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national / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 16, 2002 20:35 by Diane Greene Lent
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Summer in Northern Ireland means the Orange Order Marching Season, which brings an increase in Sectarian violence, most of it perpetrated on Catholic residents by Loyalist paramilitary. A constant barrage of bombs and projectiles are thrown over the Interface walls at their homes and thousands of police and army troops and unequal measures of surveillance will be in their communities. I spent 10 days in the Catholic neighborhood of Ardoyne in North Belfast. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 16, 2002 17:13 by WEST PAPUA SUPPORT GROUP
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4 IRISH WEST PAPUA ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT DUTCH EMBASSY on the 40th anniversay of the New York agreement. They called on the Dutch Government to abide by the agreement, which promised mineral rich West Papua a free and fair say on its future. That never happened. With a history similar to East Timor, Papua has since suffered a brutal occupation, mass human rights violations, massive ecological destruction by BP, Shell and Freeport MacMoran, and over 100,000 of it's people have been killed. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 16, 2002 17:11 by WEST PAPUA SUPPORT GROUP
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4 IRISH WEST PAPUA ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT DUTCH EMBASSY on the 40th anniversay of the New York agreement. They called on the Dutch Government to abide by the agreement, which promised mineral rich West Papua a free and fair say on its future. That never happened. With a history similar to East Timor, Papua has since suffered a brutal occupation, mass human rights violations, massive ecological destruction by BP, Shell and Freeport MacMoran, and over 100,000 of it's people have been killed. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 16, 2002 17:05 by WEST PAPUA SUPPORT GROUP
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4 IRISH WEST PAPUA ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT DUTCH EMBASSY on the 40th anniversay of the New York agreement. They called on the Dutch Government to abide by the agreement, which promised mineral rich West Papua a free and fair say on its future. That never happened. With a history similar to East Timor, Papua has since suffered a brutal occupation, mass human rights violations, massive ecological destruction by BP, Shell and Freeport MacMoran, and over 100,000 of it's people have been killed. This followed the UN monitored 1969 Act of 'free' choice where 1025 hand picked Papuans voted for integration into Indonesia. Former UN under-secretary general has since noted “Nobody gave a thought to the fact that there were a million people who had their fundamental human rights trampled”. Today governments around the world, including Ireland, contend that the territorial sovereignty of Indonesia must be respected. And this despite the murder read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 16, 2002 16:23 by Dorothy
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The next Reclaim the streets party will occur on Sunday September 22nd, assemble 2:30pm outside the stephen's green shopping centre. After the police violence of the last one, lets do what we can to show them that we haven't gone away. So come, be creative, be numerous and lets make it a damn good party! read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 16, 2002 09:07 by Nagosh Naito (c)2002 all rights reserved
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This fella knows about the president's past transgressions and refuses to pretend that Bush was never a coke head. He stands there in front of the Reagan building sharing Bush Jr's secret with all the tourists who pass by and care to read his message. read full story / add a comment |
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