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national / environment Friday January 27, 2006 - 15:42 by freek
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The proposed five-year "field trial" experiment would take place from April 2006 to October 2010. The plan is to grow potatoes which are resistant to blight and won't have to be sprayed with large quantities of pesticides. The last time a company, Monsanto, carried out genetically modified (GM) sugar beet trials in Wexford and Cork it sparked a wave of protests and sabotage. The EPA says it will consider any submissions made to it within the next 28 days about risks to human health and the environment by the release of the GM potatoes. It appears that no environmental or health impact studies are planned. Following a public announcement in the Irish Independent on 26 January 2006, the deadline for related public submissions to the EPA is 5pm on 22 February 2006. http://www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/papers/article.php?sid=8495 ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday January 27, 2006 - 10:50 by iosaf
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The members of the association of mothers of the disappeared "plaza Mayo" of Argentina held their last march of resistance yesterday. In a statement to press their president Hebe de Bonafini, affirmed :- "We no longer have an enemy in the houses of government"...."with the changes in South America [the elections of / governments of] Fidel, Chávez, Lula, Tabaré, Bachelet. If we do not see that we are blind, we must defend them" She expressed the opinion that Kirchner's government has offered them the fullest redress possible for the crimes comitted during the Argentine dictatorship(1976-1983) and the near "cover up" in the folowing regime (1983-1989). _______________________________________________ ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 26, 2006 - 17:45 by peptide
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Today’s right-wing political strategists have developed an effective technique to manage or direct the public’s attention. They have adopted Straussian methods of political deception. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 26, 2006 - 05:35 by RSF
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Irish Republican Information Service
(no. 51) Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: [email protected] Date: 25 Eanáir / January 2006 ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 26, 2006 - 02:37 by R. Isible
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"To tell you the truth, I’d never heard of Bertie Ahern , but I didn’t want to say that, to be impolite" -- Chomsky In this interview Chomsky is questioned about his possible misrepresentation in the Irish press just before his speaking tour. Coilín OhAiseadha tracked down the story of Chomsky's misrepresentation by contacing both the journalist and Chomsky to clear up the matter: http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=73602 ... read full story / add a comment |
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