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Talk:Russia probing Jewish law as "incitement"

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This article is a moderately subtle anti-russian article. It has no attempt at presenting what the law in question says, who supported it, why it was brought up, etc. Further, there is no attempt to justify statements about pogroms, stalin, etc. This extremely biased writing, and probably not salvageable. - Amgine/talk 27 June 2005 19:58 (UTC)

 * These remarks are difficult to understand and address. In what way is the article anti-Russian? Please be specific. Are the facts inaccurate? Do you see them as necessarily putting all of Russia in some kind of bad light? Russia, like many other countries, criminalizes certain kinds of communication, such as material that insults religion or foments violence. Similar laws in the USA are not generally disparaged, and mentioning them is not in itself anti-American; nor is it so with regard to Russia. Who "supported" the law (whatever that means) is irrelevant. "Why it was brought up"... generally people seem to have inferred that it was brought up in the instant situation in order to attack Jews, perhaps out of hatred, although there has been speculation about more rational political motives as well. As for "etc.", this is too vague to answer. Please explain what "etc." covers in the above context. I don't understand about justifying "statements about pogroms" (there were none); and there is no statement about Stalin, other than there being no similar public attacks on Jewish holy writs since the time of Stalin. The "blood libel" accusation was in the petition; hence, the link to Wikipedia's article on ritual murder. Please describe where the "extreme bias" is to be found. Simply positing bias when confronting personally upsetting material in a news item impedes the proper function of WikiNews. NPOV is desirable not only in articles but also in criticism. If you cannot make a convincing case for your assertions, please retract them and help this article make it to the Main Page where it belongs. Mpulier 28 June 2005 01:43 (UTC)

 * I think I have to apologize, Mpulier. I believe I way over-reacted. I am trying to deal with the site being very slow for me, and will go through the article again, but I expect I will remove both dispute tags.
 * However, one point which causes me trouble is "Russian Jewry". Is this a proper title for a publisher or organization? If so, it should not be separately wiki-linked. If not, it should neither be capitalized nor, in my opinion, is it a neutral term. I'll take a look further, but this is one specific item. - Amgine/talk 28 June 2005 03:11 (UTC)

 * Amgine, your contribution to the article led to considerable improvement and I thank you for that and for removing the dispute tags. Your question about "Russian Jewry" is interesting. "Russian", of course, must be capitalized always. Same with Jewry, which is a proper noun. It's different for "Catholic", which must have its capital C when referring to Roman Catholicism, but not when meaning "comprehensive" or "of broad or liberal scope". The term "Russian Jewry" refers to a fairly well-defined collection of people, ranging from non-believers to firm believers. It is this collection, and not particular organizations or publishing groups, that is under attack, as is clear from the wording of the petition (extracts of which are translated into English in one of the article's sources and the original Russian of which may be seen on the Web: ). Beyond the narrow legal question of whether the publication of a redaction of the 16th Century work is an incitement to hatred is the question of whether the Jewish religion amounts to a such a conspiracy against Christianity and against achieving Russian national goals (whatever those may be) that all Jewish organizations should be outlawed. This is what the petition asserts. Beyond even this, and pervading the petition (and indicated by a few informal polls) is the question of whether all Jews in Russia, by virtue of their ethnicity, inherently are inimical to Russia and had best be barred from positions of power or influence. Essentially, this is racism, and it seems to be rather well-tolerated in Russia in general even when blatantly expressed. The racism seems to be disparaged and viewed with some alarm by those at the higher, more central leadership positions in Russia, but is being exploited and encouraged for political advantage at the district level and in some circles opposed to the present regime. I don't think that describing matters this way betrays an anti-Russian attitude. Racism and similar attitudes exist and are used in most societies to some degree. Besides, condemning Russia for some notion or practice found there is isomorphic with condemning Jewry. One can be dispassionate and "clinical" in analyzing the situation and yet conclude that being a Jew in Russia carries extra risk of being unfairly persecuted. That, to me, is one of the take-home lessons from the article. Another is some insight on some of the conflicts in Russian society and Russian politics. Yet another involves the complexity of the concept of democracy. Furthermore, I think that American Jewish organizations will soon be reacting publicly to the news item, now that it has been noticed by the Associated Press, and I'm glad to now have some extra background knowledge that will help me understand their response. Wikinews readers may feel the same. Mpulier 28 June 2005 08:10 (UTC)

 * Seems as if the consensus now is to remove the tags. If anyone objects they can put them back. Paulrevere2005 28 June 2005 03:38 (UTC)

NPOV? Sources?
The story might have a tinge of POV, but it is valid. The only source I could find in 2 minutes of searching was in Russian (here) but it does confirm that there was a letter, and there was some case etc. -- IlyaHaykinson 28 June 2005 01:30 (UTC)


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Talk:Witnesses expose big corruption scheme of the Brazilian ruling party

This article was written by the Wikinews user Carlosar, who lives in Brazil. The article details some of the last events about the Brazilian political crisis. There a lot of documents right here. However the information is in Portuguese.--Carlosar 27 June 2005 20:01 (UTC)

I dont know if I will have free time. Anyway you can ask me anything and you can demand more information. I will try to answer you. Also I accept any suggestion for the article's improvement. --Carlosar 27 June 2005 20:09 (UTC)

I take it that the name of the magazine is correct as 'IstoÉ', rather than 'Istoé'?
 * "IstoÉ" is the correct version. "IstoÉ" = pron + verb = "Isto + é" = "That[Isto] + is [É] it [not used in Portuguese]" --Carlosar 27 June 2005 22:37 (UTC)

Some clarification is needed in the final sentence: "He said that the biggest Post Office contracts should be investigated and he mentioned big contracts to the Brazilian bank Bradesco." I'm not sure what the relevance of mentioning big contracts to the bank is. I presume the 'he' is the same 'he' who said the biggest Post Office contracts should be investigated. Is this correct? --Keith 27 June 2005 21:52 (UTC)
 * Yes --Carlosar 27 June 2005 22:37 (UTC)

The Post office former chief said that certain things were suspicious in Post Office. Some of these things were:
 * some of the big contracts
 * the contracts to the Bank Bradesco. The Bradesco won several licitations and won big contracts.

Well, I let to you decide if the Bradesco Bank should be mentioned or not. Actually, there are a lot of denountiations. I tried to choose the most important ones. --Carlosar 27 June 2005 22:37 (UTC)

If something is not clear, you can ask me.--Carlosar 27 June 2005 22:37 (UTC)

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Lula tries to save the government with alliance with opposition party

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is facing a serious political crisis in his government. There are a lot of denounciations involving important figures of his party, the (PT).

In an attempt to save his government, Lula is negotiating an alliance with the (PMDB). Lula said that he will reform his ministry and it is expected that some politicians of the PMDB become ministers. There is not a general consensus about this alliance. Some governors and parliamentarians of PMDB are against it.

The President of PMDB,, said that he will listen to his colleagues before taking a decision.


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Israeli soldier convicted in killing of British activist in Gaza Strip/Brief

Israeli soldier convicted in killing of British activist in Gaza Strip
Former Israeli soldier sergeant Wahid Taysir was convicted of manslaughter and other charges for covering up in the death of British student Tom Hurndall by an Israeli court. Mr. Taysir shot Mr. Hurndall with a sniper rifle from a watchtower while he was guiding children away from an area where shooting was taking place. Mr. Taysir's sentence will be announced next week.


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Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger, Gargamel, dead at 82/Brief

Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger, Gargamel, dead at 82
Paul Winchell, the English voice of Gargamel in the animated children's show The Smurfs and Tigger in Disney's Winnie the Pooh died on 23 June at age 82. Mr. Winchell won a Grammy Award for his voice work on "The Most Wonderful Thing about Tiggers" in the animated Disney film "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too".


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Workers' Movement and other social movements support Lula, Senators warn of 'Chavenization'

Representatives of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) and other social movements linked to the Workers' Party (PT) had a meeting with the Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on June 22.

They said that they defend the investigation of corruption schemes, however they said that the Lula government is the victim of a destabilization campaign. They blame the President of the United States George W. Bush for the crisis. They say that the government of Lula is victim of a coup attempt by Bush supporters.

Senator Heloísa Helena from the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) said that the coup idea is nonsense. Other parliamentarians, even some of the Workers' Party, didn't agree with the coup argument. Some senators said that only the Wokers' Party itself initiated the crisis. Some senators who do not belong to the Brazilian ruling party PT warned of a scenario like the one in Venezuela where the President Hugo Chávez concentrated all political power on his hands using the support of social movements.


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This is what I have seen here watching to Brazilian Senate sessions (on TV) and what I have read in the newspapapers. I live in Brazil. --Carlosar 27 June 2005 21:06 (UTC)

I've corrected some of the spelling errors. I'm not sure what is meant by "attemptvie of culp against Lula government", so can't correct that. Also, I'm not sure what 'Chavenization' means, which should either be explained or linked to a Wikipedia article.

In the beginning of the second paragraph "They said that they defend...", who 'they' is needs to be clarified. I presume it means the social movements, but left it as I wasn't 100% sure. -- Keith 27 June 2005 21:31 (UTC)

First of all I would like to thank you for your help and sorry. I rewrote the paragraph and I hope that it is clearer now. When I wrote "Chavenization" I wanted to mean: becoming the same as of Hugo Chávez's government. The President of Venezuela got "super powers" (not limited by Constitution) because of populism and the support of some social movements. Did you understand? --Carlosar 28 June 2005 02:11 (UTC)


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Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court rules against file swapping companies/Brief

Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court rules against file swapping companies
Writing for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court, Justice David Souter's decision mad file sharing companies who provide tools for users to violate copyright law are liable for those infringements. The decision directly affects plaintiffs Grokster and StreamCast, but the cases have been remanded to a lower court for final adjudication.


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US officials accused of covering up human deaths from BSE and discouraging testing of suspected animals

July 1, 2005

Dr. Lester Friedlander, a former United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) vet, had been blowing the whistle on the USDA beef inspection practices before the latest case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was confirmed. Dr. Friedlander said that inspectors are allowed only 15 seconds of inspection and that unhygienic practices are common in the meat industry; practices such as cow carcasses with abscesses being hosed off, wrapped up and shipped to the consumer.

Friedlander also claims that some supervisors were more concerned about falsifying inspection documents than protecting consumers and that on June 9, 2005, a cow in Texas with BSE symptoms was sent straight to the rendering plant without testing. There have also been allegations of a "don't ask,don't tell" approach being applied by US health officials when confronted with human deaths which may be caused by eating BSE contaminated meat. The Organic Consumers Association reported last year that hundreds of people are dying in the US each year from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD or vCJD) (the human counterpart of BSE) and the deaths are being written off as "unexplainable". The disease causes holes in the brains of the victims.

A New Jersey lawyer, Janet Skarbek is being called "the next Erin Brockovich" for her research into the "Cherry Hill cluster" of 12 deaths she said were caused by people eating BSE infected meat; "I'm up to 12 confirmed cases of CJD, where it says CJD on their death certificates and where they all ate at the same racetrack," Skarbek said.

New Jersey state officials have said that the 12 deaths did not result from the human form of mad cow disease, but rather from sporadic CJD; but Skarbek says the government's numbers don't add up. "If you just take five of the victims from New Jersey that ate at the track most recently, two were out of 100 administrative employees and three were out of 1,000 season-pass holders. So out of that population of 1,100 people, we should see one case of CJD every 909 years."


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Many still believe myths associated with cancer, reports American Cancer Society study

June 29, 2005

A recent survey conducted by the American Cancer Society has turned up some surprising results: Americans generally hold false beliefs about the nature of cancer and its treatment, even though many believe they are well informed.

Health experts say this ignorance could be dangerous: People may be making poor health decisions -- avoiding cancer screenings or rejecting potentially life-saving treatments -- based on their incorrect notions.

The most common misconception is that surgery causes cancer to spread. Decades ago, cancer often was not discovered until it was very advanced. At that stage, surgical efforts were rarely successful, and many patients died soon after procedures were performed. This may have given rise to the mistaken belief that the surgeries caused the disease to worsen.

Another commonly held myth is that there is a cure for cancer, but the medical industry is withholding it in order to continue profiting from the sale of less effective treatments and medications.

Believers in this "conspiracy theory" may not be guided by it in making their personal health decisions, though. The American Cancer Society says that even though many people are suspicious of the medical industry in general, they have a trusting relationship with their own physicians and are likely to follow their advice.

Almost 20 percent of the people surveyed felt that medications for cancer pain were ineffective.

About 10 percent expressed the belief that cancer could be cured with a positive attitude alone, while a similar number felt that there was no effective treatment for cancer.

The fact is, cancer survival and treatments -- including pain management -- have vastly improved in the last thirty years.

Results of the survey appear in the August 1 issue of Cancer, a journal published by the American Cancer Society.


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Actor John Fiedler, voice of Piglet and "Bob Newhart" regular, dead at 80/Brief

Actor John Fiedler, voice of Piglet and "Bob Newhart" regular, dead at 80
Actor John Fiedler passed away at the age of 80 on July 25th. Though he worked extensively on stage, film, television, and radio for over forty years, he is perhaps most remembered for two roles: the mild, fearful voice of Piglet in Disney's many Winnie the Pooh productions, and the role of Mr. Peterson, nervous patient on The Bob Newhart Show.


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Russia voids border treaty with Estonia

June 27, 2005

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told RIA Novosti during a visit to Helsinki that the Russian Federation had decided to revoke its signature from the border agreements it signed with the Estonian government in Moscow on May 18.

The move comes just one week after the Estonian Riigikogu ratified the border document which slightly amends the border that has been used since Estonia regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

A source inside the Russian Foreign Ministry told Itar-Tass that the preamble to the document as ratified by the Estonian parliament was "unacceptable" because it mentioned the Tartu Peace Treaty of 1920, by which the Russian Socialist Federal Republic recognized the independent statehood of Estonia.

Alexander Yakovenko, a spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry told Gateway 2 Russia, another Russian news wire, that this set up a situation where Estonia could claim land from Russia. Estonia lost 5 percent of its territory to Russia when authorities delineated the Estonian Soviet Federal Republic from the Russian Soviet Federal Republic in 1945.

However, the Estonian Foreign Ministry has reiterated its stance that the border treaty seals the border with Russia, and the preamble makes no claims to Russian territory.

"The Estonian side has repeatedly assured that it has not linked any new issues to the border treaties, and thus, the Russian side's assertion that Estonia has added new aspects to the treaty is ungrounded," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Estonian and Russian officials first agreed upon the border treaty in 1996, and then initialed them in 1999, according to the website of the Estonian Foreign Ministry. The preamble included with the treaty signed in May stated that the agreement would have no impact on other issues concerning Estonian-Russian bilateral relations and Urmas Paet, the Estonian foreign minister said in a statement on June 27 that Estonia has no land claims to Russia.

"Russia does not have the will to normalize relations with Estonia and, I would say, even with the European Union and NATO," explained Marko Mihkelson, the deputy chairman of the Estonian foreign relations commission in a statement.

"This is because here, indeed, we are talking about Estonian-Russian border, which is not only a border between the two states but also a border between the European Union and Russia," he said.

Estonia is now urging Russia to reconsider its stance, while Lavrov told reporters in Helsinki that the two parties will have to start from scratch.

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Talk:Russia voids border treaty with Estonia

I can't seem to find anyone else carrying this, except for ROS Business Consulting. Thoughts? Sources? Tmorton 28 June 2005 01:21 (UTC)

Here's a source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4626141.stm --Berkut 28 June 2005 06:18 (UTC)

If you do a Google search for Estonia it is all there. I have looked at the actual documents myself for those that I cited.


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Talk:Actor John Fiedler, voice of Piglet and "Bob Newhart" regular, dead at 80

First Paul Winchell (voice of Tigger, amoung many others) and now John Fiedler! Peter Cullen better watch out!


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Wal-Mart heir John Walton killed in plane crash

June 28, 2005

John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and the 11th richest person in the world, has been killed in a plane crash on June 27 in Wyoming. He was 58 years old. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park at about 1:20 p.m. CDT. Walton was the only person killed in the crash. "We're sad that John Walton, who was well-known and much-loved in this valley, died doing something that he loved to do, which was fly aircraft," said Joan Anzelmo, a spokeswoman for Grand Teton National Park. Walton was killed while flying an experimental ultra-light aircraft with small gasoline engine and wings made of material similar to sail-cloth. Because the aircraft was unregistered and experimental, officials at the National Park indicate that there will not be an NTSB investigation. Officials at Grand Teton National Park will, however, conduct their own internal investigation. Walton was named to the board of directors of Wal-Mart in 1992 -- he never worked for the company. He had served as a Green Beret during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Silver Star for saving the lives of several members of his unit while under fire. Walton was involved in several business interests over the years, including crop-dusting and boat construction.


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Scenario for impeachment of Lula raised in Brazil

The government of the Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his party, the Workers' Party are the target of several serious accusations of corruption.

This is the most severe political crisis since Brazilians first attained their right to vote for a President in 1989, the former President Fernando Collor de Mello was elected.

The ruling Workers' Party has not succeeded in its defense against the accusations. The Brazilian deputy Roberto Jefferson said that the ruling party bought the support of some Brazilian deputies, paying 30 thousand Brazilian Reals (US$ 12 thousand) each, every month. Although Jefferson said that he had no proof of this, he gave a very detailed description of the alleged corruption scheme.

The testimonies of other witnesses and the investigation that is being made by police gave support for some of the Jefferson's claims. Independent investigation being made by newspapers and magazines, and the publication of documents and other evidences, expose the government and Workers' Party more and more.

Popular support for the President is deteriorating. Except for the Workers' Party and the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) which are part of the government, there is not another political party in Brazil denying the accusations. All newspapers and magazines publish stories every day related to the scandal. The Workers' Party itself is divided: some members believe that the accusations are true and that something went wrong, others prefer to deny the evidences and they argue that the party is innocent.

A great part of the work of the Brazilian parliamentarians is related to the investigation of the scandals. Besides the Votes-for-cash scandal dennounced by Jefferson, there are the Bingo's scandal, the Post Office scandal and the Brazilian Reinsurance Institute (IRB) scandal. All of these scandals are being submited to investigation by Brazilian parliamentarians.

One important question is whether President Lula knew about the alleged scandals in his government or not. If he knew and he did nothing he was conniving or he participated, it is the worst. If he didn't know, someone can say that he was very incompetent because he didn't see something so big under his nose.

Today, the authority and the efficiency of the President is being questioned. Some people say that it was the former Minister José Dirceu who actually took great part of the decisions in Lula's government. The politicians say that President Lula must take control of his government, that he should do a major reform of his government and that he should get away from the people who are involved in the scandals.

Besides the corruption dennounciations, the government of President Lula is being criticized by his weak social agenda. The programme called "Zero Hunger" has showed little results and many people accuse it of being just a marketing strategy.

The management of the economy has being praised by some analysts. However, critics, even inside the government like the Vice-President José Alencar have already criticized it, because of the high interest rates. There is not severe inflation, but unemployment is high, and salaries are low.

The next days or the next month may be decisive to the future of Lula. He must show that he is not involved in the corruption scandals, he must reform the government and he must prove that he is competent. The positive factor are that the Brazilian economy is not seriously contaminated by the political crisis until now, the population is perplexed but calm and the politicians are not envolving the President in the denunciations, although they demand the investigation of all corruption allegations. However, nobody knows how much this situation will remain or if it will remain until the end of the government of President Lula in 2006.


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This story was written by an Wikinews reporter (Carlosar) who lives in Brazil.

 * Nice article! Are there sources for this article -- other than the cited Wikinews articles? If this is Original Reporting, some notes here would be helpful... --Chiacomo (talk) 28 June 2005 04:57 (UTC)
 * This is a piece of first-hand journalism and I tried not to be influenced by the other newspapers. I used some material from the previous articles. Anyway you are right and I will put some sources here. Although this is first-hand material, I can add some documents suporting the story.--Carlosar 28 June 2005 12:22 (UTC)

I think that we could create a category for this and the other  articles about the political crisis in Brazil. What do you think? --Carlosar 28 June 2005 12:22 (UTC)

Below are some documents. Should we put them in the article at the sources section? --Carlosar 28 June 2005 14:02 (UTC)

The interview of Roberto Jefferson to Folha de São Paulo

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Audio
Some excerpts of the interview of Roberto Jefferson (in Portuguese).

The denountiations

Private sector liasons

FARC scandal

Bingo scandal

General coverture

MST support

Deputy Roberto Jefferson

Zero Hunger

Recent History of Brazil
History of Brazil, History of Nations website


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Talk:US officials accused of covering up human deaths from BSE and discouraging testing of suspected animals

What are being hosed off, wrapped up and shipped to the consumer -- the cow carcasses or the abscesses from the cow carcasses? 222.152.7.64 28 June 2005 03:42 (UTC)

It's from the source and it reads to me as if its the carcasses. Paulrevere2005 1 July 2005 11:28 (UTC)

The "this disease causes holes in the brain" sentence seems disconnected and sensationalist. [ - anon]

Well, that's what prion diseases do, and the reason that it's important to have proper reporting. — Phyzome is Tim McCormack July 5, 2005 14:24 (UTC)


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User talk:219.88.190.201

Welcome
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User talk:81.62.254.58

Welcome
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User talk:198.54.202.18

Welcome
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User talk:Kristi Wachter

Welcome
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User talk:67.86.32.116

Welcome
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User talk:68.239.186.35

Welcome
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User talk:64.228.68.236

Welcome
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User talk:218.0.219.147

Welcome
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User talk:208.51.55.33

Welcome
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User talk:171.65.20.120

Welcome
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User talk:65.218.37.58

Welcome
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User talk:68.169.172.62

Welcome
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User talk:143.107.198.102

Welcome
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User talk:172.203.36.59

Welcome
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User talk:Sebb

Welcome
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User talk:JeanetteMartin

Welcome
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 * Hey Antonia, thanks for the thanks! I welcome all new users here everyday, i've probably welcomed about 700 or so by now, I just love wikinews and want to help people to settle in. Your a Puerto Rican - when I was on holdays in New York last year, one of our taxi drivers was Puerto Rican, really nice guy, plenty to say! Nice to see you love our little island; that film (where did you see it! - it was a really low-budget film) was called Waking Ned. I personally have a slight dislike for Aer Lingus, mainly because its main rival (Ryanair) is run by a person from my home town. I love my country, because 20 years ago we were among the poorest, most corrupt nations in Europe - unemployment was 20%, the country was bankurupt - today we are among the wealthiest, happiest and most optimistic people in the world. The Economist magazine labeled Ireland as the best place to live in the world earlier this yesr - and I agree - i've been to a dozen or so countries and been exposed to many more and no where beats here.

 * I look forward to working with you at wikinews - you seem to be an entusuastic, happy, optimistic character... you'll need to be to survive here! If you need to know anything just ask me; im an administrator, a member of the welcome committee, founder of a half dozen of our institutions and have been around since it all started... so good luck. → CGorman (Talk) June 28, 2005 22:37 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called AntonioMartin. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name AntonioMartin~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:11, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:155.206.8.6

Welcome
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User talk:192.147.67.12

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User talk:62.252.192.7

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User talk:70.23.17.249

Welcome
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User talk:139.177.224.128

Welcome
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User talk:128.120.134.37

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Norway and Denmark conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia

June 28, 2005

In accordance with the Treaty on Open Skies, Norway and Denmark started conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia yesterday. These flights are expected to last until July 1, with seven Belarusian and two Russian inspectors monitoring foreign planes.

The treaty establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its 34 state participants. The treaty is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role in gathering information about military forces and activities of concern to them. Russia and Belarus signed the treaty in 1992 in Helsinki.

According to the spokesman of Belarusian Ministry of Defense, Russia and Belarus have finished their analogous flight over the USA on June 25.


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Lukashenko accuses foreign donators of ideological expansion

June 28, 2005 The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, accused foreign funds and donators of ideological expansion in Belarus during his meeting with talented youth today.

"In recent years, activities of foreign donators, who were carrying out ideological expansion on Belarus disguised as humanitarian aid, and really stealing State's intellectual possession, was curbed," Lukashenko said.

Students, which Lukashenko met, were receivers of Belarusian presidential stipendies. He said, that the idea of domestic funds was created "in uneasy times" to keep talented students in Belarus.

Lukashenko requested last year that each trip abroad for sake of education be limited.


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Copyvio?
I am not sure if it is, but I copy pasted a paragraph from wikipedia almost verbatim. Are we allowed to do that? --Dcabrilo 28 June 2005 15:00 (UTC)
 * In most cases, no, it is not allowed to copy text from Wikipedia into Wikinews articles, because wikinews text must be public domain while wikipedia text is GFDL. If you wrote the text in wikipedia, or the person who wrote it agrees to place their work in the public domain, then it is OK. In this particular case, I actually copied that paragraph into the wikipedia article from a public domain source originally (see Treaty_on_Open_Skies), so it is fine. Thanks for the article. -- Leif 2 July 2005 06:39 (UTC)


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CNet News launches reader wiki

July 2, 2005

As an experiment in the use of wiki technology for news, CNET News has launched a web site where readers can collaborate with other readers to predict the future of India's technology industry, collectively supplementing a CNET report on India published on June 27, 2005.

The wiki uses Wikipedia's software, MediaWiki, with a custom design. Editing is not restricted. The wiki was set up by Andrew Lottmann of the technical production team at CNET News.com. "I would love to know if readers feel this wiki is a good medium for feedback or even 'citizen journalism' on News.com", Lottman stated in his user profile.

As of July 2, 2005, the wiki was still relatively inactive, with only one "legitimate content page" and 176 page edits according to the site's statistics.

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 * CNet News: India Tech wiki Main Page
 * Andrew Lottmann's user page
 * Andrew Lottmann's user page

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I've seen the web site with my own eyes. ☺ Uncle G June 28, 2005 15:04 (UTC)
 * Confirmed, the site is definitely there ;-) -- IlyaHaykinson 28 June 2005 15:07 (UTC)

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AMD files antitrust lawsuit against Intel in US federal district court

June 29, 2005 filed an antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation two days ago in U.S. federal district court for the district of Delaware under Section 2 of the, Sections 4 and 16 of the , and the California Business and Professions Code.

According to the complaint, Intel has unlawfully maintained its by, among other things:

 * Forcing major customers such as, Sony, , , and into Intel-exclusive deals in return for outright cash payments, discriminatory pricing or marketing subsidies conditioned on the exclusion of AMD;
 * According to industry reports, and as confirmed by the JFTC in Japan, Intel has paid Dell and Toshiba huge sums not to do business with AMD.
 * Intel paid Sony millions for exclusivity. AMD’s share of Sony’s business went from 23 percent in ‘02 to 8% in ‘03, to 0%, where it remains today.

 * Forcing other major customers such as, , and into partial exclusivity agreements by conditioning rebates, allowances and market development funds (MDF) on customers’ agreement to severely limit or forego entirely purchases from AMD;
 * Intel paid NEC several million dollars for caps on NEC’s purchases from AMD. Those caps assured Intel at least 90% of NEC’s business in Japan and imposed a worldwide cap on the amount of AMD business NEC could do.

 * Establishing a system of discriminatory and retroactive incentives triggered by purchases at such high levels as to have the intended effect of denying customers the freedom to purchase any significant volume of processors from AMD;
 * When AMD succeeded in getting on the HP retail roadmap for mobile computers, and its products sold well, Intel responded by withholding HP’s fourth quarter 2004 rebate check and refusing to waive HP’s failure to achieve its targeted rebate goal; it allowed HP to make up the shortfall in succeeding quarters by promising Intel at least 90% of HP’s mainstream retail business.

 * Threatening retaliation against customers for introducing AMD computer platforms, particularly in strategic market segments such as commercial desktop;
 * Then- CEO said in 2000 that because of the volume of business given to AMD, Intel withheld delivery of critical server chips. Saying "he had a gun to his head," he told AMD he had to stop buying.
 * According to Gateway executives, their company has paid a high price for even its limited AMD dealings. They claim that Intel has "beaten them into ‘guacamole’" in retaliation.

 * Establishing and enforcing quotas among key retailers such as Best Buy and Circuit City, effectively requiring them to stock overwhelmingly or exclusively, Intel computers, artificially limiting consumer choice;
 * AMD has been entirely shut out from Media Markt, Europe's largest computer retailer, which accounts for 35 percent of Germany's retail sales.
 * declined to stock AMD-powered notebooks regardless of the amount of financial support AMD offered, citing the risk of retaliation.

 * Forcing PC makers and tech partners to boycott AMD product launches or promotions;
 * Then-Intel CEO threatened Acer’s Chairman with "severe consequences" for supporting the AMD  launch. This coincided with an unexplained delay by Intel in providing $15-20M in market development funds owed to Acer. Acer withdrew from the launch in September 2003.

 * Abusing its market power by forcing on the industry technical standards and products that have as their main purpose the handicapping of AMD in the marketplace.
 * Intel denied AMD access to the highest level of membership for the Advanced DRAM technology consortium to limit AMD’s participation in critical industry standard decisions that would affect its business.
 * Intel designed its compilers, which translate software programs into machine-readable language, to degrade a program’s performance if operated on a computer powered by an AMD microprocessor.


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France secures site for 10 billion euro nuclear fusion research project

June 28, 2005

The European Union has won a years-long battle to host ITER, the 'next step' in nuclear fusion research. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers our sun, and could potentially lead to almost unlimited energy available on Earth.

The six partners in the international project — the European Union (through its suborganization EURATOM), the People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States - declared today in Moscow that the device will be constructed at Cadarache, in France. The other contender for the project was Japan.

Japan and the EU (as well as Canada until 2003) had fought a long and hard battle to secure the site of the experiment, seen as the next step towards nuclear fusion, until Japan finally withdrew its bid today.

Under the terms of the agreement, the EU will pay 50% of the construction costs of the 10 billion euro (£6.6bn) program costs, while Japan will gain 20% of the 200 research jobs that will be part of the project, but pay only 10% of the costs.

"We believe that the ITER project should start as soon as possible for the sake of mankind's future," said Nariaki Nakayama, Japan's science minister.

Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, head of the of UK Atomic Energy Authority's (UKAEA) Culham division, responsible for the UK's thermonuclear fusion programme, said that "rapid construction of ITER will be a major step in the development of fusion as a potential large-scale source of electricity that will not contribute to climate change."

French environmental groups have shown dismay at the news of the siting decision. Mediane, one such group, said "We are against the project because it's very dangerous and will not create jobs in the region." A group of several French environmental groups, Sortir du Nucleaire (Get Out of Nuclear Energy), said ITER was dangerous as scientists did not know "how to manipulate the high-energy deuterium and tritium hydrogen isotopes used in the fusion process. ITER will never produce electricity. Maybe, well after ITER, another reactor in 100, 150 or 200 years will do so — but that's far from certain."

The JET nuclear fusion project in the UK has operated for twenty years and has used tritium for ten; it has a 100% safety record with no radiation ever being released.

ITER will follow on from the work of such experiments as the European JET, the Japanese JT-60u, and the American TFTR and DIII-D. It is not designed to produce electricity, but to research technologies that will allow a prototype nuclear fusion power plant — 'DEMO' — to begin construction in around 2030. The ITER program itself will last for thirty years — ten for construction, and at least 20 years of operation.

Nuclear fusion works by forcing the atomic nuclei — in this case isotopes of hydrogen, namely deuterium and/or tritium — to combine under great heat and pressure. The products of the reaction have a lower mass than the original reactants — releasing energy according to Einstein's famous equation of $$E=mc^2$$.

The fuel is derived from sea water, meaning that fusion is an almost limitless source of energy.

Nuclear fusion produces no waste products other than helium, and does not contribute to global warming in any way. Little radiation is produced by the reaction; a nuclear fusion power plant will take less than 100 years to become completely safe after decommissioning. Furthermore, fusion reactors have very little fuel inside them at any one moment — so therefore no chance of a 'meltdown' — and can shut down in seconds if the fuel supply is cut off.


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I used to work at JET, and made friends with someone in the safety and environment department. I know for a fact that JET has never had an accident - not even come close. But of course, I'm also evidently biased :-) Dan100 (Talk) 28 June 2005 16:49 (UTC)
 * Sweeet! Great article!  I'm off to look for pics!  NGerda June 28, 2005 16:51 (UTC)

Source for the '40 times volume' - here Dan100 (Talk) 28 June 2005 18:59 (UTC)


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Talk:Workers' Movement and other social movements support Lula, Senators warn of 'Chavenization'

This is what I have seen here watching to Brazilian Senate sessions (on TV) and what I have read in the newspapapers. I live in Brazil. --Carlosar 27 June 2005 21:06 (UTC)

I've corrected some of the spelling errors. I'm not sure what is meant by "attemptvie of culp against Lula government", so can't correct that. Also, I'm not sure what 'Chavenization' means, which should either be explained or linked to a Wikipedia article.

In the beginning of the second paragraph "They said that they defend...", who 'they' is needs to be clarified. I presume it means the social movements, but left it as I wasn't 100% sure. -- Keith 27 June 2005 21:31 (UTC)

First of all I would like to thank you for your help and sorry. I rewrote the paragraph and I hope that it is clearer now. When I wrote "Chavenization" I wanted to mean: becoming the same as of Hugo Chávez's government. The President of Venezuela got "super powers" (not limited by Constitution) because of populism and the support of some social movements. Did you understand? --Carlosar 28 June 2005 02:11 (UTC)


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Talk:Kofi Annan unveils UN reform plan

I realize that Japan commited war atrocities in the past, but to be fair, they apolagized for them all, List of war apology statements issued by Japan. Given that, what reason does China have for protesting Japan's bid to enter the UN security council? Is it the textbooks issue?

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Civilians testify to Halliburton fraud, coercion

June 28, 2005 The Democratic Party held a public committee, aired on C-SPAN 3, at which former civilian employees based in or administering operations in Iraq, testified to specific instances of waste, fraud, and other abuses and irregularities by Halliburton and its subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR).

Allegations of fraud by Halliburton, specifically with regard to its operations in Iraq, have persisted since before the Iraq War. The associations between U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Halliburton, have been the basis for repeated speculation over possible political improprieties and business profiteering from the war.

Among the senators and representatives present at the hearing were Byron Dorgan (presiding), Henry Waxman, Frank Lautenberg, and Mark Dayton.

Among those testifying were Bunny Greenhouse, former Chief Contracting Officer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rory Mayberry, former Food Program Manager for Halliburton subsidiary, and Allan Waller, of the Lloyd-Owen International security and operations firm.

Greenhouse, who provided the bulk of testimony, spoke for several minutes about her involvement in the evaluation and crafting of government Army contracts, and how explaining how superiors undermined and dismissed her concerns of illegal business practices. "Ultimately my main concern was the repeated insistence that the Rio contract be awarded to KBR without competitive bidding," Greenhouse said. She testified to have been given misinformation in answer to her complaints, and being "overtly misled" by KBR managers.

Mayberry, still in Iraq, testified by video from questions prepared by the committee. He said that KBR routinely sold expired food rations to the Army. The interviewer asked, "Are you saying that Halliburton deliberately falsified the number of meals they prepared and then submitted false claims for reimbursement and that they did this to make up for past amounts auditors had disallowed?" Mayberry firmly answered "Yes." He said that serving expired food ration was "an everyday occurrence, sometimes every meal." He explained that Halliburton systematically overcharged for the number of meals as well, saying, "they were charging for 20,000 meals and they were only serving 10,000 meals." Dorgan later commented, "obviously there's no honor here, by a company that would serve outdated food to our troops in Iraq."

Mayberry also claimed would-be whistleblowers were threatened "to be sent to Falluja" and other "places under fire" if they talked to media or governmental oversight officials. In 2003 and 2004, Falluja had been well known as dangerous for foreign troops and civilians. "I personally was sent to Falluja for three weeks. The manager told me that I was being sent away until the auditors were gone, because I had talked to the auditors," Mayberry said.

"The threat of being sent to a camp under fire was their way of keeping us quiet. The employees who talked to auditors were sent to camps under more fire than other camps, and Anaconda." This report led Dorgan and others to voice considerable outrage that U.S. citizens would be personally threatened with harm for talking to oversight officials or media.

Allan Waller testified to specific examples of how KBR officials had conspired in blocking Lloyd-Owen fuel transports, and using other coercive means against its competitor. The British Lloyd-Owen has a direct contract with the Iraq government to provide fuel to various parts of the country.

In his introductory remarks, Dorgan explained that Senate Republicans had blocked or ignored any requests by Democrats to have a formal bipartisan hearing, resulting in the need for an independent committee.


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Talk:Wal-Mart heir John Walton killed in plane crash

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[Yahoo] finance and wikipedia say he died june 27, Yahoo news and us say he died on the 28. who's right?Bawolff 28 June 2005 22:24 (UTC)
 * I first saw it posted on the 27th, so I'm guessing it had to happen on the 27th. - Amgine/talk 28 June 2005 23:00 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Briefs/June 28, 2005

June 28, 2005

Norway and Denmark conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia
In accordance with the Treaty on Open Skies, Norway and Denmark started conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia yesterday. These flights are expected to last until July 1, with seven Belarussian and two Russian inspectors monitoring foreign planes.

Wal-Mart heir John Walton killed in plane crash
John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and the 11th richest person in the world, has been killed in a plane crash on June 27 in Wyoming. He was 58 years old. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park at about 1:20 p.m. CDT. Walton was the only person killed in the crash.

Lukashenko accuses foreign donators of ideological expansion
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, accused foreign funds and donators of ideological expansion in Belarus during his meeting with talented youth today.

"In recent years, activities of foreign donators, who were carrying out ideological expansion on Belarus disguised as humanitarian aid, and really stealing State's intellectual possession, was curbed," Lukashenko said.

France secures site for 10 billion euro nuclear fusion research project
France has won a years-long battle to host ITER, the 'next step' in nuclear fusion research. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers our sun, and could potentially lead to almost unlimited energy available on Earth.

Under the terms of the agreement reached today, France will pay 50% of the construction costs of the 10 billion euro (£6.6bn) program costs, while Japan will gain 20% of the 200 research jobs that will be part of the project, but pay only 10% of the costs.

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Norway and Denmark conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia
In accordance with the Treaty on Open Skies, Norway and Denmark started conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia yesterday. These flights are expected to last until July 1, with seven Belarussian and two Russian inspectors monitoring foreign planes.


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Wal-Mart heir John Walton killed in plane crash
John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and the 11th richest person in the world, has been killed in a plane crash on june 27 in Wyoming. He was 58 years old. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park at about 1:20 p.m. CDT. Walton was the only person killed in the crash.


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Lukashenko accuses foreign donators of ideological expansion
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, accused foreign funds and donators of ideological expansion in Belarus during his meeting with talented youth today.

"In recent years, activities of foreign donators, who were carrying out ideological expansion on Belarus disguisted as humanitarian aid, and really stealing State's intellectual possession, was curbed," Lukashenko said.


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France secures site for 10 billion euro nuclear fusion research project
France has won a years-long battle to host ITER, the 'next step' in nuclear fusion research. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers our sun, and could potentially lead to almost unlimited energy available on Earth.

Under the terms of the agreement reached today, France will pay 50% of the construction costs of the 10 billion euro (£6.6bn) program costs, while Japan will gain 20% of the 200 research jobs that will be part of the project, but pay only 10% of the costs.


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United States President George W. Bush makes speech to rally support for war in Iraq

June 29, 2005

Speaking before an audience of 750 soldiers and airmen on Tuesday night at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, US President Bush began an effort to shore up waning support for military actions in Iraq.

The president again attempted to link the September 11, 2001 attacks with his decision to invade and occupy Iraq(The U.S. official 9/11 Commission report concluded that Saddam and Iraq were not involved in 9/11 in any way). Right from the opening of his speech, he mentioned the 9/11 attacks and also did it on four additional occasions. During the speech, Bush did not refer to the now-relinquished hunt for weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq. The U.S. has failed to provide any convincing evidence for the existence of a WMD, even though this was one of the chief reasons President Bush cited to justify the invasion of Iraq.

Democrats criticized the president for trying to link 9/11 with the war in Iraq;"The president's frequent references to the terrorist attacks of September 11 show the weakness of his arguments," Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leader, said. "He is willing to exploit the sacred ground of 9/11, knowing that there is no connection between 9/11 and the war in Iraq."

Opinion polling conducted this week by USA Today, CNN and Gallup found for the first time that a majority of Americans, 50% to 47%, see the Iraqi war as something separate from what Bush is calling the "global war against terrorism."

The speech comes as more bad news regarding the Iraq War, amid rising IraqI War casualties (1,740 killed, 13,000 wounded), and damaging testimony to the U.S. Congress about Halliburton fraud in Iraq, and the Downing Street Memo. In addition, vice-president Dick Cheney's claim that the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes" was contradicted in Senate testimony by General John Abizaid, who said "In terms of comparison from six months ago, in terms of foreign fighters, I believe there are more foreign fighters coming into Iraq than there were six months ago."

In his speech, Bush discussed the question of setting a timeline for withdrawal of troops, or sending more troops. "Some Americans ask me, if completing the mission is so important, why don't you send more troops? If our commanders on the ground say we need more troops, I will send them. But our commanders tell me they have the number of troops they need to do their job," Bush said. US Commanders have previously commented on the problems caused by lack of coverage at the Syrian border.

The president said the war effort is a two-pronged strategy using military and political pressure to install, "a free, representative government [in Iraq] that is an ally in the war on terror." The U.S. and multi-national Iraqi military coalition goal is an offensive campaign to take the fight to terrorists and insurgents in the region. The elimination of Saddam Hussien was a necessary step to build, "institutions of a free society, a society based on freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and equal justice under law." Bush cited the free national elections held in January and the establishment of a Transitional National Assembly as progress on the political front, and now calls for the drafting of a constitution with the involvement of Shia, Kurds and Sunni groups.

The speech was received by the usually spirited troops in an atmosphere of quiet that only once interrupted his speech with polite applause near the end when Bush said: "So we'll fight them there, we'll fight them across the world, and we will stay in the fight until the fight is won."