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international / miscellaneous Thursday February 07, 2008 - 16:10 by tomeile
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The Irish media coverage of the fire which killed nine people of Turkish origin in the German city Ludwigshafen last weekend focused mostly on the image of a baby thrown from a window to be caught by a heroic firefighter . The Turkish media has however concentrated on the possible involvement of xenophobic and Islamophobic elements in starting the blaze. The Turkish ambassador to Germany said it was strange that German politicians had ruled out such involvement before police had established the cause. Turkish State Minister Mustafa Said Yazicioglu met German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Ankara on Monday to ask for a full investigation saying : “Islamophobia spread because several incidents after September 11th attacks were exaggerated thus racist incidents emerged, and all these brought an unpleasant situation for Turks in Germany.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 07, 2008 - 14:15 by Joe
On December 11, one of the Arab world's top bloggers Fouad Al-Farhan was arrested by the Saudi Interior Ministry. A successful hi-tech entrepreneur, Fouad was arrested at his office and his computers seized. He was detained after refusing to apologize for blog posts criticizing Saudi officials. Fouad remains held in an undisclosed location. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Thursday February 07, 2008 - 14:01 by staring at goats
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"......The British Ministry of Defence says it will abandon deep-diving experiments which involve inducing decompression sickness in live goats. The animals were used to see what the likely risk of "the bends" would be following escape from a submarine at varying depths under water. The information would help crews judge whether it would be safer to abandon a stricken vessel or wait to be rescued. Animal rights campaigners say the move will "end decades of animal suffering". More than 400 such experiments have taken place since 2000. However, the tests were suspended in March 2007 while a review committee of six experts examined alternative methods, such as computer-modelling techniques to simulate the effects of the "bends". Now the UK MoD says there is no further need for the animal testing......." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday February 07, 2008 - 11:47 by Miriam Cotton
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Letter in today's Guardian about how these two vultures are squawking for a slice of the blood-soaked action. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 07, 2008 - 06:46 by Avila TV
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Venezuela suffered a Coup d'Etat in april 11 of 2002. ... read full story / add a comment |
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