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international / crime and justice Saturday June 11, 2005 - 12:02 by iosaf
 13 comments (last - friday february 24, 2006 - 10:26)  3 images
For the last 48 hours, the situation in Manila, Philippines has worsened... Campesinos in their thousands have marched to the presidential palace demanding that the president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign (she was elected in may 2004). They have been water cannon-ed by the police and many are injured. They have not left the city. There have been reports of a "coup d'etat" in the last week, which set against a history of over 20 military interventions, merely signals that certain military officers are "taking an interest". Today's national day is thought tosee tensions peak. This follows consistent allegations of c-o-r-r-u-p-t-i-o-n, which have at all levels dogged the Pacific republic, made up of 7000 islands and counting on a population of roughly 85 million. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday June 11, 2005 - 10:56 by SP reader
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For those looking for some news and for the assorted sectarians looking for something to complain about, here is the June edition of the Socialist, the SP paper. Some good stuff on Gama, G8 protests, industrial reports, etc. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Saturday June 11, 2005 - 06:56 by son of beach
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international / miscellaneous Saturday June 11, 2005 - 01:15 by Bliss
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Democrats Eye Unfolding Ohio Coin Scandal By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer TOLEDO, Ohio - A disastrous investment by the state in rare coins has erupted into both a financial and political scandal, with Ohio's Republicans running for cover and the Democrats seeing great opportunity. At least $10 million is feared missing from a $55 million fund that the Ohio Workers' Compensation Bureau set up in a risky and highly unorthodox foray into the buying and selling of coins. The investment was managed by coin dealer Tom Noe, a prodigious fundraiser who has showered contributions on Republicans in Ohio and beyond. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday June 11, 2005 - 00:56 by Elmer
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"Americans overwhelmingly see public broadcasting as an unbiased information source," Rep. David Obey (news, bio, voting record) (Wis.), the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, said in a statement. "Perhaps that's what the GOP finds so offensive about it. Republican leaders are trying to bring every facet of the federal government under their control. . . . Now they are trying to put their ideological stamp on public broadcasting." ... read full story / add a comment
international / housing Friday June 10, 2005 - 13:48 by C&P reading material
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2nd day of a strike against Mugabe in Zimbabwe sees people up north claim he's finally gone bonkers. *finally*? Oh dear, Mugabe has been around as long as any other 80+year old leader, he's up there with paisley and fraga. you can't teach old dogs new tricks & generally everyone has their own nichname for them. You could learn a lot by comparing and contrasting them, their pals and foes indeed. Mugabe has knocked down houses all over the shop, you know that, but his reasons are very very Western capitalist, he's combatting the "informal sector", these people were fueling the black market, living in non-council approved houses, you'd never get that in ireland... ... read full story / add a comment
waterford / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday June 10, 2005 - 10:58 by ABTA
By Neans McSweeney, South-East Correspondent ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday June 09, 2005 - 23:14 by The Academy
10 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 - 14:40)
Anyone can nominate for the upcoming "Oscars of Idiocy" the World Stupidity Awards which take place every year at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Thursday June 09, 2005 - 22:33 by mms
On June 11th 2005 over 54 cities across the world will experience the naked joy of the world's largest naked protest against oil dependency and car culture in the history of humanity. Many cities will also ride again on the weekend closest to Valentine's Day 2006. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday June 09, 2005 - 22:00 by ryan
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Please follow my blog and enlighten the world. ha ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Thursday June 09, 2005 - 19:35 by Dr. Coilín Oscar ÓhAiseadha
3 comments (last - friday june 10, 2005 - 19:24)
For the sake of those who have not read Village magazine this week (3-9 June), I am posting a copy of a letter I've had published, in which I point out that the old media, in their coverage of the appointment of George Bush and the invasion of Iraq, have committed all the crimes that the magazine's media analyst, Conor Brady, in last week's issue accused bloggers of committing. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday June 09, 2005 - 17:05 by Anthony G
Employees in the logistics industry all over Britain are being electronically tagged by their bosses in order to monitor and control their activities in the work-place. It's a new way in which productivity is increased and individual people are further reduced to being passive non-thinking cogs in a machine. According to statements made by some of the employers using these devices, we'll even learn to love these new chains. I've never heard of these devices before so I can't say how prevalent their use is in Ireland. I'd be interested to see what action the GMB union will take given that they "will not stand by to see our members reduced to automatons.” If these tags aren't stopped across the water, it's likely that the same multinationals will also introduce them here in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday June 09, 2005 - 17:01 by Pol
This is a link to the European wide network Youth Against Racism, which contains information of what you can do to help combat racism where you are and throughout Europe:http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1320/page1.html If you scroll to the bottom of that page, there are further links to anti-racist groups. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 09, 2005 - 05:25 by Akiva Eldar
The Housing Ministry allocated at least NIS 70 million to build infrastructure and erect public structures in 82 illegal outposts in the West Bank during the prime ministerial terms of Benjamin Netanyahu (1996-1999) and Ariel Sharon (2001-2004), Haaretz has learned from an appendix to attorney Talia Sasson's report on the outposts. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday June 08, 2005 - 09:39 by eeekkkk
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international / crime and justice Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 20:31 by i
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José Couso was a camaraman with TV5 one of the Spanish terrestial channels, he was 37 years of age, and was married with two children then aged 3 and 6 years, he was in the Palestine Hotel in Bagdhad in 2003, a building which was known to the occupying and iraqi forces to house members of the international media and aid volunteer corps. They were and are protected under article IV Geneva Convention 12/8/49 and the summary protocols and additions of 8/6/77 to which the USA are party. He was killed on the 8th of April 2003. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 17:28 by Observer
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Blogger David Farrer lives in Edinburgh, and he’s worried about the armada of G8 protesters soon to descend on the city. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 17:14 by Charles
It’s Sunni vs. Shi’ite in northern Nigeria, where the two main sects of the Religion of Peace™ are battling for dominion: Armed police patrol northern city after violence by Muslim groups. (Hat tip: Ringo.) ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 16:27 by The UB
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Ten day strike forced the Government to retreat – Pakistan Telecommunications privatisation postponed for an indefinite period ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 12:35 by i
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the 4th Global Forum to combat "-" has opened in Brazilia, Brazil. The event will bring together important actors in the fight against corruption from Brazil and abroad. A series of panels, lectures, and workshops will be offered to discuss issues such as money laundering, conflicts of interest, and public procurement under the overarching theme “From Words to Deeds.” ... read full story / add a comment |
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