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IMC Radio News 10-18-2004 |
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by Sandra Ahten / Dave Berliner
Email: daveberliner (nospam) hotmail.com (unverified!) |
18 Oct 2004
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Follow the link below to where this week's edition of the IMC Radio News can be downloaded.
http://www.ucimc.org/media/all/display/3284 |
On Wednesday, October 13th, Indymedia's hard drives with Rackspace web hosting were returned without any information provided as to who took them or why. The hard drives were seized OCT 7th. Activists angered by this seizure have created a Global Action Called Operation Hard Drive-by. Activists are symbolically delivering unwanted old used hard drives the Italian consulate in Amsterdam the The Swiss Consulate and FBI in San Francisco.
On september 29th 2004 Free radio santa cruz was raided by the FCC and US Marshals. The unlicensed micro-power radio station had been in operation for
ten years.
in other news
Crude oil futures have set a record of $55 a barrel in New York.
According to the BBC Mr Greenspann noted that after the 1979
Iranian Revolution, oil was at $80 a barrel by today's standards.
A press release last friday from OPEC, the organization for petroleum
exporting countries, said that it will have it's 133 meeting of
the OPEC conference in IRAN on March 16 2005.
Hamid Dahmani the governor for algeria will serve as chairman
and Maizar Rahman, the governor of indonesia will act as alternate chairman.
In local news
The Champaign County Health Consumers, an organization for local and national health care justice will hold a rally in support of Emergency Contraception. On Thursday October 28th the rally will take place across from the Osco Drug Store in Champaign the SE corner of Green and Neil. It will be held from 5:30 to 6:30
Former Urbana Mayor has come out against adding
At Large City Council Members to the Urbana City Council..
I talk with Hiram Paley
But first Sandra Ahten discusses the issues surrounding
the referendum to add two new at large city council members to
the urbana city council. |
See also:
http://www.noatlarge.org
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