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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 30, 2004 - 13:30 by redjade   text 1 comment (last - friday december 31, 2004 - 17:35)   image 1 image
"We are starting to play the ethnic card in Iraq, just as the Soviets played it in Afghanistan," said former CIA chief of Afghanistan operation Milt Bearden. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday December 30, 2004 - 05:27 by cleaves   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 01, 2005 - 00:28)
Memo to the present US Administration:

In view of the following quote, just how long do you think your lies and deceit will prevail?

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts." (Abraham Lincoln) ... read full story / add a comment
cork / environment Monday December 27, 2004 - 18:57 by pp
The EPA has indicated that it will hold an Oral Hearing of objections to the draft waste licence for a hazardous waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy. Date to be announced. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Monday December 27, 2004 - 18:07 by pc   text 14 comments (last - tuesday january 18, 2005 - 15:01)
The AP has finally come out with a story about the funding behind the Orange Revolution which is under way in Ukraine (via Dominon).

As is to be expected, it's the same folks who were busy funding democracy movements in Venezuela. In this case a lot of the money was routed through the Eurasia Foundation, the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms, the International Republican Institute, many NED funded organizations such as American Center for International Labor Solidarity, Center for International Private Enterprise, the Democratic Initiatives Foundation, the Europe XXI Foundation, the Open Society Foundation - Ukraine, the National Democartic Institute For International Affairs, the Ukrainian Legal Foundation, the Ukrainian Center for Economic and Political Research (Razumkov Center), and others.... ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 27, 2004 - 13:58 by redjade
''...or the people who attacked the United States in New York, **shot down the plane** over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon...'' ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 27, 2004 - 06:44 by DM Gould   text 15 comments (last - friday december 31, 2004 - 13:11)   image 1 image
Guerrilla’ is a Spanish word meaning ‘little war’. Small nations or revolutionary bodies can only defeat the occupying forces, who are superior in human resources and arms, as well as economic and material resources, by means of guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare has been employed to overthrow colonialism, to launch civil wars, and by Communist and Western powers in the Cold War. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 25, 2004 - 05:05 by cleaves
The people of the free world have not forgotten half of America’s population oppose the ultra-right-wing regime of Bush. A similar situation occurred in Nazi Germany with the rise of another madman to power. The population became polarised; however, the half with the conscience was swept along with the fanatics to the ruin of all. Failure to act against the regime in the early stages resulted in a greater calamity for the entire nation. Let it not happen again! ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Thursday December 23, 2004 - 08:10 by ming   text 3 comments (last - friday february 11, 2005 - 12:16)
44 North Koreans who scaled the walls of the Canadian Embassy compound in China last September have been allowed to leave for an undisclosed third country. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 22, 2004 - 13:23 by pi   text 3 comments (last - wednesday january 05, 2005 - 17:24)
Barcelona's offer to host a peace conference in 2005 has been rejected by Ariel Sharon. This marks a rejection of the Sharon administration of centring peace efforts on the Barcelona process, which the EMP (The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership) is usually known by.
The EMP reflects the reality of Israel's geographical location as a state of the Mediterranean and one who trades with the EU.
It also reflects the reality of Israel's demographic origins, Isreal is a European nation, the vast majority of whom are descended from European jews. The dictatorship of Libya is not participating in the EMP.

Today Tony Blair on a visit to the region has proposed holding a conference in London in 2005.
This supports the joint US/UK strategy as announced at the Bush & Blair press conference which followed the death of Arafat at Percy hospital in Paris and his burial ceremony in Cairo. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 21, 2004 - 19:56 by gnñ gnñ gnñ gnñ chug chug chug baby e baby e baby   text 6 comments (last - friday june 10, 2005 - 14:06)
Barcelona's high court has released on various conditions, an Imam who was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in November for inciting gender violence. It was the first prosecution under a law passed by the Tripartite. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday December 20, 2004 - 21:00 by awaiting the end of blunkett ID/DNA vulgarity.   text 8 comments (last - sunday january 02, 2005 - 19:46)
2004 common era will be seen as just another year.

too many people died of,
yeah the horsemen did gallop
and Babalon is still occupied.
But the man in the White House says She will be free soon. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Monday December 20, 2004 - 15:19 by redjade   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 11, 2005 - 14:13)
you know you're paranoid when the US Government agrees with you.... ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 20, 2004 - 00:56 by ipsiphi   text 11 comments (last - sunday may 27, 2007 - 13:40)   image 2 images
H.E. Mary Mc Aleese, President of Ireland, an Uachtaran has called [as is her perogative under the constitution (a.k.a. the little blue book)] a meeting of the Council of State to consider and moot the proposals of the Mammy Harney who maybe some day a "Granny Harney"' :-

that pensioners of the 2nd richest state in the EU forced to pay 80% of their state pensions to the cost of public nursing homes.

(The 2nd richest state in the EU bit is standard PD propaganda and media manipulation).

This is reading and optional video material suitable for intermediate and upper intermediate level, standard Irish media accent.
Just follow the link and download the national broadcasting networks audio file and watch the Irish TV.
This is also educational material suitable for "civics" students and those abroad who are considering living or working in the EU state of Ireland.

there may be a test issued later, we're not on holidays yet. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 19, 2004 - 01:31 by anonymous person
Desire to curb liberty correlated with exposure to television news and religiion ... read full story / add a comment
louth / miscellaneous Saturday December 18, 2004 - 16:30 by Brian Vernon   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 19, 2004 - 15:13)
he British arms firm BAE yesterday refused to comment on documents showing mysterious payments linked to UK weapons purchases by General Augusto Pinochet.

Sums of up to $5m (£2.57m) are listed in Gen Pinochet's bank records obtained by a Senate investigation in Washington.

Some appear to be linked to arms purchases he agreed to make from Royal Ordnance, a BAE subsidiary.

http://www.12thharmonic.com/wordpress/index.php?p=548 ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Saturday December 18, 2004 - 11:50 by hello ireland! howya doin? are you alright?   text 15 comments (last - thursday september 24, 2009 - 10:57)   image 1 image
Italian class :-
La Storia Siamo Noi:
is a product of RAI the Italian equivalent of RTE.
it means "history is us".
And the director and presenter of the project just did an interview with Colonel Ghadaffi the dictator of Libya.


http://www.educational.rai.it/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Friday December 17, 2004 - 14:23 by nerd   text 4 comments (last - wednesday january 05, 2005 - 17:34)
No one expects Mr Bush to weaken his support for a project that has become an article of faith among many Republicans. But analysts said that they expected sceptics in Congress and in the Pentagon to try to whittle down the vast sums being spent on the project, some $10.2bn this year alone. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 17, 2004 - 05:47 by redjade
'Under a presidential directive and authorities approved by administration lawyers, the CIA is allowed to capture and hold certain classes of suspects without accounting for them in any public way and without revealing the rules for their treatment.' ... read full story / add a comment
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