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Athens: Police surveillance camera deactivated

13-02-2008 22:41

This is how we do it!

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Liberation & Sabotage: Italy, USA, UK & Spain

13-02-2008 22:14

Things have been busy in Italy with 20'000 pheasants and 6 rabbits liberated as well as Zoolanda (pet shop) owners cars and zoo construction machinery sabotaged. In Spain as the HLS march arrived at Novartis HQ a group of masked activists smashed a CCTV camera, windows and spray-painted the walls. Also three goats rescued in California and abuses locks glued in the west of the UK.

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Women To Widdecombe: "Get Your Rosaries Off Our Ovaries"

13-02-2008 18:55

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A group of about sixty protesters - three quarters of whom were female - showed up at the Liner Hotel in Liverpool City Centre last night, to show their anger at Ann Widdecombe's anti-abortion 'Passion For Life' tour.

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Palestine Today 021308

13-02-2008 16:15

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday February 13th, 2008.

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British government widens police stop-and-search powers

13-02-2008 14:51

The British government has given the police more powers to stop and search people. It says it will implement a number of recommendations published last week in the report, Review of Policing, by the Chief Inspector of Police Sir Ronnie Flanagan. Using the claim that it will cut the “bureaucracy” that “burdens” the police, Flanagan recommends more stop and searches without the police having to explain the reasons and scrapping the form police have to fill in that records why they stop someone and his or her name, address and ethnic background.

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first protests against Dresden commemorations

13-02-2008 13:49

anti-fascists throw paper-planes at cemetary
On 13/14 February 1945, the Royal Air Force bombed the city of Dresden. 35,000 Germans died. This morning, an official commemoration on the Heide-cemetary was attended by Neo-Nazis, town officials and Dresden citizens alike. Together they attempted to mourn the deaths. Yet, the commemoration was disturbed by anti-fascist protest.

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End the Siege of Gaza Protest, London 9th February 2008

12-02-2008 20:05

A report on the recent "End the Siege of Gaza Protest" outside Downing Street

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Home Office picketed today in Cardiff

12-02-2008 19:41

The banner that was removed (and put back up again) today
In a picket of the Border and Immigration Agency in Cardiff called by No Borders south wales, activists got the Chief of Staff into a tizz by not taking down their banner...

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Hitting Total in the Pocket

12-02-2008 17:36

Over the last 2 months, activists tired of the lies and corporate whitewash have taken direct action to hit Total where it hurts them most - in the pocket.

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Deportatons to DRC have resumed!

12-02-2008 10:50

A week ago the appeal submitted
by the legal team responsible for the BK case on the
DRC was refused at the first stage. They are now preparing papers to take the appeal directly to the Court of Appeal. In the meantime, the Home Office have seized the opportunity to make up for lost time by detaining people going to sign and by
issuing them and people already in detention with removal directions.

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successful blockade of Portishead Immigration Centre

12-02-2008 06:14

Blockade of Border & Immigration Agency depot steps up pressure to end
dawn snatches of families from their homes in the Bristol area

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February 11th 2008 - International Day of Truth Action - Photos

12-02-2008 00:52

San Diego - 10/2/2008
Photos from protests marking the first anniversary of the autonomous grassroots campaign for International Days of Truth Action on the Eleventh Day of Every Month until Justice.

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French living customers speak out

11-02-2008 22:41

French livings most loyal customers (who eat at there every single day) are also disgusted with the restraunts choice of putting foie gras on the menu

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Palestine Today 021108

11-02-2008 15:54

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday February 11th, 2008.

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Carmel Agrexco Blockaded Again

11-02-2008 15:49

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Protesters Blockade Israeli State Owned Company

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07986 764432

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11 February 2008

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Germany, Munic - Mass Protests against NATO

11-02-2008 09:59

Germany, Munic. Thousands protested against the the 44th NATO Security Conference in Munic last weekend.

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Helen & Alistair Itanje have been 'Snatched'

11-02-2008 07:34

Helen & Alistair Itanje
Mum & baby were woken up at 6.00am on Friday 8th February by a immigration 'snatch' squad banging on their door They were quickly removed from their home and taken to Yarl's Wood IRC, where they are now and due to be forcibly removed on Thursday 14th February 2008 on Brussels Airlines flight SN2050 at 06:30 from Birmingham Airport to Brussels and onward to Douala Cameroon.

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Friends of of Vera & Kenny

11-02-2008 07:30

Vera & Kenny
Vera Manda Kumde and her daughter Kenny Musada Famba Ada nationals of Cameroon, currently detained in Yarl's Wood IRC are due to be forcibly removed tomorrow Tuesday 12th February at 19:00hrs on Kenya Airways flight KQ101 from London Heathrow terminal 4 to Nairobi, and onward to Douala Cameroon.

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Report/Pics-Guantánamo Anniversary Vigil Outside US Embassy

10-02-2008 23:10

Just to make it quite clear...
The London Guantánamo Campaign held the first anniversary of its weekly vigil outside the American Embassy in Mayfair, London at 6-8pm on Friday 8 February 2008. We are there usually every Friday from 6-7pm calling on the US to Shut Guantánamo Down!

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Direct Action; USA, Mexico, Spain, Germany, UK & Netherlands

10-02-2008 21:57

Another arson claimed in Mexico against a poutry shop, 28 pharmacy locks glued in Mexico/Spain, four spainish Novartis reps visited at home, Pzfizer billboards painted in the UK, 47 rats rescued in the USA + more ALF actions...