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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday January 05, 2005 16:22 by pat c
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 January - Increased security and better design of humanitarian assistance are urgently needed to minimize attacks on women in areas affected by last week's earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 05, 2005 04:28 by Peter Quinn
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In August 1984 the Dublin Governments Minister for Justice gave the oration at Beal na nBlath at the site where Michael Collins was killed by anti-treaty IRA men. Noonan told the crowd that they should follow Michael Collins as an example (I'm not sure if many of you are into selling out your country, but whatever floats your boat I suppose). During this speech he was also rebutting the legitimacy of the Provisional IRA however the question has to be asked, whats the difference? Many people claim the 'Old IRA' and the PIRA are completly different and chastise the PIRA at every chance you get and glorify the Old IRA when it suits. It is time for a reality check. Well lets look at Collins, the perfect example. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday January 05, 2005 01:29 by pc
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BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq's insurgency counts more than 200,000 active fighters and sympathisers, the country's national intelligence chief told AFP, in the bleakest assessment to date of the armed revolt waged by Sunni Muslims. "I think the resistance is bigger than the US military in Iraq. I think the resistance is more than 200,000 people," Iraqi intelligence service director General Mohammad Abdullah Shahwani said in an interview ahead of the January 30 elections... bleak,bleaker, bleakest... read full story / add a comment |
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