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The Register debunks Home Office statements on biometric reiliability

19-10-2005 15:24

The Register has an article on the statistics behind multiple biometric tests.

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Bonfire Parliment Hill 400 years

19-10-2005 14:22

Remember remember the 5th of november
parliment just voted in ID cards
Dont forget your wood
bring the wood of your favorite tree. Oak, beech, hornbeam. ash, willow, pine, hawthorn, maple, plain, sycamore, holly,

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Oh, What a Circus - The Trial of Saddam Hussain!

19-10-2005 12:33

In the (16-23/6/2005) edition of the Egyptian weekly Al-Ahram , the newspaper carried an article “Debates and Dilemmas” by one Baghdad correspondent Nermin Al-Mufty, who has described the trial of former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussain as a “diversionary tactic” by both the US and Baghdad administrations.

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ID Cards My Thoughts

19-10-2005 10:25

"Unlike other forms of information, such as credit card details, if core biometric details such as your fingerprints are compromised, it is not going to be possible to provide you with new ones," - Mr Fishenden, national technology officer for Microsoft

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Relatives of dead British Soldiers camp out in Whitehall

19-10-2005 09:39

The Peace Camp.
They families have been denied legal aid to take the government to court over the decision to invade Iraq. They want a public enquiry into the decision to go to war. Denying them legal aid effectively gags them. They face losing their homes if they go forward with the case without any financial help.

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Sedition/definitions - KMA

19-10-2005 07:05

Should we mention how concerned media magnates are in the age of free information? Blogs, free presses and numerous other independent media groups, all have ultra-right regimes jumpin'. They cannot tolerate real free speech and the 'voices' of protest and dissent. Congratulations to all the people of the world who cherish their rights and freedoms – we salute you! All your combined small voices have become a deafening roar – the new sedition laws in Australia are an indication that you have been heard to the extent that you require silencing – the nefarious forces are on the run!

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Navigating the Multi-Dimensional Matrix

19-10-2005 04:19

This is the first chapter of my forth coming ebook with a partial listing of its contents. Those interested in this material are welcome to contact me.

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NO GODS! NO MASTERS! Support Iraqi Feminist Secular Resistance!

19-10-2005 01:22

This workshop to be held Saturday Oct 22 5PM, at the London Anarchist Bookfair, will discuss why it is critical for activists to oppose the religious Right both in the West and in Iraq. We seek to establish relationships of mutual aid with secular resistance movements in the Middle East.

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Fasting in London in a world climate of hunger amid 'events' on poverty....

18-10-2005 14:39

MUHAMMAD HAQUE POLITICAL POETRY on the occasion of the official observance of the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

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Reminder: Indigenous Resistance Public Meeting, Reading, Wednesday.

17-10-2005 20:47

PUBLIC MEETING @ RISC, READING ON WEDNESDAY AT 7.30PM:

KICKING BACK: INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE FROM WEST PAPUA TO SOUTHEAST MEXICO.

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Public Meeting- Women Organising against the War in Colombia

17-10-2005 19:57

Speakers:
Jackeline Rojas, Organizacion Femenina Popular, Colombia

plus speakers from Colombia Solidarity Campaign and Peace Brigades International

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POVERTY in Britain under Tony Blair - Blunkett is failing

17-10-2005 19:49

A series of original reports including the rebuttals of the lies being put out this past week against the poor in Britain by the DWP 'Secretary of State' David Blunkett and by the so-called Opposition Tory MP Edward Leigh , Factual evidence ce fo how DWP has been violating UK laws and international and Universal human rights laws against the involuntarily poor in the UK under Tony Blair

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EU Development Ministers Meeting next week in Leeds

17-10-2005 16:47

The EU Development Ministers are meeting in Leeds on 24 – 25 October at the Queens Hotel. A protest has been called by local groups for 4-6pm, Tuesday 25th in City Square. They are calling for a thousand people to take to the streets against the EU's neo-colonial policies in Africa and across the global south.

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ASBO welcomed by community!

17-10-2005 15:01

Saturday 15th October saw ASBO squatted community centre on Burns St open its doors for the first time. The day was really successful with 50-60 people from the local community and across Nottingham stopping by.

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The free shop in the front garden drew lots of curious people off the street, and some were flumoxed that they were not being asked to pay anything. People brought goods along, and picked up some really useful stuff – including a record player and an electric guitar!

Inside, “Broad Bean” internet was busy all afternoon with local children making the most of the facilities. We may be looking to put more computers downstairs to cope with the demand. The 'Kranks' bike workshop was a real hit, lots of people came along with their bikes and everyone helped each other fix them – a really excellent skill share session. Even a double-buggy that a local family brought in got fixed up. Ideas for future projects include bike trailers, tricycles and even bicycle-powered washing machines.

The day ended with a hearty meal from the People's Kitchen which had been filling the centre with mouth watering smells all afternoon. Everyone tucked in, and enjoyed chatting to their neighbours.

We were really pleased at the diversity of people who came to use the ASBO and hope that this day was just a start for a really exciting new project. We hope to have more and more stuff happening at the centre: look out for a 'Recycled Art' workshop coming soon. If you want to use the ASBO space then email us at:  33burnsstreet@myway.com

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HURRICANE STAN SEVERLY AFFECTS THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF CIPO-RFM

17-10-2005 13:27

HURRICANE STAN SEVERLY AFFECTS THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF CIPO-RFM
WE ARE PUTTING OUT AN URGENT CALL FOR HELP TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN STRUGGLE, HARMED BY HURRICANE STAN. WAYS TO HELP ARE THE FOLLOWING:


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Spodden Valley asbestos - what is going on? ...

17-10-2005 12:08

Rochdale Council meeting agenda and missing paragraphs from official answers:
• Urgent ‘secret’ council meeting to curb public rights to speak?
• The public deadline to ask council a question missed by a minute?
• Missing paragraphs in official answers?
• Still no ‘joined-up’ thinking?

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Justice now! War criminal on the run in Tanzania

17-10-2005 10:12

Agathon Rwasa, a Burundian Hutu-extremist and documented war criminal, has reportedly been denounced by his own forces for "gross human rights violations", and sacked. He is now reportedly on the run in Tanzania, where he has found protection in the past.

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Sheffield no Borders - More pics

16-10-2005 23:28

Dancers
More photos of the Sheffield No Borders Magical Mystry Tour

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Norwich No N25 protest, TUES 1st NOV

16-10-2005 18:35

Protest to be held to coincide with the opening of the East of England Plan Enquiry in Public (EiP) which will examine plans for this road

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INTELLIGENCE REPORT: US "private military contractors" already in Venezuela

15-10-2005 22:25

 http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=46388

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Intelligence agencies are revealing that US private military contractors, active in Colombia "under various contract umbrellas, including counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency" are building up to yet another attempted coup d'etat against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez