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30-04-2008 17:11

Massive side effects of TRASYLOL known for a long time

The medical doctor Professor Dr. Juergen H. Fischer already gave warnings during the 1980's concerning the dangers of TRASYLOL. However, no action was taken. We interviewed Prof. Fischer about the long career of a sometimes deadly drug

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21-03-2008 14:16

Meatout in UK, Uganda, France, Argentina, China, India, Australia, Austria,Niger

Former basketball star Bill Walton Meatout events this year in Argentina| Australia| Bermuda| Canada| Chile| China| Croatia| France| Germany| Ghana| India| Indonesia| Ireland| Israel| Italy| Japan| Kenya| Mexico| Nigeria|
Norway |Philippines| Singapore| South Africa| Spain| The Netherlands| Uganda| UK| USA

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09-02-2008 05:14

What a load of rubbish

Big dump! This story doesn't have too much to do with the UK. Except that, as the Buddha would say, we're all fundamentally interconnected. Or, to put it another way, one woman's waste is another woman's garden furniture.

And maybe the pics will help to stoke the fire in your belly...

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29-01-2008 20:15

Midsummer House – Diseased Meat, Taking Public Land and Animal Cruelty

At the last Midsummer House demo protesters were told about another reason some people dislike the ‘diseased liver restaurant’… they are taking over our common!

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21-01-2008 21:54

Midsummer House - A Rainy Day at the Diseased Liver Restaurant

A rainy day demo at Midsummer House against its sale of diseased liver. Diseased meat, yummy?

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12-01-2008 21:54

Midsummer House Sells Diseased Liver – Demo Report

Campaigners continue the fight to take cruel and diseased product off menu of Cambridge restaurant Midsummer House.

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11-01-2008 06:58

Agent Orange

Last night I attended a screening of the film "The Last Ghost of War" at IIT Chennai, India, followed by a discussion with Dr Simone Nhu-Mai of the Vietnam Agent Orange Victims Association (VAVA). The film and discussion highlighted the horrific legacy that continues to be felt in Vietnam (in addition to Laos and Cambodia, as well as among war veterans from the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Korea) due to the spraying of herbicides, including the defoliant Agent Orange.

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08-01-2008 11:00

IWW and friends callout to protest Blood Service cuts

As part of its ongoing fight to prevent massive cuts in the National Blood Service, the IWW is calling for a demonstration on Thursday 10th January at the NBS Management meeting in London.

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10-12-2007 05:36

IWW commence build-up to major assault on NBS bosses

Keep it local. With new phase of IWW campaign against 600 job cuts, the wobblies launch massive recruitment drive. The Cambridge blood centre is under threat. The IWW is going to save it.

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10-12-2007 02:31

Ebola outbreak kills two doctors, causing panic in East Africa

The Baltimore Sun is reporting: KAMPALA, Uganda — Health workers, including two physicians, are among the dead in an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, spreading fear among doctors and nurses needed to help treat victims of the highly contagious disease, officials said.

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07-12-2007 11:58

IWW Launches Second Phase of National Campaign

IWW launches second phase of fight against blood service centralisation plans.

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24-11-2007 22:43

Midsummer House – Fighting Back for the Animals!

A low food hygiene rating, supporting cruelty and the site of regular demos, Midsummer House isn’t the sort of place for a nice Christmas meal!

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20-08-2007 11:12

Audio report from those in the lock-on at Sizewell B

This audio report made by phone from those locked-on at Sizewell B nuclear power station was made at around 11am Monday 20th as part of the 24 hours of action against climate change. Those involved explain what they have done and why they are doing it.

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06-07-2007 13:27

Health Service Cuts

Health care team providing specialist support to people living in the community with mental health issues and learning difficulties is being axed.

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01-07-2007 22:32

Arrested! anti-GM protest pics

who says the young arn't interested in politics Sunday July 1st. Anti-GM campaigns take protest direct to test site in Girton near Cambridge. One protester is arrested scaling the fence erected to protect the GM potato crop and another is arrested later on for alleged criminal damage.

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22-04-2007 16:17

Photos of GM trials site [cambridge]

This lane runs along the eastside of Girton Woods. The fields are just ahead. These photographs were taken in the afternoon of Sunday 22 April.

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16-04-2007 12:13

Cambridge GM Crop Trial Location Published

Defra have published the 6 figure grid reference for the GM Potato trial site near Cambridge.

It is: TL430627

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13-04-2007 12:20

Support Blood Service workers! - IWW leaflet

Here's the link for a leaflet from the IWW in support of NBS staff in dispute with management over service cuts + 600 looming job losses.

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10-04-2007 22:36

McDonalds vegan protest picnic

Animal Rights protesters in Cambridge eat vegan food at local McDonalds outlet.

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09-04-2007 09:21

GM Crop Trials - Protest

The first GM Crop Trials in years are getting underway in Cambridge. This is widely being viewed as a test of public opinion and if we let these trials go ahead with little or no opposition, more GM trials, and eventually commercial growing will be here before we know it. Please come along and support this protest and keep an eye on our (currently very basic) website -  http://www.cambridgeaction.net/gmconcern

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