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Drought in Afghanistan

10-07-2004 13:26

I live and work in Afghanistan and try and compensate in a small way to the lack of news. I have attached articles that may be of interest but have dealt with the drought that few outside the country know of.

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PSC protest olutside parliament...

10-07-2004 13:23

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A 2-hour PSC presence outside the house of commons yesterday, responding to the release of the ICJ report condemning the apartheid wall.

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Woman Fatally Stabbed in City Centre

10-07-2004 13:08

Stabbing in the city centre

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Citizen Weapons Inspectors visit secret American military base in Norway

10-07-2004 12:32

Citizen Weapons Inspectors visit secret American military base in Norway
On the 26th of June, peace activists from Sweden, Germany and England protested outside the top-secret radar base Vardø in the north of Norway, against the base's involvement in the USA's nuclear weapons strategy.

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What's going on in kensington!

10-07-2004 10:25

Have used the cartoons on this newsletter before. But have changed the text and added a new cartoon. This newsletter will be going into the Kensington Fairfield ward.

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Support The International Court of Justice!

10-07-2004 09:52

An attempt to organise a campaign for the boycott of Israeli products in light of the decision of the International Court of Justice and the blatant disregard for this decision by both Israel and America.

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1000 dead

10-07-2004 06:07

coalition casualty count

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Why Does Fahrenheit 9/11 Pursue Conspiracy Theory?

10-07-2004 04:04

Why Does Fahrenheit 9/11 Pursue Conspiracy Theory Rather Than History? Because 9/11 conspiracy theory protects the Democratic Party, whereas historical analysis would implicate it in the criminal consequences of decades of collaboration between Washington and Riyadh as well as other unsavory allies.

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Take Your Kids to Fahrenheit 9/11 Before the Government Takes Them to War

10-07-2004 01:58

San Antonio, Texas, is technically the eighth largest city in the country, with some 1.2 million people, yet Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 opened at only four theaters here.

Like a lot of people around the country, I was intrigued by all the fuss over this movie. The specter of censorship surrounding Moore's film rekindled the teen spirit of rebellion in me.

So my wife and I decided to pack the kids in the car to check this flick out. Heck, any movie that got panned by the folks at that plantation house on the Hill had to be worth seeing.

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Yeah the wall is ILLEGAL (by Latuff)

10-07-2004 01:50

First of all, the Wall must fall!
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. backed IsraHell's terror.

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Military service in Israel - This is Racism, not the opposite

10-07-2004 01:39

The first comment above, by "commentator", quotes admission/nonadmission to military service as evidence against religious/racist discrimination in Israel.

I point out that it is in fact exactly the opposite.

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youarehere @ rampART

10-07-2004 00:39

rampART centre joined the mute network today so now not only enjoys the benefits of broadband wireless internet access but also provides open access for anyone else in the neighbourhood to share as well...

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"The One-Eyed Houseguest" - A Skint but Pretty theatre debut

09-07-2004 22:49

A multimedia play investigating the notion of family, the Gulf war, urine, conceptual art, flick knives, bisexuality and Reality TV. Manchester-based writing trio Skint But Pretty's debut work "The One-Eyed Houseguest" opens 24-28 July at Lucid, Printworks, Manchester.

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MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media

09-07-2004 22:19

MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media

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I Eat Depleted Uranium for Breakfast

09-07-2004 22:15

SATIRE

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Fahrenheit 9/11 freezes out Israel

09-07-2004 22:04

Neo-Cons: Perle, Wolfowitz, Feith
Fahrenheit 911 is a hot pop-doc, but is it kosher? Why does Israel get a pass?

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Alert On Ontario MD's!

09-07-2004 22:03

Alert On Ontario MD's! A Penetrating Analysis of Corruption In Ontario's HEALTHCARE System.

According to a CMAJ-JAMC report on medical ethics "The profession has accepted that dishonesty is necessary because of the dire consequences of being truthful.".

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Asylum Seekers Evicted in Glasnevin, Dublin

09-07-2004 20:52

Thirty Asylum Seekers Evicted by Bailiffs supported by Gardai from Claremont Court, Glasnevin, Dublin at 5.45pm GMT

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Fahrenheit 9/11 opens in Sheffield

09-07-2004 19:59

Best of friends
Short review of Michael Moores new film and a letter from Michael Moore about it's US success.

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Chavez: the FTAA is dead

09-07-2004 19:21

Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, expressed again that US project of completing a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is definitely dead. This time, the Venezuelan president made this balance at his arrival to Puerto Iguazu, in Misiones, Argentina, where he will participate on the Summit of MERCOSUR presidents.