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Martinique strike turns violent, mayor urges calm
A general strike in the French Caribbean island of Martinique turned violent on Friday as protesters clashed with business owners who organized their own peaceful protest.
Hundreds of police launched tear gas as protesters threw rocks and bottles and set cars and garbage bins on fire.
Martinique’s prefect, Ange Mancini, said four police officers were slightly injured. He asked residents to remain indoors.
Employers were confronted as (…)

As George W Bush’s St. Patrick’s Day visit to Calgary draws near, the federal government is facing pressure from activists and human rights lawyers to bar the former US president from the country or prosecute him for war crimes and crimes against humanity once he steps on Canadian soil.
http://ffwdweekly.com/article/news-...
War Criminal George Bush World Tour: Calgary, March 17, 2009
The People Vs Bush
http://www.peoplevbush.ca
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by Keith Harmon Snow
I recently received a phone call from an Australian man who identified himself as an investigator for the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague, Netherlands. The investigator and his colleague had read my story, “Merchant’s of Death: Exposing Corporate Financed Holocaust in Africa,” and they wanted my cooperation to provide more detailed evidence about the warlords behind the massacres at Bogoro, Congo, described briefly in my story.
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A huge and spirited rally demanding “Climate Justice,” was held in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2009. In between speakers at the event, Ms. Kathy Mattea, a popular country and bluegrass performer and also a social activist, entertained the crowd. The stage was set up across the street from the Capitol Power Plant, which was the subject of the demonstration. One of the ballads, Ms. Mattea sang was “Cool of the Day,” written by Jean Ritchie. Ms. Mattea is a native of South Charleston, WV. Her (…)

On March 4, 2009, a press conference was held in London and simulcasted to “The Palestine Center” in Washington, D.C. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of “The Lancet” publication, summaried a report, issued this date, by his group. It is entitled: “Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The study, part of a series, is the result of “a 2-year collaboration between Palestinian public health scientists, WHO and associated UN agencies,” along with many others. The report documents the (…)

By People vs. Bush
The American war criminal George W Bush has been invited to speak in Calgary, Alberta, Canada by a large lawfirm connected to the oil industry - Bennett Jones. He will arrive on March 17, 2009. There are more foreign dates planned as well.
He will be travelling for the first time, without immunity, across an international border into a foreign jurisdiction. He should immediately be arrested and held for war crimes. He has much to answer for.
Canada must be made to (…)

A warning to Canada, Dr Jekyll has turned into Mr. Hyde again, and it didn’t take long.
Stephen Harper has on numerous occasions promised to work with every party in parliament for the betterment of Canadians, but don’t you believe him. He is back to his old ways at the first opportunity that has presented itself, promising to send Canadians back to the dark ages.
On Friday 27 February 2009, the Conservative government revived a bill to impose automatic jail terms for drug-related (…)

JAZZMAN CHRONICLES. DISSEMINATE FREELY.
“I want to be very clear: We sent our troops to Iraq to do away with Saddam Hussein’s regime… We kept our troops in Iraq to help establish a sovereign government… And we will leave the Iraqi people with a hard-earned opportunity to live a better life.”
Barack Obama, February 27 2009 Address to Marines at Camp Lejeune.
“I don’t oppose all wars… What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the (…)

What was the Sphinx?
BY ROBERT TEMPLE
There has never been a satisfactory answer to what the Sphinx actually is or was. Anyone who goes to Giza can see for himself or herself that there is something ‘wrong’ with the Sphinx. It only takes an instant. The body is gigantic and the head is just a pimple. The Egyptians never did anything like that, they were always meticulous about proportions in their art. So how is it that we have this monster with a tiny head sitting there in the sand, (…)

Air Power Australia - Australia’s Independent Defence Think Tank
Air Power Australia NOTAM 4th March, 2009 Dr Carlo Kopp, SMAIAA, MIEEE, PEng
PAK-FA rendering by NPO Saturn. Unlike the JSF, the stealthy PAK-FA is being designed with air superiority performance and high agility as the primary consideration. To date only speculative renderings have been released, making assessments difficult (Saturn NPO).
For three decades the United States has held the undisputed monopoly on the most (…)