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Luxeux Construction Division

02-11-2006 13:44

Advanced Metal Research and Technology

Manchester No2ID Day of Resistance, Saturday 4th November 2006

01-11-2006 22:53

After a few months travelling to nearby (and not so nearby!) towns, Manchester No2ID is returning to its home for a Saturday afternoon Day of Resistance in Manchester city centre.

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Growing DNA database 'turning Britain into a nation of suspects'

01-11-2006 18:46

One in four men could soon be included on the national DNA database which is helping to turn Britain into a nation of suspects, an expert group has warned.

:::: The consultation document is available here. Please respond to the consultation!! ::::

http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/go/ourwork/bioinformationuse/page_848.html

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Minutes of Manchester NO2ID Meeting, Wednesday 11th October 2006

31-10-2006 00:18

Another meeting with reasonable attendance and a few new friendly faces. Apologies again for the time it's taken to type up these notes. I should delegate minute-taking more often!

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Mon 30th: Sci-Fi against the Nano-Military machine!

29-10-2006 15:24

CALL OUT FOR PROTEST AGAINST NANOTECH!

are you anti-war? are you anti-corporate technologies that destroy nature,
cause health-problems and all the rest?

JOIN US IN USING SCIENCE-FICTION TO HIGHLIGHT SCIENCE-FACT!

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Spooks at Google and MySpace, PayPal, YouTube, Ebay, and Yahoo

27-10-2006 21:57

It comes as no surprise that Google is in bed with the CIA, or rather it is no surprise the CIA ate Google and has turned it into yet another front company. “A former clandestine services officer for the CIA who also maintains close relationships with top Google representatives says that the company is ‘in bed with’ the intelligence agency and the U.S. government,” writes Paul Joseph Watson for Prison Planet.

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American Non-Profit Seeks to Transform Global Human Rights Advocacy

26-10-2006 18:20

Think YouTube and MySpace meet the global fight for human rights. WITNESS' Human Rights Video Hub Pilot is the first step in an initiative to create a human rights-focused participatory media site.

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Sci-Fi Protest against Nano-Military Conference

26-10-2006 12:46

CALL OUT FOR PROTEST AGAINST NANOTECH!

Workers, consumers, non-human animals and nature are being exposed to nano-particles that have not been tested, all for the sake of the multi-billion dollar nanotech industry.

JOIN US IN USING SCIENCE-FICTION TO HIGHLIGHT SCIENCE-FACT!

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Counter Terror World - "strengthening state security"

24-10-2006 22:55

From the people who brought you DSEi: The Counter Terror World exhibition is the first event of its kind to reflect the increasingly blurred boundaries between the world of defence and that of state security. Systems and solutions which have been traditionally deployed in the military arena, are now being adopted in the fight against terrorism and in strengthening civil defence and state security measures.

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Liverpool Wind Turbine Pictures.

24-10-2006 11:03

In January 2005, Green Loops ran a course on the construction of an 'axial flux alternator Wind Turbine', taught by Hugh Piggot and following one of his designs. Ten people took part in the week long course, which was held in the Jump Ship Rat gallery in Jamaica Street, Liverpool.

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Scandal hits London Underground security/technology company

23-10-2006 22:31

Verint Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMVT is the private company responsible for much of the security of the London Underground system. Since they are responsible for the safety of millions of travellers EVERY DAY isn't it about time SOMEBODY terminated their contract IMMEDIATELY!!! Ken ???

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Solar Editing – Report from Canary islands

21-10-2006 17:38

Well its finely here, you can work away from the electric grid using small scale, light solar technology. Here is a setup for a solar powered video production/editing setup that fits in a small backpack.

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Notts Defy-ID Bulletin 4 Released

20-10-2006 16:40

Nottingham Defy-ID's fourth bulletin (October 2006) is now available for download and distribution.

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A glimpse of national ID card enforcement

19-10-2006 14:01

University of Westminster shows the way in ID card enforcement! This university's marketing slogan is most revealing - "educating for a professional life", they say. With a basic principle of compulsory carrying of cards, a 'three strikes' policy to deny you entry to premises & services if you forget your card, and making it a disciplinary offence if you refuse to show one, this kind of education will most certainly be invaluable for future life if the government gets away with introducing its national ID policy.

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USA ELECTION UPDATE: 500,000 VOTERS "DISPARU" FROM OHIO

18-10-2006 14:48

. . . . AS THE 7/11/6 US ELECTION APPROACHES, ODD THINGS TURN UP . . . . OR . . . . DISAPPEAR
latest news as of 18/10/6

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Demo Vs the EuropaBio conference in Greece (+video)

18-10-2006 12:03

Hundreds of protesters marched in October 7th against the 3rd International Biotechnology conference in Greece

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Leave Them Kids Alone NEWSLETTER Issue 1 October 2006

12-10-2006 10:54

Leave Them Kids Alone
We are campaigning to have the widespread use of biometrics in schools debated in Parliament, and henceforth strictly regulated and closely monitored, with a statutory requirement for explicit parental consent wherever biometrics are used.

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MIDDLE-CLASS EXAGGERATED CLAIMS UNFAIR

12-10-2006 07:57

Professional classes who abuse the system...

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This scam that is increasing !

11-10-2006 18:43

ALLERGIES TO RUBBER GLOVES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN MODERN AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDIES TO BE MOSTLY ANECDOTAL , ANXIETY RIDDEN, FRAUDS OR JUST NOT OF ENOUGH AND SOUND QUALITY TO RESPOND AS THE UK DOES TO NHS DENTISTS WHO ARE ALL CLAIMIN EARLY RETIREMENT PENSIONS DUE TO RUBBER GLOVES' ALLERGY.

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CPP congratulates DPR-Korea for nuke breakthrough

11-10-2006 10:20

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today congratulated the people and government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for successfully and safely carrying out its first-ever nuclear test and hailed the successful test as a “militant assertion of national sovereignty and the right of an independent country to develop its own powerful self-reliant defense capability amidst constant efforts by the US to impose its imperialist hegemony over the world, maintain its monopoly of nuclear weapons along with a few other powerful countries, and subvert the sovereign will of the DPRK.”