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United States 2003 National Adult Literacy Survey released

December 25, 2005

Preliminary results from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), released 15 December 2005 by the, indicate gains and losses in  among minority adults between 1992 and 2003.

The nationally representative study among US adults age 16 and older found the over-all average prose and document literacy remained relatively unchanged, but quantitative literacy improved 8 points (on a scale of 500.) Results among minorities were mixed, with White and Asian/Pacific Islander minorities scoring significantly higher than Hispanic or Black ethnicities; Hispanic subjects in particular had sharp decreases in prose and document literacy (-9% and -8%, respectively) and quantitative illiteracy remained unchanged with 50% of subjects scoring at less than basic literacy levels.

The National Assessment of Adult Literacy is the most comprehensive measure of adult literacy in the USA. The 2003 NAAL, with 19 000 participants, was conducted by the, a non-governmental organization which charges for its services.

Understanding the results
The survey measured three types of literacy:

 * Prose Literacy
 * The knowledge and skills needed to perform prose tasks (i.e., to search, comprehend, and use information from continuous texts).

 * Document Literacy
 * The knowledge and skills needed to perform document tasks (i.e., to search, comprehend, and use information from noncontinuous texts in various formats).

 * Quantitative Literacy
 * The knowledge and skills needed to perform quantitative tasks (i.e., to identify and perform computations, either alone or sequentially, using numbers embedded in printed materials).

In each of these types of literacy the study categorized the subjects into four classes: below basic literacy, basic literacy, intermediate literacy, and proficient literacy. The break down of literacy was performed across a range of variables, such as ethnicity, gender, age, first language, education, and employment status.

Selected results
Some of the results were surprising, while others reflect continuing trends in the population.

High proficiency in reading continued to decline between 1992 and 2003 among White subjects, as well as among Hispanics—both down 1%—while Black subjects maintained their level and Asian/Pacific Islanders increased 3%. Across the ethnicities education level was a greater indicator of reading proficiently with 4.5% of high (secondary) school graduates reading at this level compared with 29% of college graduates and 36% of subjects in graduate studies/degrees.

An important difference between the 2003 survey and the 1992 survey was both in the make-up of the sample and in the inclusion of subjects who were unable to communicate in English or Spanish with the researchers. By ethnicity, the percentage of Black participants remained largely the same while the percentage of Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islanders grew significantly and the percentage of White participants was reduced. The instructions were made available in English and Spanish, although all testing material was exclusively in English, and 3% of participants who were unable to answer basic literacy screening questions took an alternative assessment. Even so, 2% of the subject group were unable to communicate with researchers at all in English or Spanish (this was down from 3% in 1992.)

Why are the tests carried out?
According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, the tests are carried out to measure America's progress in the area of adult literacy. The results are made available to the general public, but are of most interest to researchers, practitioners and policymakers.


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Capitalization
please don't capitalize every word in the title. Otherwise, looks like a cool topic. Nyarlathotep 21:25, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Country is not necessary?

 * See Style guide (based on Capitalization poll). — Jeandré du Toit, 2005-12-26t20:28z

Research methodology?
Some questions:
 * Why was this reaserach carried out?
 * Does it have policy influence?
 * Expected figures? Long-term trends?
 * The article has potential to be quite interesting. I found the results interesting. I have tidied it up a little, let me know what you think - Cartman02au 09:48, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Cartman02au: good edits. I added one more section about the definition of proficiency. I think it is ready to be published now, but I didn't want to do it myself since I am relatively new to wikinews and I don't know enough about what the standard for publication is. Also, the date in bold on the top of the article should be changed to match whatever date it is actually published on I think. Alex Krupp 17:03, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Published
I have published the article as I feel it is ready.

Alex, I found the best way to get a feel for Wikinews is to spend some time reading other's articles - it gives a good insight into how things work. When you do contrubute and feel something is not quite ready leave it as develop and someone else will usually tidy it or publish it.

The most difficult thing to do on Wikinews is to keep neutral. Cartman02au 09:21, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Put back into development
What nation? Wikinews is not an American website, it's global. --MateoP 18:42, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I changed the title. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

floated TOC
I floated the ToC right because I think it looks cool. Revert if you don't like. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:40, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Wow! That is cool, I didn't know you could do that.  :)  Nyarlathotep 00:37, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * If they have a long heading you can also use max-width. see Business Brief for December 16, 2005 Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:08, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Development
Please see WN:SG, wrong type of tone to be used in news items. Thank you. --MrMiscellanious – Merry Christmas – 04:14, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Original reporting
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San Jose, CA, USA, city manager resigns amid Norcal investigation

Del Borgsdorf, the city manager of San Jose, California announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing "personal reasons" and the "political environment" for his decision. While he denies it is was a factor in his decision, the resignation comes one day after Santa Clara County District Attorney George Kennedy announced his office will investigate the city's contract with Norcal Waste Systems for possible criminal prosecution. Borgsdorf has been criticized by the city council for not informing the council of the $11 million rate hike promised to the company by mayor Ron Gonzales.

Borgsdorf's resignation follows the resignation of other city officials; Stephen Haase, the city's planning director, and John Bjurman, the city's director of information technology, resigned earlier in the week. In addition, the city council formally censured mayor Gonzales last week, and asked for formal apologies from Borgsdorf and city attorney Richard Doyle over the Norcal contract. In addition to the waste removal scandal, the city government has been criticized for a no-bid contract with Cisco Systems to provide IT equipment in the new City Hall; the Cisco deal cost city taxpayers over $3 million in equipment costs and construction delays.


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First charges laid over riot text messages

December 22, 2005

Strike Force Enoggera, the group of detectives poised with investigating the recent racially motivated violence across Sydney, has laid its first charges against a man alleged to have forwarded SMS messages encouraging further violence.

New South Wales Police allege that a 33 year-old Matraville man, who was arrested at 9:30PM Wednesday, forwarded "offensive and inciting" text messages following the violence at Cronulla. The man was taken to Maroubra Police Station where he was charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence and a count of print, publish to incite or urge the commission of a crime. He was granted bail and is to appear in Waverley Local Court on 1 February 2006.

It is alleged that the messages were to incite people to turn out at Cronulla on December 18, 2005 for another round of violence.

Strike Force Enoggera commander Dennis Bray has indicated that more arrests will follow. He also said that arrests will not only be made for organising the events but for the "more serious criminal offences" committed during the violence.

The investigations into the violence have been extended further with the Australian Survelliance and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) conducting their own investigation into groups thought to have used the violence to promote their own political agenda.


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Japanese whaling ship to dock in Hobart

December 22, 2005

A Japanese whaling ship, the Keiko Maru, will be docking in Hobart on December 24 to transfer a sick crew member to hospital. The crew member is suffering from appendicitis.

Greenpeace has called on the Australian government to prevent the ship from refuelling. The government stated it is opposed to commercial whaling, but that taking such action would be "counter-productive". Greenpeace CEO Steve Shallhorn said that it is an opportunity for Australia to demonstrate its opposition. "The Australian Government does have control over port authorities and we believe it does have the possibility to refuse to allow the ship to be refuelled," he said.

Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell supports the intention of Greenpeace activists, but believes that such a protest would not be helpful. "In some respects it can be counter-productive although I share the passion, I share their objective, we share of the objective of trying to stop whaling," he said.

Japan claims that its whaling activities in the Southern Ocean are for scientific purposes, and reject suggestions that the catch is commercial. "Anti-whaling proponents have tried to label the research catch as commercial whaling in disguise, but this is a tactic to discredit the research effort," says the Question and Answer section of the Japan Whaling Association website.

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Evo Morales hoaxed by a Spanish Church-owned radio station

December 23, 2005

Evo Morales has fallen foul of a “bad taste joke” by a Catholic radio station joker who posed as the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Rodriguez Zapatero. The voice imitator telephoned Evo Morales to congratulate him for “joining the Cuban-Venezuelan axis” and asked him to make Spain his first international destination as president of Bolivia.

The journalist involved in the hoax is said to be an anti-socialist activist very critical of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and the government of Rodriguez Zapatero.

Erick Torrico, chairman of the Area of Communication and Journalism for the Andean University Simon Bolivar has rejected the action calling it “an offense that goes beyond the person” […] “It is an insult against the people of Bolivia, a major blunder which is also an attack against the dignity of the Spanish Prime Minister” and demanded a “clear explanation from the Government of Madrid about the incident that seems aimed to undermine the credibility of the president elect”.

Raul Penaranda, chairman of the weekly magazine “Epoca” said that the joke was “wrong, unethical, ill intentioned and irresponsible”

Rodriguez Zapatero later spoke to Morales to transmit to him a genuine message of congratulations from the Spanish government and stated that the call made by the imitator was “unacceptable.”

The Spanish government backed up the formal complaint made by the Bolivian embassy in Madrid to the Director of the Catholic Church as they considered that the call was an "offense to the Bolivian People".


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Wikinews:Briefs/December 22, 2005

December 22, 2005

Seagate Technology has said it intends to buy rival company Maxtor for $1.9 billion. Both companies produce hard drives. The deal, priced at 60% of Maxtor's closing share price, is intended to acquire Maxtor's customers, not its technology.

Seagate, which also makes drives for Microsoft's Xbox 360, will have over 40% of the hard drive market share. The Scotts Valley, California, based Seagate had 30% of the hard drive market.

Provided the deal makes it past regulatory committees, Maxtor shareholders will receive .37 of a share of Seagate common stock for every 1 share of the Milpitas based company.

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Australian woman wins right to have dead husband's baby

December 22, 2005

An Australian woman has won the right to be impregnated with sperm from her husband, who died seven years ago. The sperm was taken from the man shortly after his death in a car accident, and frozen. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled that the woman should be permitted to take the sperm to New South Wales. Posthumous conception is illegal in Victoria, where the sperm is currently stored.


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Bird flu resistant to anti-viral drug

December 22, 2005

In an article in the December 2005 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers from Oxford University report that two recent avian flu fatalities in Vietnam were patients who had been treated with the anti-viral medication Tamiflu. There has been one other reported case of Tamiflu-resistance in Vietnam.

The NEJM report documents that during treatment of H5N1-infected patients with Tamiflu there can be selection for mutant virus variants that are Tamiflu-resistant. This is also been observed with other more common flu virus types. The chances of Tamiflu-resistance arising during H5N1 infections might be enhanced by two properties of H5N1; its ability to replicate rapidly and its ability to infect the gastrointestinal tract. In such cases, higher doses of Tamiflu and longer course of treatment may be needed. Combination treatment with other anti-viral drugs is a common strategy for dealing with viruses that become drug resistant.

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Destroyed Kelso High School to be rebuilt

December 22, 2005 The future direction of Kelso High School has become a little clearer following an announcement by the New South Wales government that the school will be rebuilt on its former site as a year 7 to 12 secondary school.

The original school built in 1978 was destroyed by fire on August 18, 2005. The cause of the fire remains a mystery. Following the fire, students were receiving lessons at a number of locations around Bathurst, but have since returned to the Kelso High School site where they are housed in demountable buildings on the school's oval. The ruins of the former school lay behind.

A report made following a series of community meetings into the replacement of the school earlier this month said that the community wished for Kelso High School to be rebuilt at its former site as a secondary school. The report also said that the community wished for Kelso and Bathurst High Schools to pool HSC resources by sharing subjects and allowing years 11 and 12 students to study across both campuses.

A number of models were proposed at the meetings. These included:
 * Rebuilding Kelso High School as a senior high school only (years 10 through 12) near Charles Sturt University and Bathurst TAFE. Under this plan Bathurst High School would cater for years 7 to 9.
 * Rebuilding Kelso High School as a middle school from years 6 to 9.
 * Rebuild Kelso High School as both a primary and secondary school, incorporating Kelso Public School.
 * Rebuilding Kelso High School as it was on its former site.

The proposal to rebuild Kelso High School as a secondary school and share HSC resources with Bathurst High School was made at the community meetings. Under this system, both schools will have separate principals and identities with a college director co-ordinating HSC activities between the two campuses. If one school does not offer a subject the student is interested in they will be able to take that subject at the other campus.


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Original Reporting
The original reporting in this article is centered around recollection of the public meetings and the proposals made at them. Unfortunately as they were held at the beginning of the month my memory doesnt recall all 9 proposals.

The administration (principals, etc) is also original reporting. - unsigned comments by Cartman02au

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editprotected Please change "it's former site as a year 7 to 12 secondary school" to "its former site as a year 7 to 12 secondary school". Heavy Water (talk) 18:02, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
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Drug website surveys LSD users and culture

December 23, 2005

Erowid, a website with the stated mission of "Documenting the Complex Relationship Between Humans & Psychoactives" has over the past few months been gathering data through a series of surveys about the drug LSD to present at the LSD Symposium, scheduled for January 2006 in Basel, Switzerland.

The website, a popular resource of information about psychoactive plants and chemicals, recently posted its fifth survey, querying users about their age, the number of times they've taken LSD and how that would be affected if LSD was legal. Past surveys have been longer and more thorough, asking users about the availability of the drug, positive and negative experiences, and if they've ever experienced LSD related "flashbacks".

The LSD Symposium website states that it will include a panel of over sixty experts from around the world discussing a wide range of topics regarding LSD. Topics scheduled include, "The Discovery of LSD-25", "Appraisal of Albert Hofmann's life work" and "The History of Drug Policy" and several others.

LSD is a psychedelic drug known for its mind altering effects, including both visual and auditory hallucinations. LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann in 1938. Hofmann, a Swiss chemist discovered the psychedelic effects of LSD on April 16, 1943 when he accidentally absorbed it in its liquid form through his finger tips. Since then, it has been made illegal in most countries as a result of the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances which requires all parties of the convention to criminalize it in their countries.

Erowid, based in California, was created in October 1995, and is hailed by many as a reliable resource for information on drug and drug culture. The website includes information on legality issues, chemical information, user submitted experiences, positive and negative effects of individual drugs and other information.


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US Senate blocks Alaska refuge drilling

December 22, 2005

By a narrow vote late in the evening on December 21st, 2005 the US Senate blocked opening the nation's oil reserve in in Alaska. This vote delivers a victory to environmentalists and denies the Bush administration their top energy priority. Senator (R-Alaska) attached the drilling plan to a measure to fund ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the Senate late last night agreed to pass the defense bill, without the drilling provision.

Two key Republicans, Lincoln D Chafee (R-R.I.) and (R-Ohio), joined Democrats in opposing the drilling. Senator Lieberman (D-Conn) said yesterday that Stevens was to blame for holding up money for the military. By including the drilling measure in the defense spending bill, it was hoped to twist the senators' arms into voting for both provisions together in the scramble to finish the important business before the Senate's Christmas break.

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Some cached surveys
I had a hard time finding some of the past survey information but managed to find a page cached from a yahoo search if anyone wants to take a look.

Survey #2

Surveys #1 and #5 - Not the archived page, may change. Sinblox 04:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)


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Couples thrashed for sitting in a park in Meerut, India

December 22, 2005

Protests erupted on Wednesday in Meerut, north-east of New Delhi, as scenes of female cops beating and pulling the hair of young couples in a local park were telecasted on news channels.

People crowded the streets to protest against the actions which the local police termed as law enforcement.

'Operation Majnu' as it was termed was aimed at breaking up frolicking couples at Company Gardens on Monday afternoon. Chief of Police Meerut said that the police entrusted to enforce a drive against obscenity had clearly gone overboard.

Two policewomen have been suspended and an internal inquiry has been ordered. The two were named as Inspector Madhu Malati and sub-inspector Mamata Gautam who were most active in the physical assault carried out on the women.

The targets of the assault were not satisfied. One of the women, aged 25, was taking a walk in the park with her brother when Inspector Madhu Malati descended on her calling her a whore and beating her up. Priyanka was kicked in the chest and slapped numerous times on her face just like dozens of other women who, after being beaten up were dragged to vehicles waiting to take them to the police station where their parents were called. They were later released after warnings.

Students spilled onto the streets of Meerut shouting "Down with Police Dictatorship" and set fire to effigies of cops.

After the public humilation of being beaten up, abused and dragged to the police station to make statements, several couples did not make their way back home and are still reported to be missing.

Members of Parliament said this was the sign of a sick mind. News reports have quoted the Meerut Police range DIG as admitting to extreme and excessive treament by the police in Operation Majnu carried out in the company gardens on Monday.

One angry student protester said that this is a sign of hypocrisy and that India cannot be the country with the second largest population in the world if people sitting together in this country is such a sin.


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Australian academic study supports nuclear power

December 22, 2005 A group of Melbourne scientists has released a study of the energy problems confronting Australia in the future. The study endorses the use of nuclear energy and attacks some of the data used by anti-nuclear campaigners.

The scientists from the University of Melbourne say their research shows that the benefits of nuclear energy have been underestimated and concerns about nuclear waste overplayed.

The six month study compared the environmental impact, health risks, economic effects and social implications of the use of fossil fuels, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy, and nuclear power.

According to the Melbourne University, the investigation will significantly impact the nuclear debate in Australia, with findings showing that hundreds of times more uranium could be available than was predicted in a widely quoted European study.

Associate Professor Martin Sevior, of Melbourne University's school of physics, claims the recent study bolsters the case for Australia to invest more in nuclear energy. Sevior says his research into nuclear waste disposal should help dispel many environmentalists' fears.

"One thing that's perhaps not always realised is that the amount of waste that comes out of a typical plant is around 30 tonnes a year, he said. "The amount of waste that comes out of a coal-fired power plant is around 1,000 tonnes a day."

Prof Sevior says his study has exposed flaws in the European study into the limits of the uranium industry. "This previous research overestimated the energy costs and carbon emissions generated by the construction of nuclear power plants and for mining uranium," Prof Sevior said.

The Australian Conservation Foundation's (ACF) nuclear campaigner, Dave Sweeney, says the study appears flawed and does not provide a sound argument for the use of nuclear energy.

"It glances over some really key concerns of proliferation, key areas of reactor safety are not delved into too deeply and they have direct links to industry websites for further information," said Mr Sweeney. "I'm not sure it's altogether appropriate or altogether balanced to be referring people to the nuclear industry's own websites for further information on such matters as radioactive waste, nuclear weapons and nuclear reactor safety."

The six-month study found Australia has more uranium than was previously thought. "We have enough uranium in Australia to power the country for thousands of years," said Prof Sevior.

Friends of the Earth nuclear campaigner Dr Jim Green said nuclear power should never be considered as an energy source. He said greenhouse emissions saved by switching to nuclear power were only about 5 per cent of total emissions and could only be achieved if thousands of reactors were installed globally.

Dr Green said an energy debate in Australia was necessary, but it had to go beyond just the nuclear alternative.


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As the fleet's claim to being "scientific" isn't very good, it should be placed in quotes, or even deleted. If its part of a proper name then it should be capitalized & "so-called" should be inserted before the name. Nyarlathotep 10:27, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

In the interests of NPOV, can we not get a quote from someone from the whaling fleet or the Japanese government? Just a thought.

We would need a quote plus much more...This is almost as if it's copy/pasted off the Greenpeace website.

Wow there's a lot of bias there. --Croperz 14:02, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

I've translated into Japanese as 環境保護団体グリーンピース、南極海で日本の捕鯨船団と衝突, but I'm afraid about it, too. I think you can read one of the counterarguments here.--っ 07:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Bird flu resistant to anti-viral drug

"the virus mutates rapidly to become drug-resistant. The mechanism is not yet known" <- The way this is written it suggests that there is a more rapid mutation rate in some people and that a special mechanism is needed to account for this mutation rate. I so no evidence that suggests this in the NEJM article. The article concludes that finding resistant H5N1 strains is what is expected based on results from other strains of flu and the apparent high growth rate of H5N1 in young humans. --JWSchmidt 14:34, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

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HIV vaccine trial ready to roll in Thailand

December 22, 2005

With first world countries such as Canada reluctant to engage in trials of a vaccine for HIV, Thailand has completed recruitment of volunteers for Phase III of a clinical trial. Over sixteen thousand selected volunteers from a pool of 65,000 will receive the experimental vaccine combination, ALVAC and AIDS Vac.

The trial is concentrated in the provinces of Chon Buri and Rayong and will be monitored over a period of three years to assess the effectiveness of the experimental vaccination.

In Canada questions were raised regarding the safety of conducting wide-scale trials of a vaccine. It was strongly suspected that participants in a trial might be encouraged to engage in unsafe behaviour when, due to the double-blind nature of the clinical trial, they may have received a placebo in place of the vaccine.


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Station staff on the London tube to take industrial action over staffing levels

December 22, 2005

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has called for industrial action on New Year's Eve over staffing levels on the London Underground. Union members voted more than five to one in favour of the strike.

The vote for industrial action is because of "back-door attempts to displace hundreds of safety-critical station staff under spurious cover," said Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, to the BBC. "The RMT will not accept any dilution of safety standards either for our members, or Tube users and we hope that the travelling public will join us in calling on London Underground to step back from the brink and start talking to us seriously."

Following the vote, the RMT called for a 24-hour strike beginning at noon on New Year's Eve, and if necessary a second 24-hour action to begin 6:30 p.m. Sunday, 8 January. Transport for London announced a meeting with the RMT at ACAS(The Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service) after the results of the vote were announced.

The London Underground responded to the move, pointing to the agreement made last year with the RMT which agreed to shorter working weeks so long as there is no additional cost to Tube fare payers. "There are no staff cuts across the Tube network," the spokesperson said.

"There can be no justification for the RMT now reneging on its agreement and trying to ruin New Year's Eve for thousands of Londoners," London Mayor Ken Livingstone said.


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Could the creator of this article add the sources, please? I'm trying to edit the Spanish-language article about the incident. Julián Ortega 17:09, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
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Striking NYC transit workers will return to jobs

December 22, 2005 Striking New York City transit workers will return to their jobs in 12-24 hours under an agreement reached today. While no final contract agreement has been reached, transit work will resume as negotiations continue. At 2:40 pm EST, the TWU board voted to end the strike. By 3:00 pm, the TWU Local 100 website had posted a notice to workers to return to work.

Mediator Richard Curreri announced the union is "taking steps" to immediately restore transportation to the city. "We have requested the leadership of the TWU to take the actions necessary to direct its membership to immediately return to work and they have agreed to take such actions," Mr. Curreri told reporters.

Thirty-four thousand Transport Workers Union Local 100 members walked off the job December 20 after working months without a contract when negotiations broke down over disagreements concerning pensions, health benefits, and pay. Agreement had nearly been reached, but just a few hours before a strike deadline, the Metropolitan Transport Authority's chairman, Peter S. Kalikow, made an unexpected demand, requiring that all new transit workers increase the contribution to pensions from the present 2 percent of their wages to 6 percent, which upset the union members. Roger Toussaint, president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, stated "Were it not for the pension piece we would not be on strike." and summed up the whole conflict as "a fight over dignity and respect on the job, a concept that is very alien to the MTA. Transit workers are tired of being underappreciated and disrespected."

The strike has affected an estimated 7 million commuters in the city over three days, which is about 21 million person-days in total. New York's 34,000 bus and subway workers are affected by the difficulty of their everyday working conditions and health standards for a total of about 10 million person-days per year.


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Calpine declares bankruptcy, cites natural gas prices

December 22, 2005

Electrical power generator declared  on Tuesday. The San Jose, California based company filed for bankruptcy protection in U.S. Federal Court, to facilitate debt restructuring and to allow for normal operations to continue. Calpine has obtained secured debtor-in-possession financing from and  totaling $2 billion. The company announced that some of its subsidiaries would also file for creditor protection under the. Calpine and its subsidiaries operate natural gas and geothermal electricity generating plants in 21 U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces.

The recent rise in natural gas prices due to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina has pushed Calpine's cost significantly above the locked in selling price for its long-term contracts. Calpine has asked the court to void eight long term contracts, including a 20-year contract entered into with the State of California's Department of Water Resources and Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 2001.

The company received permission on December 21 from the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to use $500 million of its financing to continue operating and to keep paying its employees' salaries and benefits.


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what about things like this : News Briefs: January 9, 2005 they're pretty close to this, should they be in the category? Bawolff ☺☻ 22:31, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

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Not doing anything else as its already old Bawolff ☺☻ 23:34, 22 December 2005 (UTC)


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Two Australians charged after burning flag during riot

December 23, 2005

Two Australian men have been charged with entering a building with the intent of committing an indictable offence and malicious damage by fire, as a result of the 2005 Sydney race riots. Police have alleged that one of the men, a 17-year-old from Hurstville, climbed a telegraph pole in Brighton-le-Sands and took the flag from the RSL club. With the assistance of the second man, a 24-year-old from Penshurst, he set the flag alight.

The man from Hurstville will appear in Bidura Children's Court, and the man from Penshurst will appear in Sutherland Local Court.


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Former Australian defence chief's son to be discharged from the Army

December 22, 2005

Private David Cosgrove, 22, the son of celebrated former defence chief General Peter Cosgrove will be discharged from the Army after going Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) and breaching standing orders.

David Cosgrove was placed in Holsworthy military prison in October, 2005 for up to 14 days after going AWOL from his Singleton barracks. When released he is alleged to have breached "unit standing orders" and was administratively warned he was "unsuitable for service". It is believed that he will leave the Army by March, 2006.

David Cosgrove's indiscretions have upset the military at the senior level. Senior army figures were furious with The Australian newspaper for reporting the incident.

It is also thought to be an embarrassment for General Cosgrove who led a much celebrated 40-year military career before retiring to become an executive at Qantas.

It has also been learned that another of General Cosgrove's sons, Phillip, will be voluntarily leaving the Army following service in Iraq where he was injured.


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I started the article but forgot to login. Can somebody please tidy it up if they can - I think it's a bit rough - Cartman02au 00:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
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Portal:Australia/2005 Sydney race riots

Here is how Wikipedia summaries the events of Sunday December 11 to Thursday December 15:

 * ''The 2005 Sydney race riots began with an incident of mob confrontation which took place at Cronulla Beach, a southern coastal suburb of Sydney, Australia's largest city. On Sunday 2005 December 11, approximately 5000 people had gathered in an ad-hoc protest to "reclaim the beach" from recently-reported incidents of antisocial and intimidatory behaviour by groups of non-locals, most of whom were identified in the earlier media reports as Lebanese Muslim youths from the western suburbs of Sydney. The crowd had assembled following a widely-reported series of earlier confrontations, and an assault on three volunteer lifesavers which had taken place the previous weekend. In the week leading up to the major incident of the 11th, these confrontations and the subsequent circulation of anonymous calls (spread via SMS text messaging and other means) to gather at the beach were the subject of much publicity and media commentary.

 * ''After initially assembling without incident, violence broke out after a large segment of the mostly white crowd chased a man of middle eastern appearance into a hotel. The ensuing mêlée soon became widespread, in the course of which a number of police, ambulance officers and individual members of the public perceived to be of Middle Eastern appearance were assaulted.

 * ''The following nights saw incidents of retaliatory violence and vandalism in Cronulla and other suburbs throughout the southern Sydney Metropolitan Area, mainly by people of Middle Eastern ethnicity, and an unprecedented police lock-down of the beaches in Sydney and surrounding areas, from Wollongong to Newcastle.

December 12

 * Violence at Cronulla Beach as 5000 people gather
 * Cronulla Beach in Sydney, New South Wales was the scene of racist mob-violence yesterday. In what has been described as disgusting, un-Australian and shameful behaviour, participants in a 5000-strong mob assaulted people suspected of being of Lebanese origin. The angry, alcohol-fuelled crowd also turned on anyone who tried to help the victims, including police, security guards and ambulance officers.

December 13

 * Shots fired at Sydney church
 * 30 Kilometres from the scene of racial violence in Sydney last night, more than 20 shells have been recovered from a Catholic school and church in South Auburn after gunshots were heard. During a Christmas carols event at Saint Joseph the Worker Primary School patrons heard what they thought to be gunshots. Upon investigation two of the school's staff members discovered bullet holes in their cars.

 * Sydney racial violence continues
 * In a second night of racial violence in Sydney, residents have been bashed and property damaged throughout the eastern suburbs. Hundreds of men, some armed with guns and crowbars, damaged cars and businesses, and attacked people randomly. Five men have been arrested and charged.

December 14

 * Uniting Church at Auburn destroyed by fire
 * ''The Uniting Church at Auburn in Sydney's inner west has been destroyed by fire overnight. According to a press release by New South Wales Police, police and fire brigade personnel arrived at the church at approximately 1:35 a.m. local time to discover the church well alight. Around 30 firefighters fought the blaze for two hours before bringing it under control.

 * Racially motivated text messages surface in other states
 * Following the distribution of text messages which resulted in violence in Sydney, similar messages are appearing around Australia.

December 16

 * Police warn Sydneysiders to stay away from Eastern beaches
 * New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has warned people to stay away from Cronulla, the Eastern suburbs beaches, Central Coast beaches, Wollongong and Newcastle this weekend, as more violence is expected. Police will be using new powers to set up roadblocks, implement alcohol bans, and search vehicles. There will be 1,500 extra police patrolling on Saturday, and 2,000 on Sunday.

December 19

 * Anti-racism rally in Sydney
 * A number of rallies were held in Sydney on Sunday to protest against what they describe as racism in the community. The National Union of Students organised an event at Town Hall, and the Ted Noffs Foundation held an event in Belmore Park later in the day. About 2,000 people marched through Sydney, and there were also gatherings in Newcastle, Brisbane, and Melbourne.

December 21

 * Travel warnings issued for Sydney
 * Following the racial violence which occurred in Sydney last week Britain, Canada and Indonesia have issued travel warnings for their nationals in or wishing to travel to Sydney. The British warning cites recent "sporadic outbreaks of racially motivated violence in Cronulla, Maroubra, Brighton-le-Sands" and "areas of south-west Sydney". British nationals are advised to "monitor the situation and exercise caution".

December 22

 * First charges laid over riot text messages
 * Strike Force Enoggera, the group of detectives poised with investigating the recent racially motivated violence across Sydney, has laid its first charges against a man alleged to have forwarded SMS messages encouraging further violence.

December 23

 * Two Australians charged after burning flag during riot
 * Two Australian men have been charged with entering a building with the intent of committing an indictable offence and malicious damage by fire, as a result of the 2005 Sydney race riots. Police have alleged that one of the men, a 17 year old from Hurstville, climbed a telegraph pole in Brighton-le-Sands and took the flag from the RSL club. With the assistance of the second man, a 24 year old from Penshurst, he set the flag alight.

March 8, 2006

 * Police release photographs of those of interest in connection with Cronulla riots
 * New South Wales police have released photographs of up to 20 men who are of interest in connection with the race riots in the Sydney suburb of Cronulla in December, 2005.

March 10

 * Three charged following release of Cronulla riot wanted photographs
 * Three men have been arrested and a further six "positively identified" following the public release of photographs showing "persons of interest" to police in relation to the Sydney riots last year.

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Portal:Australia/in depth

Australia is heading to the polls to elect a federal government on November 24 2007. Wikipedia summarises the 2007 Australian federal election as:
 * ''The 2007 general election for the Parliament of Australia will take place on November 24 2007.
 * The opposition centre-left Australian Labor Party, currently led by Kevin Rudd and deputy leader Julia Gillard, will be the main challenger to the incumbent centre-right coalition government in power since the 1996 election, currently led by the Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, John Howard, and his coalition partner the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the National Party of Australia, Mark Vaile.

 * Following the 2004 election outcome, Labor with 60 seats require 16 additional seats in the 150-member House of Representatives to form a majority government.

Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of the 2007 Australian federal election. There is also in-depth coverage of other issues.

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User talk:71.81.56.156

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2006

 * Southern Ocean whaling season (2005-2006) - Japanese whaling boats working in the Southern Ocean were confronted numerous times by protest ships.

 * 43 West Papuans seek asylum - 43 Asylum Seekers left West Papua by boat, arriving on Cape York around January 18, without being detected. They were transferred to an Immigration Detention Centre on Christmas Island.

 * Sydney race riots - the race related disturbances that received national and international attention during December 2005.

 * 2005 industrial relations legislation - the Federal governments industrial relations changes, known as WorkChoices, which saw protests attended by hundreds of thousands, passed into law in December.

 * RU486 (abortion pill) debate

 * Schapelle Corby - Young Australian woman convicted of smuggling 4kg of marijuana to Bali, Indonesia. She was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.

 * Cole Inquiry - Inquiry into certain Australian companies in relation to the UN Oil-For-Food Programme.

 * Australian nuclear debate - The debate surrounding nuclear energy in Australia.

 * 2006 East Timor crisis - Australian deployment to East Timor after unrest in May, 2006.

 * Same-sex marriage in Australia

 * APEC Australia 2007 - The APEC summit of 2007, held in Sydney.

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Portal:Australia/Australian industrial relations legislation, 2005

Wikipedia summarises the 2005 industrial relations legislation thusly:

 * ''In May 2005, the Australian Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, announced that the Howard Government would seek to introduce a series of proposed changes to Australian industrial relations law. Bills to implement the proposed changes were introduced into the House of Representatives by the Minister on 2 November and were accepted, with amendments, by the Senate on 2 December.

 * ''The new laws are supported by employer groups such as the Business Council of Australia and the Australian Industry Group, and opposed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and its affiliated Unions, the Australian Labor Party (ALP), the Australian Greens, the Family First Party, and various church groups.

The laws came into effect on March 27, 2006, with opposition from the union movement still strong.

October 24, 2005

 * Australian Government to introduce IR reforms next week
 * In an industrial relations conference in Melbourne this week, Minister Kevin Andrews has released that the government's new industrial relations (IR) legislation is likely to be introduced sometime next week in the Australian lower house. The Senate employment committee will hold an inquiry into the legislation. According to Mr Andrews this inquiry will probably run for a week in the non-sitting period of parliament. He said the legislation would then be debated in the Senate in the last sitting weeks of the year.

November 8, 2005

 * Suspicions of nepotism arise from pulping of new Australian industrial relations information booklets
 * The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, was asked in parliament today about the contract to print the new industrial relations legislation booklets. Kelvin Thomson asked the question because the contract was awarded to Salmat Ltd., who has been said to have donated $120,000 to the Australian Liberal Party, of which the Mr Howard is a member. The contract was worth $800,000 AUD. It was revealed by Stephen Smith the week earlier that these booklets were "pulped" at a cost of $152,000 to the taxpayer.

November 11, 2005

 * New Australian industrial relations legislation passes House of Representatives
 * The new Australian industrial relations legislation, dubbed "WorkChoices" by the Government, passed the House of Representatives November 10. It is to be considered next by the Senate.

November 15, 2005

 * Thousands of Australian workers set to rally against IR reform
 * Police and union leaders across the country expect big crowds during today's National Community Day of protest against the Federal Government's WorkChoices proposed changes to industrial relations laws. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) predicts hundreds of thousands of people will demonstrate in Sydney and Melbourne. Protest meetings in other capital cities are expected to attract workers in their tens of thousands. The rallies will take place in 300 regional sites across Australia.

 * Hundreds of thousands rally in Australia against IR legislation
 * People rallied in 300 locations across Australia today to protest the Federal Government's proposed changes to industrial relations laws, WorkChoices. According to police, around 150,000 people congregated in Melbourne, from where speeches were broadcast throughout the country. In Sydney, thirty thousand gathered in Belmore Park and Martin Place to watch the broadcast before marching to Chifley Square.

December 21, 2005

 * Work Choices Fair Pay Chief heavily criticised
 * Professor Ian Harper the government appointed Fair Pay Chief has come under heavy criticism this week from the Labour groups and the federal opposition. Professor Harper was a non-executive director of the Australian Derivatives Exchange (ADX) when it was put under administration in March 28, 2001. The company went broke owing workers more than $700,000. In the process ADX breached the corporations law by failing to maintain required cash reserves, although the company eventually gave workers their w:entitlements.

December 22, 2005

 * Australian States to launch high court battle against IR reforms
 * After months of threats from the states to take the federal government of Australia to the High Court of Australia over it's Work Choices Act, New South Wales has formally lodged a writ with the High Court. Other states have indicated that they will follow the New South Wales government's lead.

March 23, 2006

 * Australia's new controversial workplace regulations come into effect this week
 * The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has urged the federal opposition Labor Party to focus on industrial relations (IR) as significant changes come into force from Monday 27th March. The legislation was passed in a row of controversy by parliament in December last year. The contentious WorkChoices measures aim to move workers onto a federal industrial relations system and increase to the use of individual workplace contracts - under which conditions such as overtime and penalty rates can be set.

May 4, 2006

 * States challenge to Australian Work Choices Act begins
 * The court challenge against the Australian federal government's Work Choices legislation has begun in Canberra today. The challenge was initiated by the governments of New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and Victoria and joined by theAustralian Workers' Union and Unions NSW.

 * The states claim that the legislation, passed by parliament in December last year is unconstitutional. The federal government is using the corporations powers of the constitution, which the states say was never intended to be used for industrial arbitration.

June 11, 2006

 * Australian opposition promises to scrap workplace agreements
 * Kim Beazley leader of the Australian opposition has promised to scrap workplace agreements introduced as part of the Howard government's controversial Workchoices industrial relations reforms.

 * Speaking at the New South Wales Australian Labor Party today, Mr Beazley promised that a government under his leadership would create "a land of decency and fairness". Mr Beazley said such a plan has no place for individual Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA).

June 28, 2006

 * Western Sydney rallies against goverment's workplace reforms
 * According to initial estimates by New South Wales police and unions, 30,000 people have rallied at Blacktown Showground in Western Sydney to protest the federal government's Workchoices workplace reforms. Organisers had expected around 15,000 protesters to attend.

 * The rally at Blacktown is one of many to be held around Australia today as part of a "National Day of Action" to "protect worker's rights at work" according to unions.


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Original reporting
If this article contains original reporting there should be a comment here on the talk page explaining which parts are original, and what form the reporting took. - Borofkin 02:28, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

NPOV
"helpless women whose only fault was walking in a park" The language here is sensationalist and does not conform to NPOV. Its not factual either, as the website sourced shows (Police had assaulted a number of couples sitting in the park in the name of checking "indecency" and "eve-teasing" at public places). That is why the women were assaulted, regardless of the legitimacy of the reasoning behind the law, it is still POV to assert otherwise.


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New South Wales road safety campaign begins

December 23, 2005

have begun their holiday Operation Safe Arrival holiday road safety campaign overnight. The campaign runs from 12:01AM December 23, 2005 until 11:59PM January 2, 2006.

In an attempt to keep the number of deaths on NSW roads at a minimum police will target speeding, seatbelt, helmet and drunk driving offences. According to the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority, 495 people have died on NSW roads between January 1 and December 11. This figure will surely climb over the holiday period.

The RTA has also begun double demerit points for speeding, seatbelt and helmet offences. The double demerit points will run for the same 11 day period as Operation Safe Arrival. The minimum penalty for any double demerit offence is 6 points. Provisional drivers need to be particularly mindful of these as P1 license holders (those who have had a license 12 months or less) can only incur 3 points. P2 license holders (those who have held a license for 12 to 36 months) have 6 and unrestricted license holders have 12.

According to the RTA, 23,624 drivers in the 2003/4 holiday season were issued with fines carrying double demerits and 2,150 motorists had their licenses suspended due to speeding or exceeding their demerit point limit.

The RTA introduced double demerits in 1997 in an attempt to force drivers to be more mindful of speeding, wearing seatbelts and motorcycle helmets. Double demerit points are now introduced over each major holiday period when a large proportion of road-related deaths occur.

Other jurisdictions in Australia which have double demerit points over holiday periods are South Australia, Western Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory.


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EU threatens to fine Microsoft for failing to open Windows Server

December 23, 2005 On Thursday the European Commission threatened to fine Microsoft €2 Million per day if the corporation does not comply with a ruling made in March 2004, stating that Microsoft must provide interoperability with its protocols and other competing services. Microsoft has until January 25, 2006 to respond to the charges, and may also be fined for days after December 15, 2005 as well.

The European Commission says Microsoft has failed to comply with an order to supply competitors with "interoperability information" for the protocols implemented in Windows Server operating systems. These include those used to "deliver file and print services and group and user administration services, including the Windows Domain Controller services, Active Directory services and Group Policy services" according to page 299 of the European Commission's decision.

Microsoft argues that to do this breaches its intellectual property rights as it would be opening Windows Server up for cloning. It has previously appealed to the European Court of First Instance, a bid which failed and where Microsoft was given until December 15, 2005 to comply with the original decision. Microsoft has launched a second appeal attempt.

The decision in March 2004 also forced Microsoft to provide a version of Windows XP without the eponymous Windows Media Player and to pay fines of €497 million (US$586 million).


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Canadian Conservatives vow to defend Arctic sovereignty

December 23, 2005 The leader  today made bold claims about the Canadian  region at a campaign stop in, "The single most important duty of the federal government is to protect and defend our national ." . The -hopeful stated, "There are new and disturbing reports of American passing though Canadian waters without obtaining the permission of —or even notifying — the Canadian government."

Harper promised a significant increase in military presence in the Canadian region, which has had notable soveriegnty disputes with the, , and. "You don't defend national sovereignty with flags," Harper said. "You need forces on the ground, ships in the sea, and proper surveillance."

Among other promises, Harper stated he would station three armed naval heavy ice breakers in the area of with 500 regular force personnel, recruit 500 more Canadian rangers, and build a new army training center in the area of  on the.

"As prime minister, I will make it clear to foreign governments — including the United States — that naval vessels traveling in Canadian territorial waters will require the consent of the government of Canada," Harper stated.

The Conservative Party Website states this "“Canada First” Northern Strategy will increase surveillance, navy, army and air force presence".

The, the Conservatives' most powerful rival in the election, quickly posted a rebuttal on their website. They claim Stephen Harpers stated defense budget of $5.3 billion over 5 years is not enough to afford the two polar icebreakers, which the Liberal party claims will cost $3(CAD) billion with the party estimating an upkeep of $150(CAD) million per year. "Where does Mr. Harper plan to find another $1 billion?" the party asked in their rebuttal.

The Arctic may be an important issue in the future for Canadians, as scientists expect the fabled Northwest Passage of the Arctic to open up for year round shipping by 2050 as a result of. According to the online encyclopedia, trade routes from to the  could save 4000  through the passage, as compared to the current routes through the.

Canada last flexed its muscle in the Arctic in 2004 in its most massive Arctic exercise ever, with six hundred personnel from the three services involved in a large exercise in the.

Canadians are scheduled to go to the polls on January 23, 2006 in an early election as a result of a motion in parliament against the former ruling Liberal party.


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Talk:Japan likely to change law to allow female heirs to the throne

The article mentions "family members who previously broke ties with the recognised royal family following the end of World War II", implying that the break was intentional on their part. Isn't it more correct that they lost their privileged status with the abolishment of peerage by the new constitution? RJCraig 08:41, 23 December 2005 (UTC)


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Who in Venezuela says the United States wants to control the drug trade? -Edbrown05 06:23, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
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Kaczyński takes the office of Polish president

December 23, 2005

, conservative politician from Poland, internationally controversial for having refused, as mayor of Warsaw, to authorize the Equality Parade for gay rights on June 11, 2005 in Warsaw, has taken the office of President in the country today, after swearing an oath before the (joined houses of Sejm and Senate).

For the first time since 1989 the former presidents of Poland, and, have been invited to the swearing ceremony. Kaczyński hasn't got the insignia of authority of the Second Republic of Poland, as they were relayed to a museum by Lech Wałęsa, when he ended his term as the president of Poland in 1995.

In his speech, Kaczyński stated that Poland needs a new constitution. Its effect would be the end of the process of building up the new Republic of Poland, called "IV Rzeczpospolita", according to the new president. Kaczyński promised also that he will do everything that he is allowed to do to help lawmakers introduce essential political reforms.

Kaczyński is closely related to the, led by his twin brother Jarosław. For the last three years he was a mayor of. He's also professor of law at University of Warsaw.


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