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national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 22, 2006 - 20:08 by Chris Murray
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Rebalancing Criminal Justice-Remarks Made by Tanaiste in Limerick. The Tanaiste is up-grading the statutes to do away with the Right to Silence, though he asserts that the right to the presumption of innocence and trial by jury will remain. The Killer in his press release is this Quote: 'Many of the legal principles and values have become the cornerstones of our law and are almost sacrosant in how we perceive and interact with them. Those same principles have originated and developed from a different era when many defendants could not read or write and it was necessary for the legal system to devise means and ways(!) to ensure that safeguards were available'. http://www.justice.ie ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday October 22, 2006 - 07:11 by Kwang zi
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China asserts dominance in the region but if you blinked you missed it; the difference between loud and clear and subtle and clear is the difference between, “bombing into the stone-age” and gently applying Asian lateral diplomacy. DPRK (Kim Jong il) rebuffs six-party talks but promises China during independent talks, that nuclear testing will cease. Miss war whore/status quo/dead children, Condoleezza Rice, and the rest of the world are left in no doubt which nation exercises the greater degree of influence in the region; a clear message has been sent – the world has taken note. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday October 21, 2006 - 04:55 by ?
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There is a good article arguing a 'defend North Korea' line on the website of the American 'World Workers Party', with which former US Attorney General and Mary Kelly supporter, Ramsay Clark, is closely associated. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday October 21, 2006 - 01:08 by People Before Profit
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This story was published in the Echo Newspaper thursday October 19th ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday October 20, 2006 - 18:28 by Qasim Rajpar
Pakistan President Musharraf has for the fourth time ordered a stay in the execution of the British citizen Tahir Mirza, who has been on death row for the past 18 years, till December 31. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / arts and media Friday October 20, 2006 - 14:49 by R. Isible
A story in today's (Fri Oct 20th 2006) Irish Independent authored by Brian McDonald (I reproduce it below as their site requires a login) reports on a poll carried out by the "Mayo Advertiser" concerning Royal Dutch Shell's controversial construction of a dangerous pipeline in Co.Mayo. The results are pretty dismal for the government and for Shell. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media Friday October 20, 2006 - 13:02 by Walter Patrick
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The Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlín Maude - has opened a new books' review page, 'Kiosque!,' on its web pages. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday October 20, 2006 - 09:26 by nano
A principal failure if not the major failure of the U.S. administration is its failure to comprehend the nature of post-modern reality, especially post-modern warfare. The U.S. war ‘machine’ is an antiquated beast run by the mentally impaired. Dangerous and angry old men (past failures) do not good leaders/advisers make! ... read full story / add a comment |
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