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THE DAILY NEWS FROM PALESTINE 4TH MAY2006

04-05-2006 14:38

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THE DAILY NEWS

THE DAILY NEWS A SERVICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA CENTER WWW.IMEMC.ORG FOR THURSDAY MAY 04, 2006

HEBRON CHILD INJURED IN SETTLER HIT AND RUN, SOLDIERS OPEN FIRE AT RESIDENTS TRYING TO PASS A MILITARY CHECKPOINT NEAR NABLUS, ARMY OCCUPIES SEVERAL SHOPS IN HEBRON

THESE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP STAY TUNED

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NHS Data Base

04-05-2006 14:29

As the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) begins to roll out its patient records database, one of the centerpiece projects in the massive £6 billion (US$11.4 billion) IT infrastructure upgrade, concerns are being raised about security aspects involved in the retention and distribution of sensitive personal medical information.

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Manifesto of solidarity to Garotinho, in hunger strike, by mayors of Rio de Jane

04-05-2006 14:06

When deciding for the hunger strike, Garotinho sacrifices himself on behalf of the public morality, of the respect to the honor and the ethics, little remembered today in this country dominated for a perverse financial system that so much harms Brazilian people.

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Radical Academics event at the Square Social Centre, May 24

04-05-2006 13:42

spread the word....

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The celebration of berber spring in the calm

04-05-2006 13:29

Since 1980, the 20 the day of April has been celebrated in all Tamazight-speaking regions of Algeria. The symbolic date marks popular discontent that erupted into violent demonstrations against the governmental decision not to recognize their identity. After 26 years, Tamazight language is now recognized as a national language, studied by hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren.

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Khoodeelaar! No to Crossrail hole Tower Hamlets Council NEXT DEMO

04-05-2006 12:25

UK Transport Secretary Alistair Darling - known also as the CrossRail hole Bill minister - is the subject of a series of legal actions initiated by Khoodeelaar! campaign. Other actions in defence of the Brick Lane London E1 area against Crossrail-Big Business attacks are also in the pipelines against the present Tower Hamlets Council. Today's local elections may cause a slight change in composition of the Council. But the campaign against CrossRail will have top go on against a Crossrail-hole-inviting Council

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Dont attack Iran - Bath day of action

04-05-2006 12:06

join us on saturay may 5th at 12.30 outside Bath Abbey for a demo and action against the impending war on Iran

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final verdict on brian haw high court next monday

04-05-2006 10:27

the final hearing and verdict will be at 10am at the high court on the strand on monday 8th may, and friends and supporters are urged to be there from 9.30

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PLYMOUTH CND BANNED AND CENSORED

04-05-2006 10:24

Plymouth CND have been banned from taking any part in the Lord Mayor's Day events later in the month.

DML (who own the Dockyard) and the Navy have taken part before and will almost certainly do so this year.

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The biggest mass murderers never go to prison because they are rich.

04-05-2006 08:49

They wander around the world freely, bankrolling the implementation of genocidal foreign and economic policies and supporting cruel regimes that further their economic interests but they will never be brought to account because they control the media.

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Another talking surveillance camera near Fenchurch St.

04-05-2006 08:36

New lamp post cameras that shout at you while they take your picture: I feel safer already.

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Something, Something and Recycle

04-05-2006 08:33

All people seem to do is recycle. Is that a bad thing? This article explores the options.

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Australian police harass former Guantánamo prisoner

04-05-2006 07:55

Harrassment of Habib
He is planning legal action against the police over the detention. Whatever the outcome, the harrassment of Habib and his family are a particularly sharp expression of the ongoing assault on basic democratic rights being conducted by the Howard government and its state government allies against the working class as a whole.

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EVO MORALES' COURAGEOUS MOVE NOW MAKES HIM A US TARGET ALONG WITH HUGO CHAVEZ

04-05-2006 07:21

EVO MORALES HAS CHOSEN TO SERVE INTERESTS OF HIS PEOPLE AHEAD OF THOSE OF US. HE'S THUS NOW A US TARGET.

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Temple Cowley Pool closure

04-05-2006 06:45

Council threat to close or substantially change local swimming pool in a way which pool users do NOT want - petition.

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Australian Surgeons Condemn "Horrific" Organ Trade

04-05-2006 06:20

Horrific
Prison inmates are given instructions from a police officer. Leading Australian transplant surgeons have condemned the practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners.

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Misquoting President Ahmadinejad: Juan Cole tells us what he really said

04-05-2006 05:39

Amazingly we have Christopher Hitchens to thanks for the following from Juan Cole, that Ahmadinejad did not call for israel to be wiped off th map. That was a deliberate distortion by the western press and MEMRI

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Maydy 2006: Eye witness on the Autonomous Block March

04-05-2006 02:42

Written record of the days events with the Autonoumous Block.

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Fight the racist control of the media

04-05-2006 01:34

In order to obscure the failures of the British justice system, the press is fuelling racist hysteria in Britain by concentrating on the fact that detainees on early release were migrants or 'foreigners' as they are phrasing it. This is despite the fact that refugees in detention centres are being illegally locked up and deported against their Human Rights as guaranteed British, European and International law.

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Home Secretary Re-introduces Transportation of Convicts

04-05-2006 00:34



In a surprise development the Home Secretary, Charles Clark announced his intention to re-introduce the transportation of convicts. Mr Clark said "They had the right idea in the 18th and 19th century when criminals were sent to the Australian wilderness."