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Farmers block main road in South Italy

September 7, 2005

Several groups of farmers in protest have made several blockades with farm equipment on several important road and train lines in the South of Italy yesterday.

The farmers are protesting for the prices being paid to them for their grape harvest this season (about 2 or 2.50 eur for 100 kg) in an effort to obtain more money from the state in the form of subsidies.

The protest, riot and manifestation are very common in Italy around this time in the grape-growing season. In the past there have even been protests and riots even some soccer teams from the premium league became involved in.

As usual the police were not able to contain the riots and as a result many important transportation roads and train lines have been blocked. Trenitalia, the main Italian train company, suppressed many of it's trains and all the trains from the Puglia (the most South East region of Italy) were forced to stop in Bari. Only one train, with destination to Rome, has been routed to an alternative route.

It is reported that a person, among the manifestant, has been killed trying to stop a van. The driver of the van has been arrested by the police and accused of killing while the other people on the van were beaten by the other manifestants.

The road and train blocks were finally removed, after the Minister of Agriculture have declared that he will do all that is possible to take apart the blockades that rest in government in order to give more economic aid to the farmers.

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Wreck of August 6 airliner crash recovered from sea off Italy

August 29, 2005

The wreck of the plane ATR72 that fell into the sea near Sicily, Italy on August 6 has been recovered. One of the two black boxes that contained the communication recording, and the complete set of instruments and commands in the cockpit, was recovered.

One of the three people who were still missing from the accident was found, while there is yet no sign of the other two persons. The identity of the recovered corpse is not yet known (and the identification is expected to be difficult).

A survey published today by the Italian association Intesaconsumatori (Union of Consumers) said that 61% of Italians are afraid to fly, while 41% of population feels less safe about plane safety than they did one month earlier. According to the survey, 20% would be ready to get off the plane, or refuse to get in the plane, if they found that the airline is different from the one they were told when they bought the ticket.

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Italian petrol prices rocket to a record EUR 1.30 per litre

August 31, 2005

The price of petrol (gasoline) continues to rise in Italy. Today, a singlelitre (0.22 US gallons) of unleaded fuel (called green petrol in Italy) has reached EUR 1.295 (USD 5.98 per gallon; CAD 1.91 per litre; prices in Canada vary from CAD 1.03 to 1.31).

There is constant speculation on the recent price rises, however much of this is the rise in oil prices which has reached USD 68.28 per barrel (1 barrel = 158.97 litres) of US crude. This has been helped by major market speculation, the war in Iraq, the recent hurricane in Louisiana (by stopping production in a major refinery) and the strengthening of the American dollar against the Euro.


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Hurricane Katrina causes upwards of $12bn of damage; oil prices surge

August 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina is now over the U.S. mainland and has caused more than US$12 billion of damage. Some estimates are as high as $30 billion.

New Orleans was spared the most intense winds as the hurricane weakened as it made landfall, and its track turned slightly east, away from the city. However, the area was still subjected to sustained winds of more than 100mph, and rainfall as heavy as six inches per hour.

Future prices of crude oil rose above $70/barrel in the U.S. on Monday in the wake of Katrina’s surge through oil and refinery processing facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm forced operators to shut down an estimated 1 million barrels of daily refining capacity in the region that accounts for nearly a quarter of total domestic production.

A U.S. spokesman for the administration said the government will consider releasing crude oil from the   if requested by refiners. OPEC has pledged to blunt the impact by increasing production to compensate.

White House spokesman told reporters that Michael Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), briefed Mr. Bush before he left his Texas ranch for Arizona where he will deliver a speech on Medicare. Brown said it would take time before an assessment is possible for when refineries could resume activity.

President Bush authorized loans from the strategic reserve to help make up for missing supplies when struck in 2004.


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Little Caesars Pizza to open eight stores in Ireland

August 29, 2005

US pizza chain giant Little Caesars is to open eight stores in Ireland and has plans to increase that to 45 over the next few years. The company has signed a ten year deal with Doughmaster to support Little Caesars franchisees in Ireland.

Dublin based Doughmaster will open the first eight stores and operate them as its own over the next 18 months. Afterwards it will pursue franchisees.

Little Caesars was founded in Michigan in 1959. The firm has franchised over 3,000 restaurants in the USA and has revenues of over $1bn.

Little Caesars adds to a highly expansive Irish pizza market - existing players include Apache, Domino's, Godfathers, Fourstarpizza and Pizza Hut. The four largest operators (those mentioned excluding Pizza Hut) now have over 90 outlets in Ireland in total. Apache remains the largest company in store count with 29 outlets.


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As owner of takeaway4you.com im releasing this article into the public domain. → CGorman (Talk) 22:18, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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toppings might not be of intereast, but the breand is implied by the story that its from little ceasers because the story's about little ceasers. Its also ugly to have a blank caption frame but thats easy to get rid of. Bawolff 01:29, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * If the story was about a taste test of different brands, then the brand might be significant in the captions. But, since all (American style) pizzas look more or less the same, I'm not sure how it matters.  I don't like the idea of adding text just to fill a blank space.  I don't see any pt in adding a caption unless it actually contributes to the article in some way. StuRat 02:38, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I do like the no-frame version. It looks better. StuRat 03:23, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I ate the frame, left the pizza, why'd i do that?

News?!
Is this news or a promotional piece for Little Caesar's Pizza?!

 * It was the lead business story in Ireland yesterday - front of the business section. So its definiately news. → CGorman (Talk) 17:54, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree that it's news. Not of the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina, to be sure, but a good "human interest" story nonetheless. StuRat 18:09, 30 August 2005 (UTC)


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Suspects apprehended after car chase through Denver, US

August 30, 2005

A high-speed pre-dawn pursuit on 29 August, 2005 ended in a fatal accident. A local resident reported to police at 1:00 am (local time) that two people appeared to be attempting to steal a Honda Civic near West 75th Circle in Westminster, Colorado. As the two individuals left the scene in the stolen car, the resident followed in his own vehicle until the passenger stepped out of the Honda and opened fire with a shotgun. The police came upon the suspects near West 72nd Avenue & Pierce Street, Arvada, Colorado, and began pursuit.

The chase proceeded southbound on Sheridan Boulevard and northeast on Interstate 76, reaching speeds of 120 miles per hour (190 kilometres per hour). When the vehicle attempted to merge onto southeast-bound I-270 in Commerce City, Colorado the suspects lost control and impacted two other vehicles.

The stolen vehicle may have punctured one or more tires, as sparks were observed from the bottom of the car as it began the merge. The stolen car struck the middle of the passenger's side of a Toyota 4Runner in the left-hand lane and sent it careening across the median into the northwest-bound lanes of traffic, where it rolled several times. The stolen vehicle then bounced off the guardrail on the right shoulder and impacted a Ford pickup truck before coming to rest. The two suspects then escaped on foot, discarding some of their clothing as they fled. One of the passengers traveling in the Toyota 4Runner, Brian Kapko, 19, of Costa Mesa, California, was killed.

After eight hours of searching for the perpetrators, the police called off their manhunt. Later in the day, a witness alerted the police about two "suspicious persons" near the scene of the accident. The police arrested a Matthew G. Wartena, 19, and a 16 year old male. Wartena was wearing only boxer shorts, socks and a bloody tank top. The juvenile wore only one sock and tan pants. The pair were charged with suspicion of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, vehicular eluding, and criminal trespass. At the time of the incident Wartena was free on bond, having pleaded guilty the month before to forgery of a government document.

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Talk:Suspects apprehended after car chase through Denver, US

thru  I ran out of gas during the headline. -Edbrown05 03:18, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Perhaps just Denver, US ? They can read the article to find out what state Denver is in, LOL. StuRat 03:53, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * ! kidding, the headline works, and it is was a lot of reading :) Edbrown05 03:58, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * kinda likin' that format StuRat... skip the state after city n go to country. -Edbrown05 04:03, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Stolen car that ended up killing a passenger in a 4-Runner.
Were the two suspects who stole the Honda, and then caught, illegal aliens?

Not sure... I'll look into it though. I also should have taken some pictures with my cell phone, I totally spaced that I even had it (I was a bit shaken up when it happend in my rearview mirror). What's the policy with personally taken pictures for news stories? Is there a quality threshold that they have to meet to really be good enough for a story? --Robert Kausch 14:04, 2005 August 30 (UTC)

 * Please publish your original photos on wikinews. Paulrevere2005 14:29, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Personally, I'd rather see a wikinewsie's grainy cell-photos than some reused AP image or whatever. good job on the story!  --CGW 15:45, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

News
I'd like to understand how this works better. So a story about an ISP who bans 2 customers for "excessive usage of support resouces" or somesuch is not news, even through their practices affect their 100,000 customers directly and provide food for contemplation for all Internet users worldwide. Conversely, two nuts stealing a car who then proceed to have an accident is indisputably of interest to everyone. I'm not disputing that this is news, I want to understand the level of "importance" at which something is considered to be worthy of being posted on wikinews. --Rastilin 10:55, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Wikinews has relatively few editors and does not have the luxury of covering all of what most people would agree to be the major news stories of the day. It is to a considerable extent at the mercy of the personal interests of the available editors, so that there are not many stories to be posted. Accordingly the level of importance is very uneven. There are no "inside pages" where minor human interest stories can be sequestered away from material of national and international significance. This particular story is of human interest in that a teenage "bystander" was killed, although the headline totally misses the point. Furthermore, the story raises the issue of the extent to which police ought to engage in high-speed chases... does the risk to citizens not outweigh the benefit of rapidly apprehending some perpetrators? A proper news story would consider the implications (give details about the kid who was killed, provide a brief description of the high speed chase controversy and the policies of various police departments, perhaps collect a statement or two from people who know about such things). As for the ISP ban, I thought the story was interesting and worth posting as news. Mpulier 20:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:58.178.56.106

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At least 55 killed by Hurricane Katrina; serious flooding across affected region

August 30, 2005

Thirty people died in the Gulf of Mexico resort of when  demolished a water-side apartment block, Harrison County emergency operations center spokesman Jim Pollard told AP. However, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has yet to confirm the news.

At least another twenty have died across the rest of Harrison County; this number is expected to rise. The Governor of the state of Mississippi has asked people to stay away from the area for several days. The towns of Biloxi and took the brunt of the hurricane's 140mph+ winds after it veered away from New Orleans as it made landfall.

Three more people have been killed by falling trees and at least two died in traffic accidents resulting from the hurricane. Hundreds of people have been rescued by boat and helicopter from the roofs of houses cut off by flood water.

The hurricane has caused a — the force of the winds has piled the waters of the Gulf of Mexico against the coastline, causing widespread flooding reaching at least a mile inland in places.

A levee on the canal has broken in two places, causing massive flooding. Some parts of New Orleans are now under 20 feet of water. Flooding seems to have reduced to increasing at a rate of one inch an hour and Army Corps of Engineers are on the scene of the breaks. At aproximately 10:00 PM Central city officials confirmed that a major floodpump has failed, which could result in an additional nine feet of floodwaters.

The western part of New Orleans has been flooded after a two-block long stretch of the 17th Street Levee gave way on Monday afternoon. Much of the city lies below sea level and depends on flood defences to keep it safe. One hospital — that has 1,000 patients inside — has been surrounded by the water. The vice-president of the center has described seeing whitecaps on the waves of the water in a street outside.

A water main pipe has failed, meaning that tap water has been contaminated with flood water, and is no longer safe to drink.

The mayor of the city has described seeing "bodies floating in the water."

Some 10,000 people remain in the Superdome stadium, despite the electricity supply failing leaving the indoor stadium in darkness. The coverings of the concrete roof of the structure have been stripped away by the wind.

Electricity supplies to 1.3 million people across the south eastern parts of the US have been damaged, and it could be months before power is restored to all affected.

Two oil rigs have broken free of their moorings in the Gulf of Mexico, and a third drifted into a bridge in Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Katrina has now been downgraded to tropical storm status as it moves northwards across the US, and wind speeds have dropped to 60mph. The current death toll does not include the 11 killed in Florida when Katrina struck there last week.


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Carnival style protest held in Sydney

August 31, 2005

The 30A protest in Sydney, Australia, occurred on Tuesday night in carnival style. The protest began around 5 p.m. at Customs Square, Circular Quay, with 1,000 to 2,000 people assembling to listen to speeches and music. After about an hour, the protestors marched along the Quay to the concrete and steel barricades preventing public access to the Opera House forecourt; where the carnival continued with music, drums, and dancing.

There were a wide variety of people present at the protest, including trade unionists, Christian groups, social justice groups, fair trade activists, and peace groups. Many people wore elaborate costumes, beat drums, played music, and sang.

All speakers emphasised the importance of protesting peacefully, encouraging protestors to avoid violence or confrontation at all costs. A number of speakers thanked the police for their efforts.

At 6 p.m. the protestors marched towards the opera house, where there was a violent confrontation between police and protestors who broke down a temporary wire fence. Music and dancing continued for a few hours after as people drifted away. The area was deserted by 9:30 p.m..

It was revealed during the evening that Tuesday evenings conference event was moved to a nearby ferry terminal because of security concerns and as such the targets of the protest were not in the area at the time.

Speeches
The main theme of the speeches was opposition to so-called neo-liberalism. The conference attendees were described as neo-liberals, or "free market freaks", who support reduction of the minimum wage, reduction of welfare benefits, undermining of unions, and privatisation of essential services such as water.

Greens Senator Kerrie Nettle gave a rousing speech, accusing the conference delegates of failing to protect the environment and planning to privatise government services.

"The people inside that conference want to sell our public schools and hospitals," she said.

Some speakers also acknowledged that the protest was taking place on Aboriginal land, and there was a moments silence to reflect on past and present crimes against Australian Aborigines. The protestors chanted "Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land."

Confrontation at barricades
At about 6 p.m., as the speeches ended, the protestors left Customs Square and marched along Circular Quay to the barrricades that had been erected at Macquarie St, to prevent the public from accessing the Opera House forecourt. A number of protestors began rocking the barricades and attempting to climb over. A flare was also thrown from the crowd over the barricades. After two or three minutes, the protestors were successful in causing one to lean over onto the ground. Police responded by using horses and batons to force the protestors back, and then forming a line of officers along the breached section to prevent anyone entering the exclusion zone. Police proceeded to make a small number of arrests.

The protestors continued their action in a peaceful manner from that point forward. The entire incident was over in less than five minutes.

Some protestors accused the police of using excessive force while making arrests. "As soon as we reached the fence, a mass of people jumped on the fence and began shaking it. Some smoke bombs flew, police dogs were going crazy and shaking of the fence became more and more intense. The fence was pretty loose at this point. Suddenly the fence went DOWN!!! And the police began grabbing people who went over with it," said an eyewitness report on Sydney Indymedia. One protestor was transported to hospital by ambulance after breaking his collarbone during the incident.

However, others thought the police handled the situation well.

"I think the police were pretty impressive. They calmed the crowd very quickly and didn't react to the taunts of the protesters. They didn't do anything that I could see to inflame the situation. I think they were cool," said a blog article written by an eyewitness.

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Talk:Carnival style protest held in Sydney

Original Reporting notes
I was at the protest and all observations in the story so far are my own.

I have heaps of photos, plus 3 minutes of video footage of the barricades being pulled down. Alas, I'm in an Internet cafe at the moment, and won't be able to upload them until I get to work tommorrow.

- Borofkin 11:11, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Can you please clarify one thing for me? The protesters were protesting a Global CEO event, yet they were accusing the conference attendees of being neo-liberal?  -- NGerda 01:42, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep. - Borofkin 01:59, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, fom a poltical science perspective, that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. :D  Thanks for reporting on it, though ;)  -- NGerda 02:34, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * Why? The term is certainly disputed, however by most definitions the conference attendees, as well as George W. Bush, John Howard, etc, are neo-liberals. Ronnie Reagan and Maggie Thatcher are the people most often associated with the ideology. Wikipedia has this definition: "Perhaps most often neoliberalism refers to a political-economic philosophy that has had major implications for government policies beginning in the 1970s – and increasingly prominent since 1980 – that de-emphasizes or rejects government intervention in the economy (that complements private initiative), focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by encouraging free-market methods and fewer restrictions on business operations and economic development. Supporters argue that by implementing business-friendly policies, a society can assure that its businesses grow, creating jobs and other economic benefits which improve the welfare of the entire economy."

 * You may be confusing the term with the popular American usage of the word "liberal". - Borofkin 02:49, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * See neoliberalism and neoconservatism. -- NGerda 02:52, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * I learned about this exact subject today in Political Science 150, if I hadn't I would be so sure of myself. Conservatives argue for less government intervention in the economic area, while liberals argue for more enviornmental regulation of business.  -- NGerda 02:55, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, I'm certainly no expert. The quote that I have given came from Neoliberalism. In a nutshell, it is the application of liberalism to economic theory: individual actors, small state, free market. You should also check out the Wikipedia articles on Liberalism and American Liberalism. The word means different things in different countries. - Borofkin 04:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * What I learned today is that the application of liberalism to economic theory is exactly what conservatism is. Best of luck to you, NGerda 04:06, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * My brain hurts. Either way, our take on neoliberalism is irrelevent. It's the term that the speakers were using. - Borofkin 04:15, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll just add a Wikipedia link to the term in the article. And check out the Main Page Redesign Proposal!  -- NGerda 04:17, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * I can save you fellows decades of wasted time; but if your brain already hurts, you can't take this:) The facade/scam is that the controllers use BOTH liberalism and conservatism AT THE SAME TIME to further their globalization/police state project...hence the identical foreign policies of both Bush and Kerry. The controllers have been using Hegelian dialectic engagement for hundreds of years now.This book by a dead Stanford Univ. Economics research fellow Antony Sutton shows in detail how the dialectic approach is being used against the people systematically and relentlessly. Haven't you ever wondered why; as soon as our global enemy ,USSR, evaporated; another global enemy (Islamic Jihadism) stepped in so quickly?[] Paulrevere2005 12:51, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Reflection on original reporting
In the end I'm dissapointed with this article. I spent too much time trying to take pictures (which aren't very good), and not enough time recording the content. I've looked at all the mainstream news sources, and Sydney Indymedia (who had a van and wireless internet connection at the event), and there is not a single quote from any of the protest speakers. Everyone, including Indymedia, has focussed on a toppled barricade, a 5 minute scuffle between a tiny minority of protestors and police, and a couple of arrests.

Next time I reckon I'll take a tape recorder and record all the speeches, so that I can get some proper, lengthy quotes, and actually give our readers some idea of what the protest is about. This is the crucial information that is still lacking, accross all news sources.

I'm done with this article, you may do with it what you will. - Borofkin 04:25, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * As a sentiment to your oustanding feat of journalism, I shall leave it as it is. -- NGerda 04:29, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * I encourage you to mercilessly edit, improve, and make-neutral. The community is the reason I contribute to Wikinews and not Indymedia. - Borofkin 04:52, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Also, let me be known that I damn-near got killed by a police horse when they were forming the line infront of the gap in the barricade. The lengths I go to for a little bit of NPOV news. :-) - Borofkin 04:52, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * When I try my best, it's all I can do. When others try their best I respect that immensely. - Edbrown05
 * Borofkin, you're our most active field reporter right now, and I thank you very much for that ;) -- NGerda 06:19, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * The article is great. I feel like I'm there; and the fact you're not happy with it is the mark of a true "artist". Thanks, Paulrevere2005 19:18, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Comments for development
Points the protest for people to work with (I'm new to the wiki...):

- Protesters broke through the fence protecting the opera house - The conference was secretly moved to another location at the airport terminal, and this information was witheld from the public in the interests of security - A man jumped the fence, and the hundreds of police officers on duty unleashed two dogs on the man, who was mauled - SBS (Australia) claims that there were as many police as protesters. This is a fair estimate, given that there were helicopters, mounted police and a ground force entirely surroundin the protesters. - Six people were arrested (ABC news) - The aims of the protest were varied. View included outrage at the use of a public space for an exclusive conference, and at the actions of the politicians and companies represented at the conference.

The SMH claims there were 500 protesters (i think according to police). That is far less than the number of police. 'mauled'? And one final thing: none of the articles mention once what the actual Forbes conference dealt with. It has been nothing but advocacy for the protests. You can find in the SMH a quote by forbes himself which made me giggle. Something about how the protestors are about being against words like 'globalisation'. hehehe... typical teenagers, they aren't for anything, but only against their own frustrated views of the world. Let's try to make all this hype on the protests into something that readers can digest and form their own opinions on, instead of the typical back and forth quoting of either side. Information please, not just vauge opinions.
 * Hi! Welcome to Wikinews! I've added some information that you have suggested, however I encourage you to jump in and edit the article itself. Articles on Wikinews develop collaboratively, with the goal of achieving consensus as to what they should say. The article contents belong to everyone in the Wikinews community (of which you are a part), and you have just as much right to make changes as I or anyone else. I hope you stick around... - Borofkin 00:07, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Removal of 'were described as neo-liberals, or "free market freaks"'
Hi... I've reverted this edit for the moment, because I don't see why the sentence shouldn't be included. I watched the speeches, and the speakers certainly described the conference attendees as "neo-liberals", and "free market freaks". The way that it was reworded it sounded like a statement of fact, rather than a statement about the speakers opinions.

I'm happy to discuss the issue though. Please provide some reasons on this talk page if you still think that your change should be made... - Borofkin 12:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

-Ah, misread there. I thought you yourself were referring to the conference attendees as so, not the speakers. My apologies.

 * No worries. Thanks for jumping in there and fixing something that you thought was wrong - that's what the Wiki is all about. I would, of course, have never described the conference attendees as such, because as an impartial Wikinews reporter, I don't have an opinion. :--) - Borofkin 12:54, 1 September 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:At least 55 killed by Hurricane Katrina; serious flooding across affected region

Congrats on this story
Really well done story, Dan100, imo. I will try to start a new story re; new developments.One LSU reesearcher says the flood waters are full of toxic chemicals and raw sewage. This area houses 25% of the US's oil processing/refining capacity + loads of biochemical companies. Paulrevere2005 13:17, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you Dan100 (Talk) 17:40, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

News being sanitized by major media?
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050830/photos_sc_afp/050830110409_v0udx7gl_photo4 http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_shxwaoma_photo0&g=events/ts/080304tropicalweathe;_ylt=Ai8CF68g5HcxiqcdnpbdrrPZa7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA-

I was pretty surprized when I saw the scenes on LOCAL Buffalo tv this AM; Film footage done yesterday afternoon. Much more alarming that what I'd seen on CNN all day yesterday. In our article it says;The mayor of the city has described seeing "bodies floating in the water." yet there was none of that on CNN; in fact as of right now CNN is still saying there are no confirmed deaths in Louisiana. The more terrible aspects on the local Buffalo reporting was the cries for help being heard and reported throughout yesterday afternoon coming from hundreds of people trapped inside of their own roasting hot atticks and the cavalier comments that it was too dangerous for responders to get to the victims; where are all these macho white men who like war? Getting in a rowboat and rescuing kids is too dangeous for them it seems. The Buffalo reporters down there had film of entire neighborhoods with water up to the roofs and some people, yesterday, having been able to break through their roofs to get out on top...but usually you need an axe to do that. I am not happy with the way government has handled this. I was disgusted late Sunday hearing the head of the Louisiana Highway Patrol saying that he had warned his sister the day before(Sat) that a mandatory evacuation "was coming" so she was able to beat the crowd and get to Tallahassee on Saturday. There never was a mandatory evacuation for Biloxi, [Actually, there was Dan100 (Talk)] I don't think, and besides, a lot of the dirt poor black Americans simply don't have the money to get out of town. It takes money or a car to get up and go with a family of 4 or 5 kids....those people were just left to drown,imo. Only in America would you have absolutely no plan for evacuating and housing the people who don't have the money to do it themselves [I, too, was rather suprised at this Dan100 (Talk)]. The mayor of Biloxi was on TV saying "don't come here; there's no room at the Inn" while he was standing in front of completely empty,well constructed 5 star hotels. And then ,to top it off, multiple fedeeral and state politicians blaming the victims for "not heeding the warnings"...a warning that came very,very late and in some places,not at all. And I saw no signs at all of our National Guard and all of their expensive/state of the art rescue equipment out there trying to rescue black American children. I hate to think what the eventual body count will be; if it is ever reported ,that is. Shame on America. Paulrevere2005 12:23, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I think a lot of why the media coverage is quite confused is that communications in the area are completely screwed - you can't even get a satellite uplink in a storm, so you have to drive to somewhere with a working landline to get your pictures out.

 * I bet a lot of local tv stations are also busy negotiating their fees for selling footage to the bigger networks too... Dan100 (Talk) 17:43, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

Times as well as dates
This kind of breaking story begs to have timestamps on article citations, and maybe on the final published story itself. Something to consider... Sj 18:23, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Major Flood pumps have failed
Major New Orleans floodpumps have failed, which means the floodwaters are expected to rise an addtional nine feet from their current level; I'm not sure if this should be added to one of our existing articles or put in a new "aftermath" article, so I'll leave it to the more senior editors
 * I think it's more than appropriate to add it to this article, which is about flooding. Never hesitate to be bold!  ;)  -- NGerda 03:10, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Where's the nation's leader? Where's President Bush?
Still waiting for our President to show up (leaders should lead maybe? this situation needs to have someone in control giving orders); you'd think this would be the time a real kick-ass commander(if he really is one) would be of some use? The mayor said there is no coordination among the agencies and you can see that on your tv with the levee breeches widening by the hour and absolutely noone around trying to plug the breeches. The mayor says that noone can find a helicopter to use to drop the huge bags of gravel typically used and noone can find a barge to use to plug the hole. No one can get an aircraft carrier or cruise boat in to help the people get out. It's now 100 degrees inside the superdome with 20,000 people and NO WORKING TOILETS. The water is still rising; 15 feet throughout the city now.Desperation is setting in.I'm not surprised at all by this big government f___up; in fact I predicted it before the hurricane even hit;[]. These people are poor AND black...not the Palm Beach/Boca Raton crowd...and this is not a "battleground" state. Our Whitehouse couldn't care less,imo. Paulrevere2005 12:11, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
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Louisiana locked down; New Orleans could become a "toxic soup"

August 30, 2005

Ivor van Heerden, Deputy Director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center and director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes, is warning that floodwaters resulting from Hurricane Katrina could carry toxic waste from the "Industrial Canal" area in New Orleans - the site of many chemical plants. Van Heerden has, for four years, studied computer models about the impact of a powerful hurricane.

"These chemical plants [could] start flying apart, just as the other buildings do, so we have the potential for release of benzene, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and so on." said van Heerden; "we're looking at a bowl full of highly contaminated water with contaminated air flowing around and, literally, very few places for anybody to go where they'll be safe."

Van Heerden itemized problems people returning to the city would find: "no sewage, no drinking water, contamination, threat of rapid increase in mosquitoes, roads are impassible, downed power lines everywhere, trees, debris from houses in the roads, no way to go shopping, no gas." The water has also released fire ants and thousands of snakes, many being venomous, from their normal habitats.

"If you came back, you would be coming literally to a wilderness," van Heerden said. "Stay where you are, be comfortable; nothing's going to change. If your house is gone, it's gone. If you come back in a day or a week, it's not going to make any difference."

CNN is reporting "huge police roadblocks" leading into New Orleans and that their news truck was not allowed to enter the city. The CNN correspondent said the other side of the roadblock looked like "a scene out of hell".


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Talk:Elections held in Bulgaria

The 'Ethnic Turks of Bulgaria' party has got a name: Movement for Rights and Freedoms, why not mention it under its name whereas the other parties are ? --Pylambert 14:01, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Crosswords/2005/August/11

Last one?
Are there going to be any more? -Telecron 14:02:05, 2005-08-30 (UTC)

 * Dysprosia may be able to get back to this as the fall sessions begin again. You might wish to contact xir directly; I think xe is often to be found lurking in #wikipedia iirc. - Amgine/talk 14:09, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, she does ;) Dysprosia 04:49, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes; the problem is that they may be arriving infrequently, these days I can be often alternately very busy and have also a lot of free time. I will try and improve the frequency, so you can probably look forward to more crosswords in future. Dysprosia 04:49, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Italian petrol prices rocket to a record EUR 1.30 per litre

This story should be deleted. Fuel prices are rising everywhere in the world, and this article is also not written neutrally.--80.229.217.226 14:30, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'd tend to agree; Fuel in the UK is already around 1.46EUR and its still hardly newsworthy.
 * Converted to US terms: ~$5.98/gallon, or about twice the average of the US price. --Mrmiscellanious 19:41, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * While this does seem to be an extraordinary price to the average American, many in the US don't think about the subsidies and taxes involved in the two different cases. So I'd have to agree with this story being questionably newsworthy. --24.129.198.129 20:09, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

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At least 55 killed by Hurricane Katrina; serious flooding across affected region Hurricane Katrina has now reportedly caused over fifty deaths in Mississippi. Thirty people were killed in the resort of Biloxi, while twenty more casualties occurred across the rest of the state's Harrison County. Meanwhile, western New Orleans has been severely flooded due to the breaking of a levee on 17th Street.

Sydney prepares for Forbes Conference and 30A protest Sydney is today preparing for the Forbes Global CEO Conference and 30A Protest. A major police operation is occurring in the vicinity of the Sydney Opera House, where the conference is scheduled to occur. The Opera House forecourt has been closed to the public, and barricades have been set up down Maquarie St and across the Botanic Gardens.

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Talk:Louisiana locked down; New Orleans could become a "toxic soup"

The Story
Help! The New Orleans story is developing too fast to keep up with. CNN is saying that news crews are not being allowed in and the mayor has recently said there are many deaths and that the city is "80%" under water. I'm wondering whether people are being allowed to leave new orleans?

There seems to be an attempt to keep the news focus off of New Orleans but the stories are just pouring out...we need to access video footage from new orleans residents somehow? The fact is there is no working sewage system right now in a city of 500,000....the water is CONTINUING to pour in over the busted levy...we need to really be focusing on this; this could turn out to be a bigger story than 9/11. Paulrevere2005 15:53, 30 August 2005 (UTC)Paulrevere2005

Where's the nation's leader? Where's President Bush?
Still waiting for our President to show up (leaders should lead maybe? this situation needs to have someone in control giving orders); you'd think this would be the time a real kick-ass commander(if he really is one) would be of some use? The mayor said there is no coordination among the agencies and you can see that on your tv with the levee breeches widening by the hour and absolutely noone around trying to plug the breeches. The mayor says that noone can find a helicopter to use to drop the huge bags of gravel typically used and noone can find a barge to use to plug the hole. No one can get an aircraft carrier or cruise boat in to help the people get out. It's now 100 degrees inside the superdome with 20,000 people and NO WORKING TOILETS. The water is still rising; 15 feet throughout the city now.Desperation is setting in.I'm not surprised at all by this big government f___up; in fact I predicted it before the hurricane even hit;[]. These people are poor AND black...not the Palm Beach/Boca Raton crowd...and this is not a "battleground" state. Our Whitehouse couldn't care less,imo. Paulrevere2005 12:11, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Removed some stuff from the talk page
the talk page is about the article, not about who is where and such. please stick to info on the article and not about rumors, what should be done and such.

personally i find the title wrong, no where the article mentions it is a toxis soup, it could become one, but wasn't when the article was put up. Boneyard 13:39, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Please check sources for toxic soup quote boneyard;it's there Paulrevere2005 23:14, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * show me the exact quote where someone says it IS a toxic soup, so far i just see people saying it could become one. there also hasn't been any news on this the past day so i doubt it happened because that would have been in the news by then. Boneyard 08:29, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * My apologies,boneyard; you are absolutely correct and I did not read your words close enough. I 'm glad you changed the title. Paulrevere2005 10:46, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Philosophy of updating stories
New York Times had an article today saying that a lot of the doom and gloom "toxic soup" scenarios aren't going to happen (flooding stablized, major chemical works not flooded, and the great diluting effect of so much floodwater). Philosophically, should this news be added at the bottom of this story, created as a different story, or should the live content of this story be altered to change the new facts and readers should rely on the history to get the unfolding pattern of the coverage? Sorry, but I'm new to the Wikinews editing and there is probably a FAQ for this somewhere... --cmpalmer 17:17, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikinews. If new information is available a new story should be created, after a story is published, it should not be edited except to fix spelling/grammar and other minor mistakes.  --Cspurrier 17:25, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * So,cmpalmer, what would be great is to start a new story presently the non "gloom and doom" info. Welcome, Paulrevere2005 19:08, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

category needed
Category:New Orleans Disaster needs to be added here. 65.184.68.155 05:14, 9 February 2006 (UTC)


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Green Day dominates at MTV's 2005 Video Music Awards

August 30, 2005 MTV's 2005 Video Music Awards were rather unbalanced this year, with Green Day's capture of seven of the eight awards for which they were nominated. The awards were for their single "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" off of the American Idiot album. Up-and-coming rock bands Fall Out Boy and The Killers also won awards. Kelly Clarkson came out with two awards.

The event was hosted by Sean "Diddy" Combs at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, USA, which was unaffected by the passing of Hurricane Katrina through the area or by the shooting of rap producer "Suge" Knight.

Some notable events was Combs "conducting" a string orchestra in memory of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G while his song played, fellow rapper Snoop Dogg came out to sing the last verse of B.I.G's hit song "Warning".

Green Day arrived at the event in their rusted green convertible from the Holiday and Boulevard of Broken Dreams music videos. They kicked off the show with a performance of Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

R. Kelly performed a new segment to his soap opera song "Trapped In The Closet". Kelly remains a chart-topper even though the star is awaiting trial for child pornography charges. Marion "Suge" Knight was shot in the leg at a private party, hosted by Kanye West, at the Shore Club Saturday night, one day before the main event. He was taken to nearby Mount Sinai Hospital where he was treated for the non-lethal gunshot wound.


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Talk:Writers meet weekly at Ashland Underground

Not news
As tagged on the article, this is not news, it's an invitation to a weekly meeting. As such, it does not belong on a news site. If there is some news that can be added to make it a news story, please do so. StuRat 18:45, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * This meets every definition of news. The question is how to treat it here (to keep it off the Main Page). I believe there is a way -->, initiated by CmWhite. -Edbrown05 18:58, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * And yeah. The invitational, rather than reporting, aspect of the story is objectionable. -Edbrown05 19:06, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Isn't there also a need for there to be something new in "news" ? What is new about a description of an ongoing event ? I suppose the change of location was news (although of interest only locally), when it occurred. StuRat 19:40, 30 August 2005 (UTC)


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What happened to the image? I liked the image.Bawolff 20:48, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:128.214.69.231

Welcome
128.214.69.231, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk) 21:28, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
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