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Talk:A leak at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility on Cumbrian coast, England

That should be nuclear WASTE leak, not nuclear FUEL leak. I don't know how to edit the headline.
 * Damned good point! Thanks for pointing that out. You can move an article by clicking the 'move' tab at the top. But if you do that to an article that's been listed on Latest news on the Main Page, be sure to go to the Article Workspace, then down to Today's news, and use the link to edit the name of the article there too. Dan100 (Talk) 15:41, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Half a swimming pool?
Someone needs to check their maths! A cubic metre of water weighs one tonne, so two tonnes are needed to fill a pool 2 metres deep and one square metre in surface area. So a pool measuring 5 x 2 metres would contain 20 tons of water, and an Olympic Pool is much more than 5 x 2 metres.

 * Good point. You can edit any page by clicking the 'edit' tab at the top. Dan100 (Talk) 12:55, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

 * The article speaks of nuclear fuel dissolved in nitric acid, and says the mixture contains about 20 tonnes of uranium and plutonium, which I take to mean excluding the acid itself. Deadlock 16:34, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Old News?
I was surprised to not find this story on the BBC News web site, but then found it had been reported back on April 23rd. Is this just the Guardian being slow? Deadlock 16:38, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I think what the Guardian (and possibly the Times) did was get their hands on a government briefing memo, which had a lot more info about the leak. Dan100 (Talk) 16:40, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. The BBC report is rather sparse; perhaps they will do a follow up now. Deadlock 16:46, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Plutonium "waste"?
Reportedly, the leaked material consists of U (mainly -238) and a considerable amount of Pu-239. This raises several questions. 1) Was the plutonium intended to be scrapped or was it to be recovered and used for fuel or weapons? In the latter case, the term "waste" would be inappropriate. 2) Is there risk of a substantial quantity of Pu-239 being converted to Pu-240 during what will be its prolonged contact with the uranium? 3) Although the stainless steel of the containment vessel will not react with the nitric acid, can the plutonium gradually weaken the container and eventually cause a leak? 4) I could not find any mention of the Sellafield accident in a Web-based search of US news media. Is this an oddity worth mentioning in the Sellafield article in Wikipedia? Mpulier 02:40, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Very good point. Actually the leak consisted of spent nuclear fuel in process of being made into new fuel (MOX), so it's neither fuel nor waste. I don't think that any such incident (no damage or danger to people, or environment, just a problem in the process) is worth mentioning in an encyclopedia article since it's clear without mentioning that all industrial processes face problems from time to time. --Tungsten 1 July 2005 12:26 (UTC)

Typo
"wether" => "whether" Van der Hoorn (talk) 12:40, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Sken   my talk 20:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Possible consequences
If you dissolve a metal in Nitric acid, This typically leads to a solution of the metal Nitrate. In this instance, presumably Uranyl Nitrate and Plutonium nitrate. Possibly with other materials such as radioactive caesium in the mix. Fortunately Uranium is pretty electro-positive so accidentally dropping, say, an aluminium ladder in the mix wouldn't precipitate uranium or plutonium metal (which would otherwise lead to regions of fission). Can anyone comment on whether many tons of uranyl Nitrate salt solution may concentrate by evaporation to a point where a homogenous reactor is formed, leading to a worse than chernobyl-style melt-down and boil-off of radionucleides?


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US VX nerve gas disposal test a success

May 9, 2005

Workers at Newport Chemical Depot in Indiana have completed a successful test-run of a chemical reactor designed to dispose of Cold War stockpiles of VX nerve agent.

After encountering initial difficulties when the temperature in the reactor grew too high, workers were able to adjust the speed of the device. 180 gallons of VX and water were turned into a caustic but far less lethal compound, that can be further reprocessed into an inert substance.

A residue of 14 parts VX per billion remained; the Army's eventual goal is less than 20 parts. One drop of VX can kill a grown man.

The conversion of the VX stockpiled at the facility is projected to take two years. Then the drain cleaner-like waste product with its small residue of VX will need to be sent to another facility for reprocessing into a safer, biodegradable compound.

A controversial plan has Dupont doing the reprocessing at their facility in New Jersey, and dumping the compound into the nearby Delaware River.

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The annual Flower Festival celebrating the Birth of Buddha on Sunday, May 26, 2002 occurred at the Grafton Peace Pagoda this Sunday in Grafton, New York.

A nun of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist sect, Jun-san Yasuda, organized the Flower Festival. The two-hour ceremony, including chanting, peace speeches, and singing, was conducted by monks and peace walkers. Several hundred attendees joined in bathing the baby Buddha in sweet medicinal tea.

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Emiliano De Laurentiis is a producer who has been developing and publishing interactive learning environments for over 20 years. He has advanced degrees in psychology, cognitive science, and education and has substantial experience in management and electronic publishing.

In the early ‘80s Emiliano was the founder and CEO of Arrakis Technologies, Inc., one of the pioneers in educational software. Twenty-five of Arrakis’ educational software were published by Prentice-Hall, Inc.

In the mid-80s Emiliano developed and published some of the early expert systems, using Artificial Intelligence technologies to interactively solve problems.

He later provided consulting and editorial support for Simon and Schuster Software before he formed Lifelong.com, an online educational publisher of K-12 content.

Lifelong.com became very popular with schools and achieved up to a million hits a month. Its proprietary technology has since been licensed to the Chinese Department of Education who uses it to deliver adaptive educational content.

Emiliano’s educational Web sites have won numerous awards, including being a semifinalist to the prestigious National Information Infrastructure Awards, the Lycos “Top Five Percent of all Web sites” and the Exploratorium “Top Ten Cool Sites.”

He is currently president of Knowledge Environments, Inc., a company focused on the development and publication of interactive, online, knowledge systems. Knowledge Environments has developed environmental education programs funded by The Fish and Wildlife Foundation, ALCOA, Lyndhurst Foundation, Disney Foundation, the American Chestnut Foundation, Trust for Wildlife, and others, as well as exhibits and a film documentary for the Covered Bridge Museum in Vermont.

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Talk:US VX nerve gas disposal test a success

I thought it was going to be dumped in the Delaware river, not the Hudson. What happened? Thanx 68.39.174.150 19:12, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I remember that... it was very unpleasing news (I live in New Jersey). I was glad when the state intervened and put an end to it. Shame they had to dump it in a river I'm actually closer to. Argh. —     18:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I was careless. I fixed it. --69.245.192.52 19:31, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Who wrote this thing?!?! It is not VX Nerve Gas it is VX Nerve AGENT..It is not a gas it is a liquid...I promise! It even says nerve agent in your sources.
 * Fixed. —     18:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Soldiers sue U.S. government over 'stop-loss' policy/archive1

The article says:

''Although an all-volunteer force, troops who enlist in the United States military have an minimum eight-year obligation to serve, regardless of the length of the active-duty term the enlistee chooses. As a result, many soldiers and officers who served less than eight years on active duty are now being recalled.''

Where is this information from? There is more to it that that. It is affecting people who have served their 8 year obligation. 60 Minutes did a piece on this:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/03/60minutes/main658994.shtml ''Like many Army officers, Mary signed up for eight years -- four years active duty, and four years in the Ready Reserves. She received her discharge certificate in 1998, but she was called up this past June to serve as a transportation officer...What Mary didn’t realize is that, as an officer, she remained in the Ready Reserve -- even after her eight years were through -- because she hadn’t resigned her commission as an officer.''

TalkHard 01:27, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I added a reference that details the terms of service. As to the points you make above it seems the military is taking advantage of a loophole that says Officers need to resign to be effectively out. I read that during my research somewhere, but it seems many officers weren't aware of it. So, they are still technically part of the military, and are effectively screwed now, by not having resigned when they quit. Maybe another article here... jkrusky 06:18, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * It looks like the 60 minutes thing does not have to do with the stop-loss lawsuit. But I looked into the issue more and there are still problems with the article. I detail them below. - TalkHard 11:12, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Since there were no apparent objections, I designated this article as reviewed and posted it to Latest News. I was really impressed with the development of this article and the contributions of everyone that participated. jkrusky 10:15, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Except that I don't think my previous objection was addressed adequately and was in the middle of writing more info about the problem when the article was published. I looked into more and believe there are still problems with the article. Most notably, the paragraph describing the stop-loss is misinformed. From what I found out, it seems that stop-loss has nothing to do with recalling soldiers who haven't served their 8 years (while this may be happening, it is not what stop-loss or the lawsuit is about). It has to do with keeping soldiers who are already there for longer than they signed up for. This NY Times article does the best job explaining it. Another more minor problem I also see is the part that says, "Stop-loss orders were first issued during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, and have been widely issued since September 11, 2001," but the article referenced says nothing about stop-loss being used after 9/11. It may be true, but I think a correct reference is needed.

 * I'm not sure what to do at this point since the article is published. I don't think it's good form to remove a published article. Perhaps corrections should be added to the bottom? In the meantime, should we put up a note that the contents are disputed? - TalkHard 11:09, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Certainly I didn't mean to jump the gun. Your previous objection seemed to relate to a separate issue. I understand what you are saying. I corrected the one reference that refers to stop-loss orders after 9/11. Plus, I added another that should address your concern about recalling soldiers who haven't served their eight years. I quote an article from the Chicago Tribune (added to References for the article).

 * The Pentagon issued its latest stop-loss order in June, forcing thousands of men and women to stay in the military and requiring many to return to combat duty well beyond their agreed-upon period of active service.

I am in the process of putting the article back into peer review so your concerns can be adequately addressed, if they have not been so already. jkrusky 11:32, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I think there's still a problem with the paragraph describing stop-loss, and that it needs to be completely reworked. It gives the idea that stop loss has to do with recalling people who haven't served their full 8 years. It says, "Troops who enlist in the all-volunteer United States military have an minimum eight-year obligation to serve, regardless of the length of the active duty term enlistees choose [3]. As a result, many soldiers and officers who served less than eight years on active duty are now being recalled[4]." But link 3 has nothing to do with stop-loss, and link 4 has to do with someone who has served more than 8 years. Stop loss has to has to do with keeping soldiers for longer than they signed up for, even those that served longer than 8 years. I'll try to rework the paragraph to a better description of what stop-loss is. - TalkHard 12:24, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Okay, how does it look? I removed almost all of the offending paragraph, and added a little info about stop-loss elsewhere. Everything looks fine to me now. - TalkHard 13:07, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I frankly think it has been watered down and is less compelling. By removing and modifying the "offending" paragraph you have removed valuable, accurate information. I had referenced another source that also claims that the stop-loss orders refer to persons not on active duty, but still within the contracted time period, also called the Ready Reserve. Perhaps George Bush will convince you that that the information contained in the paragraph is accurate.

 * Sec. 1. To provide additional authority to the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation to respond to the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States, the authority under title 10, United States Code, to order any unit, and any member of the Ready Reserve not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, in the Ready Reserve to active duty for not more than 24 consecutive months, is invoked and made available, according to its terms, to the Secretary concerned,

 * Sec. 5. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby designated and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action by the President, to exercise the authority vested in sections 331, 359, and 367 of title 14, United States Code, when the Coast Guard is not serving as part of the Navy, as invoked by section 2 of this order, to recall any regular officer or enlisted member on the retired list to active duty and to detain any enlisted member beyond the term of his or her enlistment.

 * As to your claim that link 3 has nothing to do with stop-loss in this verion of the article, it's not surprising as the reference is in support of the details on military enlistment terms, and was added there to satisfy one of your earlier concerns. Regarding your concern about link 4 addressing someone that served more than eight years, that is partially correct. However, if you read the entire article you would have come across this:

 * The latest stop-loss order was bolstered by a separate decision to recall 5,600 members of the 111,000-strong Individual Ready Reserve, soldiers who, like Exum, have completed their specified period of active duty but remain on reserve status until their contractual commitment is completed.

 * Which is just one of numerous similar references that can be found if you spend three minutes on Google.

 * So, as fun as this review process is, it does get a little tedious refuting claims of inaccuracy arising from baseless supposition. I intend to roll-back your changes to the article as you have not provided any meaningful objections. And, since four other editors have contributed to the article without voicing any objections, I will re-tag this article as reviewed and consider the matter closed.

 * You can post further objections here, but I will allow someone else to take their turn responding to them. jkrusky 18:40, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unbelievable. Did you read a word I wrote? I wasn't doubting the factual accuracy of the lines. Just the fact that they have nothing to do with stop-loss or the lawsuit. The quote you provide proves this: "The latest stop-loss order was bolstered by a separate decision to recall 5,600 members of the 111,000-strong Individual Ready Reserve". But you decide to remove info describing what stop-loss is to replace it with info that has nothing to do with what this lawsuit is about? If you wanted to include the info you should have made it clear that it is a separate issue not related to this lawsuit.

BTW, agree that resolving disputes is tedious. I did not want to spend hours last night dealing with someone else's sloppiness. But it would go a little smoother if you bothered to read the objection in the first place. Better yet, if you're doing an article on stop-loss, you might want to actually figure out what it is. - TalkHard 23:58, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I added text on the top noting there is a dispute until this is resolved. Maybe you don't think it's a big deal. But I have a problem with an article on stop-loss confusing what it actually is. We're here to inform people, not confuse them. - TalkHard 00:15, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Also I reverted 119's changes, since they were made after publication, and made no note that changes were made to the article. - TalkHard 00:46, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * "Publication" hardly exists right now and the policy is optional. Reverting. 119 01:20, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I'm not going to get into an edit war, so I'm asking you to change it back. I find it completely unprofessional to quietly change the contents of an article after it is published. And yes, putting the reviewed tag on the article and sticking it on the front page equates to publishing it. It also states on the reviewed template to, "clearly denote any updates you make at the bottom." You do not do this. Furthermore, I do not feel your changes do much to clarify the article, as there is still info about stop-loss and the Ready Reserve program intermingled with one another. - TalkHard 01:29, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * You removed information that explains the relevance of the IRR to stop-loss but added a paragraph on '60s IRR members being recalled? How is that information relevant or your policy consistent? The information I added was factual and explains why these soldiers who are suing have been recalled and their tours of duty extended. I invite others to see  the diff. 119 05:31, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * There is nothing I see that explains the relevance of the IRR to stop-loss. They are two separate policies. I'm reverting back. As it is now, there is no clear description of what stop-loss is, and it sounds like IRR has something to do with stop-loss. If you want to add info about the IRR, it should probably be added at the end of the article, or in some way that makes it clear the the IRR has nothing to do with the lawsuit. - TalkHard 05:50, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Besides your stubborn assertion that 119 and I are wrong- despite the numerous references we have provided that are contrary to your opinion, what information can you point to that supports your position that IRR call-ups are not covered under the Stop-Loss program, and not part of the lawsuit? jkrusky 06:18, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I believe I thoroughly demonstrate these things in my comments below. - TalkHard 09:07, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

So anyway, I would like to put back the changes I made. The info about recalling soldiers should be added to the end of the article, as it is unrelated to the lawsuit. Can we agree on this? - TalkHard 01:07, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I disagree. Publishing an article with misleading info, then putting in back into review, then publishing it again while ignoring objections is not Wikinews at its finest. The matter is not closed. If you don't provide feedback I will make the changes without your input. - TalkHard 01:10, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Umm, why are you writing this crap on my User page? That's what the article's Talk Page is for. At a minimum, send me a message.

 * You offer nothing but vague, unsupported assertions that somehow stop-loss doesn't apply to the IRR, and that IRR call-up and stop-loss are two separate programs. Thus, we are doing a disservice to our readers by misleading them. You have not offered any proof, and yet we are all supposed to defer to your judgement? As I said before, three minutes on Google could clear up your confusion. All the previous references I sent you on how stop-loss affects the IRR have not sunk in, so here's another one:
 * 3. RESERVE STOP LOSS APPLICABILITY.  STOP LOSS IS APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE READY ESERVE (SMCR, IMA, IRR, AND AR) AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE RETIRED RESERVE INVOLUNTARILY RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY. MARINES IN THESE CATEGORIES ARE SUBJECT TO STOP LOSS UNLESS THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED BY THIS MARADMIN OR THE FIRST GENERAL OFFICER IN THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND

 * Pardon the all-caps, but apparently that's how Marine's like to write.

 * If you want to add more information to the article on stop-loss, go right ahead. Just don't write from an uninformed point of view. And kindly stop badgering me. Especially as I didn't even write the paragraph in contention, but began by just mentioning stop-loss relating to those on active duty. jkrusky 02:50, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * You are still not reading what I write. You say: "You offer nothing but vague, unsupported assertions that somehow stop-loss doesn't apply to the IRR." No I did not say this. Then you say: "and that IRR call-up and stop-loss are two separate programs." Yes, this is what I am saying. And again, from your own quote: "The latest stop-loss order was bolstered by a separate decision to recall 5,600 members of the 111,000-strong Individual Ready Reserve." Do you understand that there are two separate things that are going on. There is the stop-loss, which keeps people who are serving longer than their enlistment date, then there is the IRR call up, which is not the same thing. The lawsuit is about the stop-loss, not the IRR call up. - TalkHard 03:40, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I reverted back to the changes I made last night, and added a line at the end about the IRR recall. If you would like to add additional info, you may do so, but if you just revert, then so will I. If the changes I made look okay, then say so so the tag on top can be removed. - TalkHard 04:58, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I like 119's version better, as it is more informative.

 * I continue to contend that the assertions made in the Correction is inaccurate. The information in this article, (as listed in the References) explicity claims that IRR call-ups and extensions of active-duty terms are two seperate processes under the Stop-Loss program.

 * "The Bush administration contends that Executive Order 13223 of September 14, 2001, gives it the authority to implement what is known as the "Stop Loss" program."

 * The lawsuit charges that the Stop Loss program is invalid because it is "unrelated to and exceeds the scope and purpose of the executive order under which the Stop Loss order has been promulgated.

 * "Executive Order 13223 states that the Secretary of Defense can order the Ready Reserve of the armed forces to active duty if necessary"

And, as the article states, it IS part of the lawsuit. jkrusky 05:54, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Except that's a different lawsuit. Also the article does not say the IRR call ups have anything to do with stop-loss. The reality is that "Executive Order 13223" contains provisions for both stop-loss and IRR call-up. You even quote the relevant sections from this order. Section 1 is about IRR call-up, Section 5 is about stop-loss. And from another link provided in the article: "WHAT IS STOP LOSS? Stop Loss is a short-term policy that stabilizes Marines in their current assignment by preventing them from leaving the Corps at the end of their service."  That is what stop loss is. Where does it say anything about IRR call up being part of stop-loss? I mean, do you understand why it's called stop-loss? It's evident from the name stop-loss that it has to do with stopping the loss of soldiers, not adding new ones.

 * Finally the line added now by 119 contains further misinformation. It implies that John Doe 7 is suing because he was recalled in the IRR call up. But he's not even in the Reserves. From the actual text of the lawsuit: "Plaintiff John Doe 7 is a member of the Army National Guard with an ETS (Expiration of Term of Service) date in April 2005. However, he has been ordered to active duty and informed that he should expect that duty to last up to a year and a half." (p. 3) First of all, he's not even in the reserves. Second, he's suing because he was told he will have to stay past April 2005.

 * Look at the text of the lawsuit for the others as well. None of them are suing because of the IRR call up. In fact, as far as I can tell, none of them are even in the Reserves. I'm reverting, and adding a link to the text of the lawsuit (which I should have been there a long time ago). - TalkHard 08:45, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oh great. Even more problems with the article. It confuses the two lawsuits as well. The part starting with "Joshua Sondheimer, an attorney..." and the quote regarding Executive Order 13223 is all about a different lawsuit. It looks like it will all have to be removed. Agreed? - TalkHard 08:59, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

is it in dispute, or factualy acurate?
Shurly it cant be both "in dispute" AND a "Reviewed article"??? One or the other, please.

 * It can if was poorly reviewed. - TalkHard

I am removing the disputed tag. It appears to no longer be disputed. - Amgine 21:27, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I removed a couple paragraphs that confused this lawsuit with another one. I suppose it's okay now. Also removed the "Corrections" part since that's not a part of policy anymore. - TalkHard 01:35, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi - old news article
I want to avoid a revert war.

I understand and have read the discussion on the talk pages of the article. The article, as a news document, is historical. By editing this article you are attempting to re-write the consensus (and lack of consensus) of the time of its publishing. This appears to me to be very POV, and harmful to Wikinews as a reference. Please revert the article, and replace the disputed tag if you do not agree with the contents as they stood at that time. - Amgine 03:40, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * The two paragraphs I removed confuse the lawsuit talked about in the article with a different lawsuit. This is not my opinion, it is a fact, and easily verifiable by following article linked within them. It was also never disputed. None of the discussion on the talk page discusses this error (except my one comment at the end) because by the time I had discovered this error I think we all gave up on the article. That is why it was never fixed. Normally I would agree that it's bad form to rewrite an article after its "published", but it's even worse form to have an article with factually incorrect info. If you want a note at the end detailing the changes made, that's fine, but frankly I don't see the point since there is no policy in place any more and everyone else modifies articles after they are published also. - TalkHard 08:24, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I will revert to the previous condition and add to express your disagreement with the material as expressed by the articule when posted. - Amgine 18:38, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Lol, again, I don't "disagree" with the material. It is not my opinion or point of view. As I said, those paragraphs I removed are factully incorrect. That has never been in dispute. It is very easy for you to confirm. Click on link 6, the article in new standard news. It talks about a lawsuit filed in August by a single person. Therefore the line that says "Joshua Sondheimer, an attorney with the San Francisco-based law offices of Michael S. Sorgen, who is representing one of the plaintiffs identified as 'John Doe'" is simply wrong, as he is not one of the 8 plaintiffs in this lawsuit. I don't understand the problem in me fixing it, or why you insist on following a policy that doesn't exist. But I'll leave it like this if you insist, even though there is no dispute, as I refuse to spend any more time on this that I absolutely have to. - TalkHard 22:07, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)


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Ruling Liberals of British Columbia attack opposition in election campaign

May 10, 2005

With a less than an impressive outcome from the Leadership Debate, the ruling British Columbia Liberal Party came out with a very aggressive strategy over the weekend, stalking the campaign of rival New Democratic Party of British Columbia (NDP).

In a clear shift of tactics away from promoting their economic record as deserving a second term in office, the Gordon Campbell campaign told voters in Mission that an NDP government would be a return to the days of premier Glen Clark, who led the province during an economic downturn. "Do you really want the old Glen Clark gang back in the cabinet room?" Campbell asked a crowd of supporters.

A radio debate had all three candidates before the voters again, but without the open debate format which seemed to give Campbell difficulty in the televised debate. Working to support Green leader Adrienne Carr's attacks on NDP leader Carole James, Campbell's strategy was likely to split the more liberal voters.

James and the NDP have responded that the Liberals must be feeling nervous, or frustrated, since they've abandoned campaigning on their record in favour of a negative campaign. "I think we've struck a chord. He's trying to fight the 2001 election. I'm making sure that the voters have an opportunity to look at his record."

Background
The province of British Columbia will hold general elections May 17, 2005.

The ruling Liberal party swept into office in 2001, winning 77 of 79 legislative ridings and forming their first government since 1953. In the process they reduced the former ruling party to 2 seats, primarily on a series of leadership scandals and the FastCat Fiasco.

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Talk:Grafton, New York Peace Pagoda celebrates birth of Buddha with Flower Festival

The Grafton Peace Pagoda is one of only two peace pagodas in the United States. It is in a relatively remote area of New York State so when I first discovered its existence I was quite surprised and amazed. But the most amazing story I heard is that Jun-san, the nun who runs the pagoda, started building it with nothing more than a spoon as a digging implement. Her Buddhist sect does not permit solicitation for money, so all materials and labor had to be donated. When word got around that Jun-san was going to build a Peace Pagoda, locals and travellers, Buddhists and non-Buddhists, came to help her in her task.

I was there out of curiosity and realized that as I took upon myself the role of reporter that my own observational qualities improved. Furthermore, this was an event of global significance and I was almost sure that this would probably go unreported. Thus, I decided to use Wikinews and my own experience to try to report on this event.

Other information of note: Jun-san has walked across America three or more times to promote peace. She and others just completed a walk from one of the southern U.S. states to the United Nations. There is a planned walk for Hiroshima to Nagasaki this summer.

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 * Very nice! Great to have this! Lyellin 22:24, 9 May 2005 (UTC)


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Moldovan Prosecutor General’s Office finishes investigation regarding Valeriu Pasat

May 10, 2005

Prosecutors are investigating Valeriu Pasat, a former Moldovan Defense Minister and current adviser to the Chief of Unified Energy Systems of Russia, for reported sales of Moldovan military equipment for personal gain.

Pasat is being held regarding two charges. The first involves illegal sales of multiple missile launchers to the firm Joy Slovakia, and the second regarding the sale of 21 MiG-29 jets to the United States in 1997. The first deal is reported to have cost Moldova US$1.8 million, with the second costing $53 million.

Pasat's lawyer Gheorghe Amihalachioae stated that Pasat had been given the materials for his criminal case to read. Pasat was summoned to the court, but refused to give testimony, instead stating that Moldovan authorities made up the charges against him for their own political gain.

If Pasat is found guilty on both charges, he could face from five to 12 years in prison.


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Craigslist founder ponders open journalism

May 10, 2005

Craig Newmark, the founder of craigslist.org, is fascinated with the idea of community journalism.

According to the Associated Press, Newmark is interested in an 'open source' approach to journalism, allowing a huge team of volunteer journalists to stand up to their mainstream counterparts. By acting as news gatherers, writers, and desk editors, Newmark envisions the rise of a regularly updated "trustworthy" outlet that can inform voters ahead of the United States midterm elections in 2006.

Although plans are currently only on the horizon, Newmark has discussed project ideas with Dan Gillmor, a former technology columnist at the San Jose Mercury News and founder of Grassroots Media Inc., and Jeff Jarvis, a former critic for TV Guide and People. Newmark explained: "People are looking for attitude and guts in reporting not full-on gonzo journalism, but hey, tell us what you think."

The collaborative approach to news reporting that Newmark describes is already, in one way, very much alive today in the form of Wikinews: volunteer writers from around the globe can contribute articles, gather news, fact check and review each other's work. A spokesperson for craigslist confirmed that Newmark is "very familiar" with Wikipedia, the sister project to Wikinews.

Confirming that his advisers had been in contact with the Wikimedia Foundation, Newmark himself told us earlier today: "I'm very aware of Wikinews, and I really like the idea."


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Denunciations of Scandals Threaten UN

April 19, 2005 Denunciations of corruption, bribe, collection of bribes from refugees and of sexual scandal involving the peacekeepers,  threaten the Organization of the United Nations (UN).

The gravest denunciations involve the aid project to Iraq, called Oil-for-Food. Grave denunciations of bribe exist, superfluous accounting and collaboration with the ex-dictator Saddam Hussein, against staff of the UN, companies and politicians of several countries. Even the secretary of the UN, Kofi Annan was suspicious of participation in the plan of corruption. And also grave doubts still hover about his son, Kojo Annan.

The gravity of the denunciations threatens not only the credibility of the UN, but its existence.

Secretary Kofi Annan said that he is going to promote reforms in the organization.

The Oil-for-Food Program
[[Image:Rice on a plate.jpg|right|250px|thumb| How Oil-for-Food should have functioned

— Money from sales of Iraqi oil were deposited in an account, inaccessible by the government of Saddam Hussein.

—Part of the money was used for invading Kuwait, another part was used to cover the expenses of coalition forces and the UN.

— The money that remained stayed available in the bill. The government of the Iraq could use that money for buy sustenances, medicines and others property that went important for the Iraqi civil population.

— The merchandise chosen by the government of Saddam should be analyzed. If some of them went considerada as of military use, to be discarded. Merchandise approved soon were sent for the Iraq.]] The The Oil-for-Food Program was established by the Organization of the United Nations in 1996 for permit that the Iraq sold oil for the world market in change of food, medicines and others humane worthy supplies.

The declared intention of the program was to help the Iraqi government guarantee the basic needs of the common Iraqi citizens, injured by imposed, international economic sanctions to the government in the mat of the first one Gulf War, after the Iraq invaded the Kuwait in August of 1990, however, without permission that the country reconstructed its military forces.

The Iraq refused the program in the beginning but afterwards signed a memo in May of 1996 for its implementation. It programs him By By began in October of 1997, and the first delivers arrived in March of 1998.

It programs By By used a trustee deposit system, by which the money of the sale of the oil of the Iraq I to be paid by the buyer in a not accessible bill straightly by the Iraqi government. Of this money, a part served for pay indenizações by mischief caused to the Kuwait, and another one breaks era for help in the payment of the expense of the forces of the coalition and others expense of the United Nation with the Iraq. The remaining money remained in the bill.

The Iraqi government had permission of buy merchandise that were not prohibited by the program and debit the corresponding values of that bill. The purchase of certain itens, as alimentary kinds, to be rushed, and the corresponding merchandise attended to immediately. Most of the itens, inclusive simple things as pencil and acid fólico, to be investigated, in a trial that typically led around six months, before of him I am going to be permitted. The itens considerados as subject to application in biological, chemical weapons, and nuclear, as well as itens whose delivers to would lead a long time, were refused, does not import to justificativa given for her requests.

Approximately 60 percent of the 26 millions of inhabitants of the Iraq depended only of the feeds of sustenance of him programs By By. Provisions in the value moved closer to $27 billion destined for humane help were entregues to the Iraq.

More of OR$65 billions in Iraqi oil were sold in the world market. Around US$46 billions were used for guarantee the humane needs of the Iraqis, with food, medicines and others itens of humane help. A total of 25 percent, from December of 2000, was spent with the repairs by the War of the Gulf by means of a bottom of compensation; 2,2 percent were operational and administrative expense of the United Nations with the program; and 0.8 percent were expense with the weapons inspection program.

A short while before of the United States of the America and the British forces will invade the Iraq, the Secretary of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, suspended the program and evacuated more of 300 staffs that controlled the distribution of the provisions.

In the day 28 of March of 2003, the Secretary Annan, the United States of the America, and the Great Britain asked to the Advice Nations of the United Nations for assure that approximately US$10 billions in merchandise for the Iraq, that already had been ordered and approved, including US$2,4 billions in food, could be introduced in the country when the conditions permitted. Others US$2,1 millions would be left for cover other needs of emergency of the civil Iraqis.

The authorities of the UN estimate that 350 thousand refugees would be benefited, with property that would go since tents for shelter, to sustenances. The resolution in argument cleared that the main responsibility by the humane consequences of the war would fall under the United States of the America and Great Britain, case they took the control of the country, second the Wednesday Convention of Genebra of 1949, about the responsibilities of the forces of occupation.

The program formally enclosed his activities in 21 of November of 2003, and most of the deep was put under the control of the Coalition of Provisional Authority.

Many they supported the program of intentions alegadamente humane, in the hope of that he of fact helped the Iraqis. Some other persons criticked the program, in private after the fall of the regimen of Saddam Hussein, under the argument of that Saddam took advantage of the profits obtained by the sale of oil for maintain itself através of a plan of corruption that implicava staffs of several governments and of the UN.

France, Russia and China defended the expansion of the program.

Reclamações
Entre as orientações do programa, estava uma que dizia que as receitas da venda do petróleo deveriam ser divididas de modo a proteger as regiões predominantemente curdas do Iraque. Contudo, os curdos queixaram-se, desde a data de início do programa, de que  eles não recebiam essas receitas adequadamente.

Houve alegações de que o escritório no Cairo da Organização Mundial da Saúde, foi dirigido por um indivíduo que supostamente recebeu contratos de venda de petróleo, para em troca,   paralisar a construção de um novo hospital geral para a cidade curda de Sulaymaniyah, embora  os fundos para a construção desse hospital estivessem disponíveis desde 1988.

A partir de Abril de 2004, o programa começou a ser  alvo de acusações dos círculos conservadores norte-americanos, de que parte do dinheiro era ilegalmente desviada para o governo iraquiano. Foram feitas acusações de que parte do dinheiro era usada para subornar funcionários da ONU e até mesmo o secretário-geral Kofi Annan.

Segundo o relatório liberado no dia 3 de Fevereiro de 2005, pela comissão de investigação liderada por Paul Volckers, o ex-presidente do Fed, Banco Central dos EUA, a maior parte dos alimentos fornecidos pelo programa "era inadequada para o consumo humano". Peter van Walsum, atualmente embaixador aposentado dos Países Baixos para as Nações Unidas e presidente do comitê de sanções do Iraque 1999-2000, especulou num livro recente que o Iraque deliberadamente dividiu o conselho de segurança concedendo contratos à França, Rússia, e  China,  mas não ao Reino Unido e aos Estados Unidos da América. Ele também afirmou que ele encontrou um número de casos nos quais sentia que a falta da cooperação iraquiana tinha o objetivo propositado de exacerbar o sofrimento da sua própria gente. Ele também disse que, em  sua opinião,  as sanções não eram uma alternativa  eficaz.

Benon Sevan, do Chipre, comandou o programa Petróleo-por-comida, e com convicção o defendeu. Ele disse que  o programa teve só um custo administrativo de 2,2 %,  que passou por mais de 100 revisões (internas e externas), e culpou as restrições do Conselho de Segurança por ter dificultado a situação. Ele também disse que 90 % da população de Iraque confiava no programa de entrega mensal da cesta de alimentos.

Al-Mada
On January 25, 2004, Al-Mada, a daily newspaper of the Iraq, published a list of 270 individuals and organizations of several countries that would have received contracts of sale of oil by intermediary of the Oil-for-Food Program of the UN. The list based itself in more of 15,000 documents that supposedly were found in the corporation of Iraqi state-owned oil, to which had connections with the Department of the Oil of Iraq.

The Department of the Oil headed by ally Ahmed Chalabi, ex-member of the advice of government, that had been in the past widely critiqued until by his ex-apoiadores, by supply to the U.S.A. false information during the war. The possible envolvement of Chalabi and to not possibility of corroborate the evidences put in doubt the accuracy of the list al-Mada.

In the list of beneficiários of the al-Mada were the member of the British parliament, George Galloway, and to his entity of charity, the Bottom of Mariam; the ex-minister of the French interior Charles Pasqua, and the sheikh al-Kaffaji, a man of Iraqi business, that contributed with OR$400 thousand for produce a film that discredited the researches of weapons for the ex-inspecting one of the UN Scott. Many Russian firms and important individuals also were included in the list of the al-Mada. To even the Russian Orthodox Church was supposedly implicada in the illegal commerce of oil. George Galloway subsequently earned two actions of defamation against the Christian Science Monitor and the Daily Telegraph that reportaram the accusations. Of Brazil, there were two names in the list. The first one of them was the name of a such of Fuad Sirhan, and another name was supposedly of some organization called Movement 8 of October (Chávez). Nobody of Portugal appears in the list.

They appear in the list the names of the chief executive (I DINE), Patrick Maugein, of the company I Punch International, that supposedly is enough connected to the French president Jacques Chirac; of the French ex-ambassador for the UN, Jean-Bernard; and the name president of the Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri.

In an interview for the Financial Teams, the sheikh al-Kaffaji, that appears in the list, admitted that received and sold contratos of Iraqi oil for the Italtech, a company of Italian oil-producing commerce, that by his time resold the oil for the company Bayoil, that stayed in Houston, in the U.S.A. Khafaji said that the ex-inspecting one of the UN Scott Ritter swims to know about those activities.

Arthur Millholland, the president of the Oilexco Ltd, whose name also appeared in the list of Al-Mada denied any envolvement in illicit activities, but admitted the accusations of that illegal surcharges were payment to the Iraqi government by contractors.

Of any form, the list of al-Mada does not mention exactly the payment of bribes to the government of the Iraq. She quotes paid bribes to individuals for that these supported the Iraqi regimen. Few they deny that in the Iraq, as in many countries of third world, bribes regularly are paid the leaderships for acquire contracts. But some they suggest that you have bribes normally would not occur in you have countries when a program in execution of the UN was involved.

Funcionanento do esquema de corrupção
Algumas companhias superfaturavam em até 10% as contas, e parte do dinheiro era desviada para as contas bancárias privadas de Saddam Hussein ou outros funcionários do regime. Parte do dinheiro ficava com as próprias companhias.

Segundo se alega, o esquema de corrupção funcionava assim:
 * 1) os contratos de petróleo  pelo programa Petróleo-por-comida eram oferecidos somente a indivíduos e organizações simpáticas ao regime iraquiano, ou somente  para aqueles que poderiam ser facilmente subornados.
 * 2) os contratos então eram  vendidos no mercado mundial  e  o vendedor podia ficar com  uma taxa da transação da venda do petróleo,  algo em torno de 0,15 a 0,50 de dólares por barril (0,94 a 3,14 dólares por metro cúbico),  segundo se calcula.
 * 3) em seguida, o vendedor  reembolsava o governo iraquiano com uma porcentagem de comissão.

Estimativas mostram que Saddam Hussein usou o programa da ONU para juntar 21 bilhões de dólares a fim de subornar políticos estrangeiros para apoiar decisões contrárias aos EUA e financiar organizações terroristas. Pelo menos 74 milhões de dólares do programa Petróleo-por-comida foram direto para o Hamas. Há suspeitas de que parte do dinheiro tenha ido para a organização Al Qaeda.

Em Fevereiro,  depois que o nome de Benon Sevan, o diretor executivo do programa de Petróleo-por-comida, apareceu nos documentos do Ministério de Petróleo do Iraque, tornou-se evidente o possível envolvimento das Nações Unidas no caso.

Supõe-se que Sevan tenha recebido em propinas  pelo menos 11 000 000 de barris (1 700 000 m ³) de petróleo. Em dinheiro isto corresponde a cerca de 3.5 bilhões de dólares. Benon Sevan negou as acusações.

As investigações
Em 2000, Dileep Nair, vice-secretário-geral e diretor do gabinete que investiga os casos de ilegalidades na ONU, desejou determinar a vulnerabilidade do programa. Benon Sevan, chefe do programa Petróleo-por-comida,  e  a subsecretária-geral   Louise Frechette rejeitaram toda e qualquer investigação sob a alegação de que ela seria muito cara e que não valeria a pena.

Enquanto Benon Sevan esteve na chefia do Petróleo-por-comida, ele rejeitou os esforços para rever e investigar o programa. Ele rencomendou o seu pessoal que as reclamações sobre pagamentos ilegais deviam ser formalmente arquivadas com o país do reclamente, e que devia ser permitido  ao Iraque  barrar qualquer denúncia.

Investigation of Charles Duelfer for the Central Intelligence Agency
On September 30, 2004, the report of special counselor Charles Duelfer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), was released. The report described the impact of the Oil-for-Food Program on the regime of Saddam Hussein:

 * The introduction of the Oil-for-Food Program in 1996 was key step in the turnaround of the regime. It rescued the economy of Baghdad of a decline terminal created by the sanctions.  The regime quickly perceived that the program would be able to to be corrupted in order to acquire change foreigner so much for mine the sanctions, as much as for supply the meanses for improve to infrastructure of double utility and the development of potential weapons of mass destruction in batter.  [volume I, page 1]

Second the report of Charles Duelfer, Saddam received an estimated of $1.7 billion, outside of the control of the UN, between 1997 and 2003. Duelfer also said it's possible that Benon Sevan has received bribes of the plan with the oil.

Text of the Report by Charles Duelfer

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GAO Investigation
After the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the victory of the Coalition over the Iraqi army, The General Accounting Office (GAO) — General Office of American Accounting — had the task of finalize all the contratos related upon programming By By, after the fall of the Iraqi regimen. Was responsibility of him also track the fortunes of all of the ex members of the government of the Iraq. During this task, the General Office found you fail in the program that permitted the existence of bribes and other forms of help for Saddam Hussein. He calculates that the regimen of Saddam Hussein generated $10.1 billion in illegal prescriptions. This number I included $5.7 billion of contrabando of oil and $4.4 billion in illicit surcharges about sales of oil and shipments powders-sell about fornecedores.

More latter to scale of the fraud revealed be been much more extensive than the General Office of American Accounting intially had calculated. A study of Department of the Defense of the U.S.A., cited by the General Office, evaluated 759 contratos administered by the Oil-for-Food program and concluded that barely half had been fabricated, by a margin of 21 percent.

It can be well-read in the summary of the report of the General Office of American Accounting: :''Tanto the secretary of the UN, através of the office of the as much as Iraqi program the Advice of Security, através of his committee of sanctions to the Iraq, were responsible by supervise programs him By By. However, the Iraqi government negotiated straightly contratos with buyers of Iraqi oil and fornecedores of commodities, what may have been an important factor that permitted to the Iraq charge illegal surcharges and commissions.''

Before of staffs of the United Nations will have promised full cooperation with the inquiry from the of the General Office of American Accounting, Joseph A. The Christoff, director of international business and commerce of the GAO, said that auditores of the UN had refused it liberate the internal audits of him programs By By.

Benon Sevan, leader of programs By By, with support of Kofi Annan, wrote letters for all of the ex contractors of programs By By asking that consulted Sevan before of liberate any documents for of the General Office of American Accounting, or panels of inquiry of the Congress of the United States of the America.

By all his history, the program received complaints of that he was necessary be clearer and claims of companies about revelations of private information.

The UN denied all petitions deeds by the General Office of American Accounting for obtain access to confidential internal audits of him programs By By.

While tried to decide to complexity of the Oil-for-Food program, in an article for the periodic one The New York Teams, to journalist investigativa Claudia Rosett, of the Foundation in Defense of the Democracy (Foundation will go the Defense of Democracies) and of the Institute Hudson, uncovered that details of I hire of the UN, as the identities of the contractors of programs By By, the price, the quantity and quality That were received were confidential information. The banking extracts, the payments performed and the transactions also were maintained in secret.

"That money [of the Oil-for-Food program] was in secret, devious for you count banking illicit, outside of the Iraq and bingo: Saddam had access to the money of outside of the country, despite of the sanctions", said Rosset in interview for the Foundation in Defense of the Democracy and for a collaborator of the Fox News.

Rosett harshly was criticked by Dennis Halliday, that of 1997 to 1998 coordinated the humane help of the UN for the Iraq, and Benon Sevan. Both they affirmed that many of the statements of Rossett were incorrect, as to that says that programs By By financed the approval of an Olympic stadium, or to that affirms that the responsibility by several questions of the program differ from resolutions of the UN.

The House Committee on International Relations investigated the Oil-for-Food program and uncovered that between 15 million and 25 million dollars in cash of the program was used by Sabah Yassen, ex-ambassador to Iraq for Jordan, in order to pay the Palestinian families of suicidal terrorists. From September of 2000 up to the invasion of the Iraq, the families of Palestinians dead or injured in the conflict with Israel (including the 117 responsible for suicidal attacks against Israel) received more of $35 millions.

As investigações do conselho de governo iraquiano
O conselho de governo iraquiano selecionou a empresa internacional de auditoria KPMG e a firma especializada em direito de empresas internacionais Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer  para investigar as alegações do jornal al-Mada. Ambas deveriam ter divulgado suas conclusões em Maio de 2004. Todavia, em Junho de 2004, a KPMG parou de trabalhar no projeto por falta de pagamento do conselho do governo iraquiano.

Os Estados Unidos da América criticaram duramente a investigação da KPMG liderada por sócios de Ahmed Chalabi, e acusaram-no de sabotar a investigação principal iniciada por Paul Bremer. Aquela investigação foi liderada pelo chefe do Conselho Supremo de Auditores Independentes do Iraque, Ehsan Karim, com a ajuda da Ernst & Young. Em Junho de 2004, a investigação de Karim concordou em compartilhar informações com a comissão montada por Volcker. Entretanto, em 1 de Julho de 2004, Karim foi assassinado por uma bomba magnética colocada em seu carro.

Claude Hankes-Drielsma, um britânico amigo de longa-data de Ahmed Chalabi foi escolhido pelo conselho do governo iraquiano para coordenar as investigações do programa Petróleo-por-comida. Drielsma testemunhou perante o Congresso dos EUA em 21 de Abril de 2004 e disse que a investigação conduzida pela KPMG esperava provar a clara ligação entre aqueles países que estavam prontos a fornecer apoio ao regime de Saddam Hussein em troca de benefícios financeiros, às custas do povo iraquiano, e aqueles que se opuseram às aplicações das sanções contra o Iraque e deposição de Saddam. Ele também testemunho que Chalabi estava no comando das investigações para o conselho do governo iraquiano.

No final de Maio de 2004, no mesmo dia em que os escritórios de Chalabi no Congresso Nacional Iraquiano eram revistados pelas forças de coalião, Drielsma alegou que um indivíduou, ou indivíduos, entraram em seu computador e apagaram todos os arquivos relacionados com a sua investigação. Ele também disse que um arquivo de backup havia sido apagado.

Quando a jornalista Claudia Rosette perguntou-lhe se ele tinha sofrido ameaças físicas também, Drielsma retrucou com sem comentários. Drielsma também foi um crítico ferrenho da recusa por parte da ONU em tornar pública as informações internas da auditoria do programa Petróleo-por-comida para o conselho de governo iraquiano.

Investigação das Nações Unidas
No dia 19 de Março de 2004, o secretário-geral de Nações Unidas,  Kofi Annan voltou atrás e disse que realizaria uma investigação completa sobre o Programa Petróleo-por-comida. Numa entrevista, o secretário-geral disse: "É altamente provável que tenha havido bastante irregularidades, mas necessitamos investigar [...] e ver quem foi o responsável". áudio

Annan porém acrescentou que a maioria das denúncias eram "ultrajantes e exageradas . Segundo ele a maior parte das críticas eram sobre questões  não relacionadas ao programa.

Apenas seis auditores internos da ONU foram inicialmente designados para fiscalizar o programa Petróleo-por-comida. As recomendações da ONU dizem  que pelo menos 12 auditores devem trabalhar na fiscalização de programas que gastam mais de 1 bilhão de dólares, como por exemplo, o Petróleo-por-comida. Mesmo assim, os auditores internos encontraram várias irregularidades, entre elas: a compra de 287 computadores por 870 mil dólares para os escritórios em Bagdá, sendo que 100 computadores estavam a mais e não teriam uso nos escritórios; gasto considerado exorbitante de 47 mil dólares com móveis para o escritório em Bagdá, pagamento anual de 500 mil dólares para o governo iraquiano para pagar por inspetores de construções, que nunca trabalharam para a ONU; compra de seis geradores de energia elétrica a diesel, mesmo sendo difícil obter  diesel  na região o que seria a um custo de 10 milhões de dólares; foram gastos uma quantia considerada exagerada de 500 mil dólares com suprimentos de inverno, como roupas,  para a população do Iraque.

Parte da auditoria interna da ONU vazou e apareceu no website mineweb.com. O relatório que vazou mostrava grandes discrepâncias entre os relatórios da empresa suíça Cotecna e os relatórios das agências da ONU,  quanto a valores de transportes para a região norte do Iraque.

Para a auditoria a Cotecna não fez nenhuma inspeção "de valor" sobre quase 1 bilhão de dólares de remessas de ajuda para o Programa Humanitário da Interagência no norte iraquiano. O responsável pelo programa, Benon Sevan,    foi   informado das descobertas da auditoria em  Dezembro de 2002.

A auditoria está disponível aqui. Seu resumo diz:
 * A conclusão total da OIO é que a gerência do contrato não foi adequada e certos regulamentos do contrato não foram seguidos. Além do mais, a incorporação de custos adicionais, tal como reabilitação de acampamentos contados em dias-homem foi uma disposição inaceitável. Também, o contrato  foi remendado antes de seu início, o que foi  impróprio. O OIP tem de fortalecer o seu gerenciamento de contratos e o Setor de Atividade de Suprimento deve assegurar que a base do pagamento é apropriada para evitar custos adicionais à organização.

Depois de ler o relatório de auditoria, o congressista americano Henry Hyde escreveu para Kofi Annan e perguntou por que "o Congresso de Estados Unidos,   responsável por  22 por cento do orçamento do ONU  e que solicitou publicamente as cópias de 55 auditorias  internas,  precisou  depender de vazamentos de meios de comunicação para ter acesso aos documentos."

Um painel independente de inquérito das Nações Unidas foi criado em abril de 2004. Foram designados para dirigir esse painel de investigação: o ex-presidente do Fed (Banco Central dos EUA) Paul Volcker;  Richard Goldstone  da África do Sul e ex-promotor do Tribunal Internacional Criminal da ex-Iugoslávia e do Tribunal Internacional de Ruanda;  e   Mark Pieth, da Suíca, especialista em finanças da Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Em 22 de abril de 2004, o Conselho de Segurança de Organização das Nações Unidas passou uma resolução unânime que endossou  o inquérito de Volcker sobre corrupção no programa Petróleo-por-comida para o Iraque e pediu a colaboração dos  191 estados membros.

Last reports so far
On a initial report of 219 pages, the commission of Volcker registers that Benon Sevan used his position to make and receive request of Iraqi oil during the years that he supervised the program.

Internal documents of SOMO (Iraq 's State Oil Marketing Organization) as well as interviews with Iraqi ex-employees involved in illicit selling of oil, show that Sevan had requested and had received allocations of 7.3 millions barrels of oil in the name of a company registered in Panama called African Middle East Petroleum Co.

Although the report does not make a specific allegation of criminal activity by Sevan, Volcher does not exclude the possibility that the accusations have been filed by authorities in countries with relevant jurisdiction.

O relatório chamou a conduta de Sevan "eticamente imprópria anotando que Sevan tinha recebido grandes pagamentos à vista que totalizam 160 mil dólares por cada ano durante o qual ele tinha sido chefe  do programa. O Sevan diz que o dinheiro veio de uma tia no  Chipre morreu, mas a comissão de investigação não achou nenhuma evidência para apoiar esta afirmação.

Volcker também informou em Janeiro que uma revisão de 58 auditorias confidenciais da ONU sobre o programa mostrou que funcionários da ONU igonoraram precocemente sinais de que as mercadorias despachadas pela companhia suíca Cotecna para o Iraque antes da invasão de 2003 foram pouco inspecionadas, se é que foram inspecionadas. A Cotecna pagou a Kojo Annan, o filho do secretário-geral da ONU, Kofi Annan, taxas  de  consultoria, até  Novembro de 2003. Volcker disse que os futuros relatórios deveriam tratar as questões relacionadas Kojo Annan.

O secretário-geral da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) general Kofi Annan foi absolvido pelo relatório da comissão de Volcker, dia 29 de Março  das acusações de que ele teria usado sua influência para conceder contratos no Iraque à companhia suíça Cotecna Inspection Services, onde trabalhava seu filho Kojo Annan.

Kofi Annan porém é questionado por não ter investigado melhor as operações relacionadas a seu filho Kojo. E dois membros de seu pessoal, Iqbal Riza e Dileep Nair, foram criticados no relatório da comissão Volcker. Riza alegadamente rasgou documentos relacionados aos contratos na investigação depois que o secretário-geral rencomendou que eles fossem guardados. O jornal The New York Times disse que Nair foi "fraudulento" ao indicar uma pessoa que quase não tinha experiência para um posto de grande responsabilidade do programa Petróleo-por-comida.

O filho do secretário-geral, Kojo, também foi bastante criticado pelo relatório, que diz que ele "enganou intencionalmente o secretário-geral" sobre a sua ligação financeira com a empresa suíça. E acrescenta: "Questões significativas permanecem a respeito de Kojo e de suas ações durante o outono [boreal] de 1998, assim como da integridade de seus negócios e transações financeiras com respeito ao programa Petróleo por comida."

Kofi Annan recebeu pressões para renunciar, todavia ele disse que não fará isso.

Dia 14 de Abril, o texano David Chalmers, proprietário da empresa Bayoil Inc, de Hounston e que participou do programa da ONU, foi preso e indiciado, acusado de ter pago milhões de dólares para o regime de Saddam Hussein e de usar dinheiro do programa Petróleo-por-comida.  Também foram indiciados um búlgaro residente dos  EUA,  chamado Ludmil Dionisiev, um britânico chamado  John Irving e um  sul-coreano identificado como Tongsun Park.

Os promotores dos EUA que investigam o caso acusaram Tongsun Park de tentar influenciar autoridades da ONU. Eles dizem que Park encontrou-se com duas autoridades de elevado posto da ONU nos anos 90 e que recebeu dois milhões de dólares por seu trabalho.

Funcionários da ONU admitiram que o ex-secretário-geral Boutros Boutros-Ghali tinha uma grande amizade com Tongsun Park e que eles se encontraram por diversas vezes durante os anos noventa, que era a época em que se acertavam os detalhes do programa Petróleo-por-comida.

Um alto funcionário da ONU, Maurice Strong, admitiu que manteve relações com o sul-coreano Tongsun Park. Strong confirmou que Tongsun Park investiu numa empresa de energia da qual Strong fazia parte, em 1997. Todavia, Strong disse que o investimento foi uma relação comercial normal e que não tinha nenhuma relação com o Iraque.

Maurice Strong é um conselheiro próximo do secretário-geral da ONU Kofi Annan. Em entrevista para a agência de notícias VOA, Koffi Anan disse que desconhecia qualquer relacionamento financeiro entre Strong e Park.

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Google News seeks patent for search system that returns ‘quality’ links

May 10, 2005

Google News submitted patent applications both in the United States and world-wide in September 2003 for a system of ranking search returns. The patent protection filings seek to control Google's approach that filters headlines through a complicated algorithm, including the quality of the news organization. How much of this system is currently in use by the search engine giant is unknown.

Primitive search engines are expected to organically evaluate links based on how closely the keywords typed in the search field match an object link, and how many other links are attached to the object. Then a measure of relevance is calculated before returning a reply.

It seems some measure of the work being done at Google is a reaction to search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns which can, if done effectively, skew results to certain domains. A challenge for Google is to develop its technology to nullify efforts on the dark side of SEO and link-spamming.

What also seems to be coming out from this, according to research from the Internet Search Engine Database, is that Google does indeed have a 'sandbox' where domains are evaluated first by a human factor before being released into its algorithms.

In its first ever Securities and Exchange Commission filing since the company went public last year, Google indicated that it intends to spend US$500 million on technology development, more than double the $177 million it spent two years ago.

The language used in the lengthy patent application itself is difficult to understand. An excellent article titled "Google United - Google Patent Examined" found below, describes some of the nuts and bolts of Google's techniques.


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Two hundred digit number factored

May 10, 2005

The two unique of a 200-digit number have been discovered by researchers in Germany and the Netherlands. The number, named, is one of a series of challenges issued by security company in March 1991 in order to track the real-world difficulty of factoring such numbers, used in the  algorithm. The factorisation of RSA-200 beats the previous record number "c176" (176 digits, factored on May 2nd, 2005), and RSA-576 (174 digits, factored on December 3rd, 2003).

Written out, RSA-200 is:
 * 27,997,833,911,221,327,870,829,467,638,722,601,621,070,446,786,
 * 955,428,537,560,009,929,326,128,400,107,609,345,671,052,955,360,
 * 856,061,822,351,910,951,365,788,637,105,954,482,006,576,775,098,
 * 580,557,613,579,098,734,950,144,178,863,178,946,295,187,237,869,
 * 221,823,983

The two factors are:
 * 3,532,461,934,402,770,121,272,604,978,198,464,368,671,197,400,
 * 197,625,023,649,303,468,776,121,253,679,423,200,058,547,956,528,
 * 088,349

and

 * 7,925,869,954,478,333,033,347,085,841,480,059,687,737,975,857,
 * 364,219,960,734,330,341,455,767,872,818,152,135,381,409,304,740,
 * 185,467

The researchers had been working on factoring the number since Christmas 2003. The result was a collaboration between researchers at Bonn University and the German Federal Agency for Information Technology Security (BIS) in Germany, and the CWI (Netherlands). Friedrich Bahr, M. Böhm, Jens Franke, and Thorsten Kleinjung report that they used the (GNFS) to factor the number. The factoring was performed using a number of machines in parallel. The initial "sieving" step took the equivalent of 55 CPU-years on a single machine (2.2Ghz Opteron CPU). Some work was also performed by Peter Montgomery, Herman te Riele and F. Bahr. Bahr, Franke, Kleinjung, te Riele and Bahr were also part of the team who factored a previous record number, RSA-576.

RSA-200 was part of the original RSA Factoring Challenge, which was discontinued and replaced with a different set of numbers in 2001. One number in the new challenge, named, has only 193 digits (compared to the 200 of RSA-200), and carries a prize of US$20,000 for its factorisation.

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Racing - Elvstroem a surprise entry at Newbury

May 10, 2005

Caulfield Cup winner Elvstroem is a surprise entry for the Group 1 Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes to be run at Newbury racecourse on Sunday.

Elvstroem - who also was victorious in the Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba earlier this year - has embarked on an ambitious international campaign in his final season of racing before embarking on a stud career.


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 * German Holocaust memorial dedicated
 * Major security flaws found in Mozilla Firefox browser
 * Google News seeks patent for search system that returns ‘quality’ links
 * Racing - Elvstroem a surprise entry at Newbury
 * Craigslist founder ponders open journalism
 * Moldovan Prosecutor General’s Office finishes investigation regarding Valeriu Pasat
 * Two hundred digit number factored
 * Ruling Liberals of British Columbia attack opposition in election campaign

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Major security flaws found in Mozilla Firefox browser

May 10, 2005

Two serious security flaws have been found in the, both rated by security analysts as being 'extremely critical'.

An attack using a combination of the two flaws has already been posted on the Internet, which can allow an attacker to run code on a victim's computer and take control of it.

One allows for an invisible website 'frame' to navigate back to a URL in the History that contains. This allows an attacker to extract sensitive information, such as passwords from that site, using the JavaScript code.

The second allows attackers to put JavaScript into the URL for the icon for downloading programs in the install confirmation dialogue box. This JavaScript code can then execute with enhanced privileges.

The flaws have been confirmed in the latest version of the browser, 1.0.3, and may well be present in older versions too.

A number of changes have been made to update.mozilla.org and addons.mozilla.org to make the example attack useless. This doesn't mean that other sites can't be used to launch the attack, so be careful what you add to the "Allowed Sites" list. The reason that update.mozilla.org and addons.mozilla.org were targeted specifically is that they are added to the "Allowed Sites" list during the install process.

The most popular browser on the web is Microsoft's, which has had many security exploits in the past. There are currently several outstanding security flaws, the most severe of which is rated 'Highly Critical'.

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On May 11, 2005, the Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 1.0.4 and Mozilla 1.7.8 with the vulnerabilities patched.

The Mozilla Foundation has published a series of steps for users using previous versions of the browser. The steps will limit their vulnerability, but which also limits browser functionality:

 * 1) Select the "Options" dialog from the "Tools" menu
 * 2) Select the "Web Features" icon
 * 3) Click the "Allowed Sites" button on the same line as the "Allow web sites to install software" checkbox
 * 4) Click the "Remove All Sites" button
 * 5) Click "OK"

To prevent the script injection exploit from stealing cookies or other sensitive data disable Javascript before visiting untrustworthy sites. In Firefox:

 * 1) Select the "Options" dialog from the "Tools" menu
 * 2) Select the "Web Features" icon
 * 3) Uncheck the "Enable Javascript" checkbox
 * 4) Click "OK"


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Talk:Major security flaws found in Mozilla Firefox browser

FF Logo
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the FireFox logo is trademarked and copyrighted, and is not released under the GFDL. And it has been brought up by the commons people, so it is likely to be deleted soon.

I'm not going to remove it yet, mostly because I have another fire to put out, but please be aware of this and do not link it on other articles. - Amgine/talk 19:56, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I can throw up the non trademarked/copyrighted globe (the background). I don't know why you guys don't go through the proper channels and ask permission, but I can see that it shouldn't be on the commons (as those are all GFDL/CC).  However, if you preserve the notice that it is in fact a trademark of MoFo, they're fine with it (IIRC).  Oh, and 1.0.4 is supposed to come out today or tomorrow, they are really pushing it for soon. --Tom 20:07, 10 May 2005 (UTC)


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