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international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday July 03, 2006 20:18 by iosaf
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Voters went to the polls in Mexico, a federation of 31 states and one district yesterday the 2nd of July to directly elect their new President. There are roughly 106.5 million Mexican citizens and their state ranks 12th in the World GDP and 4th for "per capita income" in Latin America. The "not voting" thing was very simple for Mexico, 2005 saw Chiapas agree to send Sub Comandant Marcus out on a nation-wide "other campaign". Officially 99.4% of ballot offices were opened without incident, and 58.91% of the electorate voted. That means an abstention of roughly 41%. The "voting" thing has produced a result so narrow that the Federal Electoral Institute can't call the election yet. The mechanism used dictates that the candidate with "plurality of votes" shall win, even if that candidate hasn't got more than 50%. If the IFE can't call the results, it means there is less than 0.3% difference in the results. there is no mechanism for a "run-off" election which readers will remember occured in the recent Peruvian presidential elections. read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday July 03, 2006 16:41 by Niall Harnett
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After 3 years fighting the ESB down the usual dead end routes of the courts, the planners, the politicians, the County Councils etc, things finally came to a head for the Bantry Concerned Action Group (BCAG) over the last few days when an assault by the ESB Networks Crew and Officials on a number of local farmers resulted in an ESB blockade of farm entrances in attempting to access their lands for the purposes of erecting pylons, poles and an overhead 38kv power line, to connect the as yet unlicensed and unbuilt 'Murnane & O'Shea' development 'Ballybane Glanta Windfarm' in Dromourneen to the substation at Ballylickey 14km away. ESB Networks have been granted high court injunctions / restraining orders against a number of the BCAG and are seeking more injunctions against more local residents at the high court in Dublin tomorrow Monday 3rd July (to be adjourned). The ESB are seeking to enter their lands on the back of these injunctions and their associated threats of jail, costs and/or fines. But the BCAG are not lying down and are committed to blocking all attempts to start work on their lands, until the ESB reverse their plans and agree to PUT THIS POWERLINE UNDERGROUND. In a disgraceful display of true form, ignoring all ‘commitments’ to ‘social responsibility’, ‘codes of practice’ and ‘open communication in relation to the concerns of local communities’, ESB Networks Manager, Liam O’Sullivan (and his foot) accompanied by sidekick David Killian, blockaded their own contactors from pulling out of Joe Burke’s and other farms, after the contractors agreed to leave having been stopped in their tracks by the group. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / press release Monday July 03, 2006 15:52 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin
Cuireann Na Gaeil Óga fáilte roimh chinneadh Fhoras na Gaeilge maoiniú suntasach a chur ar fáil d'fhoilseachán nuachta laethúil. Agus an próiseas measúnachta ar siúl i láthair na huaire, áfach, is cúis imní do Na Gaeil Óga gurb é foilseachán nuachta laethúil a luadh ar fhógra an Fhorais in ionad nuachtáin laethúil. read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / news report Monday July 03, 2006 12:30 by mOuse
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Mr Preston wants to know why the journalists and mainstream media are not asking Minister Mc Dowell why he keeps referring to the attack on his daughter to the criminal case which resulted from investigations at the Goose Pub and not to the conspiracy of silence surrounding the removal and alteration of documents related to the civil case, in which he has implicated Mr Joe Costello TD? Mr Preston wants to know who provided the doorman service to the Goose Pub, where two people implicated in the assault on his daughter were allowed free access. Witnesses who made statements to the Gardai were minors and served openly in the pub and allowed access to the facilities. When Ms Preston was attacked, Mr Preston wants to know why the security at the pub called the gardai and not an ambulance. The girl was left standing outside the pub for fifteen minutes with a bleeding face. Two people implicated in the case have faced serious criminal charges. One is deceased, (shot). Mr Preston asks again why Michael Mc Dowell TD refers the issue to the criminal case and not the tampering with evidence in a civil case. He wants indymedia readers to be aware that the political parties who fight for rights of citizens do not stand in solidarity with him. He is forty three days on hunger strike. He has asked for Brian, who previously reported the story to make contact regarding the situation at the Goose pub. read full story / add a comment
down / environment / news report Monday July 03, 2006 03:17 by >>>>>>
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Green Party Councillor, Brian Wilson, on the Education Board for County Down has voted for the removal of concessionary bus passes for children. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday July 03, 2006 00:35 by Tim Hourigan
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On Saturday a small bunch of peace activists entered Shannon Airport and distributed flowers and petals in rememberance of all the people killed in the Iraq and Afghan wars, and calling for an end of military use of Shannon, be it the US going to Iraq, Afghanistan or Iran, the Israeli Air Force, or the Russians and Belgians arming South and Central America. The date co-incided with the withdrawal of World Airways from Shannon. World is now routing its military flights through Leipzig in Germany. Although the Shannon option provided the most fuel effiecient route over the Atlantic, World Airways contends that it can cut out a crew change by using Leipzig and having a short route to the M.E. from Europe. World has brought most of the 600,000 troops through Shannon for the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan. read full story / add a comment |
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