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Call for End to Iraq War

29-01-2007 20:36

Anti-War Rally in Washington
Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Navy Seaman Jonathan Hutto, Bob Watada & Others Call for End to Iraq War at Anti-War Rally in Washington

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Glaciers (water supply) Melting 6 X Faster Than '80s

29-01-2007 20:32

"They melted on average about 1.6 times
faster annually this decade compared with
the 1990s, and about six times faster than
in the 1980s."

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Netanyahu is right

29-01-2007 19:52

wall around israel1
isolate Israel

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Violation of migrants’ human rights in Morocco an “accident”

29-01-2007 19:29

Violation of migrants’ human rights in Morocco an “accident” says Commission official. The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held an exchange of views on the situation of migrants in Morocco on Monday, 22nd January.

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Save Radley Lakes From NPower

29-01-2007 19:02

Npower plan to fill this amazing lake with PFA (Pulverized Fuel Ash)

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Dare to dream beyond the G8: the Resistance doesn’t end June 8

29-01-2007 18:19

But what if we look at the G8 protest not as an end, but as a beginning? If we believe in the success of our plans and activities, it could inspire people to take action long afterwards. We could develop new tactics and new ways of working together. And with this knowledge and inspiration, we don’t go back to our old life, but let resistance bloom all over Europe and whole world next summer and afterwards. United in our belief that we really are “more powerful than they can imagine”.

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Cluster Bombs

29-01-2007 17:24

An indiscriminate use of cluster bombs

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Muslim Student forces leading University to pay out thousands in damages

29-01-2007 16:28

SOAS
Exclusive Report after Nasser Amin's victory

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A Prison Visit

29-01-2007 15:42

Strip Search
The Government and Penal Reform Charities claim the Prison service works hard to help prisoners maintain links with family and friends. It is they claim evidence of how prison works to achieve successful rehabilitation. Elizabeth, a regular visitor to a prisoner, describes how she was treated. Sadly her experience is not uncommon.

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Loving The Unloved - Reflections on the Struggles of Prisoner's Families

29-01-2007 15:38

Child Prison
By Beth - The partner of a prisoner reflects on the harsh reality of prisons on partners and loved ones as well as prisoners.

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Indonesian NGO protests European Biofuel Plans

29-01-2007 13:58

Sawit Watch, an organisation which represents communities and workers affected by oil palm plantations in Indonesia, has written an open letter to politicians and citizens in Europe against plans to increase the use of palm oil for biofuels. They warn that palm oil expansion for biofuels will lead to more global warming, social conflicts and human rights abuses.

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UK anti-G8 gathering: what went on in Nottingham

29-01-2007 13:56

A meeting was held on Sunday 28th Jan to discuss and begin organising a UK mobilisation against this years G8. Here's some notes on what went down....

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Bush authorizes shoot-to-kill policy against Iranians in Iraq

29-01-2007 13:48

Troop surge paves way for wider war

The Bush administration has authorized US military forces in Iraq to hunt down and kill Iranian government personnel operating in that country, according to a report that first appeared in the Washington Post last Friday. The newspaper said President Bush authorized the new “kill or capture” program last fall during a meeting with his most senior advisors, which also resulted in the approval of a series of other measures aimed at destabilizing the Iranian regime.

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Failed Logic and Rhetoric in the USA

29-01-2007 12:22

Hillary Clinton and the neo-cons have much in common, their policies in relation to a continued presence in Iraq (oil theft) are similar as are their inept, amateurish and transparent attempts at rhetoric. Hillary’s latest offering was a statement to the effect that the Bush regime has dug a “deep hole” in Iraq that would take some time for “us” to emerge from! Notice the tactic of blame laying [political capital] while at the same time ensuring continued presence in Iraq on the basis that “we” would be rectifying all of Bush’s mistakes – very good Hillary, continued neo-colonial occupation and oil appropriation has nothing to do with it! Are Americans so stupid that they no longer recognise horseshit when they see or smell it?

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HBOS Plc and the Fur Trade

29-01-2007 12:01

HBOS Plc was formed with the joining of both Halifax and the Bank of Scotland.

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Paedo-police video every UK child naked

29-01-2007 10:51

The Suns front page 'scoop' today is 'State X-Ray Spies To See You Nude (you are undie surveillance)' but I prefer my headline as for once the Sun understate the issue. The article is giving the great-unwashed notice what has been decided long ago and has already been trialled without the public being informed.

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directions to Breacon tree camp

29-01-2007 10:33

tree camp to stop pipeline directions thereto....

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hope and horror in latin america - solidarity report from london

29-01-2007 02:31

demo flyer
come to the demo today (monday) 2pm - 5pm opposite downing street! calderon is giving a press conference at 2.40 with blair - show him that he's not welcome!

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EDO Corp Carcinogens Poison US Drinking Water

29-01-2007 00:48

In 1975 it was discovered by US authorities that arms maker EDO Corporation were responsible for
contamationaing drinking water in the US city of Norwalk.

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The Coming War Against Iran - Part 14

29-01-2007 00:32

Iran and the US Bases
Bush and Cheney have less than two years to go in their current role and want to go down in the history books as the heroes of the Pax Americana, as the men who managed to conquer the Middle East and its oil, as the men who took full-spectrum dominance seriously, while in their own country booking successes through exorbitant profits for the military-industrial complex and the realization of radical legislation. The prelude was long and the path was full of obstacles, but the goal of a third great war - a war with Iran - is increasingly within sight. Dan Plesch in The Guardian sums it up in one sentence: 'All the signs are that Bush is planning for a neocon-inspired military assault on Iran'.