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Wikinews:Audio Wikinews/Transcripts/June 1, 2005

Audio Wikinews transcript – 2005 06 01 – 1800 UTC
As reported by Nicholas Gerda

June 1, 2005. This is Wikinews.

Lead Story
France gets a new prime minister President Jacques Chirac of France has accepted the resignation of prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and has named Dominique de Villepin in his place. The resignation of Mr. Raffarin comes shortly after the resounding refusal of the ratification of the treaty establishing the European Constitution in a referendum. (See France votes no in EU referendum). While Mr. Raffarin was initially popular with the French citizens (polled at 60% of trust in 2002), he gradually lost support from the population, up to record levels; according to polls, only 22% of the population trust him (including only 2% who trust him strongly). The prime minister has responsibility for the day-to-day running of the French government. There are questions whether Mr. de Villepin, who has never held elected office and has ascended mostly as a Chirac aide, will be well-received by the population and by the parliamentary majority. His nomination was immediately criticized by left-wing politicians, as well as by the center-right Union for French Democracy, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, as a continuation of the same failed policies; Mr. Villepin was himself criticized as being out-of-touch with respect of the daily needs of the population. The Union for a Popular Movement, the party created for backing Chirac, has now rallied behind Nicolas Sarkozy, whose reciprocal distaste for Chirac and Villepin is well-published. Jacques Chirac announced that Nicolas Sarkozy would be Minister of State (a honorific rank) in the government; it is yet unknown what his attributions will be, but it is rumored that he will become Minister of the Interior, a position whose main function is law enforcement and which he also held from 2002 to 2004. According to polls, Mr. Sarkozy is France's most popular politician.

Headlines
Huge Gay Pride parade held in Brazil In what may possibly be the largest Gay Pride parade in the world, hundreds of thousands of people marched along the streets of São Paulo, Brazil today in the Parada do Orgulho GLBT de São Paulo. Many marchers were demanding the legalization of same-sex marriage. Brazil is the largest Roman Catholic country on Earth, and the Roman Catholic Church has consistently opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage in the country. The National Congress of Brazil has debated legalization for 10 years, and such civil marriages are currently only legal in Rio Grande do Sul. The original bill was drafted by former mayor of São Paulo, Marta Suplicy. The proposed legislation, after being amended, is now in the hands of Roberto Jefferson. Protesters hope to collect a petition of 1.2 million signatures to present to the National Congress in November. People carrying flags and banners, some dressed in lavish carnival costumes, walked and danced in the ninth annual Gay Pride parade, stretching for 3.5 kilometres along Avenida Paulista. Traffic was diverted throughout most of the city, and drinks and snacks vendors took advantage of the barriers across many streets. Prominent people joining the parade were the actor Sergio Mamberti, representing the Culture Minister Gilberto Gil, and senator Eduardo Suplicy. Organizers stated that 2.5 million people attended, and police stated that there were 1.9 million — figures which would make the event the largest of its kind in the world — including 700,000 visitors from other cities and countries. This was an increase from 2004, when police stated that 1.5 million people attended.

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Arthur Andersen conviction The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned an obstruction of justice conviction against accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP for destroying documents related to now-bankrupt energy giant Enron Corp.. The verdict virtually put Andersen, once one of the largest accounting firms in the world and the fifth-largest in the United States, out of business. In a unanimous opinion written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the court threw out the verdict due to serious flaws in the jury instructions. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had upheld Andersen's June 15, 2002 conviction in Houston. In the court's view, the instructions allowed the jury to convict Andersen without proving that the firm knew it broke the law or that there was a link to any official proceeding that prohibited the destruction of documents. "The jury instructions at issue simply failed to convey the requisite consciousness of wrongdoing," Rehnquist wrote. "Indeed, it is striking how little culpability the instructions required." Rehnquist's opinion also expressed grave skepticism at the government's definition of "corrupt persuasion"--persuasion with an improper purpose even without knowing an act is unlawful. "Only persons conscious of wrongdoing can be said to 'knowingly corruptly persuade,' " he wrote. The ruling came very quickly, as oral arguments in the case had taken place on April 27. Justice Department attorneys claimed Andersen employees were instructed "undertake an unprecedented campaign of document destruction" in order to impede a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Enron's conduct. Deputy Solicitor General David Dreeben likened Andersen's behavior to "shredding its smoking guns." However, Maureen Mahoney, arguing for Andersen, countered that the employees involved merely followed the company's policy on destroying unneeded documents, and that the shredding occurred before Andersen received a subpoena on November 8, 2001. She also claimed that under the government's legal definition of "corrupt persuasion," acquittal was virtually impossible. The justices seemed to indicate which way they were leaning very early in oral arguments, as they peppered the government lawyers with hostile remarks. Justice Antonin Scalia called the government's theory of prosecution "weird." Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was particularly troubled by the trouble the jury initially had sifting the evidence. "If this thing is so confusing," she asked, "how is a businessperson supposed to know? How is a lawyer supposed to know?" Andersen's appeal was backed by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the association claimed that the government's broad definition of "corrupt persuasion" put defense lawyers at risk for prosecution simply for advising clients of their rights to assert legal privileges or review document retention policies. Despite the ruling, which returns the case to the Fifth Circuit, it is highly unlikely Andersen will ever return as a viable business. It lost nearly all of its clients after its indictment, and was forced to shut down its American accounting practice due to federal laws that forbid convicted felons from auditing public companies. The firm still faces numerous civil suits related to its audits of Enron and other companies. Once 28,000 employees strong, Chicago-based Andersen is now down to around 200 employees largely occupied with handling the civil suits and other details of winding down the partnership.

Live 8 concert plans announced In a press conference held at 13:00 UTC today, Sir Bob Geldof, Elton John, and Harvey Goldsmith announced Live 8, a set of simultaneous free concerts to be held in Philadephia, London, Paris, Rome, and Berlin on July 2, 2005, to raise awareness of Make Poverty History, a campaign to get the richest nations to cancel debt and increase aid to developing countries. The concerts are scheduled to occur just before the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, from July 6 to July 8. "20 years ago, at the time of the original Live Aid concert, I was a self-obsessed drug addict.", began Elton John. "I've grown up since". He then describe the aim of the concerts to raise awareness in the richest countries of the world of the plights of the poorest, and how his work on global AIDS awareness had impressed upon him the lack of awareness and ignorance that exists. "The Prime Minister of South Africa thinks that AIDS is something that is caused by poverty. I wish!" Bob Geldof thanked the corporations who had already come forward to sponsor the event, including the BBC and AOL. In mentioning AOL he said that "20 years ago, almost nobody had a mobile 'phone", hinting at the possibility of AOL broadcasting the concerts to mobile telephones. Geldof also thanked The Prince's Trust, which had already booked Hyde Park for July 2, for stepping aside in favour of Live 8.

Wikipedia Current Events

 * The Netherlands begins voting in a consultative referendum on the proposed European Constitution. Opinion polls suggest that Dutch voters will reject the treaty by a wider margin than was seen in Sunday's French referendum.
 * Dominique de Villepin becomes the Prime Minister of France following French voters' rejection of the EU's constitutional treaty in a referendum.
 * Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward confirms that former FBI official W. Mark Felt was the Watergate source known as Deep Throat, after Felt revealed his identity in a Vanity Fair article.
 * Metropolitan Cornelius of Petra is designated locum tenens of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem following the deposition of Patriarch Irenaios, amidst a scandal regarding the sale of church land in Jerusalem's Old City.
 * Fighting in Baidoa threatens to destabilize the transitional government of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed of Somalia.

Today in History provided by Wikipedia

 * 1495 - Friar John Cor recorded the first known batch of scotch whisky.
 * 1779 - Benedict Arnold was court-martialed for malfeasance.
 * 1922 - A police force in Northern Ireland called the Royal Ulster Constabulary was founded.
 * 1938 - The first Superman comic was published.
 * 1980 - The Cable News Network began broadcasting.

Today's fact provided by Wikipedia
The United States airlifted 22 thousand tons of military supplies to Israel for use in the Yom Kippur War under Operation Nickel Grass.

Thank you for joining us for today's segment. Join us again tomorrow for more headlines, news, facts, and anniversaries; and on Friday, we will have our very first Special Report.

I'm Nicholas Gerda.

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61.6% of the Dutch people say 'no' to EU constitution

June 1, 2005 The end result says that 61.6% of the Dutch people vote tegen (against) the European Constitution, while 38.4% voted voor (for) the Constitution. Turnout was unexpectedly high, at 62.8%, more than the last three elections. The 'no' vote follows a similar vote in France last week that lead to the resignation of the prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

As in France, both the government and the parliament was highly pro-treaty, with Dutch Prime Minister,, pleading over the past few days with voters not to be influenced by the French 'No' vote. While the citizenship's vote is legally non-binding, Mr. Balkenende and the Dutch parliament have said they will support it.

The major reasons for the 'no' vote appear to be worry over the rapid expansion of the EU, loss of a national identity, distrust as a result of the inflation (allegedly a result of the Euro) and a lack of democracy. Other motivations include unhappiness with the government and Turkey's candidate accession to the European Union.


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Samsung's 4 Gigabit flash memory begins mass production

June 1, 2005

South Korean electronics giant has begun mass production of a new 4. This is twice the size of almost all the biggest memory devices currently available.

The firm is using a new 70- process which enables it to produce the smallest cell on the market, enabling a far higher density than competitors. The device can write data at 16- per second, twice as fast as a 90nm 2Gb device.

Possible applications of the new memory will most likely be as a component in, top end mobile phones, , , and other portable devices.

The new form of memory writes and reads data faster than previous versions — up to 16 megabytes per second. The storage of real-time high-definition video is feasible on the chips, according to Samsung. The company also believes their Flash-based disk drives could replace hard drives in laptops since they will work faster, quieter and cooler than drives currently in use.


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UN dismisses first official over oil-for-food scandal

June 3, 2005 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan fired the first UN official in connection with the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal. "After a thorough review of all aspects of the case, the Secretary General has decided that Mr. Joseph Stephanides be summarily dismissed for serious misconduct in accordance with UN staff regulations," relayed spokesman Stephane Dujarric. "Mr Stephanides was advised accordingly yesterday and separated from service with immediate effect. There is no allegation of any criminal act. This is a disciplinary action for a breach of staff rules regarding procurement."

The investigation concluded that Stephanides infringed on regulations by helping the British company, Lloyds Register Inspection Ltd., win a contract under the UN programme for Iraq. Mr. Stephanides acted as the head of the Security Council Affairs Division when he allegedly told the company how much to lower its price to be awarded a contract. He denies any wrong-doing and hired a lawyer to defend himself. Aged 59, Stephanides worked for the UN for 25 years, and was due to retire in September this year.

After a first food-for-oil interim report was released in February, Mr. Stephanides along with Benon Sevan were suspended. Sevan, the former head of the oil-for-food programme for 6 years, was also accused of breach of procurement rules in the report co-written by Paul Volcker. However, disciplinary measures against Sevan will not be carried out because of his status of diplomatic immunity.

A final report is scheduled for publication in three months which should further clarify whether Mr. Sevan received Iraqi oil allocations for a friend's company. In the meantime, he remains suspended from all UN duties, and is being given only a symbolic salary of one dollar a year.

A central and unanswered question, is whether either Stephanides or Sevan profited directly by their actions in executing and implementing the complex programme.


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Department of Defense denies federal funding to schools that ban military recruiting

June 2, 2005

The U.S. Defense Department has denied federal funding to two law schools because they do not allow military recruiters on campus. Now the U.S. House of Representatives is putting forward a new law that would require the Secretary of Defense to compile a list of colleges and universities that don't allow the military to recruit on campus.

William Mitchell College of Law and Vermont Law School (not affiliated with the University of Vermont) have already been barred from federal funding for violating the Solomon amendment, a 10-year old law that "the armed forces cannot be denied access to students". Legislators recently passed a measure that would require the Secretary of Defense to provide a list of schools whose cooperation it is unsatisfied with.

Representative Cliff Sterns (R-FL) is pushing through the House an amendment that would toughen the Solomon amendment, a law which states "Any college that prohibits the U.S. military from establishing or operating an ROTC unit on campus or denies military recruiters access to students is ineligible for federal funding." Sterns' amendment is part of the Defense Department Authorization Act.

Sterns claims that Yale University is discriminating against military recruiters. Yale denies this. Rich Jacobs, a representative of Yale, in a prepared statement, said "Yale has sought to comply fully with the Solomon amendment as it applies to ROTC and Yale university." Yale gives ROTC a room on campus, but does not help arrange interviews. According to Yale's website, "The defense department's 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy, which prevents openly [public] gays, lesbians, and bisexuals from serving in the military, violates the school's non-discrimination policy." The Defense Department has declined to sign the school's non-discriminatory policy.

In the fall the U.S. Supreme Court is lined up to hear a case involving several colleges and regarding military recruitment at universities.


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The news is Sterns admendment currently working through the senate. The denial of the funding to the two law schools is old news. The report is just a nice overview of pending legislation. I wonder if you listened to the story or just cut'n'paste the NPR synopsis? I'll try to research this more, but its kinda boring imo. <-- posted by User:69.23.220.138

I find it interesting as hell. It may be the first definitive example of the systematic use of public educational institutions as a forced breeding ground for "patriots for hire"; ala; "Hitler's Youth 2005" aka "America's Youth" imo. Paulrevere2005 21:15, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Your level of cynicism is tragic. <-- posted by User:69.23.220.138

I wondering just whom is the cynicist? See User:69.23.220.138 page. -Edbrown05 22:04, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Also see list of User:69.23.220.138 contribution to Wikinews. Nice of User:69.23.220.138 to take an interest. -Edbrown05 22:07, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Wikinews:2005/June/2

June 2, 2005

 * John Kerry criticizes news media, joins call for inquiry on Downing Street Memo
 * Department of Defense denies federal funding to schools that ban military recruiting
 * British Liberal Democrat Patsy Calton, 56, dies of cancer
 * Greek Soccer 3rd Division, North Group, Pavlos Melas relegated
 * Iran, North Korea, USA blamed in failure of month-long Non-Proliferation Treaty conference
 * Six thousand gather to celebrate birthday of Yugoslavian leader Josip Broz Tito
 * Elan shares plunge as another patient dies
 * NASA solar sail passes first major test
 * France: Villepin's cabinet announced

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The Perisher Valley Forecast
I moved the forecast to Template:Perisher Valley Forecast, New South Wales, Australia, because it's cool that you're doing it, and this way it can be added to other pages very simply.

You should probably consider playing with the layout a bit to make it attractive. It will likely be copied in style by other contributors who want to do weather forecasts. If you'd like some help, go ahead and ask! there are many who are really good at layouts. Try the Water cooler as a place to ask. - Amgine/talk 04:34, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, thanks Amgine. I'll see how much time I can spare to improve the layout, and if I might need a hand too. Jakelee 03:18, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

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Template:Perisher Valley Forecast, New South Wales, Australia

Perisher Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Issued At

 * Monday, 25 July 2005

Warnings

 * Icy conditions Thursday and Friday.

Forecast Summary
 * A series of weak cold fronts will cross the alpine areas over the next week, as the dominating hig moves out into the pacific.
 * There is however, a lack of moisture, so snowfall will be minimal.
 * A cold pool will develop over central NSW on Thursday, bringing icy conditions, but only minimal snowfall.
 * The big excitement is a strong, antarctic low appearing south west of Australia at 55'S 90E. This low may run up into the Australian mainland, bringing arctic conditions to the alpine areas.

Daily Forecasts

Tuesday 26, July 2005

Light snowshowers above 1600m. Min: -8°C Max: 0°C Precipitation : Snowshowers 4cm (80%).

Wednesday 27, July 2005

Clearing to a fine day. Min: -7°C Max: 2°C Precipitation : None.

Thursday 28, July 2005

Cold day, icy conditions, fine day. Min: -5°C Max: 0°C Precipitation : None.

Friday 29, July 2005

Cold day, early fog, possible late snow above 1600m. Min: -7°C Max: -1°C Precipitation : Light snowfall (2cm) (20%)

Saturday 30, July 2005

Fine day. Min: -5°C Max: 3°C Precipitation : None.

Long Range Forecast

August is looking likely for about 20-30cm from the 10th.


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Wikinews:Audio Wikinews/Transcripts/June 2, 2005

Audio Wikinews transcript – 2005 06 02 – 0530 UTC
As reported by Nicholas Gerda

June 2, 2005. This is Wikinews.

Lead Story
Dutch exit poll: 63% say 'no' to EU constitution The first of the exit polls suggest that 63% of Dutch voters have rejected the European Constitution. Turnout was unexpectedly high, at over 62%. The 'no' vote follows a similar vote in France last week that lead to the resignation of the prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. As in France, the government was highly pro-treaty, with Dutch Prime Minister, Jan Peter Balkenende, pleading over the past few days with voters not to be influenced by the French 'No' vote. While the citizenship's vote is legally non-binding, Mr. Balkenende and the Dutch parliament have said they will support it. The major reasons for the 'no' vote appear to be worry over Turkey's inclusion and the rapid expansion of the EU, loss of a national identity, plus inflation and unhappiness with the government.

Headlines
Huge Gay Pride parade held in Brazil In what may possibly be the largest Gay Pride parade in the world, hundreds of thousands of people marched along the streets of São Paulo, Brazil today in the Parada do Orgulho GLBT de São Paulo. Many marchers were demanding the legalization of same-sex marriage. Brazil is the largest Roman Catholic country on Earth, and the Roman Catholic Church has consistently opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage in the country. The National Congress of Brazil has debated legalization for 10 years, and such civil marriages are currently only legal in Rio Grande do Sul. The original bill was drafted by former mayor of São Paulo, Marta Suplicy. The proposed legislation, after being amended, is now in the hands of Roberto Jefferson. Protesters hope to collect a petition of 1.2 million signatures to present to the National Congress in November. People carrying flags and banners, some dressed in lavish carnival costumes, walked and danced in the ninth annual Gay Pride parade, stretching for 3.5 kilometres along Avenida Paulista. Traffic was diverted throughout most of the city, and drinks and snacks vendors took advantage of the barriers across many streets. Prominent people joining the parade were the actor Sergio Mamberti, representing the Culture Minister Gilberto Gil, and senator Eduardo Suplicy. Organizers stated that 2.5 million people attended, and police stated that there were 1.9 million — figures which would make the event the largest of its kind in the world — including 700,000 visitors from other cities and countries. This was an increase from 2004, when police stated that 1.5 million people attended.

France gets a new prime minister President Jacques Chirac of France has accepted the resignation of prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and has named Dominique de Villepin in his place. The resignation of Mr. Raffarin comes shortly after the resounding refusal of the ratification of the treaty establishing the European Constitution in a referendum. (See France votes no in EU referendum). While Mr. Raffarin was initially popular with the French citizens (polled at 60% of trust in 2002), he gradually lost support from the population, up to record levels; according to polls, only 22% of the population trust him (including only 2% who trust him strongly). The prime minister has responsibility for the day-to-day running of the French government. There are questions whether Mr. de Villepin, who has never held elected office and has ascended mostly as a Chirac aide, will be well-received by the population and by the parliamentary majority. His nomination was immediately criticized by left-wing politicians, as well as by the center-right Union for French Democracy, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, as a continuation of the same failed policies; Mr. Villepin was himself criticized as being out-of-touch with respect of the daily needs of the population. The Union for a Popular Movement, the party created for backing Chirac, has now rallied behind Nicolas Sarkozy, whose reciprocal distaste for Chirac and Villepin is well-published. Jacques Chirac announced that Nicolas Sarkozy would be Minister of State (a honorific rank) in the government; it is yet unknown what his attributions will be, but it is rumored that he will become Minister of the Interior, a position whose main function is law enforcement and which he also held from 2002 to 2004. According to polls, Mr. Sarkozy is France's most popular politician.

Live 8 concert plans announced In a press conference held at 13:00 UTC today, Sir Bob Geldof, Elton John, and Harvey Goldsmith announced Live 8, a set of simultaneous free concerts to be held in Philadephia, London, Paris, Rome, and Berlin on July 2, 2005, to raise awareness of Make Poverty History, a campaign to get the richest nations to cancel debt and increase aid to developing countries. The concerts are scheduled to occur just before the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, from July 6 to July 8. "20 years ago, at the time of the original Live Aid concert, I was a self-obsessed drug addict.", began Elton John. "I've grown up since". He then describe the aim of the concerts to raise awareness in the richest countries of the world of the plights of the poorest, and how his work on global AIDS awareness had impressed upon him the lack of awareness and ignorance that exists. "The Prime Minister of South Africa thinks that AIDS is something that is caused by poverty. I wish!" Bob Geldof thanked the corporations who had already come forward to sponsor the event, including the BBC and AOL. In mentioning AOL he said that "20 years ago, almost nobody had a mobile 'phone", hinting at the possibility of AOL broadcasting the concerts to mobile telephones. Geldof also thanked The Prince's Trust, which had already booked Hyde Park for July 2, for stepping aside in favour of Live 8.

Wikipedia Current Events

 * In a consultative referendum in the Netherlands, early results indicate that voters have rejected the proposed European Constitution by a wider margin than was seen in Sunday's French referendum, with 62% voting 'no'.
 * Dominique de Villepin is appointed Prime Minister of France by President Jacques Chirac in response to the referendum defeat.
 * Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward confirms that former FBI official W. Mark Felt was the Watergate source known as Deep Throat, after Felt revealed his identity in a Vanity Fair article.
 * Metropolitan Cornelius of Petra is designated locum tenens of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem following the deposition of Patriarch Irenaios, amidst a scandal regarding the sale of church land in Jerusalem's Old City.

Today in History provided by Wikipedia

 * 455 - The Vandals plundered Rome.
 * 1800 - The first smallpox vaccination was administered in North America.
 * 1865 - Forces under General Edmund Kirby Smith became the last Confederate army to surrender in the American Civil War.
 * 1946 - Birth of the Italian Republic: Italy became a republic and abolished the monarchy, exiling Umberto.
 * 1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the first to be televised.

Today's fact provided by Wikipedia
The United States airlifted 22 thousand tons of military supplies to Israel for use in the Yom Kippur War under Operation Nickel Grass.

Thank you for joining us for today's segment. Join us again tomorrow for more headlines, news, facts, and anniversaries; and next Friday, we will have our very first Special Report.

I'm Nicholas Gerda.

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Template talk:Perisher Valley Forecast, New South Wales, Australia

 * I have created what I think will be a good example of a weather forecast page. Yes, this is a very specific forecast, but you have to start somewhere! The snow region of Australia is one of the most visited places in Australia, and has a short snow season. As a result there is huge interest in Australia in the current and forecast conditions in the ski resorts (Perisher Valley is one of these). Editors could cut & paste on this page, adding new forecasts to the bottom, and deleting old forecasts from the top. Jakelee 04:24, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Please ensure that the forecast is your own work! As forecasting is an art & science, if you feel you need to edit another user's forecast, please add to the summary and synopsis to back up your claims. Jakelee 04:24, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Blog alliance forms over leaked Downing Street memo

June 5, 2005

On May 30, 2005, in a "blogswarm", a massive blog alliance formed. The swarm was fueled by the leak of a secret British memo known as the "Downing Street memo". Hundreds of blogs formed into the "Big Brass Alliance", almost overnight, and the alliance is still growing.

A blogswarm is when a large number of bloggers focus on an issue and spread information on it throughout the blogosphere quickly, causing the blogs to swiftly synchronize, much like a swarm of bees. In this particular blogswarm, titled by its patriots the "Big Brass Blogswarm", the blogs have aggregated about a central blog: The Big Brass Alliance.

The Big Brass Alliance is a collective of bloggers who support AfterDowningStreet.org. The latest "blogroll" can be see here via PHP or in RSS XML. All the blogs will voluntarily post all correspondence from afterdowningstreet.org on their main page, and in general be coordinated by them. The current goals of the Big Brass Alliance are to:

 * Spread awareness of the memo. (Neither the US nor the UK government are disputing the accuracy of the memo.)
 * Petition mainstream media to report on the contents of the memo as it pertains to the Bush Administration's handling of pre-war intelligence, and the controversy surrounding it.
 * Gather 250,000 signatures from citizens for a letter from Congress to the President of the United States, urging him to answer five questions regarding the memo, its contents, and the actions of the Administration.
 * Urge people to personally ask the President a single question regarding the Administration's handling of pre-war intelligence and the sentence in the leaked memo: "But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." (There is a $1,000 reward out for a clear answer.)
 * Urge people to sign a petition in support of a "Resolution of Inquiry" into President Bush's handling of pre-war intelligence.

Within days of its inception, the Alliance delegated maintenance tasks to dedicated bloggers, created a mailing list and forum for news and coordination, and created a Yahoo group and chat channel for brainstorming.

You can see a trendgraph of the blogswarm here, and a closeup of the trend here. Discussion of impeachment also soared during the blogswarm. References to "blogswarm" in blogs in its inception on May 31 can be see here. The last blogswarm was on March 21, in response to the Terri Schiavo trial, but the one before that was much bigger. That blogswarm was on February 17, and it was fueled by an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal by columnist Peggy Noonan, titled "The Blogs Must Be Crazy". That blogswarm, however didn't generate a massive alliance like this one, and it wasn't focused on a political issue. "Spitbull" has a list of other blogswarms and their "fallout", that they call a "blogswarming scorecard".


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Government of Zimbabwe forces thousands out of their homes

June 5, 2005

200,000 people living around Harare, Zimbabwe have been evicted from their homes, which have been targeted in a demolition programme by the government. Most have been forced to sleep out in the open while rental prices in the city have skyrocketed.

The operations have targeted at least six Harare suburbs: Hatcliff extension, Epworth, Dzivaresekwa, Glenorah, Glenview, Budriro and Mbare.

The official government newspaper, The Herald, says that 22,735 people have been arrested in the drive against "illegal structures, businesses and criminal activities".

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) are pressing for the government for a six month waiting period to give residents time to make new housing arrangements. ZimRights director Munyaradzi Bidi told the IRIN news service: "About 200,000 people have been affected in the demolition drive — and many of them have papers to prove that they were legal occupants with lease agreements".


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What you are doing is not the proper way to show gay pride, and those images are inappropriate. Please stop, its easier for us to revert vandalism than it is for you to vandalise in the first place.--Ryan524 05:39, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, and you are hurting citizen journalism efforts as well as unbiased news efforts by vandalizing Wikinews. All that you succeed in doing is taking time away from journalists trying to write articles. NGerda 05:41, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

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This forecast is cool...
If you'd like we could build this into a permanent forecast portal article, and set up some easy-to-use update systems. - Amgine/talk 30 June 2005 07:02 (UTC)
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Elan shares plunge as another patient dies

June 2, 2005

Irish biotech firm Élan has seen its shares plunge this morning after it revealed that a fourth patient taking its new multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri had contracted a fatal brain disease.

Whilst US stock markets have not yet opened for business, Athlone based Élan has suffered a 22% drop on the Irish Stock Exchange and a 21.5% drop on the London Stock Exchange. That means that so far today the firms market value has dropped by over €400mm to €1.9bn. The firm was once valued at over €20bn before the failure of Tysabri and an accounting investigation.

Élan was once one of Ireland's biggest business success stories. Élan still employs over 2,000 people in Ireland and reported revenues of $464.0 million in 2004.


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New top level domain approved

June 3, 2005

The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) responsible for managing domain names and IP addresses, approved a plan Wednesday to create a new top-level domain (TLD) with the .xxx extension. They are working with the domain registrar, ICM Registry, to make the domains available as early as fall or winter. ICM plans to sell registrations of .xxx domains for $60 a year.

The new TLD was one of ten recently under consideration. .jobs and .Travel have already been approved.

The .xxx domain is intended for use by adult pornographic/erotic web sites. The stated reason a new TLD has been approved is to protect children from pornographic sites; a filter could simply block all .xxx pages.

The ICANN, established by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1998, is a non-profit corporation responsible for the technical coordination of the Internet through the assignment of domain names and IP addresses.

The American Civil Liberties Union opposes the proposal since topics like homosexuality or birth control could be forced to use the domain, making them easily blockable by filters.

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Iran, North Korea, USA blamed in failure of month-long Non-Proliferation Treaty conference

June 2, 2005

The month-long 2005 Review Conference on the (NPT) was concluded in May this year.

It was generally considered disappointing. The representative, Mr Labbe, stated that the outcome could only be described as a failure.

The point of view of some state representatives was that the meeting failed because of possible violations of the first pillar of the treaty (non-proliferation), both because of grave challenges to security and to the non-proliferation regime posed by Iran's and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's non-compliance with their non-proliferation and safeguards obligations, and the de facto proliferation of nuclear weapons to non-weapons states under, in which , , , the , and host nuclear weapons and may, in principle, participate in decisions on using those weapons and participate in the delivery of the weapons to their targets.

However, the Iranian representative, Javad Zarif, countered by stating that the three pillars of the Treaty (non-proliferation, disarmament and the peaceful use of nuclear technology) were intertwined and needed to be followed without diminishing the significance and effectiveness of any one pillar against the others, in reference to the failure of the nuclear weapons states to progress in disarmament. Article VI of the NPT states that
 * Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.

He claimed that the United States had adopted a Nuclear Posture Review, incorporating the breach of the obligations on irreversibility, diminished role of nuclear weapons and lowering the operational status of nuclear weapons by stressing the essential role of nuclear weapons as an effective tool for achieving security ends and foreign policy objectives; developing new nuclear weapon systems, and constructing new facilities for producing nuclear weapons; resuming efforts to develop and deploy tactical nuclear weapons, despite the commitment to reverse the process and reduce them; and targeting non-nuclear weapon States parties to the Treaty and planning to attack those States.

The representative, Rastam Mohd Isa, summarised the point of view of the states in the  (NAM), claiming that they had maintained that the three pillars, nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and the peaceful use of nuclear technology should be approached in a balanced manner and that the Treaty should be fully and non-selectively implemented. He also asserted the indispensable need to preserve the decisions and resolutions of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference and the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference, which were positions, on which the NAM had consistently insisted on since the NPT's entry into force in 1970.

The representative, Anatoliy Scherba, judged that the case for non-proliferation rested on the primary objective of the NPT to eliminate all nuclear weapons and, hence, the central importance of article VI and felt that it required from those who did not possess, not to acquire, and for those who possessed, to eliminate.


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Seems two of us got the same idea at the same time. I think I like this version better than mine. -- Redge (Talk) 15:07, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Greek Soccer 3rd Division, North Group, Pavlos Melas relegated

June 2, 2005

After its first appearance in the 3rd Division, Pavlos Melas Soccer Club finished in the 14th position and was relegated, despite its 2-1 victory over Doxa Dramas Football Club, with 36 points in 32 games. The team from Salonika, Greece will be a serious contender for the championship in the 4th Division. Former Olympiacos SFC player Alekos Tatsis, almost Anderlecht, Belgium's starlet, was released free by OSFC. Pavlos Melas was planning to sign him, but after the relegation, Tatsis probably won't join the "Greens".


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Second Darwin's sandwich shop opens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

June 2, 2005 Darwin's Ltd. opened a second location of their sandwich shop at 1613 Cambridge Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in late May. It is situated across from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Previously limited to one location at 148 Mount Auburn Street, the second store seats approximately 30 people and sells sandwiches, coffee drinks, locally made pastries, as well as some produce and snack foods. The establishment also provides free wireless access through the WanderingWifi service. The shop plays music during the day; during this reporter's visit to the shop, selections played ranged from David Bowie to The Strokes. The store is air-conditioned.

Key differences between the original store and the new one include the unification of the cafe and the sandwich line now behind one counter, handicap accessible restrooms, no beer or wine sold at location, and a lack of a loyal customer base. Although the recent months have been slow, business is expected to pick up with the return of Cambridge area students this autumn.

While the original location of Darwin's was recently cited for lacking sneeze guards before the kitchen counter, according to the Cambridge Chronicle, the new Darwin's has acrylic sheets along the front of their sandwich counter. The original Darwin's has installed the sneeze guard at the kitchen counter the day following citation.


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Talk:Citizen groups ask Congress to file formal "Resolution of Inquiry" against Bush

Alright! Bring this idiot down!!!

Especially considering this: Widow's Bush Treason Suit Vanishes in Blink of Media Eye: http://www.usenet.com/newsgroups/soc.culture.australian/msg12359.html

A better link: http://nhindymedia.org/newswire/display/369/index.php

 * Add that to 9/11 conspiracy theories. Kevin Baastalk 21:09, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)

my view
By focusing on WMD's as the primary cause, Bush succeeded in intimidating the other countries that we will likely attack next. So far, this policy paid off big time in the case of Libya. Not a single bullet was fired, and Libya gave up their WMD program. If you think life is bad now, wait until America gets nuked. And yes, this will happen regardless of what we do. We can become the kindest liberal pussies in the world, and it will not stop the attack that is coming. I predict it will be a pakistani nuke that is sold to terrorists, after Musharrif is out of power. I predict that we will nuke Iran in response, because of their lack of cooperation, and our inability to figure out who did it. If you think life is bad now, wait about 10-20 years. The future is very bleak. Nuclear weapons and human nature can not coexist. As for saddam, he admitted he wanted the Iranians to think he had WMDs. Saddam was a thug who did not know how to play the game of geopolitics, or else he would not of acted the way he did all thru clintons term. He never considered the next president looking back on what's transpired, and deciding to take him down, what a FOOL. Doing troop movements up to Kuwait on the same day that Clinton is to be impeached, forcing Clinton to do either nothing (bad) or bomb Saddam (bad). What type of crap is this from an unelected dictator who lost a war to us then broke the cease fire that ended the war? We must uphold our hard earned reputation if we are to have peace, my grandfather and uncle did not die in previous wars so we can become wimps who weak dictators can successfully challenge. Dont forget, when asked if they thought Saddam had WMDs, Germany, France, Britain, America, and most of the others said yes. When you factor in saddam as a person, and his recent actions, the decision was made by Bush to take him down. Dont think Bush chose WMD as a way to sell it to the public, because he doesnt need public approval to take military action. Think about that for a second, there is no vote, it's an executive decision. The only question is how to deal with Iran and North Korea and Libya, and probably a few others. They answer is to get as much political leverage as possible as a byproduct of taking down saddam. If we find WMDs, great. If not, who cares, it's saddams fault, not ours, and now the other problem countries know we are serious about WMD. Now Libya surrenders BEFORE the fight occurs, and lives are saved. Ignoring the fact that his missiles' range were also a violation of the cease fire agreement, and even if we KNEW he didn’t have WMDs, taking down saddam WAS justified, morally and legally. Break a cease fire agreement, and the war is back on. This was a continuation of the first Gulf war, not a new war. This is what happens when an unelected thug becomes a player on the world stage, and doesn’t know how to play the game: he loses. The memo you mention is probably real, welcome to politics. Politics is as dirty as a game as warfare and law and medical and others. The Iraqis are feeling the pain of having a tumor cut out of their body. Good tissue got cut out with some bad, some blood was lost, an infection (jihadis) is being fought. They are healing and will be healthy in the future.

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France: Villepin's cabinet announced

June 2, 2005

Newly named Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin has had his cabinet accepted by President of the Republic Jacques Chirac.

Head of the majority Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, Nicolas Sarkozy, comes as a second-in-command as Minister of the Interior, with the honorific rank of Minister of State. The Ministry of the Interior is traditionally one of the most important positions in the cabinet, with that of Finances; the Minister of the Interior is in charge, notably, of law enforcement and relationships with local governments. There is some uneasiness in having the head of a party in a position that is partly in charge of electoral redistrictings. Also, this arrangement creates a peculiar situation: it is public knowledge that Villepin and Sarkozy consider each other a dangerous political rival with respect to the 2007 presidential election, and they are widely said to loathe each other.

The cabinet was presented as a "restricted" cabinet. However, as many as 31 ministers, delegate ministers and secretaries of state were named; still, this is a reduction from the preceding 43. While the cabinet is for a large part copied from the preceding one, some ministers who had provoked controversy and animosity were removed or moved to another less risky position. François Fillon, formerly Minister of National Education, whose plan for reforming public education was lambasted by members of his own party, including president of the National Assembly Jean-Louis Debré, was ruled partly unconstitutional by the Constitutional Council, and provoked widespread student protests and unrest in high schools, is no longer a minister. Dominique Perben, who pushed for controversial law which opponents allege curtail fundamental constitutional freedoms while Minister of Justice, was moved to the less sensitive position of Minister of Transportation and Equipment. It is also possible that the movement of Brigitte Girardin from Minister for the Oversea (relationships with French overseas departments and territories) to (international) Cooperation was motivated by the crisis that occurred in French Polynesia between Gaston Flosse and his opponent Oscar Temaru.

While the Union for French Democracy (UDF) party, led by François Bayrou, formally remains in the ruling coalition along with the UMP, it has decided that, because the new government would probably do more of the same policies, it would not participate in it. The only member of the government from UDF is Gilles de Robien, as in the preceding government.

Previous head of government Jean-Pierre Raffarin had lost the confidence of the French, with polls putting him as low as 22% confidence. President Chirac's confidence among the citizenry is also a record low of 24%.

Composition of the government
Mr Dominique de Villepin is Prime Minister.

Ministers

 * 1) Mr Nicolas Sarkozy — Minister of State, Minister of the Interior and of the management of the Territory (law enforcement, French National Police, French Gendarmerie; relationships with local governments; safety regulations; territory subdivisions)
 * 2) Mrs Michèle Alliot-Marie —  Minister of Defense (France)
 * 3) Mr Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * 4) M. Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of employment, social cohesion and housing
 * 5) M. Thierry Breton, Minister of Economy, Finances and Industry
 * 6) M. Gilles de Robien, Minister of National Education, of Higher Education and Research;
 * 7) M. Pascal Clément, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice;
 * 8) M. Dominique Perben, Minister of Transportation, Equipment, Tourism and the Sea (national roads, help to local governments for transportation, some government constructions)
 * 9) M. Xavier Bertrand, Minister of Health and Solidarities;
 * 10) M. Dominique Bussereau, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries;
 * 11) M. Christian Jacob, Minister of the Civil Service|;
 * 12) M. Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Minister of Culture and Communications; (museums, cultural activities, supervision of broadcasting)
 * 13) Mrs Nelly Olin, Minister of Ecology and sustainable development;
 * 14) M. François Baroin, Minister for the Oversea;
 * 15) M. Renaud Dutreil, Minister for small and middle businesses, Commerce, artisans, and self-employed professionals
 * 16) M. Jean-François Lamour, Minister of Youth, Sports and associative life.

Delegate ministers
Delegate ministers operate as subordinates of ministers.

 * 1) Mr Henri Cuq, delegate minister for relationships with Parliament;
 * 2) Mr Azouz Begag, delegate minister for the promotion of the equality of chances;
 * 3) Mr Jean-François Copé, delegate minister for budget and the reform of the State, spokesman of the Government;
 * 4) M. Gérard Larcher, delegate minister for employment, work, and the professional insertion of the young;
 * 5) Mrs Catherine Vautrin, delegate minister for social cohesion and parity [of the sexes];
 * 6) Mrs Brigitte Girardin, delegate minister for [international] cooperation, development and francophonie;
 * 7) Mr Brice Hortefeux, delegate minister for local governments;
 * 8) Mrs Catherine Colonna, delegate minister for European affairs (relationships with the European Union and other members thereof);
 * 9) Mr François Goulard, delegate minister for higher education and research;
 * 10) Mr Léon Bertrand, delegate minister for tourism;
 * 11) Mr Philippe Bas, delegate minister for Social Security, the elderly, the handicapped, and family;
 * 12) Mr François Loos, delegate minister for industry;
 * 13) Mrs Christine Lagarde, delegate minister for foreign commerce;
 * 14) Mr Hamlaoui Mékachéra, delegate minister for war veterans;
 * 15) M. Christian Estrosi, delegate minister for the management of the territory.

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John Kerry criticizes news media, joins call for inquiry on Downing Street Memo

June 2, 2005 In a swing through South Coast, Florida, former 2004 presidential candidate Senator John Kerry criticized the near silence of the U.S. mass media regarding the so-called "Downing Street Memo". The Downing Street Memo is a leaked secret British document that details the minutes of a 2002 meeting between top-level British and American government officials. The memo states that George W. Bush "was determined" to attack Iraq long before going to Congress with the matter, and that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." The accuracy of the memo is not being disputed by either government. The memo caused an uproar in Great Britain and made a significant impact in the British national elections, but has gotten little attention in American news. Kerry said of the memo:

"'When I go back [to Washington] on Monday, I am going to raise the issue. I think it's a stunning, unbelievably simple and understandable statement of the truth and a profoundly important document that raises stunning issues here at home. And it's amazing to me the way it escaped major media discussion. It's not being missed on the Internet, I can tell you that.'"

He questioned Americans' understanding of the war and the idea that criticism equals disloyalty, saying,

"'Do you think that Americans if they really understood it would feel that way knowing that on Election Day, 77 percent of Americans who voted for Bush believed that weapons of mass destruction had been found and 77 percent believe Saddam did 9/11? Is there a way for this to break through, ever?'"

Representative John Conyers has written to the President regarding the memo:

"'...a debate has raged in the United States over the last year and one half about whether the obviously flawed intelligence that falsely stated that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction was a mere 'failure' or the result of intentional manipulation to reach foreordained conclusions supporting the case for war. The memo appears to close the case on that issue stating that in the United States the intelligence and facts were being 'fixed' around the decision to go to war.'"

There is a growing movement on the internet and in Congress for a "Resolution of Inquiry" into issues surrounding the planning and execution of the Iraq war, especially in regard to the Administration's handling of intelligence. John Dean, a key Watergate figure, wrote in a June 2003 column for findlaw.com, that, "To put it bluntly, if Bush has taken Congress and the nation into war based on bogus information, he is cooked... Manipulation or deliberate misuse of national security intelligence data, if proven, could be a 'high crime' under the Constitution's impeachment clause."

However, in practical terms impeachment in the U.S. Senate requires a 2/3 majority for conviction, which is unlikely given that 55 out of 100 Senators are Republican.

When asked about the Downing Street Memo on May 23, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said:

"If anyone wants to know how the intelligence was used by the administration, all they have to do is go back and look at all the public comments over the course of the lead-up to the war in Iraq, and that's all very public information. Everybody who was there could see how we used that intelligence.

"And in terms of the intelligence, it was wrong, and we are taking steps to correct that and make sure that in the future we have the best possible intelligence, because it's critical in this post-September 11th age, that the executive branch has the best intelligence possible."


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Despite my hope that wikinews might provide a place for objective news reporting relying on the high standards of wikipedia, I'm leaving with a feeling that its nothing more than another blog. Far too many articles present themselves as repackaged press releases instead of sifting out the facts from rhetoric.

You've lost an audience member. Regroup.

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June 3, 2005

 * Ryanair passenger numbers up 34%
 * Second Darwin's sandwich shop opens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
 * New top level domain approved
 * UN dismisses first official over oil-for-food scandal

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