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international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 05, 2005 - 01:29 by pc
 28 comments (last - wednesday july 20, 2005 - 19:45)
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq's insurgency counts more than 200,000 active fighters and sympathisers, the country's national intelligence chief told AFP, in the bleakest assessment to date of the armed revolt waged by Sunni Muslims. "I think the resistance is bigger than the US military in Iraq. I think the resistance is more than 200,000 people," Iraqi intelligence service director General Mohammad Abdullah Shahwani said in an interview ahead of the January 30 elections... bleak,bleaker, bleakest... ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday January 04, 2005 - 18:42 by Joe Ranii
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Another bloody assault on Colombia's poorest ... read full story / add a comment
louth / arts and media Tuesday January 04, 2005 - 17:25 by eeekkkk
21 comments (last - monday january 17, 2005 - 02:27)
Lots of flirting with the libel and slander laws going on to say the least. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday January 03, 2005 - 21:20 by Oisin O Reilly
15 comments (last - friday february 11, 2005 - 00:46)
The Union of Secondary Students (USS) has urged students to ensure they have a safe and healthy Christmas. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday January 03, 2005 - 17:03 by R. Isible
7 comments (last - tuesday april 26, 2005 - 12:52)
Larry Sanger has published a fairly strong criticism of the Wikipedia encyclopedia which relies upon a complete Open Publishing model. He calls for a rethink of what he characterises as a "lack of respect for expertise" and a "radical anti-elitism" because he sees that knowledgeable people are driven away from the project by trolls. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 03, 2005 - 16:08 by jon Glackin
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Two British organisations set up to help the Palestinian people have had their bank accounts abruptly closed without explanation ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 03, 2005 - 16:04 by 1 of IMC
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Some suggested primers/sources BBC's Iraq election at-a-glance Wikipedia on Iraqi elections Add your own. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech Monday January 03, 2005 - 14:28 by being on the yellow brick road to mount doom
2 comments (last - saturday february 19, 2005 - 22:19) 1 image
With Ireland's first tornado reported in the Irish Independent a short guide on how such natural disasters work. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Sunday January 02, 2005 - 22:55 by Oscar
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Interesting stuff in today's Sindo and elsewhere. "Anti-Fascist" youths are reported to have claimed responsibility for be-heading a statue of the IRA Chief of staff and Nazi collaborator Sean Russell in a Dublin park. A statement from the (unamed)group describes him as a fanatic who looked to Hitler for support, and suggests that the nazis expected republicans to hand over Jews in a united Ireland established with German support. Anyone know who carried out the action? AFA? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday January 02, 2005 - 12:37 by Séamus Ó Cadhain
24 comments (last - friday march 11, 2005 - 20:35)
A report in today's (2 Jan's) Sunday Business Post shows that the British government was faltering under the pressure of the IRA's armed struggle in 1974. It also shows senior ease with, if not sanction for, the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday January 02, 2005 - 12:11 by Michael Hennigan
5 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 - 01:15)
Why did great civilisations of the past collapse, and how likely is it that ours will, too? University of California at Los Angeles geography professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond begins his 575-page book with a response to this query by quoting Percy Bysshe Shelley's haunting poem on the faded glories of an Egyptian pharaoh, 'Ozymandias': And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday January 01, 2005 - 17:12 by ared dred
Reuters Newswire [UK] December 31st, 2004 ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was slightly injured Friday when a tourist threw a camera tripod at him in a packed Rome square, an official from the prime minister's party said. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Saturday January 01, 2005 - 11:30 by Carolyn Fry
Governments should be exploring the potential of Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) which could actively remove CO2 from the atmosphere and stabilise atmospheric concentrations of the gas at much lower levels. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday January 01, 2005 - 11:09 by -
Aid pledges to SE Asia have now topped a billion dollars, but for many the assistance will have come too late. President Chirac of France has suggested the setting up of an international mechanisms to alert to natural dangers which are equitable and efficacious for rich and poor regions of the planet alike. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Thursday December 30, 2004 - 20:46 by i mac d.
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As you know putting a "word" through "goo" is how most people enter the cybernetic matrix. Thanks to the fine minds of CERN we have had the internet for years now, and millions oh yes millions of people use it everyday. Most just use it a little bit. Many people upload thier photos, or download music, many more pay their mortgage and food bills by adding to the code. Some people abuse it, that really has to be said. Very few people understand it. I'd wager a guess that less than 1000 people on this planet understand it. But i'd probably be wrong. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday December 30, 2004 - 17:48 by pc
Although Simon Chapman was released, there are still many people in jail in Greece since the Thessaloniki anti-capitalst protests.
At the eu summit in thessaloniki in 2003 130 were arrested for their part in the demonstrations. 7 are still facing charges (including carlos, one of the 8 hungerstrikers jailed in the period immediately following the summit) & are due to go to trial on 13th january 2005. A day of action is being called for the 8th january 2005.
You can find your local Greek embassy/consulate here:
http://www.greekembassy.org.uk/pages_en/honorary_consulates.html ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 30, 2004 - 15:32 by Brian Vernon
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Consumer power starting to hurt the Americans, according to this article. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 30, 2004 - 13:43 by mac d
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:2005 -1984 =21 you get the key to the door now. Lord Falconer, the minister in charge of freedom of information, emphasises that the act is not solely for the media and researchers to prise secrets out of Downing Street but will give ordinary members of the public a greater chance to get information from the public sector. But many are sceptical that officials' secretive habits, and this government's reliance on spin and control, will melt away. Whitehall has taken a long time to get to this position. A freedom of information act was first promised by Labour in 1974, but nothing happened. The Blair government eventually passed the act in 2000, then delayed its introduction for five years. More than 50 other countries have passed such legislation before now, the first being Sweden in 1766. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 30, 2004 - 13:30 by redjade
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"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
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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 |
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