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Were you treated by street medics at the Carnival for Full Enjoment?

26-08-2005 13:51

We are two medics seeking the people we treated in Edinburgh on the 4th July, to help with our forthcoming court case.

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Bush's Obscene Tirades Rattle White House Aides

25-08-2005 14:44

“I’m not meeting with that goddamned bitch,” Bush screamed at aides who suggested he meet with Cindy Sheehan, the war-protesting mother whose son died in Iraq. “She can go to hell as far as I’m concerned!”

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Pantene Pro-V, testing with animals

24-08-2005 15:18

Open letter to Pantene Pro-V

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GENETIC MODIFIED TESTFIELDS DESTROYED

23-08-2005 16:27

Again testfields have been destroyed in the Netherlands. At least 3 out of 8 testfields didn't survive the weekend of the 23-24th July.

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NHS doomed, while arms trade is subsidised to the tune of 1 billion a year

14-08-2005 22:33

Acording to Britain's most senior doctor, a tax funed National Health Service which is free for everyone to use is unsustainable and should be scrapped. Meanwhile, the British Arms Industry enjoys a cool £1 billion in handouts from the tax payer.

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People- power wins the day!

14-08-2005 20:14

Southend Borough Council back down on plans to destroy local allotments for school-twinning development

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Spodden Valley regeneration and asbestos- a growing scandal?

12-08-2005 20:01

BBC TV North West Tonight investigates the controversial Spodden Valley planning application.

Were Councillors and the BBC misled over asbestos test results?

Jayne Barrett of BBC North West Tonight reports that residents in Rochdale are today calling on the office of Deputy Prime Minister to for a Public Inquiry because they suggest that developers have seriously misled town councillors and the BBC over important facts about asbestos contamination.

This concerns the former Turner and Newall site in Spodden Valley, Rochdale where there are controversial plans by a consortium, headed by Countryside Properties, to build over 600 homes and a children’s nursery on the site of the world’s largest asbestos textile factory

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Ohio's Abu Ghraib

10-08-2005 00:29

Unlock The Box!
The idea of living in a concrete box without knowing how long you'll remain there is known to create trauma symptoms similar to those experienced by hostages: anxiety, headaches, lethargy, insomnia, nervous breakdowns, perspiring hands, and heart palpitations.

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Center Parcs ‘Empty Nested’ Family’s Position

09-08-2005 16:24

John Matthews Letter Corporate Sarcasm
“Center Parcs' target market is ABC1 families with young children, young professionals and empty nesters”. On Sunday 7th August 2005, a Center Parcs director was the target for a whole Family, ‘empty nested’ (evicted) by Center Parcs Director, John Matthews.

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HICKS: Not a Happy Birthday!

05-08-2005 01:55

Imprisoned and tortured for 3 years and 9 months!
'It is time for the Australian Government to request David Hicks' repatriation, before it is too late,' Mrs Obeid added.

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BBC bias on vivisection - join the protest

03-08-2005 13:08

Weekly Sunday afternoon protest outside the farm
Recent BBC programmes and reporting re the campaign against guinea pig breeders for vivisection - Newchurch Farm, have been totally biased in favour of the animal abusers. The BBC pride themselves on their 'impartial, educational & honest' broadcasting, yet their coverage of this campaign has been anything but. On Saturday 6th August, campaigners in Birmingham, London & Manchester will demonstrate outside BBC studios and hand in a statement from the Newchurch Campaign, which asks the BBC for some justification for this unashamed abuse of its own public policy.

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World Health Assembly takes action against baby food companies

02-08-2005 21:57

Baby Milk Action's latest newsletter highlights the latest resolution from the World Health Assembly addressing baby food marketing. After years of campaigning, action has been taken on health claims used in marketing, contamination of formula and commercial sponsorship of research. Plus other news.

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Asbestos littered around streets in the wake of the Tornado

30-07-2005 10:40

asbestos roofing
Yesterday when the chief structural engineer was being questioned by local people in Balsall Heath he revealed that there is some asbestos contamination in the streets and surrounding areas damaged by the tornado. He specifically referred to asbestos tiles and roofing materials that have been ripped off houses and are now lying around the streets.

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NATO – claims of information deficit are false

29-07-2005 08:46

NATO passed information would not bring any or not very meaning-full additional value in terrorism denial explains Socialist Finland Security Police Head Seppo Nevala.

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Group calls on NIH to remove Harvard professor from fluoride-cancer study

28-07-2005 18:23

A scientist accused of covering up research showing a link between fluoride in tap water and osteosarcoma must be removed from the ongoing NIH study

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Scandal affects major East Anglian road-scheme

28-07-2005 09:25

A scandal is just now hitting the news in Norfolk, concerning a senior LibDem County Councillor who has been found guilty by the independent Council 'Standards Cttee' of repeatedly and noxiously misrepresenting a £200m road-scheme as being environmentally-friendly.

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Soteria Network Meeting in Burnley Lancashire 26th October 2005

27-07-2005 03:22

Details of the above meeting.

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Carr gets advice on public transport bag searches

25-07-2005 20:30

Extra, extra read all about it!
Yeah just like everyone else and that is: ensuring opposition to pre-emptive, illegal and degrading wars and holding all war criminals accountable for their war crimes against humanity that is, unless you want to continue to give up more of what's left of your civil liberties and live in a war-zone.

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Has Southend on Sea Borough Council Lost the Plot???

23-07-2005 14:39

Southend Borough Council are considering destroying a statutory allotment site to make way for for school development plans