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DU - YOU DON'T HAVE TO INHALE OR INGEST IT FOR IT TO MAKE YOU SICK

16-10-2006 19:22

Ignored Harmful Effects of DU Munitions From the Horses’ Mouths.

By Elaine A. Hunter

Ignored US Government and Military data that DU munitions are harming the health of workers, both civilian and military,national and international, while they are in transit or just sitting around waiting to be used in battle.

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Shut DESO Action Day, London 16 October, 2006

16-10-2006 19:12

Protestors formed a ring around the DESO building.
The Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) spends £15 million a year of our taxes selling arms for British arms manufacturers, often to countries with poor human rights records or engaged in violent conflict. We contribute ten times as much to promoting arms sales than promoting civil exports. Always headed by an arms industry executive, DESO gives the arms manufacturers a unique influence over government policies.

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London: Global Day of Action Against McDonalds

16-10-2006 17:06

Outside McDonalds
Cruelty to animals, destruction of the planet and exploitation of workers are three good reasons not to eat at McDonalds or other fast food chains such as Burger King and KFC. On a more personal level, the food has unhealthy levels of fats, sugar and salt, along with chemical additives that can cause ill-health and hyperactivity in children. This was the message handed out to those passing by the Leicester Square branch of the burger chain over Sunday lunchtime, London's contribution to the 21st Global Day of Action Against McDonalds (which actually is on 16 October every year.)

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M3 Landlord Link Forum

16-10-2006 16:52

A forum for landlords organised by four local authorities and a landlords association held at the Holiday Inn in Farnborough on Thursday 12 October 2006.

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Shut down G8 2007 Cardiff meeting this thursday 19th

16-10-2006 16:15

public meeting

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Call for the 3rd International Road-Building Brigade to Nepal

16-10-2006 15:43

Call for the 3rd International Road-Building Brigade to Nepal
For the last ten years, a People’s War has been raging in Nepal. Over 80% of the country has now been liberated by the Nepalese masses.

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Cuban Forum Analyzes Extra-territorial Nature of US Blockade

16-10-2006 15:08

Dresser Rand Group Inc, a New York-based company that manufactures turbines and compressors for the energy sector, announced that it will fight sanctions imposed by the US government against one of its subsidiaries as part of its economic blockade against Cuba.

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Shut Down G8 meeting

16-10-2006 15:04

Public meeting to work toward Germany 2007

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POSADA CARRILES EXPECTS TO WALK

16-10-2006 14:59

During a telephone interview on the radio program La Septima Provincia, anti-Castro fighter Luis Posada Carriles was optimistic about his upcoming verdict

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EVICTION SHOWDOWN PENDING AT EVERYTHING4EVERYONE (Dalston Theatre)

16-10-2006 14:58

Community samba workshops with local kids
The long and eventful battle to stop the demolition of the historic Dalston theatre (previously the 4 Aces/Labyrinth Club), could be drawing to a climatic end. The fate of the theatre is hanging in the balance as the current court injunction preventing its demolition is set to run out.

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MS and Palestinian - patient refused

16-10-2006 14:25

Please find below an article of importance, that has been taken from the IMEMC
website. How can anyone in the right mind refuse a patient who suffers from MS the right to medical treatment and still call themselves civilised. A big round of applause to the international community for their inaction.

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Violence empties schools in Iraq

16-10-2006 14:19

In an ordinary year, schools throughout Iraq would have opened for classes on September 20, but this year many in the country are left empty, as schoolchildren are kept at home by the violence that has plagued Iraq's streets.

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Weekly Vigil to Save the Jarawa - Reminder

16-10-2006 13:52

Photo of Jarawa tibe
Survival International are holding a weekly vigil at India House in solidarity with the Jarawa tibe

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For Someone's Child Goes Live

16-10-2006 13:45

Announcing a new project and website centred on a song called "Anthem for Someone's Child", dedicated to all the child victims of the needless wars in the Middle-East.

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Great Charter of Freedoms - Undone

16-10-2006 13:22

Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms") 1215

One of the most important legal documents in the history of British democracy has been made null and void by criminal laws enacted by New Labour in the 21st Century, which override these inalienable 800 year old rights.

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Dalston Theatre eviction update: no bailiffs yet!

16-10-2006 13:08

The eviction of Dalston theatre and the 3 adjoining houses (4-14 Dalston Lane, E8) is still pending.

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DEFENDANTS MEETING 17/10/2006 - for those arrested at Sack Parliament action

16-10-2006 12:46

A meeting is being held for all those arrested on the day of the Sack Parliament event on Monday 9th October 2006.
WHERE: LARC (London Action Resource Centre), 62 Fieldgate Street, London, E1
WHEN: 7pm, Tuesday 17th October 2006

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This Weeks SchNEWS - ASSAULT OF THE EARTH

16-10-2006 11:37

The Day Of The GM Triffids
SchNEWS digs the dirt on resistance to the GM / Biotech takeover

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The stste of Israel is totally corrupt

16-10-2006 11:14

Katsavv
And was since the begining

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WHAT IS SHELL’S WILD LIE?', London, Monday Oct 16th

16-10-2006 11:02

What is Shell's Wild Lie?
Shell is the third largest oil company in the world.
It is also the new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s
Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.