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UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

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Emergency Peace Vigil – Thursday 7th July, 9pm.

07-07-2005 17:51

Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition unequivocally condemns today's terrorist attacks on the people of London. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. There can be no justification for such attacks.

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Action at Gleneagles

07-07-2005 17:47

Wednesday 6th July, afternoon, at G8 Alternatives march to Gleneagles. Activists reach main gate and many enter the fields surrounding Gleneagles, some breaching the perimeter fence, with large numbers of demonstrators from the main march looking on.

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barcelona action agains g8 and climate caos

07-07-2005 17:31

Action done in barcelona this afhernoon against climate caos and REPSOL YPF spanish based oil company responsability. That was a parody of greenwashing, through people dress as REPSOL workers giving ice cubes to pedestrians and drivers as the company solution to mitigate climate warming. The banner says "REPSOL sponsor the weather... and changes it" (REPSOL sponsors the tv daily weather report). The action was part of the Global Day of Action Against Climate caos and Oil Companies. We denunce as well Kyoto: Bussiness is the problem, not the solution!

Ciao G8!
Freedom for the arrested people!

G8 Tocat i Enfonsat

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Bomb scare on Princess Street, Edinburgh

07-07-2005 17:29

The police has blocked Princess Street in Edinburgh after allegedly a suspicious package was found on a bus.

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Princes St. Bomb Threats

07-07-2005 17:19

Just had a call from city centre saying parts of Prince St. in Edinburgh are being cleared because of bomb threats...
any confirmation . . .

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GW8 Audio: Global Warming 8 Counter Conference Recordings

07-07-2005 17:16


Global Warming 8 (GW8) was hosted by the unique coalition of the UK's leading aid and environment agencies, the Working Group on Climate Change and Development formed to fight the unprecedented threat climate change poses to human development. It offered a 'reality check' to the G8 heads of state as people from eight developing nations outline the devastating impact to be expected if climate change goes unchecked.

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Where are the London cops?

07-07-2005 16:56

They are in Scotland harassing political protesters!

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Blair kills off Kyoto as world looks away

07-07-2005 16:36

Blair has declared Kyoto dead - two days after saying it is vitally important.

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london solidarity in scotland

07-07-2005 16:20

activists at the rural convergence near stirling show their solidarity and support for all those affected by today's horrific events in London...

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FROM BOB GELDOF MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE…

07-07-2005 16:19

LIKE THE BANNER!
I felt a need to air my views directly to Sir Bob Geldof, however I was unable to find anyway of contacting him directly so I decided to send an email to Bob's 'media relations office (hoping that they may pass my concerns onto him) knowing that Sir Bob, being an Irishman and I with knowledge of his very modest background and roots, he should fully understand how I, and many others felt at the Live8 event within Hyde Park…

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TEXT OF ISLAMIC COMMUNITY'S REMARKS

07-07-2005 16:09

Any resemblance to the text of Poodle Blair's statement Thursday on London blasts with G-8 leaders in Gleneagles, Scotland is purely intentional.

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Blair declares Kyoto dead

07-07-2005 16:06

As world is distracted, Blair says Kyoto Treaty is dead.

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Medical Info does not support story of girl injured by protestors

07-07-2005 15:47

Someone posting a comment on Indymedia underneath reports of Wednesday's blockades claimed that their 10 year old daughter was in Stirling Royal Infirmary. The comment was posted at 9.45am and claimed that their ten year old daughter needed 18 stitches after a brick was thrown through her bedroom window as she slept.

Stirling Royal Infirmany has now confirmed that there were six admissions yesterday, but due to patient confidentiality would not give any specific informatation. Five were treated and released for minor injuries. One was kept in hospital overnight.

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Get a clue -- terrorists don't throw rocks, London bombings and the G8

07-07-2005 15:37

British and London authorities should be ashamed of themselves. While
1500 London police are over in Scotland, part of a 15,000-strong
policing force, watching people chant and march
against the G8, they leave their home unprotected from real terrorists.

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Solidarity demo interupted by police provocation

07-07-2005 15:36

Crowd outside the court
A detention next to a solidarity demo does not provoke a riot

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Prisoner support assembly in Edinburgh

07-07-2005 15:21

A prisoner support assembly in front of the Sheriff Court, Chambers Street Edinburgh took place just 30 min ago.

One person was arrested, police claiming for breach of bail conditions.

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STATEMENT BY JULY 2005 PRISONER SUPPORT GROUP

07-07-2005 15:17

This is a brief statement, agreed at a meeting in Edinburgh on the 7th July. It is addressed to the general public, to campaign groups, and to the mainstream media, and is intended to make clear our views on the recent wave of arrests and detentions.

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LONDON TODAY? What about Iraq for 2-1/2 Years?

07-07-2005 15:16

(FROM THE USA)

Horrifying pictures are coming out of Iraq today and every day -- have been for almost two and a half years. And all the media wants to show us and talk about is three subway blasts and a bus blast in London. These are white people! They share our history! They share our religion!
If you want to see the face of horror, look for images of Iraq on www.antiwar.com or www.jihadunspun or Google.

What has been happening in Iraq -- that is what is BARBARIC.

What happened in London is a consequential TRAGEDY. I hate that it happened. It is terrorism, and I hate terrorism.

What the UK and USA have been doing in Iraq is even worse -- it is state-sanctioned (Not in Our Name?) and thus is on a scale orders of magnitude greater.

TED KOPPEL: The next time you feel like reading names on the air, read off the names of civilians killed in Iraq. Whether it is 5000 or 12,000 or 100,000 (as the British medical journal Lancet and the US Johns Hopkins University research shows) -- I guarantee that you will be opposing the war after reading for a few days.

It is time to leave Iraq. Cut and run? Hardly. Defend the US, yes, but that is not what Iraq is about, and you know it. It will be much easier for the Army to defend the US if we use it for its intended purpose rather than as an economic instrument.

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Stirling Court Update

07-07-2005 15:13

An Indymedia court reporter called the IMC dispatch around lunchtime, Thursday 7 July. Here is a summary of his report from the Stirling court, as I understood it on the phone.

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G8 Summit Alternative Action News Blog announces it will continue after G8!

07-07-2005 14:49

G8 Summit Alternative Action News Blog lives on after G8!