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international / environment Friday December 28, 2007 - 22:02 by JM
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Just as top government officials are gathering in Bali for the UN Climate Change Conference comes news that carbon dioxide emissions at a new gas power plant in northern Norway are exceeding all limits. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 28, 2007 - 11:21 by Coilín
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In a discovery that sheds new light on the current conspicuous refusal of the Garda Síochána to search US military aircraft and CIA aircraft suspected of carrying victims of torture through Shannon Airport, the Irish Times today tells us that Taoiseach Seán Lemass personally authorised searches of aircraft at Shannon in 1962. The difference is that these were Cuban aircraft, that the searches were instigated at the request of the United States, and that data gleaned from these searches were passed to the US embassy for the next eight years. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Thursday December 27, 2007 - 19:28 by Obit the second
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Benazir Bhutto was shot in the neck and then in the head. The asassin then blew himself up and killed 16 people. President Musharraf has appealed for calm. He has not stated that the planned January 5th election will go ahead. George W Bush has condemned the attack, as has Gordon Brown. Both of these leaders are experiencing political difficulties at home with Brown embroiled in an Afghanistan scandal. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Wednesday December 26, 2007 - 18:27 by Ariko
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The Brazilian police are saying that the Image of Suzanne Bloch who died in 2002, stolen from the Sao Paulo Gallery in Brazil was 'a Professional Heist'. The painting in oil ,as exhibited on the second floor of the gallery the other theft was 'The Coffee Worker.' ... read full story / add a comment |
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