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Wikinews:Briefs/June 18, 2006

The time is 22:00 (UTC) on June 18th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Author claims Al Qaeda planned to gas New York's subway system
United States

A new book claims that Al-Qaeda made plans to gas the New York subway system in 2003. According to extracts due to be published in next week's Time magazine, the author of The One Percent Doctrine, Ron Suskind, asserts that Al-Qaeda's number 2 cancelled the attack 45 days before it was due.

Legality of NSW traffic and parking fines to be tested in court
Australia

The legality of speeding and parking fines in New South Wales, Australia is set to be tested in court this week. A lawyer from Sydney will challenge the authority of the state's infringement processing bureau to issue fines for speeding and parking offences.

Croatia and Japan share point in Group F
sports – football or soccer

Japan and Croatia have drew 0-0 in the heat of Nürnberg, Sunday.

Brazil beat Australia with two second half goals in Group F
Brazil beat Australia 2-0 in a competitive encounter that got better as the game progressed in München, Sunday.

Romania lose 62-14 to France in rugby
sports – rugby

France defeated Romania 62 points to 14 in a rugby test match on Saturday at Cotroceni Stadium in Bucharest.

Argentina defeat Wales 45-27 in rugby
Argentina defeated Wales on Saturday in the second of two rugby test matches between the two nations.

South Africa defeat Scotland in second rugby test
South Africa defeated Scotland in the second of two rugby tests between the two nations, with the Springboks also winning the test in Durban the previous week.

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France held to 1-1 draw with Korea Republic in Group G

June 18, 2006 For 80 minutes France barely broke sweat as they slowly coasted to a 1-0 win in what seemed to be dreary mismatch in Leipzig, Sunday.

On 81 minutes France were punished for their complacency by a Korea Republic team that had never given up and that ended the last minutes of a strange match arguably the stronger side.

For most of the game Korea Republic, in an almost luminous red outfit were not in the game. Their three forwards hardly got a touch; in fact they didn't have a single shot in the first half and had only two on target in 90 minutes.

By contrast the French had three times as many shots as the Koreans but managed only four accurate attempts on Lee Woon-Jae's goal - two more than the Koreans managed. A poor showing for a side so at ease it played mostly in its opposition's half of the pitch and did not concede a shot until the 54th minute.

All looked good when Henry had scored after nine minutes. The ball got through the defence via a deflection; and with a touch from his right foot the Arsenal striker put the ball into the perfect position to pass it in with his left.

With the great throng of red Koreans bouncing up and down and singing there was a great atmosphere in the Zentralstadion and it did not sound like their side were a goal down.

A Patrick Viera header followed from a corner and was saved by Lee Woon-Jae. There was no great French appeal but the television replay clearly showed the ball had crossed the line.

After half time the French kept to their slow passing game which made Dick Advocaat's hustling team exceptionally tired without killing them off. With ten minutes left the Korean game sprang to life and deckchairs were brought out to witness a mugging.

Eric Abidal brought down Lee Young-Pyo and got a yellow card. Quick Korean passes found their target and the French suddenly looked a little disorganised.

A cross from deep near the right corner flag from Seol Ki-Hyeon found Cho Jin-Jae. Beyond the far post, the substitute headed back into the path of Park Ji-sung who from five yards helped the ball over both Fabian Barthez and William Gallas.

The slowness by which the ball went over a grasping Barthez and the French centre half was tantalising and made the score seem more painful.

Now there was a ripping end-to-end contest. Three minutes later Thierry Henry got a chance to make it 2-1 but Lee Woon-Jae jammed his arm hard on the ground for a magnificent left-handed save. In the final minute Ahn Jung-Hwan screamed a free kick past Barthez's right post.

The result meant France, who still had not won a game since the 1998 World Cup final, probably had to win their last match against Togo for a chance to reach the knock-out stage of the 2006 World Cup. Their captain Zinedine Zidane, who got a caution in the game, would be ruled out for that tie.

Korea Republic now lead Group G with 4 points and would certainly advance as group winner if they won their last game against Switzerland.

Statistics
Group G

Attendance: 43'000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Korea Republic

 * 01 W Lee
 * 02 Y Kim
 * 03 D Kim 29' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 04 J Choi
 * 12 Y Lee
 * 05 N Kim
 * 07 J Park
 * 13 E Lee (Substituted: 45' K Seol)
 * 17 H Lee 11' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] (Substituted: 69' S Kim)
 * 14 C Lee (Substituted: 72' J Ahn)
 * 19 J Cho

France

 * 16 F Barthez
 * 03 E Abidal 79' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 05 W Gallas
 * 15 L Thuram
 * 19 W Sagnol
 * 07 F Malouda (Substituted: 88' V Dhorasoo)
 * 04 P Vieira
 * 06 C Makelele
 * 10 Z Zidane 85' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] (Substituted: 90' D Trezeguet)
 * 11 S Wiltord (Substituted: 60' F Ribery)
 * 12 T Henry

Table
Fifa World Cup Group G table June 18, 2006

Related news
Switzerland too much for Togo in Group G

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United States' production of new books declining

June 18, 2006

The World Cup is not the only international competition going on this summer. With vacation and beach reading season in full swing, American readers find themselves trailing their reading counterparts across the pond.

For the first time in five years, American production of new book titles trails that of Great Britain, a country of one-fifth the population of the USA, the Kansas City Star recently reported. Last year, production of new titles in the UK surpassed 206,000, compared with 172,000 in America.

Bowker, a consulting firm following the publishing industry, suspects that as America's wealth increases, more entertainment options compete with books for Americans' leisure time. The figure does not necessarily reflect whether Americans read books less than Brits, and does not, for example, track the comparative reading of reprints and classics.


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Not news
I took a look at the article this article references, and the news story was published in May. As far as I know, it's not news if it happened last month. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 23:49, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Statement retracted (see below). — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 02:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Story Date
I think your point is well taken, but the article has re-appeared in reprints as recently as today in hard copy edition of Harrisburg Patriot-News. It is also a trend piece so immediate timeliness may not be indispensible to the value. I do appreciate your taking the time to both look into it and write. Might you reconsider your objection?

69.253.189.44 01:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Thought
Messed...perhaps some reference in the piece to the current summer reading season might make it more currently topical. please check the most recent edit and let me know your thoughts. Thanks for your input.

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My decision
If you put it that way, then I guess it's newsier than I thought. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 02:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Messed
Messed. . ..

Thanks for your help, you made it a better piece.. . I will get better at this. . . thanks for the welcome!

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"Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge

June 20, 2006

MP3s for the people? The, a new Swedish political party first publicized in January, wants to legalize sharing music, movies, and other copyrighted content using the Internet. What may seem like a doomed effort by a small group of idealists is attracting significant media attention, in part due to a recent police raid on The Pirate Bay, an extremely popular (see Wikinews coverage).

The Pirate Bay allows people to download content listed in its database using the BitTorrent protocol (including the latest Hollywood movies or computer games) and has gained something of an international cult status, in part for its public and irreverent responses to legal threats received from copyright lawyers of major corporations. The site was reopened days after the raid on Dutch servers (but is now back in Sweden again). Rickard Falkvinge, leader of the Pirate Party, argues that regardless of the legal outcome in the case, the web site demonstrates that copyright law in its current form is not sustainable.

Adopting the moniker of the maligned "Internet pirates", the party argues for drastically limiting the scope and enforcement of copyright law, abolishing patent law, and protecting privacy in what it sees as a "control and surveillance society". The party is hoping to garner enough votes in the September election to become a small but important faction in the next Swedish parliament. Rickard Falkvinge found some time in between interviews and party work to answer our questions.

'''There are rumours that the Swedish government was indirectly acting on behalf of the U.S. MPAA in shutting down the site. Do you feel that your government is beholden to U.S. interests?'''

Oh, the MPAA said so themselves in a press release, it's more than a rumor. Check their press release "Swedish authorities sink Pirate Bay". [Ed.: see below]

And yes, this particular fact has caused something of an uproar in Sweden. It's widely believed that Swedish authorities were more or less ordered by a foreign power to act forcefully against an entity that was in, at worst, a legal gray area according to Swedish law.

'''The raid must have boosted your recognition. How many members do you currently have, and how successful has your fundraising effort been so far?'''

Our member count is at 6540, no, 6541, no wait, 6543... well, you get the picture. Our members register themselves on our website after paying the membership fee electronically, which helps reduce our admin load considerably.

Fundraising brought in 108,000 SEK [Ed.: approx. 14,700 USD or 11,600 EUR], enough to buy 3 million ballots, which is some kind of at-least-we're-not-starving minimum. We're not full, but we're not starving, either. Following the raid on the Pirate Bay, we have received another 50K in donations. My sincere thanks to everybody who wants to help out; we are now looking into getting more ballots to make sure we don't run out on election day. (10 million ballots was our initial full-score aim.)

Do you think you will be able to cover future expenses such as radio and television ads?

Following the raid on the Pirate Bay, and our tripling of the member roster, we don't need advertising. We've been mentioned almost every news hour across all channels on national television in the last week.

Also, the established parties have now started to turn, following our success. Parties representing almost half of the elected parliament are now describing today's copyright situation as not working. They still don't understand why, though, they are just echoing what we say without understanding what the words mean. We'll get around to teaching them — them and the voters alike.

This might be hard for people not following the Swedish media to grasp, but we have made a big splash. Today, our Minister of Justice was quoted as saying that he's open to changes to copyright laws that would make file-sharing legal, with the headline "Bodström (his name) flip-flops about file sharing." Immediately underneath were the Pirate Party's comments to his suggestions. Let's take that again: when a minister makes a statement about file sharing, media calls us for comments, and publishes them next to that statement. That's how big we have become since the raid on the Pirate Bay.

The Minister of Justice later denied having made that statement to the press that reported it.

We will never be able to pay for television ads, the way I see it. Unless a very wealthy donor comes on stage. (If any such person is reading this, we have planned how to spend up to $375,000 in a cost-efficient way up until the elections, on the chance that donations appear. That spending does still not include any TV ads.)

Are you aware of similar initiatives in other countries?

Some are trying, but none have achieved the necessary momentum and critical mass that we have. We expect that momentum to happen once we get into Swedish Parliament and show that it can be done.

''[Ed.: A of the party was recently launched. See also: Intellectual property activism category on Wikipedia]''

'''The name "Pirate Party" seems to identify the party with what is currently defined as a crime: piracy of software, movies, music, and so on. Will a name like "Pirate Party" not antagonize voters, given that the label is so negatively used? How about potential allies abroad who argue for a more balanced copyright regime, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation or Creative Commons?'''

Oh, it is a crime. That's the heart of the problem! The very problem is that something that 20% of the voters are doing is illegal by punishment of jail time. That's what we want to change. Where the established parties are saying that the voters are broken, we are saying it's the law that is broken.

Besides, it's a way of reclaiming a word. The media conglomerates have been pointing at us and calling us pirates, trying to make us somehow feel shame. It doesn't work. We wear clothes saying "PIRATE" in bright colors out on the streets. Yes, we are pirates, and we're proud of it, too.

Also, the term is not that negative at all in Sweden, much thanks to the awesome footwork of the Pirate Bureau, who have been working since 2003 to educate the public.

If you are elected, and have the opportunity to become part of the next government of Sweden, do you intend to focus only on the issues in your platform (IP law and privacy)? Our current plan is to support the government from the parliament, but not be part of it. If we're part of it, that means we get a vested interest to not overthrow it, which puts us in a weaker position if they start going against our interests.

Overall, our strategy is to achieve the balance of power, where both the left and right blocks need our votes to achieve a majority, and then support the issues of whichever government that agrees to drive our issues the strongest. Basically, we sell our votes on other issues to the highest bidder in exchange for them driving ours.

Have you already made any contacts in Swedish politics?

Contacts... I'm not sure what you mean. Several of us have been shaking hands with some of the established politicians, particularly in the youth leagues, if that's what you mean.

I was thinking along the lines of exploring possible modes of cooperation with established political parties — are you already taken seriously?

We are taken seriously by most of the youth leagues and by at least one of the represented parties. In particular, which is what counts, we are now taken seriously by national media. However, we can't tie contacts that explore modes of cooperation quite yet — since our strategy depends on holding the balance of power, we need to not express a preference for whom we'd like to cooperate with, or we'd put ourselves in a weaker bargaining position.

'''What is your position on moral rights, as recognized by European Union copyright laws: the right of attribution, the right to have a work published anonymously or pseudonymously, and the right to the integrity of the work. Do you think these rights should be preserved?'''

We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it is described in the US constitution: the promotion of culture. Many artists are using recognition as their primary driving force to create culture.

Publishing anonymously or pseudonymously happens every day on the Internet, so no big deal there either.

The right to integrity, however, is an interesting issue. We state that we are for free sampling, meaning you can take a sound that I made for my tune and use it in your own tunes, or for that matter, a whole phrase. That's partially in line with today's copyright law on derivative works; as long as you add your own creative touch to a work, you get your own protection for the derivation. We want to strengthen that right.

You might want to consider the alternative. In the 50s and 60s, a lot of rock and roll bands started doing covers of old classical music. This would almost certainly have been considered to violate the integrity of the original artist — and was considered to do so by many — but in the eyes of many others, it was instead great new culture of a previously unseen form and shape.

So I don't have a definite answer on the integrity issue. While I am leaning towards the promotion of new culture taking precedence over a limitation right, there may be unconsidered cases.

Do you feel that trademark law is adequate as it is?

Yes. We have not seen any hidden costs to trademarks that outweigh the benefits of reducing transaction costs on a market where seller and buyer are not personally acquainted.

How do you intend to deal with EU treaties which define certain legal frameworks for the protection of intellectual works?

What can they do? Fine us? Send us an angry letter?

Come on, countries need to think more like corporations. If the fine is less than the cost to society, which it is in this case, then the right thing to do is to accept the fine with a polite "thank you".

Actually, national media just called me about this very question; the Department of Justice has stated that we can't allow file sharing, as it would break international treaties. My response was that it is more important to not have 1.2 million Swedes criminalized, than it is to avoid paying a penalty fee.

Do you think that weaker intellectual property laws would lessen the amount of products released in Sweden by foreign companies, such as Hollywood studios?

As long as they believe that they will have a revenue here that exceeds the cost of operations, they will keep coming here. Anything else would be wrong from a corporate standpoint.

Besides, you need to remember what we are doing is to change the map according to what reality looks like. We do not want to change people's behavior. We want to change the law so it reflects what the world actually looks like.

So, as they apparently make a profit today, I expect that to continue.

Do you feel that the music industry in its current form will still be needed in a world where non-commercial copying is permitted?

It's not so much if they are needed where non-commercial copying is permitted, rather if they are needed when they're not necessary any more to be the middle man between consumer and artist.

The music industry will lose its current chokepoint, because they don't add any value to the end product any longer. They will probably survive as a service bureau for artists, but they will not be able to control distribution.

It's actually quite simple: if they get their act together and provide a service that people want to buy, they will remain. If not, they will vanish. Today, they have legislated that people must buy their service regardless of whether it adds value or not, and that's not gonna hold in the long term.

Why fight against intellectual property laws, instead of focusing your energy on creating freely licensed content, such as Creative Commons films or open source software?

I want to raise the issue a level, to show that it's not about payment models or what level of control the copyright holder chooses to exert over his or her work.

Let me put it this way: we have achieved the technical possibility of sending copyrighted works in digital, private communications. I can send a piece of music in e-mail to you, I can drop a video clip in a chat room. That technology is not going away, leaving us with two choices.

So — if copyright is to be enforced — if you are to tax, prohibit, fee, fine, or otherwise hinder the transmission of copyrighted works in private communications, the only way to achieve that is to have all private communications constantly monitored. It's really that large.

Also, this is partly nothing new. We've been able to do this since the advent of the Xerox copier — you could photocopy a poem or a painting and put it in a letter in the mail. Again, the only way to discover or stop that would have been for the authorities to open all letters and check their content.

So we're at a crossroads here. Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private communications as a concept. Either that, or we decide that the ability to communicate in private, without constant monitoring by authorities, has the greater value — in which case copyright will have to give way.

My choice is clear.

'''The Pirate Bay was shut down and re-opened days later on a Dutch server. According to a Swedish newspaper report, traffic has doubled since then. How long do you think the cat and mouse game will continue?'''

Until one of two things happen: The authorities realize they can't enforce laws that require monitoring all private communications, especially given the large international level of grassroots support, or [they] actually start monitoring all private communications.


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Talk:"Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge

Original reporting notes
This is based on two e-mails sent to me by Rickard Falkvinge on June 9 and June 18. The answers in their original form can be found in the first version of the article history. Questions were originally prepared on User:Eloquence/Pirate Party Questions.--Eloquence 00:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

title
License to download, well intreasting title may be technicly incorrect because if you expire copyright laws early, you don't license it, there is just nothing restricting you from dowloading/doing foo with it. A License suggests you have specific permission from the copyright holders to do it. (However I'm not that knowlagable about copyright laws and terms so this may be wrong, but that was my impression) Bawolff ☺☻ 01:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah, it's based on the James Bond title "License to kill". Probably too confusing for people who have a deeper understanding of copyright. Any alternative suggestions?--Eloquence 02:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Well most people (Other then me who looks for the technicalities) would get it I think. Its proably fine. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

"Tacky"
Someone remarked that "tacky" is a very loaded term to describe TPB's response to legal threats. I was thinking of responses like "I'm running out of toilet paper, so please send lots of legal documents to our ISP - preferably printed on soft paper." Is "tacky" appropriate here, or would another adjective be better?--Eloquence 15:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Just a Second, I have to read that... Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'd definitly say its tacky (However its extremly funny). Would be better if we could quote someone saying its tacky. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I changed it to irreverent, but was sorely tempted to include a quote from the site. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Irreverent is great!--Eloquence 02:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Distribution
Digg link. Anyone want to do a Slashdot submission? I seem to have lost my magic Slashdot touch.--Eloquence 03:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * AFAIK, slashdot is largely based on number of submissions, as (a) means more editors see them, and (b) helps show individual editors that more readers are interessted. So I'd say that any active slashdot poster submitting their own version is helpful.  I can only assume that submissions by new accounts and identical submissions are kinda ignored.  Nyarlathotep 11:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I once submitted one interview as an anonomous coward and it got through. I think they use the same thing google does. Piegons! to select their stories. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:38, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Good work
Nice interview... Frankie Roberto 09:51, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks! :-) --Eloquence 13:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Article title
Currently, I'm a bit unsure about the article title — particularly the part before the colon. We don't typically allow this for other news articles, it can be seen as sensationalist, and overally, it's corny. We should excise the beginning part, but the two-thirds after the colon is fine. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 04:38, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * We do have the precedent of "In the land of the open source elves: Interview with "Battle for Wesnoth" creator David White". I think part of the problem is that Wikinews mixes news content with more magazine type content (detailed reports, interviews, etc.). While this interview still has a news reference point (the PB raid), the LibriVox and Wesnoth interviews did not. If we do want this type of content, I think we should consider accommodating it by structuring our Main Page accordingly -- with a newsie left hand side, and a more "in depth"/magazine style right hand side. Then titles like this wouldn't stand out so much. What do you think?--Eloquence 04:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * It's all good, headline too, I took a lot away for thinking on this article. Thanks Wikinews. -Edbrown05 05:18, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree - I think these kinds of articles should be allowed a little more scope due to their nature... R2b2 05:45, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Also, we'd need nother title if we ever interview him again. Nyarlathotep 09:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * May I add my thoughts. (Even though I´m late)
 * I had a discussion with Eloquence concerning "In the land of the open source elves: Interview with "Battle for Wesnoth" creator David White". (See http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Talk:In_the_land_of_the_open_source_elves:_Interview_with_%22Battle_for_Wesnoth%22_creator_David_White) Point: sounds like an add ...
 * My main point is, that we are talking news here, which means that in the first sentences the W-questions (Who, where, when ...) should be involved.
 * I do think, that we need articles like these, especially when they are written that good. Hence it might be a possiblity to follow Eloquences advise and split up the main page (if I got it right) into magazine-style and news-style.
 * Yet this leaves me with the "prob", that I do want to have these articles also on newsbriefs. This "prob" was solved very good in the discussed article, because I just could skip the question it started with, and read the second sentence, which had all the info someone needs, who doesn´t know about the issue as such.
 * This is why I think, mabye we don´t need the extra work of splitting the main page, but simply can agree on having the relevant info in the first paragraph, and by this offering the info under news. Because that´s what it is. (At least for me, and I understood Eloquence in percepting it the same way.)
 * Still the question remains: What about the title?
 * I do not see this "problem" with the title "Wesnoth". When it comes to "Pirate Party" I have to write: I like it a lot, even though it isn´t a typical news title. But on the other hand, it´s almost a "quote", and it´s cleary marked. Moreover it is followed by the info "interview with...". Hence I can live with that very well indeed. Gumboyaya 20:17, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

No Smilies!
In the following passage, there is a smilie: "Following the raid on the Pirate Bay, and our tripling of the member roster, we don't need advertising. :-)" This is unprofessional. There are never smilies in interview transcripts. --Munchkinguy 08:04, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I smiled at that severe little grouch over there once and I thought she'd fainted from ... actually, clueless why the person glanced away. -Edbrown05 08:17, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Smiley removed. —     08:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


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Author claims Al Qaeda planned to gas New York's subway system

June 18, 2006

A new book claims that Al-Qaeda made plans to gas the New York subway system in 2003. According to extracts due to be published in next week's Time magazine, the author of The One Percent Doctrine, Ron Suskind, asserts that Al-Qaeda's number 2 cancelled the attack 45 days before it was due.

Suskinds book states "U.S. intelligence learned of the plot from a laptop computer belonging to a Bahraini jihadist captured in Saudi Arabia in early 2003."

The book continues, "The computer contained plans for an easily constructed and concealed device that releases deadly hydrogen-cyanide gas using a remote trigger."

The CIA built a prototype of those designs shown on the computer and then showed it to the United States President, George W. Bush. The President then ordered an alert to all levels of the US government.

Al-Qaeda had planned to put them in the subway cars and other strategic places.


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Major League Baseball, June 19

June 19, 2006

A brief look around major league baseball. ..

Philadelphia 8, Tampa Bay 5

The Philadelphia Phillies snapped a five game losing streak, defeating Tampa Bay 8-5 between a Father's Day crowd of 42,658  earlier today at Citizens' Bank Park in Philadelphia. Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard homered and knocked in four runs, and Phils' closer Tom Gordon, in a game for the first time in over a week, pitched 1 2/3 shaky innings for his 19th save. The Phillies are 15-5 in games in which Howard hits the long ball. Tampa OF Carl Crawford was 2 for 5 with a homer and 2 RBI for the losing Rays.

With the Phillies getting farther away from the Mets in the NL East, the Phils are likely to start concentrating on the NL wild card race if not now, very soon.

Washington 3, N.Y. Yankees 2

Further south, Washington Nationals' third baseman Ryan Zimmerman hit a walk off 2 run shot in the bottom of the 9th to lift Washington over the visiting New York Yankees, 3-2. Zimmerman, whose hitting has gotten hotter with the temperatures, hit the game winner off of Yankees losing pitcher Chien - Ming Wang spoiling his major league debut

Oakland A's notch tenth win
Oakland 5, L.A. Dodgers 3

Oakland right-hander Joe Blanton, pitching into the ninth inning, helped the streaking Oakland A's to their tenth straight win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-2 earlier today. Blanton gave way to Oakland reliever Huston Street, who pitched an inning for his 17th save. Oakland center-fielder Jay Payton and infielder Marco Scutaro each had three hits for the A's, who edged into first place in the AL west over Texas.

Cubbie Blues Continue
Detroit 12, Chicago Cubs 3

Chicago's Mark Prior made his season debut after a series of injuries that left him sidelined. The Detroit Tigers gave him a rude welcome, as they knotched 6 runs in the first inning on 3 homers. Jose Guillen had a 3-run homer in the first inning to contribute to the Tigers route. Prior didn't last 4 inning and gave up 7 earned runs. The Cubs lost their 6th in a row and are only one game ahead of the cellar Pirates. Detroit sweeps the Cubs and now holds a 1.5 game lead over Chicago's American League team, the White Sox.

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Geoff Ogilvy wins U.S. Open

June 19, 2006 Today, at Winged Foot Golf Club, in Mamaroneck, New York, Geoff Ogilvy won the 106th U.S. Open with a score of 285, 5 over par. Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie, and Phil Mickelson all tied for second place one stroke behind at 6 over. Ogilvy, born in Adelaide, Australia took home almost $1.25 million dollars. Other notable scores include Vijay Singh at a tie for 6th at 8 over, David Duval making a comeback at a tie for 16th place at 11 over, Adam Scott at a tie for 21st at 12 over and Ernie Els tying for 26th at 13 over.

Defending champion Michael Campbell of New Zealand, Retief Goosen, and Tiger Woods all missed the cut in the hardest U.S. Open in a long time - the worst Open on record was also at Winged Foot in 1974, where winner Hale Irwin shot 7 over. This was Tiger's first tournament since his father's death on May 9, although he said in a press conference that there was no excuse for his awful playing. Woods said of his poor playing, "I don't care if you had what transpired in my life of recent or not, but poor execution is never going to feel very good."

Ogilvy came in to the clubhouse, almost sure of his second place. But Phil Mickelson's double bogey at the 18th hole gave Ogilvy a boost in the leaderboard, bringing him to first. He said later, "I thought, Make this and come in second in the Open on your own. I never thought Phil would make bogey at the last. He ended up making double, and it's got to be a hard one to swallow for Phil, because he's obviously been the outstanding player at majors in the last eight or nine months." Mickelson only hit 2 out of 14 fairways on Sunday and 24 out of 56 total. He managed to scramble out in the first three rounds, but the course fought back on Sunday. His tee shot at the final hole went far left. He played the shot very aggressively and ended up hitting a tree and putting the ball only 25 yards farther. It just got worse from there for Mickelson. His third shot ended up buried in the left greenside bunker. His fourth went back over the green and into the rough. He chipped out and one-putted for the catastrophic double bogey that cost him the championship.

Ogilvy didn't win purely by Mickelson's double bogey, though. He saved par on the 17th with a chip-in from the rough, and overcame a few tough shots to save par at the 18th. His last two US Opens resulted in a missed cut in 2003 at a tie for 28th last year. His win this year at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship set him up for the first Australian major win since Steve Elkington at the 1995 PGA Championship.

Besides Mickelson, there are quite a few other contenders who are not going to forget today - or the vicious 18th hole - for a while. Colin Montgomerie made a remarkable comeback after a poor round yesterday, holing a 75-footer for birdie at the 17th hole. His second shot, from 172 yards away in the fairway, went far right into a very deep cut of rough. His third shot went 40 feet past the hole. He put his par putt 10 feet from the hole, missed that putt, and went on to also make double bogey. Jim Furyk hit a bunker shot to 5 feet on the 18th, but two-putted and came up one stroke short of Oglivy. Padraig Harrington, who ended up in sole fifth at 7 over, went bogey-free for 15 holes and bogeyed the last three to fall out of contention. And of course, there's Kenneth Ferrie, who started the day out tied with Mickelson for the lead. He just crashed the whole day, making 6 bogeys and no birdies to fall to a tie for 6th at 8 over.

A summary? The Mickelslam is no more, and another newcomer has made his statement at the 2006 US Open. No one can deny that Winged Foot has provided yet again a challenge that has beaten even the best of players.

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What does this tournament have to do with New Zealand? (hence Category:New Zealand being there) Flipbaywood 03:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Michael Campbell is a NZer so you could argue that we are interested in the fact that he didn't make the cut... R2b2 03:41, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
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2000 houses still have no power in Canterbury, New Zealand

June 19, 2006

2000 Cantabrians are still without power a week after a huge snowstorm struck and took out the electricity in mid and south Canterbury.

Sunday June 18 came and brought more snow to mid and south Canterbury, but just a minuscule amount compared to last weeks.

Civil Defence says "It is keeping an eye on the situation, and welfare work is continuing to make sure everyone is coping. Iroquois helicopters are reportedly on standby at Wigram Air Base if needed,"

Chief executive of Orion (a power company) Roger Sutton says, "Another 20 or 30 homes are without power in the Lake Coleridge area."

Repair crews were taken out of duty on Sunday because the snow got too deep, but should be back on the job Monday June 19.

NZ Post also reports that they have had to cancel deliveries to some Dunedin suburbs because it got too icy. NZ Post says that deliveries will continue on Tuesday June 20 or if the weather clears up before that.

The MetService has put severe weather warnings for some of the central cities of the North Island.

Barry Stratton, Transit, says that all roads are open in the South Island, but some will have delays.


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Talk:Major League Baseball, June 19

i hazard a guess that much of the world doesn't know that MLB stands for... whatever it does stand for. ditto "stops". suggest a more contextual title and lead paragraph be used. (wld've fixed it myself, but i exhausted my quota of sport reporting for the next 3 yrs when i fixed a space in the football template-thingy :) Doldrums 04:56, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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have to agree, actually contemplated changing it after original draft, but your suggesstion is a good one. MLB was not a good reference in title. Thanks, CJH

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User:80.191.58.2/A soft power, Noopolitik approach

June 06, 2006 A soft power, Noopolitik approach Reflected in President Ahmadi-Nedjad's letter to President Bush By Mohammad Ganjidoost*

The letter of President Ahmadi-Nedjad to President Bush its wide range of topics on various dimensions deserves detailed and probably long discussions by the people of knowledge and experience in related fields. However, the purpose of this writing is a short intervention for an appropriate contribution to ring the bell that the noopolitik is on its dawn and the people of values should not loose the opportunity. Many scholars of politics and international relations are of the view that the world has already entered the new era, one name for which is the "information age", and the international relations is experiencing a new paradigm, in conformity with this new world atmosphere. This new paradigm introduced, in a trinity of conceptuality and emphasize, as cyberpolitik, infopolitik or noopoltik, based on the corresponding realms of cyberspace, infosphere and noosphere, has won the superiority over realpolitik(power politics), liberalism or liberal internationalism, no doubt through the Information and Communications Technology(ICT) as its vehicle. In keeping with the point that the root word noos refers to the mind, noopolitik means having a systematic ability to conduct foreign interactions in knowledge-related terms. Moreover, the rise of soft power makes noopolitik feasible. Whereas realpolitik often aims at coercion through the exercise of hard power, whose essence is military, noopolitik aims at attracting, persuading, and enjoining with soft power, whose essence is nonmilitary, based on mindfulness and understanding. The observation in this article is that, the letter of President Ahmadi-Nedjad to President Bush, with or without his notice to the forces of change in the age of Information Revolution, has triggered socio-political waves that can best represent the ongoing expansion of the knowledge environment towards the "noosphere", a world prevailed by knowledge, learning, dialogue and public understanding, making "noopolitik" dominant paradigm of the twenty first century. Here is some evidential reasoning for this observation: 1-	The very form of communication, "a letter", not necessarily, "a diplomatic letter or a note, etc.", or even as referred to by some, "the unorthodox letter" is unprecedented or undefined in the existing frameworks of "realpolitik based international relations". President Bush, himself can not put it into any known or practiced category, at least on the side of the United States, but calling it "interesting", and describing it by the number of its pages "18-paged letter", indicating that he is facing a new phenomenon, or finding himself in a new political atmosphere! Thus, the letter does not follow the "power politics practiced diplomatic protocol". 2-	In a report of this letter in Carnegie website, the readers are referred to an article by George Perkovich under the caption, "Giving Justice its due"; criticizing President Bush for his negligence of the creeds of the US. In part of the article it reads, "Unfortunately, the elision of the notion of justice from the president's speech matches its elision from his foreign policy, with the result that in recent years, U.S. diplomacy – public and private – has been limping along on one leg and stumbling ". Inference from Dr. AhmadiNedjad's letter to make references to such articles is an indication that the letter has caused contemplation on US values, instead triggering arrogant references to the US capacities of raw power politik. Moreover, Mr. Perkovich suggests that the U.S. should not ignore challenge by Mr. Ahmadinejad on a contest over whether the positions he and Iran pursue are more just than those of the Bush Administration, but rather take it head on. He calls in the Foreign Affairs article for President Bush to address "growing international demands for justice to complement the freedom doctrine". Therefore, we can induce that Dr. AhmadiNedjad's letter has put the forgotten values back on the political table and made them new agendas for diplomacy and this is justifiable in noopolitik, where "right makes the might" and not in power politics, where "might makes the right". 3-	Furthermore, the letter has triggered an intervention by the NGOs, the ones concerned about the practice of justice, and particularly those of churches and religious circles. Such NGO's wish for the issues related to human destiny to be released from the confines of the "no entrance, classical diplomatic zone" and be played before the eyes of people of the world in a collaborative "positive-sum political game", and in the interest of the people of the world all over. This again is of an aspect associated with the noopolitik paradigm which is supposed to umbrella the networked value-based world of knowledge, understanding and cooperating, lead eventually, in large parts of it, by the NGO's very much willing to collaborate with the Governments on these very lines. 4-	Let us Recall that, at least some aspects of "soft power" is to achieve desired outcomes through reliance on norms and values and to give in to sharing with others in both national and transnational scales so as to win through attraction rather than coercion. As in the words of Nye, soft power "works by convincing others to follow or getting them to agree to norms and institutions that produce the desired behavior. Soft power can rest on the appeal of one's ideas or the ability to set the agenda in ways that shape the preferences of others". One, on the basis of these descriptions, may conclude that soft power politics is well reflected and highlighted in the content of the letter of President AhmadiNedjad. The very content of the letter, the points it is trying to make is very much mind provoker in the direction of setting new agendas for international dialogue. "Regardless of Ahmadinejad's intentions, many regard the letter favorably. The Peninsula, a Qatari news site, sees it as "a taboo-breaking initiative … an opening—even if only slim—for the longtime foes to engage in a dialogue." Arab News of Saudi Arabia hails it as "remarkable and encouraging … an unexpected diplomatic opening." Germany's Der Spiegel calls it "a deft move for Ahmadinejad's image in the Middle East." Many, after all, agree with his characterization of Israel and of the contradiction between Bush's principles and actions". The direct and indirect reactions and responses, and even various forms of propagandas around it may be interpreted in the same context. After all, in all such activities, one way or the other, particular goals are to be achieved by soft power means. Even those who flash back to challenge the internal situation of Iran, make reference to the very content of the letter and are therefore using a soft power political tactic which is in fact well interpretable in noopolitk. 5-	The very media coverage of this letter and the reactions to it, which is multiplied by manifold, in any form: positively confirming or negatively criticizing, anxiously and politely analyzing it or angrily and impolitely reacting to it; availing it as an opportunity to introduce new issues of human needs and interests or showing a sense of humor or even unjustly ridiculing it, all are manifestation of the expanding realm of noosphere, both in content and volume. It would be interesting to compare statistically the public, or more precisely, elite participation with regard to this letter with any similar dialogue between any two heads of states, particularly with the ones taking place in the modern classical diplomacy era of the twenty's century, when the vast use of internet had not facilitated living in the noosphere and playing the noopolitik. 6-	No matter what the reaction of President Bush or others will be, this letter will remain as a document of civil correspondence addressed to the appropriate world through President Bush; and this is well public diplomacy which may not have necessarily immediate result, especially when power politics makes its last noisy moves out. It has created a turning point or a benchmark in diplomacy, to advise Presidents to come out of the confines of the so called "classical diplomatic correspondence" and enter into "civil correspondence". As Fred Kaplan puts it, " In short, it provides a perfect opportunity for Bush to do what he should have been doing for the last few years—to lay out what America stands for, what we have in common with Muslim nations, and how our differences can be tolerated or settled without conflict. In fact, civil correspondence with the Iranian president could be touted as a sign of Bush's good intentions and his desire for diplomacy.

To summarize, this article's purpose is only to touch on a few points to support that the idea that noopolitik, as a suitable paradigm for the information age, is already flourishing and "noo-diplomacy", a diplomacy based on values, norms, knowledge and common understanding and collaboration as its means is prevailing the modern classic diplomacy, the tools for which, in a single phrase, was arm twisting behind the curtains in the absence of peoples. The letter of Dr. AhmadiNedjad to his American counterpart, regardless of how it may be interpreted, is a case well in conformity with the new era of Information Revolution and the importance of soft power politics. Although, according to Josef Joffe, "this does not mean that hard power and realpolitik are obsolete, or even in abeyance", nevertheless, understanding the merit of the new comer makes the undesirable old version to leave the scene faster.

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Niobium discovered in Mbeya

June 19, 2006 A large quantity of Niobium was discovered at Panda Hill in Mbeya Region in Tanzania. Two companies did the prospecting assessment; one of which is Rex Well, a subsidiary of Euronet Africa of UK. Mining could start any time.

Last year's survey by the firm indicated that the area has about 90 million tonnes of Niobium. The company would use open cast method, as most of the mineral is found near the surface.

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Switzerland too much for Togo in Group G

June 19, 2006 Togo were eliminated from the 2006 Fifa World Cup after a 2-0 loss to Switzerland in Group G, Monday.

Well worked moves led to a goal in each half from Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta.

Despite the relative youth of an outfield of twenty-somethings, and 21-year-old center-back Philippe Senderos who helped shut out the Togolese, the Swiss appeared to be the more organised team.

Togo were lively going forward and individual acts of skill tested the Swiss defence who could not always close down quickly enough. A statistic that showed the game was a bit more even than the scoreline, Togo had seven shots on target to Switzerland's nine.

Switzerland had to soak up a good deal of Togoese pressure and Otto Pfister's side were unfortunate not to have scored.

In the first period Tomas Dossevi had time and space but from 15 yards out he chose to shoot first time and the ball skewed badly wide. Emmanuel Adebayor then ran at speed and wrong-footed a Swiss defender. He fell but Carlos Amarillo declined the penalty appeal.

On the day when the Swiss did go forward they arguably were more ably assisted by a midfield which gave their attack more potency. Though ball possession was split down the middle the Swiss managed a third more shots at goal than the Togolese. This was partly due to 21-year-old right-midfield Barnetta who had a goal and an assist in the game.

The first goal was scored on 17 minutes. Ludovic Magnan sprayed a long ball to the far post, Barnetta intelligently knocked it into the path of Alexander Frei, and the striker, in the center of goal, could not miss from 5 yards.

Two minutes from time Barnetta was rewarded with a goal; he ran on to a pass and drove low across goal. The ball cannoned in off Kossi Agassa's right post.

The result put Switzerland on four points with at least a chance of qualifying for the knock-out stage of the World Cup if they did not lose to Korea Republic in their last Group G game, and certain qualification if they won.

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Group G

Attendance: 65'000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Switzerland

 * 01 P Zuberbuhler
 * 20 P Muller
 * 23 P Degen
 * 04 P Senderos
 * 03 L Magnin
 * 16 T Barnetta
 * 06 J Vogel 92'+ [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 08 R Wicky
 * 07 R Cabanas (Substituted: 77' M Streller)
 * 09 A Frei (Substituted: 87' M Lustrinelli)
 * 10 D Gygax (Substituted: 45' H Yakin)

Togo

 * 16 K Agassa
 * 02 D Nibombe
 * 05 M Tchangai
 * 23 A Toure
 * 08 K Agboh (Substituted: 24' M Salifou 45' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]])
 * 09 T Dossevi (Substituted: 68' J Senaya)
 * 10 M Cherif-Toure (Substituted: 86' R Malm)
 * 15 A Romao 53' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 13 R Forson
 * 04 E Adebayor 47' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 17 K Mohamed

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Fifa World Cup Group G table June 19, 2006

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IWC passes pro-whaling resolution after close vote

June 19, 2006

Pro-whaling countries within the International Whaling Commission celebrated yesterday after a resolution was passed which stated that the commission's 20-year moratorium on commercial whaling is "no longer necessary" and which went on to blame whales for depleting fish stocks. 33 countries voted in favour of the resolution, with 32 voting against, and China abstaining. The vote is considered a victory for Japan, which has long argued for a return to commercial whaling, and has been 'recruiting' sympathetic nations to join the IWC in order to bolster its vote.

The vote does not directly enable a return to commercial whaling, as that would require a three quarters majority, but is significant in being the first time that a major vote at the IWC has sided with the pro-whaling nations in two decades.

Previous votes during the conference had been narrowly won by the anti-whaling group of countries, including a motion to introduce secret ballots, to introduce an exemption allowing Japanese coastal communities to whale, the elimination of a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary and a block on the IWC discussing dolphins and porpoises.

Commercial whaling has been banned under the IWC moratorium since 1986, but some whaling has been able to continue. Japan and Iceland have hunted a number of Minke whales every year under an exemption for 'scientific whaling'. Norway flat out refused to accept the original ban. The stated aims of scientific whaling are to examine the stomach contents of captured whales, in order to examine the whale ecosystem and the effect that whales may have on fish stocks. However, the whale meat from scientific whaling catches is usually sold commercially in order to fund the research. Some observers, including scientists from New Zealand, have accused Japan and Iceland of simply using scientific whaling as a legal loophole. Other whaling allowed under the IWC moratorium includes subsistence whaling by aboriginal groups.

Greenpeace activist Adele blogged the news from their Stockholm office expressing reservations over the legitimacy of the vote saying it would "change little or nothing" as previous votes had already been passed in favour of the anti-whaling group of countries. Mike Townsley from Greenpeace International said, "Greenpeace is disgusted that any member of the IWC would seek to promote whaling based upon the false notion that whales consume so much fish that they are a threat to food security for coastal nations". He added that the declaration was more like a whaler's "wish list, peddling predictable and well-rehearsed rhetoric".

A paragraph within the declaration passed at the IWC meeting suggested that a number of international NGOs with self-interest campaigns were using threats in an attempt to direct government policy "on matters of sovereign rights related to the use of resources for food security and national development". In response, Greenpeace says they were dedicated to the principles of "peaceful protests", adding that the threat was to the world's whales. They stated that they had "delayed, disrupted and documented hunts in the Southern Ocean" in order to defend the whales, however.

Dr. Joth Singh from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said, "after losing on every single proposal they brought to this meeting, the whaling countries and their supporters cooked up a non-binding statement, sprang it on the commission and pushed it to a vote - they want to kill whales, and they're willing to kill the Commission to do it." He added that they were concerned, but not disheartened by the news.

Japanese commissioner, Mr Minoru Morimoto, praised the winning vote and said the declaration "added weight to Japan's proposal to normalize the IWC and bring it back to its original function of managing and regulating sustainable commercial whaling."

The IWC has historically always voted against pro-whaling motions by a majority of around ten votes, but the number of members favoring a return to commercial whaling has increased in recent years, with Japan persuading several new countries to join the IWC, including many that have never done any whaling at all. As Japan has given aid to some of these new countries, some observers have accused it of buying votes.


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Emails to Greenpeace
Me:

"I'm working at BBC News Online on a piece about the pro-whaling vote passed yesterday at the IWC.

Does Greenpeace have a reaction to this news yet?

Specifically, I'd like to know how dangerous you consider the vote yesterday? Do you see it as likely that the moratorium will eventually be overturned. What are the anti-whaling nations likely to do in response?

I'd also like any views you have on the validity of 'scientific whaling' and the Japanese tactic of recruiting smaller countries to the IWC."

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"Greenpeace is disgusted that any member of the IWC would seek to promote whaling based upon the false notion that whales consume so much fish that they are a threat to food security for coastal nations, that a resolution has passed by a simple majority makes a mockery of the Commission in giving a dangerous lie a thin veneer of respectability,R21; said mike townsley of Greenpeace International.

The StKitts Declaration.

Japan and the whaling lobby have finally gained a simple majority vote at the IWC. 33 countries voted in favour of a resolution declaring that the “IWC has failed to meet its obligations under the terms of the ICRW” and declaring its commitment to “normalizing the functions of the IWC based upon the terms of the ICRW …”

In reality this declaration will change little or nothing as previous votes have already been taken and rejected attempts by the whalers to end any consideration by the IWC of protection for small cetaceans, a call to bring in secret ballots, a call for allowing Japan an exception to the commercial moratorium to hunt Minke and Brydes whales in its territorial waters and finally a resolution calling for an end to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

The legitimacy of the vote remains in serious question. A number of counties have tabled serious reservations and disassociated them selves from the resolution.

This is not so much a declaration but a whalersR17; wish list, peddling predictable and well rehearsed rhetoric, about cultural heritage, food security and poverty

During the last whaling season which ended in March, the five Japanese companies which own the Kyodo Senpaku whaling fleet divested their share to the Government's Institute for Cetacean Research. There is no commercial market for whale meat in Japan. The notion that whaling is vital to cultural heritage, food security and poverty is absurd.

For millions of years fish and whales have coexisted quite happily. In recent years vast armadas of factory fishing fleets have collapsed global fish stocks. Drift nets, bottom trawling and long lines scour and devour everything in their paths.

Blaming whales for collapsing fisheries is like blaming woodpeckers for deforestation."

All quotes attributed to Mike Townsley, Greenpeace International, in StKitts, +31 621 296 918

My followup e-mail:

Thanks for that. Could you also comment specifically on this paragraph of the resolution:

"REJECTING as unacceptable that a number of international NGOs with self-interest campaigns should use threats in an attempt to direct government policy on matters of sovereign rights related to the use of resources for food security and national development;"

Do you see this as a direct attack on Greenpeace and what is your response to the claim that NGOs have used 'threats'?

Response from Greenpeace:

Greenpeace is dedicated to the principles of peaceful protests and the only threats we have witnessed are the threats to the world's whales. Grenade tipped harpoons repeatedly slamming into one whale after another resulting in an agonising and bloody death. We have delayed, disrupted and documented the so-called scientific hunt in the Southern Ocean this year we will again return to the Southern ocean to defend the whales.

This is yet another attack on democracy within the IWC and is in keeping with the earlier call for secret ballots, which was rejected, it is public opinion that they are scared of and the fact that under the harsh glare of scrutiny their arguments do not stand up.


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2000 houses still have no power, Canterbury, New Zealand
New Zealand

2000 Cantabrians are still without power a week after a huge snowstorm struck and took out the electricity in mid and south Canterbury.

IWC passes pro-whaling resolution after close vote
St Kitts and Nevis

Pro-whaling countries within the International Whaling Commission celebrated yesterday after a resolution was passed which says that the commission's 20 year moratorium on commercial whaling is "no longer necessary" and blames whales for depleting fish stocks. 33 countries voted in favour of the resolution, with 32 voting against, and China abstaining.

Niobium discovered in Mbeya
Tanzania

Large quantities of Niobium was discovered at Panda Hill in Mbeya Region in Tanzania.

Switzerland too much for Togo in Group G
sports – football or soccer

Togo were eliminated from the 2006 Fifa World Cup after a 2-0 loss to Switzerland in Group G, Monday.

Brazil beat Australia with two second half goals in Group F
sports - golf

Today, at Winged Foot Golf Club, in Mamaroneck, New York, Geoff Ogilvy won the 106th U.S. Open with a score of 285, 5 over par.

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Italy seeks indictment of U.S. marine

June 20, 2006 Italian prosecutors have asked a judge to indict a United States soldier for fatally shooting Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari at a roadblock in Iraq a year ago. The shooting occurred when Calipari was escorting the Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena on her way to Baghdad airport. When their car came under fire from U.S. Marines at a roadblock, Calipari was fatally shot while trying to shield Sgrena, who was only lightly wounded in the incident.

The circumstances of the shooting are a matter of dispute between Italy and the United States. The U.S. military claims that the car was approaching the checkpoint at high speed, when the troops attempted to signal the car with light signals, aiming a green laser at the windshield and warning shots. When the car failed to slow down, the soldiers shot into the engine of the car.

The Italian government claims that there were no warning signs prior to the shootings. They contest that the car was speeding and that it accelerated after the first round of fire. Moreover, they allege that a proper inquiry into the case was impossible since the vehicle was removed and army logs destroyed shortly after the incident.

Italian prosecutors are arguing that the shooting was a "political murder" as Calipari was a civil servant and the shooting damaged Italy's interests. In Italy, murder suspects cannot be tried in absentia unless the murder has political connotations. It is expected to take at least two months for a judge to rule on the indictment request.

The U.S. Embassy in Rome declined to comment.

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Ukraine beats Saudi Arabia 4-0 in Group H

June 19, 2006 Ukraine put four goals past Saudi Arabia which almost certainly put the Asian side out of the Fifa World Cup in Hamburg, Monday.

The win was Ukraine's first in the World Cup finals.

Oleg Blokhin's team were aggressive from the start and their first World Cup goal was scored from a corner after just four minutes. Andriy Rusol ran to the near post and met Maxim Kalinichenko's hard spun cross with his knee.

Ukraine, whose slick passes and fast runs frequently pulled the Saudi Arabia defense out of position, could have been four goals up by half time.

In one instance, from another Kalinichenko corner Andriy Shevchenko had a powerful header cleared off the line by Ahmed Dokhi.

Sehiy Rebrov, in acres of space, scored the second from 30 yards; his strong shot dipped across Mabrouk Zaid, who slipped in a vain attempt to reach it.

The second period began as the first had; Ukraine scored early. Kalinchenko provided another beautiful cross which Shevchenko guided toward the far post with his forehead.

Shevchenko surged down left wing and set up the fourth goal on 83 minutes. Into the penalty area, Shevchenko committed the keeper and then gave the perfect ball to Kalinchenko who passed it into the roof of the net.

Though ball possession was equal the telling statistic was the shot total. Ukraine had 19 shots; nine on target. Saudi Arabia had six shots; none on target.

There also were 49 free kicks in the match which might be partly due to the rain over the AOL Arena which made the pitch slipperly. Ukraine committed 25 of the fouls and got three of six yellow cards.

It was not a rigourous test for the East European side but they now had three points which meant a draw in their next game against Tunisia would definitely send them into the round of sixteen if Tunisia did not win against Spain, who also played Monday. The result against Ukraine would almost certainly put Paqueta's Saudi Arabia out of the World Cup.

Statistics
Group H

Attendance: 50'000

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Saudi Arabia

 * 21 M Zaid
 * 02 A Dokhi 41' [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] (Substituted: 55' A Khathran)
 * 03 R Tukar
 * 04 H Al Montashari
 * 13 H Sulimani
 * 06 O Al Ghamdi 57' [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 07 M Ameen (Substituted: 55' M Mouath)
 * 08 M Noor (Substituted: 77' S Al Jaber)
 * 14 S Khariri 73' [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 16 K Aziz
 * 20 Y Al Kahtani

Ukraine

 * 01 O Shovkovskiy
 * 02 A Nesmachniy 22' [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 06 A Rusol
 * 22 V Sviderskiy 89' [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 04 A Tymoschuk
 * 08 O Shelayev
 * 09 O Gusev
 * 11 S Rebrov (Substituted: 71' R Rotan)
 * 19 M Kalinichenko 77' [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 07 A Shevchenko (Substituted: 85' A Milevskiy)
 * 10 A Voronin (Substituted: 79' A Gusin)

Table
Fifa World Cup Group H table June 19, 2006

Related news
Spain passes Tunisia test to win 3-1 in Group H


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Spain passes Tunisia test to win 3-1 in Group H

June 19, 2006 If Spain wanted a bucket of ice water reality check after their 4-0 crushing of Ukraine they got one for 70 minutes in the rain against Tunisia, Monday.

After just eight minutes before which Spain had appeared to have left off from their form that destroyed Ukraine Zied Jaizi attacked into the Spanish box. His strong run ended with the ball prodded to Jaouhar Mnari. The Tunisian number 12's shot was saved by Iker Casillas but he passed the rebound into the turf and over the keeper.

Spain were behind. And then it started to rain hard.

For 70 minutes Spain attacked and failed to beat the Tunisian keeper Ali Boumnijel. While he made seven saves the wet conditions made holding the football hard and Boumnijel faced a lot of shots.

In the first period crosses and corner kicks met heads in the Tunisian box but none of the succession of different foreheads found the target. On 43 minutes Xabi Alonso went closest: his header from a corner was cleared off the line by Anis Ayari.

As the clock ticked it seemed Spain's short passing game was the longest route to goal.

In the end Luis Aragones's three substitutions can be said to have unlocked the Tunisian defence. On 71 minutes the floodgates opened like the storm clouds had in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadion.

Joaquin ran down the right and passed to Cesc Fabregas at the top of the area. Fabregas's first time shot was not particularly powerful but Boumnijel gave up a rebound and in followed Raul. 1-1.

For his second assist Fabregas then played in Fernando Torres who rounded the keeper for the game winner.

On 90 minutes Raul chipped to the far post for Torres who then appeared to be tugged to the floor. The young Athletico Madrid striker scored low under the keeper from the spot.

Torres, who with three goals in two matches became the top scorer at the Fifa World Cup, could have had two more goals in the final minutes from surges through the Tunisian defence. In the first instance the keeper saved well and in the second Torres blasted over.

The goals though they came late created a scoreline that reflected Spainish dominance of the game. They outshot their opponents by 20 and had 11 more corner kicks. Tunisian players accrued six yellow cards in their attempt to hold back Aragones's side who also hogged 66 per cent of possession.

The result meant Spain were through to the round of sixteen of the Fifa World Cup and that Tunisia had to beat Ukraine in their third and final match of Group H if they wanted to join them there.

Statistics
Group H

Attendance: 52'000

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

Tunisia

 * 01 A Boumnijel
 * 03 K Haggui
 * 15 R Jaidi 70' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 19 A Ayari 32' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] (Substituted: 56' A Yahia)
 * 06 H Trabelsi 40' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 12 J Mnari 93+' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 13 R Bouazizi (Substituted: 56' K Ghodhbane)
 * 14 A Chedli (Substituted: 79' H Guemamdia 81' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]])
 * 20 H Namouchi
 * 08 M Nafti
 * 05 Z Jaziri 85' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]

Spain

 * 01 I Casillas
 * 15 S Ramos
 * 05 C Puyol 30' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 22 P Ibáñez
 * 03 M Pernía
 * 08 X Hernández
 * 14 X Alonso
 * 16 M Senna (Substituted: 45' F Fabregas 89' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]])
 * 11 L García (Substituted: 45' R González)
 * 09 F Torres
 * 21 D Villa (Substituted: 56' S Joaquin)

Table
Fifa World Cup Group H table June 19, 2006

Related news
Ukraine beats Saudi Arabia 4-0 in Group H


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United Kingdom Home Secretary proposes paedophile law

June 19, 2006

British Home Secretary John Reid has met criticism from several quarters for his suggestion that the UK should adopt a law allowing the public naming of known paedophiles.

The United States has legislation known as 'Megan's Law' which Reid has suggested should be adopted. Such a law would allow concerned parents to access information regarding paedophiles in their area. Gerry Sutcliffe, a Home Office Minister, has been sent to the US to investigate whether a similar system could be introduced.

A spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a statement on comments Reid made over the weekend, "the important thing and the difficult thing in this is to get the balance right between, on the one hand, protecting the public and giving the public as much information as possible, and on the other making sure that you don't have vigilantes".

The spokesman denied that there were immediate plans to adopt Megan's Law, "What's important is that Gerry Sutcliffe goes to the US and looks at how they do things there. We are not planning immediately to import US laws but we do need to consider how these operate".


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I don't think it is POV to say a proposal is controversial. Surely part of reporting news is reporting the reaction to something? There are a ton of articles on the web which describe this as controversial. WillJenkins 22:16, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


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I noticed I can't edit?

Why Can't I edit?
I read some of the rules, and I cant find any reason to not allow me. Do I need some sort of special permission to change page names? Figured out this squiggaly thing too Tasty Shit 03:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Offensive username. Please create new account, and I can unblock this one.--Eloquence 03:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, you might be able to keep your edit history (if you care) by choosing a new username and notifying Eloquence. He can then "Rename" you. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh
Oh, I thought that might turn some heads. I'll stay more formal with a name like, "Crownie" that good? Tasty Shit 03:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Crownie is fine. Please note that the username appears in page histories and transaction logs which are all viewable to the public.--Eloquence 03:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay. One more question, when I logout and try to make a new account, the new account button is not showing up? Tasty Shit 03:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Never Mind, seems to have worked now :) Crownie 03:12, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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New Zealand PM faults Japan over Whaling Commission vote

June 20, 2006

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has accused Japan of creating a rift between Pacific Countries. She accuses Japan of influencing the voting of some member nations of the at the International Whaling Commission by supplying vast amounts of aid to certain small pacific nations.

New Zealand provides a total of $23 million a year in aid to three of the six Pacific nations – Kiribati, the Solomons, and Tuvalu. Japan pledged approximately 45 billion (633 million) in aid for all Pacific nations. New Zealand's annual budget for aiding pacific nations on the other hand totals merely NZ $173 million.

Miss Clark is quoted as saying "One would hope that over time Japan might reflect on the damage this is doing to [its] relationships around the world" and that it "sprayed a lot of money around" to garner support.

The Prime Minister has ruled out any retaliation against the islands, saying it would not affect any future aid funding.


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I'm not real good at news, but I'm good at grammer and spelling so I will fix mostly that. Crownie 03:38, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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I cannot edit again? Crownie 17:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Your name does not appear in the block log. Maybe something else went wrong?  Nyarlathotep 18:00, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
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Australian House of Representatives moves to affirm support for heterosexual marriage

June 20, 2006 The Australian House of Representatives yesterday discussed as part of a motion moved by  (Australian Liberal Party, ) that sought to affirm and "celebrate" support for marriage "between a man and a woman" and called on the Government to "enact policies that promote and strengthen marriage".

Speeches
Johnson discussed the earlier passed in 2004 that effectively removed the possibility for same-sex marriage, and continued that the failed efforts of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to provide for civil unions within that state was a matter for "grave alarm". Johnson then argued against same-sex marriage saying that "Children come from marriage and families stem from marriage". Johnson criticized the earlier ACT legislation that provided for the dissolution of civil unions by letter to the ACT registrar, stating, "Marriage is a lifelong commitment". However, Johnson went on to discuss the breakdown of marriage and the status of single parents to argue, "surely we all agree that the best environment for the rearing of children is one that has both a mother and a father".

, took a different stance in speaking to the motion, by discussing how the Government's new industrial relation legislation, WorkChoices, would affect the balancing of work and family life, and called for industrial legislation that would "support families into the future".

(Liberal, ), the seconder of the motion, recommenced arguing against same-sex marriage, calling it a "social experiment", and went on to state, "Same sex relationships, or, indeed, unions should not have the same status as a marriage between a man and a woman". May concluded her speech by calling for support to "services to assist children, young people and adults and to continue sustaining safe, supportive and nurturing family relationships".

(Labor, ) also affirmed support for heterosexual marriage, by stating, "Marriage is a natural bond between man and woman, recognized in the vast majority of cultures, whether Christian or otherwise", and added, "nature ordains the natural procreative function of man and woman". Murphy also addressed the amendments to the Marriage Act, saying, "this definition is the only valid recognition of our civil laws, which correctly reflects the natural law and moral law", adding, "You do not even have to believe in anything to draw that conclusion." Murphy however stated in conclusion of his speech, "we are all let down by those who … mask their support for marriage and who employ it as a weapon to attack the many other relationships in our society. Such attacks are unconscionable, unnecessary and unjustified."

(Liberal, ) reiterated points raised by those before him, but also mentioned the issue of discrimination, saying, "there is different treatment under the law for different relationships. But this is not about dicscrimination against the indivdual and it is not designed to be." Ferguson continued to say, "As individual people, homosexual men and women have exactly the same legal rights as you or I".

(Labor, ) quoted a House Committee report To have and to hold -- strategies to strengthen marriage and relationships, saying that the report was bipartisan and added, "the issue of marriage does enjoy bipartisan support in this parliament", and reiterated Labor's support for the Marriage Amendment, which excluded the possibility for same-sex marriage. Emerson concluded his remarks by again tying the impact of the WorkChoices to family life.

Further debate
No other members of parliament spoke against or criticised the motion before debate was interrupted.

Interestingly, the Australian Senate is yet to debate a motion moved by the in order to repeal the Marriage Amendment discussed and institute same-sex marriage. The are also supportive of same-sex marriage, but neither of these parties hold seats in the House.