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Awesome work
Excellent work as always matey :) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 21:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks Carman02au! And thanks for the Tea!  That was very kind. -Drew 21:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Do I need to say I liked this? Well, I thought it was more effective to put it up as Featured. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:27, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Don't mean to offend/attack, the pictures are rather awesome, but some of them could use some postprocessing. --80.172.138.71 00:07, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't mean to tell you that you don't know what you are talking about, but you don't. All the photos have been post processed with color correction, dust removal and straightening.  The white flakes you see are blossoms blowing in the wind.  The colors are Washington, DC on a very blustery and VERY overcast day.  Moreover, I do not crop photographs as a photojournalist as I believe it is a distortion of what my lens captured.  Finally, if you are going to open your mouth and criticize someone's work, have the courtesy of logging in and identifying yourself. -Drew 01:09, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Take it easy fella. Don't get mad at people criticizing and offering suggestions.  You of course don't have to listen to it. Also, photojournalists crop all the time, that isn't a huge issue. Hell, before zoom lenses, photographers for papers and the like would use wide angle lenses on their view cameras to get everything they could, and then crop heavily.  65.27.76.238 23:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Its not the cropping that gets me so much as the anonymous signing of criticism. I minimally crop, but never when it changes the story.  You all trust me to tell the story in  pictures that I see, how would it look if I cropped to tell the story I wanted to tell?  That is what I meant. -Drew 16:48, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Drew, I just want to state that this is the kind of thing that Wikinews needs more of: skilled contributors going out and writing/photographing interesting events. The photos are gorgeous, and thanks for doing it. Lyellin 02:35, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

NotNews
It happens every year; not a news event. Everyday there is an annual festival somewhere. Also not collaborative. Neutralizer 14:04, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Out of respect for the opinion of other editors, I will not change the 3rd. lead as I do not expect this tag to be treated with any respect. If the tag is still there in a little bit, I will change the 3rd lead. Neutralizer 14:07, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Let me ask one question: Why have you tagged this article now when you never tagged his "photo essays" in the past as not news, given there have been about 3 or 4 since I have been around and I do not recall ANY issue with them. Jason Safoutin 14:09, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I did tag them before. I have also decided I needed to revert the 3rd. lead as is our policy. Neutralizer 14:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Photo journalism is news. And it is journalism and its original. I see no actionable objections. Unless you can state as to exactly why this does nto qualify as news, other than your POV of "it happens every year," then there are no actionable objections. Jason Safoutin 14:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

This contravenes what wikinews is AND What Wikinews is not
These are the 3 actionable objections quoted from our policies:

 * 1) "Wikinews is about news. Our articles are on current events, we are not in the business of writing history books or encyclopedia entries.""This is current. It is happening as we speak. Jason Safoutin 14:37, 3 April 2006 (UTC)"
 * 2) "Wikinews is collaborative. A Wikinews story does not have one reporter as its author" "How is this not collaborative? You can add a little bit about the trees and who gave them to the U.S. People are not perfect and as i recall since I have been here you have NOT tagged previous articles. If you did...show me...because I never saw it. Jason Safoutin 14:38, 3 April 2006 (UTC)"
 * 3) "Wikinews is not an encyclopedia; that is, it is not an in-depth collection of non-newsworthy information. Just because something is a true fact doesn't mean it is suitable for inclusion here. Try Wikipedia instead.""I think that this is just being used as an excuse to amke your POV heard. I see this as news, as I had no Idea about this until I saw the images. Which are ORIGINAL PHOTOJOURNALISM. That is QUITE acceptable to Wikinews. Jason Safoutin 14:42, 3 April 2006 (UTC)"

It's a clear cut case of inappropriate content for Wikinews. If the community wants to allow photo essays, then we need to scrap our notnews tag as well as change our WN:NOT and WN:IS policies. Neutralizer 14:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Your statement is just plain silly. I suppose you are going to say that the hotel articles are note news because you cannot talk to anyone in them? Jason Safoutin 14:42, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I have to go to work now; hopefully the tag will be treated with respect and these objections will be dealt with in full. This "essay" really should be put up for speedy deletion. Neutralizer 14:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I think you are in a bad mood and I think at this point you are threatening an article and this is site disruption. Jason Safoutin 14:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * No; I suggest,DragonFire, that you need to read w:Wikipedia:Harassment as your comments could be interpreted as being harrassment and also please pay attention to the Wikistalking section of our Harrassment policy. I do not expect to see any more personal comments about my mood nor any site disruption references on this talk page. Neutralizer 21:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Harassment? Stalker? Maybe you need to define your accusations. Or I might consider this a personal attack. Jason Safoutin 12:52, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

It's news
In France, journalists are calling this kind of news a "Marronnier". You can see some example here (in french) : fr:Marronnier.

other kinds : Chineese New year, Saint-Valentin (lovers day),Saint Patrick day, Cannes Festival (Berlin festival for german,Venise for Italian, Academy Awards for US people !), beaujolais nouveau, French Cyclist Tour, Snow time, Spring time,  ... each year, each season, its back (i am forgeting Haute Couture shows !!!)

So it's news,even if it's recurent (and there's no problem with the what is-- what is not pages) !

it's neutral and have some spring time smell not bad between 2 attrocity or economic news)

 * Is there's some bias using this kind of marronnier, yes, of course, but wikinews have many bias ! Jacques Divol 15:28, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

of course, i do not think you could win Pulitzer Prize with this kind of news, but why not ? (big smile) Jacques Divol 15:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree, just cuz it happens every year, don't mean it ain't news. News years day stories about the past year are one of the most traditional news items on the plannet, for example.  Nyarlathotep 19:43, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Sakura, hanami, is an annual event/celebration. The are akin to other holidays and events, and qualify as phenomenon under the Content guide. The news article should be categorized under Culture and entertainment. A photoessay is one of many traditional forms of news reporting and gathering, and one which we should encourage. It is collaborative in the layout, captioning, related news coverage, and background which may be added to this article. For these reasons the not news tag is inappropriate, and inaccurate, and I will remove it. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 19:40, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Please note that Sakura is the plant, and Hanami the activity of sitting under them (and typically consuming alcohol and eating food, relaxing with freinds and relatives, and/or loved one(s)). I have made the necessary changes to the article for you.
 * a very goog think : Sakura hanami. I love that ! :) Jacques Divol 08:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Patent Nonsense
I respectfully disagree. It is patent nonsense to say this article fits within our what wikinews is AND What Wikinews is not parameters. If some wish to break the spirit and letter of those policies I suggest you may wish to consider applying the "ignore all rules" policy again as justification. The tag should go back up and history will prove that to be the case, I'm sure. The esoteric non-logic of removing the tag will be seen for exactly what it is; something that downgrades the paper to the status of neighborhood newsletter. Neutralizer 21:18, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * For future reference, I'll add my opinion on this. While this isn't breaking news, it's journalism - you know, when events are journalized. It may be a lesser news than some non-annual event, but it is news. Perhaps if we had only so many stories we could publish a day, this one would be bumped for a day or more (the sort of thing that happens in real news papers), but that limitation just doesn't exist here - and as far as I know Wikinews is trying to encourage more news stories.  And yes, there was a good deal of contribution from other editors - you can see that in the edit history.  Because of this story, I learned a bit of history, a bit about the cherry trees that bloom every year, a bit about Japan (even from some of the comments here) and the U.S., and enjoyed the professional photos that the original author contributed.  I'd object if I saw this every year for three years straight, just as I'd object after a few days of "The Sun rose this morning" headlines.  For the record, I'm going to print this one and show my friends, whose interest in all-things-botanical exceeds my own. Very nice job! 4.235.159.104 21:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * If you would like, I could present a point-by-point explanation of how this article qualifies under both those policies, both of which reference Content guide. This is not a case of ignoring either the rules, or your concerns. You would not object to articles regarding such cultural events as Christmas Holiday events, or comemorating the Invasion of Iraq, each of which is an annual event. Likewise recognition of Ramadan, Bastille Day, and Chinese New Year. Equinoctial or Solstitial events are also specific ones, though I don't recall anyone being interested enough to write an article about them.

 * I would love to "downgrade" Wikinews to the level of, and ubiquity of, a neighborhood paper. It would be fabulous to have coverage of block parties, neighborhood construction projects, local school board meetings, and city alderman elections in many if not most neighborhoods across the world. In previous discussions there's generally agreement that the smallest stories we should cover would be of interest to a neighborhood or larger (so Joe Smith's family reunion barbecue is out, but the Seward Neighborhood Annual Picnic is in.)

 * It is, however, rather rude to describe an annual observation, which the DC cherry blossom festival is for hundreds of thousands of people, as "patent nonsense". It may not be news you're interested in reading, but clearly other people are interested. I don't read all of the local paper either, but I wouldn't denigrate the sections I don't find interesting. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:42, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Amgine's misrepresentation or mistake is likely obvious, but just to emphasize it; noone said the event was nonsense; the words are right there for Amgine to read "It is patent nonsense to say this article fits within..." What is rude is Amgine misquoting me and then calling me "rude" as if his misquote was accurate. Whenever Amgine uses negative personal adjectives it is always a good idea to check the edit he uses to justify those adjectives; typically Amgine's use of words like "rude" has no basis in fact. Neutralizer 00:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

 * What Amgine is saying fits neatly with the article, The New Wisdom of the Web, in the latest Newsweek edition. -Edbrown05 02:12, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, I guess I just don't understand this aspect. It would seem to me then, if I am following, that the quality of the photos have no effect upon the news value of the "essay", and that if I take some crappy photos of the santa claus parade in Toronto; that would be usable here on Wikinews. Or are you saying that the photos must be professional quality? Neutralizer 04:16, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If you want to write a little story about a parade -- any parade -- and include some crappy pictures, please feel free. Original reporting about local events is more than welcome. I hope that one day we'll have dozens of stories about local events (parades, sporting events, business stories) with tons of photos (crappy or professional). --Chiacomo (talk) 04:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool; this might be something I can get into. Easter's just around the corner. Neutralizer 04:29, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Lords know I've taken some crappy pictures for Wikinews -- and uploaded some pretty crappy audio segments... :D --Chiacomo (talk) 04:39, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Save yourself some time and use one of those cheap camera phones and call in the story. Meanwhile, what's all this complaining about? This seems like a straight forward case of good photo-journalism.  Karen 07:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I bought a cheap 20 dollar camera at the store before I got a decent one. I too have taken some bad pictures and put them in an article. But most of the pictures I took are ones that are not published anywhere else and the fact you can get that picture no one else can get at that moment...you know waht I mean. Good work. The picturtes are teriffic. Jason Safoutin 12:55, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Conclusion ?
It's seem that exept User:Neutralizer, all the people talking here seem to agree that Photo Essay: Cherry Blossoms Bloom in DC is a regular, correct wikinews article.
 * Okay ? Jacques Divol 08:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Agree Jacques Divol
 * 2) Agree Jason Safoutin 12:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Agree Polaris999 21:45, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok, sorry,folks; I think I finally get it
Apologies for being a pain on this. I just could not figure out how we could use the "notnews" label on other stuff and not this. I think I finally understand the reasoning. Most any kind of current original reporting; photo essay etc. is welcome. Non-original stuff which isn't really a "current news" item does not qualify. So if there is an article somewhere about Prescott Bush financing Hitler's rise to power, that is "not news". Do I have it now? Neutralizer 18:09, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, sort of... If there's a relevant current news event you might include information such as that referenced above (though it shouldn't dominate the article -- the article should primarily be about the current event)... The information about Prescott Bush and Hitler might be appropriate for some Wikipedia articles, however, so long as it's appropriately sourced. --Chiacomo (talk) 02:09, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Tupence
Just want to say that I kicked off the whole "not news" thing this time last year, just as Neutralizer mentions. However personally I've mellowed a bit... this story made me smile, and I certainly don't object to it :-) Dan100 (Talk) 06:43, 9 April 2006 (UTC)


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Not only do the citizens of the cities near rivers with rising water in Germany have sleepness nights - the flood also means more work for TV and radio stations as well. At 04:00 UTC the river Elbe had risen to a level of 7.36 meters, with the river continuing to rise. RTL, a local news agency, along with several other agencies have positioned themselves at critical points along the river in order to provide TV and radio users with information.

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"Vague" US military statement =s misleading statement,perhaps
The statement is reported as being vague and with no bodies reportedly found; the personnel could have been captured. We certainly can't say they are dead or even presumed dead. The US officials can be quoted as saying they are "presumed dead" but we have no way of knowing whether that is what those officials really believe. It is suspicious, I think, that there would be no body parts found nor any explanation offered as to where the bodies are. Neutralizer 22:13, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


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Congratulations to the people who corrected this after my initial version - in general IMHO these are good changes.

i brought back the wikipedia links to conflict resolution and Confidence and Security-Building Measures. Conflict and war have been around for a long time, and many people have studied them (presumably going back to Socrates and earlier). Just as some ideas about atoms and molecules happen to be useful parts of knowledge - there are also ideas about conflict resolution and e.g. confidence and security-building measures. They are not "hard science" like physics, but there is still background information there which can be presented as reasonably NPOV "soft science" and of which many people are not aware and which deserve (and have) encyclopedia articles. We cannot claim that either US, Iranian, Russian, Chinese or IAEA officials have the "correct" or "moral" view on conflict resolution, that would be POV - but we can point to the article with a description of what is claimed by wikipedists to be NPOV knowledge about conflict resolution. Boud 22:16, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


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British report says the U.K. is preparing 'mass graves' for humans if Bird Flu mutates

April 2, 2006 A report titled: Managing Excess Deaths in an Influenza Pandemic dated March 22, 2006, leaked from the Home Office in the United Kingdom states that the U.K. is preparing 'mass graves' in the event that the Avian Flu [Bird Flu] mutates. It also states that, "there are likely to be substantially more deaths than can be managed within current timescales." and that as many as 320,000 people could die if the virus mutates.

"Common [mass] burial stirs up images of the burial pits used in the great plague of 1665 — where in London 70,000 people died," the report added. It suggests that ways can be found for large-scale burial to provide recognizable individual gravesites in order to counter this association.

"Prudent precautionary planning is under way across all elements of the response, including the health service, other essential services and local authorities," said a Home Office spokesman. However; at the moment, the virus only infects humans who have been in close or direct contact with infected poultry. The U.K. also reports that it has stockpiled at least 14.6 million doses of anti-viral medication.

The report cautions that vaccines against the virus "will not be available in the first wave of a pandemic" and that the vaccines would not be a "silver bullet." It also states that the local officials are prepared to handle only 48,000 deaths in Wales and in England for a pandemic lasting 15 weeks, however; the reports states further that, "even with ramping local management capacity by 100%, the prudent worst case of 320,000 deaths is projected to lead to a delay of some 17 weeks from death to burial or cremation."


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Hello,

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

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Wikinews:Briefs/Business/April 3, 2006

April 3, 2006

Arabs express interest in Kosher Phones
Mirs, an Israeli manufacturer, has created a mobile phone that blocks sex numbers, images, and other "worldly temptations." The phones do not have text messaging, videos, or a camera. The company, a subsidiary of Motorola, has sold 20,000 of them. They were originally intended for Orthodox Jews who scorn television and radio but see mobile phones as a modern necessity. Arabs have expressed interest in the phones, via Jordanian businessmen, also for religious reasons, though they are not of the same religion. Jordan is one of the few Arab countries that has a peace treaty with Israel.

Alcatel announces Lucent Technology purchase
French company Alcatel said this weekend that it will buy Lucent Technologies for $13.4 billion. The merger will cut costs by dropping 8,800 employees, approximately 10% of their combined workforce. Lucent's CEO Patricia Russo will serve as the CEO of the new company, to be based in Paris. Russo said that research and development costs are a primary reason for the merger.

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2006 New Zealand Maori Electoral Option

March 3, 2006

Today marks the beginning of the 2006 Māori Electoral Option. The Māori Option process is held by law every five years following the Census, giving voters of Māori descent the choice of being on the general roll or the Māori roll. Once Māori electors have decided which roll they are on, the Representation Committee will begin the process of redrawing the electoral boundaries.

The Māori roll does not generally affect the proportionality of the Parliament, which is determined by the party vote (see Electoral system of New Zealand). However the size of the Māori roll does determine how many Māori seats there are, and it is possible (through what is known as an overhang) for a party to win more seats than its share of all votes should allow. Also if a party wins a seat, it does not have to meet the 5% party vote threshold to be represented in Parliament. The Māori Party benefited both ways from the Māori seats in the 2005 election.

National Party leader Dr. Don Brash said the option was promoting a "racially-divided electoral system" and National accused the Government of state-sanctioned separatism.

Brash says getting rid of the Māori Seats is an important policy for his party and that the taxpayer should not have to pay the $4.5 million bill.

Māori Party co-leader, Tariana Turia said that National may need the Māori Party after the next election, and that she is "sick to death" of political opportunism.

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My workload at my real job has finally been reduced. I hope to throw out some more of these for awhile. --Sfullenwider 01:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Very cool. Just saw this on my RSS feed and think this is a great idea! — orioneight (talk) 02:39, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


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Murder, rape of Albert Namatjira's great-granddaughter makes belated news

April 3, 2006

Sometime during the night of Friday, January 28, 15 year-old Jenissa Ryan was assaulted and raped in Alice Springs. She was discovered near the entrance of Centralian Senior Secondary College around 10:30 a.m., and a college employee called an ambulance. The attack was not reported in the mainstream national media until this week, when it became known that the victim was the great-granddaughter of famous indigenous artist Albert Namatjira.

In an article published in Saturdays Sydney Morning Herald, Russell Skelton said that the fact that she was an Aborigine, and the location of her bashing, contributed to her death. "If Jenissa had been white, she might be alive today, though the scars of her brutal bashing and rape could never be erased. If she had been bashed and left for dead almost anywhere else, assistance would have been immediate and the outrage strident." He also said that if her connection to Namatjira had been known, Jenissa's death would have been a "national scandal."

Assault and rape
Police believe that she was attacked by a number of youths her own age while walking home. She continued to walk home, but collapsed unconscious near the entrance to the college. Here, according to police, she was found by three teenage boys, who dragged her out of view and raped her.

Jenissa was still alive when found. Skelton considered it likely that people had seen her during the morning but done nothing. "That means a number of residents of middle-class Grevillea Drive probably noticed. The white T-shirt and striped tracksuit pants were hard to miss," he said.

She was taken to Alice Springs Hospital, and then flown to Adelaide's Women and Children's Hospital.

Charges
On February 13 Northern Territory Police charged a 16 year-old male and a 15 year-old female with assaulting Jenissa Ryan. Three other males, aged 14, 15, and 16, have been charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with Jenissa Ryan. Police expressed gratitude for the assistance they had received from members of the public.

Aftermath
Father Asaeli Raass said that both indigenous and non-indigenous people were in denial about the incident. "Yes, it's a painful thing, but people are sweeping it under the carpet when they should be confronting the big issues Jenissa's death raises," he said. He also said that the initial wave of publicity "never travelled outside Alice Springs."

Jenissa's mother, Carmel Ryan, said that her daughter wanted to be a painter, like her great-grandfather. "She wanted to be like him, to make a creative contribution we would all be proud of. Tragically that can never be, but I feel nothing but sorrow for the parents of the children involved in this terrible event," she said.


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Not news?
I realise that this event is 2 months old, however it has only just been reported in the national media, and the police investigation and trials are still ongoing. - Borofkin 04:26, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * News which is delayed for any reason, especially a newsworthy reason, is still news. Nyarlathotep 10:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Terrible
I think there is a connection between coalition soldiers openly and freely using Iraqi heads as soccer balls and this type of violence among coalition teens. Call me crazy. Neutralizer 13:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Confused
I'm a bit confused by this statement:
 * If she had been bashed and left for dead almost anywhere else, assistance would have been immediate and the outrage strident.

Is Alice Springs considered to be a place where racism against aborigines is particularly rife? Or is he talking about Australia in general as in if she had been bashed in NZ or some other country? Nil Einne 21:37, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Alice Springs has a number of "camps" which have endemic social problems, mostly related to alcohol. I suspect he means that it is so common to see someone lying unconscious in the gutter that she was ignored by passers by, whereas in another place someone would have checked her, regardless of race. Consider also this story about Delmae Barton. Race is an issue in both incidents, of course. - Borofkin 00:34, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations
Thankyou to Borofkin for puttinng this one together. More of us should take the time to reseach and present such issues. Good work. --elliot_k 13:59, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

New Northern Territory category
editprotected I've created a Northern Territory category and would like to have this article added to the page.
 * Category now named Northern Territory, Australia. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:27, 23 April 2010 (UTC)


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Queen approves New Zealand Governor-General's appointment

April 3, 2006

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, announced today that she had approved the appointment of Judge Anand Satyanand as the next Governor-General of New Zealand. He will take office on August 4. Prime Minister Helen Clark says, "Judge Satyanand will bring many personal strengths to the role of Governor-General, including a broad knowledge of the workings of government and the law, as well as a deep appreciation of the different groups and communities which make up contemporary New Zealand."

National leader Dr Don Brash said, "Judge Satyanand has had a long period of public service in both judicial and quasi-judicial roles, and I congratulate him on his appointment... His experience makes him well suited to carry out the very important functions of Governor-General..."

Dame Silvia Cartwright will complete her term on 4 August 2006, and Judge Satyanand will be sworn in as Governor-General at "a date to be determined thereafter".

Anand Satyanand is of Indo-Fijian descent and a former New Zealand lawyer, judge and ombudsman. He will become the thirty-fifth representative of the Sovereign since 1840, and the first of Asian descent.


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Australia and China enter into Uranium deal

April 3, 2006

China has entered into a "nuclear safeguards agreement" which will allow it to purchase from Australia. Under the conditions of the agreement, China must not use Australian uranium for military purposes.

The agreement was signed by Australia's Foreign Minister and his Chinese counterpart,  in the presence of their leaders Australian Prime Minister  and Chinese Premier.

Australia will not allow uranium to be exported to any country which has not entered into a nuclear safeguards agreement. A requirement of this agreement is that the country wishing to purchase uranium must also be a signatory to the UN's.

Alexander Downer stated that China needs the uranium for its nuclear energy program. He said "Given China's high projected growth in electricity demand over the coming years, there are clear environmental benefits in diversifying from fossil fuels to low greenhouse-emission technologies such as nuclear power."

China is expected to build between 40 to 50 nuclear plants over the next 20 years.

Ian Macfarlane, Austalia's Resource Minister said that exports should begin within four years and that the agreement was only the beginning of the export process. He told ABC Radio "The signing of this agreement is really only the start of the process,

We need to move forward, there needs to be commercial negotiations between companies in Australia that are producing uranium and companies in China that wish to purchase it" he said.

It is believed that Australia, which holds 40 percent of the world's uranium, may need to increase production. At present, Australia produces 10,000 tonnes per year. It is expected that China will require 20,000 tonnes a year from Australia.

"Uranium will only be sold by contract to utilities, it cannot be used for military purposes, China will also be subject to international atomic energy safeguards and that means inspections," Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has stated and continued "Thirdly, there will be a system that will track Australian nuclear material."

Kevin Rudd, Australian Opposition's foreign affairs spokesman said that he supported the agreement. Labor's foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd supports the deal.

"If we have with China effective bilateral safeguards arrangements then there should be no impediment," he said.

Professor Ian Lowe from the Australian Conservation Foundation said in response to the deal that "This is no time to be increasing the amount of fissile material in the world."

has commented "Make no mistake — selling Australian uranium to China will make the world less safe."


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C-5 Galaxy military cargo plane crashes at Dover Air Force Base

April 3, 2006 The Pentagon confirmed that a C-5 Galaxy military cargo plane crashed at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, saying that the plane was having "mechanical problems" and crashed "while taking off." The plane was carrying 17 people.

ABC News reported no fatalities, but Allen Metheny, assistant director in the State Department, said that some were injured and taken to the hospital; the extent of the injuries was unknown. At least 10 people have been reported to have been taken to BayHealth hospital.

The plane crashed about 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 UTC) and broke into three separate sections.

The C-5 Galaxy is the largest plane in operation in the U.S. military.


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Pentagon
The Pentagon quote came from Live TV. Jason Safoutin 12:39, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Survivors
CNN.com now reporting that all on board survived.

The Reuters and CNN links are dead. They should be deleted.


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Great Article
Thanks Jason, for this one. It's really interesting news,I think. Neutralizer 13:03, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


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Iran tests torpedo, plans more tests

April 3, 2006 On Sunday, Iran tested its second underwater missile, the Fajr-3. The underwater missile, Iran claims, can evade sonar.

"The missile carries a very powerful warhead that enables it to operate against groups of warships and big submarines. Even if an enemy's warship sonar can detect the missile, no warship can escape from this missile because of its high speed," said General Ali Fadavi of the Revolutionary Guards. He said the missile can travel at 328 feet a second.

If Iran's claims are correct, it would make this missile the fastest underwater missile in the world. The second fastest missile would be the Russian's VA-111 Shkval, which was developed in 1995.

Iran successfully tested its first missile on March 31, 2006, and claims that it can "evade radar and it can evade anti-missile missiles," said Hossein Salami, head of the Revolutionary Guards Air Force. "This technology is completely new, without copying any other missile systems that may exist in other countries" and also says it can carry several warheads.

It is also reported that more missiles will be tested during war games later in the week.

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18 dead after multiple twisters strike US Midwest

April 3, 2006 High winds and multiple tornadoes caused destruction across the American Midwest yesterday, killing 18 people when they hit five states in the early evening, although that figure is expected to rise.

In Dyer County, Tennessee alone, 12 people were killed, and in Gibson County, Tennessee, a further three were lost, bringing the death toll up to 15 in that state alone. The remaining three lives were lost in Missouri as a result of high winds, although the freak weather also hit the states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois. When asked about the storms which caused chaos in Tennessee, Dyer County Sherriff Jeffrey Holt said, "This hit about 7:40 last night, so the warnings were out. They were being tracked all the way across Arkansas and Missouri as it was coming in. We had plenty of warnings, I think, just the amount of destruction in the area is what caused our fatality count to get so high. Destruction is almost absolute total destruction along some of the path of this. There's just nothing left of houses but foundation."

Numerous power failures were reported across the affected areas, with some county authorities reporting that the blackouts may go on for several days.

A dispatcher in Pemiscot County, Missouri informed the press that, as of Monday morning, some people were still trapped in their houses as a result of the storms.

In Illinois, tornadoes touched down across at least seven counties according to local emergency officials, but no-one was severely injured or killed. The Emergency Management spokesperson for Illinois Patti Thompson reported that a large storm front which spanned the breadth of America from Illinois southwards was the cause of last night's dramatic weather.

In the state of Ohio, a Wilmington-based meteorologist informed members of the Associated Press that "In every county in southwest Ohio there has been some type of damage."

Repair costs for damage across the affected area are expected to be six-figure sums, and extensive work to replace destroyed segments of the infrastructure such as gas and power supplies is already underway, said officials in all seven of the states hit this morning. The current death toll is expected to rise today, with at least one more unconfirmed death reported in Missouri already.


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Alcatel and Lucent will merge

April 3, 2006

Lucent Technologies (USA) and Alcatel (France) announced a merger yesterday. The currently-unnamed entity will be a global corporation based in Paris, France and will become the second largest telecommunications equipment company behind Cisco, pulling ahead of Ericsson.

Sixty percent of the new company's shares will be held by Alcatel, but Patricia Russo of Lucent will serve as CEO. Bell Labs, the New Jersey-based research and development holding of Lucent also being acquired by Alcatel, will keep their US headquarters, and a US-based entity will be set up from Bell Labs to manage sensitive US government contracts. The new firm will employ over 26,000 researchers.

However, 8,800 employees, or roughly 10% of the combined personnel, are set to be let go with the merger, after Russo's halving of the Lucent workforce. CFDT, the main French Alcatel union involved in the deal, called a meeting of the French and European Work's council (Comité d'entreprise) in opposition to this move.

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British FBI-style agency launched

April 9, 2006

Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a new crime-fighting agency to deal with "brutal and sophisticated" crimes by organised gangs. The agency's mandate and powers have been compared to that of the United States' FBI.

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), has approximately 4,200 "law enforcement officers", some of whom are ex-spies, and will use their £400m annual budget to fight counterfeiting, fraud, drug and people-trafficking.

The agency was created out of the National Crime Squad, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and investigative staff from the Immigration Service. SOCA is chaired by ex-MI5 chief Sir Stephen Lander.

New Powers
SOCA will take advantage of new powers which have been brought in by the Blair government to help tackle serious and organised crime. The main four are:

Queen's Evidence Prosecutors are now able to offer formal statutory deals, such as immunity or a reduced sentence, to those who testify against other accused criminals.

Financial reporting orders Courts can compel criminals to supply their bank statements of up to 20 years past, to demonstrate that they have had no crime related earnings.

Disclosure notices Courts can limit the suspect's right to remain silent, by ordering prison terms or fines if the suspect refuses to testify or provide documents.

Law enforcement officers SOCA officers are empowered to exercise multiple powers, that of the police, immigration and customs officials.

Blair's Comments
When Prime Minister Tony Blair announced SOCA yesterday, he made several comments regarding the nature of organised crime today and the disorganised and underpowered police force expected to combat it. After announcing that SOCA would make life "hell" for what he dubs "criminal Mr. Bigs", he continued to outline what he believed to be the type of crime Britain was dealing with today.

"The level of sophistication, the level, frankly, of brutality with which many of these gangs operate today means that we have to do it differently. Organised crime is a chain, the bottom link of which is the consumer and the individual victim. Even an apparently invisible and victimless crime like defrauding a financial institution has ramifications for ordinary people. Organised crime, like most crimes, tends to make victims of the poor as least as much, if not more, than the wealthy. So there is an imperative to act."

After declaring that he would introduce any necessary new powers to help the new agency achieve its goals, he said, "There is absolutely nothing, in my view, that should come before the basic liberties of people in this country to be freed from the tyranny of this type of organised crime."

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5 dead in Pakistan bomb attack

April 3, 2006

Five people are dead and three are injured after a roadside bomb blew up a minibus in rural Pakistan. According to a security officer, who has chosen to remain anonymous, a mother and her 5-year-old child are among the dead.

They were travelling in a minibus, which was on a dirt track in the village of Tata Khel, approximately 25km west of the town of Miran Shah. Of the eight individuals thought to be in the vehicle at the time, three died in the explosion, two died later in hospital and the remaining three are injured.

This attack comes at the same time as another similar incident, this time in the village of Ghulam Khan. In this bombing, the vehicle was damaged but there were no casualties. Another recent attack involved two militants who attacked troops with a grenade in the town of Mir Ali. Five soldiers were killed, and the two assailants were subsequently shot. All three incidents occurred in the troubled northern region of North Waziristan.

The Pakistani authorities have deployed thousands of troops to the affected area over the past few years, but as of yet any positive effects are hard to see.

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Factual statements must be sourced. Interpretive statements, such as "essentially limiting the right to remain silent" are actually opinions, and must be ascribed to a person or organization which holds this view. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 16:39, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

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Third of Thais vote 'none of the above'

April 4, 2006 According to unofficial estimates by the Thai News Agency (TNA), 10 million voters chose the "none of the above" option in Sunday's election. These estimates put the party-list vote for incumbent Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party at 16 million. (Thai Rak Thai means, literally, "Thais Love Thais" .) Shinawatra cited a total vote of 28 million, compared to 32 million in the previous general election.

Reporting the PM's appearance on national television, TNA quoted him as saying he might resign to achieve better national unity. "I'm ready to have a break in politics if ...". His offer is conditional on the return by major players in the anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to their prior roles, and on the participation of opposition parties in the next general election.

Choosing to emphasise Thaksin's claim of victory, an article in the Thai publication The Nation, written in the English language, included passages portraying the PM less favourably. "Tell me how the country would be better off without me", Thaksin challenged at a party meeting. "The 16 million should be told how the country will be reconciled if I step down."

Sunday's poll passed fairly peacefully, although three bomb blasts injuring six persons were reported in Narathiwat, one of the southern provinces where Malay separatist tensions have seen over 1,000 killed since January 2004.

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U.S. jury decision moves Moussaoui closer to execution

April 5, 2006

A United States federal jury found that self-confessed al-Qaida conspirator may, according to U.S. law, be put to death after deciding that his statements to FBI agents led directly to at least one death in the  attacks on September 11, 2001.

Moussaoui is alleged to have had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, but did not inform FBI agents of it. Evidence of Moussaoui's knowledge of the 9/11 attacks are based on Moussaoui's own testimony, and some al-Qaida members have said that "he knew nothing" and is "boasting" of it and that is the actual ''. Aaron Zebley, one of the FBI's two chief case agents on the Moussaoui investigation, also testified that "Moussaoui knew nothing about some key elements" of the 9/11 plot.

Moussaoui is the only person to face charges in connection with the 9/11 attacks. It was not expected that Moussaoui would testify on his own behalf during the trial, but he changed his mind and testified in the last week of March that he was supposed to fly a plane with the "shoe bomber" on 9/11. Moussaoui's lawyers said that his claim was absurd and that Moussaoui was intentionally trying to elicit an execution for martyrdom purposes.

Moussaoui refused to stand and prayed silently as the verdict was read. "You'll never get my blood, God curse you all," Moussaoui said after the jurors had left the courtroom.

The jury took four days to arrive at the verdict. "By this verdict, the jury has found that death is a possible sentence in this case," a court spokesman said. On the key question before the jurors, they answered yes on whether at least one victim died on 9/11 as a direct result of Moussaoui's actions.

If the jury had voted against his eligibility for the death penalty, Moussaoui would have been sentenced to life in prison.

The jury began weighing Moussaoui's fate last Wednesday. During its deliberations, jurors asked only one question, seeking a definition of a "weapon of mass destruction." One of the three convictions for which Moussaoui could be put to death is conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.

The jurors were told that a plane used as a missile (the tactic employed on 9/11) qualifies as a weapon of mass destruction.

Moussaoui pleaded guilty April 2005 to conspiring with al-Qaida to hijack aircraft and other crimes. At the time, he denied being part of the 9/11 plot, saying he was being trained for a separate attack, but he changed his testimony when he took the stand and claimed he was supposed to have flown a hijacked jetliner into the White House that day.

Moussaoui was in jail at the time of the attacks, but prosecutors argue federal agents would have been able to stop or at least minimize the attacks if he had revealed his al-Qaida membership and his terrorist plans when he was arrested and interrogated by federal agents.

The last people executed without killing anyone were fifty years ago.

Next phase of the trial
Now that this first phase of the trial to decide possible penalties is established, the jury of nine men and three women will hear more testimony, expected last as long as 3-months, on whether the 37-year-old Frenchman will face life imprisonment or execution.

Testimony will include the families of 9/11 victims who will describe the human toll of the al-Qaida operation, in which four passenger airliners were taken over and two were flown to New York City and crashed into the, a third airplane struck the , and the last crashed in a field near , Pennsylvania, apparently after passengers intervened.

Court-appointed defense lawyers, whom Moussaoui has tried to reject, will summon experts to suggest he is schizophrenic after a cruel childhood during which he faced racism in France over his Moroccan ancestry.


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Judge throws out petition case against Patrick Murphy in PA Congressional race

April 4, 2006

On Friday, Judge Robert Simpson Jr. threw out a petition challenge brought by Jane Faust against Patrick Murphy, a candidate for the 8th Congressional District in Pennsylvania. Josh Nanberg, Murphy's campaign manager, stated, "We won."

The case centered on objections to Murphy's nominating papers. The judge threw the case out due to a part of the law which requires that any objections must be raised at least seven days prior to the court case to allow the defendant time to collect evidence. The objections in this case were brought the day of the trial.

Jen Paski, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said, “We were very distressed by this challenge and we are absolutely thrilled that it failed."

The lawyer who filed the challenge on behalf of Faust has stated that he will continue the case, and will attempt to bring it to the state Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

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Tom DeLay will not seek re-election; to resign from Congress

April 4, 2006 According to various news reports, former United States House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) will announce his withdrawal from the Congressional race on Tuesday, April 4, 2006.

In an interview on Monday, April 3, 2006, DeLay spoke with Time Magazine's White House correspondent Mike Allen, revealing his plans to give up his bid for re-election to the House seat representing the 22nd District in Texas. In addition, DeLay said that he plans to leave Congress in the next few months, though he has not yet decided on the date.

DeLay's office released a taped statement to media outlets on April 4, 2006 that addressed his decision to resign from Congress. "I will make that resignation effective sometime before mid-June, but largely dependent on the congressional calendar. I plan to begin focusing on the next phase of my life as a private citizen." DeLay's statement points to "negative, personal campaign[ing]" by "liberal Democrats" as a reason behind his resignation. He plans to determine "new ways from various arenas outside of public office that will allow me to continue to contribute to and engage in the policy, political, and cultural issues of national importance to the conservative majority." DeLay will be moving from Texas to his property in Virginia in order to be closer to Washington, DC.

DeLay has served in Congress for 11 terms. He temporarily gave up his seat as House Majority leader in 2005 after he was indicted in Texas on money laundering charges and then permanently relinquished his House leadership position in January 2006. DeLay has allegedly been linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who in January 2006 entered a guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to corrupt public officials, mail fraud, and tax evasion.


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