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international / environment Saturday February 28, 2009 - 09:57 by Diet Simon
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Despite icy weather and light rain some 15,000 Germans demonstrated against nuclear power generation on Thursday evening with a chain of light 52 kilometres long. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Friday February 27, 2009 - 11:16 by TaraWatch
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Smithsonian Institution, based in the US, is the world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the National Zoo. The March 2009 issue features "Some of the world's most precious historic and artistic sites can be visited today—but might be gone tomorrow" ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 26, 2009 - 15:02 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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Paintings based on a Gaza demonstration ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday February 26, 2009 - 14:45 by pat c
Cracks are emerging in the edifice of the ICTU leadership.Blair Horan of the CPSU which has opposed the levy from the start has said: that the CPSU was seeking to have the pension levy scrapped. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0226/...3.htm However in todays Irish Times, ICTU General Secretary David Begg said: the first is that our campaign is not for the elimination of the pensions levy but rather for a fairer sharing of the burden of adjustment. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0226/1....html ... read full story / add a comment 
The Government will not opt out completely from European security and defence policy (ESDP) in response to last year’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 22:52 by Mbarka
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Last Sunday Moroccan police in the occupied Western Sahara detained a young Saharawi girl and raped her for standing up against the Moroccan occupation. First they interrogated her, then they molested her and finally the policemen sodomize her with their truncheons. All in the presence of higher ranking officers. They even threatened to kill her if she made her story public. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 09:12 by JusticeForPalestine
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Amnesty's report on weapons used by both sides in Gaza finds much to condemn. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE15/012/2009/....html The group is particularly hard on the U.S., having found numerous remains of American munitions -- including white phosphorus shells from Pine Bluff Arsenal, and a Hellfire missile made in Orlando. Another weapon which bothers Amnesty is a mysterious munition, filled with cubic particles. This type of ultra-precise strike capability is supposed to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties. So we turn once again to Garlasco's comment, from an earlier conflict: "It is unfortunate that these weapons are being developed specifically for use in densely populated areas which may negate the intended effect." ... read full story / add a comment |
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