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national / miscellaneous Monday October 15, 2007 - 23:26 by Charlie Bird
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Francis O'Reilly was said to be "summarily dismissed" Sinn Fein has dismissed a party member who was one of four football hooligans jailed last week for an attack on a pub in Londonderry. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday October 15, 2007 - 10:48 by Georgi Chicherin
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In the story below Hamid Tehrani gives an update on the situation of the sugar cane workers on strike in Shoush in Iran. Full text at the link at the end of this article. Thousands of unpaid Haft Tapeh sugar cane factory workers in Shoush in the Khuzestan province in Iran started a strike last week. Government sent security forces to repress the workers but strike continues. Several bloggers covered this event, and other related stories of difficult conditions of labor activists. Kaargar (means worker) says[Fa] that thousands of Haft Tapeh sugar cane factory in Khouzestan province started strike on Saturday 27th October. The blog adds that one of the upaid workers' slogan was “Haftapeh workers are hungry”. The blogger adds the number of workers was around 3000 and they wanted to demonstrate in front of governor's office but police stopped them. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 15, 2007 - 01:53 by Michael Gallagher
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From Ballinaboy to Pullathomas and back again. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media Monday October 15, 2007 - 01:39 by Over The Edge
Over The Edge 'New Writer of The Year' - winning story published ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 15, 2007 - 00:55 by Michael Gallagher
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From Ballinaboy to Pullenthomas and back again. ... read full story / add a comment |
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