Jury decides intention to damage US bombers was lawful

23 May, 2007 - 01:00
The trial of "the B52 Two", Philip Pritchard and Toby Olditch, has ended with a unanimous "not guilty" verdict. The two attempted to nonviolently disable planes at RAF Fairford on 18 Mar 2003 that were about to bomb Iraq, and maintain that war crimes were committed including use of cluster bombs and 'bunker-busters'. Josh Richards, Margaret Jones and Paul Richards are also scheduled to be retried at Bristol.
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5 years to avoid climate catastrophe says WWF

18 May, 2007 - 01:00
The WWF has launched a plan to avoid the worst climate change with improved energy efficiency, reducing deforestation and no need for nuclear power. Meanwhile, a study in Science shows that CO2 solubility in Southern oceans has decreased, prompting fears of imminent climate 'feedback' effects.
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Labour MP to question government over Falluja bombings

16 May, 2007 - 01:00
Peter Kilfoyle MP is due to raise parliamentary questions about UK complicity at the highest level in the bombings of Falluja in 2004 in which over 600 people died (currently the subject of London play). Kilfoyle will also ask about repeated allegations that Mr Bush threatened to bomb al-Jazeera TV at a meeting with Mr Blair in the White House in April 2004.
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Corruption plain to see at the heart of the World Bank

15 May, 2007 - 01:00
The scandal around Wolfowitz's leadership of the World Bank - involving serious conflict of interest allegations over the promotion and salary rise of his girlfriend, has highlighted the need to end the fix which sees the president chosen by the US administration.
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Alternative Service Provider so36.net was raided

14 May, 2007 - 01:00
on 9th May by German police. As tension mounts in the run up to the 2007G8 summit, police raided about 40 buildings in Berlin and Hamburg, including the alternative internet service provider so36.net, several social centres and private homes. Calls for solidarity have been launched in London and Amsterdam
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World marks grim anniversary of Darfur conflict

27 April, 2007 - 01:00
Protests will take place on Sunday (29 April) in over 35 capitals around the world to mark the fourth anniversary of the deadly conflict in Darfur, with 10,000 hourglasses filled with fake blood. The demonstration in London will be opposite Downing Street at noon.
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'One laptop per child' now costs $175

27 April, 2007 - 01:00
The OLPC plan to provide $100 (£50) hand-powered Linux-based laptop computers to children in the South including Rwanda and Pakistan, now looks like it will bear fruit by September. There are however worries that the 75% price hike is for unexpected changes to accomodate MS Windows. Microsoft recently announced it would be selling its software for $3 to some Southern governments. We wonder what competition it might be worried about...
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Indigenous leader wins Goldman prize for defending uncontacted tribes

27 April, 2007 - 01:00
The winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2007 include Peruvian indigenous leader Julio Cusirichi Palacios, Zambian Hammerskjoeld Simwinga for setting up economic alternatives to elephant poaching and Willie Corduff from Ireland, jailed for opposition to a Shell pipeline.
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TV turn-off week gets kids involved in real world

26 April, 2007 - 01:00
TV turn-off week is being taken up by schools internationally as a way of promoting reading.
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Renewables firms attack DTI over grant fiasco

21 April, 2007 - 01:00
Green power firms are laying off staff because the government has shut its Low Carbon Buildings Programme from March 1 to 'sometime in May', after previous complaints about unreliable funding, mocking the government's green claims. The LCBP was meant to provide up to 50% grants for solar, wind and ground-source heat pumps. "This is an astonishing way to treat a fledgling industry" said Friends of the Earth.
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