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Apr 28 2008 12:43PM
Tibet update

Source: China Digital Times These updates of recent events since 10 March 2008 in Tibet and Tibetan areas of China have been posted on Woeser’s blog . They have been provided by sources inside China and have not been independently...

Apr 27 2008 1:03PM
One more film worth seeing:  

The US soldier back from tour on Iraq sobs into his wife's shoulder as he tells how he is haunted by the rape and killing of a fifteen-year-old Iraqi woman by his fellow soldiers. All around him, his homecoming party calls out...

Apr 25 2008 1:06PM
A Stunning Success

To the SNP Spring Conference, where a motion on Tasers awaits the attention of delegates. For those of you who have never typed "taser abuse" into Youtube these are pistol-shaped electro-shock weapons. They fire two metal probes that...

Apr 25 2008 12:57PM
Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot

The ubiquitous adverts say “War. Revolution. Family. Punk rock. All part of growing up”. And the “Punk is not ded” illustration is dead-on smart marketing. So, altogether then, every reason to be suspicious of “Persepolis”. It’s an...

Apr 25 2008 1:58AM
Finucane family's agony continues, as does UK government avoidance of truth

Nineteen years after his murder by loyalist paramilitaries, the family of lawyer Pat Finucane is still waiting for the truth behind his killing to emerge. Successive UK governments have bobbed and weaved to avoid the full story...