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Galloway and Pasqua deny any wrongdoing on their part in the oil-for-food program

May 17, 2005

Following accusations issued by the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), British Member of Parliament George Galloway and Senator Charles Pasqua of France have vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

George Galloway declared: ''I've now had a chance to read the report which was compiled without this Senate committee asking me a single question about these absurd allegations. I repeat once more. I have never traded or benefited from any oil deals with Iraq.'' ''One of the companies named, with ostensible links to me-- Aredio Petroleum-- I have never heard of until today and I have certainly had no dealings with. The other company, Middle East Advanced Semiconductors, was owned by Fawaz Zureikat, who was the chairman of the Mariam Appeal. It is well-known that Mr Zureikat traded with Iraq but he did not do so on my behalf. I have not received a penny piece or any oil voucher from Iraq, directly or indirectly.'' ''You would have thought that natural justice would have demanded that these allegations would have-- must have been!-- put to me, but they haven't been. Senator Joseph McCarthy would have been proud of this committee.''

On May 17, Galloway appeared before the U.S. senatorial panel and vehemently denied any wrongdoing in a tone seldom used in a senatorial hearing. He accused the U.S. administration of creating a "smoke screen" to divert attention away from the situation in Iraq. He also declared, "The biggest sanctions busters were not me or Russian politicians or French politicians. The real sanctions busters were your own companies with the connivance of your own government."

Galloway denied receiving any money out of the scheme. Galloway demanded, "What counts is, where's the money, senator? Who paid me hundreds of thousands of dollars? The answer to that is nobody," while glaring toward U.S. senator Norm Coleman (Republican from Minnesota), according to a New York Times report.

Galloway also accused the US senators, especially senator Coleman, of shoddy standards of justice. He claimed they have already ruled him guilty, and that they rely on dubious evidence and wrongful or coerced testimonies.

Galloway declared: ''You have my name on lists provided to you... by the convicted bank robber and fraudster and con man Ahmed Chalabi, who many people, to their credit, in your country now realize played a decisive role in leading your country into the disaster in Iraq.'' In these circumstances, knowing what the world knows about how you treat prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison1, in Bagram Air Base [Afghanistan], in Guantanamo Bay -- including, if I may say, British citizens being held in those places -- I'm not sure how much credibility anyone would put on anything you manage to get from a prisoner in those circumstances. 1. Alluding to the acknowledged Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse.

Charles Pasqua also denies any personal wrongdoing in the case. Pasqua indicated that he was "serene" and that he hoped the investigations by the U.S. Senate would probe the matter to the bottom.

Pasqua judged the situation detrimental to relationships between the United States and France. For this reason, Pasqua declared that he had asked the president of the French Senate for the creation of an investigation commission, wishing that the French and U.S. senatorial commissions should collaborate.

Pasqua declared himself convinced that misconduct took place in the oil-for-food program, and that it was probable that some French people were involved. He then wished that they should be sought and prosecuted. "If one wants to find the origin of the financial streams, one can do so." Pasqua mentioned the Swiss company Genmar, which the U.S. report claims to have served as Pasqua's intermediary.

Pasqua denied information presented as facts in the report. For instance, he denied having met Tariq Aziz, former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq.

Pasqua pointed out that nothing in the senatorial evidence indicates that he had benefited from vouchers, only that one of his former advisers, Bernard Guillet, had received oil allocations in his name. From December 2000 onwards, allocations meant for Pasqua ceased and were replaced by allocations to Bernard Guillet.

Guillet was arrested by French authorities in April in connection with abuses under the oil-for-food program. Mr Guillet has been put under formal investigation for allegedly participating in a system of occult kickbacks and fees between 1996 and 2001 involving major French companies, including Total. He is suspected of having received amounts of money without good explanation from an intermediary specialized in the resale of Iraqi oil.


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Evidence of Betts' ID

 * Compare photos of news accounts to Geoffrey Betts' website images. Especially consider the eyes, the shape of the face, and the asymmetric jawline.  Also, in news accounts, the man is declared physically fit, as is Geoff.
 * The IMDB description of Mr. Betts details that he is:
 * A British citizen, as is suspected in the news media articles.
 * the son of a British father and an Italian mother—the subject's features indicate such an ancestry.
 * The Wikinews contributor spent a good deal of time as an acquaintance of Mr. Betts from early 2003 to early 2004 in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was visiting from the Dallas, Texas area. Upon seeing the image in the articles, the contributor knew instinctively that the person is Betts.
 * The Wikinews contributor knew Betts to compose music. The subject in the articles also has been composing music.
 * From the Wikinews contributor's experience (and IMDB link above), Mr. Betts was roughly 5'10" although the reports say the person found was 6'. This disparity could be from him wearing dress shoes when his height was measured.

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Journalist detained at Council of Europe human rights conference in Warsaw

May 19, 2005

Eleven protesters were arrested demonstrating outside the Council of Europe conference in Warsaw on Monday May 16, including an Indymedia correspondent. The activists claim the arrests are an attempt to suppress free speech.

The protesters organized their march, beginning from Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science and walking to the Royal Square and the Royal Castle, where the Council of Europe was meeting. The council's meeting was believed to be concerning human rights conditions but attended by officials they accuse of human rights violations.

The demonstrators were unable to get into the Royal Square, so they had to stop their march at Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street. A large police presence was on hand to oversee the demonstrations.

As the demonstrations were ending, police arrested 11 activists, including Grzegorz Prujszczyk, who had been filming the events. Three members of Amnesty International were among those detained. All were released by Wednesday, May 18.

Mr. Prujszczyk has been charged with assaulting a police officer, which could carry a sentence up to 10 years in jail. Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, or RSF) report Mr. Prujszczyk was held for 39 hours, his tapes were reviewed, and though released he is under police surveillance and must report to the police weekly.

Activists and journalists believe the charge against Mr. Prujszczyk, as well as the charges against the other detainees, are attempts to suppress freedom of speech and the press in the country.

"This behaviour by police is a threat to press freedom. Polish journalists and other media workers should be able to cover every type of event, even those seen as sensitive, such as opposition demonstrations against the government's support for the war in Iraq," RSF said.

Indymedia Poland claims, "We have indisputable evidence of Grzegorz Prujszczyk's innocence (photos, film recordings, witness statements), which we can provide to any interested journalists. We are convinced that the detention of this Indymedia reporter is because of his journalist work carried out during the demonstration. This is an obvious violation of freedom of speech and a constraint against independence of the media."


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Italian football: Roma and Lazio accused of fixing game

May 17, 2005

Fans of Italian football clubs Roma and Lazio are asking for ticket reimbursement, after the city rivals played 0:0 Sunday. After a good chance of Roma scoring in the opening minutes of the match, the entire game was played in the middle of the field and neither team seemed eager to score.

Accusations were taken further as the Italian Consumer Union, Codacons, called for fans to ask for their money back, since the game result was allegedly fixed. Both teams are close to the bottom of Seria A table, and a point each will almost secure that they do not drop out of the first league.

Italian media seems unified in opinion that this was the worst city derby ever played. Some of the headlines were "Derby of shame" and "Never again like this."

Consob, an institution monitoring the work of the regional Stock Market, announced they will take action against both teams as they have shares on market.


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User:Cspurrier please write what you claim is POV. The template you put says that there's some POV claims on the talk page. i don't see them. Boud 22:34, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry I got a bit side tracked. The story is a good one but is very POV. Here are the bits I see as POV " it allegedly concerned discussions of human rights" "even though many of the participants, such as Tony Blair and Italian prime minister Berlusconi, were allegedly involved in systematic human rights violations such as war crimes" "In contrast," and "The charge is considered to be unfounded by the human rights activists ". Some of these can be fixed by rewording it it ,but the whole stroy has a definite bias. This could maybe be fixed by finding a qoute or two from the other side. The other problem I saw was that it is a controversial topic that did not get its time on the devloping stories page, for the most part stories stay on the devloping storie page for at least a few hours.--Cspurrier 23:17, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * i agree that it makes sense to leave stories on the developing stories page for a few hours. i haven't been following the details of how wikinews culture is developing, and i followed the guide on Writing an article which said Finally, you need to add a link to your story on the "today's articles" (http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:2005/May/19&action=edit) page. If you're happy with your finished article, follow this link (http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Developing_stories&action=edit) and remove your story from the developing stories template. If you think it needs more work, leave it there.

 * i've corrected this so that it's clearer that the norm is to wait a few hours on the developing stories page. Boud 14:56, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

How long should we wait for an unsupported claim of NPOV? A few hours? Boud 22:46, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

This is an important story and it could be improved by some restructuring. The point of the story is that the journalist has been arrested at a protest, so you don't need to lead on claims of war crimes by the leaders of Britain and Italy. A news story is also not the place to imply that those leaders are being hypocritical at a human rights gathering: that will be done elsewhere.

 * i don't understand how presenting context which has already been NPOVed in the wikipedia is POV. Detaining a journalist (if the real reason is to suppress independent journalism) is a human rights issue, the conference was claimed to be about human rights, and the context in which the conference participants themselves are human rights violators is IMHO a relevant fact of interest to people trying to understand what happened and why. Boud 14:56, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

So, you could start with:

A journalist has been arrested outside a Council of Europe conference in Warsaw, in what activists have claimed is an attempt to suppress freedom of speech in Poland. As the Council conference met to discuss human rights conditions in the 46 member countries of the European region, around 1000 protestors gathered outside.

- I assume they were protesting about the war and trying to get Blair and Berlesconi arrested?] Make this clearer: put their views across rather than your own -

 * Hmmm, AFAIK it's probably true that nobody overtly asked for Blair and Berlusconi to be arrested at this demonstration, though there was an earlier attempt by some of the demonstrators to go through court proceedings against Kwaśniewski. Boud 14:56, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

The journalist from Indymedia was filming the events (photograph - tall man in yellow/orange coat at right) when he was arrested. He remains under detention and has been charged by state authorities with assaulting a police officer. Activists have said that since the journalist was filming the events virtually continuously, he had little chance to carry out any violent attacks against the police.

- A quote from some of them would be good here. You don't necessarily need a quote from the other side as they may not comment, but possibly worth a try from the police if you have time. Or have any media organisations or journalists unions commented on the arrest? -

 * OK, these are good suggestions, thanks. Boud 14:56, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

You could finish with: Authorities arrested 11 human rights activists in total, including members of Amnesty International and Indymedia.

Is there some history at the moment of journalists being arrested or prevented from doing their work in Poland? This would give backing to your assertion that freedom of the press is being challenged. ClareWhite 08:19, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

 * The wikipedia freedom of press link gives some background on court cases against one newspaper owner and against an artist - probably they should be cited more specifically, not just as a link.

 * OK, i'll get on to this soon hopefully, thanks for the suggestion Clare and Cspurrier :) Boud 14:56, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

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How's the new version? Boud 15:50, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

i don't see any more comments since two and a half hours ago, so i think i can safely remove the NPOV template and shift this from developing. Boud 18:23, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm commenting. The article is still in need of more neutral tone, and possibly addition content. Let me take a crack at editing quickly, but I am short on time. - Amgine/talk 18:28, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

OK, this is another source (sorry, only in polish), but it's worth adding, so i'll paste it here while you're editing (we're all short on time - that's why otherwise rational people sometimes get upset at each other) Boud 18:45, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

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i'm not really sure if the title is good enough - the journalist was not detained physically inside the conference room of the council of europe people, and the council of europe participants did not (overtly anyway) directly accuse him, so i'm not sure about at. Maybe during?

And the important fact is that he remains charged - he risks an 8 year prison sentence - hmmm, that's probably missing from the article. At the risk of having a title which is too long, something like: Journalist charged, risks 8 yr prison sentence, following Warsaw human rights conference ??? Boud 18:51, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

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May 18, 2005

 * Uzbek rebel leader on horseback wants an Islamic state
 * Live grenade thrown at George Bush in Georgia

 * Birds attack people in Houston
 * Kuwait parliament gives women the vote
 * Landless Workers Movement marches to Brasilia in protest
 * Tropical Storm Adrian forms in Eastern Pacific, threatens Central America
 * Former Pasqua aide claims Iraq intended to reward Charles Pasqua, denies having received oil
 * Results of 2005 British Columbia, Canada General Election
 * Air France to launch new daily flight from Paris to Bucharest
 * Traffic to be restricted on Romanian National Road 66

 * VISA opens regional office in Bucharest
 * Romanian parliament ratifies EU accession treaty
 * Tense panel discussion on Srebrenica held in Belgrade
 * Cuba to embrace free software

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Audio Wikinews transcript – 2005 05 18 – 2200 UTC
As reported by Nicholas Gerda

May 18, 2005. This is Wikinews.

Breaking News
Tropical Storm Adrian forms in Eastern Pacific, threatens Central America Tropical Storm Adrian, the first named storm of the 2005 Pacific Hurricane Season, formed 440 miles southwest of Guatemala and El Salvador on Tuesday, and is expected to track northeast towards Central America. A tropical storm watch is in effect for the entire coast of El Salvador and the pacific coast of Guatemala. A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch may be required for portions of El Salvador and Guatemala later today. At 11 am today, the storm had sustained winds of 60 mph, with gusts at higher speeds. The current location of the storm is 10.9° N, 92.9° W; about 270 miles southwest of the Guatemala-El Salvador border. Additional strengthening is expected over the next 24 hours; it is expected to make landfall over Guatemala and El Salvador tomorrow, bringing heavy rainfall to the region. Meteorologists expect the storm to be in the Carribean by Friday.

Headlines
Hundreds of people gather in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky As the Russian court was announcing the final decision on the fate of tax-evader Mikhail Khodorkovsky, hundreds of people gathered near the court house to voice their opinion on the matter. A rally was supported by several Russian political parties and groups, including Union of Right Forces, Yabloko, Oborona, Pora!, Smena and others. Among the people who attended the meeting were Garry Kasparov and Irina Khakamada. The total number of participiants, according to officials is estimated at 700 people. The involved parties claim around 1000. The crowd was standing in front of the court house, waving flags of political groups mentioned above and chanting political slogans aimed at the allegedly unfair trial and at the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. One of the chants was "Svobodu!", which means "freedom" in Russian. We have an exclusive audio clip from the scene. Play [[Media:Svobodu.ogg|audio clip]]. Some passing by cars expressed their solidarity with the crowds by sound signalling, which the crowd appreciated with louder chanting. Some activists rode passing by trams and trolleybuses, waving "Freedom to MBKh" tees and flags from the windows. The meeting lasted for two hours, until police ordered the crowds to go away. Many refused, and militia had to resort to force. 30 people were arrested, including some organizers, and some of them were severely beaten.

Journalist detained at Council of Europe human rights conference in Warsaw The Council of Europe conference in Warsaw took place during May 16-17, 2005. According to official press releases, it allegedly concerned discussions of human rights in 46 countries in the European region, even though many of the participants, such as Tony Blair and Italian prime minister Berlusconi, were allegedly involved in systematic human rights violations such as war crimes in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the killing of at least 100,000 civilians there. However, despite the protests of about 1000 demonstrators, authorities did not detain either Blair or Berlusconi nor extradite them to the International Criminal Court. In contrast, authorities did arrest 11 human rights activists, including members of Amnesty International and Indymedia. One, an independent journalist from Indymedia, who was continuously filming the events, remains under detention and has been charged by state authorities with assaulting a police officer. The charge is considered to be unfounded by the human rights activists, since the journalist was filming the events virtually continuously, giving him little chance to carry out any violent attacks against the police. In contrast, the charge is considered by human rights activists to be an attempt to suppress independent journalism in Poland, in line with other recent actions against freedom of speech in Poland.

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Tense panel discussion on Srebrenica held in Belgrade

May 17, 2005

A panel discussion titled "Truth about Srebrenica" held at the law school at the University of Belgrade yesterday almost turned into a physical fight between panel participants and several dozen protesters.

The panel was organized by a nationalist student organization Nomokanon to mark what they consider, according to their promotional posters, "the anniversary of the liberation of Srebrenica." According to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Bosnian Serb forces murdered more than 7,000 Bosniaks in 1995 in Srebrenica, during the war in Bosnia.

General Radislav Krstić was convicted for his involvement and sentenced to serve 46 years in prison. Two other suspects, Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić are still on the run.

Protesters included activists of political parties Civic Alliance of Serbia, G17+ and Social Democrat Union as well as Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) Women in Black, Kapiraj-Kopiraj and Youth Initiative. Their activity delayed the start for half an hour. Organizations which protested this forum claim that Serbia should face its involvement in Bosnia and should not deny allegations of crimes committed by Serbian forces.

Many of the participants were wearing t-shirts with pictures of Radovan Karadžić followed by text "Serbian hero." Some wore t-shirts of the Serbian nationalist organization Obraz.

The panel began at 19:30 local time, but the first ten minutes passed in a verbal fight between protestors and participants. Protesters were booing, and participants responded by calling them Ustashe, faggots, Soros' workers, and traitors. Most protesters then left the room.

According to B92, one young man who protested said that security was "very unpleasant". He was quoted as saying: "[Security] told us things like: 'What's up, Croats' and 'Faggots, we will beat you up now.'"

Four speakers took part in the panel:
 * Milivoje Ivanišević, the president of the Center for Research of Crimes Against Serbs
 * Radovan Radinović, a retired army general
 * Dragoslav Ognjanović, Milošević's attorney
 * And journalist Ljiljana Bulatović.

Participants said that there was no genocide in Srebrenica but that only Muslim soldiers were killed, which was misrepresented to the public to bring international military action against Serbs. One participant said that only 2,500 people were killed, and that only 500 of them could have been shot in a fusillade, since there were only so many blindfolds found next to bodies.

One of the speakers congratulated Nomokanon for talking about "the truth, so nobody can force us to be ashamed of what deserves our respect."

University of Belgrade's Faculty of Law postponed the panel once and did not officially endorse it.


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Talk:Galloway and Pasqua deny any wrongdoing on their part in the oil-for-food program

There isn't a single quote attributed to anyone other than Galloway or Pasqua. In fact, the article basically reads like a press release from Galloway's office. And the 'glaring' thing...lol

 * Well, this article comes after another article consisting almost solely of accusations. The former article focused on the accusations, this one focuses on the rebuttals.

 * According to you, who should we quote? Submarine 13:29, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Dubious Fake Document Sentence

 * "But Galloway showd discreditably himself when as he got off the plane in Washington on Monday night, Galloway denied the allegations and said the evidence against him was forged. But in the U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday, when presented with the documents exhibited by Groves, Galloway would not say whether he thought the materials were forgeries. He did say the information in them is "fake.""

This section is not only badly written (I spotted at least two spelling and grammatical mistakes) but seems to be highly POV - the documents in question have been demonstrated to be fake on numerous occasions. Why is it relevant as to whether Galloway didn't say whether he thought the document was fake? --Axon 16:12, 18 May 2005 (UTC)


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Cuba to embrace free software

May 18, 2005 On Tuesday, Juventud Rebelde reported that the Central Administration of Cuba is organizing a migration to free and open source software. The announcement was made during a free software workshop organized at the "Convención Internacional Informática 2005" by the director of the state office of information technology, Roberto del Puerto.

The plan is to use the Linux operating system as a base, though the administration currently uses Microsoft Windows. The transition is planned to be slow and involves organizational changes, development and creating a legal framework.

The Linux user base in Cuba is around 1,500 people and has its own Linux distribution. Cuba also has some free software developers and the University of Information Science, with over 6,000 students, has committed one department for the development of programs for Linux which is a good move towards open source

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Kuwait parliament gives women the vote

May 18, 2005

On May 17, 2005, the of Kuwait passed, by a majority of 35 to 23 (with 1 absetention), an amendment to its electoral law that would allow women to vote and to stand as parliamentary candidates. Commentators predict that this will increase the number of eligible voters from approximately 139,000 to approximately 339,000, out of a population of approximately 960,000.

"We made it. This is history," prominent activist Roula al-Dashti told reporters. "Our target is the parliamentary polls in 2007. I'm starting my campaign from today." Kuwait becomes the fourth Gulf country where women as well as men can vote in elections after Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar. Saudi Arabia holds strictly limited, male-only elections. "I hope they are talking about separate ballot boxes and not the imposition of Islamic dress... which infringes on personal freedoms," Kuwait University academic Nada al-Muttawa said.

"This is a historic moment for women," Sheikha Suad al-Sabah, a member of the ruling family, said.

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Romanian parliament ratifies EU accession treaty

May 18, 2005

On Tuesday, the Romanian parliament ratified the country's accession treaty to the European Union, which was signed in Luxembourg on April 25 of this year. The ratification occurred under a joint session of both chambers of the Romanian parliament. The treaty was approved unanimously, with all 434 parliamentarians voting in favour.

The approval of the treaty in the Romanian parliament was considered a ceremonial step, since it was expected to be ratified by a very wide margin. But it was also seen as yet another important step on Romania's road towards the European Union.

The speaker of the parliament, Adrian Năstase, who was also Romania's Prime Minister between 2000 and 2004, said, "This is a historic moment for Romania". While current Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu stated, "The ratification of the treaty is a turning-point in Romania's political history."

Romania's parliamentary ratification of the treaty comes after Bulgaria, which also signed the treaty in Luxembourg, ratified it on May 11. Alongside Bulgaria and Romania, the treaty has already been ratified by seven current member states of the European Union. In order for the treaty to come into effect, all EU members must approve it.

Both Bulgaria and Romania, which are currently accession countries of the European Union, are set to join the EU on January 1, 2007.


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VISA opens regional office in Bucharest

May 18, 2005

VISA has opened a regional office in Bucharest, Romania to represent and co-ordinate the activities of the company in Romania and Bulgaria. The Bucharest bureau is the eighth office in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region, made up of 84 countries.

The use of VISA cards in Romania is currently growing at a fast rate. VISA has 21 member banks in Romania which have issued a total of 2.8 million cards.

The general director of VISA Southeastern Europe and North Africa, Tony Brogna, said that VISA cards embedded with chips would soon be launched on the Romanian market. This comes at a time when several Romanian banks have stated that they are planning to start issuing chip-embedded cards from June this year. Additionally, seven of the eight Central European and Baltic states which joined the European Union in 2004 already use VISA cards embedded with chips.

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Talk:Australian police seize one tonne shipment of ecstacy

"Anyone who says this sort of seizure does not slow the supply of drugs is quite obviously out of touch with reality."

LOL. I wonder who's really out of touch with reality. Most likely just increases the danger of taking the drugs. The shortage means that ecstasy will just be less pure.


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Traffic to be restricted on Romanian National Road 66

May 18, 2005

Romania's National Road 66 (DN 66) will face traffic restrictions between the cities of Târgu Jiu and Petroşani, in the southern part of the country, between May 17 and November 15 due to hydroelectrical operations on the Jiu river. The traffic restrictions mean that traffic will not be able to access the road on Tuesdays and Thursdays of every week, between the hours of 22:00 and 06:00.

The National Company of Motorways and National Roads issued a press release informing motorists of alternative routes to take, including the route Târgu Jiu-Râmnicu Vâlcea-Brezoi-Sibiu-Simeria-Haţeg-Petroşani, Târgu Jiu-Drobeta Turnu Severin-Caransebeş-Haţeg-Petroşani and Târgu Jiu-Filiaşi-Drobeta Turnu Severin-Orşova-Caransebeş-Haţeg-Petroşani.


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Air France to launch new daily flight from Paris to Bucharest

May 18, 2005

Air France has announced that it plans to launch its fifth daily flight on the Paris-Bucharest route on June 6. Air France currently flies from Paris (Charles de Gaulle) to Bucharest (Henri Coandă) and back four times a day, under a codesharing agreement with TAROM, Romania's largest airline.

The extra flight is to be operated with an Airbus 318 aircraft, which has a capacity of 94 passengers.

Air France will also adjust its Paris-Bucharest timetable so that possibilities for transfer at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport can be maximised. This would enable passengers flying from Bucharest to Paris to connect to destinations such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo or Buenos Aires with very little waiting time.

The fifth daily flight is also to be run under a codesharing agreement with TAROM — the two carriers have decided to allow the transfer of tickets between them.


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Former Pasqua aide claims Iraq intended to reward Charles Pasqua, denies having received oil

May 18, 2005

A former aide to French senator Charles Pasqua, whose name was cited by a recent report by a United States Senate investigation panel, has admitted that the Iraqi government had intended to reward Mr Pasqua with a grant of oil through the oil for food program.

The aide, Bernard Guillet, was arrested in April 2005 and was put under formal criminal investigation on April 28 by French judge Philippe Courroye, under the charges of egregious influence peddling and of being an accessory to an abuse of corporate belongings. He is suspected of having received vouchers for buying Iraqi oil from the regime of Saddam Hussein, which he then allegedly sold to oil companies, to an amount of 5 million barrels.

Mr Pasqua, according to some sources, would have been the beneficiary of 10.8 million barrels. According to a CIA report, the profit would have been between 0.15€ and 0.85€ per barrel.


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Landless Workers Movement marches to Brasilia in protest

Thousands of members of the Brazilian Landless Workers' Movement (MST) completed their march to Brasilia on Tuesday, having started their 238 km journey on May 1. They demanded President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meet land reform promises, and protested against the U.S. government and President George W. Bush.

The Brazilian government news agency Agencia Brasil reported that about 12,000 members of MST protested in front of the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia. The group gathered garbage and burnt with it an American flag. According to Rosana Fernandes, an MST representative, they were protesting against American culture, politics and corporations.

Representatives of MST also met with Brazilian President Lula da Silva. According to Agencia Brasil, they presented four demands to the government: the restructuring of the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra), the execution of the National Plan for Agrarian Reform announced in 2003, the creation of a special line of credit, and changes in the definition of unproductive land for expropriation. MST claims that they reached an agreement with Lula, and that he agreed to spend about half, or 700 million reais ($282 million USD), of the land reform budget he froze in 2005. Agrarian Reform Minister Miguel Rossetto denied that a deal had already been made, but said that the meeting had been positive and a proposal would be offered to the MST on Wednesday.

During the protests some members of MST conflicted with police forces in Brasilia. According to the police, 20 policemen were badly injured and were hospitalized. Also according to the police, the incident started after some MST members attacked a police car near the Palace of Justice. A police officer that left the car to talk to the crowd was assaulted with punches and kicks. The mounted police came to help the trapped officers and dispersed the crowd. MST reported 32 of their members injured in the incident, although independent news sources report around 20.

The MST march to Brasilia was organized by Via Campesina, an international organization in support of rural worker's rights and sustainable agriculture.

The MST's leader João Pedro Stedile said that the MST must return home with their batteries recharged and increase the occupation of land in Brazil.


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Tropical Storm Adrian forms in Eastern Pacific, threatens Central America

May 18, 2005

Tropical Storm Adrian, the first named storm of the 2005 Pacific hurricane season, formed 440 miles (710 km) southwest of Guatemala and El Salvador on Tuesday. The storm is expected to track northeast towards Central America.

The government of El Salvador has upgraded the tropical storm watch to a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for all of El Salvador. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the entire Pacific coast of Guatemala. The government of Honduras has issued a tropical storm watch for the Pacific coast of Honduras, including the Gulf of Fonseca.

As of 11 am Pacific Time on Thursday, it was moving northeast at 9 mph (15 km/h) with maximum sustained wind speeds of 75 mph (120 km/h), with gusts at higher speeds. It is expected to strengthen slightly, possibly becoming a minimal hurricane at landfall.

The current location of the center of the storm is 12.6° N, 90.6° W; about 120 miles (195 km) southwest of San Salvador, El Salvador. Additional strengthening is expected over the next 24 hours. Outer rain-bands containing gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall are already affecting the coastal areas of Guatemala, and should begin affecting El Salvador tonight.

Rainfall accumulation of 6 to 10 inches, with isolated higher amounts of up to 20 inches in the mountains, can be expected in association with Adrian. This system also has the potential to produce torrential rainfall over other portions of Central America during the next few days, triggering flash flooding and mudslides. Storm surge flooding of 2 to 4 feet above normal tide level is possible near and to the east of where the center makes landfall.

Meteorologists expect the storm to be in the Caribbean by Friday.


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Talk:Traffic to be restricted on Romanian National Road 66

As it reads, this seems like news that is of interest only to a very narrow region of the world, and even then, it's hardly above-the-fold material. If this is incorrect, would someone please clarify the article and explain why this is interesting? Ajs 17:33, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Wikinews encourages news for all areas of the world, and all levels of interest. One contributor explains it like this "If it matters outside your house, we'll write about it". So in this case, even if it only applies to Romania, or part of Romania, it is still news that Wikinews can cover. The whole idea is, "it may not be interesting to you, but it could be to someone else". Lyellin 17:44, 18 May 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:68.206.119.42

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User talk:Golbez

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lead story revert
pleese don't just revert back a lead story, pleas disscuss it on the disscussion page first, if you have a new beter story than ok, but dpleas disscuss before reverting.--Ryan524 02:11, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:80.44.72.171

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Stop posting Op-eds
We do not distribute opinion-editorial like articles on this website. A similar project, Indymedia, does, and you may find it better suited for you there. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:46, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:24.90.98.129

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Birds attack people in Houston

May 18, 2005

Just like a Hitchcock horror movie, birds are on the offensive in downtown Houston. According to the Associated Press, large black grackles are attacking people on a stretch of sidewalk in the city. It is thought that the birds may be trying to protect their young.

The sidewalk, which is in front of the County Administration Building, has been closed off by the authorities.

In 1960 Hitchcock based The Birds starring Tippi Hedren on a Daphne du Maurier short story from the early 20th century. Although the locations are different, the main focus of both works is birds that attack people.

"I hit him with a bottle," said Sylvia Velasquez. "The other birds came, and one attacked my blouse and on my back."

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User talk:219.93.174.101

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First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases: Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself.

Thanks again! --Cspurrier 21:07, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

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Live grenade thrown at George Bush in Georgia

May 18, 2005

On May 10 while visiting 's capital a live  landed within 100 feet of United States President George W. Bush.

The grenade was wrapped in a dark plaid cloth handkerchief. According to Brian Paarmann, the 's legal attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, it was "tossed in the general direction of the main stage" about 1:30 p.m., right after Bush began speaking, and landed less than 100 feet from the podium. The grenade reportedly bounced off a child's cap and then was removed by a Georgian security officer.

The White House initially stated that the president was in no real danger, however the event has lead to a review of security measures at presidential events.

An FBI official at the U.S. embassy in Georgia confirms that an explosive device was thrown, but due to a malfunction it failed to detonate. "This hand grenade appears to be a live device that simply failed to function due to a light strike on the blasting cap induced by a slow deployment of the spoon activation device," the FBI stated.

The FBI is still investigating the incident. According to their report the device failed to explode because of a malfunction. "The activation device deployed too slowly to hit the blasting cap hard enough," agent Bryan Paarmann said. A 20,000 laris (US$10,978) reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible.

The grenade was a knock-off of a Soviet-designed RGD-5, which has a lethal range of about 100 feet. "We consider this act to be a threat against the health and welfare of both the president of the United States and the president of Georgia as well as the multitude of Georgian people that had turned out at this event," Paarmann said. It had initially been believed to be a non-explosive model used for military training.

RGD-5 Grenade
The RGD-5 is an oval fragmentation grenade made for the former Soviet Army that can be thrown a maximum of about 130 feet (40 meters). It weighs 310 grams and contains 110 grams of TNT explosive. It is most dangerous at shorter ranges; its effective fragment radius is 50-65 feet (15-20 meters), with a maximum fragment range of 100 feet (30 meters).

The RDG-5 is available in two versions, one for defensive use with steel fragments, and an offensive version with aluminium fragments that has a shorter blast radius. It is unclear which version was found.

A classic hand grenade has a handle and a removable safety pin that prevents the handle from coming off. After the pin is removed and the handle subsequently released, the grenade will detonate in approximately three to five seconds, depending on grenade type.

When the grenade is thrown, a spring throws off the safety lever and rotates the striker into the primer. The primer contains material like the head of a match. When struck by the striker, it ignites and sets fire to the fuse, or powder train. The fuse burns at a controlled rate, providing a time delay (usually 4–5 seconds). When the flame of the fuse reaches the detonator or igniter, it causes action on the filler.

A detonator is similar to a small blasting cap, and is very sensitive to heat. When the fuse burns into it, it causes the grenade to explode.


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NOAA predicts increased hurricane activity in U.S.

May 19, 2005

The announced that it expects seven to nine hurricanes in the coming Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 to November 30), with three to four of them becoming "major".

"Major" hurricanes are defined as category 3 or above, having sustained winds above 111 mph. The annual predictions, the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Outlook, were made as part of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, which began Sunday May 15.

This year's forecast is an increase from last season's, which was of six to eight hurricanes, two to three of them major. NOAA's predictions for 2004 were lower than the actual figures, which were nine hurricanes, six of them category 3 or above.

That unexpectedly heavy season had four of those storms hit Florida, and battered U.S. oil production. Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne slammed into Florida during a six-week period last year, causing over $40 billion in damage. Hurricane Ivan was the most damaging on record for the U.S. oil industry.

There were 60 direct deaths from hurricanes in 2004.

The NOAA report cites abnormally high sea surface temperature, low wind shear and low surface pressure as reasons for the high forecast. Although it is still too early to determine when or where hurricanes might hit this season, the agency is advising residents in at-risk areas to be prepared.

Scientists at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Hurricane Research Division and at the National Hurricane Center cooperated to produce the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Outlook.


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Wikinews:2005/May/19

May 19, 2005

 * Speaker breaks tie by voting for Canadian budget
 * Dec. 2004 Sumatra quake was longest ever recorded
 * Journalist detained at Council of Europe human rights conference in Warsaw
 * Euro Disney SCA receives new CEO
 * Exclusive Interview: Piano Man is possibly a British actor
 * Adrian reaches hurricane-strength, will strike Central America tonight
 * Amazon deforestation accelerating
 * NOAA predicts increased hurricane activity in U.S.

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Talk:Live grenade thrown at George Bush in Georgia

This story needs some work. The first reference to Paarmann doesn't say who he is. It says the same thing twice, in two different ways, regarding the grenade not working due to a malfunction.

 * May I suggst that you go in and edit it? Since anyone can edit, have a ball and fix the problems you see! and thanks! Lyellin 02:26, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

I'm not bold enough to change the headline myself, but it sounds funny to me. The incident happened some days ago, but the headline sounds like breaking news. I think a better choice would be "Grenade thrown at George Bush was live" -- sounds more like a followup. Well I'm still not entirely happy with that. just 2c
 * Yes, it's a old news, so to put this as headline is a bit ... POV, no ??? :) This the reason i do not like HeadLines. It's a way to raise people attention on subjects not really that important. I (We, i hope) know why Real Reality (RR) newpapers makes HeadLines, is xx.wikinews need that ? Jacques Divol 08:59, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree that the current headline implies that this is 'new news' and suggest that it is changed. The headline you suggest would IMO require a rewrite of the story which could also address the points raised earlier.  Laura Thomson 17:46, 19 May 2005 (UTC)  Am unable to do this myself at present due to time constraints. Laura Thomson 17:48, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

link the right hand grenade!
Can someone fix the link on the main page to be the right hand grenade? It doesn't appear to be part of the story, but putting up the wrong grenade with a text comment that says it is *NOT* the grenade thown is ridiculous.

Could we at least NOT use an American grenade?
 * I have doubts that the commons has the right gernade. Although I'd also like to see that stock photo gone, I had stock photos being used that are not actually related or useful in the story.  It's misleading information. --70.97.77.132 17:17, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Wait for it to clear upload, should be titled Image: RDG-5 Grenade


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Very good job putting this together. -- Davodd | Talk 03:05, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

File update @ Commons
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Would someone kindly swap in the image File:Hurricane_Frances_from_the_ISS_-_10AM._EDT_AUG_27_2004.jpg for the existing image as part of a replacement process at Commons. Thx. Billinghurst (talk) 06:09, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * From the deletion log on Commons, I'm not sure what the degree of sameness is between the images, leaving me unsure how to handle the case. --Pi zero (talk) 15:52, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I will undelete the image at Commons, so please prod me when this is done. Billinghurst (talk) 00:26, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Looking at both, I'm satisfied they are sufficiently the same that replacing one with the other is no more substantive than correcting an obvious spelling error, which is uncontroversially within the archive policy.  ✅  --Pi zero (talk) 00:54, 11 December 2012 (UTC)


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Amazon deforestation accelerating

May 19, 2005

Figures released by the Brazilian government have shown that the rate of deforestation in the Amazon has increased.

In the period August 2003 to August 2004, 26,000 square kilometres of the rainforest was felled. This number is up 6% from the 12 month period prior to August 2003. The total proportion of felled Amazon now stands at 17.3%, according to the World Wildlife Fund. This has led many environmentalists to worry that the cattle and soy trade are being put above the environment.

The 2003–2004 period saw the second largest tree felling, per area, in the Amazon's history. The worst was 1994–1995. The year prior to August 2003 had been another bad year for deforestation, it now being the third worst in history.

That previous 2002–2003 period led Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government to adopt an action plan to target deforestation. This included creating some of the largest reserves on earth and making closer satellite surveillance of threatened areas.

"This number is a tragedy and shows that deforestation is not a priority for the Lula government and that its plan [to fight destruction] is not working," said Paulo Adario, Greenpeace Amazon coordinator.

Much of the damage has been done in clearing trees to make space for crop land, especially in the worst hit state of Mato Grosso, where almost half of last year's deforestation occurred. This has led Greenpeace to condemn the governor of the state, a soya business man himself, as "king of deforestation". Much of this crop is exported to Europe and China, which last year led Brazil to declare a trade surplus.

The clearing endangers the world's largest home of wildlife, which claims almost 30% of all animal and plant species.

There are also implications for the carbon cycle and hence for global warming. The respiration of trees involves the intake of carbon dioxide, and produces oxygen as a byproduct. With fewer trees a balance of CO2 and O2 in the atmosphere is harder to maintain. Increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide could result in global warming.

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Talk:Landless Workers Movement marches to Brasilia in protest

How does Bush fit into the MST's problems? What are they talking about with "American culture" etc; how is that affecting their lives? Paulrevere2005 09:51, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Carlosar 13:52, 19 May 2005 (UTC) -- The MST should answer this question. I think that a lot of MST members don't know what they are doing; they are just used as an political instrument by their leaders and by the Foro de São Paulo (who have admiration for Castro and Chávez).  The MST leaders use a true social agenda as a pretext to fulfil their political goals.

Another answers:
 * the MST blame the USA for the social and develoment problems in Brazil and Latin America.
 * antiamericanism
 * oposition to Capitalism
 * Communism

 * fun comments for my POV, you'ld try to live outside USA, you'll understand "What are they talking about with American culture"... "American culture" is affecting many countries for the better - of course - but also the worst too. There's countless cultural foundations funded by USA (public and private money) for the better - of course - but also the worst too. (Poland is a well known example) :) Jacques Divol 14:34, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * here a communiqué about de Lima murdering in 2000 : Killed: Sandoval Alves de Lima amnesty comuniqué

 * I already live out of the USA and I have my opinion about the "American culture". However I ask again: How does Bush fit into the MST's problems? The answer is: it is not(Agrarian Reformation is a Brazilian problem, not an American one). However Bush is a problem for Castro, Chávez and the people who support them.

This is a good article about antiamericanism in Brazil.

More information about MST

 * MST webpage (Portuguese)
 * Friends of MST in United States
 * PRESS RELEASE: FMST Mobilizes Across the US

There is an American professor from the American University in Washington DC called Miguel Carter who is friend of the MST. There is a American network, inside the USA, which supports the MST. ,

I don't know if it is a good idea, I dont have too much time now, but someone could update the MST article in Wikipedia. There is a lot of information and great pictures in Commons.


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User:Sj/E3

 * gamedaily e3guide from before the conf start to the present; for kids and other readers.
 * e3expo and e3insider, the two official websites of the expo.
 * Webzen and "The Movie"? URLs

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User talk:Trident523~enwikinews

Hi! Thanks for your work on the Nintendo Revolution article. One problem is that we cannot copy other articles, because of copyright laws. Could you use the MTV source, plus any sources you can find to write something that is in your own words? Thanks! Lyellin 12:57, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

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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 Trident523. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Trident523~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.

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