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East midlands arms manufacturing @ Castle Donnington 14-15th September

10-09-2005 14:48

Arms Manufacturing is being promoted for the east midlands at upcoming manufacturing expo at Castle Donnington.Arms is being encouraged alongside wind power over 2 days

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nano impacts studys conference

10-09-2005 13:43

nano impacts conference..............october ------------19th;
Dates: October 19, 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA
Join leaders from funding agencies, public and private corporate executives, venture capital, licensing executives and leading technology providers and users.

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DSEi radio this week

10-09-2005 10:09

Rampart Radio will try to bring regular updates from this weeks protests against DSEi, the worlds biggest arms fair.

tune in, via  http://radio.indymedia.org:8000/rampART
or visit  http://rampartradio.co.nr

Your content and audio reports are welcome by email or phone but please ensure that you prioritise informing indymedia media dispatch of any breaking news first.

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PROTESTERS TO TARGET CLARKSON AT AWARDS CEREMONY

09-09-2005 18:47

Campaigners angry at Oxford Brookes University for bestowing TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson with an honorary degree will gather outside the presentation ceremony Monday morning to protest the award.

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Yahoo helps jail Chinese Journalist!

09-09-2005 18:38

Yahoo 'helped jail China writer'

Western internet firms are rushing to invest in China
Internet giant Yahoo has been accused of supplying information to China which led to the jailing of a journalist for "divulging state secrets".

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Police Seize Untransmitted G8 TV Tapes - Audio Interview (bbc / nuj)

08-09-2005 14:46

Audio
bbc good morning scotland interview about the bbc stance and short resistance to the warrents issued to seize unbroadcast footage from bbc, itv1 and sky of the events in edinburgh on monday 4th july

4mins 53secs
1.67MB MP3 @ 48kbps mono

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INDENITY CARDS - WHERE ARE WE NOW?

06-09-2005 19:02

The following is a resume of the current position on the ID cards legislation and a brief critique of the Governments position.

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The arms fair is coming to town - red pepper article

06-09-2005 16:06

KNOW YOUR ENEMY
The arms fair is coming to town
James O’Nions
September 2005
 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/KYE/x-kye-Sep2005.htm

Part of east London will become a no-go zone this September as the capital once again plays unwilling host to the world’s largest arms fair. James O’Nions investigates...

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Lydd Airport- plane threat to Dungeness N Power stations

06-09-2005 15:23

Press statement from the Lydd Airport Action Group- opposed to its expansion.
This is the original anti-group.
There is now a coalition group also:Keep The Marsh Special Alliance also fighting this. (see previous postings)

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MORI poll ID cards-independent?

06-09-2005 12:33

MORI polling organisation also has a commercial interest in ID Cards, as they are running the selection process for the 10,000 "volunteers" who are to participate in the Passport Office's Biometrics evealuation trial (technically not actually to do with ID cards at all, but with the introduction of a Biometric Passport Card which will only be valid for travel within the European Union)

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USAF Lakenheath demonstration

06-09-2005 10:36

Join our DEMONSTRATION AT U.S.A.F. LAKENHEATH to demand the withdrawal of an estimated 110 B61 nuclear bombs deployed at this base.

SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER from 12 noon
MAIN GATE (GATE 1) on the A1065 3 miles south of Brandon

MUSIC -- STREET THEATRE -- OPEN MIKE
QUAKER MEETING at 2.30 p.m.

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Nuclear science public meeting in Norwich

06-09-2005 10:33

PUBLIC MEETING -- FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER at 7.30 p.m., FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, UPPER GOAT LANE, NORWICH

"THE DREAM AND THE NIGHTMARE: nuclear science, nuclear weapons and new disarmament strategies"

SPEAKER: PROF. PETER NICHOLLS, University of Essex, and chair of Abolition 2000-UK

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GMP use taser again

03-09-2005 10:11


GMP have used their taser guns for the 2nd time

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Jumping the gun on ID cards?

30-08-2005 22:37

Time to get active on ID cards before it's too late

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WA/ Satellite Surveillance

29-08-2005 04:04

Similarly to the new rent-a-cop
However, his proposal for using high tech satellite tracking of specific types of offenders in WA could be seen as just another attempt to produce a 'tough on crime' vote winner. Such new technologies always look good on paper. Then comes the serious questions. How does one effectively police it, and will it really act as a deterrent?

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Free and Environmentally friendly electricity by Hamster Power Stations

28-08-2005 10:57

Elvis charging a mobile
If you ever wanted your hamster doing something useful and productive instead of distracting and destructive, modify his enthusiasm to run into powering a nightlamp or your mobile phone.

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Anti-Lydd Airport demo-report

27-08-2005 12:41

A protest against Lydd Airports expansion plans was held Aug 27th.

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photographers rights

27-08-2005 09:39

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Database Poisoning day- 13th November

24-08-2005 10:53

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