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international / miscellaneous Friday May 04, 2007 - 14:24 by Fredrick Forsyth
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Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez was for many years the most wanted terrorist on Earth who popped up in fiction and movies. But eventually he was brought to France where he stood trial and stunned everyone with his incoherent gurgling once he took the stand. Honestly fact really disappointed everyone and the Jackal was nothing like the man fiction had portrayed. Well - everyone will get to hear more incoherent gurgling because the Jackal is going back to court. This time he will face charges relating to a bomb on the Toulouse-Paris train el 29/3/82 (5 dead), the offices of the magazine Al Watan Al Arabi in París 22/4/82 (1 dead), a bomb at the Sant Charles station in Marseilles (no dead) and a train in Tain-L'Hermitage 31/12/83 (5 dead). ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Friday May 04, 2007 - 13:33 by Dorothy Gale
12 comments (last - wednesday september 05, 2007 - 16:21)
The Government has decided to commemorate the Famine! With what? A State Reception in Iveagh House! How appropriate for this Government to mark the anniversary of the Great Irish Famine by a Reception in Iveagh House. Let them eat, drink and be merry for today we let others die. Would it not be more suitable to mark the Famine by a grant of aid to other famine-stricken lands? This Government has never been able to reach the Foreign Aid targets it set itself. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / racism & migration related issues Friday May 04, 2007 - 10:02 by redjade
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Lordorice & Imelda Belong to Belfast ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Friday May 04, 2007 - 08:09 by mac spanner
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"There were calls today for an investigation into the Scottish election after polling descended into chaos with tens of thousands spoilt ballot papers, faulty counting machines and bad weather delaying the return of ballot boxes. With two simultaneous elections being held under three different voting systems, some seats saw more than a 1,000 spoilt papers being discarded. Although the SNP leader, Alex Salmond, won his own seat and appeared set for a narrow national victory, a result is not now expected until the early afternoon." or several weeks if the legal challenges are succesful. Thus it is very difficult to say how the Scottish have "voted" or "not voted". ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 04, 2007 - 01:17 by IT Reader
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As the General Election looms, and the EPA hearing draws to a close, Áine Ryan draws a few conclusions about the current state of play in Corrib saga in the current edition of the Mayo news. She points out that Shell have no approved route for their pipeline, and when they come up with one (if they ever do) they will have to go through the whole process again. They also have to deal with the fact that politicians like Martin Ferris and Tommy Broughan could well be in the government next month, and the Shell to Sea campaign, although shaken by police brutality, has not gone away... ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday May 03, 2007 - 16:55 by C Murray
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IWMF have started a blog with the stated purpose" of promoting press freedom and Journalist resource and fostering communication between journalist freedom advocates worldwide." The site contains some links to organisations such as Reporters without Borders and CPJ who have advocated on behalf of Alan Johnston, Brad Will and Anna Politkovskaya. The link to RSF has a rogues gallery of anti-press personnel. Its called 'Predators of Press' http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id-article=13622 ... read full story / add a comment 
meath / history and heritage Thursday May 03, 2007 - 08:44 by TaraWatch
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On Wednesday, 2 May, TaraWatch learned that Minister Dick Roche has already drafted 'directions' under the National Monuments Act 2004 - section 14 A, that order the 'preservation by record' and demolition of the massive prehistoric temple enclosure or henge recently reported to have been found in the valley between the Hill of Tara and the Hill of Skryne, in County Meath. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Thursday May 03, 2007 - 02:10 by cxc
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Switzerland, Zürich: After many hours of streetfighting between protesters and police, people began to attack banks, private companies, courts, police stations and cars of the rich with fire bombs and paint bombs. countless windows were smashed. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues Wednesday May 02, 2007 - 20:48 by redjade
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profiling by Melanin content... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality Wednesday May 02, 2007 - 20:00 by C Murray
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This is a link to a story published on one of the Women's sites in October 2006, by a Polish activist and rights campaigner. She was delighted with the ability of women to work in unity over shared areas of concern which normally would not be in their political interests, but the results of globalised economy and cultural debasement had made the interests of unity pertinent to all the women who worked together. The image is of campaigners who worked on justice for the dissappeared in Guatemala, their campaign against debasement is ongoing. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday May 02, 2007 - 14:50 by uachtaran TiT
Following up on Ratzinger's call for immediate debt cancellation of the poorest states on Earth, today 8 bishops of the Catholic Church met with Tony Blair to remind him about what he promised he would do his best to do. You remember he was with Geldof on MTV? Gleneagles? July 2005? G8 of bishops tackles Blair on poverty Tony Blair meets a delegation of global bishops at Downing Street to discuss the promises made by the G8 to make poverty history [Marcin Mazur] "Tony Blair today met a delegation of global bishops at Downing Street to discuss the promises made by the G8 to make poverty history Group of eight bishops from around the world visits Downing Street urging Tony Blair to ensure the promises of the G8 to end poverty are kept" ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday May 02, 2007 - 12:34 by Terence
1 comment (last - wednesday may 09, 2007 - 16:01)
In this article by George Monbiot, he spells out what is going on politically with Climate Change and states that they are aware of the real depth of changes required which they have purposely avoided and instead have committed to much less drastic changes which will have the effect of condemning millions to die. It would seem what he has identified is that the body of capitalism of which the current crop of political leaders are the stewards, is unable and unwilling to make the neccessary changes, because it inherently recognises that this would be a challenge to the system itself. It looks like they plan to somehow muddle through, but unfortunately muddling through this problem is not the easy option it normally is. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 02, 2007 - 04:42 by finn
A number of factors have recently formed a conjunction, which provided a new view of a popular ‘reality’. Whenever the flames of the terrorist ‘threat’ begin to wane convenient arrests are made that fan the embers back into flames of concern. Recent police raids in Sydney and Melbourne have resulted in the arrests of two Sri Lankan Tamils; “two men have appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on terrorism related charges,” ran the intro from one media outlet while another ran with, “men face terrorism charges after raids.” I’m sure we all get the drift but it should be noted that assistant commissioner to the Federal Police, Frank Prendergast, went to lengths "to make it clear that these men weren't involved in any possible attacks on Australian soil.” Well then, what? ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Tuesday May 01, 2007 - 23:09 by Flying Pig
Coincidence is probably the reason why this formed part of a BBC news story on the 6th August 2003. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday May 01, 2007 - 15:32 by I didn't start this rumour ok! nor ping propaganda
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Rumours have been rife these last few days that Fidel Castro would make his first appearance since his autistic younger brother Raul took over the reins of power temporarily last 31 july. However, as the Cuban Mayday began to move a few hours ago - neither of the Castro brothers were to be seen. Instead Salvador Valdés, secretary general of the Central Workers' union of Cuba led the march which Fidel has now missed twice. Raul Castro has never appeared in his official capacity nor been named as such in any broadcast by Havana. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality Monday April 30, 2007 - 20:15 by C Murray
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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/369136.html " If we are to equate Community media and women's media with women's progress , we need to go out of our way and take extra effort so that community media will truly become an instrument that allows, encourages and empowers women to speak in their own authentic voice." ... read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality Monday April 30, 2007 - 17:30 by Dorothy Gale
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This could shake up the election a little. What kind of people work for the HSE? They think they can prevent women from travelling and that they can use the Gardai to enforce their whims. Girl seeking abortion challenges HSE Monday, 30 April 2007 17:03 A 17-year-old girl who is four months pregnant and whose child cannot survive outside the womb has gone to the High Court to challenge a decision by the Health Services Executive to stop her leaving the State for an abortion. The girl is in the care of the HSE and is challenging its decision to contact gardaí and not to let her travel for the abortion unless she presented as a suicide risk. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Sunday April 29, 2007 - 15:27 by NMI
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United Press International distributed the story below. The link will presumably disappear when they realise what they've reported is a mish mash of real and imagined stories. It's interesting to see what they think is believable. When Bertie shows up in Washington every year, do they have a clear idea of who he is? Do they know where Ireland is? More importantly, is our news about the rest of the world so unreliable? (In other news, the President of Scotland announced that the French elections can be cancelled if the Socialist party don't agree to support the bin tax, say sources in Baghdad...) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday April 29, 2007 - 00:34 by John Meehan
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Nothing like this happened in the last century : http://www.marxist.com/chavez-transitional-programme.htm ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Saturday April 28, 2007 - 15:00 by Richter scale
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