UK Newswire Archive
DfIF support for corruption in Nigeria
13-03-2008 15:46
The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recently documented links between agents of UK DfID and a corrupt state governor in the Niger Delta. Capital provided by the UK government has flowed through its private sector arm CDC Group plc to companies which are believed to be owned by Chief Onanefe Ibori whilst he has sent millions to London bank accounts.Police Now At Parliament Square
13-03-2008 15:42
police under the command of inspector fox are currently at parliament squarethey are trying to effect an arrest on brian haw and seize property again
War on the streets in Armenia
13-03-2008 15:19
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Parliament Square Peace Camp display threatened...
13-03-2008 15:12
I Bike MCR Fest 2008 Starts This Month
13-03-2008 14:33
April2008: one struggle - one fight
13-03-2008 14:14
any april2008 autonomous things going on in london like the rest of europe?Now, all I/B claimants face cuts and 'work or no benefits'
13-03-2008 13:15
Existing I/B claimants to face the new Work Capability Assessment(WCA) and attend work programmes.Green MEP To Slam ‘Illegal And Immoral’ Foreign Policy At Stop The War march
13-03-2008 13:09
13 March 2008 - Press release to announce appearance of Caroline Lucas MEP at the 5th anniversary Stop The War Coalition rally in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 15 March.Last week of ALF/ELF Direct Action
13-03-2008 12:12
March: 5-12th
ALF LIBERATE 130 HENS IN WEEK OF ACTION (New Zealand)
TIRES SLASHED ON BUTCHERS VAN (UK)
KFC HIT WITH PAINT, WINDOWS ETCHED (Mexico)
BAD MONTH FOR STOCKHOLM FURRIERS (Sweden)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT HUNTING SHOP (Germany)
SLOGANS ETCHED INTO RESTAURANT WINDOWS (Mexico)
SLOGANS PAINTED AT UNIVERSITY (Netherlands)
ANTI-HUNTING ACTION (Spain)
ALF HIT ANOTHER KFC (Mexico)
RESTAURANTS SABOTAGED (Mexico)
5 HUNTING TOWERS DESTROYED (Germany)
Foie gras day of action commences...
13-03-2008 11:57
A nationwide day of action has been called for Thursday 13th March against these establishments continuing to support foie gras. This is a limited list of contact details, please look up more easily accessible details relating to these supporters of the cruel trade and duly inform them of the hell these geese and ducks go through.How the Forgotten City of Halabja became the Launch Pad for War on Iraq
13-03-2008 08:56
When the Bush administration went to war with Iraq in March 2003, the centerpiece of its justification for war was weapons of mass destruction. But its precise timing was driven, in large part, by the anniversary of the poison gas attack on the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja. On the fifth and twentieth anniversaries of these two tragic events, a study of the connection between them reveals a deliberate pattern of twisting and fabricating intelligence to meet policy objectives.Top US commander in Middle East resigns over Iran war report
13-03-2008 06:42
Admiral William Fallon, head of the United States Central Command, with authority over the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, submitted his resignation Tuesday after an article in the April issue of Esquire magazine portrayed him as opposing a Bush administration drive to war against Iran.US food prices increase sharply
13-03-2008 06:40
Over the past nine months, global food prices have soared 40 percent, while food reserves are at 30-year lows. The rising cost of food is becoming a major source of global social instability and economic hardship.G8 Bolzaneto July 2001: Italy’s Guantanamo Bay
13-03-2008 05:43
INDYMEDIA - 12 March 2008. Genova: In a trial that has seen 209 victims, 392 witnesses and 23 defendants, The Bolzaneto G8 ‘Torture’ trial is finishing in a heated controversial ending.
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Anti-War Activists Attack 4 Targets In Edinburgh
13-03-2008 05:02
This is Fuck the War Coalition, and we want to bring the war home to those who profit from imperialism.This morning we attacked 4 targets around Edinburgh on the 5th anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.
pills profit protest ; film night at the vaults this friday (14th march).!
13-03-2008 01:52
pills, profit protest chronicles the international aids protest movement 7.30 at the vaults an ganden on .Syrian Embassy profiling Kurdish protesters
13-03-2008 01:47
A digital video camera was seen in the embassy's windows filming protesters, presumably to profile and punish them, either directly, if they ever returned to Syria, or by proxy, through intimidating their families back home.
Iraq to end food-rationing system
13-03-2008 01:23
It is estimated that over 5 million Iraqis will be denied assistance!No to 7% rent rises and no to privatisation in Lambeth!
12-03-2008 22:51
Rent rises and privatisation:What do you think about the council’s proposals?
Public meeting for all Lambeth tenants/residents and staff
6.30pm to 9pm
Thursday 13 March
Assembly Halls, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton