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meath / arts and media Wednesday February 23, 2005 - 15:28 by BCI
''The moratorium is used in times of general elections and referenda as an additional mechanism to ensure that fairness and balance are achieved by the broadcast media during the final 24 hours before polling commences or while polling is underway. This allows voters a period for reflection in the final stages of a campaign.'' ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 22, 2005 - 14:59 by redjade
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''American and Iraqi government forces have surrounded the city of Ramadi in preparation for an expected full-scale attack on the city, which has in effect slipped into the hands of insurgents.'' ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 22, 2005 - 08:16 by Mary La Rosa
Israel has created a purgatory in which a free man is held prisoner because of nineteen year old memories in a fifty year old brain. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Monday February 21, 2005 - 21:34 by iosaf & julia
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Portugal celebrated as its right as a democratic state and member of the family of civlised nations a general election Sunday last February 20th 2005. The result was a foregone conclusion, José Sócrates won an outright majority returning his state to socialist rule with the lowest recorded abstention in Portuguese democratic history. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 21, 2005 - 17:59 by redjade
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spread the word. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday February 21, 2005 - 11:57 by life is good. appreciate it. use it well.
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Hunter S Thompson, the American counterculture writer, has been found dead at his home in Colorado. Thompson's son, Juan, found his body. He said the 67-year-old shot himself. He is best-known for his 1972 account of a drug-addled Nevada trip, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Other books are Hells Angels and Generation of Swine. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday February 21, 2005 - 03:39 by Mark Drolette
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To see how the Bushies stack up against former regimes of a particular bent, read on. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Sunday February 20, 2005 - 21:47 by frying other fish
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“And I like to talk about him about well, why did you do this, or why did you do that? And I suspect he likes to ask me the same questions,” “We’ve got the framework for a good strategic relationship… I think this relationship can be invigorated,” “Look, I think the biggest success would be twofold: one, an understanding of the war – the world we live in and the war on terror.” ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday February 20, 2005 - 13:23 by John
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Politics.ie (http://www.politics.ie) has launched its own Wiki. Their aim is " to create the largest central repository of political information on Irish politics. You may edit any page on this website, to add more information or correct mistakes, by clicking on the edit button which is visible on every page. You can also create new pages if you so wish. This is a member driven Irish political encyclopedia, so the more help you give us the better it will become." Join, edit and contribute ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 20, 2005 - 13:01 by seen in Green Left Weekly
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A Freedom Ride bus trip by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students of Sydney University has found crass racism in northern and north-western New South Wales. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday February 19, 2005 - 21:10 by John Kaminski
The Second Wave New Books, New Groups Fuel Smoldering Resurgence Of 911 Skeptics Movement By John Kaminski ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Saturday February 19, 2005 - 04:08 by Chris Floyd
'You had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple: to force ... the public to turn to the state to ask for greater security." ... read full story / add a comment |
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