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Jose Bove Arrested.

17-06-2002 19:39

France's star anti-globalization activist Jose Bove was ordered to prison to serve a three-month jail sentence for his 1999 demolition of a McDonald's outlet.

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Israel begins construction on Zion's Berlin Wall

17-06-2002 16:23

Over the weekend, Israel began to put into place what it bizarrely describes as a fence, along the border with the west Bank.

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War on terrorism: 9-11?

17-06-2002 15:06

War on terrorism: "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON 9-11?" - The Transcript
Jared Israel Interviewed by Mark Haim
KOPN 89.5 FM (Missouri) Evening Edition * 2 April 2002
[Posted 10 June 2002]

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J22: STREET PARTY (final announcement)

17-06-2002 14:32

Final announcement about Saturday's big street party

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Plutonium ships to set sail from Japan to England

17-06-2002 13:03

While we all look at the World Cup matches on our televisions, two ships, carrying enough useable plutonium to create 50 nuclear bombs, will depart Japanese shores for England in the next few weeks.

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Grassroots resistance !

17-06-2002 13:01

A good example of Grassroot resistance against unwanted and useless surveillance...

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State terrorism sanctioned in Swaziland

17-06-2002 12:02

The Swazi dictatorship made a significant step towards further totalitarianism last week with the introduction of the Internal Security Bill, known as the Makhundu.

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picnic today in elmpark gardens, London

17-06-2002 11:23

4 elmpark gardens off Fulham Road, SW London

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Revolutionary upsurge in Arequipa, Peru

17-06-2002 11:02

"A state of emergency" has been declared in the Peruvian city of Arequipa after three days of revolutionary upsurge organised by communists, workers and activists.

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"CIA told to get Saddam" - the war begins?

17-06-2002 10:14

American politicians of both main parties have welcomed reports that President Bush has authorised the CIA to undertake covert operations in Iraq.
These would include attempts to try to capture Iraq President Saddam Hussein.

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Cubans Overwhelmingly Back Socialism

17-06-2002 09:28

HAVANA (AP) -- A petition to declare Cuba's socialist system ``untouchable'' has been signed by nearly 70 percent of Cubans of voting age, officials said Sunday.

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Duman Family Must Stay Campaign

17-06-2002 09:24

Duman family served with deportation order for June 25th

On Fathers Day, Sunday June 16th 2002, three Lewisham schoolchildren are unable to pass on their 'Fathers Day' cards to their dad, Metin Duman. Metin, had been, 'seized' by immigration officials, one can't say arrested, because Metin has not been charged with anything.

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Israeli Refusenik analysis of Jenin Rampage

17-06-2002 02:29

Reposted from website of the Israeli-Army-Refuseniks,
467 at last count refusing to continue murderous repression
in the Occupied Territories. Sand not Oil in the gears of Sharon's WarCrimeMachine.

Please support these democratic heroes and their site/petition!!

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Narmada Maan dam fasters in 28th day - on brink of death - help needed urgently

17-06-2002 01:30

The condition of the Maan dam fasters in Narmada, entering their 28th day
without food, is now extremely serious indeed. As of the 26th day (see
articles below) three of the four had begun vomiting and Ramkuvar, the 22
year old tribal girl, is literally dying. The hunger strikers are on fast because villages have
begun to be submerged by the Maan Dam (on a tributary of the Narmada River)
yet the displaced have still not been given any land to relocate to. PLEASE
telephone, fax or email the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh TODAY, tommorrow may
very well be too late.

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Freedom of Speech 2002

17-06-2002 00:24

Actions against the World Bank 21-26. july in Oslo, Norway

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Stop the Lancaster University greenfield expansion

17-06-2002 00:08

Creeping tide of naff urbaization threatens to engulf green fields while university growth is achieved on the back of increasing student debt.

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The U.N. and the Middle East

16-06-2002 23:43

From following what's happening in the United Nations, it's easy to come to the conclusion that Israel is the source of most of the problems in the world. And that, if Israel were only less "intransigent" and if it would yield the administrated territories of the "West Bank" and Gaza, peace would descend on the Middle East

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Whats happened to the Indymedia newswire

16-06-2002 23:43

There seems to be some stories on the newswire which, when clicked on, only show the words "no story to tell yet"

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Friday the 13th: Sharon Voorhees in Jenin (cartoon by Latuff)

16-06-2002 23:00

Friday the 13th: Sharon Voorhees in Jenin (cartoon by Latuff)
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of brave Palestinian people and their struggle for independence.

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Roman Empire & Sport

16-06-2002 22:47

Globalisation & Football