US and British diplomats were handled roughly and illegally detained, then released on Thursday in Zimbabwe. The five Americans, four Brits and three Zimbabweans were travelling in a convoy when they were attacked by police, who stopped their vehicles and slahed their tires....
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A video has been launched to further the campaign to clear the nameof Celtic League and Cornish campaigner Tony Leamon. The video, titled 'This is Tony Leamon ' can be viewed on the blogsite"Cornwall Police Watch"...
People who don't express feelings after a large-scale traumatic event may be "better off," according to a new study.Hmmm...I wonder what they mean by better off?"Being the strong, silent type who bottles up feelings...
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Myanmar exports rice as cyclone victims strugglehttp://www.unmadeinchina.org The L.A. Times10 May 2008 While Myanmar's military regime Friday restricted the rush of international aid offered to help hungry and...
‘Alternative media’ in Oaxaca, Mexico, means graffiti, not the internet. Nancy Davies comments on the latest meeting of Oaxacan journalists this weekend on NarcoNews.com.
Many issues were discussed, including the lack of unity amongst
journalists and the increasing...
"Supreme Court Finds Govenor Guilty of Violating Journalist’s Rights
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Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, herself a victim of human rights abuses, listens to the tale of the...
Due to the grave crisis in which Colombian People find themselves in under the government of Alvaro Uribe Velez, a 3-day National Popular and Agrarian Mobilization will begin throughout Columbia tomorrow, October...
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MYANMAR, URANUS AND NEPTUNE
In
Burma the bloody repression by the dictatorial military junta, began
the same day of the full-moon in Libra. During the...
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A man was stoned to death after being in jail for 11 years in a village in Iran in July. His partner and lover, Mokarameh Ebrahimi is still in jail and she may be stoned too. Their crime: Committing...
Wow. No, Big Surprise there! Harper seems to have a grasp on the situation and is trying to do something, yet Canadian Consumers still insist where price is law, regardless if it is Chinese Law."Wondering why that...
"The internet is increasingly being used to repress free expression worldwide and technology companies are complicit, speakers at an Amnesty International webcast discussion of online censorship said Wednesday.
The...
Take a look at what’s going on in Burma today. Check out this first hand report that summarizes the last year of attacks by the Burma military regime against the various ethnic people of Burma....
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Zimbabwe will head a United Nations body to promote economic progress and environmental protection, despite that nation's soaring inflation, rampant corruption and mass unemployment."Zimbabwe won approval on Friday...
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Oh gee we're stuck in Iraq. No turning back. Can't give Dubya the sack till 2008. What about our new date? Let's Ask Addie... Dear Addie, I've been engaged to my fiancee (I'll call her Mallory) for some time. Marriage seems a done deal. But I'm worried. Mallory's been...
Harare is never afraid to play the imperialism card: anybody or any organization who speaks against Mugabe's rule must surely be an agent of the British, working feverishly to restore the glory days of...
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