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May Day in INDONESIA

04-05-2007 04:45

KASBI (Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia)
Congress of Indonesia Unions Alliance
Jl.Pemuda 3A/12B, RT 10/02, Rawamangun, Jakarta 13220, IndonesiaTelp/Fax: +6221 471 5675
 kp_kasbi@yahoo.com

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USA CIA Agent Jones Back To Her Old Tricks!

03-05-2007 23:55

CIA Agent Sidney Jones
CIA Network still active security threat: analyst

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Please Return Your Voters Registration

03-05-2007 23:22

If you want to vote

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STP

03-05-2007 22:45

First developed as a weapon to disable armys on the battlefield

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Prison-death demonstration: HMP Send, Surrey - 9 May 2007

03-05-2007 22:27

A prison-death demonstration will be held outside HMP Send, Surrey
on Wednesday 9 May 2007, at 1.30 pm, for the duration of the afternoon
to protest against the death of a young mother (Emma Kelly, aged 31)
who died in the care of the jail on 19 April 2007
Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend

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Neofascists in Polish Constitution Day 2007

03-05-2007 22:25

XXI century nazi youths
Neofascist groups including the National Radical Camp (Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR) are participating more and more openly in public life in Poland. Here are some photos from a historical remembrance ceremony on Constitution Day, 3 May 2007.

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Isn't the Queen a war criminal too?

03-05-2007 20:41

The queen to meet bush

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Islam Punk Novel Censored!

03-05-2007 19:52

The Taqwacore movement (badly and shortly described a Muslim punk) has been getting some attention lately (across the web anyway) thanks to a profile of the culture in the The Guardian. What is less known is that the seminal novel of the movement – The Taqwacores– has been censored in its UK version due to fears brought on by the Muhammed cartoon controversy.

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Protester Accused of 'Harassing, Alarming,and Distressing' the Police

03-05-2007 19:48

oh...
the irony...

Today Marcus Wise, described by Sussex CPS as 'one of the most vocal' of protesters against the EDO MBM warmongers in Brighton, faced bizarre allegations that he had conducted a course of conduct amounting to the harassment of a well known Sussex police officer.

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Letter from Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group to the Mexican Government and Res

03-05-2007 19:34

In reference to the latest news we have received from Mexico and in commemoration of last years events in San Salvador Atenco.

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Make an Effort for Election Day

03-05-2007 19:21

There are still two hours left to register your disgust at our sham democracy by spoiling your ballot...

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Saving Iceland Talk + New Films

03-05-2007 17:00

Sacrificed for ALCOA
Two talks same day!

2pm, Mandela Hall, Sussex University Campus

and

8pm, The Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton

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BBC News apologises for misleading reports on Iran

03-05-2007 16:30

CASMII reject BBC's qualified apology on anti-Iranian bias

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International Worker's Day in CUBA

03-05-2007 15:22

International Worker's Day in CUBA
As takes place every International Workers’ Day, some six million Cubans marched throughout the country...

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MOD Admits Photograph Falsely Identified Location of UK/Iranian Incident

03-05-2007 15:17

MOD Reply To FOI Request
Ministry of Defence Admits Photograph Falsely Identified Location of UK/Iranian Maritime Incident

Its been a few weeks now since the end of the maritime border incident, which involved the arrest of 15 British military personnel by Iran, a diplomatic crisis and their subsequent release. In April, we posted [  http://craigmurrayfriends.blogspot.com/2007/04/british-mod-issued-two-different.html ] on the puzzling observation that the UK Ministry of Defence had provided two different sets of position coordinates to fix the site of the incident, and thereby prove that it occurred in Iraqi waters.

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Drop Beats Not Bombs 9: You are the carriers of history

03-05-2007 14:34

Drop Beats not Bombs is back after its hiatus in November - the last event was cancelled by the 'powers that be'. The bi-yearly anti-war event donates all of it's profits to CND and the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) and it's the biggest line-up to date. The event encompasses a broad spectrum of sounds and styles from Techno to Drum & Bass and Punk to Hard House. It also features a cinema room hosted by Birmingham Indymedia.

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International Compost Awareness Week

03-05-2007 13:56

promotion of recycling and composting
International Compost Awareness Week takes place 6-12 May 2007.

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How to Fix Capitalism: Benjamin Barber

03-05-2007 13:30

Book review of Benjamin Barber's "Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults and Swallow Citizens Whole"

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Mayday march and protest at Canary Wharf

03-05-2007 13:16

Civilian cameras turned on police photographer
One arrest with photo of police using "pain compliance" techniques. Police take photos but do not like being photographed.