Iran didn't have weapons programme before 2003 either

5 December, 2007 - 01:00
After US spies admitted Iran has not been pursuing nuclear weapons in the last four years, making their report more consistent with IAEA investigations, the Russian foreign minister stated that there had never been such a programme. Russia had expelled all Iranians studying nuclear physicists in 1997. Meanwhile Shirin Ebadi, first Muslim woman to win Nobel peace prize, has called for her government to suspend enrichment.
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Global food shortages predicted in next two years

5 December, 2007 - 01:00
Climate change and associated water shortages, land use for biofuels, and Asian demand for meat are all contributing to projected grain shortages in the next two years, Joachim von Braun of the International Food Policy Research Institute told the Guardian. Poorer countries suffer disproportionately, and tortilla riots in Mexico City are seen as a "first sign".
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Opportunities to "vote"

27 November, 2007 - 01:00
The Home Office has recently released a consultation paper to gauge the public's feelings around protesting in and around Parliament. You are invited to let your thoughts and feelings be known. And the BBC is asking its readers to vote whether a third runway and sixth terminal should be built at Heathrow.
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Buy Nothing Day Advertising

24 November, 2007 - 01:00
Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism promoted by the Canadian Adbusters magazine. Two visual actions took place in London and Norwich
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Guantanamo manual gets Wikileaked

17 November, 2007 - 01:00
Such great attention was paid this week to one of the many documents posted on Wikileaks that the load caused the site to be unavailable. The 2003 operating manual for “Camp Delta” includes among its 238 pages information that some prisoners were to be kept away from Red Cross contact. The Pentagon subsequently asked for the 4MB PDF document to be removed but had less effect than thousands of people following news links.
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Guantanamo manual gets Wikileaked

17 November, 2007 - 01:00
Such great attention was paid this week to one of the many documents posted on Wikileaks that the load caused the site to be unavailable. The 2003 operating manual for “Camp Delta” includes among its 238 pages information that some prisoners were to be kept away from Red Cross contact. The Pentagon subsequently asked for the 4MB PDF document to be removed but had less effect than thousands of people following news links.
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IAEA certifies that Iran has not diverted materials to weapons purposes

17 November, 2007 - 01:00
A slightly provisional report by the IAEA on Iran's nuclear programme has been spun in various predictable ways, with the US and UK press highlighting that co-operation has been "reactive rather than proactive" and the continuing enrichment. The report however gives no hint of possible use of centrifuges for nuclear weapons. AFP looks at the fears of Iranian-Americans.
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Buy Nothing Day is Saturday 24 November this year

16 November, 2007 - 01:00
Environmentalists, social activists and concerned citizens in as many as 65 countries will hit the streets for a 24-hour consumer fast in celebration of the 15th annual Buy Nothing Day. 24/11 also happens to be a Day of Action against an Attack on Iran and for TOTAL out of Burma (see left).
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US forced labour activists win Anti-slavery award

16 November, 2007 - 01:00
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), leading the fight against forced labour in United States agriculture, is being presented with the 2007 Anti-Slavery Award from Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest international human rights organisation. CIW was founded in 1993, has helped free over a thousand workers held in debt bondage, and is currently calling on Burger King to end sweatshop conditions on US farms.
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Campaigners win key ruling on termination of BAE-Saudi corruption inquiry

9 November, 2007 - 01:00
The High Court has granted permission for Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House to bring a full judicial review hearing against the UK Government's decision to cut short an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into alleged corruption by environmentally friendly BAE Systems in recent arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Lord Justice Moses agreed that the issue "cries out for a public hearing" in everyone's interests. The hearing is scheduled for Jan or Feb 2008.
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