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A Womble video statement following Court Appearance 07/11/01

10-11-2001 19:07


Statement by a Womble following court appearance after being charged with rioting amonst other things, whilst trick or treating on halloween.
This time the video will work , honest please go to link above!

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WTO protest Bangor, North Wales 10th November

10-11-2001 18:34

150 people protest against the WTO in Bangor

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Building Bridges Internet Radio - International Labor & the War on Afghanistan

10-11-2001 18:34

Building Bridges:Your Community & Labor Report with a 58min internet radio program on world Labor & the War with panelists in Pakistan ,UK,US & So Africa. Building Bridges can be regularly heard on WBAI In Exile-Tuesdays9-10PM EST over www.wbix.org- CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO LISTEN TO THIS PROGRAM NOW!

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Street theatre and Carnivals oppose WTO in Barcelona

10-11-2001 18:27

A spectacular series of performance actions opposing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) used a ‘Show bus’ that took protestors to four central landmark buildings symbolising the impact of privatisation on the local communities in Barcelona today.

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Anti War Demo gains momento!

10-11-2001 17:51

Momentum builds for 18 November anti-war protest Sunday 18 November promises to see Britain's largest yet demonstration against the US-led war against Afghanistan, topping last month's 50,000-strong demonstration in London.

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Nov.9 US Trade Rep demo fotos, sound & video

10-11-2001 17:46

Nov.9 US Trade Rep demo fotos, sound & video
"Crouching Piggie, Smoking Dragon"
Hear lively drumming! Hear truth spoken to power! See dancing, spectacle, pageantry, daring feats of bureaucratic Kung-Fu!

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Womble video statement following Court Appearance 07/11/01

10-11-2001 17:09

A womble makes Video statement following Womble 7 court hearing, for alledgely rioting whilst trick and treating on Halloween.

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BBC article implies all anti-war protesters are pro-taliban (Updated)

10-11-2001 16:41

BBC news article strongly implying that all anti-war and CND protesters are actually pro-taliban demonstrators.

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Update from Italy for the anti WTO demonstration

10-11-2001 16:32

The right-wing led Italian government has made a desperate attempt to undermine 70,000 protestors made up of a coalition of united anti-WTO and war groups by providing transport for 50,000 people to march in favour of the US led war against Afghanistan in Rome today.

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AFGHANISTAN: Interview with UNICEF special representative

10-11-2001 15:08

With winter rapidly approaching, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an estimated 100,000 children dying in Afghanistan, in addition to the 300,000 already dying every year, if sufficient assistance is not received before crucial routes in the north of the country are blocked by heavy snowfall.

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AFGHANISTAN: Axworthy raises humanitarian concerns

10-11-2001 15:06

Former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy has said there has been a preoccupation in the world media with the military action in Afghanistan, at the expense of the humanitarian crisis. It was "about time that the humanitarian diplomatic agenda was brought forward for some serious debate", he told reporters in Islamabad on Tuesday.

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PAKISTAN: Interview with US Committee for Refugees official

10-11-2001 15:04

The US Committee for Refugees has issued recommendations regarding the Afghan refugees and displaced, following a nine-day visit to Pakistan by Hiram Ruiz, its communications director. Ruiz told IRIN that the closure of the Pakistan border had certainly helped trap people seeking asylum

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America turns a blind eye towards its Uzbek host

10-11-2001 15:01

US support for Uzbekistan president Islam Karimov - whose crackdown on political opponents and religious leaders has caused widespread dissatisfaction - may result in the very anti-US government Washington hopes to avoid, says Priscilla Patton

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The Pakistani bin Laden interview in full (English version)

10-11-2001 14:59

In an exclusive interview with Hamid Mir, editor of Ausaf, for Dawn and Ausaf, at an undisclosed location near Kabul, Osama bin Laden said, "We have chemical and nuclear weapons as deterrent"

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NEW UN REPORT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT US BOMBING IN AFGHANISTAN

10-11-2001 14:56

A new United Nations report on the human rights conditions in Afghanistan raises questions about the ongoing US bombing campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda. It expresses concern that the raids risk violating international humanitarian law, and calls for an inquiry into whether the US military is taking proper precautions to prevent civilian casualties.

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National Stop The War Demo 18th Nov - Momentum Builds

10-11-2001 14:54

Momentum builds for 18 November anti-war protest
News release: Stop the War Coalition: 9 November, 2001
Sunday 18 November promises to see Britain's largest yet demonstration against the US-led war against Afghanistan, topping last month's 50,000-strong demonstration in London.
SPREAD THE WORD!!

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The WTO's Secret Agenda

10-11-2001 14:01

LONDON -- Three confidential documents from inside the WTO
Secretariat and a group of captains of London finance, who call themselves the "British Invisibles," reveal the extraordinary secret entanglement of industry with govt. in designing European and American proposals for radical pro-business changes in WTO rules.

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Urgent Update - Aisha & Bankole, exiles from the US

10-11-2001 13:03

Aisha Angela Taylor and Bankole Irungu, currently living in the UK, are officially stateless after being denied refugee status by Canada but being told by the Canadian Government "DO NOT RETURN TO THE U.S. WITHOUT PERMISSION"...and "Do not attempt to fly over U.S. airspace"...They have a passport, but no country. They need your support now.

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Rathmines Anti War Movement Portabello Bridge

10-11-2001 08:49

Rathmines Anti War Movement Portabello Bridge
Join the Anti War Protest at the Portabello Bridge every evening at 5:30pm
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Virtual Sit-In against WTO

10-11-2001 08:26

protests are taking place in cities around the globe . . .

and we will add our virtual bodies to the presence of the physical bodies of people who are taking to the streets.  Why? To drive home to the WTO that we will not stop until people take priority over profit.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTION POINT YOUR BROWSER TO  http://www.geocities.com/no_wto2001
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