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British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks about London bombings

July 7, 2005

Prime Minister Tony Blair, in a short statement at midday BST from Gleneagles, Scotland, said that it was his intention to travel to London within a few hours to get a clearer picture of the events, before returning to the G8 summit this evening. Looking visibly shocked, he said that he believed it was "reasonably clear" that it was an act of terror, and that he hoped that the people of Britain could demonstrate that their will to overcome the events is greater than the terrorists' wish to cause destruction. He also said that his determination to "defend" the British way of life outweighed "extremist determination" to destroy it.

He also made it clear that all members of the G8 council wish to continue talks in his absence, he is currently on his way back to London to talk directly to police chiefs and ministers.

Text of the statement

 * It's reasonably clear that there have been a series of terrorist attacks in London. There are obviously casualties, both people that have died and people seriously injured. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.

 * It's my intention to leave the G8 within the next couple hours and go down to London and get a report face to face with the police and the emergency services from those who have been dealing with this.

 * Each of the countries around that table have some experience of the effects of terrorism and share our complete resolution to defeat this terrorism. It's particularly barbaric that this has happened on the day when people are meeting to try to help the problems of poverty in Africa and the long-term problems of climate changes in the environment.

 * It's reasonably clear that it is designed and aimed to coincide with the opening of the G8. There will be time to talk later about this. It's important, however, that those engaged in terrorism realize that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire to impose extremism on the world. Whatever they do, it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world. Thank you.

Statement from the G8
At the G8 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland, Prime Minister Blair made a statement at a press conference accompanied by other leading politicians from the G8 countries, including Presidents Bush, Putin and Chirac.

 * We condemn utterly these barbaric attacks. Those responsible have no respect for human life. We are united in our front to defeat terrorism which is not an attack on one nation but on all nations and on civilization as we know it. We will not allow this to stop the work of this summit. We will continue our deliberations in search of a better world. The perpetrators of this attack are intent on destroying human life. The terrorists will not succeed. Today's bombings will not weaken in any way our resolve to defeat those who would impose their fanaticism and extremism on all of us. We shall prevail and they shall not. Tony Blair says " I will send my people to hunt those down who plan suicide bombings"


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User talk:216.197.174.5

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User talk:59.167.65.240

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User talk:130.225.96.2

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World leaders respond to London blasts

July 7, 2005

World leaders at the G8 Meeting at Gleneagles have made statements following the bomb attacks in London today.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom offered this official statement following the attacks:
 * The dreadful events in London this morning have deeply shocked us all. I know I speak for the whole nation in expressing my sympathy to all those affected and the relatives of the killed and injured. I have nothing but admiration for the emergency services as they go about their work.

France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin made a short statement to offer moral and material support to the population of London. The "Vigipirate plan" was raised from "orange" to "red".

Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the attacks were:
 * Roundly condemned by the Australian government.
 * We are 100% behind the British government and 100% behind the British people at this time and completely condemn this appalling terrorism.

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin made a statement from the G8 summit, stating:
 * Today, we have been witness to acts of cowardice and terror. The London bombings are an unspeakable attack on the innocent and on a way of life.
 * On behalf of all Canadians, I have extended to Prime Minister Blair the condolences and the sympathies of our nation. We pray for those who have lost their lives, and for their families.
 * Canadian security forces are working closely with those of Great Britain. We stand ready to provide any assistance that may be required at this difficult hour and in the days and weeks ahead.
 * Our collective freedom has come under attack today by those who would use violence and murder to force extremism upon the world. We must and we will stand against these terrorists. We will do so together. And we will prevail.

US President George W. Bush made a statement in Edinburgh, vowing to be "extra vigilant" in pursuit of terrorism.
 * On the one hand, you have people here working to alleviate poverty and rid the world of AIDS. The contrast couldn't be clearer between the hearts of those who care about human liberty and those who would take the lives of innocent folks. The war of terror goes on. We will not yield to terror. We will spread an ideology of hope and compassion that will overwhelm their ideology of hate.

In Spain, which saw attacks on Madrid last year, the Spanish Government said it would help the UK, "pursue the criminals who have carried out such a repugnant attack against a city that was celebrating its election as the host of the Games of the XXX Olympiad". The European Parliament President Josep Borrel, expressed his condolences, saying:
 * As president of parliament and a citizen of a country that only last year experienced the horrors of such terrible attacks. I want to send a message of solidarity with British people, we all stand with you, British people, and we will never let atrocities or terrorism defeat the values of peace and democracy.

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh of India expressed outrage at terrorist attacks in London, saying these only "underscore our contention that terrorism is a global phenomenon that needed to be tackled with concerted effort." Recalling that India was the victim of a terrorist attack only two days ago when heavily armed men assaulted a shrine at Ayodhya before being killed, Dr Singh said the incidents demonstrated that "global terrorism does not respect international boundaries and we all need to work together to counter it."

Danish Prime Minster Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls the attack in London "terrible":
 * Once again we witness the barbaric attacks of unrelenting terrorists against innocent people -- civilians, women and children". He further emphasizes the importance of the western world not giving in to terrorism: "They may never be allowed to reach their goal through death and destruction. Therefore I support the continuation of the G8 summit. Our thoughts in this tragic situation go first and foremost to the victims and their families. The British population have our deepest sympathies.

The Norwegian King Harald telexed Queen Elisabeth II:
 * It was with great sorrow I received the shocking news about the horrible incidents that happened in London this morning, that have injured and claimed the lives of innocent humans" Prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik urges that the war on terror have to continue: "We cannot let ourself get scared, that would be to give the terrorists the victory.

Support for Great Britain came from the President of Serbia and the Prime Minister of Kosovo. The President of Serbia and Montenegro, Svetozar Marović, sent his condolences to Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair, and expressed solidarity of citizens of Serbia and Montenegro with the British people:
 * We are stunned by this tragedy and new recklessness of terrorists towards free and civilized countries and their citizens. Innocent victims in London will only strenghten the struggle of the entire human kind against terrorism.

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Talk:Transport and telecommunications struggle amid confusion in London

It's not true that there were no problems with text messages. Personal experience definitely suggests otherwise both Vodafone and O2. Also some difficulty with texts on Orange in the Chancery Lane area.

14:25 hours – Transport for London Update

Latest information confirms that there were four incidents on London’s transport network this morning, three on London Underground and one on London Buses.

Text of TfL Statement
At 09:46, the London Underground was suspended and all stations commenced evacuation following incidents at: Aldgate station heading towards Liverpool Street station on the Hammersmith & City line; Russell Square station heading towards Kings Cross station on the Piccadilly line; and Edgware Road station heading towards Paddington station on the Hammersmith & City line.

Zone 1 bus services were temporarily suspended this morning following an incident on a Route 30 bus at Woburn Place and extra security checks were undertaken on buses remaining in operation and at all garages.

Emergency services responded immediately to all incidents and are dealing with a number of casualties who have been taken to hospitals across London. Unfortunately, whilst we can confirm that there have been fatalities no confirmed figures are currently available.

Additional temporary service suspensions and public information

The Docklands Light Railway has been suspended as a precaution - there have been no incidents on the DLR network.

Drivers are advised not to come into Central London.


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Bush crashes his bike into Scottish police officer

July 7, 2005

U.S. President George W. Bush crashed his mountain bike into an unfortunate police officer in Scotland.

Mr. Bush, who celebrated his 59th birthday last night was cycling on a bike around the Gleneagles Hotel, where he is staying for the 31st G8 summit, when he, perhaps partially due to the bad weather, crashed into one of the police officers responsible for his and the other leaders' safety.

The officer had to be taken to the hospital having suffered a twisted ankle whilst Mr. Bush, who was wearing a helmet, only suffered minor bruises despite landing on asphalt. The president had to return to the hotel by van because the bike was too badly damaged.

Bush has been involved in two similar accidents during his presidency. In 2003, he fell off a Segway personal transporter, and in 2004, he fell off a mountain bike.


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Group claims responsibility for London explosions

July 7, 2005

German news magazine Der Spiegel reported today that a letter from an extremist Islamic organization calling itself "Secret Organisation Group of Al-Qaeda of Jihad Organisation" has appeared, a previously unheard-of organization, claiming responsibility for the explosions in London today. The BBC later released a statement, translated from Arabic, from the group. The text reads as follows:

In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate, may peace be upon the cheerful one and undaunted fighter, Prophet Muhammad, God's peace be upon him.

''Nation of Islam and Arab nation: Rejoice for it is time to take revenge against the British Zionist Crusader government in retaliation for the massacres Britain is committing in Iraq and Afghanistan. The heroic mujahideen have carried out a blessed raid in London. Britain is now burning with fear, terror and panic in its northern, southern, eastern, and western quarters.''

''We have repeatedly warned the British Government and people. We have fulfilled our promise and carried out our blessed military raid in Britain after our mujahideen exerted strenuous efforts over a long period of time to ensure the success of the raid.''

''We continue to warn the governments of Denmark and Italy and all the Crusader governments that they will be punished in the same way if they do not withdraw their troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. He who warns is excused.''

God says: "You who believe: If ye will aid (the cause of) Allah, He will aid you, and plant your feet firmly.

The statement was published on Qal3ah, an internet forum which has been used before for announcements by Al-Qaeda, though the validity of the claims are currently unconfirmed. At a press conference, the Metropolitan Police stated they had not received any claims of responsibility from any group.


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I could'nt agree more with you Davodd, great idea to keep a list. → CGorman (Talk) 7 July 2005 14:19 (UTC)
 * (I'm sure you knew you'd get this...!) - Anti-localism wasn't my intention on Talk:Preakness won by Afleet Alex, Kentucky Derby Winner Third, the headline just seriously didn't make sense to me and I was having a go at trying to inject a bit of context to it. I would have tried to add 'horse-race' somewhere if I'd had my way :) ClareWhite 07:45, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I was just collating what could be interpretted as anti-localism - but I hadn't invetsigated any of the links yet - probably wont. I was asked to keep the list by Jimbo and Eloquence just in case any patterns start to develop so I could point to specifics. I doubt they will. -- Davodd | Talk 09:17, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Coordinated terrorist attack hits London/Meta

Good Stuff
Good reaction Dan; for the Tsunami, wikipedia hammered us, for the Popes Funeral we were on par with wikipedia, for this we have pulled ahead! Looking at the BBC's, CNN's, Reuter's, Wikinew's and others, I ferel we have the very best coverage and are most up to date at any given time. We already have two excellent and factually correct stories (this and the stocks one), I might start another if I can find the right angle. → CGorman (Talk) 7 July 2005 11:53 (UTC)

It isn't a contest you know... (67.10.56.62 forgot to sign at 07:56, July 7, 2005) - Please remember to sign your discussion contributions.
 * I know it may seem insensitive, but at Wikinews we want to be the best, to beat the establishment to deliver the best quality with no bias and todays effort by the team has been great. → CGorman (Talk) 7 July 2005 11:58 (UTC)

It's a shame it's a competition. Wikipedia should really have some kind of policy to send people over to wikinews if they want to write about current events. Proto 7 July 2005 12:05 (UTC)
 * Certainly people should be encouraged to come from Wikipedia to Wikinews and contribute when events like this happen. One way to encourage this is to interwiki link from Wikipedia articles to Wikinews articles using the  template.  Another way is to make the Wikinews coverage as good (i.e. multiple in-depth articles with pictures and fully cited sources) as this so that Wikipedians realize all of the room that there is at Wikinews for writing about current events, and realize the collation of cited material from multiple news sources that Wikinews does so that Wikipedia doesn't have to. Uncle G 7 July 2005 12:43 (UTC)

 * I concur that it isn't a contest; however, I suppose it's healthy to measure up once in a while to Wikipedia or, better, mainstream news agencies. Of course, given the fact that these agencies are still doing most of the legwork, I wouldn't get ahead of ourselves.  I was very impressed by the independent photo coverage but I think that we still have a long way to go.  That being said, great work for everyone that was involved way before I woke up. - McCart42 (talk) July 7, 2005 16:17 (UTC)

Traffic
Just to let you all know, our traffic figure for today should be great. I've "welcomed" about 150 people to wikinews today, easily the most ever on a single day; I usually only get to welcome 10-20 max. → CGorman (Talk) 7 July 2005 14:26 (UTC)
 * The traffic of all communication lines are absolutely experiencing heavy traffic. Mobile phones, wired phones and the Internet in generall. Like the 911, 7.7/05 attracts a lot of attention. Tdp 7 July 2005 14:54 (UTC)

great reporting
Well done everyone, very well covered. Kept me informed! I'm going to start trekking across the dangerous city now... ClareWhite 7 July 2005 14:50 (UTC)

Excellent display of what Wikinews can be
I see this as an excellent display of what Wikinews can and should be. The pics are amazing! Excellent work to all who contributed! -- NGerda July 7, 2005 20:09 (UTC)


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File talk:Russell square ushering.jpg

De nuevo otro atentado, de nuevo el horror. ¿Cuándo se darán cuenta estos putos locos que matando sólo conseguirán unirnos más? Primero Nueva York, más tarde Madrid (un atentado que aún me hace llorar) y ahora Londres. Desde aquí expreso mi repulsa hacia todo acto violento. As we said in Málaga and in all places of Spain when bombs crashed in Madrid: Today we aren't "malagueños", today we are "London citizens". (I hope you excuse me by my terrible English) A bomb is always terrible, but nowadays this acts haven't sense, we are developed and very smart to kill with freedom. This is...is very sad.

Anonime, 17 años, Málaga, Spain

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US Homeland Security raises transit terror alert

July 7, 2005

The United States Department of Homeland Security has raised the terror alert level to "orange" for trains in reaction to the bombings of three subway trains and a bus in London.

The United States has a five-level terror alert system in which orange is the second-highest level.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff asked citizens for increased vigilance and asked cities to increase their security on their transit systems.

"Currently, the United States has no specific, credible information suggesting an imminent attack in the United States," says Chertoff.

The United States Coast Guard, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has alerted stations in high-risk areas to stand 24/7 patrols.

In Washington, Capitol Hill police announced plans to search buses, tour vans and larger vehicles traveling on the roads leading to the Capitol.

In San Francisco today, local police stood guard at Muni and BART stations. Amtrak rail lines released a statement saying that they are stepping up their security around their country-wide stations. Local sheriff dispatches have been seen patrolling even the smallest rail stations.


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Natterer suggested a horizontal layout in #wikinews. Infobox was patterned off Chili finger incident infobox; see Woman finds human finger in bowl of chili at Wendy's restaurant for example. I'm not sure how a horizontal layout would work. Anyone who would like to edit this, be my guest. I'm not adding it to the heavy picture articles until I've found a way to make it fit in better. Perhaps two versions; one horizontal and one vertical? Also, is there any reason why we shouldn't use DPL for these stories? - McCart42 (talk) July 7, 2005 15:48 (UTC)

Date format
I reverted NGerda's change from 2005-07-07 to July 7, 2005. Currently, the Wikipedia article is written with the "7 July 2005" format, but the international standard is laid out in ISO 8601, as YYYY-MM-DD. If you'd like to write out the month for clarity, we can change it to 2005-July-07, but that seems even more unwieldy. - McCart42 (talk) July 8, 2005 03:14 (UTC)
 * It's a British incident, so I'd rather use Month D, YYYY than some international standard that looks weird to everyone, but it's too late now. Dan100 (Talk)
 * I disagree with this definition of "everyone". ISO 8601 doesn't look weird to me, and apparently doesn't look weird to McCart42 either. Uncle G 8 July 2005 09:23 (UTC)
 * Dan100, if you want to make it look familiar to British readers, then use 7 July 2005; I was under the impression that DD MONTH YYYY was their convention. For now, I'm changing it back.  I believe MONTH D, YYYY is the American convention, and that doesn't serve anyone but American readers.  Let's talk about this some more before changing it again.  It's one thing to pick one format in an article, but this is an infobox headline and category name, and I want to be clear and concise (not spell out the month name). - McCart42 (talk) July 9, 2005 02:27 (UTC)
 * Hmm, interesting, Dan100 _IS_ a British reader. Didn't mean to presuppose, but I assumed that the front page of the BBC spoke for the convention where it uses day month year. - McCart42 (talk) July 9, 2005 02:31 (UTC)

The date format we tend to use on Wikinews is Month D, YYYY. I think we should be consistent in that, or change it across the board for all dates on the site. -- IlyaHaykinson 9 July 2005 19:09 (UTC)


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Category:2005-07-07 London bombings

Background

 * Profile: Al Qaeda
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Talk:Bush crashes his bike into Scottish police officer

How is this possibly a good news story? Why is WikiNews descending to the sensational level of the regular media? LET THE POOR MAN FALL OFF HIS BIKE.

 * It is news as long as it is neutrally reported, without any snide remarks. I've tried to rephrase the last paragraph a bit to address that issue.--Eloquence 7 July 2005 16:33 (UTC)

 * I agree - it is news worthy.. without the london bombings it actually made the homepage of cnn for a minute. Adidas 7 July 2005 22:08 (UTC)

 * I disagree. No one would post anything about "President Mungabe of Zimbabwe falls off bicycle". The only reason anyone cares is because Bush is a celebrity. This is on par with writing an article on "Jennifer Lopez seen kissing Brad Pitt in popular New Orleans nightclub". Disclaimer - I am anti-bush (libertarian) --RossKoepke 7 July 2005 23:47 (UTC)

 * Personally, I think we should be maximally inclusive and only use Template:Notnews to kill a story when absolutely necessary. If someone writes about Mugabe, let them. If someone writes about Bush, let them. Once we have more than 10 stories per day on a regular basis, we need to start thinking about which ones go on the Main Page. And this is where the Bush/bicycle story will likely be considered of minor importance. So, let's first create the problem of having too many stories, and then worry about how to solve it. ;-)--Eloquence 8 July 2005 00:27 (UTC)

 * Thanks Erik for dealing with that, I knew this would cause a bit of controversy! I felt that with the seriousness and saddness of yesterday we needed something lighter to relax people again after a shocking day. I can tell you that I read first about this on the second page of the best selling broadsheet newspaper (not a tabloid) in Ireland yesterday. I put this in wackyness to reflect the fact that it was not hard news. Oh and if Mugabe falls off his bike I welcome you to write a story on it - as Erik said we should concentrate on the volume first then we can prioritise. If you do a quick google news search you will find 325 results - with CNN, BBC News, The Boston Globe, Aljazeera, The Telegraph, The Observer, and Reuters among them. The worlds most powerful politicin crashs his bike and injures himself at a meeting with the leaders of 7 of the other most powerful countries in the world - I think that is relevent and respectable news... and if it does bring a smile to us Europeans, all the better ;) → CGorman (Talk) 8 July 2005 11:20 (UTC)

 * Maybe big news corporations covered this incident - but personally i think they shouldn't. A problem with the media today is that they bombard us with nonsense - Wikinews should be different and rather focus on the relevant issues. Just my opinion... -- wortwechsel

 * It's news. It may not be to your personal taste - but it is news nonetheless. -- Davodd | Talk 8 July 2005 11:45 (UTC)

 * I am a Bush supporter, but even I don't think this is news. It wouldn't be news if we had an article named "Michael Moore cleans out New York City buffet", why does the US president falling off a bike constitute as news?  --Mrmiscellanious 15:34, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

 * If Michael Moore does do that I promise to write an article on it if you want! If this has no place in the news - then why have so many national papers and major news agencies covered it? Oh and as I said before it gave us Europeans something to laugh at on an otherwise horrible day. → CGorman (Talk) 15:38, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Eh, you're right. There should be a little more comedic articles on Wikinews - just, try to make it funnier next time :-) --Mrmiscellanious 15:44, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Bush Sr. fell off Segway?
I could have sworn it was the other President Bush who fell off the segway, and the picture that circulated depicted him and not the current President Bush... 24.73.48.232 18:43, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Nope, it was definitely George W, I remember listening to it a few years ago. --Mrmiscellanious 15:20, 11 July 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:World leaders respond to London blasts

has anyone noticed extra security on public transport? I plan on keeping my eyes open on the DC metro later this afternoon. --CGW 7 July 2005 16:34 (UTC)

 * CNN has commented on this one: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/07/cities.security/index.html

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User:Rstephens

I'm Robert Stephens.

More info about me:

http://www.roberstephens.com

I also operate small wikis:

Minneapolis city Wiki

Diamond Lake Wiki

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User talk:Rstephens

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!--Dcabrilo 7 July 2005 18:34 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Rstephens