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G8 Diaz raid Parliamentary inquiry defeated in Rome parliament.

31-10-2007 22:05

(ANSA) - Rome, October 30 - A bid to obtain a fresh parliamentary enquiry into alleged violence by Italian police at a 2001 G8 summit foundered on Monday when two government parties joined the opposition in voting against it.

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30/10/2007: London Mexican Embassy Protest, The World is STILL Watching

31-10-2007 19:54

Remembering Brad Will
Tuesday 30 October 2007: Protestors returned to the London Mexican Embassy one year on from the scenes of police violence that greeted them on the 2006 protest.

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Lancaster student's anti-BAE halloween mischief

31-10-2007 17:30

Inside the careers fair
Students enter careers fair in order to protest the inclusion of arms manufacturer BAE Systems.

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Palestine Today 103107

31-10-2007 15:24

Audio
Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, October 31st, 2007.

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Strategic air base being readied for war on Iran

31-10-2007 13:24

The key base used by the US military for air strikes in the Middle East is being made ready for a war against Iran, a Scottish newspaper reported Monday.

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Food Vouchers for the Poor in Scotland!

31-10-2007 13:12

The poor get poorer in todays Britain as we appear to return to the 19th C.

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Findings from Housing4All meeting with BCC: demo to follow, Fri Nov 9th

31-10-2007 13:03

Information gained from Housing4All's meeting with representatives of Birmingham City Council's housing department: demonstration in Victoria Square to demand accessible housing for all on Friday, November 9th from 1pm

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Saudi king alleges UK could have prevented July 7 bombings

31-10-2007 12:48

King Abdullah’s accusation that the UK failed to act on Saudi intelligence that could have prevented the July 7, 2005, London bombings has met with vigorous denials from the Brown government. Fifty-two people were killed in the attack

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LSE Students Occupy Board Meeting in Protest at Director's "Pro-Israeli" Stance

31-10-2007 12:26

Photographer: Pooja Kesvan/The Beaver
On Tuesday evening, over 20 LSE students silently occupied a meeting of LSE's governing body for over 30 minutes in protest at LSE Director Howard Davies' implicit support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

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International petition against proposed UCBerkley - BP deal

31-10-2007 11:02

Students at UC Berkley have launched an urgent international
petition against a proposed deal between their university and BP. That deal would see one of the largest corporate grants ever made - most of it going towards biofuel research and development which will be based heavily on genetic engineering.

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The G8’s effect on UK Activism

31-10-2007 10:36

Let me take you back to summer 2005. It was the G8 summit in Gleneagles Scotland and UK activists were suddenly very busy after years of being badly organised. During this time, three important things happened which has affected the UK activist scene ever since.

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Halloween Demo Tonight at EDO

31-10-2007 09:31

4 to 6 Home arm Road Brighton

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UNISON back down despite vote for strike action

31-10-2007 08:27

Despite zero concessions from employers and a vote in favour of strikes, public sector union UNISON have backed down from announcing strike action over an across the board pay cut (also known as a below inflation "pay rise").

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Missing U.S. Nuke - Martyrs who stopped World War III?

31-10-2007 00:49

US Hawks with JFK
Dr Strangelove territory this. But no fiction. Three stories on the B52 missing nuke and deaths of those brave U.S. Airmen at Minot and Barksdale Air Force bases that may have just stopped a nuclear World War III breaking out

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Oil has peaked, prices to soar - Sadad al-Huseini

30-10-2007 23:52

Sadad al-Huseini says that global production has reached its maximum sustainable plateau and that output will start to fall within 15 years, by which time the world’s oil resources will be “very severely depleted”.

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Crushing Defeat of US blockade of Cuba at UN General Assembly!

30-10-2007 23:21

For the sixteen consecutive time, United Nations members voted against the US economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba. The resolution presented by the island received 184 votes in favor, one more than in 2006, four against and one abstention.

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G8 - Parliamentary investigation aborted

30-10-2007 22:12

The investigation around the facts of the G8 has been today aborted by some MPs who have deserted the coalition of the Italian government.

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Must See: Truth Revolution

30-10-2007 21:57

911 Truth Activism

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Meltem Avcil, aged 14, refused bail four times, self-harms in Yarl's Wood IRC

30-10-2007 19:43

Meltem Avcil
Meltem, her mother Cennet and the family's solicitor have requested that this information is made public.

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Afterthoughts on the No Border camp in Ukraine (August 2007)

30-10-2007 18:25

written on sept. 22, 2007

Afterthoughts on the camp which took place in western Ukraine a month before the repression of the No Border camp in Gatwick (UK)

The Little Chief and the Cops
or
Inconsistencies and Nonsense at the August 2007 No Border Camp in Ukraine