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AGRICULTURE AND CORRUPTION IN ZAMBIA (SOUTHERN AFRICA)

29-05-2006 14:45

Commonwealth Development Company (CDC) is the Investment partner of the Donor Fund for International Development (DFID). CDC owns an agribusiness company called Mpongwe Development Company that has been involved in corrupt practices,racism and land disputes.

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The Brighton Community Resource Press Release.

29-05-2006 13:34

A group of squatters have taken over Home Farm in Stanmer and in a week successfully turned it into a community centre.

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Camp Titnore

29-05-2006 08:51

LATEST news from the new protest camp in Titnore Woods, Durrington, Worthing, West Sussex.

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Top Cop Blair complains his lies were leaked.

28-05-2006 17:29

Sir Ian Blair, Met Police Commissioner, has complained that the fact he lied about the cost of trashing Brian Haw's demonstration was leaked to the press. In an extraordinary e-mail to Metropolitan Police Authority members and officials he wrote:

"I am disappointed by what seems to be a leak to the press out of what is an ordinary and internal meeting. Such behaviour appears to be contrary to the values of the organisation and this will be looked into accordingly."

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Titnore camp latest

28-05-2006 17:28

A TREE TOP protest camp in ancient Sussex woodland is still in place this evening, despite the earlier threat of an illegal eviction.

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Immigration Reporting Centres: National Update and Call-out

28-05-2006 14:09

As the twice-monthly pickets of the Immigration Reporting Centre at North Shields on Tyneside enter their sixth month, Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) has called for a national day of action against reporting centres for the 22nd June, as part of Refugee Week.

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A long weekend in Gothenburg, Critical Mass and Hammarkullen Carnival

28-05-2006 12:49

Cycling, food, dance, sunshine, salsa and fellowship across cultural boundaries, if it wasn’t for the hangover it would have been a perfect weekend.

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Gay Parade in Moscow

28-05-2006 09:13

Moscow 27 May
Riot Police and Neo-Nazis Attack Gay Parade in Moscow - Over 120 Arrested

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Norway: Afghan refugees on hungerstrike

28-05-2006 08:23

after a demo on 22 of may, afghan refugees are escalating with a hungerstrike their protests against the decision of the norwegian government for their immediate deportaton to afghanistan.

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Students' movement in Greece

27-05-2006 21:45

Thursday 16/5 Athens
The last 3 weeks there quite some unrest in Greek universities. At the moment more than 180 university departments are occupied by the student. On Thursday there was a large protest march of students in the center of Athens. The document that follows is the statement of the plenary meeting of the students' assemblies.

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A legal protest in Parliament square.

27-05-2006 16:51

"We are hereby licenced to protest against protest licencing"
On Thursday May 25th a legal demo took place when Superintendent Peter Terry of Charing cross nick licensed Mark Thomas to hold a protest in Parliament square against the licensing of protests in parliament square.

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Security Risk? Critical Mass visits Brian Haw

27-05-2006 08:55

Critical Mass Assembles
Critical Mass cyclists in London visited Brian Haw in Parliament Square on Friday 26 May, 2006, following the trashing of his display and severe restrictions placed on his protest by police earlier in the week.

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BP Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline

27-05-2006 08:46

Protestors demonstrated and handed out leaflets outside BP's St James Square London HQ to mark the departure of the first tanker from the Ceyhan terminal on Friday, May 26, 2006.

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Date set for photographer 'obstruction' trial for snapping armed police

26-05-2006 20:31

On Saturday 18th March, photographer and Indymedia contributor Alan Lodge - or Tash - was arrested after taking photos of armed police in public. Tash continued to deny the charge of wilfully obstructing a police officer at Nottingham Magistrates Court on Tuesday the 23rd May. A trial date has now been set for the 17th October

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No Borders - freedom of movement for all

26-05-2006 20:25

Picket of Solihull Immigration Services

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Sheffield Palestine Protest Photos

25-05-2006 22:18

Some photos from a Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest held in Sheffield on Thursday 25th May 2006. Quite a lot of leaflets (see the attached PDF) and letters for MPs were given out and several members of the public stopped to discuss what is happening in Palestine.

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Palestine Today

25-05-2006 16:50

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PALESTINE TODAY

PALESTINE TODAY A SERVICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA CENTER WWW.IMEMC.ORG FOR THURSDAY MAY 25TH, 2006

The army installs a military checkpoint at Tamon village entrance and arrests a resident from Beita village and turns a house into a military post. The army installs new military watch tower at Al Arop refugee camp in Hebron, Four residents arrested from Borqen village in Jenin, the army arrests two residents in Bethlehem, and invades Nablus and arrests several residents among them the wife of a wanted man

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“Laing O’Rourke is the worst employer I’ve ever worked for.”

25-05-2006 13:14

"considerate builder!"
“Laing O’Rourke are sacking 90 workers and refusing to pay us a promised wage rise. They are the worst employer I’ve ever worked for.”

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Democracy’s Last Stand – Dawn Raid

25-05-2006 01:36

3am phone calls, crazed rants of cops and oppression and Oscar Beard jumps a taxi into democracy's last stand.

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PALESTINE TODAY

24-05-2006 17:23

PALESTINE TODAY A SERVICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA CENTER WWW.IMEMC.ORG FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 24th, 2006

Four Palestinian killed and 35 injured in Rammallah invasion
Army arrests two children and imposes curfew in Howwara town, Army bulldozers demolish several buildings and barns in Al Fonduq village, and Army arrests two residents from Hebron and takes over a house in Dora village,

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