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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday May 07, 2009 - 21:53 by pat c
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Once again the USAF has slaughtered civilians in Afghanistan. But hey its OK! Hillary says shes sorry! Full story at link. On the eve of a tripartite summit in Washington which the Obama administration has organized with the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan, reports from Afghanistan indicate that US air strikes in western Farah province have killed and wounded scores of civilians, many of them women and children. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Wednesday May 06, 2009 - 21:12 by babycham
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Yesterday the unionist parties of the Spanish state of both ruling leftwing PSOE and rightwing opposition PP, who have never agreed on anything other than pay-rises, united to elect the leader of the Basque branch of the PSOE as first minister of the Euskadi region for their loyalist commitment to the project the PP saw a young up and coming member (before only noteworthy for her thoughts on condoms [she'd never use one]) appointed speaker of the Basque parliamentary house. The Lehendakari (taoiseach) of the last ten years of the PNV majority centre right nationalist party who have always held the post thus passes into history. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday May 06, 2009 - 19:36 by Kat
I would just like to forward this article from the Dublin SPCA website. I feel this issue is not getting enough media attention. see story below. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday May 06, 2009 - 09:02 by Wallshaveears
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HAMAS POLITBURO chief Khaled Meshaal said yesterday the movement was ready to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the two-state solution. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Tuesday May 05, 2009 - 17:15 by prurience
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Irish readers might be missing a story whose soap-opera plotting and extraordinary comments are delighting the enemies of Berlusconi. The man who managed to bring the Vatican behind his new right wing alliance has just fallen foul of the RC newspaper who have published on their front page a stinging attack on the morality and behaviour of Silvio who only this weekend was accused of "cavorting with minors" by his estranged wife for attending an 18 year old birthday party depite never making it to his own childrens' 18th festivities. Preaching from the pulpit they have called on Italian voters to express their unease at the urns. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 05, 2009 - 02:45 by frequentblasphemer
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In the Irish Times Fintan O'Toole points out that 2009 is the centenary of the occasion when a play by Bernard Shaw, "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet", was used to show up the absurdity of having blasphemy laws. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday May 04, 2009 - 15:05 by Peter
"A Bigger, Bolder Role Is Imagined For the IMF Changes Suggest Shift in How Global Economy Is Run" "Inside a cavernous assembly hall in downtown Washington, dignitaries gather twice a year for routine meetings of the International Monetary Fund. Before long, though, the room could take center stage in the IMF's transformation into a veritable United Nations for the global economy" ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday May 04, 2009 - 14:16 by David L
A good short article in Counterpunch showing the boycott of Israel is having an effect. It mentions the centrality of Jewish activists supporting boycott, the determination with which Palestinian civil society is pursuing it. Also mentions the campaign against Veolia, and the Galway decision to grant no further contracts to Veolia. ... read full story / add a comment |
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