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Exotic pet store close store early after Nottingham animal rights arrive

04-09-2009 22:26

protesters moments before the owners shut the shop an hour early and left
Around ten minutes after Nottingham Animal Rights show up to demonstrate against New World Exotics pet store in Beeston, Nottingham, the owners decide to shut up shop an hour early and leave.

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Climate Rush On Tour

04-09-2009 21:25

Campsite at Airplot
The Climate Rush started on a one month tour of South West England at Sipson, making a procession to Heathrow Airport this morning with local residents to oppose the building of the third runway. Photographs Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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Camp Ashraf Hunger Strike, US embassy, London - pictures.

04-09-2009 21:15

Monitoring blood pressure.
On the 39th day of a hunger strike outside the US embassy in London, Iranian pro-democracy campaigners lobby Downing Street to pressure the Iraqi government to release 36 prisoners it has taken prisoner from Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad.

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Refugees in Italy and throughout the EU

04-09-2009 20:43

"Refugees" by Roberto Malini
Open letter to the institutions of the United Nations and European Union from Everyone Group and representatives of the Roma people and immigrant community in Italy.

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Sinister plans to merge ID database with Criminal Records Bureau checks

04-09-2009 20:29

Last month the Home Office announced that the National Identity Card Scheme would no longer be compulsory and that implementation would be delayed until 2011 or 2012. Online magazine The Register has, however, uncovered proposals to merge the National Identity Register with Criminal Records Bureau background checks, potentially forcing millions of people into ‘applying' for an Identity card that they neither want nor need in order to avoid facing unemployment.

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ElBaradei slams Western allegations against Iran and opposes sanctions

04-09-2009 20:21

Dr Mohamed ElBaradei
“Nobody is sitting in Iran today developing nuclear weapons. Tehran doesn’t have an ongoing nuclear weapons program. But somehow, everyone in the West is talking about how Iran’s nuclear program is the greatest threat to the world. In many ways, I think the threat has been hyped."

[Head of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei, interview with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1 September 2009]

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Action roundup - Camp for Climate Action 09

04-09-2009 16:21

Roundup of actions at this year's Camp for Climate Action

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Belgrade: Anarchists arrested; state attorney: international terrorism

04-09-2009 15:54

Group of six anarchists arrested under suspicion being connected with Black Elijah (Crni Ilija), which take responsiblity on 24. august molotov attack on Greek embassy in Belgrade.

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Vestas blockade - help urgently needed on the Isle of Wight

04-09-2009 14:48

Workers and supporters at the Vestas wind turbine factory in Newport on the Isle of Wight are attempting to stop the remaining blades being shipped out of the factory. This is the only leverage the workers, who have been hung out to dry, really have left against the company.

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Bodysnatching, Radiation Poisoning and Infanticide

04-09-2009 14:24

From Bardsea beach looking towards Heysham
Bodysnatching, radioactive poisoning and infanticide, the nuclear industry
has it all in spades.
Is this alarmist, you might ask? No, not really.

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e.on coal plant in Datteln stopped by court

04-09-2009 13:58

Construction site (Creative Commons by, Tbachner on Wikipedia)
e.on, the company trying to build a new coal fired plant in Kingsnorth, has problems with the construction of a coal plant in Datteln/Germany. A court ruled that the construction has to stop.

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Barclays ATM's Superglued

04-09-2009 13:31

2 ATM's superglued

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locals disrupt Repco car rally in Australia

04-09-2009 13:30

protest pic
Locals have disrupted a car rally passing through a sensitive wildlife area of Australia.

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Disarm DSEi banner drop Southampton

04-09-2009 13:23

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Banner dropped in run up to the DSEi arms fair linking BAE investors - Southampton and Solent universities.

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Reclaim The Future 5 is GO

04-09-2009 13:15

Call 07758119655 or 07729178836 tomorrow for location

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Petition : Stop Ahmadinejad from entering United Nation

04-09-2009 12:40

Iran Solidarity petition : "Stop Ahmadinejad from entering United Nation"

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Cambridge Anarchists at London Climate Camp 09

04-09-2009 12:17

Reflections and criticisms of this years Climate Camp outside London.

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South African shackdwellers movement visit Hackney - this weekend

04-09-2009 10:37

‘Talk to us not about us’
Abahlali baseMjondolo the shack dwellers movement from South Africa visit Hackney

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270 Gorleben tractors join Berlin run

04-09-2009 09:51

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270 tractors have left the Gorleben area to join the anti-nuclear trek to Berlin on Friday for a demonstration expected to attract tens of thousands in the capital on Saturday.
On the eve of the departure more farmers called in wanting to be part of the protest at the last minute, said Hans-Werner Zachow of the Farmers Emergency Community.