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Free Palestine Demo in London on Saturday 21st May

14-05-2005 16:34

The Nakba Day Demonstration in support of a free Palestine, and an end to Israeli occupation is being held in London on 21st May, starting at 1pm at Embankment. A coach will be going from Oxford leaving the Taylor Institute St Giles at 10.30am

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Cadbury's 'eats' Green&Blacks...

14-05-2005 15:43

Green & Blacks, the organic choc etc co has 'sold out' to
megacorp Cadbury Sweppes.

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Drake's Island occupied - declared nuclear free state

14-05-2005 15:24

On 13 May 12 anti-nuclear weapons protestors from the Plymouth Trident Ploughshares (Tamarians) along with supporters, squatted Drake’s Island in Plymouth Sound. A peace camp has been set up and the island declared a nuclear free state. The protest highlights the UK’s breach of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is now being reviewed at an important at the UN in New York. The refit of the UK’s nuclear armed and nuclear powered Trident submarines in Devonport Dockyard plays a large part in Britan’s violation of this international treaty.

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World Leaders Run Out of Control in Oxford

14-05-2005 15:03

Leaders of the powerful G8 countries ran wild in Oxford today, shaking hands, waving and dancing to samba rhythms.

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The Delusion of Militarism

14-05-2005 14:37

Analysis: an American version of the delusion of militarism.

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Tragic Iraqi film strikes Cannes

14-05-2005 14:05

Imasge - Victims of The Halabja Massacre in 1988.
A sparse, minimalist Competition entry made by an Iraqi Kurd has generated a giant buzz at the 58th Cannes Film Festival.

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You lost your music book

14-05-2005 13:19

You left your little music book in my bike basket on Cornmarket St on Saturday around 1pm.

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cannabis march central london tomorrow (may 15)

14-05-2005 13:08

The cannababis Education March and Rally is scheduled to take place tomorrow (Sunday May 15)

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Uzbekistan Report

14-05-2005 12:34

Some info about the situation in her that's not making the mainstream media

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US troops kill Iraqi civilians

14-05-2005 11:58

US troops have shot and killed eight Iraqis, including five civilians, during an attack on a patrol.US troops killed three fighters who fired on their convoy after trying to ram it on Friday in Mosul, 390km north of Baghdad, the American military said.

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AFGHANISTAN Latest

14-05-2005 11:42

Peace could be restored or it could escalate further. Latest news from here.

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Arizona (US) National Guard Busted Smuggling Coke Into US

14-05-2005 07:33

16 soldiers, law officers charged
FBI sting uncovers drug conspiracy

Susan Carroll and Dennis Wagner
The Arizona Republic
May. 13, 2005 12:00 AM

TUCSON - Sixteen current and former soldiers and law-enforcement officers were implicated Thursday in a "widespread" cocaine-trafficking conspiracy that FBI officials said will eventually bring down more public officials.

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Political Policing: Lothian Police Website Promoting Make Poverty History

14-05-2005 03:16

Quite an amazing new website from Lothian and Borders Police.

Which while it deals with policing enquiries and potential road closures and announces a new G8 info telephone number, it also heavily promotes the Make Poverty History demonstration in Ediburgh the weekend before the G8 Summit.

Amazing!

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Is israel using the americans to start a civil war in iraq?

14-05-2005 00:29

is israel using both the american troops and iraqi insurgents to foment civil war in iraq? The lastest from Xymphora on this little discussed topic.

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5 anarchist arrested in italy

13-05-2005 23:19

scum police in italy attack people fighting against detention center in the city of lecce, solidarity action will be great if anyone has got time to do stuff,and we should find this time.

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Minutemen respond to SWARM

13-05-2005 21:03

The MinuteMen is an armed vigilante group started to patrol the US/Mexico border. The SWARM the MinuteMen website was set up last week in response.

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Food Aid Initiative in India by the Prem Rawat Foundation

13-05-2005 18:39

In a ceremony in Bantoli, a village in the state of Jharkand, India, Prem Rawat laid the cornerstone for the foundation of a facility that will bring free nutritious meals to children and adults in the area.

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DARFUR PROTEST, DOWNING STREET

13-05-2005 16:34

Protest of over 200 people, 12.30, 10 Downing Street, Sunday 15th May, over the UK government's lack of action to stop the genocide of 400,000 in Darfur.

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This is an account of my five days in the West Bank/Israel earlier this month.

13-05-2005 15:28

Apartheid wall - oops sorry security fence.
This is a 2,200 word article with 10 attached photos of my time in the West Bank and Israel in May 2005.

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rainbow circle camping in derbyshire help please

13-05-2005 13:34

rainbow circle are camping
at kniveton
near ashbourne...
please come along

www.rainbowcircle.co.uk