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*Russian authorities/media deny early reports (Russian state-run news channel Rossiya-24) that a girl was killed in the attack. Mind you, they deny a lot of things… Avtonom has an English translation of an account published in local media here.
you have to treat them nice & gentle
do nothing rash, they’re sensitive
you must be somewhat sentimental
respectful of [...]

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Let’s debate Afghanistan, but give us the facts first
Tom Hyland
The Age
August 29, 2010
Where there is no information, there is no hope of a meaningful discussion.
IT HAS taken nine years, the deaths of 21 Australian soldiers and a hung parliament, but now our politicians agree: they will have a debate on Afghanistan. The Greens have long [...]

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The term ‘September 11′ is now forever associated with the terrorist attacks upon New York and Washington in 2001; in 2000, however, ‘S11′ was the name given to ‘three days of protest + carnival’ against the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum, held at Crown Casino in Melbourne. (For others, ‘September 11′ will [...]

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Mário Machado is líder máximo of the Portuguese franchise of the international neo-Nazi skinhead network known as the Hammerskins. In Australia, the franchise holders call themselves the Southern Cross Hammerskins, and are coming to Melbourne on September 25.
Mário Machado jailed
The Portugal News Online
August 21, 2010
Neo-Nazi leader Mário Machado has been jailed for seven years and [...]

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But somehow, I think we’ll manage.

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Well.
Looks like Australian authorities are following the lead of foreign states, and attempting to eliminate support for terrorism.
Today:
“The Australian Federal Police (AFP) carried out raids across [Melbourne]’s north and south-east, as part of an investigation into the funding of terrorism.”
No, the AFP weren’t raiding foreign Embassies, Government offices, or those belonging to TNCs, but rather [...]

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They held up a stone.
I said, “Stone,”
Smiling they said, “Stone.”
They showed me a tree.
I said, “Tree.”
Smiling they said, “Tree.”
They shed a man’s blood.
I said, “Blood.”
Smiling, they said, “Paint.”
They shed a man’s blood.
I said, “Blood.”
Smiling, they said, “Paint.”
~ Dannie Abse (adapted from the Hebrew of Amir Gilboa), 1982

הנורמה שדובר צה”ל אבי בניהו מכחיש ["The Norm that [...]

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On Tuesday, August 3, 2010, long-time political prisoner and acclaimed poet and translator Marilyn Buck, 62, passed peacefully at her home in Brooklyn, New York.

See also : Warrior-Poet Marilyn Buck : No Wall Too Tall, The Rag Blog, May 22, 2010.

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LOL.
*shrugs*
Israel’s Own Military Prisoner Photo Scandal, on Facebook, Hamilton Nolan, Gawker | Storm over Israeli ‘abuse’ photos, Al Jazeera | Israeli Bloggers Copy Controversial Images From Facebook, Robert Mackey, The New York Times (blogs) | http://sachim.tumblr.com/post/961910853…
“War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and [...]

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A few weeks ago, British QUANGO the Parades Commission gave the go-ahead to a “Cultural Demonstration” by the Blue Man Group followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh the Orange Order (LOL No 647 Earl Of Erne) in Ardoyne, Belfast.
And the rest, as they say, is over 400 years of History.
And ah, screaming headlines.
And er, riot pr0n.
Anyway, [...]

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