Wikinews:2005/May/23

May 23, 2005

• UK Transport Minister "pied" during launch of Future Heathrow group
• Brazilian news agency using free software for multimedia broadcasting
• U.S. senators reach compromise on use of filibuster
• Five Irish schoolgirls die in bus crash

Opium poppy. Photo by Catherine Giayvia

Opium poppy. Photo by Catherine Giayvia

• BBC drops programmes as third of staff join strike
• Romanian government approves new minorities law
• Bill Clinton visits Romania to take part in branding conference
• Karzai blames U.S. and Britain for increased opium production
• Romanian journalists freed