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Morocco: Deportations going on!

14-10-2005 22:49

People from Africa are trying to enter Spanish territory; many have been deported to the desert, battle is still going on; death of several persons has been approved. Help needed.

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Portugal regulator fines Abbott, Bayer, others for price fixing

14-10-2005 13:58

Portugal's antitrust regulator said it had fined five major US and European drug companies a total of 16 mln eur for working together to artificially fix prices.

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Transform Columbus Day!

14-10-2005 12:41

Transform Columbus Day cheer. There is a Columbus Day parade in Denver, and Native people and allies protest it every year.

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Genoa G8 Trial story on BBC Front Page

14-10-2005 07:39

Police brutality at a demo receives prominent media media attention.

No condemnation from Downing Street= no surprises

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BUSH'S POLLS WILL KEEP GOING DOWN, LIKE A SINKING SHIP .. FACE IT, BUSH IS TOAST

14-10-2005 05:02

Is there any reason why President Bush should remain in office? Not if you consider all of the horrendous blunders and criminal acts which have occurred under his watch. Bush has no one to blame but himself. But Bush is incapable of accepting blame or responsibility for his actions or non-actions.

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LABOUR, UKIP AND TORY SW MEP'S FAIL TO SIGN PLEDGE ON TOXIC CHEMICALS

13-10-2005 15:35

Only one in five MEPs in the UK have signed the “Safer Chemicals Pledge” - and none of the Conservatives, Labour or UKIP MEPs in the South-West or indeed the UK signed. Greens across Europe are urging MEPs to vote for strong legislation on 16th November to protect consumers and the environment.

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BACK PETITION ON WEST PAPUAN INDEPENDENCE

13-10-2005 15:20

Gloucestershire Greens have joined calls for the UN to hold an independence referendum in West Papua after the Green Party adopted last week, a policy motion condemning the UN-sponsored ‘sham’ Act of Free Choice which led to West Papua formally joining Indonesia in 1969.

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British US critic Harold Pinter wins Nobel Literature Prize

13-10-2005 14:33

The Nobel award also includes a $1.3 million cash prize, and just to remember how this famous jewish writer observes developments, here's a story on our present time's depressing detoriation.

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Norfolk USA seeking TransAtlantic TownHall Meeting on Peace

13-10-2005 06:30

Peace and Justice Activisits in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia are sister cities in UK for Town Hall meeting on war, to be conducted live via satelite hook-up

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Ford Day of Action - Nov. 12th

13-10-2005 04:08

Day of Intervention : November 12, 2005
Tell Ford to Get Serious About Breaking North America 's Addiction to Oil

If you are planning to participate in the day of action contact Mike Hudema at itstimetoriseup (at) gmail.com or 1-800-497-1994.

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Privatization and the World Trade Organization

12-10-2005 16:49

Competence, efficiency and user-friendliness are in no way "natural" domains of private service providers. When the social consequences are considered, the private comes off as anything but good. Why should private investors be interested in maintaining the long-term infrastructure?

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No N25 - Anti road meeting report

12-10-2005 12:15

On Friday 7th of October the Norwich No N25 Campaign held a meeting in Blythe Jacks School.

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Careers fair corporate invasion of University of Nottingham

12-10-2005 11:47

A careers fair takes place on Mon & Tue at which BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Caterpillar, Shell & others will attempt to recruit graduates. Help us give their whole stories.

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Doctor that autopsied Carlo Giuliani: "CAT scan showed fragment but we didn't fi

12-10-2005 09:23

Translation of press release from Support Legale regarding the 60th hearing in the trial against the 25 demonstrators accused of looting and sacking during the Genoa G8 events in 2001.

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"The Market Has No Heart": Interview with Paul Samuelson

11-10-2005 20:59

A post-Katrina economics must emphasize parallel worlds, solidarity and human dignity to safeguard long-term necessities and creativity. If all countries only become more competitive, mass unemployment will result. What is public- health care, schools, housing- must remain public.

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VENEZUELA: Bolivarian Revolution takes new steps against capitalism

11-10-2005 13:38

In the last few weeks in Venezuela there has been a renewed offensive in the "war against the latifundia" and a number of factory expropriations. This has had the effect of polarising the country, with the private bourgeois media launching a "crusade" in defence of private property.

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TREASONGATE - NO WAY OUT for US Admin - Wake up, America!

10-10-2005 19:51

"The issue which has never been litigated before is: Whether civil Officers of the United States, removed from office by conviction in "Cases of Impeachment", who are later tried and punished in criminal courts, can thereafter be pardoned by the President? This report concludes that the Constitution bars any such pardon."

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Mass murder - neo-con solution to approaching peak oil

10-10-2005 14:02

Peak oil is an unavoidable fact that is approaching fast - or is it. Do the neo-cons have a cunning plan to put off the inevitable?

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Art Contest at Abu Ghraib!

10-10-2005 13:32

This bunker was painted by young detainees during a Ramadan art contest
No, I'm not making this up. It's from the US Army News Service.

Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or scream.

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UK paper: British and American leaders likened to Nazi war criminals

09-10-2005 08:33

Good news: Even in a mainstream paper like 'The Telegraph' in England reality begins to dawn! Scott Ritter - former UN Chief weapons inspector: "Both these men could be pulled up as war criminals for engaging in actions that we condemned Germany in 1946 for doing," he said.