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international / politics / elections Saturday September 10, 2005 - 20:58 by ribbid
Another story of "the government won the elections". What was once a joke, is increasingly true, one doesn't need to count the ink thumbs, or even trust the polls, all you need to ask is - "who is the current government and do the west like them?" Answer "yes" they won. Answer "no" they lost. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday September 10, 2005 - 14:44 by benjamin franklin
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Check your calendar. Tomorrow is a big day. Its marks the date that modern history began. Michael Moore got his oscar, Iraqis got their freedom, and Haliburton made over a billion because of that day. And just in time, "the ones you keep your eye on" next door in Engurland have flown the big kite. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Friday September 09, 2005 - 17:04 by very spooked smurf
Yet another disaster, yet another display of Mother Nature's awesome power. the Pacific island of New Ireland registered an earthquake today at 7.3 on the richter scale, the epicentre was 96 kilometres under the seabed. The focus of the quake was 96km (60 miles) underground in the New Ireland region, 40 km (25 miles) east-south-east of Taron, New Ireland, and 870km (540 miles) north-east of the capital, Port Moresby, the USGS reported. It occurred at 1626 local time (0726 GMT), USGS said. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday September 09, 2005 - 13:07 by SP
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The latest issue of The Socialist is now online at www.socialistparty.net dealing with a wide range of issues including a feature article analysing the aftermath and affects of Hurricane Katrina ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Thursday September 08, 2005 - 20:23 by iosaf
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This summer flooding really came to Europe. Almost 50 died, a very small figure which reflected community awareness and good municipal responses. But all scientific evidence now suggests that these incidents are best to be considered as part of a new pattern related to global climate change. We are not dealing with the causes in the short-term. We are thus dealing with effects which are long term. Proverbially the time to put that first stitch has passed now.- We now face forest fires and flooding of the largest river valleys in summer and extreme storms with tornados in spring and summer. ... read full story / add a comment
While most people are more affected by email rather than mobile spammers, it's still good to see at least one company get a conviction for spamming people and interrupting their ability to communicate. Hopefully, it will send a salutary message to other unethical direct marketeers. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday September 08, 2005 - 18:16 by Oh me head
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RTE 08 September 2005 15:35 The original head of Nelson's Pillar has found a new home at the Dublin City Library. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Thursday September 08, 2005 - 14:32 by Pip Wilson
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Cartoon in Technorati tagcloud style. Artist: Pip Wilson http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com - Copyright free (public domain for non-commercial use; Creative Commons Licence 2). ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday September 07, 2005 - 19:25 by toothpick
World leaders agreed in 2000 on a series of goals to be reached by 2015, including halving the number of people living in extreme poverty, cutting deaths of children under five by two-thirds and achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reduction of child mortality . improving maternal health, providing vaccines fighting AIDS, TB and Malaria and doing something dinky on the environment. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday September 07, 2005 - 14:02 by wl
The report finds that the legal agreements governing the project place a ‘price tag’ on human rights by creating financial disincentives for the governments of Chad and Cameroon to protect human rights. The agreements may require the two countries to pay large financial penalties if they interrupt the operation of the pipeline or oil-fields – even when making an intervention to protect rights and enforce laws that apply elsewhere in their countries. This makes it extremely difficult for Chad and Cameroon to take action against company malpractice, and for individuals adversely affected by the pipeline to obtain redress. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday September 07, 2005 - 13:29 by selforganiser
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by Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky Wednesday, Sep. 07, 2005 at 3:13 AM Two paramedics stranded in New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina give their account of self-organisation and abandonment in the disaster zone ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Tuesday September 06, 2005 - 18:35 by water proof container
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The British Nuclear industry does not only include THORP issues which are familiar with most - Sellafield popped into the news today with a trade union case being dismissed in London which suggests worker relations are not their best at the plant. And the IT services have just been outsourced. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday September 06, 2005 - 14:11 by dave
international / miscellaneous Tuesday September 06, 2005 - 13:57 by Monbiot fan
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Even as the G8 promises fall apart, Geldof stays silent - George Monbiot ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday September 06, 2005 - 13:13 by dave
The evacuation of New Orleans in the face of Hurricane Ivan looked sinisterly like Strom Thurmond's version of the Rapture. Affluent white people fled the Big Easy in their SUVs, while the old and car-less -- mainly Black -- were left behind in their below-sea-level shotgun shacks and aging tenements to face the watery wrath. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday September 05, 2005 - 23:24 by reader
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good round-up of fema blocking help http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/5/16455/30830 ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Monday September 05, 2005 - 17:09 by mafia watcher
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Old habits die hard, McCreevy is still working hard for big business. I am sure his efforts will be richly rewarded. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Monday September 05, 2005 - 16:40 by Starstruck
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Hurricane Katrina kills thousands and devastates an entire city,vital failings in local and federal policy becoming exposed. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Sunday September 04, 2005 - 16:49 by bob
this group have been getting some press resently, here is an article from the kingdom this week. A lecturer at the Institute of Technology in Tralee has criticised political parties in Ireland for their inaccessibility after he was unable to deliver information packs to TDs on the 9/11 terror attacks. www.the-kingdom.ie/news/story.asp?j=18180 ... read full story / add a comment
down / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday September 03, 2005 - 18:35 by Dave
See how the fat cats network: "Alongside O'Leary at this press briefing sat David Bonderman - boss of Texas Pacific, who own Gate Gourmet - and the man O'Leary hopes will bankroll his medieval pillaging of the rest of the airline industry. O'Leary and Bonderman (who, incidentally, is also chairman of Ryanair) are already tied up through their joint interest in Texas Pacific, the venture capital firm which took over Gate in 2003. Bonderman is so loaded that he spent an estimated $7 million on his birthday party - with live music from the Rolling Stones, no less, and a stand-up routine from Robin Williams." ... read full story / add a comment |
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