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Wikinews:Audio Wikinews/Transcripts/June 3, 2005

Audio Wikinews transcript – 2005 06 03 – 0530 UTC
As reported by Nicholas Gerda

June 3, 2005. This is Wikinews.

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

Headlines
John Kerry criticizes news media, joins call for inquiry on Downing Street Memo 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 believed 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."

UN dismisses first official over oil-for-food scandal 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.

NASA solar sail passes first major test NASA has completed a major test of a 20-meter square solar sail, marking a "crucial milestone" in space propulsion technology. It is not the first to test solar sails, as the Japanese have deployed two solar sails in space. The Planetary Society is planning on launching a solar sail possibly by June 21. Shot into orbit by a converted intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Cosmos 1 would be launched from a submerged Russian submarine from within the Barents Sea. The spacecraft, powered by the sail, will have no destination. The purpose is simply to test the propulsion system that uses the pressure from solar light particles to move the ship outward from a starting orbit around the earth at 500 miles.

The propulsion technology is currently believed to be the most efficient available for interstellar space travel. Theoretically a craft propelled by the pressure of a constant light source, such as a purpose-built laser, could achieve speeds approaching the speed of light. This is due to the efficiencies of the spacecraft not having to carry its own fuel. Approaching the speed of light would, however, require a long period of constant acceleration. This will be impossible for the current test vehicles and any launched in the foreseeable future, as they rely on the light from the Sun, which rapidly becomes weaker with increasing distance.

According to the National Geographic News, "NASA, the European Space Agency, Japan, and Russia all have developed solar sails, but none has yet tried to prove that the sails can propel a spacecraft under controlled flight."

Wikipedia Current Events

 * Anurag Kashyap, an eighth-grader from Poway, California, wins the 78th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee with the word appoggiatura.
 * 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

 * 1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States was constructed betweeen Willamette Falls to downtown Portland, Oregon.
 * 1937 - The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson.
 * 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ended with a German tactical victory.
 * 1944 - Charles de Gaulle became Prime Minister of France.

Today's fact provided by Wikipedia
The Terik language of Kenya is classified as endangered by UNESCO because the Terik people have increasingly become assimilated to the Nandi people in recent decades.

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Ryanair passenger numbers up 34%

June 3, 2005 Irish low fares airline, Ryanair, has reported that passenger numbers for May 2005 are up 34%. This represented the largest increase in traffic for over a year, and comes after a string of good news for the airline during the week; most notably reporting record profits.

Ryanair carried 2.9 million passengers in May compared to 2.17 million in the same period last year. This was partly helped by an increase in the number of routes over the year. Ryanair has been aggressively adding routes from its new European base in Shannon and throughout southern Spain over the past year. The airline now operates 12 routes from Shannon and over 50 from Spain.

Load factor also increased, from 81% to 82%, as did the percentage of tickets sold on the internet. Internet sales now account for 98% of total ticket sales, up from 97% in May 2004.

The airline, which operates over 200 routes, revealed after tax profits of €268.9m (US $332m) earlier this week and record revenue of €1.34bn ($1.66bn).

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

you guys all know that the last para by mcclellan is a lie, right? Kevin Baastalk 11:15, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)
 * actually we all know its not. This whole Bush lied think is a buch of liberal cr*p, they need to get over the fact Bush won.--Ryan524 17:19, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Here's a quiz question for you: True or false: "We have conclusive evidence that Saddam Hussiend posseses weapons of mass destruction." Kevin Baastalk 17:25, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)
 * Depends on what you conciter conclusive, we had intel saying that, intel is not always accurate or Saddam could of had the WMD's moved out of Iraq, we don't know what yet, but you can't go blamming dbad intel on Bush.--Ryan524 17:30, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"It's not being missed on the Internet, I can tell you that." ...and Al Gore paved the way. Republicans should take the time to mention the internet more often. Maybe "George W.'s guide to addictinggames.com" or something. --CGW 15:21, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

WikiNews is heard in Canada! (and they like the article, apparently (pats self on back)) http://www.theworldforum.org/story/2005/6/3/112534/1341 Kevin Baastalk 17:14, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)

taped interview w/afterdowningstreet.org
http://andymatic.com/2005/06/02/interview-with-david-swanson-from-after-downing-street/ Kevin Baastalk 17:30, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)

Actually, They thought the WMD were there.
Actually, they thought Saddam HAD WMD.

Perhaps you need to read the Memo again?

The memo as a whole indicates that both the British and American governments believed that Saddam DID have Weapons of Mass Destruction.

(Note: all quotes are from the London Times Online posting of the Downing Street Memo)

All the speculation and furror is based on a single statement, "Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were BEING FIXED around the policy." (EMPHASIS ADDED). If "Fixed" is defined as Manipulated the detractors have a point. If "Fixed" is defined as Solidified (and should have been "becoming fixed") it would work better with the rest of the memo.

Note three separate quotes from later in the memo:

"Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran."

"Regime change and WMD were linked in the sense that it was the regime that was producing the WMD."

"what were the consequences, if Saddam used WMD on day one, or if Baghdad did not collapse and urban warfighting began? You said that Saddam could also use his WMD on Kuwait. Or on Israel, added the Defence Secretary."

All of these quotes indicate the belief that Saddam Hussein had produced and controlled WMD. You do NOT speculate how someone will use weapons that you know don't exist.

John Hartman

 * That's just it, speculation. Speculation = Pre-emptive warfare.

 * I personally am very bothered that a decision of this magnitude, to go to war with Iraq, is later blamed an "intelligence failure". You just don't make those kinds of mistakes.

 * Yeah, the oil-for-food programme was broken. Yeah, 9/11 was on the U.S. mind. Yeah, WMD inspectors were having mild access problems in Iraq.

 * What does the guy on the shoolhouse play ground do when sneak attacked. He attacks back. I just think it's a poor choice of execution to take down a country based on speculation of something it may or may not do. The leadership displayed by Bush is... well, he did win re-election. -Edbrown05 18:00, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

At best, you can argue that Bush is delusional and doesn't listen to anything the intelligence department tells him, which is neglect of duty - an impeachable offense. I think arguing that he did not think iraq had wmd would be showing a little more good faith in him - you only make him seem more assanine if he argue that he actually thought they did have WMD. Kevin Baastalk 19:52, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Typo
editprotected "San Fransisco" => "San Francisco" Van der Hoorn (talk) 19:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 20:28, 14 March 2009 (UTC)


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

Is this news?
can this be considered news? TiB 11:57, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

More troublesome than "can this be considered news" (and my answer would be no), is the question: what happens to Wikinews when every company with a PR department starts using Wikinews as a dumping ground for their press releases? IMHO Wikinews NEEDS national and local interest areas for this kind of thing, so that press releases can be isolated to a spot where they might actually be of interest. Ajs 15:00, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yeah this is news - an event has happened. Dan100 (Talk) 19:42, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC) Seems more like an advertisement to me --apollo2011 20:55, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC) Wikinews is not a very usefull outlet if ridiculous articles like this are published. --harburg 2005-06-03 21:22 UTC
 * My answer is "yes". Something new has happened.  (You are aware that news is simply the plural of new, aren't you?)  A new shop has opened, in May 2005.  It may be minor and of local interest only, but that doesn't stop it from being news.  Wikinews doesn't publish press releases, and press releases are regularly pruned from Submit a story.  But this isn't a press release.  It cites one source and claims to be original reporting (see below).  In other words, this appears to be actual citizen journalism: User:pingswept reporting on a coffee shop that opened where he lives. Uncle G 15:23, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Definately news. I was delighted to see this story this morning. → CGorman (Talk)  21:48, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I thought pingswept was one of the more responsible journalists here. Veritos 01:18, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A new stationery shop has just opened in Belfast. Should I write an article on it? Jayem

Is this original reporting?
This article has the original reporting tag attached to it, but the tag was affixed by an editor other than the author and there is no indication either here or in the article's notes that the original author is the actual first-hand source. User:pingswept, please confirm that this is original reporting. Uncle G 15:23, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * See my note below, Uncle G. (The answer is yes.) Pingswept 19:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Vanity Article
When someone finds a finger in their sandwich and initiates a multi-million dollar lawsuit, or - keeping with the "Darwin" theme, the sandwich evolves into a distinct, higher-level sandwich and scientists confirm it as a new species - then it will be news.--Jpbrenna 18:38, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That's not the current community-decided definition of news. Of course, if more people begin to feel the same way you do, it will become policy. But until then... Dan100 (Talk) 19:44, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * News is relevant. Being Wikinews - global and internet-based - stories about local news may need to have their relevance explained for our international audience. Stories should appeal to a large number of people.--Jpbrenna 04:44, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * According to Cambridge, Massachusetts, there were 101,355 people in that city in 2000. Uncle G 13:52, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2.2 times that many people live in my city. Would you be interested to know that Hall's Family Restaurants in Fort Wayne have opened another location, and that councilwoman Dede Hall lost her bid for re-election a few years ago after opposing a city-wide no-smoking ordinance that she thought might hurt her husband's business?  You probably wouldn't.   Why is Darwin's Sandwich Shop relevant to the world's 5.9 billion people who don't live in Cambridge?  Could you at least add some interesting details?  Maybe Harvard students like to go there? (Harvard is an institution that many people around the world have heard of; Darwin's is not)  Maybe John Kerry, Ted Kennedy or other famous Bostonians have stopped in for a sandwich?  I really do want to give a hoot about Darwin's, but you're not helping me do that. --Jpbrenna 14:19, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Irrelevant News
This is indeed news, but extremely local news. I believe the subject matter is irrelevant to the majority of Wikinews readers, furthermore the content is insignificant to all but the residents of the locale. I would expect this sort of story to be tucked away in a sidebar of a non descript internal page of a low quality local newspaper, written by the local high school intern. Certainly not on the front page of a world wide news source viewed by thousands each day?

I realise that wikinews needs to build a readerbase by emphasising it's unique areas, where anyone can write stories and therefore provide more varied news than is regurgitated by the mainstream western media sources, such as CNN, Reuters, BBC etc.. This story has taken this to extremes, it proves a point, but is a weak editorial decision.

An exciting debate!
I'm the original author of this article, i. e. I did the "original reporting." (Just for the record, I don't work for Darwin's, and I don't know anyone who works there. I'm just some dude who noticed a new sandwich shop down the street.)

Here is my stance on hyperlocal reporting: this is significant news to a small audience (people who live in Cambridge, people who used to live in the area, sandwich addicts, etc.) When the time comes that we have enough stories of wide appeal to fill the front page, I will gladly, I repeat, *gladly* move local stuff to a local subpage.

As it is, we have 10-15 stories a day for the entire planet. The lead story is getting updated once every two days or so. We're still young and slow. In a few years, I'd love to have the front page be purely international news, with subpages for national news, and then state news, and so on.

The onus is on all of us. I want to read local news, so I'm writing local news in the hope that others will follow my example. Jpbrenna, apollo2011, Ajs, TiB, harburg, and whoever wrote the anonymous comment above mine, please, start writing the international articles that you want to read.

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Talk:Ryanair passenger numbers up 34%

Wow... 98% of ticket sales done on the internet! I wonder what other airlines experience. -Edbrown05 13:40, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks to CGorman, I now have a strange urge to fly on Ryanair... ;) --CGW

I love Ryanair passionately - they are the most efficent and profitable in the world. The CEO comes from my hometown and whilst often labeled an eccentric, he is widely respected as one of Irelands greatest every businessmen - and the countries number one intrapreneur. He's also amassed a half billion euro fortune... asnd he's still only in his fortys. The airline its self is unbelieveable; its growth is staggering and of course the fact that Europes largest low fares airline is Irish adds to my national pride. Oh, and despite being cost efficent; the pilots are the best paid in the industry and the fleet is one of the newest. → CGorman (Talk)  21:46, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Edbrown05/Grass in Uncle G's back garden continues to grow

Time to mow! lol!

Seriously, you are absolutely correct. Mea culpa. But I don't think your reference to 'strawman' and 'poor little victim' posturing stuff was necessary — actualy, I don't even understand it. -Edbrown05 15:32, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No offense to you or Uncle G. NGerda 15:33, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Above refers to the delete tag, now removed after the article was userfied. Uncle G 15:37, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Original reporting
I did, indeed, observe first-hand the growth of the grass. Uncle G 16:15, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Why did this end up on my use page? ohhh --> NGerda -Edbrown05 03:14, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I write a stupid little story and get flamboozled by the likes of... ClareWhite, Dan100, CCorman and UncleG, for what?

 * [[Image:Stop hand.png|20px|Stop!]] The validity of this story as a news story in its present form is disputed. Please try to resolve objections on the discussion page, or the article may be nominated for deletion.

I could throw that template tag around too. It's intolerant and pointless. What am I doing, this is pointless. -Edbrown05 03:24, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Intolerant is completely wrong, no it's not a matter of tolerance, it's a matter of who cares? It's only a little story. -Edbrown05 03:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I'm getting to it now, ClareWhite, Dan100, CCorman and UncleG care because they want a citizen publication to fit their world view of what news is. So if the news doesn't fit, then Michael Jackson must be acquitted. -Edbrown05 03:35, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Not clear
Now, which type of grass are we referring to: lawn grass, or the kind you roll up and smoke? NGerda 20:13, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)


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User:Edbrown05/Grass in Uncle G's back garden continues to grow

Every day of every year

In Uncle G's back garden, the grass continues to grow. It has been growing for many years.

Despite repeated efforts interview it, User:Edbrown05 hasn't noticed a thing. It may in fact be artificial turf.

My own lawn is "ruint", to use a colloquialism from Baltimore, Md that means 'ruined' and that now no longer applies to me since I relocated to Virginia. In the rowhome districts of Baltimore city, a garden in the back yard hardly applies to grass. There, grass is more often referred to as something you smoke.

I now have a yard of weeds. If the ground the weeds grow on were owned by me, I would kill them. The darn weeds keep growing, probably growth of the weeds occurs every day of every year, but the weeds also avoid attempts at any interview.

A little boy walking by the yard the other day asked his daddy what I, stooped over with a squirt bottle, was doing. His daddy said, "He's using weed spray." Probably a more massive and effective approach to control weeds is available, but hey, I think I need to move back to the city!


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Talk:Blog alliance forms over leaked Downing Street memo

taped interview w/afterdowningstreet.org http://andymatic.com/2005/06/02/interview-with-david-swanson-from-after-downing-street/ Kevin Baastalk 17:31, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)

http://dawnofnewamerica.blogspot.com/2005/06/news-from-big-brass-alliance.html yahoo group, aggregator, etc. Kevin Baastalk 17:41, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)


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Continuing civil unrest in Iran fueled by election tensions, soccer victory

June 4, 2005

In the past several weeks, Iran has seen civil unrest in several major cities, ranging from peaceful student demonstrations to riots to apparent politically motivated assassinations. Tensions have been especially high in the past several days.

Major soccer victories have served as the spark for some demonstrations, while others seem to be a symptom of disputes regarding ballot issues in Iran's upcoming (June 17) elections. The Guardian Council which approves all political candidacies has cleared eight nominees, barring several popular candidates.

June 3

 * On the night of June 3, students at the University of Tehran peacefully protested outside their dormitories against the exclusion of two candidates from ballots for the upcoming presidential elections.
 * At the same time, fans in Tehran clashed with Bassiji militiamen (a component of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps after Iran's 1-0 soccer victory over fellow "Axis of Evil"-member North Korea. Attendees had been warned against excessive jubilation, as the nation is supposed to be in mourning for the anniversary of the death of the Islamic Republic's founder, Grand Ayatollah Khomeini.  Some young women were reportedly seen removing their veils and dancing in the street.
 * An earlier soccer victory on March 27, against Japan, also led to public unrest in the capital.

 * Also on June 3, an Iranian exile organization reports that two plainclothes security police agents have been killed in the city of Isfahan, and there are reports of others being struck in hit-and-run motorbike attacks.
 * Protests which began in late May continued at Amir Kabir. Other protests in late May and early June occurring in Isfahan, Shiraz and other cities were broken up by Bassiji; however, the students at Amir Kabir have apparently been too numerous to disperse.

June 2

 * Two badly-burned bodies were found hogtied in the River Karoun at Ahwaz in Southern Iran. The city in Khuzestan has been under martial law since widespread unrest last month.
 * Students at came out to Khoy University protest Iran's mandatory female veil policy. The students shouted anti-regime slogans and called for election boycotts.  Some of them initiated a hunger strike the previous day.  The students were dispersed by Herrassat (university police), who were reportedly seen confiscating cameras, mobile picturephones and other recording devices.  Several students were reportedly wounded in clashes with authorities.

June 1

 * Students at the University of Ilam disrupted a speech by presidential candidate Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a former security forces chief. Several students were arrested.


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Please do not spam Wikinews. We will find and revert it within seconds. NGerda 00:03, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

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U.S. military confirms Qur'ans were kicked, stepped on and splashed with urine at Guantanamo

June 4, 2005 On Friday, the U.S. military released the results of their investigation and confirmed that in 5 separate incidents, American guards at the Guantánamo Bay prison "mishandled" the Islamic holy book. However, they stress that guards were usually "respectful" of the Qur'an.

One incident involved splashing a Qur'an with urine by urinating near an air vent while others involved kicking, stepping on and writing in Qur'ans.

Brigadier-General Jay Hood, the commander of the jail, said that these incidents are the exception to the rule. In a statement issued late Friday, he said: "The inquiry ... revealed a consistent, documented policy of respectful handling of the Qur'an dating back almost two-and-a-half years."

Gen. Hood looked into the allegations, published and then retracted by Newsweek, that American personnel flushed a Qur'an down a toilet. He said that the inquiry did not find any evidence supporting this particular allegation. "The inquiry found no credible evidence that a member of the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay ever flushed a Qur'an down a toilet. This matter is considered closed."

The incidents reported are:

 * a guard kicking a prisoner's Qur'an;
 * Qur'ans wetted by water balloons thrown by guards;
 * a "two-word obscenity" written, in English, inside the cover of a Qur'an. Military officials state that it is equally possible that a guard wrote this in the prisoner's Qur'an or that the prisoner wrote this in his own Qur'an;
 * a guard who urinated too close to an air vent, spraying a Qur'an with urine;
 * an interrogator who stepped on a Qur'an during an interrogation.

The investigation also revealed 15 alleged cases of Qur'an mistreatment by detainees themselves. Detainees used Qur'ans as pillows, urinated on them, and, several times, tore pages out of copies of the books, according to the report. For example, the report states that a guard observed a "detainee place two Qur'ans in his toilet and state he no longer cared about the Qur'an or his religion," on February 23, 2004. It is believed that such behavior is intended to cause disruption and problems for the guards.


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Audio Wikinews transcript – 2005 06 04 – 0230 UTC
As reported by Nicholas Gerda

June 4, 2005. This is Wikinews.

Lead Story
Bush Administration flip flops on legitimacy of Koran desecration allegations Following allegations that the Muslim holy book Koran was desecrated in front of inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Bush administration has drastically changed its position on the credibility of these reports. At first they completely denied it, and then, on Friday, revealed that these allegations were indeed true.

On May 16, Newsweek magazine apologized to the victims of deadly riots that ensued due to a Newsweek article stating that U.S. officials defiled the Koran. White House spokesman Scott McClellan criticized Newsweek's initial response to the incident, saying it was "puzzling." Later that day, Newsweek retracted the story, which the White House said was a "good first step".

On May 20, the International Red Cross (IRC) revealed in a rare public announcement that it had documented and reported to the United States credible information concerning desecration of the Koran by Guantanamo Bay personnel. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, acknowledged that allegations were made on "rare occassions" but were uncorroborated. Simon Schorno, a Red Cross spokesman, disputed the Pentagon's denial saying, "All information we received were corroborated allegations." He added that, "We certainly corroborated mentions of the events by detainees themselves," and that "the ICRC considers such reports "very seriously, and very carefully, and [we] document everything."

Scott McClellan explained in a press conference that the White House is not trying to tell Newsweek what to print. McClellan said, "Look, this report caused serious damage to the image of the United States abroad. And Newsweek has said that they got it wrong. I think Newsweek recognizes the responsibility they have. We appreciate the step that they took by retracting the story. Now we would encourage them to move forward and do all that they can to help repair the damage that has been done by this report. And that's all I'm saying. But, no, you're absolutely right, it's not my position to get into telling people what they can and cannot report."

On May 25, Amnesty International called for the shutdown on Guantanamo Bay due to numerous human rights violations, saying "The 'war on terror' appeared more effective in eroding international human rights principles than in countering international 'terrorism'." Amnesty International's view was shared by both the International Red Cross (IRC) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The IRC has said it reported to the U.S. government detainee's reports of desecration of the Qur'an. In the foreword of the report, written by Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan, Guantanamo was compared to a Soviet-era gulag in that it is "entrenching the practice of arbitrary and indefinite detention in violation of international law".

White House spokesman Scott McClellan responded saying the report's allegations were "ridiculous and unsupported by the facts. The United States is leading the way when it comes to protecting human rights and promoting human dignity. We have liberated 50 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have worked to advance freedom and democracy in the world so that people are governed under a rule of law and that there are... protections in place for minority rights, that women's rights are advanced so that women can fully participate in societies where now they cannot", as well as supporting the fight against AIDS in Africa. About the allegations of abuse at Guantanamo, which McClellan has previously called isolated incidents, he said, "We hold people accountable when there is abuse. We take steps to prevent it from happening again, and we do so in a very public way for the world to see that we lead by example, and that we do have values that we hold very dearly and believe in."

On May 31, U.S. President George W. Bush dismissed the human rights report as "absurd" for its harsh criticism of U.S. treatment of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying the allegations were made by prisoners "who hate America." "It's an absurd allegation. The United States is a country that promotes freedom around the world," Bush said of the Amnesty International report.

William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, defended the report, saying, "What is 'absurd' is President Bush's attempt to deny the deliberate policies of his administration." and "What is 'absurd' and indeed outrageous is the Bush administration's failure to undertake a full independent investigation". Irene Khan also responded saying, "The administration's response has been that our report is absurd, that our allegations have no basis, and our answer is very simple: if that is so, open up these detention centres, allow us and others to visit them."

And, on Friday, the U.S. military released the results of their investigation and confirmed that in 5 separate incidents, American guards at the Guantánamo Bay prison "mishandled" the Islamic holy book. However, they stress that guards were usually "respectful" of the Koran. One incident involved splashing a Koran with urine by urinating near an air vent while others involved kicking, stepping on and writing in Korans.

Brigadier-General Jay Hood, the commander of the jail, looked into the allegations, published and then retracted by Newsweek, that American personnel flushed a Koran down a toilet. He said that the inquiry did not find any evidence supporting this particular allegation. "The inquiry found no credible evidence that a member of the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay ever flushed a Koran down a toilet. This matter is considered closed."

Headlines
Government of Zimbabwe violently forces thousands out of their homes 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".

U.S. confirms Korans were kicked, stepped on and splashed with urine at Guantanamo On Friday, the U.S. military released the results of their investigation and confirmed that in 5 separate incidents, American guards at the Guantánamo Bay prison "mishandled" the Islamic holy book. However, they stress that guards were usually "respectful" of the Koran.

One incident involved splashing a Koran with urine by urinating near an air vent while others involved kicking, stepping on and writing in Korans.

Brigadier-General Jay Hood, the commander of the jail, said that these incidents are the exception to the rule. In a statement issued late Friday, he said: "The inquiry ... revealed a consistent, documented policy of respectful handling of the Koran dating back almost two-and-a-half years."

Gen. Hood looked into the allegations, published and then retracted by Newsweek, that American personnel flushed a Koran down a toilet. He said that the inquiry did not find any evidence supporting this particular allegation. "The inquiry found no credible evidence that a member of the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay ever flushed a Koran down a toilet. This matter is considered closed."

The incidents reported are: a guard kicking a prisoner's Koran; Korans wetted by water balloons thrown by guards; a "two-word obscenity" written, in English, inside the cover of a Koran. Military officials state that it is equally possible that a guard wrote this in the prisoner's Koran or that the prisoner wrote this in his own Koran; a guard who urinated too close to an air vent, spraying a Koran with urine; an interrogator who stepped on a Koran during an interrogation.

Fire in Alpine road tunnel between Italy and France Italian firefighters say a truck burst into flames inside the 13 km (8 mile) Frejus tunnel under the Alps. At least one body has been recovered from the tunnel between Italy and France. According to the Italian news agency ANSA, the truck which caught fire was carrying tires, and the fire has spread to three other vehicles: another truck, loaded with paint, a van of the French tunnel company and a car. Italian emergency services were being held back about a mile from the fire by the intense heat, but French services have managed to reach the blaze. Several vehicles are thought to be still in the tunnel. Police are trying to contact a group of people who escaped on foot in order to assess whether people may be trapped inside.

French officials have stated that all people who made it to safety alcoves (ventilated shelters directly linked to a fresh air shaft) on the French side of the tunnel have been safely rescued, but there has been no information about rescues from the Italian side of the fire, where intense heat has been hampering the emergency services.

The tunnel has a 0.54% uphill gradient in the France/Italy direction, which means that heat and smoke will generally escape on the Italian side, with cold fresh air sucked in on the French side, as the uphill tunnel acts like a chimney.

Val Fréjus is a city on the French side of the border, in the Rhône-Alpes département.

A fire in a similar tunnel under the Alps (the Mont Blanc Tunnel) reached temperatures of 1,000° Celsius and killed 39 people in 1999.

Wikipedia Current Events

 * A video from the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre showing the murder of Bosniak males is introduced at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, sparking public outrage in Serbia.
 * In a consultative referendum in the Netherlands, early results indicate that voters have rejected the proposed European Constitution, with 62% voting 'no'.
 * Dominique de Villepin is appointed Prime Minister of France by President Jacques Chirac in response to the French EU 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.

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 * 1615 - Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan.
 * 1792 - Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Great Britain.
 * 1920 - The Kingdom of Hungary was split into five countries with the signing of the Treaty of Trianon in Paris.
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First winter snowfall in New Zealand

June 4, 2005

Overnight Friday a Southerly storm brought snow to both the Southern Alps and the central North Island mountains of New Zealand for the first time this year, closing major roads and stranding travellers at the start of the Queens Birthday holiday weekend. Police and the AA urged motorists to drive with extra care and to the conditions this weekend.

In the North Island, State Highway 1 between Waiouru and Rangipo, the Desert Road was closed by deep snow at 3 PM on Friday afternoon. Other roads in the area, including other parts of State Highway 1 between Bulls and Turangi, State Highway 4, via National Park, and 49, via Ohakune, were closed at 8 PM.

These road closures stopped all traffic through the centre of the North Island. About 200 travellers were reported to have spent the night at the Waiouru Army Camp, being accommodated in the Marae and the Barracks. Grit trucks and snow ploughs worked overnight to clear the snow and reopen roads, with the Desert Road finally being reopened about 12:30 PM Saturday.

Together with a slip threatening to close State Highway 3 in the Manawatu Gorge and damage to State Highway 2 after floods in the Bay of Plenty a couple of weeks ago, the only reliable alternative route for travellers around the North Island was via Wanganui and Taranaki.

In the South Island, Police and the AA advised that chains were essential when travelling over the mountain passes.

Yesterday, Mount Hutt skifield announced it would be opening Saturday morning. Early Saturday morning, skiers were reported to be queuing at the gates of Mount Hutt skifield, eager to get the first opportunity to hit the slopes in 2005. Other South Island ski fields were also indicating June opening dates.

The weather outlook is for cold southerly winds and rain over the Queens Birthday holiday weekend, with snow down to 400m in the South Island.

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June 4, 2005

 * Big shoes to fill at eBay
 * Bush Administration changes official position on legitimacy of Koran desecration allegations
 * Online poker firm set for multibillion pound flotation
 * U.S. military confirms Qur'ans were kicked, stepped on and splashed with urine at Guantanamo
 * First winter snowfall in New Zealand
 * Continuing civil unrest in Iran fueled by election tensions, soccer victory

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Bush Administration changes official position on legitimacy of Qur'an desecration allegations

June 4, 2005

After an investigation of allegations that Islam's the  was mishandled in front of  at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the  has acknowledged the credibility of some of these reports. According to Robert Burns of the Associated Press, U.S. military officials acknowledged that, "a Muslim holy book was splashed with urine," and "a detainee's Quran was deliberately kicked and another's was stepped on." The US government first denied a specific report that the Qu'ran had been flushed down a toilet at the prison facility, but on Friday agreed that similar allegations were indeed true.

On May 16, magazine apologized to the victims of deadly riots that ensued due to a Newsweek article stating that U.S. officials defiled the Qur'an. criticized Newsweek's initial response to the incident, saying it was "puzzling." Later that day, Newsweek retracted the story, which the White House said was a "good first step".

On May 20, the International Red Cross (IRC) revealed in a rare public announcement that it had documented and reported to the United States credible information concerning desecration of the Qur'an by Guantanamo Bay personnel. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, acknowledged that allegations were made on "rare occasions" but were uncorroborated. Simon Schorno, a Red Cross spokesman, disputed the 's denial saying, "All information we received were corroborated allegations." He added that, "We certainly corroborated mentions of the events by detainees themselves," and that "the ICRC considers such reports "very seriously, and very carefully, and [we] document everything."

Scott McClellan explained in a press conference that the White House is not trying to tell Newsweek what to print. McClellan said, "Look, this report caused serious damage to the image of the United States abroad. And Newsweek has said that they got it wrong. I think Newsweek recognizes the responsibility they have. We appreciate the step that they took by retracting the story. Now we would encourage them to move forward and do all that they can to help repair the damage that has been done by this report. And that's all I'm saying. But, no, you're absolutely right, it's not my position to get into telling people what they can and cannot report."

On May 25, Amnesty International called for the shutdown on Guantanamo Bay due to numerous human rights violations, saying "The 'war on terror' appeared more effective in eroding international human rights principles than in countering international 'terrorism'." Amnesty International's view was shared by both the International Red Cross (IRC) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The IRC has said it reported to the U.S. government detainee's reports of desecration of the Qur'an. In the foreword of the report, written by Amnesty International Secretary General, Guantanamo was compared to a Soviet-era gulag in that it is "entrenching the practice of arbitrary and indefinite detention in violation of international law".

White House spokesman Scott McClellan responded saying the report's allegations were "ridiculous and unsupported by the facts. The United States is leading the way when it comes to protecting human rights and promoting . We have 50 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have worked to advance  and  in the world so that people are governed under a rule of law and that there are... protections in place for, that women's rights are advanced so that women can fully participate in societies where now they cannot", as well as supporting the fight against AIDS in Africa.

About the allegations of abuse at Guantanamo, which McClellan has previously called isolated incidents, he said, "We hold people accountable when there is abuse. We take steps to prevent it from happening again, and we do so in a very public way for the world to see that we lead by example, and that we do have values that we hold very dearly and believe in."

On May 31, U.S. President George W. Bush dismissed the human rights report as "absurd" for its harsh criticism of U.S. treatment of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying the allegations were made by prisoners "who hate America." "It's an absurd allegation. The United States is a country that promotes freedom around the world," Bush said of the Amnesty International report.

William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, defended the report, saying, "What is 'absurd' is President Bush's attempt to deny the deliberate policies of his administration." and "What is 'absurd' and indeed outrageous is the Bush administration's failure to undertake a full independent investigation". Irene Khan also responded saying, "The administration's response has been that our report is absurd, that our allegations have no basis, and our answer is very simple: if that is so, open up these detention centres, allow us and others to visit them."

And, on Friday, the released the results of their investigation and confirmed that in 5 separate incidents, American guards at the Guantánamo Bay prison "mishandled" the Islamic holy book. However, they stress that guards were usually "respectful" of the Qur'an. One incident involved splashing a Koran with urine by urinating near an air vent while others involved kicking, stepping on and writing in Qur'ans.

, the commander of the jail, looked into the allegations, published and then retracted by Newsweek, that American personnel flushed a Qur'an down a toilet. He said that the inquiry did not find any evidence supporting this particular allegation. "The inquiry found no credible evidence that a member of the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay ever flushed a Qur'an down a toilet. This matter is considered closed."


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User:Dan100/January 2005 site overhaul

Resides in Reading, UK.

I like Wikinews so much I spent my early days here cleaning up lots of the welcome, how-to etc pages. I did this as I really felt the process of creating and editing articles needed to be streamlined and made easier for people coming to Wikinews for the first time. I sincerely hope my changes will result in more people writing more articles.

Before commenting on the changes can I ask one thing? Go to the mainpage, and look at and follow the links with the eyes of a 'newbie'. I see the path as thus:

 * A new user would first click 'anyone can write', taking him to Getting started. Clicking the 'Wikinews' link would take him to the mission statement page explaining what WN is about and how it got started.

 * If he wants to edit articles, he might click 'edit an article'. This would explain the very basics of how to edit a wiki page, and also how to create a completely new one.

 * After reading that, he might return to 'Getting started' with the idea of creating a new article, and click the 'create a new one' link taking him to Writing an article. This would guide him, step-by-step, through the basics of creating and writing a WN article with the appropiate links to pages giving more info, where needed.

 * He might add his new article on the Latest news template straight away, or list it on the workspace if he feels it's not ready for publication yet. Here he could list his article with a tag (using Article development to find out what each tag means) so other people could pick up on his work where he left off. Finally, when his article is ready for publication, it could be removed from the workspace and listed on the latest news template.

If you've come here to complain about changes I've made - sorry! - and leave me a message on my talk page.

I really feel this site has huge potential, so join me in getting stuck in! Dan100 00:53, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Continuing civil unrest in Iran fueled by election tensions, soccer victory

I've added about all I can for now. Mainstream media is not covering this at all. --Jpbrenna 14:05, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Samsung's 4 Gigabit flash memory begins mass production

It will be several years before Flash memory cards become cheap enough to be used in laptops. Furthermore, hard disk technology will probably always be ahead of Flash memory in terms of cost per gigabyte and access speed, so they will probably never replace hard disks in laptops. Finally, while Flash memory is just approaching the speeds that are needed for HDTV playback, hard disks are already much faster than is needed for that purpose, and several of these 4Gib flash cards put together into a small package (512MiB each) will NOT provide enough room for HDTV. Although I can see the use of Flash memory in more handheld devices where hard drives are currently used (especially ones with low-capacity hard drives such as LifeDrive PDAs and digital music players), I think that Samsung's claims are little more than marketing hype. Andrew pmk 15:46, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't bet on it. HDDs have stagnated at about 250gb -> $1 = 1 gb. Thats a hell of a lot better than anything offered by flash at the moment BUT, the advances of solid state are going forward in leaps and bounds. The current limit is about 2 gb, this is talking about 16gb. that is a MASSIVE increase 16gb is suddenly enough to carry your entire OS, progrmas and large number of files. We could well see people carrying around thier entire computer on a usb key and just plug it into what ever computer is closest. Any computer is your computer. Your work computer and your home computer are one. It would be massive. ~The bellman | Smile  13:14, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It would also appear that SanDisk (not aware of the actual manufacturer) has an 8GB Compact Flash card available on the retail market so only a month since the last comment and we are already halfway to 16GB.--68.94.193.10 10:56, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

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'a a' => 'a' Van der Hoorn (talk) 19:15, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Done — Gopher65talk 01:55, 7 March 2009 (UTC)