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30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash

June 8, 2005

A bus collision with a truck in Uganda has resulted in at least 30 fatalities and has left a further 21 injured. The bus, which was heading for Nairobi in Kenya, crashed in the Kabale district of Uganda near the Rwandan border. Of the 30 fatalities, 25 died instantly upon impact whilst the remaining 5 died later in hospital.

"There were 20 survivors, the majority of them are in critical condition," said Cyprian Gatete, Rwanda's assistant commissioner of police, during a telephone conversation with Reuters.

The survivors of the accident were initially taken to Kabale Hospital in Uganda, but were later flown back to hospitals in Rwanda. It remains to be seen what exactly caused the accident, however South African news source Independent Online is reporting that a Rwandan reporter on the scene speculated that the bus seemed to have swerved into oncoming traffic.

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California IT company to create 100 new jobs in Dublin

June 8, 2005

California based QLogic Corporation has announced that it is to establish its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in County Dublin, Ireland. The new centre will be based in a 20,000-square-foot facility in Blanchardstown. Up to 100 people will be employed there within five years time.

QLogic manufactures many important components that are used in servers, PC's and various networking products by companies such as Dell, Cisco, and HP.

The CEO of QLogic, Mr. H. K. Desai, said of the companies decision to locate in Ireland "We chose Dublin as we believe it will best service our long-term needs, enable us to recruit the calibre of people we require and facilitate the timely delivery of product to our customers overseas.”

Ireland has continued to attract large amounts of FDI in recent years despite the slowdown in the world economy in 2002. Recent additions to Ireland's list of multinationals include Amazon.com, eBay, Bell Labs and Yahoo.


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Republic of Ireland beat Faroe Islands to top Group 4 for Football World Cup 2006

June 8, 2005

Having drawn with Israel twice in their last two games, the Republic of Ireland football squad have received a much needed confidence boost. They beat the Faroe Islands 2-nil away to earn the three points which takes them to the top of Group 4; one ahead of Switzerland. However the Irish have seven games played - one more than most of the other Group four members.

After a fruitless first half, Ireland gained the upper hand in the 51st minute thanks to a solid penalty taken by Ian Harte. The penalty was given after the home team's keeper, Jakup Mikkelsen, brought down Stephen Elliott.

The second goal came shortly after when Kevin Kilbane found the back of the net to finally settle the Irish nerves.


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Canadian provinces brace for more flooding

June 8, 2005

Canadian forecasters are predicting more rain in the upcoming two days as floodwaters wash across southern Alberta, forcing people in West Bragg Creek and High River to evacuate their homes.

As rain continues to steadily fall, Alberta Environment has issued a flood warning on more than 20 rivers as more than 100 to 170 millimetres have fallen in certain areas over the last few days.

The sight of swollen rivers brings to mind the floods of ten years ago in the same region, when water levels rose to such a height that, at the time, it was considered a once in a 125-year event.

About 200 High River residents have been forced to evacuate and about 3,500 people living around the community’s golf course were put under a voluntary evacuation order.

Meanwhile, Manitoba has also seen more rain than usual this time of year and is facing a flooding situation that’s been described as worse than the one faced by the province in 1999. Roads and bridges have been washed out and fears are growing among farmers that their crops will drown under the watery conditions.

There have been estimates that as much as 10% of crops may have been lost in Manitoba.

The wet weather has also been affecting the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan, where a flood watch has been put on towns surrounding the South Saskatchewan River basin.


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What's with this global excess weather pattern? Edbrown05 01:08, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Prediction: all users will see extreme weather events in their local areas. Edbrown05 01:23, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Pittsburgh Pirates win three-game series over Baltimore Orioles

June 8, 2005

In inter-league Major League Baseball play, the Pittsburgh Pirates won two of three games against the Baltimore Orioles, the last game finishing up around 21:30 EDT today.

The series was even after the Orioles defeated the Pirates in the first game, 4-3, but the Pirates rallied back, assisted by two home runs in the eighth inning by Daryle Ward and Jack Wilson to win the second game 6-5. The final score of the third game was 6-1.


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Half of Ugandan Presidential convoy blocked at Uganda-Rwanda border

June 8, 2005

More than half of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's convoy was prevented from entering Rwanda on Thursday. The President was travelling to Kigali to hand over the chairmanship of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to Rwandan president Paul Kagame.

Rwandan officials have been quoted as saying that the Ugandan convoy violated rules on the number of guns they are allowed to carry across the border.

Uganda has blamed the incident solely on Rwanda, arguing that the situation could have been resolved with much less controversy.

"What happened at the border was the sole responsibility of the Rwandese officials involved. If there had been extra guns, why could they not be left on the border for later collection and allow the vehicles to continue?" said a statement from Uganda's foreign ministry.

"The guns could even have been returned to Uganda, it is only 200 meters away. The body guards normally travel with guns even in commercial airlines. You surrender the guns to the pilots. They, then, give them to you on arrival," it added.

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a free trade area stretching from Egypt to Namibia. It was formed in December 1994.

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Rwandan genocide investigations to be completed by end of July

June 9, 2005

The investigations into the 1994 should be completed by the end of July, according to a spokesperson for the traditional. The courts are a form of community based justice that were set up in an attempt to deal with the nearly 100,000 people accused of.

"Work is progressing quite fast in most places across Rwanda. We are looking at finalizing the investigation phase by the end of July", said the spokesman, Innocent Musafiri.

The courts were set up three years ago, however so far their time has been taken up with trial runs. There are 10,000 courts across the country, and they are expected to take eight years to process all accused. Regular courts would have taken up to 100 years. The judges are untrained citizens elected by their peers.

The 1994 Rwandan genocide was an eruption of ethnic conflict where militia, supported by the Hutu dominated government and encouraged by 'hate radio', attempted to ethnically cleanse the minority. Despite numerous warnings the international community did not take serious action to prevent the atrocities, which included hacking people to death with machetes, and forcing people into buildings that were then destroyed with bulldozers. Estimates place the number killed at up to one million.


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 * First tropical storm of 2005 season forms in the Atlantic
 * Canadian top court strikes down private medicare ban in Quebec
 * Sources close to both sides say NHL, NHLPA agree on Salary Cap structure
 * Atari Melbourne Project revealed
 * International Criminal Court to investigate crimes against humanity in Darfur
 * Rwandan genocide investigations to be completed by end of July
 * Half of Ugandan Presidential convoy blocked at Uganda-Rwanda border

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The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

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User talk:66.100.35.58

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Wikinews talk:Project Rwanda newshut

You can add a comment to this page at any time just by pressing 'add comment' at the top. When you have your own ID, you can also sign your name with four ~ of those. ClareWhite 08:55, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Atari Melbourne Project revealed

Everything in an article needs to be sourced directly. Just a link to a games website and saying 'insider contact' is not enough! Dan100 (Talk) 09:19, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

How did Woodward and Bernstein do it then? The trouble is, my source is an employee who doesn't want to be named. The article is centred around the information from that source, so I'm not sure how to proceed. RJC531 10:04, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, well first of all get everything else sourced as per Writing an article here. With your source, have you anything written down, any e-mails, transcripts of conversations, that sort of thing? If you have, take his name out and anything else sensitive, and then copy to this page. You must understand our point - we could have people claiming anything they like about anyone from 'insider sources', and it could all be untrue. We don't want to publish stuff that isn't true, so we need some sort of evidence! Dan100 (Talk) 10:18, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I was actually told the information in a private conversation, I don't have anything written down but I guess I could reconstruct a transcript. I'll get the other stuff sourced. Then do I submit it again on the main page? I do understand the position, it makes complete sense - I'm just new to wikinews. RJC531 10:21, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * My understanding is that you should take contemporaneous (at the time) notes of conversations and that these are valid sources, a journalist should not have to name a source that should be kept confidential (thought that sometimes gets controversial). It is also good practice to try and verify information received from one source with another, such as seeing if the press office will confirm. You shouldn't need to resubmit, I think your notes go on this Talk page, someone else will probably be surer. Can there be an original reporting tag put onto the page and hold the disputed tag? ClareWhite 11:09, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Well, considering that the author has referenced everything else possible and has basically done his best, I think we should put it on the front page again. I don't suppose we'll be getting better notes, but RJC wasn't to know our demands as a 'first-timer', and we shouldn't kill the story because of that. RJC, you probably want to have a read of Original reporting if you haven't already. Dan100 (Talk) 14:39, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Dan and Clare and thank you for your advice. --RJC531 18:36, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Wikinews talk:SectionMenu

Wikinews:SectionMenu has been deprecated in favor of Browse.

Please be sparing with adding new topics! Stick to only the major ones, not "everything under the sun", to keep this page usable. Thanks! Dan100 (Talk) 10:21, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Nice job Dan. → CGorman (Talk)  20:01, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dates on stories?
Is it possible to put dates next to the regional stories? Smaller regions (eg New Zealand) only have a few stories and the latest ones are quite old. It would be nice to be able to see this without reading each one. Guest, 00:52 3 November 2005 (GMT)

More localer news
I agree with needing to keep it easy to browse, but what about having sections for very local news? For example, what if I want stories that might go under United States/Texas/Houston/The Heights (it's kind of a ward or borough of Houston)? I'm not going to go adding subtopics that are one of what could be a bajillion, but is there a reasonable solution for doing something like this? Jordanmills 17:10, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Proposed change
If we do it in this format, it would look a lot better, and much more organized. Just my two cents. —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 01:21, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Update: I have just changed the background color of the top part to green, to combat the problems associated with blue text on blue background (albeit different shades, they may pose a problem for the colorblind). —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 00:47, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Comment on proposal

 * This looks like a good choice, from my point of view. The color choice should be checked for useability by people with vision limitations, and if it will work with other Wikinews color layouts. - Amgine/talk 05:09, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * One of the sections used to have a blue background, until someone said it could be really bad for people with vision limitations. —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 05:13, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I kinda like the colours in the class "toccolours". ( which I just previously applied without asking anyone - bad old me being bold) I really have to learn to propose stuff. but anyways this looks good. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:39, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

intreasting regional view
http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/CategoryTree.php?wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikinews.org&cat=world&m=a&go=Load&terse=

Bawolff ☺☻ 05:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Browse
If you haven't seen Browse yet, I urge you to take a look at it. I hope in the future to replace SectionMenu with what I feel is the better solution. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:45, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

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Sources close to both sides say NHL, NHLPA agree on Salary Cap structure

June 9, 2005

The Globe and Mail (Toronto, ON), citing sources close to both sides in the dispute, reported Wednesday that the National Hockey League and the NHLPA have agreed to a salary cap structure, arguably the most contentious issue in the continuing lockout that led to the cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season on 16 February, 2005.

The Globe and Mail is reporting that the deal, providing the "cost certainty" that the NHL has been seeking, will consist of a floating, team-by-team salary cap and floor based on a percentage of each team's revenue projections. What is being reported as a six-year deal has a salary cap range of $34-36 million and a salary floor of $22-24 million, both hard caps. The new deal will also reportedly include the across-the-board 24% decrease in salary offered by the NHLPA in February. A dollar-for-dollar Luxury tax will also take effect at the halfway point between the lowest salary floor and the highest salary cap (slated to be $29 million for the first year of the deal). Details about what will be done with this money have not been completely worked out, but it is thought that this money will be distributed to teams below the halfway point in such a way as to make sure they remain above the salary hard minimum.

While this is one of the most contentious issues in the labor dispute, there are several other issues that may delay the signing of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. These include deciding how high-payroll teams will drop to the new maximum, working on new systems for salary arbitration, free agency, Olympic participation, and drug testing, and to design a complete revenue-sharing system.


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Could this headline be a little less obscure? Suggest 'Salary cap deal 'close' for Canadian National Hockey League'. ClareWhite 16:15, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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More political, soccer-related unrest in Iran follows Bahrain victory

June 12, 2005

More unrest occurred overnight across Iran following the national soccer team's June 9 victory over the team from neighboring Bahrain in a World Cup qualification match.

Soccer Jubilation Pushes Boundaries
The match marked the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that women could attend a soccer match. A group of one hundred pre-selected women were admitted to the game under official escort; a protest group of a further twenty-six women attempted to gain admission, but were dispersed by police.

A young Tehran resident reported via instant messenger that she heard what appeared to be raucous celebrating outside the night of the 1-0 victory over Bahrain. She had been babysitting that night, and returned quickly home, having decided it was probably not safe to investigate the crowds after hearing a large boom, which she attributed to pranksters possibly detonating outsized illegal fireworks. However, she also noticed that a public telephone had been damaged.

If utilities were being damaged, it is very possible that the boom was produced not by a high explosive, but by the bursting of sodium vapor lamp bulb that had been knocked over by vandals -- this reporter has seen it happen before, and can attest that it sounds very much like an explosion.

Some Crowds Get Political
In the city of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan, demonstrators reportedly tore down a large poster of the late Ayatollah Khomeini (founder of the present Islamic Republic of Iran) and burned it while chanting "Freedom!" and anti-regime slogans. The crowds of young people caused traffic congestion, apparently halting movement through the center city for several hours. Numerous arrests have been reported. The city is home to a substantial Turkic Azeri minority, but the unrest seems to be political in nature, not ethnic.

Meanwhile, in the theological center of Qom, reformist politician Behzad Navabi was attacked by a group of about thirty unidentified men who apparently disagreed with his political platform. The group employed lethal and non-lethal weapons, including tear gas, to disrupt Navabi's political rally. Navabi reports that he suffered a skull fracture and numerous cuts and bruises in the attack. Police clashed with the attackers, and eventually arrested some of them. Navabi is a member of the Mujahadeen of Islamic Revolution party and a backer of reform presidential candidate Mustafa Moin.


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First tropical storm of 2005 season forms in the Atlantic

June 9, 2005

Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the, formed as Tropical Depression One on Wednesday in the northwestern Caribbean. At 8 am Eastern Time on Thursday, it strengthened to tropical storm status. The storm was forecast to track north over the western tip of Cuba and eventually make landfall over the, and the storm is producing heavy rains and gusty winds over portions of Florida.

The government of the Cayman Islands has issued a for that country, and the government of the  has issued a tropical storm warning. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Grand Isle, Florida to St. Marks, Florida. A is also in effect from the mouth of the Pearl River to Panama City, Florida. A tropical storm watch remains in effect from west of Grand Isle, Louisiana to Morgan City, Louisiana.

Tropical Storm Arlene has already been affecting Cuba with heavy rainfall and gusty winds. Heavy rain fall was already moving onshore well in advance of the center. Heavy rainfall, accompanied by brief gusty winds, gradually spread across western and central Cuba; and into extreme southern Florida, especially the. Total rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches, with maximum amounts of up to 15 inches in the highlands, have occurred in Cuba. 3 to 5 inches of rain is expected over the Florida Keys.

Coastal storm surge flooding of 2 to 4 feet above normal tide levels, along with large and dangerous battering waves, can be expected near and to the east of where the center makes landfall. Water levels are currently about one-half foot above normal tide levels along the northern gulf coast. Some coastal flooding is possible on the southern coast of western Cuba.

Isolated tornadoes may occur over portions of southern Florida and the Florida Keys on Friday.

As of 2 pm Eastern Time on Friday, it was moving northward at 13 mph with maximum sustained wind speeds of near 60 mph, with gusts at higher speeds. A gradual turn toward the north-northwest with a slight increase in forward speed is expected during the next 24 hours. On this track, the center of Arlene will be approaching the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. However, most of the weather associated with Arlene will arrive much earlier than the center. Tropical force winds extend outward up to 150 miles to the north and east of the center. Minimal central pressure just reported by an air force reserve reconnaissance plane was 997 millibars (mb), 29.44 inches.

The current location of the center of the storm is 27.1° N, 86.1° W, which is about 75 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, and about 400 miles south-southeast of Pensacola, Florida.

Arlene is the most commonly used name for Atlantic tropical cyclones, having now been used nine times.


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Canadian top court strikes down private medicare ban in Quebec

June 9, 2005

Canada's top court has struck down Quebec's bans on private health care insurance, citing an increased risk to the life and health of Canadians.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruling looked into a patient's right to pay for faster service in a system that currently treats patients on the basis of equal access to medical care, regardless of income.

Quebec patient George Zeliotis, a chemical salesman who waited in pain for more than a year in 1997 to have his hip replaced, said he should have had the right to pay for surgery.

Under public health care, it's forbidden to pay for services covered under the system.

Despite free medical treatment, there are often long waiting lists for operations and services with current public health care.

Together with physician, Dr. Jacques Chaoulli, Mr. Zeliotis launched a challenge to the Supreme Court of Canada, after losing their fight in Quebec's lower courts, arguing that having to wait for surgery violates a patient's constitutional right to life, liberty, and security of the person.

Mr. Zeliotis and Dr. Chaoulli argued that being able to pay for private medical services wouldn't be detrimental to the public health care system.

The Quebec Superior Court and the Quebec Court of Appeal had dismissed the case, ruling that the provincial law's intent was not to discriminate among patients and to provide health care based on need rather than a patient's ability to pay.

The Canadian Medical Association said the Superior Court of Canada ruling could "fundamentally change the health-care system in Canada as we now know it" but declined to comment any further until it had time to study the decision.


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Talk:More political, soccer-related unrest in Iran follows Bahrain victory

I've got it started. I have to go now, but I'll be back to editing late this afternoon and in the early evening. There might be more sources available by that time as well. Please feel free to work on it while I'm gone. --Jpbrenna 17:48, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Name removed to protect source's privacy --Jpbrenna 02:28, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * (11/6/2005 12:38:45 πμ): i dont know what they do
 * (11/6/2005 12:38:49 πμ): but
 * (11/6/2005 12:38:56 πμ): i heard lot of noise
 * (11/6/2005 12:38:59 πμ): yes
 * (11/6/2005 12:39:04 πμ): untill the midnight
 * (11/6/2005 12:39:21 πμ): and actully i wanted go out and see
 * (11/6/2005 12:39:23 πμ): but
 * (11/6/2005 12:39:30 πμ): dangerous
 * (11/6/2005 12:39:32 πμ): becuse
 * (11/6/2005 12:39:39 πμ): some of the guys are crazy
 * (11/6/2005 12:39:41 πμ): u know
 * (11/6/2005 12:43:26 πμ): there is telephone near my home and i saw the guys broken it
 * (11/6/2005 12:44:37 πμ): and i heard lot of noise i dont know what do u call it maybeBOMB, CANISTER , GRENADE
 * And the experience of the sodium vapor light explosion was the night of the post-Bobby Knight firing riot at IU in the fall of 2000. I was working in the Fine Arts Building and saw some goons pull down a lampost next to the university president's house.  I thought the police had thrown some kind of stun grenade because of the boom, but it turned out it was the bulb breaking.  Part of the problem that night is that there weren't enough cops around, much less any throwing grenades at the hooligans

Good to go
I think this is ready to be published, and I don't want it to be published to long after the events. Jpbrenna, you've done a great job! If you disagree with me publishing this - sorry! Dan100 (Talk) 09:37, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Just give me a chance to run it by my source to see if she approves of the paraphrasing of her comments and to see if she has anything to add (she's online now). Also, she just told me about a bombing in Khuzestan, and when I googled it, I found there has just been another in Teheran.  I'll put those in a separate, linked article though. --Jpbrenna 20:24, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Request to add category
Can you please add Category: Women's association football to this article? Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 06:50, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * addressed.--LauraHale (talk) 08:32, 26 November 2013 (UTC)


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U.N. condemns lack of due process in American-run Iraq prisons

June 10, 2005

The United Nations Secretary-General has criticised United States handling of prisoners in Iraq, during a recent report to the UN Security Council. He said that the prisoners were denied due legal process and other rights guaranteed under international law.

"One of the major human rights challenges remains the detention of thousands of persons without due process. Despite the release of some detainees, their number continues to grow. Prolonged detention without access to lawyers and courts is prohibited under international law including during states of emergency," the Secretary General's report said.

His argument is that since the US has declared that the occupation has ended and sovereignty has been handed to the Iraqi's, it has no legal right to detain prisoners. The US military has defended its actions, saying that it has not breached prisoners' rights under the Geneva Conventions, and is acting to process current detainees as quickly as possible.


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User talk:143.231.249.141

Your article 31 travelers from Rwanda die in terrible horrible bus crash was deleted because it was a duplicate of 30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash and it had what could be concitered a POV title, wich we try to stay away from see NPOV, you are welcomed to contibute to the already existing story though. NGerda 20:57, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC) updated by:--Ryan524 17:14, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash

It's a really bad idea to specify a number in a headline on an article like this, as if anyone else dies it's a PITA to move the article then update *all* the links. So just write something like "more than 25 die in..." "Tens die in..." etc. Dan100 (Talk) 20:57, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * You know I act before I think Dan! → CGorman (Talk)  21:51, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Typo in headline
I moved this page from 30 travellers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash because travellers was originally mispelled (with 2 L's). Updated all the links to it..

 * Um, are you sure that's the right spelling? This dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=travelers seems to suggest that it should be spelled with two l's. - Borofkin 01:08, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No, apparently its both but traveler is the more proper way to spell it...http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=travelers&x=0&y=0. Also, Traveler's Insurance is spelled with one l :-P --apollo2011 20:07, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:NGerda/Archive 1

This is User talk:NGerda Archive 1, performed at 23:30 UTC on June 9, 2005.

=Archive 1= Good stuff :) Dan100 (Talk) 22:18, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi, welcome:)) its important to read the

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

I have also been banned in the past so email me in the "email this user" link on my user page if it happens again.

In the meantime; happy writing. Paulrevere2005 00:11, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

FF logo
Is not GPL, according to their website: http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/. Be cautious about repeat uploads of non-free images at commons; Wikinews would like to maintain a good relationship with the contributors there since we are required to use them as a repository. - Amgine/talk 00:59, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, the MPL does not appear to work with commons, primarily because of the Trademark and derivation restriction I believe. - Amgine/talk 01:15, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I understand that, however Commons requires that images be available under a free license which allows derivation - that people can edit it, or include it in some other image - which the mpl does not allow. - Amgine/talk 01:19, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * No, you don't have to remove it. But I'm trying to explain why it will likely be deleted from commons when they find it again. I don't want you to get upset about it. Personally, we should be able to use it on Wikinews, but we have to use commons at the moment, so... - Amgine/talk 01:22, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Nah, just let it lie for now. I'm looking for other image possibilities... - Amgine/talk 01:29, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Soviet Rocket
I think the link you sent me is a mirror of the source I added to the story. Your linkThe Times <--> story source added so its 2 sources for an undercover reporter story from not super well known sources. hmmm -Edbrown05 06:09, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I mean to say the TimesOnline and MosNews is not that very well known to me. Do you believe it credible? -Edbrown05 06:20, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The TimesOnline is the website of the British newspaper The Times, which is pretty much 100% accurate. Can't comment on MosNews. Dan100 (Talk) 07:05, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

The leukemia story
Is not ready for lead article. I will be removing from the archive page as well... It is single sourced, and makes a number of unverified statements. Will speak more on this on the article talk page. - Amgine/talk 01:12, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to be delayed, but I'm in a meeting... will continue shortly I hope. - Amgine/talk 02:38, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * No, the meeting is on IRC, and it's over now. I'm finding some more sources for this. - Amgine/talk 03:00, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Leukemia article
OK, it would be stupid if we didn't make exceptions for people who are new here. However, there's two things we can never do - copy other articles (even if it is just copying some sentences, not all of it), and not presenting a neutral point of view. For a reallly straight guide to what we do do, have a look at What Wikinews is. We tend to only publish articles which are on events (rather than events not happening), and also only on stuff that's happened in the last few days. (Imagine if we tried to cover all the stories we've missed in the last six months - it would be mad!)

But, because I'm willing to bet you didn't know that, we might as well now run your article. There's only two things we need to do - re-write it entirely in your own words, and also present a NPOV (ie both sides of the story). For the second part, we need to include both sides of the story - for example, that the Cancer Incidence Program says the rate is normal, and things such as there's no link between pesticides and cancer in humans (which is true, it's something I studied at uni). Dan100 (Talk) 20:25, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

 * What happened with this article? I thought it had been re-written to avoid the copyvio problems and "published". Was I mistaken? I see that Dan100 deleted it today as a copyvio. Double  Blue  (Talk) 01:10, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, it had been listed for the required three days but without votes for or against deletion. Double  Blue  (Talk) 01:19, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews
Hey, I left you a message under Volunteers on the Audio Wikinews page. Thanks for your interest, we can use all the help we can get (we've been a little slow on releases lately)! --Mrmiscellanious 03:23, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

2 lead stories on Uzbecks ?
Maybe 1 is better. Please adjust. Thank you, Paulrevere2005 22:37, 15 May 2005 (UTC) Great Paulrevere2005 01:49, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Croatian election results
Aaaargh! Please don't do that! You've stopped the real article from being renamed into place by doing that. Next time, use a redirect if you really must have a title in the main article namespace, or simply ask the user xemself to rename the article out of xyr user space. Please mark your article with a tag so that the real article can be renamed. Uncle G 03:07, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Results of 2005 Croatian local government elections
You've done it again! Please read the help page that I linked to above. I've marked both articles for deletion so that this can be done properly. Uncle G 13:52, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews: Full Report
Great job on your first release! Keep 'em coming! --Mrmiscellanious 20:37, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Audio Wiki News - Shoutcast Server
I can provide a shotcast server for the audio wikinews if you need it, i am not 100% sure of your system now but witht he shoutcast server it is a live stream....anyone can listen to in playyer embedded into a webpage or something like winamp, windows media player, real one player, ect, shoot a message over to my talk page and let me know if you are interested, thanks.--Ryan524 22:20, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Well after talking in the IRC room it seems your system isn't exactly what i had in mind, yours is more short clips, a news brief almost, wich i could use for my idea of streaming content, like a news network would have.--Ryan524 22:57, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

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Hi,

this image contains no copyright information. Is it a publicity photo? If so, from where? Please add the relevant information or the image will have to be deleted (see Fair use).--Eloquence 03:01, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Guess what you've earned?
Congratulations, you've earned it! And thanks for cleaning up the hoia. - Amgine/talk 18:47, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

User:SupremeUser
--Ryan524 06:32, 27 May 2005 (UTC)i understand what you were trying to do by editing that user page, but that is vandalism, i am surprised that you would fall the the vandals level. I am not joking, i hate vandals they are a waste of everones time, tha sysop who blockes them, the user who reverts it, and thats what you did by editing someone elses user page. Next time think before you act.--Ryan524 06:32, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Proposed new workspace
Proposed Workspace

What do you think?

Discuss at Water_cooler/proposals or WikiNews Talk:Proposed Workspace.

Kevin Baastalk 03:27, 2005 May 31 (UTC)

Adminship
I'm really not the person to vote for admins, because I never pay enough attention. Why do you need to rally support anyway? -- Redge (Talk) 18:42, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Nomination Support
Thankyou for supporting me for adminship NGerda, I appricate your vote.--Ryan524 19:00, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Vandel
You've had an awful morning with vandelism... i've deleted those pictures and banned the user, unfortunately its several hours since the attack. Thanks for trying to keep him at bay. → CGorman (Talk)  09:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

letter
so thats it? you give up, the only way the way things work will be changed is if someone proposes change, you don't agree, don't give up, propose change, i dobut any user will go against such a proposal.--Ryan524 04:24, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This is something bigger than a simple proposal. People need to figure this out for themselves. NGerda 04:33, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * ok if you say so, nice knowing ya.you are taking this way too personally, the fact is i took me 5 months before i became an admin, it takes time, more than one month, the system may not be perfect, but heck neither is your attitude. If it were me, i'd be so mad, i wouldn't quit, i'd do something about it.--Ryan524 04:30, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not "quitting", I'm taking a break. NGerda 04:33, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * You call it what you want, geez i learned something to day tho, i am a bad judge of charecter, i'd never thought you'd quit, especially over something so trivial. I don't know if in the future i could re-nominate or even support a previous quitter, sorry.--Ryan524 04:36, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, if my only true friend on Wikinews says that, then I might as well leave altogether. I was going to come back you know.  NGerda 04:39, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * ok, talking to you dosen't work, even if i try to joke, sorry i really didn't mean that, but you are being stuborn, its just not ganna be the same without you.--Ryan524 04:41, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I never said I was going to leave. Actually, I just decided to come back fully.  I'm back!  I was just kidding all along!  .  Lets catch us some vandals!  NGerda 04:43, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

Please just relax, NGerda, and don't be salty/spiteful. You can't always get what you want. We all appreciate your contributions and would like you to stay. Your work is important to the efforts of WikiNews. Kevin Baastalk 04:45, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)
 * interesting point to have an edit conflict. welcome back. :) Kevin Baastalk 04:46, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)

 * You simple shit! --> !you had me going there... I was actually going to write something nice. Now that you say that you're sticking around: forget it!! Glad you're hanging in there... P>S> you really don't wanna be an admin anyway -Edbrown05 04:50, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * For once, we agree. I don't want to be an admin. [User:NGerda|NGerda]] 04:52, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * At least right now.

 * I didn't even realize the admin vote was on. I just voted in support of your nomination. I do think it would be important for you to become an administrator. Paulrevere2005 11:34, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Admin status granted
Congratulations, you have just been made a sysop! You have volunteered for boring housekeeping activities which normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops basically can't do anything: They cannot delete pages arbitarily (only obvious junk like "jklasdfl,öasdf JOSH IS GAY"), they cannot protect pages in an edit war they are involved in, they cannot ban users except in cases of obvious vandalism or excessive edit warring (24-hour "cool down" ban). What they can do is delete junk as it appears, ban vandals, remove pages that have been listed on Deletion requests for more than a week, protect pages when asked to by other members, and help keep the few protected pages there are up to date.

Note that almost everything you can do can be undone, so don't be too worried about making mistakes. Drop me a message if there are any questions or if you want to stop being a sysop (could it be?). Have fun!--Eloquence 21:04, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Congrats NGerda, vandals won't be able to vandalize long now with both of us as admins.--Ryan524 23:10, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ryan. And get your butt on IRC! NGerda 23:11, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

Audio
I listen to Amgine's broadcasts a while back, but had'nt checked the audio section out since then; until now. I must say its very impressive and your studio looks so professional ;). I would like to see a link on the main page soon saying Listen to todays news (00:00UTC), because the effort you are putting in deserves to be listened to! Keep up the unbelieveably good work. → CGorman (Talk)  22:19, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh I almost forgot ->->->-> → CGorman (Talk)  22:22, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, CGorman! There is a link in the FrontPageMenu, but I agree, it does need to be more prominent.  I'll see what I can work out.  :) NGerda 23:07, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

Sweet
I don't think you realised it at the time, but you posting something to my blank user page fixed it :-). I deleted it again, but this time the restore brought back all 515 existing edits, not just that sodding redirect! Dan100 (Talk) 07:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

your contributions
I know you may care to crucify me for these comments.

While I admire your zeal, the whole world after taking in news stories takes a more considered opinion of events than your or my humble views. So what does that mean for you, me, or anybody else that writes/edits for wikinews?

For me it means that other's views will take pot shots at anything I do and for you it means the same. Does that mean don't write? I wonder (I really don't think it does mean don't write)...

which is exactly why I suggested you don't want to be an admin. It detracts from writing. To me the admin stuff is tantamount to babysitting. -Edbrown05 02:38, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Worry not, Edbrown05, I am still writing more than ever! NGerda 16:25, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

lead story: main page
I don't see a 'special report'. -Edbrown05 16:56, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"It's true" graphic with Jobs
What is the meaning of that? It should be reported. -Edbrown05 22:55, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can do. NGerda 23:07, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

IRC
howcome you are nebver on IRC anymore?--Ryan524 17:53, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm still in San Francisco, and I'm using a cruddy old computer that can't load IRC. I'll be back tomorrow.  NGerda 00:40, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Dude!
I'm not really back... I'm on the boat. Why Hayward? and I'll see if I can find the link to the presentation... - Amgine/talk 05:00, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Ah, yes... the announcement of the Intel chip plan? did that get covered on WN? - Amgine/talk 05:05, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ah, the main page layout... Have you looked at Redge's layouts yet? - Amgine/talk 05:17, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The main western news cycle tends to oscillate between fixation on celebrities, high profile crimes, and actual important news events. Which will be on top depends less on news value and more on what is happening in politics: the more frivolous the news reporting and hyper the frenzy the more likely that something serious is happening under the radar in national or international politics. (says the extreme cynic) - Amgine/talk 05:22, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * And it's partly our job to balance it back out and give impportaint news events higher priority than Britney Spears getting pregenant. :) NGerda 05:25, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

I personally like this design.--Ryan524 05:23, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Rwanda
Have y'all been following this: Rwanda newshut? In my opinion, the purpose of all of the "recycling" of news, for which we are regularly criticised, is to create a news site and a news community that can support local projects like this. I'm trying to give them a little support. - Borofkin 05:22, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm totally with you :) NGerda 05:26, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

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Audio Wikinews transcript – 2005 06 10 – 0300 UTC
As reported by Nicholas Gerda

June 10, 2005. This is Wikinews.

Lead Story
Thousands of Rwandan refugees living in overcrowded Burundi transit centre There are over 5,000 Rwandan refugees living in a Burundi transit centre designed to hold 800, according to the UNHCR. The refugees, who were fleeing Rwanda's Gacaca courts, were forced to move from their previous border site because authorities tore it down.

"The move was the result of a decision last week by the Rwandan and Burundian authorities to group all the asylum seekers in one site to make it easier for them to ensure their safety and conduct an information campaign to try to convince the asylum seekers to return home," a UNHCR press release reported.

The UNHCR is working to improve conditions at the camp, however it will take a couple of weeks before the situation improves.

The asylum seekers began fleeing Rwanda for Burundi in early April. Their main concern was the Gacaca courts that are investigating war crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. However, the UNHCR is also reporting that some asylum seekers "... said they were fleeing threats, intimidation, persecution and rumours of revenge and bloodshed."

The courts were set up three years ago, however so far their time has been taken up with trial runs. There are 10,000 courts across the country, and they are expected to take eight years to process all accused. Regular courts would have taken up to 100 years. The judges are untrained citizens elected by their peers, and questions have been raised about the fairness of the courts.

The Rwandan government accused the UNHCR of exaggerating the size of the refugee problem, and thus causing more people to flee. They put the figure at just over 2,000.

The UNHCR is "exaggerating the number of refugees which later caused fear and made more others to flee the country," a government minister said.

Headlines
First tropical storm of 2005 season forms in the Atlantic Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, formed as Tropical Depression One on Wednesday in the northwestern Caribbean. At 8 am Eastern Time on Thursday, it strengthened to tropical storm status. The storm is forecast to track north over the western tip of Cuba and eventually make landfall over the Gulf Coast of the United States.

The government of the Cayman Islands has issued a tropical storm warning for that country, and the Cuban government has issued a tropical storm warning for western Cuba from Pinar del Rio to Havana. A tropical storm warning is also in effect for the Dry Tortugas.

Tropical Storm Arlene is already affecting Cuba with heavy rainfall and gusty winds. Heavy rain fall is already moving onshore well in advance of the center. Heavy rainfall, accompanied by brief gusty winds, will gradually spread across western and central Cuba; and into extreme southern Florida, especially the Florida Keys. Total rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches, with maximum amounts of up to 15 inches in the highlands, are possible in Cuba. 3 to 5 inches of rain is expected over the Florida Keys.

Some coastal flooding is possible on the southern coast of western Cuba.

As of 8 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, it was moving northward at 8 mph (13 km/h) with maximum sustained wind speeds of 40 mph (65 km/h), with gusts at higher speeds. It is expected to strengthen and gradually increase its speed of motion, with a turn toward the north-northwest expected on Friday. Tropical force winds extend outward up to 140 miles to the north and east of the center. Minimal central pressure just reported by an air force reserve reconnaissance plane was 1001 millibars, which is 29.56 inches of pressure.

The current location of the center of the storm is 20.4° N, 84.2° W, which is about 110 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. The next National Hurricane Center advisory will be issued at 11 p.m. Eastern Time.

Arlene is the most commonly used name for Atlantic tropical cyclones, having now been used nine times.

30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash A bus collision with a truck in Uganda has resulted in at least 30 fatalities and has left a further 21 injured. The bus, which was heading for Nairobi in Kenya, crashed in the Kabale district of Uganda near the Rwandan border. Of the 30 fatalities, 25 died instantly upon impact whilst the remaining 5 died later in hospital.

"There were 20 survivors, the majority of them are in critical condition," said Cyprian Gatete, Rwanda's assistant commissioner of police, during a telephone conversation with Reuters.

The survivors of the accident were initially taken to Kabale Hospital in Uganda, but were later flown back to hospitals in Rwanda. It remains to be seen what exactly caused the accident, however South African news source Independent Online is reporting that a Rwandan reporter on the scene speculated that the bus seemed to have swerved into oncoming traffic.

Half of Ugandan Presidential convoy blocked at Uganda-Rwanda border More than half of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's convoy was prevented from entering Rwanda on Thursday. The President was travelling to Kigali to hand over the chairmanship of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to Rwandan president Paul Kagame.

Rwandan officials have been quoted as saying that the Ugandan convoy violated rules on the number of guns they are allowed to carry across the border. Uganda has blamed the incident solely on Rwanda, arguing that the situation could have been resolved with much less controversy.

"What happened at the border was the sole responsibility of the Rwandese officials involved. If there had been extra guns, why could they not be left on the border for later collection and allow the vehicles to continue?" said a statement from Uganda's foreign ministry.

"The guns could even have been returned to Uganda, it is only 200 meters away. The body guards normally travel with guns even incommercial [sic] airlines. You surrender the guns to the pilots. They, then, give them to you on arrival," it added.

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a free trade area stretching from Egypt to Namibia. It was formed in December 1994.

Relations between Uganda and Rwanda have been improving over the last few years, however recently the situation has deteriorated.

Wikipedia Current Events

 * President Faure Gnassingbé names Edem Kodjo the new Prime Minister of Togo.
 * The United States drops its objections to another term by Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency after he meets with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
 * The ruling party of Ethiopia blames an opposition party after police kill at least 22 people in demonstrations against alleged fraud in last month's general elections.
 * Opposition candidate László Sólyom wins the Hungarian presidency by a 185-182 victory over Katalin Szili in the Hungarian parliament.
 * The Zimbabwean government dismisses rumours that President Robert Mugabe has died of a heart attack after he checks into a hospital.

Today in History provided by Wikipedia
June 10 is the National holiday of Portugal is observed. Camões, who wrote the national epic The Lusiads, died on this day in 1580.

 * 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in a river in Anatolia while leading an army to Jerusalem.
 * 1829 - Oxford beat Cambridge in the first Boat Race.
 * 1864 - Confederates defeated a much larger Union force at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads.
 * 1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio. This is the traditional date of the first day of sobriety of the co-founder of AA, Dr. Bob Smith.

Today's fact provided by Wikipedia
Cherrapunji, India is the wettest place in the world

Thank you for joining us for today's segment. Join us again tomorrow for more headlines, news, facts, and anniversaries.

I'm Nicholas Gerda.

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Mothers, teachers air more concerns about leukemia cases at California elementary school

June 18, 2005

On Thursday night,  held the second town hall meeting regarding a recent outbreak of  in schoolchildren, at Franklin Elementary in Santa Ana, California. Representatives from the City of Santa Ana, the Santa Ana Unified School District, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) were available to answer the community's questions.

Senator Dunn started off the meeting by thanking the panelists and parents for showing their support by attending. "We are trying to address a very, very important issue. What's the issue?  We have high rates of cancer, leukemia, and respiratory problems in our children.  Why are our kids sick?  This is a very difficult question," he said. "What's causing the sickness in our children, and how can we avoid it? We can all agree that no one wants to see another sick child in Santa Ana." The audience applauded. "Three weeks ago, we heard from two parents and a teacher, they told us about some deaths."

The previous town hall meeting was held to address concerns of the community about a steel plating manufacturing plant that applied to the AQMD for a permit to expand its facilities to increase pollution emissions. Parents and teachers were concerned over the facts that the plant was located directly adjacent to Kennedy Elementary School, and that their children were experiencing high levels of lead, respiratory problems, excessive nose-bleeding, and leukemia.

"How many businesses in Santa Ana are required to obtain permits for [emissions] of hazardous pollutants?" This question Dunn posed at the last meeting was answered by the AQMD and the Orange County Sanitation District, who provided maps of Santa Ana with green flags indicating where businesses with emissions permits were located. "I can tell you one thing, at the end of the meeting, we won't have all of the answers... but we'll certainly have another Town Hall meeting.

Initial concerns were raised when five boys attending Franklin Elementary were diagnosed with the same type of leukemia in Spring 2002. Attempts to gain an investigation from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) into possible causes were not successful as the Center told parents that the cases "were in an acceptable range". Parents, teachers, public officials, and doctors remain unconvinced. In the past three years, 19 mothers living in an apartment building a block away from Franklin were also diagnosed with leukemia.

Dunn then introduced a teacher at Franklin, Tammy Sanchez. Tammy said, "In December 2002, we received some very disturbing news. One of my students was diagnosed with leukemia.  Then, more children at Franklin were diagnosed with leukemia.  I later found out that three kids at a nearby apartment building were diagnosed with leukemia.  Sanchez then explained about more cancer-related deaths near Franklin, including 19 mothers all living in he same apartment building who were diagnosed with leukemia, which took over three minutes.  "To me, this is way too much," said Sanchez.

Socorro Molina, whose son Diego, a student at Franklin, is undergoing treatment for his leukemia, had this to say: "My son has leukemia. I'm worried, because there are many kids.  Children who played with my son died from leukemia.  They should do some investigations of these companies." Senator Dunn responded, "Thank you, Socorro. I know it's difficult to share that privately, and you have shared this with us publicly on two occasions."

Senator Dunn then said, "at the end of that [previous] meeting, we were requested by a parent for a map of all businesses releasing toxic materials. We asked the AQMD for a map that showed every single business [in Santa Ana] that releases harmful materials into our air.  This is that map.  The heaviest concentration of these businesses are, guess where?  Near Franklin.  This map is striking.  The OCSD gave us a map showing all businesses that release toxic materials into our sewers.  The largest concentration of these businesses are, guess where?  Near Franklin and Kennedy [Elementary Schools]." Senator Dunn promised that at the next town hall meeting, he will have a panel of scientists present to determine if the substances released by these business pose a health risk to residents of the area. "We are going to keep at this until we find out what is making our kids sick," he said.

Santa Ana City Council member Jose Solorio said that "the city has been following the media's attention. I got to tell you, this is a very complex issue.  The city has jurisdiction over land use; they can issue restrictions.  We, as elected officials, need to know more." Solorio then introduced the city's planning director and other city officials. Solorio added, "the mayor of Santa Ana, Miguel Pulido, is a board-member for AQMD." Miguel Pulido has not attended any of the town hall meetings, and has not spoken about this issue at any time.

Dunn then introduced the next panelist, Santa Ana Unified School District board member Rosemary Avila. She said, "the school board is looking into this. I've talked to some teachers on the phone I believe the federal disease organization has been contacted about this." The Center for Disease Control was notified by parents of the leukemia cases in Santa Ana, but stated that they were "within the acceptable range". Avila then introduced some school board officials, and said, "there has been some concern in the past, and we have looked into that. As a school district, we really have to act not out of fear, but with facts."

Jill Whynot of the AQMD noted that "there are 515 facilities [in Santa Ana] that we issue permits to". Barry Wallerstein, Executive Officer of the AQMD said, "we appreciate the forum. There appears to be a need for closer air quality monitoring. So, I propose that we make Santa Ana a high priority and closely monitor air quality in your community." That statement was met with much applause from the audience.

Senator Dunn responded, "we thank the AQMD for being here and answering our questions. We will be sure to let everybody know about any updates.  When I looked at the map, I was struck.  There are 515 permitted businesses in Santa Ana.  We will bring some scientists in at the next town hall meeting to determine which businesses are releasing carcinogenic pollutants," he said. "When I look at the maps, there are two pockets of permitted facilities in Santa Ana. Do you [AQMD] look at the cumulative impact of facilities grouped together [when considering issuing a permit]?" Dunn posed.

Dr. Wallerstein responded, "the short answer is 'partially'".

Senator Dunn, responding to Dr. Wallerstein's comments, said "if we need to give AQMD more power in terms of cumulative impact of permitted facilities, then we will introduce legislation to give them that power." The Senator then asked City Councilman Solorio, "does the city in any way look at what type of business it is, or its cumulative impact [when approving a business]?"

Solorio responded, "one of the main things the city does is make a General Plan, and unlike Irvine or Newport Beach, we are an older city." Solorio went on to talk about how in the future, the city could pass litigation limit permits, and said that "we all need to do our part". Referring to concerns about the steel plating plant next to a school, he said, "Markland came into an industrial area, so they have a legal right to set up shop".

Dunn asked Solorio if the city is now looking at regulation to limit this, and Solorio responded, "We always have opportunities to look at our General Plan, and we need to have solid facts to make those decisions". Dunn asked Dr. Wallerstein, "what about this pocket of businesses in south Santa Ana, is that unusual?" Wallerstein responded, "Senator, I don't think that's an issue".

Dunn then opened up the floor to public questions and comments. One mother of three asked, "when are we going to have answers?", while a younger woman said, directed toward the AQMD, "your job is to know if this is going to give kids leukemia. I'm very disappointed". One woman said, "I live in Heninger Park, where all of the kids are getting Leukemia. I've been trying to tell the city and Code Enforcement about illegal underground painters and mechanics who leave paint and fumes behind; which is causing residents to leave".

There was intense debate over the public officials' efforts to investigate health quality at the location in question. Parents expressed their concerns about water quality and illegal activities in the community; and spoke about their children's various health problems, from high copper and lead levels in the bloodstream, to respiratory and lung problems, and cancer.


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Thousands of Rwandan refugees living in overcrowded Burundi transit centre

June 10, 2005

There are over 5,000 Rwandan refugees living in a Burundi transit centre designed to hold 800, according to the. The refugees, who were fleeing Rwanda's, were forced to move from their previous border site because authorities tore it down.

"The move was the result of a decision last week by the Rwandan and Burundian authorities to group all the asylum seekers in one site to make it easier for them to ensure their safety and conduct an information campaign to try to convince the asylum seekers to return home," a UNHCR press release reported.

The UNHCR is working to improve conditions at the camp, however it will take a couple of weeks before the situation improves.

The began fleeing Rwanda for Burundi in early April. Their main concern was the Gacaca courts that are investigating committed during the 1994. However, the UNHCR is also reporting that some asylum seekers "... said they were fleeing threats, intimidation, persecution and rumours of revenge and bloodshed."

The courts were set up three years ago, however so far their time has been taken up with trial runs. There are 10,000 courts across the country, and they are expected to take eight years to process all accused. Regular courts would have taken up to 100 years. The judges are untrained citizens elected by their peers, and questions have been raised about the fairness of the courts.

The Rwandan government accused the UNHCR of exaggerating the size of the refugee problem, and thus causing more people to flee. They put the figure at just over 2,000.

The UNHCR is "exaggerating the number of refugees which later caused fear and made more others to flee the country," a government minister said.


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