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international / anti-capitalism Sunday April 06, 2008 - 21:06 by JM
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The U.S. Department of Justice is examining corruption allegations in the use of a freight-forwarding firm by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the company said in regulatory filing published last week. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Sunday April 06, 2008 - 19:45 by Archiver
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President Sarkozy who in asking for the release of Ms Ingrid Betancourt from captivity made a remark that shows his incredible lack of diplomacy and was probably why his spouse led the march for her release in Paris today. He said that if she dies then FARC will be 'responsible for the death of a woman'. Many government leaders are so responsible, but to use the media to allow such a statement travel like a virus through our world was badly judged and dangerous. Ms Betancourt has endured six years of separation from her mother and her children and is unwell, being on hunger strike. Everyone wants Ingrid freed. http://www.indymedia.ie/article/76817#comment215048 ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday April 06, 2008 - 14:38 by almata
# The Rustbelt Radical The Rustbelt Radical is a personal blog. It is revolutionary, socialist and internationalist. It comes straight from the ravaged middle of the post-industrial American Midwest. Topics might include politics, work, history, culture, war, a bit of theory, some sex, some drugs, some music and frequent tubthumping for the free association of producers. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 06, 2008 - 11:31 by tomeile
Deniz Ozgur Uzun a 17-year-old Turkish high school student was beaten to death last week by racists in the Amager district of Copenhagen . Muslim community leaders believe the racist attack is directly linked to an Islamophobic atmosphere in the Scandinavian country fanned by the recent reprinting of the prophet cartoon . ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 06, 2008 - 10:35 by tomeile
The British Army faces new allegations of torture and abuse over the arrest and detention of an elderly Iraqi Muslim and his family last year. Jabbir Hmoud Kammash, 70 , claims that twenty soldiers raided his home in the Al-Gzaizah district of the city , terrifying his family ,destroying furniture and stealing household money .The Muslim elder was hooded and beaten with rifle butts and driven with his son to the British military base in Basra airport where he was subjected to further abuse and interrogation while still hooded. Mr Kammash and his sons ,who are still recovering from injuries inflicted on them , say they intend to take legal action against the British government for the abuse they suffered. ... read full story / add a comment |
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