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Man arrested after crashing motorized bar stool while drunk

April 1, 2009

According to police, Kile Wygle, 28, from Newark, Ohio, was arrested for drunk driving after he crashed his motorized bar stool. The accident occurred on March 4.

While driving his bar stool, which is powered by a lawnmower engine, Wygle attempted to make a U-turn while going down his street and crashed. Police received a call from a local resident that Wygle had been injured in the crash. When police arrived, he was taken to a local hospital where police say he admitted to drinking 15 beers. After being treated for minor injuries, Wygle was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Wygle pleaded not guilty when appearing in court and denies that he was drunk, but that he did begin to consume alcohol following the crash. "I drank quite a bit after [the crash] because my head hurt so bad. I went in and drank a half a bottle of whiskey," stated Wygle to BBC News. He also requested a jury be present during his trial.

Wygle says his vehicle can travel nearly 40 miles per hour. Police say that motorized bar stools have become popular, with residents building them and then racing them. Most are made from old lawnmower parts, a steering wheel and a bar stool.


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US Justice Department to withdraw Stevens charges

April 1, 2009

The United Stated Department of Justice has asked for corruption charges against former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens to be dropped because evidence was withheld from the defense team by the original prosecutors. The Justice Department has stated that they will not retry Stevens.

In a statement,  said, "After careful review, I have concluded that certain information should have been provided to the defense for use at trial. In light of this conclusion, and in consideration of the totality of the circumstances of this particular case, I have determined that it is in the interest of justice to dismiss the indictment and not proceed with a new trial."

Stevens was convicted in October on seven felony counts of lying on senate disclosure forms about gifts, largely in the form of free renovations to his home, received from an oil service company; his conviction is thought to have been a large factor in his November electoral defeat to former Anchorage mayor, the current junior Senator from Alaska. Stevens immediately appealed his conviction and has maintained his innocence.

The prosecution case has met with a number of procedural difficulties, with US District Court judge Emmet G. Sullivan holding the prosecution in contempt in March for failing to turn over documents concerning an FBI whistleblower's reports of mishandling of the case. The Justice Department has since replaced the case's prosecutors, and the allegations of misconduct have held up sentencing from the original convictions.

The filed papers indicate that notes were never turned over from an interview that has the oil contractor estimated the house renovation for far less then he specified at trial.

The original trial team was removed, but in the end Attorney General Eric Holder thought it would be best if the case was dropped. NPR's source indicate that Holder wish to forcefully transmit that prosecutorial misconduct will not be tolerated. The trying prosecutors are under investigation by the Justice Department for their conduct in the matter.

Stevens, now 85, served as Alaska's Senator from 1968 to 2009.


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If you ask me, they should also lift the embargo on Cuban goods as well. There'll be a fair amount of people in the States who'd want to buy one of the classic cars that most Cubans drive, and it'll seriously cramp the style of cigar smugglers... Betterwatchit (talk) 20:01, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


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Accident rate will surely skyrocket with that thing. -Funicode (talk) 15:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


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Sixteen people feared dead after helicopter crash in North Sea

April 1, 2009

A search-and-rescue mission was underway after a helicopter with 16 people on board crashed off the northeastern coast of Scotland in the North Sea on Wednesday, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency stated. Police say they have recovered eight bodies, while the other eight persons aboard are still unaccounted for. The chopper was returning from an oil platform shortly before 2:00 p.m. local time when it crashed into the waters about from the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland.

The aircraft involved in the accident is believed to be a Eurocopter AF332 L2 Super Puma.

"A supply vessel called Normand Aurora, which was quite close by, has put their fast response boat into the water and is looking for survivors," said a spokesman for the agency. "Two helicopters from the RAF have been scrambled to the scene and a Nimrod marine patrol aircraft has been diverted to the area. Aberdeen coastguard have begun broadcasting a mayday signal into the area and RNLI lifeboats from Peterhead and Fraserburgh are heading for the scene now."

This February, another helicopter went down in fog in the North Sea. All eighteen people on board survived. In March, a Sikorsky S-92A helicopter carrying oil workers also crashed off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, killing seventeen people.


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Chechen and Russian mothers in shock after baby mix-up

April 2, 2009

A Chechen and Russian mother raised the wrong son for two years after the babies were swapped at the hospital.

Anna Androsova began investigating when her son had no family resemblance and developed a darker complexion and dark hair.

"It was a nightmare. I loved little Nikita but somehow always knew something wasn't quite right," said Androsova, "There was no family resemblance and my husband was suspicious."

She re-examined the maternity ward ID tag she still had in her possession. Androsova saw the tag read Zarema Taisumova.

Androsova found Taisumova to tell her of the mix up. However it wasn't until DNA testing was done at a hospital and a court case, that toddlers came to live with their biological parents.

Nikita, the dark-haired brown-eyed boy was renamed Ali and is at home with his biological Chechen mother Taisumova who deeply misses Adlan. It took weeks for Taisumova to recover from the shock.

"I can't turn off my love like a switch or a light," said Tiasumova, "I loved him for two years and will always feel I am his real mother. Of course, I am happy to have my own son but you can't help the way you feel."

Blue-eyed Adlan was renamed Nikita and was returned to his Russian biological mother Androsova. The family is adjusting to the transition from the first Nikita to the new Nikita.


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ADP says US economy lost 742,000 jobs in March

April 1, 2009

According to the payroll services company ADP, United States private sector employers cut 742,000 jobs in in March. The figures were almost 80,000 more than the average analyst prediction of 663,000 losses. This is the largest monthly payroll decline since January 2001, when the ADP began tracking job activity.

ADP also updated its job loss statistics for February, from 697,000 to 706,000.

"The sharp employment declines among medium- and small-size businesses indicate that the recession continues to spread aggressively beyond manufacturing and housing-related activities to almost every area of the economy," said Joel Prakken, the chairman of the company that conducts the ADP survey, Macroeconomic Advisors LLC.

"Despite some recent indications that stock prices, consumer spending, and housing activity may be bottoming out, employment, which usually trails overall economic activity, is likely to remain very weak for at least several more months," he added.

The US Labor Department's report for employment statistics for March is due to be out on Friday. Analysts predicted that the department will announce the unemployment rate increased to 8.5% with 660,000 jobs eliminated in March. However, the bad news from ADP has prompted some to think that the current forecasts are too optimistic.


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Cardboard coyote startles jogger in Sarnia, Ontario; police called out

April 1, 2009 A startled jogger asked construction workers for help after spotting a coyote in downtown Sarnia and hearing it bark. Sarnia police responded to the 911 call at Centennial Park in southern Ontario, Canada and surrounded the coyote.

It was then that it was discovered that the coyote was a cardboard cutout of a coyote placed in the park to ward off Canada geese. Police confiscated the coyote following the incident.

City officials installed the cardboard coyote last summer, and hope to erect them this summer as well.

“They do look pretty real. We don’t want to embarrass anyone, the police or the jogger. It’s an easy mistake to make. Maybe they look too real” said Terry McCallum, Sarnia’s director of community services, “We just figured vandals took them. You can't put up any really fancy signs in the park because they usually disappear.”


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General Motors automobile sales plunge by 45%

April 1, 2009

General Motors Corporation (GM) announced on Wednesday that it saw a 45% drop in United States vehicle sales for its cars in March.

Executives from several auto firms, however, said that there was some hope for the auto industry to stabilise, as car sales rebounded in the last week of March.

"The market is starting to show small signs of life which need to be nourished like seedlings," said the vice president and chairman of Chrysler LLC Jim Press. "It's too early to see a trend, but spring shows signs of hope."

Other automobile manufacturers also saw their car sales slip: Chrysler and the Japanese Toyota both reported a 39% loss, whilst Ford Motor Company sales fell 41%.

Annualised sales of vehicles in the car industry in the US are predicted to have dipped below nine million in March, compared to February's 9.12 million, which was the lowest number since 1981.

"Auto makers are pulling every lever in their effort to attract buyers, as evidenced by the new programs from Ford and GM. The typical incentive programs simply do not resonate in today's economy," Jesse Toprak, an analyst for Edmunds.

Ford shares gained 2.3% to a level of US$2.69 in early trading at US stock markets on Wednesday, while stocks for Toyota's US depository increased 5.9% to $67. GM shares slipped 1.6% down to $1.92.


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Guinea-Bissau to hold elections this June

April 1, 2009

The prime minister of the western African country of Guinea-Bissau has announced that the country will further postpone elections until June due to increasing violence. Elections are in order to replace the former president, who was assassinated last month. Francisco Jose Fadul, the nation's former prime minister, says that he has been beaten by men that he claims were in uniform.

"Men in uniform forced their way into my house around 1:00 am (0100 GMT). They hurled abuse at me and beat me repeatedly and dragged me across the floor," said Fadul as quoted by Agence France-Presse. According to the Agence France-Presse, Amnesty International said the beating followed the arrest and torture of Pedro Infanda, a well known attorney. Infanda was detained for four days, during which he was beaten.

On March 2, renegade soldiers assassinated president Joao Bernardo Vieira, in what is considered a revenge attack after an explosion killed the president's rival, the military chief General Batista Tagme Na Wai.

"The date of 28 June is set for holding presidential elections, and all the parties, the government, the interim president and political classes are agreed," said Carlos Gomes Jr. to journalists late Tuesday.

Under the country's constitution, National Assembly speaker Raimundo Pereria became Guinea-Bissau's interim president following Vieira's death. The constitution states that polls should be held within sixty days of the president's death, however, the government has delayed the date for another sixty days following Pereria's inauguration.

Guinea-Bissau is located on the western African coast, north of Guinea and south of Senegal. It has been plagued by frequent civil conflicts and coups. The nation has requested 2.5 billion CFA francs, or US$5.01 million, from the international community to fund for the elections.


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Gold mine in Tanzania collapses, at least 20 dead

April 2, 2009 Local media reported on Tuesday that a gold mine collapsed in northwestern Tanzania on Sunday, killing at least twenty people. According to reports, the incident occurred at Geita region when the 100-metre-deep shaft the miners were working in collapsed after being flooded by heavy seasonal rains. Some media reports say that thirty people might have been killed by the accident. "I know there is no hope of finding anybody alive," said Kelega Chacha, a miner who left the site soon before the mine's collapse. "We will just have to look for the bodies to give them a decent burial."

A local newspaper, The African, quoted Donald Mremi, the Geita District Mines Officer, as saying that rescue efforts were hampered due to poor equipment. The African also reported that a dozen of the bodies of the victims have already been identified.

Tanzania is the third largest producer of gold in Africa. Much of its output is produced by international firms running large operations. Smaller-scale mines, however, can be quite dangerous, and frequently lack proper safety equipment. Over 45 people were killed in a northern Tanzanian mine in 2008 after the mines they were working it were flooded. In another incident in 2002, a compressor used to provide miners inside the shafts broke down, causing those inside to suffocate.


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-It is absurd that some people in the 21st century are trying to save an industry based on the sole premise of scientific and technological stagnation. This was going to happen one day or another, the cobustion engine automobile is a century old invention that remained the most popular way of transportation for longer than necessary. Now the automobile market will either "stabilize" as vice president Jim Press said, or it will go worse, but in both cases improvement is more than necessary, and the sales will never rise as high as they used to be. Unfortunately, the only thing that this current crisis is proving is that we cannot exploit the natural resources to create goods that are intended to be replaced, for the only pupose to get money out of the process. Which is what has been happening for a couple of decades now. As a race, we have to reorient our industries into creating wealth in a different way. We have to use our knowledge not to be more powerful or more rich, but to be all equal in the best way possible. By that I mean that the more scientifically advanced nations of this planet ought to reorient their economy and development on making this world a good place to live for everyone, by helping the less advanced ones by stimulating their education system, which in a couple of generations will pay of way more than the current exploitation we all depend on. It is only when all of us will feel bound as we really are right now due to our fate on this planet, that we will begin to exploit our potential. Right now, we are almost all in a panic mode, due to the lack of job, and due to the need we have to feed ourselves. Therefore we seek any and all possible way of getting money. This is a stressful condition which nobody that considers himself as being part of a civilised world should have to face. We should not work to survive, we sould work to develop ourselves, and make use of the brain we have, use our imagination to understand the world, and then enjoy it with the others. It is this fake impression that we are in a race against time, that makes us so stupid and narrow minded. So yes, the sales have dropped 45%, which in the marketting world is considered as a bad sign, but in reality, it is just a sign that demonstrates that this dream that certain wealthier persons had the opportunity to live, is only a dream. We have all sufered from this, and I simply hope that this crisis will help us all to be more conscious of who we are and what is the human life really worth. The progress of the entire humaninty should not be stopped or slowed down only to provide an advantage to some, because a day may come where our success will be based on our capacity to help each other the best way we can.There is no reason to compete against each other, our only common enemy is our own ignorance and fear, which cannot be bought with money.

Hey, this is capitalism. Like in a casino, you win and you lose... What did they expect? -Alemaco (talk) 03:38, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

it's about time they wrapped up !!!

Eh, I feel bad that they have been developing cars while Chinese companies, which just ignore patents, disregard intellectual property and blatantly copy models will probably fill the void of sales some time in the future. --218.215.95.81 15:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

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I worked for 30 years in your automotive industry and I hope you assholes go down, you screwed me and my family over and others big time,Me and my wife are going dodge or ford, Make sure your big asshole execs get their big bonues you creeps.Also any of my family ever buys GM we are disowning them. eddiemilo@hotmail.com —174.124.228.232 (talk) 01:38, 8 October 2010 (UTC)


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'Guiding Light' to flicker out after 72 years on radio, TV

April 1, 2009 The seemingly eternal flame of the American  has been extinguished. CBS, the network which airs the serial drama in the United States, has announced its cancellation after 72 years.

Guiding Light, which entered the as the longest-running dramatic series in the world, started on radio in 1937 as a series of stories about faith, in which characters beset with troubles would talk to trusted Reverend Ruthledge, the keeper of "the guiding light" which shone from his window. Over the years, the theme of "the guiding light" became more muted and the series shifted focus to a middle-class German immigrant family, the Bauers. The show has been produced on television and seen nearly every weekday since June 30, 1952.

Popular with television viewers in the 1950s and 1960s, Guiding Light fell on hard times, becoming the lowest-rated soap opera on American television in 2007. In an effort to save costs last year,, the company formerly in charge of production, instituted cost-saving measures which included scrapping more expensive set designs and getting rid of the industry standard three-camera taping technique, replacing them with portable cameras.

The cancellation comes in part due to the economic downturn and partly due to viewing habits among women. Many women in the target demographic Guiding Light hoped to court are now working during the afternoon, something that wasn't as prevalent even a generation ago. TeleNext Media, the current production company, while parting ways with CBS, are not ruling out a cost-effective way to keep the show afloat either as an online venture or on another television channel.

When contacted by Wikinews, Guiding Light publicist Meredith Tiger forwarded a statement prepared by, Senior Vice President of Daytime Programs at CBS. "No show in daytime or prime time, or anytime, has touched so many millions of viewers across so many years as Guiding Light," Bloom said. "We thank the cast, crew and producers – past and present – who delivered this entertainment institution, the beloved characters and the time-honored stories to our audience every day for seven decades. It's been a privilege to work with such an extraordinarily talented group of people."

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G20 protester dies after collapsing

April 1, 2009 According to reports, a man protesting the G20 Summit in London, England has died after collapsing at a protester camp.

Sky News says the man collapsed on the street inside a camp close to the Bank of England and when found he was still breathing, but efforts by paramedics to rescue him failed and he was pronounced dead at an area hospital. The name of the person and cause of death are not yet known, but several people were injured earlier in the day. The police claim that protestors threw bottles at them while trying to rescue the protestor.

The London Ambulance Service reported that "we received a 999 call at 7:24 pm from a member of the public reporting that a man had fallen over and was unconscious, but was breathing. [They] made extensive efforts to resuscitate him both there and on the way to hospital."

Earlier in the day a minimum of 20 protesters broke into the bank and according to reports vandalized furniture, broke windows and cut the telephone lines to the building.

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no source, and this is looks like blatant smearing from the police ala jean charles de menezes.

Hi, I see you removed content here, claiming it was unsourced. However, it is quite clearly sourced in The Age (5th paragraph from bottom) and several of the other provided sources. If you disagree, please discuss the issue on the talk page of the article in question (Talk:G20 protester dies after collapsing) Thanks. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪  23:23, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

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Quiznos restaurant chain airs controversial commercial

April 3, 2009 Quiznos, a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in selling submarine sandwiches, has aired a controversial television commercial, with an extended version only appearing in the late-night lineups. The commercial is a promotion for the company's new sandwich, the 'Toasty Torpedo'. Bob Sassone, a writer for TVSquad.com, argues that it is homosexually themed and compares it to pornography.

The commercial begins with a toaster oven talking to Scott, a Quiznos sandwich maker, in a male voice. "Scott, I want you to do something," says the toaster to Scott. As he takes a bite of a Torpedo and appears to look in the direction of his genitals, Scott says to the toaster, "[sic] not doing that again. That burned." The toaster replies, "We both enjoyed that."

Later in the commercial, the toaster asks Scott to make one of the sandwiches and says the price of it is "sexy" and then "sexier." Scott grins and does so. The toaster then asks Scott to "stick it in me". The sandwich just happens to be 12 inches long, giving the appearance of a special relationship between Scott and the toaster oven.

Quiznos published a press release on March 24 announcing the new line of sandwiches. They stated that their price of US$4 helps to ease the economic pinch. In a statement to Wikinews Quiznos stated that their commercials are within the company's character and they were designed to get people talking. "We developed our new ads to be consistent with the Quiznos brand and to get people excited about our new Toasty Torpedoes. Some of the ads are edgy and provocative, but they're well within the confines of the Quiznos brand character," said Rebecca Steinfort, chief marketing officer for Quiznos to Wikinews.

"Since Quiznos has a broad range of consumers that eat at its more than 4,500 restaurants nationwide, we tailor our commercials to be relevant and appeal to our diverse customers - all of whom are watching different kinds of programming. The new ads are fun and entertaining, and the edginess and innuendo of the ads are designed to get people talking about our new Toasty Torpedoes, and that's exactly what we want: people to talk and taste our new sandwiches," added Steinfort.

Bob Sassone a writer for TVSquad.com, one of the Internet's top television weblogs, compared the commercial to a pornography film.

"The new Quizno's commercial is probably the closest we'll get to a gay porn flick in a mainstream sub shop ad," Sassone wrote.

In 2007, the company made another controversial commercial. It featured people on the street eating samples of a Quiznos 'Prime Rib Dinner' sandwich. They promoted it as having a lot of "meat" and near the end it featured two women eating a sandwich saying, "It's not lacking any meat. And that's what real women need".

"Nevertheless, Quiznos remains committed to providing its customers with high-quality ingredients at everyday lower prices, all with excellent service. As such, we encourage consumers to give feedback on the commercials to our corporate marketing department through the website," said Steinfort.


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I e-mailed the company some questions. Will forward what, if anything they send me. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:28, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Is this all because of the "put it in me" line? It seems like speculation and/or wishful thinking. The sources are all YouTube, blogs and the Ken Hoffman editorial. You better get something concrete that says it was gay-themed, or at least change it to ad was perceived as gay-themed. --SVTCobra 01:52, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * E-mail correspondence with Quiznos sent to scoop. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:29, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * RE SVT: I sent the mail to scoop. Asked then straight up if it was gay-themed. I suppose I could change it to controversial. Though they do state that the goal of their commercials are to appeal to a 'diverse' audience. Some of the ads are edgy and provocative, but they're well within the confines of the Quiznos brand character. Also: we tailor our commercials to be relevant and appeal to our diverse customers - all of whom are watching different kinds of programming. - DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I've read DragonFire's OR on scoop and confirm that it is as he describes. --Killing Vector (talk) 23:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

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I really don't like the "some argue" (it has gay theme, whatever), in the first paragraph - I'm unsure though whether changing it to eg "Bob Sassone, a writer for TVSquad.com argues" is not such a substantive change as to be inapropriate this late after publishing - Comments ? P.S. While I really appreciate that reviewing articles is no mean task, a quick "publish" to the comment is well worth the effort it saves later contributors I would think. Sean Heron (talk) 15:39, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

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Ten April Fool's pranks of 2009

April 3, 2009

April Fools' Day pranks harmlessly pervaded worldwide again this year. Media outlets and internet sites have joined family, office workers, and friends to provide a wide variety of practical jokes. Ireland, France, and the United States celebrate April Fools all day, whereas a few countries celebrate jokes only until noon such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa.

Car and Driver claimed that GM and Chrysler were ordered out of NASCAR by the White House by the end of 2009 in order to receive any more government loans. There are press releases about this short-lived prank which received controversial feedback.

The Swiss Tourism Board has announced that volunteers were desperately needed, The Association of Mountain Cleaners "makes sure that our holiday guests can always enjoy perfect mountains. Using brooms, brushes, water and muscle power, they clean the rocks of any bird droppings."

This year Gmail produced a new autopilot feature for April 1, 2009 which can read your email and automatically respond to every message.

BMW released its new Magnetic Tow Technology which allows your BMW to magnetically attach to the vehicle ahead of you. This enhanced technology allows the driver to remove their foot from the gas pedal and turn off the motor.

The Guardian proposed its move to Twitter, which would allow the newspaper to fit its article content into 140 character messages or “tweets”. Included in this venture was the archiving of past events reported by The Guardian, such as, "1927 OMG first successful transatlantic air flight wow, pretty cool! Boring day otherwise *sigh*"

Google's technological break through for April Fool's Day was CADIE, (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity). By extracting internet search patterns combined with Brain Search, a part of CADIE technology, Google can now search your thoughts and memories.

Wikipedia even fooled Fox News who claimed that "every item on the home page of the user-generated site Wikipedia is fake. The featured Wikipedia article regaled the "Museum of Bad Art" in Boston." However, each item on the main page was based on reality — even news articles such as NASA reports a shower of diamonds over the Republic of Sudan, which was based on a meteorite which passed over Sudan whose fragments did reveal diamonds upon discovery.

The Conficker Internet worm had been in the news warning of a worst case scenario when computers worldwide would be affected by the virus. Even the chief security adviser for Microsoft, Ed Gibson, didn't want to make any predictions about what would happen. Experts just knew that it was set to go off on April 1. Several anomalous happenings were attributed to Conficker including Leroy "Mac" MacElrie who claimed to be the programmer of the Conficker worm and turned himself in to police.

Hotels.com ran an advertisement offering hotel room bookings on the moon which would be offered on European websites starting at £800 a night.

Qualcomm ingeniously revealed a new wireless networking technology called wireless convergence. Making use of the flight patterns of pigeons. They then use innovative solutions to converge the birds with wolves to protect the internal improvements.

Media outlets were not the only ones pulling pranks. Gaming websites across the internet Blizzard, Joystiq, and affiliates posted reviews and announcements of games with tongue in cheek. YouTube offered viewers a unique April Fool's experience as videos were offered upside down. In Ireland, U2 fans received a U2opia concert on a shopping centre roof top concert rather than the real thing.

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BC election writ drops; referendum campaigns underway

April 14, 2009 The provincial election was called today in British Columbia. Alongside with the election, the citizens of the province will also be debating if they should change their electoral system from to  (STV). The vote for both the election and the referendum is to be held on May 12th.

According to the online poll, the issues before the candidates this year are the economy, crime and public safety, and health care.

is the current of British Columbia, and leader of the. Three new tax measures have been proposed, increasing apprenticeship training tax credits, reducing small business income tax, and raising the revenue definition for small business. "Keep B.C. Strong" is the Liberal slogan.

The (NDP) leader  is focusing her election platform on supporting a green economy, eliminating the carbon tax, offering families tax relief, freezing post-secondary tuition, raising the minimum wage, and providing a small business tax holiday. The NDP slogan is "Take back your B.C."

The, led by , is focused on environmental issues, crime and police, and a 'green economy'. The Green Party is in support of the carbon tax and will be campaigning in favour of the new STV voting system that is being proposed again. The Green Party slogan is "A better plan for B.C."

is at the helm of the which opposes the Recognition and Reconciliation Act, privatization of BC Hydro Bill 42 'gag law', and the carbon tax. They propose to reduce senior civil employee pay scale, as well as personal and corporate income tax.

Other parties running candidates are the under, the  under , the  under , the  under , the  under , and the  under.

For 60 days before the election, each party may campaign with an allowable 1.1 million, in the final 28 days, $4.4 million may be spent. $70,000 is allowed by candidates before the writ is dropped, and another $70,000 in the midst of campaigning.

The referendum will allow BC voters to choose between two voting systems. The system is the current system in all Canadian provinces, and is also used to elect  in Ottawa. The other system is, which would replace 85 single-member ridings with 20 larger ridings in which between two and seven (MLA) would be elected. The total number of MLAs will not change. Voters would rank the candidates in order of preference, as many or as few as they wish. When the results are tallied, votes are transferred to the next preference on the ballot when the first preference has been elected or eliminated. The system is designed to ensure that every vote helps to elect someone, every vote counts as fully as possible, and every voter is represented by a candidate they voted for, as nearly as mathematically possible.

Previous elections held under the current Single Member Plurality (also known as First Past The Post) system led to in certain elections, such as the  where the winning party obtained 77 of the 79 seats of the legislature with just 58% of the vote, and the, in which the party with the most votes failed to win the election. The recommendation to switch to STV was made by the, a group formed in 2004 of randomly selected citizens. They spent a year learning about voting systems around the world and consulting with BC citizens.

It's the fourth referendum in the country and the second in the province within the last 4 years. The held in 2005 also voted on these same electoral systems and came within 2.3% of the 60% threshold. In order for the referendum to be binding, BC-STV will again need 60% of the popular vote and 50% of votes in 51 of the 85 ridings in BC. If the change is approved, it will be the first province in the country to adopt of the electoral system in recent history.

Fair Voting BC, recognized as the official proponent group, argues that STV will lead to fairer election results, effective local representation and greater voter choice. They argue that BC-STV will give voters the power to hold politicians and political parties accountable, by giving every voter a vote that actually makes a difference. If the STV system is approved, then it will be put into use for the first time for the 2013 provincial election.

The recognized opponent group is the No STV Campaign Society. Their arguments are that STV will give larger ridings, voters would be unsure of whom their MLA would be, there would be unequal geographic representation, that the counting method is too complicated, the electoral system results are unverified in practical usage, the system results in a higher probability of minority governments and the subsequent coalition of parties. They also argue that other countries who use systems similar to STV have had problems with their election results.

$500,000 in public funding has been given to both the proponents and the opponents of the referendum.


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It would be good to comment on yestday's WP front page too. It was all true, weird, but true. Apparently Fox news thought it was all fake. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

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Cannot make this article comprehensive of all and every prank. Will add some more to article. All links opened for me that didn't make sense. Cannot add the gaming pranks - I read some - I am not a gamer any longer - so didn't make too much sense. Removed image. Was hopeing to do a pilot article, to encourage additions of pranks seen be others, but it didn't seem to work to this end.SriMesh | talk  10:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

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editprotected Could someone please replace Category:Culture and entertainment with Category:April Fools' Day, please? Surf Dog (talk) 04:07, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌ Insufficient coverage to merit category. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:20, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

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Comments:G20 protester dies after collapsing

Possible eyewitness disputes that crowd were throwing missiles as police treated man (unconfirmed that it was the same incident). See Red Pepper's Twitters and.

The Police lying? How could that be possible?

Knowing the kind of people that protest at such events, I can certainly believe the police. How many broken windows and burned cars do we see after each "anti-globalization" protest each year? Damn scum... bring on the tear gas.

A witness statement contradicts Sky's/Police version of events of a rained bottles whilst Police Tries to help man.
A witness statement contradicts Sky's/Police version of events of a rained bottles whilst Police Tries to help man. http://london.indymedia.org.uk/videos/1023 A fuller version of events http://london.indymedia.org.uk/videos/1038

The police fuckin' killed the man, goddammit!

«The police claim that protestors threw bottles at them while trying to rescue the protestor» indeed...

Check your sources before publishing your story - the Met Police obviously cannot be trusted. —77.17.51.184 13:23, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

editprotected See what really happened in Death of Ian Tomlinson. The version presented here is obviously the police version which has been proven to be a lie. Please add a note to the news item.--87.162.16.190 09:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
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 * edit conflict ❌ The story is not technically incorrect, because it documents what was known at the time, not what is known now. Thus, a correction notice is not warranted. However, an update notice, linking to a newer article, could be added to the bottom of the page instead, to notify readers of newer developments. (Although I don't think we had an update article to this.) tempo divalse  00:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Sixteen people feared dead after helicopter crash in North Sea

According to The Herald, the helicopter involved is a Super Puma AS 33L Mk 2 86.132.172.21 15:31, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

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Former Texas nurse charged with murder for allegedly injecting bleach into patients

April 2, 2009

A former nurse from Texas is in jail after a grand jury in Angelina County indicted her over allegations she murdered patients by injecting bleach into them. Kimberly Saenz is suspected of killing five people at the DaVita Dialysis Center in Lufkin.

A sudden string of deaths caused the center to close on April 28, 2008. The center reopened that July. Saenz was fired in April, and arrested last May under suspicion of having caused harm to two patients. It is now believed by authorities she injected ten people with bleach, killing five.

She is accused of killing Clara Strange, Thelma Metcalf, Garlin Kelley, Cora Bryant and Opal Few and of harming Marva Rhone, Carolyn Risinger, Debra Oates, Graciela Castenada and Marie Bradley. The 35-year-old is being held without bond after turning herself in.

DaVita's regional vice president Larry Crisp said of the developments "The grand jury has issued an indictment for capital murder for the death of five patients and further, five additional indictments for aggravated assault. Our patients and the caregivers have been outraged at how the alleged actions of one person have caused so much pain and trauma to so many."


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Pirates seize tourist yacht near Seychelles, troops deployed

April 2, 2009

According to officials, Somali pirates have seized a luxury boat named the Ocean Explorer off the coast of the Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Seven Seychellois crew members are believed to be on board. The boat is thought to be headed for Somalia.

Patrick Pillay, the Foreign Affairs Minister, said that the Seychelles government had contacted local naval forces who had pledged to "track down the boat."

"The Indian Ocean Explorer has been seized by pirates about 600 miles west of the capital. What I've been told is they believe this has been taken to the Somali coast," said Fergus Cochrane-Dyet, the British High Commissioner the Seychelles.

"As far as we know there were no foreign nationals on board. The vast majority of tourists come to the inner island resorts but a small number are more intrepid and visit the outer islands. I believe this yacht was used for visiting Aldabra," she said.

This is not the first time Somali pirates have frequented the area: the Seychelles police chief stated that pirates held hostage three Seychellois sailors after their catamaran was hijacked in February.

Somali pirates, usually looking for a ransom, attacked over 130 merchant ships in the area in 2008. The International Maritime Bureau reports that number of attacks has increased by over 200% since 2007.


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Comments:Dam in Indonesia bursts, dozens killed

did you every notice how the govemen tdosn't do jack?

the broken dathe dam appeared to be weak so it broke —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.63.87.141 (talk) 22:22, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

i realized that this country has so many problems with water scarcity and the government is not trying to help. i feel that this country is so curropted —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.63.87.141 (talk) 22:25, 20 October 2009 (UTC)


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Asian countries call for global currency

April 6, 2009 Leaders and central banks in Russia, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Kazakhstan have called for an international currency system.

Speaking on April 1 in advance of the G-20 summit in London, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev argued that the international finance system needed a "new construction" including "new currency systems", saying that such a new system could be the purpose of a revamped IMF and World Bank. The IMF was originally founded in 1946 as the overseer of the Bretton Woods system, which from its founding until the 1970s tied the western world's currencies to the US Dollar, which was in turn backed by gold. Russia's proposal was for the new currency to serve as a reserve currency, one which would take the place of the dollar, euro, and other heavily-traded currencies as an international standard of exchange.

Medvedev's comments are a reversal of Russian position from a lukewarm response following a looser outline for a worldwide currency by Kazakhstani president. On March 11, Nazarbayev suggested the establishment of the "acmetal", a portmanteau of "" and "capital", as a reserve currency replacing the ruble in international transactions, first for and then worldwide. 1999 Economics Nobel laureate Robert Mundell, speaking to the Daily Telegraph, endorsed the idea, saying "It would be a very good idea if the G-20 took that idea up in London".

2001 Nobel economics prize winner, meanwhile, said the new currency could come about quickly if it was based on an expansion of the IMF's already established system of Special Drawing Rights, units of exchange used by the IMF which already have some of the features of currency. Stiglitz argued that, as the US dollar has become the standard global reserve currency, it has inadvertently created a system which hurts the world economy. "It's a net transfer, in a sense, to the United States of foreign aid," he argued, reasoning that when other countries purchase US dollars in order to use them on international markets (such as for the buying and selling of petroleum), they effectively give the US a zero-interest loan — sometimes at times when they can least afford it. Stiglitz made his comments as head of a United Nations panel of economists giving recommendations to address the global financial crisis.

In the weeks leading up to the G-20 conference, the People's Republic of China also began discussing a new system for reserve currencies. In a March 23 speech, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, endorsed a new reserve currency, saying "the desirable goal of reforming the international monetary system, therefore, is to create an international reserve currency that is disconnected from individual nations and is able to remain stable in the long run, thus removing the inherent deficiencies caused by using credit-based national currencies." Zhou went on to endorse the expansion of the SDR system in the long-term creation of a reserve currency government by the IMF. While Zhou did not mention the US dollar specifically, analysis by Qu Hongbin, chief China economist for HSBC, for the Financial Times said that the speech "is a clear sign that China, as the largest holder of US dollar financial assets, is concerned about the potential inflationary risk of the US Federal Reserve printing money".

China holds $740 billion as assets; inflation in the US economy, which has been low in recent years, would directly cause those assets to lose value.

While the Chinese government has engaged in currency swaps with several other growing economies, such as South Korea, Argentina, Malaysia and Indonesia, the Chinese Yuan cannot be used itself as a reserve currency as it cannot be freely traded on the global market.

The Chinese-Russian proposal was not entered onto the agenda at the G-20 meeting itself. Nonetheless, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that the G-20 was open to considering the proposal if and when a detailed one is presented. United States President Barack Obama, meanwhile, endorsed the continuation of dollar supremacy, saying that the US dollar is "extraordinarily strong" and arguing that its strength was the result of the intrinsic stability of the United States economic and political system; US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner had, the week before, made comments that while he supported an expansion in the SDR mechanism he rejected the idea of a global currency. Rather than change the role of SDRs, the G-20 meeting instead added $250 billion in support to the fund backing SDRs.

After the G-20 conference ended on Thursday, Malaysia's The Star BizWeek reported that the central banks of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand had endorsed the Chinese proposal. All three countries have close economic ties with China and suffered heavily from the collapse of their currencies in the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis; the sudden growth in the value of the US dollar relative to those countries' native currencies sharply increased debt in Southeast Asia's economies, leading to a wave of bankruptcies.

International reaction from other economies has been mixed and guarded. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, said that the currency proposal was important to discuss but did not give extensive comment. And while UPI reports that India supported the SDR proposal at the G-20 conference, the Indian Press Trust quotes Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as saying last month, "It is too early to talk about common currency."

Calls for an independent global reserve currency are not new. In 1944, John Maynard Keynes proposed the "bancor", a unit like the SDR supported by a basket of commodities. Keynes' idea was rejected and the US dollar took the equivalent role under the Bretton Woods system. Keynes proposed that the bancor system would be reinforced by a tax on participating countries' current accounts, the difference between their exports and their imports, in order to encourage balanced trade. Meanwhile, monetary unions have become more popular since the end of the gold standard, with most of the European Union now trading the euro, and several countries outside the EU using it as a de facto currency; five West African countries adopting the eco at the end of this year; and the African Union planning to introduce the afro in 2028. Proposals for a North American currency union based around the so-called "amero" have been frequently discussed as the focus of conspiracy theories in the United States, but none of the US, Canada or Mexico have actively pursued the establishment of any such monetary union, however the dollar is the currency of several Latin American countries.


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wow.--66.229.11.230 22:43, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

That's a "my bad," moment, for sure. How the fuck do you explain that? "Dark" kid going to a white family and vice-versa. The fuck? I'm surprised both mothers survived the operation if the hospital staff is that comically retarded. --64.90.84.103 06:24, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


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Police: Pennsylvania mother drugged daughter, planned her impregnation

April 3, 2009

A Pennsylvania woman is accused of drugging her 13-year-old daughter so the woman's boyfriend could impregnate the teen without her knowledge.

Shana Brown, 32, wanted a baby but can no longer have children. So, police said, she gave her daughter drugs and alcohol so Brown's boyfriend could have sex with the teenager and make her pregnant.

"There's some sick people on this case," said Donald Gmitter, a detective from Uniontown, where Brown lives.

Police said Brown mixed alcohol and sleeping pills into the daughter's soda and tea so she would lose consciousness. When she awakened, she was partially naked and the boyfriend, Duane Calloway, was in the room with her.

The daughter's identity was not reported by media outlets due to her age. While searching the Brown home, police found an empty rum bottle, Tylenol PM and a pill crusher.

Brown was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and was being held in a Fayette County prison as of Thursday. Calloway, who was arrested Wednesday, faces several counts of attempted rape.

Authorities said Brown suggested in December her daughter marry Calloway and have a baby for her, but that the daughter rejected the idea. According to a criminal complaint, Calloway had tried to rape the girl three times since that time.


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Former governor of Illinois indicted on corruption charges

April 3, 2009

Rod Blagojevich, the former governor of the US state of Illinois, was indicted on Thursday on charges of corruption for allegedly planning to "sell" Barack Obama's Senate seat when the latter vacated it to become President.

Five of his advisers, including Blagojevich's brother Robert, were also indicted. The others are former fundraiser, Christopher Kelly, former chief of staff John Harris, former aide Lon Monk, and the lobbyist William Cellini.

A jury indicted Blagojevich on sixteen felony counts, among them wire fraud, extortion conspiracy, and racketeering conspiracy. The indictment states that if convicted, the ex-governor could face over three hundred years in prison, as well as US$4 million worth of fines, including restitution.

The governor insists that he did nothing illegal, and claims that he was the victim of a politically motivated witch hunt. He pledged to fight his charges in court.

"I'm saddened and hurt but I am not surprised by the indictment. I am innocent," read a statement released by Blagojevich. "I now will fight in the courts to clear my name. I would ask the good people of Illinois to wait for the trial and afford me the presumption of innocence that they would give to all their friends and neighbors."

Blagojevich, a governor serving his second term, was arrested on December 9 of last year on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Shortly thereafter, the Illinois House impeached him before the Senate, which nearly unanimously convicted him and expelled him from office.


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G20 Summit plans to inject US$5tn into economy before 2011

April 3, 2009

The G20 Summit held in London, England concluded Thursday with an injection into the economy of US$5 trillion by the end of 2010.

Global trade would be supported by $250 billion (169.5 billion pounds). "We are going to act decisively to kickstart international trade. We will ensure availability of at least $250 billion over the next two years," said Gordon Brown Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The International Monetary Fund IMF will have access to $750bn in resources of which $250bn will support special drawing rights.

Developing countries received $100bn which will be dispensed via Multilateral development banks. Towards this end, the IMF will sell off gold reserves.

China will support the IMF fund by $40bn, the European Union by $100bn, and Japan by $100bn.

There will be increased regulation on banking and credit ratings agencies. There was a commitment to clamp down on hedge funds, tax havens and toxic assets. To restore consumer confidence in the financial sector, a new Financial Stability Board will be initiated internationally. There would be new policies implemented to control pay and bonuses paid to the heads of banks and corporations.

The G20 leaders were adverse to protectionism and rallied to support international trade and investment.

The Leaders' statement said, "We reaffirm the commitment made in Washington: to refrain from raising new barriers to investment or to trade in goods and services, imposing new export restrictions, or implementing World Trade Organization (WTO) inconsistent measures to stimulate exports.”

Eoin O'Malley, senior adviser on international trade at BusinessEurope, said "The measure also needs to be part of wider package to avoid protectionism and conclude the Doha round which will stimulate trade growth. The key point now is to move forward with Doha. The key now is implementation. G20 governments must act quickly to provide this finance to companies that need it urgently."


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my notes from 2 April; typos and simple misspellings cleaned up, e-mail addresses withheld Ross makes a speech on the steps of the National Museum: Now that the recession is underway, they've been trying to shoulder more of the burden onto the people, and onto the young people...they're expecting us to pay ffot it. "Tradition of the Jarrow Marand the strikes, ches, through some of the poorest parts ofLondon." "Fighting for jobs for young people, fighting for free education, fighting for our share of the wealth, which we create."

Ross saunders -- branch secretary of Cardiff West Branch

25 active members in west branch

Rbs attack -- "it's not very constructive but it does make you smile"

ross explains: Disaffection with the Labour Party since the 80s -- "there used to be democratic structures, political meetings...now, they passed a resolution calling for renationalisation of the railways, and they [the party leadership] just ignored it". labour has lost haf its membership, people looking for an alternative -- now 2 branches of SocialistParty in Cardiff,but BNP gaining membeers as well

"we're going to stop all the squabbles - they're going to unite against us. That's what happens" - Mia

"protest is basically theatre" - Ross

One demonstrator from Sheffield: "police hace been surprisingly unridiculous" today

About 200-250 expected in this march, one leader says they hit that mark -- people from Sheffield, Cardiff Newcastle,, manchester.

Police taking march off original route -- was supposed to go past Parliament, instead going down back streets where there's nobody to protest to. "justified aggression" at bank. 2we don't condone it but people have only got certain limitatiions". Peter

Empty street hoto from Wapping High Street.

Says one policeman: "Very positive atmosphere." "Everyone;s very well behaved" on route change: "students are getting the message out"

East London Trade Unions providing lunch for the march.

RMT plans strike in 3 weeks' time.

Neil Cafferky. "communism" -- Considers himself a Marxist and Trotskyist, but the word "communism" has certain negative connotations and would "act as a barrier". London organizer for the march. "We are for a democratic plan of production." "The working class, the youths brought into the heart of decision making."

Route change -- "we wanted to have a march from camberwell green up to victoria park and across the olympic sites and to the excel ctr." met wanted no march of any kind -- "we only have 650 trained traffic police" so we can't facilitate a march. "It's all very well having concern for health and safety --our concern is using planning to block protest." Bureaucratic, legal and violent blocks.

What do you think is a resonable limit? "If the police set out with the intention assaulting marches then violence is unavoidable." If the demonstrators show peaceful intent, isolate police provocateurs. If it comes to the case where the defenders have to defend the march "it must be done in a disciplined manner"

Some organizations don't agree with stewarding -- socialist party says this is a mistake.

Wasn't on y'day's demos. It's often the case that there is provocative behavior on both sides. "Clear political understanding of the role of violence" -- it's "counterproductive".

Protest = theatre "intersting pov." "A demonstration is always a means to and end." Industrial action, occupation also valid forms of exression.

9 May Cruciform UCL, rally for youth to campaign

Atmosphere at excel low-key -- no violence but surprisingly few people.

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I am wondering if would not be appropriate to replace instances of "I" with "Wikinews"? --SVTCobra 23:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

 * After a discussion, the "disclosure" statement at the top of the article was added. --SVTCobra 01:03, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


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G20 protests: Inside a labour march

 * Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account.

"Protest", says Ross Saunders, "is basically theatre".

It's seven a.m. and I'm on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London. I'm riding with seventeen members of the Cardiff Socialist Party, of which Saunders is branch secretary for the Cardiff West branch; they're going to participate in a march that's part of the protests against the G-20 meeting.

Before we boarded the minibus Saunders made a speech outlining the reasons for the march. He said they were "fighting for jobs for young people, fighting for free education, fighting for our share of the wealth, which we create." His anger is directed at the government's response to the economic downturn: "Now that the recession is underway, they've been trying to shoulder more of the burden onto the people, and onto the young people...they're expecting us to pay for it." He compared the protest to the Jarrow March and to the miners' strikes which were hugely influential in the history of the British labour movement. The people assembled, though, aren't miners or industrial workers — they're university students or recent graduates, and the march they're going to participate in is the Youth Fight For Jobs.

The Socialist Party was formerly part of the Labour Party, which has ruled the United Kingdom since 1997 and remains a member of the Socialist International. On the bus, Saunders and some of his cohorts — they occasionally, especially the older members, address each other as "comrade" — explains their view on how the split with Labour came about. As the Third Way became the dominant voice in the Labour Party, culminating with the replacement of Neil Kinnock with Tony Blair as party leader, the Socialist cadre became increasingly disaffected. "There used to be democratic structures, political meetings" within the party, they say. The branch meetings still exist but "now, they passed a resolution calling for renationalisation of the railways, and they [the party leadership] just ignored it." They claim that the disaffection with New Labour has caused the party to lose "half its membership" and that people are seeking alternatives. Since the economic crisis began, Cardiff West's membership has doubled, to 25 members, and the RMT has organized itself as a political movement running candidates in the 2009 EU Parliament election. The right-wing British National Party or BNP is making gains as well, though.

Talk on the bus is mostly political and the news of yesterday's violence at the G-20 demonstrations, where a bank was stormed by protesters and 87 were arrested, is thick in the air. One member comments on the invasion of a RBS building in which phone lines were cut and furniture was destroyed: "It's not very constructive but it does make you smile." Another, reading about developments at the conference which have set France and Germany opposing the UK and the United States, says sardonically, "we're going to stop all the squabbles — they're going to unite against us. That's what happens." She recounts how, in her native Sweden during the Second World War, a national unity government was formed among all major parties, and Swedish communists were interned in camps, while Nazi-leaning parties were left unmolested.

In London around 11am the march assembles on Camberwell Green. About 250 people are here, from many parts of Britain; I meet marchers from Newcastle, Manchester, Leicester, and especially organized-labor stronghold Sheffield. The sky is grey but the atmosphere is convivial; five members of London's Metropolitan Police are present, and they're all smiling. Most marchers are young, some as young as high school age, but a few are older; some teachers, including members of the Lewisham and Sheffield chapters of the National Union of Teachers, are carrying banners in support of their students.

Stewards hand out sheets of paper with the words to call-and-response chants on them. Some are youth-oriented and education-oriented, like the jaunty "Gordon Brown's a Tory/He wears a Tory hat/And when he saw our uni fees/He said 'I'll double that!'" (sung to the tune of the Lonnie Donegan song "My Old Man's a Dustman"); but many are standbys of organized labour, including the infamous "workers of the world, unite!". It also outlines the goals of the protest, as "demands": "The right to a decent job for all, with a living wage of at least £8 and hour. No to cheap labour apprenticeships! for all apprenticeships to pay at least the minimum wage, with a job guaranteed at the end. No to university fees. support the campaign to defeat fees." Another steward with a megaphone and a bright red t-shirt talks the assembled protesters through the basics of call-and-response chanting.

Finally the march gets underway, traveling through the London boroughs of Camberwell and Southwark. Along the route of the march more police follow along, escorting and guiding the march and watching it carefully, while a police van with flashing lights clears the route in front of it. On the surface the atmosphere is enthusiastic, but everyone freezes for a second as a siren is heard behind them; it turns out to be a passing ambulance.

Crossing Southwark Bridge, the march enters the City of London, the comparably small but dense area containing London's financial and economic heart. Although one recipient of the protesters' anger is the Bank of England, the march does not stop in the City, only passing through the streets by the London Exchange. Tourists on buses and businessmen in pinstripe suits record snippets of the march on their mobile phones as it passes them; as it goes past a branch of HSBC the employees gather at the glass store front and watch nervously. The time in the City is brief; rather than continue into the very centre of London the march turns east and, passing the Tower of London, proceeds into the poor, largely immigrant neighbourhoods of the Tower Hamlets.

The sun has come out, and the spirits of the protesters have remained high. But few people, only occasional faces at windows in the blocks of apartments, are here to see the march and it is in Wapping High Street that I hear my first complaint from the marchers. Peter, a steward, complains that the police have taken the march off its original route and onto back streets where "there's nobody to protest to". I ask how he feels about the possibility of violence, noting the incidents the day before, and he replies that it was "justified aggression". "We don't condone it but people have only got certain limitations."

A policeman I ask is very polite but noncommittal about the change in route. "The students are getting the message out", he says, so there's no problem. "Everyone's very well behaved" in his assessment and the atmosphere is "very positive". Another protestor, a sign-carrying university student from Sheffield, half-heartedly returns the compliment: today, she says, "the police have been surprisingly unridiculous."

The march pauses just before it enters Cable Street. Here, in 1936, was the site of the Battle of Cable Street, and the march leader, addressing the protesters through her megaphone, marks the moment. She draws a parallel between the British Union of Fascists of the 1930s and the much smaller BNP today, and as the protesters follow the East London street their chant becomes "The BNP tell racist lies/We fight back and organise!"

In Victoria Park — "The People's Park" as it was sometimes known — the march stops for lunch. The trade unions of East London have organized and paid for a lunch of hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries and tea, and, picnic-style, the marchers enjoy their meals as organized labor veterans give brief speeches about industrial actions from a small raised platform.

During the rally I have the opportunity to speak with Neil Cafferky, a Galway-born Londoner and the London organizer of the Youth Fight For Jobs march. I ask him first about why, despite being surrounded by red banners and quotes from Karl Marx, I haven't once heard the word "communism" used all day. He explains that, while he considers himself a Marxist and a Trotskyist, the word communism has negative connotations that would "act as a barrier" to getting people involved: the Socialist Party wants to avoid the discussion of its position on the USSR and disassociate itself from Stalinism. What the Socialists favor, he says, is "democratic planned production" with "the working class, the youths brought into the heart of decision making."

On the subject of the police's re-routing of the march, he says the new route is actually the synthesis of two proposals. Originally the march was to have gone from Camberwell Green to the Houses of Parliament, then across the sites of the 2012 Olympics and finally to the ExCel Centre. The police, meanwhile, wanted there to be no march at all.

The Metropolitan Police had argued that, with only 650 trained traffic officers on the force and most of those providing security at the ExCel Centre itself, there simply wasn't the manpower available to close main streets, so a route along back streets was necessary if the march was to go ahead at all. Cafferky is sceptical of the police explanation. "It's all very well having concern for health and safety," he responds. "Our concern is using planning to block protest."

He accuses the police and the government of having used legal, bureaucratic and even violent means to block protests. Talking about marches having to defend themselves, he says "if the police set out with the intention of assaulting marches then violence is unavoidable." He says the police have been known to insert "provocateurs" into marches, which have to be isolated. He also asserts the right of marches to defend themselves when attacked, although this "must be done in a disciplined manner".

He says he wasn't present at yesterday's demonstrations and so can't comment on the accusations of violence against police. But, he says, there is often provocative behavior on both sides. Rather than reject violence outright, Cafferky argues that there needs to be "clear political understanding of the role of violence" and calls it "counter-productive".

Demonstration overall, though, he says, is always a useful tool, although "a demonstration is always a means to an end" rather than an end in itself. He mentions other ongoing industrial actions such as the occupation of the Visteon plant in Enfield; 200 fired workers at the factory have been occupying the plant since April 1, and states the solidarity between the youth marchers and the industrial workers.

I also speak briefly with members of the International Bolshevik Tendency, a small group of left-wing activists who have brought some signs to the rally. The Bolsheviks say that, like the Socialists, they're Trotskyists, but have differences with them on the idea of organization; the International Bolshevik Tendency believes that control of the party representing the working class should be less democratic and instead be in the hands of a team of experts in history and politics. Relations between the two groups are "chilly", says one.

At 2:30 the march resumes. Rather than proceeding to the ExCel Centre itself, though, it makes its way to a station of London's Docklands Light Railway; on the way, several of East London's school-aged youths join the march, and on reaching Canning Town the group is some 300 strong. Proceeding on foot through the borough, the Youth Fight For Jobs reaches the protest site outside the G-20 meeting.

It's impossible to legally get too close to the conference itself. Police are guarding every approach, and have formed a double cordon between the protest area and the route that motorcades take into and out of the conference venue. Most are un-armed, in the tradition of London police; only a few even carry truncheons. Closer to the building, though, a few machine gun-armed riot police are present, standing out sharply in their black uniforms against the high-visibility yellow vests of the Metropolitan Police. The G-20 conference itself, which started a few hours before the march began, is already winding down, and about a thousand protesters are present.

I see three large groups: the Youth Fight For Jobs avoids going into the center of the protest area, instead staying in their own group at the admonition of the stewards and listening to a series of guest speakers who tell them about current industrial actions and the organization of the Youth Fight's upcoming rally at UCL. A second group carries the Ogaden National Liberation Front's flag and is campaigning for recognition of an autonomous homeland in eastern Ethiopia. Others protesting the Ethiopian government make up the third group; waving old Ethiopian flags, including the Lion of Judah standard of emperor Haile Selassie, they demand that foreign aid to Ethiopia be tied to democratization in that country: "No recovery without democracy".

A set of abandoned signs tied to bollards indicate that the CND has been here, but has already gone home; they were demanding the abandonment of nuclear weapons. But apart from a handful of individuals with handmade, cardboard signs I see no groups addressing the G-20 meeting itself, other than the Youth Fight For Jobs' slogans concerning the bailout. But when a motorcade passes, catcalls and jeers are heard.

It's now 5pm and, after four hours of driving, five hours marching and one hour at the G-20, Cardiff's Socialists are returning home. I board the bus with them and, navigating slowly through the snarled London traffic, we listen to BBC Radio 4. The news is reporting on the closure of the G-20 conference; while they take time out to mention that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper delayed the traditional group photograph of the G-20's world leaders because "he was on the loo", no mention is made of today's protests. Those listening in the bus are disappointed by the lack of coverage.

Most people on the return trip are tired. Many sleep. Others read the latest issue of The Socialist, the Socialist Party's newspaper. Mia quietly sings "The Internationale" in Swedish.

Due to the traffic, the journey back to Cardiff will be even longer than the journey to London. Over the objections of a few of its members, the South Welsh participants in the Youth Fight For Jobs stop at a McDonald's before returning to the M4 and home.

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US unemployment rate reaches 8.5%

April 3, 2009 The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that the US economy lost 663,000 jobs in March, bringing the unemployment rate up to 8.5%, an increase from last month's jobless rate of 8.1%. The jobless rate is the highest it has been since 1983.

Since the start of the recession, 5.1 million jobs have been lost. 13.5 million people are currently unemployed. 3.3 million people have lost their jobs in the last five months.

"The hemorrhaging of jobs has been so extreme," the deputy director at the National Employment Law Project, Andrew Stettner, said. "Even if the economy picks up or the contraction slows, there's so much slack in the job market, it's going to take a tremendous amount of time for it to recover."

The Federal Reserve has stated that it predicts the jobless rate to go up to 8.8%, although many economists forecast that it could go above ten percent and only start coming back down when the broader economy starts to recover.

The government said that 16% of all the residents of the US are now in search of work, working part time because they are unable to find a full-time job, or do not have a job and are not searching for one.

"We're closing in on 25 million people that are underemployed in one way or another. It highlights the incredible breadth of the downturn," said the founder and chief economist of Moody's Economy.com, Mark Zandi.

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Alaska GOP calls for Begich resignation for Senate revote

April 4, 2009

The Republican Party of Alaska is requesting United States Senator Mark Begich, Democrat, to resign to pave way for a new election. This request is based on the U.S. Justice Department withdrawing charges against former Senator Ted Stevens. Stevens was originally convicted in October just before the November election. He lost the election to Begich by a narrow margin. Given that the U.S. Justice Department has dropped charges that had affected the outcome of the election, they may have re-elected Steven if it was done before the election.

According to Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich, Begich won over Stevens only because "a few thousand Alaskans thought that Senator Stevens was guilty of seven felonies." Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, through her SarahPAC spokeswoman, agreed.

Begich indicated that he would not step down as he felt that Alaskans wanted a change and a senator that is "independent as Alaska."

"Today, with our country in a severe recession, it’s more important than ever that we have a senator focused on fixing our economy so Alaskans have the jobs they need to support their families," Begich also stated.

The other U.S. Senator from Alaska, Republican Lisa Murkowski, stated "In light of the good news yesterday, I am sure many of us wish we could turn the clock back to last November. Unfortunately, that is not an option."

The US Department of Justice has asked for corruption charges against former Senator Ted Stevens to be dropped because evidence was withheld from the defense team by the original prosecutors. The Justice Department has stated that it will not retry Stevens. In a statement, US Attorney General Eric Holder said, "After careful review, I have concluded that certain information should have been provided to the defense for use at trial. In light of this conclusion, and in consideration of the totality of the circumstances of this particular case, I have determined that it is in the interest of justice to dismiss the indictment and not proceed with a new trial."

Stevens was convicted in October on seven felony counts of lying on senate disclosure forms about gifts, largely in the form of free renovations to his home, received from an oil service company; his conviction is thought to have been a large factor in his November electoral defeat to former Anchorage mayor Mark Begich, the current junior Senator from Alaska. Stevens immediately appealed his conviction and has maintained his innocence.

Stevens, 85, spent the six weeks leading up to the election on trial in Washington and lost just days after being convicted.

Begich’s victory was a coup for Democrats in Alaska. It also was a victory for Democrats in the Senate, who, with Begich’s win, landed 58 of the 60 votes they need to have a filibuster-proof majority.

Begich received 151,767 votes (47.77%) to Stevens' 147,814 (46.52%). The winning margin was 3,953 votes (1.24%). Three other candidates were in the race: Bob Bird of the Alaskan Independence Party (13,197; 4.15%), Ted Gianoutsos (independent) (1,385; 0.44%) and Fredrick D. Haas of the Libertarian Party (2483 0.78%)


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