you mention numerous issues with the Lisbon treaty but also say that EU membership isn't an either-or consideration. If you could re-write Lisbon, what would you take out, what would you put in?
 * 13:35
 * (13:38:49) Anna Mikkola: Simply put I would take out all the militarisation stuff, and remove the neoliberal economic thinking of no rules for the financial markets, and maybe remove some of the new policy areas. I would put in a social progress clause that would ensure rights (especially worker's rights) inside the EU and add a recognition for e.g. cross border strikes.
 * (13:39:35) Edmund Schluessel: On the subject of militarization, what would be the best alternative to the European Defence Agency? What's the right path, if any, for collective European defense?
 * 13:45
 * (13:46:07) Anna Mikkola: Defense is a word that is understood very differently in different European countries. The Finnish tend to understand this term as passive defense, but many - especially old colonial countries - understand it in a more active sense, as including pre-emptive and aggressive operations outside EU borders. I believe the right path to be a firm concentration on non-aggressive peacekeeping. As for a common European defense, I am against the idea because of the abovementioned reasons. The European Defence Agency is basically an arms trading operation, when its role would maybe be better in co-ordination of crisis management and peacekeeping.
 * (13:46:30) Edmund Schluessel: So in the long run should the other countries in Europe leave NATO as well?
 * (13:48:10) Anna Mikkola: That is for them to decide. However any European defence organisation would be based on NATO, and would not respect the status of non-allied countries. I believe the European Union should respect it.
 * 13:50
 * (13:51:50) Edmund Schluessel: With regard to workers' rights, a number of parties on the left have raised objections to the Posted Workers Directive and the European Court of Justice's positions on the rights of workers from one EU country working in another. Finland both receives foreign workers and sends workers elsewhere; how could the Posted Workers Directive be best fixed, in your view?
 * 13:55
 * (13:55:52) Anna Mikkola: There is no point in fixing the directive. The ECJ's decisions have been based on the Treaties, and override the directive, which itself is actually not too bad. This is why European trade organisations too have been demanding a social progress clause I mentioned earlier to be put in the Lisbon Treaty, which would be the only way to fix the situation. So that the rights of workers could not be overriden by for example the free movement of services, which has happened in most of the ECJ decisions.
 * (13:57:40) Edmund Schluessel: And what are the practical chances that such a clause would be put in?
 * (13:58:54) Anna Mikkola: Close to zero at this point. However the Lisbon Treaty most probably will not be the last Treaty in the EU.
 * (13:59:48) Anna Mikkola: And of course the Irish will still vote on it for a second time. Should the result be a no this time too, the chances would increase.
 * 14:00
 * (14:03:39) Anna Mikkola: What is not widely being talked of is that were are now in a situation where the EU is doing its best to get into effect a Treaty that was negotiated years ago and is founded on an economic logic that has clearly failed. This does not seem to bother most people.
 * 14:05
 * (14:05:28) Edmund Schluessel: But given that this process has taken so long, do you think the will for a new Treaty would be present -- especially with the current Treaty having passed most national parliaments by solid majorities only a year ago?
 * (14:09:25) Anna Mikkola: Solid majorities...The Finnish parliament started its proceedings with it before a translation was available. Then they ratified without any public discussion. I think there would be will, but it is clearly not appropriate to talk about it, since the Lisbon Treaty is presented as the only option. Besides, tax payers pay the politicians to do their job. With that money one would assume they would not say they do have the energy for a new Treaty.
 * (14:09:48) Anna Mikkola: don't have, that is.
 * 14:10
 * (14:12:16) Edmund Schluessel: What place does the organized left have in a post-Lisbon Europe? Would they have to make an uncomfortable alliance with the anti-European right?
 * (14:14:31) Anna Mikkola: I think such an alliance would be impossible in post-Lisbon EU too. The anti-European right tends to combine their act to anti-immigration as well in many cases, and very aggressively.
 * 14:15
 * (14:15:13) Edmund Schluessel: So to wrap up, then: what's the best thing the next European Parliament can do, and what's the best thing you could do in the next European Parliament?
 * (14:15:47) Anna Mikkola: I think with the current economic crisis there is an increased risk that the political right, even neofascism, could gain as people look for some way to express their frustration.
 * (14:16:58) Anna Mikkola: I think the best thing would be to recognise different opinions. The Parliament is very keen to restrct other voices and likes to pretend were are all one happy family. That is not politics at all.
 * (14:18:19) Anna Mikkola: What I could do and want to do is to speak and try to fix problems with rights; they have not been properly dealt with in the EU, whether they are workers' rights or for example net users' rights.
 * 14:20
 * (14:22:47) Anna Mikkola: The fundamental problem with for example the telecoms package is that its staring point is not users' rights, defining them and then going into other stuff. Instead, the starting point is the interests of industry, and the limiting of users via different methods in order to protect certain copyright iinterpretations. The result then for the user is a collection of random and often illogical "rights". The net is something most politicians seem to be unable to handle as a normal and social part of life for millions and millions of people.
 * (14:23:22) Edmund Schluessel: How do you feel about movements like Sweden's Pirate Party, which is a single-issue group pursuing radical copyright reform?
 * (14:24:08) Anna Mikkola: Very neutral.
 * 14:25
 * (14:25:07) Edmund Schluessel: So where should net rights come from -- from free speech rights, from privacy rights, from practical considerations of restricting the movement of information?
 * (14:27:13) Anna Mikkola: From all of those. Mostly you tend to be in a situation, where you have to explain it to politicians that you cannot cut someone's connection (to for example bank services and other daily things) without a court order in copyright cases.
 * (14:27:32) Edmund Schluessel: Anything else you'd like to tell the readers?
 * (14:29:24) Anna Mikkola: It's been a pleasure. This is actually my second interview online, sort of. The first was earlier this week when I spent two hours on an anti-immigration forum answering questions. I must say you have been very friendly in your questions compared to that.
 * (14:29:25) Edmund Schluessel: Well, thanks for that. It's been a pleasure and thank you for taking the time out for this.
 * (14:30:28) Anna Mikkola: :) Thank you, and now I have to run to my next event!
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Talk:UN hides facts about war in Sri Lanka, says French Le Monde

Biased
Lots of this is merely accusations but this treats it as thought it's fact. Things like 'it seems that even though the government of Sri Lanka assured it wouldn't bomb the region, it did, and the UN remained silent about it' sound terribly biased to me (the use of 'even though' and 'silent' especially). Computerjoe (talk) 14:39, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I changed it --Fib2004 (talk) 14:55, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

 * As long as we attribute the allegations to Le Monde, I think we can pass WN:NPOV. However, I can't review this, since the primary source is in French. --SVTCobra 01:32, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

 * I speak French. Le Monde's article says exactly what this article says it says. Their headline, translated, reads "The UN hid the scale of massacres in Sri Lanka"; doesn't get much clearer than that. --Killing Vector (talk) 14:13, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Merged
As asked, this article was merged with Sri Lanka's victory over the Tamil Tigers costs 20,000 civilian lives and the latter redirected (according to Wikipedia rules, which I hope apply here ;-)) --Fib2004 (talk) 15:32, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * no, it should be listed under a related news section. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Attention: This newspaper is not in English
Is it really necessary to give Le Monde the title 'French newspaper'? We don't put 'American newspaper' or 'British newspaper' before The New York Times or The Times. Even that notwithstanding, Le Monde is internationally famous and published all over the world, just like the former two newspapers. I can go down the road and buy all three of them. We can either give the reader some credit and remove it, or clarify where all the newspapers are from. I don't care which, as long as it is consistent. --128.243.253.112 (talk) 22:03, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, but without knowing where you live, it's hard to put what you can buy into context. If you live in a major metro area or in Europe, you would be more likely to see the paper. I, for one, have never heard of the paper. The New York Times is a bit different as New York is in the title, whereas it is not in The Times. Without speaking for the original writer, it is customary to add a bit of context when you are referring to something, but you can overdo adding context. It is a tricky subject, but I, for one, would welcome additional input in this matter. Calebrw (talk) 23:33, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


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Hallo, I've made a reply to your query at the water cooler. Apologies for the late response, those pages do not get a lot of traffic so it frequently takes a whiles for someone to notice and respond. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  18:24, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Church of Scientology indefinitely banned from editing Wikipedia

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Hi, the article fails to mention that a host of anti-Scientologists were topic-banned as well, and that the WP Arbitration Committee found both sides guilty of gaming policy, BLP violations and so forth. Source: Wikipedia Bans Scientology From Site, Register article. Could this information be added? Thanks. --Jayen466 (talk) 18:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

CoS responses added
Based on St. Petersburg Times and Sky News (UK). --Jayen466 (talk) 10:18, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost
w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-01/Scientology arbitration. Cirt (talk) 06:08, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


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Major 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Honduras

May 30, 2009

The United States Geological Survey said a 7.3 Mw earthquake struck on Thursday, at 08:24:45 UTC (02:24:45 AM local time) off the coast line of Honduras.

The epicenter was located 64 km (39 miles) northeast of the island of Roatán, 130 km (80 miles) north-northeast of La Ceiba.

A tsunami alert was issued for Honduras, Guatemala and Belize and along Central America's Caribbean shore. There have been no reports of aftershocks.

Original reports indicated six were killed and seventeen injured and a multitude of homes, schools, churches and factories collapsed. The Democracy Bridge in El Progreso also collapsed.

"People were startled. They started walking, running, doing everything they could to get to higher ground about two miles away," said a resort owner, "I have been on the island for 14 years, this is the worst I have seen."

"It is not alarming, it is not a calamity. For the type of earthquake it was, the damage is minor," Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.

"I felt the car rock and I started to hear little bits of debris from the building next door hitting the roof. It was frightening because it was shaking a lot. I've never felt anything like it." said a security guard in the capital of Tegucigalpa. The Organization of American States (OAS) summit will proceed in San Pedro Sula, Honduras next week June 2-3 as only one building there suffered damages. Federal representatives from 35 states of the Americas are to attend.

The President of the Republic of China, Ma Ying-jeou, and his contingency were uninjured after their arrival in Belize Thursday. Ma continued his itinerary to meet with the Belize governor-general and prime minister and will then travel to Guatemala and El Salvador.

The port of Puerto Cortes will be temporarily closed due to damaged machinery and equipment according to the national port authority.

El Salvador, Guatemala and northern Nicaragua also felt tremors, but suffered no huge damages.


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Comments:Church of Scientology indefinitely banned from editing Wikipedia

It sounds to me as a psychiatrist that great care has been exercised in this action by Wiipedia, with balanced action against extremists from both sides. The gaming of policy and biased edits have been apparent for some time, with extreme anti-church groups resorting to some of the same abuses used for so long by the church. I'm glad Wikipedia is taking the high road to protect the site's neutrality, as far as possible. I have had beefs with the church for decades, but responsible freedom of expression trumps all. -66.215.118.244 (talk) 21:27, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

First France and now Wikipedia
I love you guys. --Phil1988 (talk) 21:50, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Of course, it's obvious that Wikipedia will now be on the "Church's" very long enemies list...(and I'll probably be included now as well for posting this, but whatever) 99.236.126.87 (talk) 23:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Scientology just got pwned. Epically. 89.212.104.155 (talk) 23:51, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Flawless Victory.

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THANK YOU WIKIPEDIA/NEWS/MEDIA!!!!!

Wikinews
Wikinews came pretty close to the same thing at one stage, but the problem never got to anything that couldn't be solved by blocking individual accounts/IPs if I remember correctly. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:50, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I was waiting for someone to say it...but with them blocked on WP, and they also knowing we have a large article base of Scientology articles, I fear they may come over here. I just hope that won't be the case. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:55, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The difference here on Wikinews is that articles only need watching for a limited time. Wikipedia has the problem of an ever-expanding number of articles that could be warred over. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:05, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes but we have had issues with Scientology actually trying to tell us, and change stuff and accuse us of misreporting. Example: Church of Scientology falsely accuses internet group 'Anonymous' of 2007 school shooting. I am not worried, just a little concerned. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:03, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If we ever have a problem we can ask WP to cobble together as many IPs blocked as a result of the arbitration decision as they can come up with and send us the list, allowing us to block the same collection. Obviously that would require strong consensus, but if need be it is not too hard to get rid of them. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Very true, but the Church has well...thousands of IPs and several systems to connect to the net. I am not paranoid lol or the such, I just want us to be prepared for when they eventually get bored of trying on WP. We have blocked them before...but that was a while ago, and when they were on an old system if I am correct... DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:24, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

As a neutral party civilly in this issue; it is appalling that anyone "contributing" to Wikipedia needed such censure! Surely it is ultimately realized how immature and ill-advised an action it is to conscion taking advantage of such a noble venture as Wikipedia in the first place. Equivalently so of being known in the annals of history as being a faction guilty of rotten precendent setting (and once done, it's too late!!!). To misquote J.R.R. Tolkien: "This is a serious expedition, not a hobbit walking party!  Next time, throw yourself in and you'll be no more trouble!" I grieve this planet and our inability as a civilization to take things seriously such as the concept of sharing without greed; to act WITHOUT a vested interest. Woe upon us all.

On a lighter note, kudos and thanks to Wikipedia (that's all of ya) for acting firmly and diligently, and maybe no more situations like this need exist for us to understand why the ET's don't speak to us so much; they're waiting for evidence of intelligent life on Earth. --68.155.27.92 (talk) 01:15, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Well done, Wikipedia is no place for religious vendetta. I've had enough of The Church of Scientology, their stupid practices, their celebrity 'ambassadors,' and their ridiculous denouncements of psychiatry:| And I'm sick of hearing about them. Ajcheema (talk) 13:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


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Ohio man arrested for cutting grass in public park

May 29, 2009 🇺🇸A 48-year-old man in Ohio has been arrested and is facing charges of obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct after refusing to stop cutting the grass at a local public park.

John Hamilton of Sandusky says on Thursday the grass in Sandusky Central Park was over 12 inches long. He decided to take up the task of cutting it after driving around his city and seeing how long the grass was in vacant lots and in public parks. He was also inspired by Toledo's mayor, who spent his time off cutting the grass in his local parks. "I was only trying to save the city some money," said Hamilton to FOX 8 in Cleveland. As Hamilton was cutting the grass, city workers attempted to stop him, showing him a list of lawns they were going to cut, including the one he was mowing. Hamilton told the worker to go cut another lawn while he finished cutting the one in Sandusky Central Park.

A short time later, police arrived on the scene and told Hamilton to stop cutting the grass. When he refused, police verbally warned him. When he refused a second time, police arrested him and charged him with obstruction and disorderly conduct. Police say that the trash was not removed from the lawn prior to him mowing it and his riding mower was throwing the debris onto the sidewalks and into the streets.

City officials call the incident unfortunate, but that they knew the grass would be an issue months before the growing season started. Officials say there are over 600 acres of park grass that needs to be mowed regularly, but that only three or four people are assigned the task due to city budget cuts. Officials also add that residents can adopt local parks in an effort to help maintain them, but Hamilton did not go through the process.

Hamilton appeared in court today where he pled not guilty.

"I am a citizen," said Hamilton who added he had no regrets about the incident. "The only thing I'm worried about is...how am I going to tell my wife."


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Talk:Ohio man arrested for cutting grass in public park

Obstruction of justice?
Can someone explain how he came to be charged with obstruction of justice? I don't see the connection. Wnt (talk) 03:47, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Elected mayor two years later
I don't know a good way for Wikinews to handle this, but I was amused to note that he ended up as ex officio mayor of the town two years later. Wnt (talk) 02:58, 28 April 2014 (UTC)


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Gun attack at Iranian election office injures three

May 30, 2009 At least three people, among them a child, have been wounded after a group of gunmen opened fire at one of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election offices.

The shooting happened in the city of Zahedan, located in southeastern Iran.

The incident occurred at approximately 19.00 IRST (UTC+3:30), the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said.

"Three knife-wielding people on motorbikes stopped outside the centre on Saadi Street, cursed, made threats and tore up billboards," said Mohammad Reza Zahed Sheikhi, the head of Ahmadinejad's Zehedan election office. When campaign members attempted to protest, "the attackers pulled out guns and shot at them", he said.

Sheikhi added that two campaign workers were wounded in the arm, stomach, and shoulders, while the child was shot in the stomach and was undergoing a surgery.

Sheikhi said that "the men ran away, but the police chased and arrested them."

The incident happened only a day after a bomb blast in the same city killed nineteen people at a Shia mosque. A group of Sunni rebels have claimed responsibility for that attack.


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Comments:Ohio man arrested for cutting grass in public park

This guy was stubborn but the police should go and arrest drug dealers, illegal immigrants or corrupt politicians instead of dedicated although a bit excentric citizens.

why?
"The only thing I'm worried about is...how am I going to tell my wife."

Why? I don't understand about it.

This story brightened my day

wow epic fail

"I regret that I have but one mower to give for my city."

I think it was a justified arrest; police don't have time to argue with some guy who is being a nuisance and endangering other tax payers and their property. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.117.198.254 (talk) 23:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Being a nuisance? He's simply riding his mower cutting grass, if that's being a nuisance then you had better arrest pretty much everyone. I think the police should GFT in this case, drop all the charges, and the town should pay this guy to finish what he started.

Lawn
I think the cops should have invited him out for a beer to discuss the situation and see if they could reach a reasonable agreement —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.205.82.192 (talk) 19:06, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.90.225.53 (talk) 23:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

My Opinion
What is wrong with goverment's these days? This man was clearly trying to just help out and be a upstanding citizen, he saw that the city was cutting back and decided to help. You may say he should of adopted the park but all that would have done is wasted time with paperwork which face it no one care's for or has time for these days. This man should be thanked for helping out his city not arrested because the Police "Claim" that his mowing machine was tossing debrie onto the pavement, and even if this was true their should be evidence and they should of just said "please can you clean the lawn before you mow it, thankyou for helping".

I'm a English citizen sixteen year's of age and i can plainly see the course of action which should of been taken, so how about the rest of the world open's their eyes a little more? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.117.66 (talk) 13:01, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Good for you!!! You are indeed a citizen!!_98.30.110.221 (talk) 16:13, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I guess with a muder rate like sandusky has they had nothing better to do. Leave it to the cops. Find some one to pick on who needs it.

Problem easily avoided
Why is it sooooo hard for some people to obey the law? If the police give you a lawful order, then comply. The other comment about about the police should be arresting drug dealers, etc is so ignorant. Guess what? The police are obliged to respond to calls for service. They did. They instructed the man to stop. He refused. They arrested him. They did their job. That is a good thing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 2600:387:0:80f::84 (talk • contribs) 11:57, 22 October 2016


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Talk:Major 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Honduras

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The news articles describe the earthquake as having a magnitude of 7.1. Earthquakes are routinely revised down from original estimates (7.3 may have been an early estimate). This should be changed accordingly. Mike Halterman (talk) 07:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


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Category:Karachi needs to be added. Ali Rana (talk) 05:51, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
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editprotected Please add the category Category:Punjab, Pakistan
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editprotected I think there's been a mix up - the Category:Punjab, India needs to be replaced with Category:Punjab, Pakistan. Cheers Ali Rana (talk) 13:39, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


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