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saluting those who serve

18-01-2005 12:54

According to the calendar of events posted by the Presidential Inauguration Committee, today will see a tribute at the MCI Center in Washington DC called ‘Saluting Those Who Serve’. This should be a moving occasion.

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The Walks: Open Letter to Project Manager

18-01-2005 12:31

One week after the treetop protest, I've sent an open letter to Richard Hales, the Walks project manager heading up the plan to fell over 200 trees, most of them healthy.

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Work on linslade Bypass Imminent

18-01-2005 10:29

Reports have arrived from the protest against the Linslade Bypass that the beginning of work is imminent.

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Wye Couriers stop delivering to Sequani vivisection labs

17-01-2005 23:09

Company number thirteen have made the decision that it just isn't worth aiding and abetting the evil vivisectors at Sequani limited in Ledbury Herefordshire by supplying them with what Sequani needs to murder animals more efficiently in useless experiments that benefit no one except Sequani and their bank balance.

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Call Goes Out to Ignore Debts

17-01-2005 22:20

A movement has started preparing itself to boycott all mortgages and credit card debts and reconsider the global economy with a clean slate.

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shopping for dubya

17-01-2005 21:53

campaign postcard

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Poland - on its way to a new drug policy

17-01-2005 17:12

On 6 January 2005, the Polish Ministry of Health presented a brave and realistic proposal of progressive new drug laws.

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Lesbian&Gay History Month (Feb05)- website

17-01-2005 16:52

February 2005 sees the the first ever Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender History Month.
There is a website which is listing events.

Front page of which is reproduced below. pls see rest of website for further info.

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Palestinian elections report

17-01-2005 13:34

Report from an international observer during the presidential elections- Palestine 9th january 2005.

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Let's Move! An Appeal to the Global Conscience

17-01-2005 12:22

To those who consider the war in Iraq a mistake but still fear the consequences of military withdrawal, we ask these questions: when will enough be enough? If not now, when?

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Projectile - Anarchist film festival in Newcastle

17-01-2005 12:00

An interesting mailout about the Anarchist Film Festival in Newcastle - the programme and the films and the events confirmed so far.

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Venezuela: FARC Leader Captured in Caracas Leads to Crisis with Colombia

17-01-2005 04:32

update from caracas of developing situation

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Voting: The great American Hoax

17-01-2005 02:19

Voting: The Great American Hoax
Direct Democracy vs. Electoral Politics, an Anarchist look at Voting.

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Statement to USLAW from the Basra Oil Federation

17-01-2005 00:08

This was a letter written for US Labor Against War www.uslaboragainstwar.org for their annual conference in December from Hassan Jumaa, President of the General Union of Oil Employees in Basra. The federation covers Nassriyah, Amara and Basra. Hassan is also the General Secretary of the Southern Oil Company Union. He has worked for the SOC for over 30 years. See www.iraqoccupationfocus.org for the appeal IOF has launched for the Union.

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Mandela backs Britain's Marshall Plan for Poor

16-01-2005 22:49

Nelson Mandela...

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Emails from the edge [Palestine]

16-01-2005 22:45

A female architect's poignant and witty dispatches about living with her mother-in-law in the West Bank have become a surprise publishing success, revealing the absurdity and adversity of everyday Palestinian life

Rachel Cooke
Sunday January 16, 2005
The Observer

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Is civil war the desperate last hope of our leaders?

16-01-2005 22:09

"The Quiet American." But if you care about and are interested in what our "leaders" are up to in Iraq, see it please. Avid has it in Durham. The book is by Graham Green. jamie
Is civil war the desperate last hope of our leaders? The following article may help us make since of the "news" from Iraq. Remember the maxim: Truth is the first casualty of war. You guys no doubt get tired of me suggesting a viewing of the movie
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‘The Battle for Iraq May Never Be Won’

16-01-2005 22:03

Coalition Admits on Eve of Election: Run-up to vote sees mounting violence as US commanders finally concede they underestimated the resistance

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Paying the Price - Iraq meeting in Manchester

16-01-2005 21:55

Before the War, Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, Over One Million Iraqi Children died, in the silent Holocaust that was the UN imposed Sanctions regime, between the years of 1991-2003.

"By the United Nations own admission, 5,000 children die every month because of a shortage of medicine created by Sanctions imposed by the United Nations" Andy Kershaw, the Independent.

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This chip makes sure you always buy your round

16-01-2005 21:33

The old excuse 'I've left my wallet at home' will soon no longer hold when it's your round. A nightclub is about to offer its regulars the option of having a microchip implanted in their arm that will obviate the need to carry cash or plastic.
Queuing for entry or a drink at the bar would also become a thing of the past when the 'digital wallet' is introduced by Bar Soba in Glasgow. The chip is already proving popular with VIP members at two nightclubs in Barcelona and Rotterdam.