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Further photos : London Biofuel Investment seminar runs scared of protestors

27-11-2007 22:20

A peaceful banner protest organised by Biofuelwatch outside the Climate Investment World Conference at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel in London today, 27th November led to the organisers moving the venue of the Biofuel Investment seminar session.

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London Biofuel Investment seminar runs scared of protestors

27-11-2007 22:16

A peaceful banner protest organised by Biofuelwatch outside the Climate Investment World Conference at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel in London today, 27th November led to the organisers moving the venue of the Biofuel Investment seminar session.

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Arson Attacks in France & Austria

27-11-2007 20:56

France - Last weekend an ALF commando targeted a leather store in the city of Chambray-lès-Tours (Indre-et-Loire), throwing several incendiary devices inside. Another store was also tagged

Austria - Unknown arsonists set a hunting cabin near zurndorf in burgenland on
fire, where a big hunt sab with lots of violence from hunters took place.

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2 Pigs liberated from Agricultural College - South England

27-11-2007 20:46

"On a dark night in November activists paid a visit to an agricultural college in the south. This college is a place where they teach future farmers how to exploit animals in the most efficient and profitable way...Needless to say we’ll be back. We’ve got our eyes on you." A.L.F

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The Hidden Holocaust--Our Civilizational Crisis Part 1: The Holocaust in History

27-11-2007 20:34

Part one of an article by Nafeez Ahmed on the history of imperial genocide follows, the subject of this article was the subject of recent public meeting, The Hidden Holocaust - Our Civilizational Crisis.

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HLS's Top Shareholder - TransAmerica after SAC Sell!

27-11-2007 19:14

In May 2007, HLS (NYSE:LSR) had the likes of Dresdner Bank owning nearly 600'000 shares in its animal torture. On June 30, 2007 institutional investors held a total of 484,250 shares of LSR. The latest report reveals that institutional investors hold 72, 817 shares.

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New Films from South Lebanon

27-11-2007 18:57

The anarchist film collective "a-films" announces three new videos from South Lebanon. In October 2007, a-films did video workshops in Bourj ash-Shamali Refugee Camp and the village of Siddiqine.

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Careers Development Group

27-11-2007 18:42

Careers Development Group is one of the training groups Brown want to send the unemployed under New Deal for the unemployed. Is he taking the piss?

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Gaza Fears Israeli Attacks

27-11-2007 18:00

The media seems to FINALLY be breaking its deafening silence on these reports.

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Student Climate Project Launch this weekend

27-11-2007 17:43

This weekend (the 30th November to the 2nd December) sees the launch of The Student Climate Project, whose aim is to bring together existing student activists from across the UK to find ways to build a mass student anti-climate change movement.

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41% of Posties Accept Stitch-Up Deal/Motion Carried

27-11-2007 17:06

64% of those postal workers who voted have accepted the stitch-up 'settlement' offer from Royal Mail bosses. However, there was only a 64% turnout. So after weeks of strike action, lost pay and backstabbing from Communication Workers Union bureaucrats, the original contract proposed by Royal Mail will go through practically unaltered, despite the fact that 59% of posties still refuse to back it.

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Climate Disasters Have Increased 4 X in Past 20 Yrs

27-11-2007 16:25

The Oxfam International Organization has released
a new report:

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Lobby your MP and Government to represent you!

27-11-2007 15:17

PowerToThePeople - an independent democratic accountability website designed to empower you to hold those in power to account - has updated its 'Lobby your MP and Government to represent you' section. It'll take you just a few minutes to support a number of campaigns.

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Eleven of editor's relatives murdered in Baghdad following Shiite militia threat

27-11-2007 14:16

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is shocked by the murders of 11 close relatives of Dia al-Kawwaz, the Amman-based editor of the online newspaper "Shabeqat Akhbar al-Iraq", in an attack on his family home on 25 November 2007 in Baghdad. Kawwaz recently received telephone threats from Iraqi militia members.

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Iran : poetry, paradise and politics

27-11-2007 13:15

An Illustrated Talk

Anti-war artist Emily Johns will show slides she took on the Fellowship of Reconciliation
international peace delegation visit to Iran in May 2006

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Second night of riots in Paris suburb

27-11-2007 12:03

Monday 26th Nov, Villiers-le-Bel, Paris
Paris - More than 60 police officers were injured, five of them seriously, when bands of youths rioted late on Monday for a second consecutive night in the suburbs of Paris after the deaths of two minority teenagers.

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Annapolis (by Latuff)

27-11-2007 11:49

Annapolis Peace(?) Conference
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of the brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. backed IsraHell's state terror.

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Two Events on International Day of Palestine Solidarity 29th November

27-11-2007 10:58

Thursday is the United Nations promoted International Day of Solidarity with
the Palestinian People (  http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian )

To mark this day Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign is holding two
events: A vigil at 5pm and a public meeting with a guest speaker at 7.30pm.