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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Mount Diablo buckwheat rediscovered in California Dutch exit poll: 63% say 'no' to EU Israeli Security Forces thwarted a constitution double suicide bombing attack on The first of the exit polls suggest that Jerusalem, as soldiers arrested 5 View of Mount Diablo. Taken from Dinosaur 63% of Dutch voters have Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists and Hill Park, above Pleasant hill. Photo by rejected the European nabbed two explosive belts. The User:Leonard G. Constitution. Turnout was bombers planned to commit twin unexpectedly high, at over bombing attacks — one in a Cafe or a The University of California, Berkeley 62%. The 'no' vote follows a synagogue and the second - in a bus. announced that one of its graduate similier vote in France last week that students, Michael Park, rediscovered on Arab residents of the Silwan lead to the resignation of the Prime • May 24 the Mount Diablo buckwheat, a neighborhood of East Jerusalem protest Minister. plant not sighted since 1936 and believed Israeli plans to destroy 88 of their to have been extinct. As in France, the government was homes, many of which pre-date the highly pro-treaty, with Dutch Prime foundation of the State of Israel. Minister, Jan Peter Balkenende, Found nearly 30 miles east of San pleading over the past few days with •Dan Halutz, the former Israeli Air Francisco, Park [aged 35] identified the voters not to be influenced by the French Force commander, was appointed as the small pink flowering plant said to 'No' vote. 18th Chief of Staff of the Israeli resemble baby's breath during a routine Defence Forces. visit to the mountain. He is currently France gets a new prime minister pursuing his doctorate in integrative •At least 20 people are killed and 40 are biology. President Jacques Chirac of France has injured in a bomb blast in the city of accepted the resignation of Kandahar, Afghanistan. prime minister Jean-Pierre The significance of the find drew Raffarin and has named •Sweden shuts down the Barsebäck 2 comparisons to the recent discovery of the Dominique de Villepin in nuclear reactor. Ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas his place. The prime earlier this year in April. The exact •In Australia, embassy of Indonesia was minister has responsibility location of the flowering plant is, for closed after it received a package now, being kept secret. Several botanists for the day-to-day running containing suspected "biological agent". of the French government. have confirmed it along with the nearly •In the Netherlands, a national dozen or so other plants. Live 8 concert plans announced referendum on ratification of the In a press conference held at 13:00 UTC European Constitution results in its The property is being preserved by the today, Sir Bob Geldof, Elton rejection by a substantial margin. Save Mount Diablo conservation group John, and Harvey Goldsmith operating in the Mount Diablo State Park. In Bolivia, continuing protests force announced Live 8, a set of • congress to abandon a key session in the simultaneous free concerts to capital La Paz be held in Philadephia, Samsung 4GB flash memory begins mass production London, Paris, Rome, and •In the June 6 issue of TIME Magazine, Berlin on July 2, 2005, to Wikipedia and its founder Jimbo Wales raise awareness of Make have been featured in a story on the rise South Korean electronics giant, Samsung, Poverty History, a campaign of wiki technology. has begun mass production of a new 4 to get the richest nations to cancel debt gigabit flash memory. This is twice the and increase aid to developing countries. •The chairman of the U.S. Securities and size of almost all the biggest solid state The concerts are scheduled to occur just Exchange Commission, William memory devices currently available. before the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Donaldson, announces that he will leave Scotland, from July 6 to July 8. that post at the end of June. The firm is using a new 70-nanometer process which enables it to produce the smallest cell on the market, enabling a far

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit e n . wikinews.org Thursday, June 2, 2005 Wikinews Page 2 higher density than competitors. The Andersen conviction documents, and that the shredding device can write data at 16-megabytes per occurred before Andersen received a second, twice as fast as a a 90nm 2Gb The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday subpoena on November 8, 2001. She also device. overturned a witness tampering claimed that under the government's legal conviction against accounting firm Arthur definition of "corrupt persuasion," Possible applications of the new memory Andersen LLP for destroying documents acquittal was virtually impossible. will most likely be as a component in related to now-bankrupt energy giant MP3 players, top end mobile phones, Enron Corp. The verdict virtually put The justices seemed to indicate which USB memory sticks, digital cameras and Andersen, once one of the largest way they were leaning very early in oral other portable devices. accounting firms in the world and the arguments, as they peppered the fifth-largest in the United States, out of government lawyers with hostile remarks. The new form of EEPROM memory business. writes and reads data faster than previous Justice Antonin Scalia called the versions — up to 16 megabytes per In a unanimous opinion written by Chief government's theory of prosecution second. The storage of real-time high- Justice William Rehnquist, the court "weird." Justice Sandra Day O'Connor definition video is feasible on the chips, threw out the verdict due to serious flaws was particularly troubled by the trouble according to Samsung. The company also in the jury instructions. The Fifth Circuit the jury initially had sifting the evidence. believes their Flash-based disk drives Court of Appeals had upheld Andersen's "If this thing is so confusing," she asked, could replace hard drives in laptops since June 15, 2002 conviction in Houston. "how is a businessperson supposed to they will work faster, quieter and cooler know? How is a lawyer supposed to than drives currently in use. In the court's view, the instructions know?" allowed the jury to convict Andersen Dutch exit poll: 63% say 'no' to EU without proving that the firm knew it Andersen's appeal was backed by the constitution broke the law or that there was a link to National Association of Criminal Defense any official proceeding that prohibited the Lawyers. In a friend-of-the-court brief, destruction of documents. "The jury the association claimed that the instructions at issue simply failed to government's broad definition of "corrupt convey the requisite consciousness of persuasion" put defense lawyers at risk wrongdoing," Rehnquist wrote. "Indeed, for prosecution simply for advising it is striking how little culpability the clients of their rights to assert legal instructions required." Rehnquist's privileges or review document retention opinion also expressed grave skepticism policies. he first of the exit polls suggest that 63% at the government's definition of "corrupt of Dutch voters have rejected the persuasion"--persuasion with an improper Despite the ruling, which returns the case European Constitution. Turnout was purpose even without knowing an act is to the Fifth Circuit, it is highly unlikely unexpectedly high, at over 62%. The 'no' unlawful. "Only persons conscious of Andersen will ever return as a viable vote follows a similar vote in France last wrongdoing can be said to 'knowingly business. It lost nearly all of its clients week that lead to the resignation of the corruptly persuade,' " he wrote. after its indictment, and was forced to prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin . shut down its American accounting The ruling came very quickly, as oral practice due to federal laws that forbid As in France, the government was highly arguments in the case had taken place on convicted felons from auditing public pro-treaty, with Dutch Prime Minister, April 27. Justice Department attorneys companies. The firm still faces more than Jan Peter Balkenende, pleading over the claimed Andersen employees were 100 civil suits related to its audits of past few days with voters not to be instructed "undertake an unprecedented Enron and other companies. Once 28,000 influenced by the French 'No' vote. While campaign of document destruction" in employees strong, the Chicago-based the citizenship's vote is legally non- order to impede a Securities and Andersen is now down to around 200 binding, Mr. Balkenende and the Dutch Exchange Commission investigation into employees who are largely occupied with parliament have said they will support it. Enron's conduct. Deputy Solicitor handling the civil suits and other details General David Dreeben likened of winding down the partnership. The major reasons for the 'no' vote appear Andersen's behavior to "shredding its to be worry over Turkey's inclusion and smoking guns." $1,000 reward offered for answer from the rapid expansion of the EU, loss of a US President national identity, plus inflation and However, Maureen Mahoney, arguing for unhappiness with the government. Andersen, countered that the employees A progressive blog, Democrats.com, is involved merely followed the company's offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who U.S. Supreme Court overturns Arthur policy on destroying unneeded can get United States president George

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W. Bush to answer a question about pre- sometime between the war and the search the American magazine Vanity Fair, it Iraq war intelligence. The contest comes for them.The intelligence produced by the was revealed that W. Mark Felt, a former after Bush has declined for a full month CIA community was bad. associate director of the FBI during the to answer any questions about a leaked The intelligence was satisfactory but was Nixon Administration, was the secret British memo, which states, in mis-handled by the Administration. anonymous informer called "Deep reference to the Bush administration, that Throat". "Deep Throat" helped journalists "the intelligence and facts were being The last of these possibilities has not Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein bring fixed around the policy". Neither the US been formally investigated by the down then-president Richard Milhous or UK government are disputing the committee. Nixon through the exposure of the document's accuracy. The $1,000 Watergate scandal. question is: Brazilian Minister of Culture says he “In July 2002, did you and your smoked marijuana until the age of 50 Previously bound by a pledge not to administration "fix" the intelligence and reveal "Deep Throat's" identity until after facts about non-existent Iraqi WMD's and his death, Woodward and Bernstein at ties to terrorism - which were disputed by first refused to confirm the "Vanity Fair" U.S. intelligence officials - to sell your report. However, in a story posted late decision to invade Iraq to Congress, the today on the Washington Post website, American people, and the world - as they verified that Felt was "Deep Throat." quoted in the Downing Street Minutes?” However, one of Richard Nixon's Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil. The contest will also reward anyone who Photo Rose Brasil/Abr (file photo). biographers, Jonathan Aitken, believes asks the question to Mr. Bush with $100 that at least one of "Deep Throat's" tips dollars (video evidence is required). The The Brazilian Minister of Culture could not have been known by Felt. The reward money was generated from small Gilberto Gil, aged 62, said that he Post first reported on the famous 18 1/2 donations to the website. smoked marijuana until he was 50. In minute gap in a crucial tape at a time addition he defended the when only six people were aware of its The contest comes during renewed decriminalization of drug's consumption. existence -- none of them Felt. This raises criticism and pressure on the the possibility that "Deep Throat," though administration from citizens, members of Gil took part in a press conference with mainly based on Felt, may be a composite congress, retired politicians, and journalists of Folha de São Paulo on character. constitutional lawyers, generated from the Monday (May, 30). During the interview recent leak of the minutes and other the Brazilian minister asked:"Why do Felt has been mentioned as a leading British documents. they [drugs] should be forbidden?" He candidate for "Deep Throat" by many that added that the drugs problem should be have tried to solve the mystery. An article Earlier this month, White House handled as a matter of public health. Gil published in the American Journalism spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters had already defended the idea of Review last fall claimed Carl Bernstein's that the White House saw "no need" to decriminalization during a interview with son once exposed Felt as the mysterious respond to a letter from Congress asking Brazilian magazine Veja. informer. But until now, Felt, Woodward, questions about the memo. He also stated Bernstein and the Post's former editor that "If anyone wants to know how the Gilberto Gil, and the drummer Chiquinho Ben Bradlee have all denied it. intelligence was used by the Azevedo, were arrested in 1976 in administration, all they have to do is go Florianópolis because they were carrying Felt, 91, has reportedly been in poor back and look at all the public comments marijuana. health in recent years. His family says over the course of the lead-up to the war Felt admits to being the source and in Iraq, and that’s all very public There is no consensus on described him as feeling proud of his role information. Everybody who was there decriminalization among Brazilians. in history and having "a big grin" when could see how we used that intelligence." Some people, like this Brazilian Anti- told of the "Vanity Fair" article. drugs website, believe that psychoactive One of the pre-war claims used by the drugs are dangerous and can lead to Bush administration to justify the war health problems, including chemical was that Iraq possessed "weapons of mass dependence. destruction". After a thorough search, none were found. Senators on the Senate Former FBI Second-In-Command says Intelligence Committee consider three he was "Deep Throat" possible causes for the apparent falsity of this claim: The WMD's were moved In an interview by John D. O'Connor for

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