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U-C IMC Website Design Gathering |
by P. Riismandel, for IMC-Tech
paul (nospam) mediageek.org (unverified) |
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15 Jul 2001
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Help design and plan changes to make the Urbana-Champaign IMC website better. Come to the Website Design Gathering on Wed. July 18, 2001, 7:00 PM @ the IMC, 218 W. Main St., Suite 110, Urbana, IL 61801. |
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Italian Govt Exceeds 'Nazi Oppression' in Prelude to Genoa |
by Frances Kennedy
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15 Jul 2001
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"They have turned the city into a war zone. I lived here under the Nazis as a young resistance fighter. Then there was a curfew, but there was never this oppressive militarised situation," says Don Andrea Gallo, an outspoken local priest who backs the anti-capitalist cause.
Past efforts to keep pirates and Saracens at bay mean that the port of Genoa, which will be closed, should be impenetrable. In case it's not, a US warship will be anchored there. Most world leaders will be housed aboard the European Vision, a luxury liner with 783 cabins." |
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World Bank-IMF Policies in Developing World Target of Massive Protest |
by Interview by Between The Lines' Scott Harris
betweenthelines (nospam) snet.net (unverified) |
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15 Jul 2001
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Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Soren Ambrose, policy analyst with the 50 Years Is Enough Network, who talks about growing worldwide opposition to the policies of the World Bank and IMF, and the protests being planned for Washington, D.C. Sept. 26-Oct. 4. |
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U.S. in Colombia: BIGGEST DIRTY WAR SINCE VIETNAM |
by Rosendo Majano
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15 Jul 2001
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Washington tolerates atrocities against civilians by neo-Nazi AUC forces, long-known by the CIA as drug traffikers linked to the Colombian Army. In a replay of history, U.S. warmongers push for expansion of Plan Colombia, the biggest U.S. backed, dirty covert military operation since Vietnam. |
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On the Road in Brazil, fourth in a series |
by Sarah Kanouse and Sascha Meinrath, UCIMC
skanouse (nospam) eudoramail.com (unverified) |
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14 Jul 2001
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Although we're meeting a very diverse group of Brazilians, we're only scratching the surface of the economic, social, cultural and ethnic difference that underpins life in Rio de Janeiro. However, due to our very limited ability to speak Portuguese, we've been unable to converse with anyone not essentially middle or upper class and educated. Ability to speak some English, more than race, is an indicator of class, and an inability to discuss social issues without it has narrowed the range of our acquaintances. Nevertheless, we've had a diverse group of experiences over the past few days. |
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TipSheet: weekly news tips for journalists on potential environmental stories |
by James Jacobs
jacobs (nospam) uiuc.edu (unverified) |
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14 Jul 2001
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Here is the latest "TipSheet" an electronic newsletter of Story Ideas for Environmental, Science and Health Journalists. It will be accessible via the web on the U-C IMC Library's soon-to-be-live website! |
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Carle Still Dumping Patients |
by Mike Lehman
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14 Jul 2001
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Carle Foundation Hospital is among 527 hospitals violating the federal patient dumping law. While the law has been in effect since 1986, weak enforcement has meant that hospitals continue to find it more profitable to break the law than obey it. Patient rights laws are only as good as the enforcement actions behind them. It seems that the federal government has made these violations a low enforcement priority. |
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Recording Police Misconduct is Illegal in Massachusetts |
by Boston Globe (via Zach)
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14 Jul 2001
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Aparently the MA Supreme Judicial Court has just upheld a ruling that citizens can not secretly record their encounters with police officers because it violates the state's electronic surveillance law (which was originally written to ban secret wire tapping). |
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