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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday April 22, 2007 15:51 by Cedar
Story from last week on the new EU Hate-Crime law read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday April 22, 2007 14:24 by Chris Murray
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Tomorrow sees the IPRED2 vote on intellectual property rights in the EU Parliament. The blurb goes , its about 'commercial' and 'incitement', but EFF are saying that the lines are fuzzy and it involves transnational co-operation on investigations by the big US Conglomerates (Hollywood) http://www.copycrime.eu There is a protest letter and a petition on the site. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday April 22, 2007 10:19 by Ascent
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has issued a statement that the Colombian Armed Forces are complying with the conditions necessary for them to continue receiving US war aid. Ms Rice has just condoned one of the biggest terrorist organisations in the world, after the US, UK and Israeli armies. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday April 21, 2007 18:32 by budgie
The closer Australia gets to the Federal election, the fewer the political differences between the two major candidates! The chances of opposition leader, Kevin Rudd becoming the next Australian prime minister have increased dramatically following his private dinner engagement with king maker, Rupert Murdoch in New York today. During his quick visit to the U.S., Rudd also addressed the Brookings Institution in Washington and confirmed that any negligible differences between his policies and Howard’s would be completely eradicated by the time of the election and that he was ready, willing and able to assume the ’position’ of lackey, sycophant and new governor of America’s newest colonial acquisition, Australia! [O Ned, you’re better off dead!] read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday April 21, 2007 17:56 by Clive Stafford Smith
The great-grandfather of a Muslim man held in Guantanamo was likewise held without trial and tortured by a colonial superpower Amir Yakoub Mohammed Al Amir Mahmoud is from Sudan and is a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay. For him, extraordinary rendition has come full circle. British colonial powers held his great-grandfather over a century ago and he is in the hands of US authorities today. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Saturday April 21, 2007 08:57 by obit
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The President Johnson Center of NASA in Hueston Texas was seen to shooting less than 4 days after suggestible and gullible world viewers had begun to absorb the V Tech Blackburg Massacre. Information on the man who alledgedly broke into the facility without proper ID, being stopped, retina scan, finger-print analysis or voice-print is reported as having taken a hostage who was killed. The man then commit suicide. This is not the worst massacre in US tech facility history & will not usurp the legacy of Columbine. But it is the worse massacre in NASA ground history but not as bad as the legacy of Columbia read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday April 20, 2007 14:47 by Youth Voter
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The youth wings of all the state’s main political parties are calling jointly for the government to commit to weekend voting in the interest of guaranteeing and promoting students’ and other young people’s right to vote. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Friday April 20, 2007 12:32 by David Manning
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It is suggested that the Iranian invasion of Mexico in 2003, supported by an alliance of Arab nations including Syria and Lebanon, has now claimed over 2 ½ million lives. The justification for the invasion as we now know was false – Mexico possessed no weapons of mass destruction and posed no threat to Iran’s ally Venezuela. But three years on the Iranian military, supported by their allies, remain as occupiers within a country crumbling under the relentless violence. With one eye on the occupation and one eye on the surrounding region Iran has recently been caught in a bit of a diplomatic crisis – the recent detention of it’s forces by a hostile neighbour. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday April 20, 2007 10:12 by Terence
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“I vowed that if you harbor a terrorist you’re equally as guilty as the terrorist. That’s a doctrine. In order for this country to be credible, when the President says something, he must mean it.” President George W. Bush, April 10, 2007, American Legion Post 177, Fairfax, Virginia. “Part of our doctrine is if you harbor a terrorist, you’re equally as guilty as the terrorists.” President Bush, April 5, 2007, Fort Irwin, California. So much for the Bush doctrine. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 19, 2007 12:28 by Absalom
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In Baghdad the Chaldean Catholic church of Sts. Peter and Paul received a blunt warning: "Get rid of the cross or we will burn your churches." Bishop Shlemnon Warduni told AsiaNews, "in the last 2 months many churches have been forced to remove their crosses from their domes," while in one case Islamic militants climbed the church roof to destroy the cross themselves. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Thursday April 19, 2007 11:44 by Shahrzad Mojab
travelled to the Kurdish area of Iraq to study and observe women’s activities there at close range for the first time in 2000. Then last summer I travelled to this region again to visit the non-governmental organisations of Iraq. When I arrived and came across the activities of Kurdish women, it was a very familiar environment for me, since I had done thorough research on Kurdish women in the recent decades, and also due to my familiarity with the NGO activities of Kurdish women in Turkey. In the Sulaymaniyah region of Iraqi Kurdistan I investigated eight women’s NGOs in detail. read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality / other press Thursday April 19, 2007 10:26 by Maud Gonne
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Delara Darabi -- Artist on Death Row Needs Our Help! On January 27, 2007, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Delara Darabi for a second time. Delara faces death by public hanging for a murder that took place when she was 17 years old. After murdering a woman related to Delara, Delara’s 19 year old boyfriend, Amir Hossein, convinced Delara to admit responsibility for the murder to protect him from execution. Apparently, both believed that because Delara was under the age of 18, she could not be sentenced to death. This belief proved to be devastatingly false. With complete disregard for its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child , and despite overwhelming evidence of Delara’s innocence, as well as her repeated denials about having had any role in the commission of the crime, an Islamic court found her guilty of murder based solely on her initial claim of responsibility and sentenced her to death by hanging. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 19, 2007 05:23 by finch
In answer to growing animosity and the widely held view that the USA is a pariah among nations, compensatory responses from U.S. propagandists are becoming more frequent. The following media ‘staff report’ has been released to a number of international media outlets; India, Pakistan, Australia and Thailand to name the few. However, the ‘news’ release has received little coverage elsewhere, especially in locations familiar with U.S. double standards and hypocrisy. We refer to two Australian releases for our brief analysis. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 22:58 by obit
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Fresh off the press an interview which hopefully will help get people back on track. Even if you're on track - read it - for it is a rare piece. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 19:11 by Obit
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Professor Librescu was a 75 year old professor in Virginia Tech. He lectured for twenty years in solid fuel mechanics. He chaired the International organising Committee of the 6th international congress on thermal stresses in 2005. He will be buried in Ru'anna ,Israel on Wednesday read full story / add a comment 
international / housing / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 18:32 by La Plataforma
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A group of activists from the "8 de Marzo" collective squattered the old wedding hall "Milano". One week later, and one hour before starting a neigbourhood afternoon snack organized for the neighbours and local people as a part of the "presentation working days", the police sealed the building and started a pressure campaign trying to nip the project in the bud before it could grow. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 12:33 by IT Reader
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The oral hearing in Belmullet continues, with questions still unanswered about the large Garda presence in the hotel where the hearing is taking place, and then, the surprise revelation that the consultation process carried out by Shell and Mayo County Council on the subject of "cold-venting" did not include actually consulting with anyone who lives near the proposed refinery. Mayo County Council are still not attending the hearing. "Cold-venting" is when you release gas directly into the environment, rather than burning it off, which is called "flaring". read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 11:52 by C Murray
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The images and story about the Rosette Nebula are in today's Guardian and include all the technical language regarding the birth of stars. [including the Bok Globules] The images are very arresting and only published in black and white in the dailies. A bit of the science :-" The image the most detailed taken , reveals the red glow of hydrogen in the Rosette nebula, a vast cloud of cosmic detritus left over from dying stars and cataclysmic explosions drifting in space 4,500 light years from earth...." read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 11:43 by Christopher Isherwood
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An in-depth survey into the attitudes of Muslims living in London has revealed that less than 5% thought homosexual acts are "acceptable," compared with over 65% of the general population The Gallup poll, reported in The Times, found that Muslims differed significantly with the rest of the capital's population in their attitudes to a range of social questions. More than 80% of the public think sex outside marriage is acceptable, with only 10% of Muslims agreeing. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 10:30 by pat c
The diary entries below give just a taste of the trials and tribulations endurded on a daily basis by the staff of the National Archives and Library in Iraq. In March 2007 2 members of staff were kidnapped, 1 had a son killed, 2 had relatives kidnapped, 2 received death threats and 4 were forced to leave their homes. Full diaries at the link. Diary by Saad Eskander, Director of the National Archives and Library in Iraq, Saad Eskander, Director of the National Archives and Library, has generously agreed to share an account of his day-to-day life in Iraq. read full story / add a comment |
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