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international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday January 02, 2005 12:11 by Michael Hennigan
 5 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 01:15)
Why did great civilisations of the past collapse, and how likely is it that ours will, too? University of California at Los Angeles geography professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond begins his 575-page book with a response to this query by quoting Percy Bysshe Shelley's haunting poem on the faded glories of an Egyptian pharaoh, 'Ozymandias': And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Sunday January 02, 2005 06:38 by Ross Getman
3 comments (last - sunday january 02, 2005 22:54)
Soda should be eliminated from public schools. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday January 01, 2005 17:12 by ared dred
Reuters Newswire [UK] December 31st, 2004 ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was slightly injured Friday when a tourist threw a camera tripod at him in a packed Rome square, an official from the prime minister's party said. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday January 01, 2005 14:50 by Justin Morahan
3 comments (last - tuesday january 04, 2005 13:43)
Summary: Mairead Corrigan has passed on her Amsterdam peace prize to the two captives read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Saturday January 01, 2005 11:51 by -
the Ignalina nuclear reactor has long been considered by experts on both sides of the European Russian friendship to be unsafe. Unit 1 has succesfully gone off line. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Saturday January 01, 2005 11:30 by Carolyn Fry
Governments should be exploring the potential of Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) which could actively remove CO2 from the atmosphere and stabilise atmospheric concentrations of the gas at much lower levels. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday January 01, 2005 11:09 by -
Aid pledges to SE Asia have now topped a billion dollars, but for many the assistance will have come too late. President Chirac of France has suggested the setting up of an international mechanisms to alert to natural dangers which are equitable and efficacious for rich and poor regions of the planet alike. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday January 01, 2005 02:17 by Jack Russell
2 comments (last - wednesday january 12, 2005 22:15)
Let's Go Back to 2004...... One morning the Pimpernel woke up and decided 'I am going to be a socialist'........ read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday December 31, 2004 20:30 by Ploughshares
3 comments (last - monday march 07, 2005 17:05)
They're on Trial For Us, We're on the Loose for Them! *Please download "Join Us In Dublin" poster on the following link http://allotherplaces.org/etc/cw5/update/ ....photocopy and display wherever possible read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Thursday December 30, 2004 20:46 by i mac d.
1 comment (last - friday december 31, 2004 18:23)
As you know putting a "word" through "goo" is how most people enter the cybernetic matrix. Thanks to the fine minds of CERN we have had the internet for years now, and millions oh yes millions of people use it everyday. Most just use it a little bit. Many people upload thier photos, or download music, many more pay their mortgage and food bills by adding to the code. Some people abuse it, that really has to be said. Very few people understand it. I'd wager a guess that less than 1000 people on this planet understand it. But i'd probably be wrong. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 30, 2004 20:32 by SP member
70 comments (last - tuesday may 24, 2005 00:06)
The island of Diego Garcia, apparently as vulnerable as many other islands in the Indian Ocean escaped without any casualties. It just happens to have a US Air Force base on it, which is directly linked to the US Pacific Command in Hawaii which knew about the earthquake hours before the tsunamis hit the islands shores. Even half an hour’s warning gives enough time to get away from the wave. As An expert on hazard research wrote in the Independent: “Forethought and practical action can make the difference between a natural event and a natural disaster”. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday December 30, 2004 17:48 by pc
Although Simon Chapman was released, there are still many people in jail in Greece since the Thessaloniki anti-capitalst protests.
At the eu summit in thessaloniki in 2003 130 were arrested for their part in the demonstrations. 7 are still facing charges (including carlos, one of the 8 hungerstrikers jailed in the period immediately following the summit) & are due to go to trial on 13th january 2005. A day of action is being called for the 8th january 2005.
You can find your local Greek embassy/consulate here:
http://www.greekembassy.org.uk/pages_en/honorary_consulates.html read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday December 30, 2004 13:43 by mac d
4 comments (last - thursday january 19, 2006 20:52)
:2005 -1984 =21 you get the key to the door now. Lord Falconer, the minister in charge of freedom of information, emphasises that the act is not solely for the media and researchers to prise secrets out of Downing Street but will give ordinary members of the public a greater chance to get information from the public sector. But many are sceptical that officials' secretive habits, and this government's reliance on spin and control, will melt away. Whitehall has taken a long time to get to this position. A freedom of information act was first promised by Labour in 1974, but nothing happened. The Blair government eventually passed the act in 2000, then delayed its introduction for five years. More than 50 other countries have passed such legislation before now, the first being Sweden in 1766. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Thursday December 30, 2004 13:16 by Edward Horgan
2 comments (last - monday january 10, 2005 21:33)
The Unlawful war in Iraq has killed over 100,000 people, and injured up to one million. Disease related to the war will kill even more. Who should pay for this huge liability? Given the level of human suffering it may seem pointless discussing compensation, but financial penalties may be one way of forcing the perpetrators of mass murder for greed and financial gain to reconsider what they have done. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Thursday December 30, 2004 05:27 by cleaves
1 comment (last - saturday january 01, 2005 00:28)
Memo to the present US Administration: In view of the following quote, just how long do you think your lies and deceit will prevail? "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts." (Abraham Lincoln) read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 29, 2004 14:15 by Michael Hennigan
1 comment (last - friday december 31, 2004 11:28)
In a world of 24/7 news, there is often a failure to provide both useful information and to focus on significant issues. We in Ireland needn't look beyond our own front yard. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday December 28, 2004 19:35 by Basque Observatory of Human Rights
4 comments (last - wednesday january 05, 2005 12:47)
The basque group against torture – TAT - together with the family of Amaia Urizar, denounced today in a press conference, that the girl was raped during incommunicado arrest in the headquarters of the Guardia Civil. Here is her terrible testimony. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 28, 2004 18:25 by Ravenaeus
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The founders of the Republic of the United States laid out the charged against King George...and here they are. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 28, 2004 12:38 by iosaf
1 comment (last - wednesday december 29, 2004 19:27)
As many Irish parents enjoyed their christmas giving presents to their offspring, I presume they felt secure that their innocence may allow them to grow, to enjoy "a good education" to become participative in their society, to the betterment of themselves.and maybe (hopefully) others as well. And on the way naturally rebellion. and little knocks. and studying hard or not at all. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 27, 2004 23:48 by Seán Andrews
1 comment (last - tuesday december 28, 2004 23:08)
Irish hospitals are no longer safe places in which to be ill. Incidence rates for infection by the superbug MRSA are at an all time high and preventive measures are proving ineffectual. read full story / add a comment |
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