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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 01, 2009 - 21:32 by Darren C
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31 December 2008 The murderous bombardment of the Gaza strip continues into a fifth day, with a threat by an Israeli cabinet minister of “long weeks of action.” The death toll of Palestinians stands at over 370 killed, many were members of the Hamas security forces but many civilians are amongst the dead. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Thursday January 01, 2009 - 15:28 by Miriam Cotton
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I don't now when this programme was planned but maybe the events in Palestine have caused some sort of editorial rethink at RTE. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Wednesday December 31, 2008 - 14:51 by Ghassan Bannoura
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The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll by Wednesday midday now stands at 390 due to the Israeli attack on the coastal region. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Wednesday December 31, 2008 - 14:42 by Grace Walsh
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A protest and vigil of approximately 35 people was swiftly broken up in Jerusalem and 4 Palestinians were detained according to sources. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Wednesday December 31, 2008 - 02:17 by Contaminated Crow
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An even quieter week: still no decision on a quarry ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 29, 2008 - 22:31 by Barbarism = Zionism = Racism
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For those who want to see more than the 2-3 minute mainstream television reports of Israel's wholesale massacres and massive destruction in Gaza than what the Western broadcast TV national news shows reveal... ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday December 26, 2008 - 00:24 by Terence
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In a brilliant piece of detective work and logic reasoning, writer Muhammad Rafeeq has exposed what Madoff is really at by pleading guilty to the $50 billion so called fraud. Rafeeq worked for many years in large investment firms and knows how the system works. On reading that banks like HSBC and Santander and others have lost billions, he says there is absolute no way that these banks would commit money to a single institute like Madoff without an extensive history of accounts going back at least 3 years and investigation and analysis of the investment model, assets and other data. There are teams of specialists in these banks to do this all the time. Rafeeq suggests that Madoff fund simply went bust in which case the investors would not be entitled to get any money back. But by claiming it is a fraud and Madoff has pleaded guilty, and the state accepts it, it means all the so called defrauded investors are entitled to be fully compensated under the US government's financial fraud protection scheme. ... read full story / add a comment |
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