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Congo's Tin Soldiers Exploited Africa laid bare: the thousand of tin miners slaving to bring the raw materials out that keep the world's electronics turning. (Channel 4 News, 30 Jun 2005) Photos Dungeon masters Liverpool's slavery exhibit has some appalling sights; Ghana's barracks for the human cargo are worse. But it's their differences that tell the true story. (Guardian, 30 Jun 2005) Not just the bad Burnley white man Attitudes towards asylum have hardened over the past few years. But it would be a mistake to think this is exclusively a problem of an illiberal white working class. (Guardian, 29 Jun 2005) Brown targets subsidy 'hypocrisy' Chancellor Gordon Brown is to accuse European countries of hypocrisy for not reforming the Common Agricultural Policy - but at the same time promising increases in aid to Africa. (BBC, 29 Jun 2005) High turnover 'disrupts schools' Schools in London are "struggling to cope" with a high turnover of pupils, says a report from the Association of London Government (ALG). (BBC, 27 Jun 2005) Will protests hurt the Tesco brand? The UK's supermarket group Tesco has reported another set of strong financial figures, showing how its influence is growing rapidly to dominate ever more people's shopping habits. ...But not everyone is happy at such supermarket success stories. (BBC, 25 Jun 2005) Power to the people Mini-power stations in homes which produce electricity and hot water and export power to the grid will replace many of the country's giant power generating plants, Malcolm Wicks, the energy minister, said yesterday. (Guardian, 24 Jun 2005) Parmalat founder to stand trial An Italian judge has formally charged 16 executives and three financial institutions over their role in the 2003 near collapse of the dairy giant. The executives, who include company founder Calisto Tanzi, are accused of market rigging and false auditing. (BBC, 25 Jun 2005) Rumsfeld: US not losing Iraq war Donald Rumsfeld has said the US is not losing the Iraq war and it would be a mistake to set a timetable for American troops to leave the country. To set a deadline would "send a lifeline to terrorists", he told House and Senate committees. But the US top Gulf commander General John Abizaid told the same Senate committee more foreign fighters were coming into Iraq than six months ago. (BBC, 23 Jun 2005) Ex-Ku Klux Klan leader, 80, faces jail over killings One of the ugliest chapters of America's civil rights era was closed yesterday when a preacher and former Ku Klux Klan leader was found guilty of ordering the killings of three young activists 41 years to the day after their deaths. Edgar Ray Killen, 80, faces a minimum sentence of 20 years after he was convicted on three counts of manslaughter by a mainly white jury in the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi. (Telegraph, 22 Jun 2005) Grounds for complaint The common lands of England and Wales are in a mess. As many as one in 10 of our commons may have been lost since 1970, while many more are suffering from damage, neglect and encroachment. (Guardian, 22 Jun 2005) Climate 'key to African future' Efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa will fail unless urgent action is taken to halt climate change, a coalition of aid and environment groups claims. (BBC, 20 Jun 2005) Nagasaki bomb story gets out, 60 years on Censored stories written by an American journalist who sneaked into Nagasaki soon after it was razed by a US atomic bomb have surfaced six decades later. They describe a "wasteland of war" and the city's radiation-sickened inhabitants. The national Mainichi newspaper this month began serialising George Weller's stories and photographs for the first time since they were lost 60 years ago. (Guardian, 20 Jun 2005) Memorial to Chinese lorry victims A permanent memorial is being unveiled on Saturday to the 58 Chinese men and women who were found dead in the back of a truck at a British port. (BBC, 18 Jun 2005) Memorial Unveiled to Victims of People Smugglers A memorial to 58 Chinese men and women who were found dead in the back of a truck at a British port was being unveiled today to mark the fifth anniversary of the tragedy. (Scotsman, 18 Jun 2005) Niger court frees slave activists A Niger court has freed on bail two anti-slavery campaigners who had been held for six weeks on charges of fraud. ...Ilguilas Weila and Alassane Biga deny trying to falsely elicit money from foreign donors. (BBC, 17 Jun 2005) What lies behind the Zimbabwe demolitions? The homes of some 200,000 Zimbabwean city dwellers have been demolished in the past three weeks, according to the United Nations. BBC, 17 Jun 2005) Give us back our land, poor US tribe tells super rich owners ...[T]he residents of Southampton find themselves at the centre of a multibillion dollar law suit filed by some of America's poorest citizens as the Shinnecock Native Americans fired an opening salvo in their battle to reclaim 3,600 acres of ancestral lands around the exclusive Long Island town. (Guardian, 17 Jun 2005) Malaysia axes boat people marker The Malaysian government has ordered that a memorial erected by former Vietnamese boat people on an island where they were interned be torn down. (BBC, 15 Jun 2005) University for South Africa's poor Taddy Blecher must be the first person to have founded a university from a fax machine. ...But the university - CIDA City Campus - has become a remarkable success story, gaining blue-chip sponsors, a campus and a reputation for innovation. See CIDA Foundation UK. (BBC, 15 Jun 2005) National Archives to be named after Rodney As a tribute to the life and work of the late Dr Walter Rodney, the new National Archives will be named after him upon its completion and there will be a scholarship to the University of Guyana for one student per year in his name. (Stabroek News, 15 Jun 2005) Rodney monument unveiled - memorial park set up at Hadfield St avenue A monument was unveiled and a memorial park established along the Hadfield Street avenue yesterday to honour the life and legacy of WPA leader, Dr Walter Rodney on the 25th anniversary of his assassination. (Stabroek News, 14 Jun 2005) Poncho revolutionaries rise up to topple leaders and shake continent Call it the Poncho Revolution. Indigenous dynamite-wielding tin miners and peasant women in traditional dress placed Bolivia's white political elite under siege this week, forcing the Government to call an election amid signs the country was descending into civil war. (Times, 11 Jun 2005) Conscription of the past Before his political decapitation at the general election, shadow education secretary Tim Collins set out to devise a new history curriculum. "The survival of the British nation," he told an audience of headteachers, depended on an understanding of "our shared heritage and the nature of the struggles, foreign and domestic, which have secured our freedoms." (Guardian, 11 Jun 2005) UK criticised over human rights Europe's human rights watchdog has criticised the way in which the UK treats terror suspects. The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Alvaro Gil-Robles, says control orders violate basic rights - a claim ministers deny. (BBC, 8 Jun 2005) Body parts fall from SA aeroplane Parts of a man's body have fallen onto a New York home from a South African Airways aeroplane as it approached John F Kennedy airport. ...Police believe the man stowed onto the flight when it landed in Senegal. (BBC, 8 Jun 2005) Eyewitness: Zimbabwe demolitions The Zimbabwean government has demolished the homes and businesses of at least 200,000 people as part of a plan to evict street traders and demolish illegal townships in the country's cities, according to the UN. (BBC, 8 Jun 2005) Britain's Gypsy shame The largest Gypsy and Traveller community in Britain, at Dale Farm near Billericay in Essex, is today threatened with brutal eviction. (Guardian, 8 Jun 2005) Window on the world Transparency rules for developing countries rich in natural resources need global application. (Guardian, 8 Jun 2005) China orders bloggers to register with government The Chinese authorities have ordered all weblogs and websites in the country to register with the government or face closure in Beijing's latest attempt to control online dissent. (Guardian, 7 Jun 2005) Ex council flat fetches £700,000 A former council flat has been sold for just under £700,000. The property is a split-level ground floor flat in London's exclusive Primrose Hill area, home to celebrities such as Jude Law, Kate Moss and Sadie Frost. (Guardian, 6 Jun 2005) Why is Bolivia in turmoil? Ever since Carlos Mesa took over the Bolivian presidency in October 2003, hardly a day has passed without some sort of demonstration. (BBC, 3 Jun 2005) EU leaders set for crisis talks The German chancellor is flying to Luxembourg for emergency talks on the future of the European Union. Gerhard Schroeder will meet the prime minister of Luxembourg, the current president of the EU, after the French and Dutch rejected the EU constitution. (BBC, 2 Jun 2005) Quango leak undermines home owning push The government drive to increase the number of home owners has been questioned by the agency primarily responsible for implementing the plan, leaked documents reveal today. ... the Housing Corporation, the agency responsible for implementing the government's housing policy, has expressed its own reservations about the plans. (Guardian, 2 Jun 2005) Watergate's Deep Throat revealed The Washington Post has confirmed that Mark Felt, a former top FBI official, was Deep Throat, the source who leaked secrets during the Watergate scandal. (BBC, 1 Jun 2005) |
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2005