UK: Four held after rave at Oxford LMS site – July 1998 Four held after rave at LMS site
By thisisoxfordshire - Monday 20 July 1998
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Four people were arrested after riot police broke up an illegal rave at the LMS building near Oxford railway station.
Officers moved in at 7.30am yesterday after residents complained of being kept awake by thumping music.
Police seized drugs, knives and a Chinese 'rice flail' martial arts weapon after clashes with party-goers.
Complaints, including calls from guests at the nearby Royal Oxford Hotel, began flooding in at around midnight on Saturday.
An environmental health officer from Oxford City Council served organisers with a notice to stop the music at 12.30am.
But at 4.30am the party continued and the environmental health officers requested police help under the Environmental Protection Act.
Officers in riot gear moved in to seize the sound system and in reportedly violent scenes that followed, four people were arrested.
An Oxford police spokesman said: "This was a very disruptive party. There was clear evidence of drug misuse and a quantity of substances as well as knives and a rice flail were recovered by police."
Newspaper delivery man Bill Bowell, of Bridge Street, Osney, saw the police raid.
He said: "The music was ever so loud. It woke up everybody. There were about four police vans and four cars and officers wearing riot gear. Two guys got away by hiding in the chimney pot on the top of the building."
Four people are being questioned.
Protesters have occupied the listed former station building since May. Last week, councillors granted permission for the building to be dismantled to make way for a road widening scheme and the new Oxford University business school.
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UK: Welcome to the pleasure dome – June 1997 Welcome to the pleasure dome
By thisislancashire - Thursday 26 June 1997
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POLICE officers in Morecambe will be bracing themselves for the resort's first all night rave at the Dome this Friday. Coach loads of more than a 1,000 ravers are expected to descend on Morecambe in an event which will see people partying from 8pm until 6am. Insp Graham Richardson said he was extremely concerned about the event following the recent riot along Morecambe prom which left four police officers injured and led to the arrest of 14 drunken revellers. Despite strong objections from the police, the Dome was given a licence to hold two all nighters for a trial period back in May. Now, permission to hold a further six dawn raves depends on what happens this Friday.
A special meeting with licensee bosses at Lancaster City Council has already been organised to report back on the night's events.
Gary Robinson, of ArdshokK which is organising the event, told the Citizen he was confident the night would run smoothly.
"We're working with the authorities, there will be medics on the door and security checks in place to make sure there's no trouble. If Friday goes well I don't see why we should not be granted a license for the rest of the year."
People from all the over the country are expected to take part in the hard-core rave because so few venues elsewhere in the country are granted all night licences.
"There'll be people from Liverpool, Bradford, Leeds, Derbyshire and Milton Keynes. It is a good way of attracting young people to Morecambe. There are thousands of people who go to raves and if we aren't given a licence to hold them then they will be pushed underground and become less safe. At the moment we have medics, stick to regulations and work with the local authorities."
Police raised objections to dawn raves because of the demands on resources and potential drug problems.
Insp Richardson said: "I object to policing raves on the grounds that I do not have sufficient resources to deal with anything that might happen."
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UK: Baby boppers! – May 1997 Baby boppers!
By thisislancashire - Thursday 15 May 1997
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HUNDREDS of teenagers danced the night away at a baby rave for under 18s.
Energetic youngsters raved to happy hardcore tracks played by top named DJs including Vibes, Babylee and Freestripe at The Mill on Aqueduct Street, Preston on Friday evening (May 2).
Organiser David Hyde said: "It was a brilliant night, everyone loved it. Our next event is on May 16".
And on Saturday afternoon (May 3) youngsters partied away to the sounds of new chart sensations Alibi at a Rock FM teen disco.
Hosted by top DJs Rob Charles and Glenn Hunt, the event at Squires nightclub, Preston, attracted over 500 teenagers.
Rock FM's Paul Jordan said: "We never really do anything for the youngsters and they're an important part of our audience."
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UK: What’s the story morning glory? – May 1997 What's the story morning glory? Dawn raves planned for Dome
By thisislancashire - Thursday 15 May 1997
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COUNCIL chiefs swept aside police fears and voted to stage two all night rave parties in Morecambe it emerged this week. Licensing bosses gave permission to hold raves until 6am at Morecambe Dome in May and June despite strong police objections. Originally party organisers applied for permission to hold a series of eight events throughout the summer. But the go-ahead has been given for just two on a trial period and under police surveillance.
Cllr Shirley Burns, of the Licensing Service Group, said: "We have to give these things a try. Drugs is a problem wherever you go, unfortunately even outside schools. If there are any serious problems with drugs then the parties will be stopped straight away."
In the past police objected to dawn rave parties because of noise nuisance, the demand on police resources and potential drug problems.
At a dawn rave last October,10 wraps containing illegal drugs, packed in the same newspaper, were discovered and police suspected a drug dealer had been operating at the event.
But David Hoyle, managing director of the Bubbles Complex which runs Morecambe Dome, said he was pleased with the council's decision.
He said: "There will be security procedures in place, everyone going in will be searched, we provide a safe dancing environment and comply with the Home Office regulations to provide free water."
Sarah Hadaway, solicitor for Lancaster City Council, said: "A special meeting will be held in July and there will be a report back from the police to see how the events in May and June went. Then the group will make a decision on the rest of the licence application."
The presence of CCTV cameras in the resort is also expected to help police keep track of events.
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UK: Drug warning on late-night clubs – December 1996 Drug warning on late-night clubs
By thisislancashire - Monday 02 December 1996
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POLICE fear nightclubs opening late until 4am will encourage drug abuse and put a strain on police resources.
They opposed an application by Kazy's Bar, Darwen, for permission to hold all-night discos on Saturdays. But Blackburn Council's licensing committee agreed the club could open until 4am.
The decision comes just months after Club Euro, Blackburn, was given permission to stay open until 4am at weekends.
The licensing committee was told there would not be enough officers to control crowds in Wellington Fold if the club got permission to stay open throughout the night.
And the police said they believed the drugs problem in the borough would be made worse if Kazy's bar was given permission to stay open later .
Sergeant Geoff Rowbottom of Blackburn police said: "Superintendent Eddie Walsh has asked me to bring to the attention of the committee the great deal of concern in the borough about drugs.
"There is particular concern about the use of drugs in the borough's clubs and pubs." He added: "We are not naive enough to think that people will not take drugs when drinks stopped being served after 2am.
"The number of police officers in Darwen would not be enough to cope with the levels of people that would be attracted by an all-night club.
"Police officers would have to be drawn in from other areas to cope with the extra demands created if the application was approved."
Andrew Wright, the Chorley-based owner of the club, spoke at the licensing hearing.
He claimed Kazy's would have to stay open until Sunday morning to be able to compete with other clubs in the area.
Mr Wright said: "We are not trying to run a rave disco at the club. This is not an illegal party but a properly organised club.
"We have an agency from Manchester to control security at the club and we have been here for ten years."
He added: "We are not trying to attract out-of-town people. We want local Darwen people to come to the club.
"If we want to compete with other clubs we have to stay open through Saturday night.
"When the bar closes at 2am we would serve hot drinks, meals and soft drinks to keep people going."
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UK: Country rector to lead Nine O’Clock church – May 1996 Nine O'Clock church relaunches raves
By the daily telegraph - Monday April 8 1996
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THE Nine O'Clock service, the Anglican rave movement that collapsed amid allegations of sexual abuse last summer, is relaunching itself under a new guise today by celebrating its first public service for eight months.
Despite doubts over the wisdom of restarting services so soon after what was one of the Church of England's most damaging scandals, today's ceremony will be presided over by the Archdeacon of Sheffield, the Ven Stephen Lowe.
The congregation will be drawn from the remnants of the Nine O'Clock parish, which broke up after revelations that the Rev Chris Brain, 38, its former leader, had been sexually involved with scores of women.
They have devised a new service
Members are keen to distance themselves from the past. They have devised a new service, though one still based on the experimental forms of worship that have been criticised by traditionalist Anglicans. The parish is also seeking a new name, and a chaplain is expected to be appointed this month.
Two weeks ago, members of the congregation and Mr Lowe held a "releasing ritual" at which they placed their hands on a "grieving stone" as a symbolic way of releasing their bad memories of the Nine O'Clock Service. They then threw brochures, posters and other paraphernalia on to a fire.
Jo Mear, a member for 10 years, said: "When I held the grieving stone, I expressed my anger towards Chris and I felt cleansed by it."
Today's Easter Sunday service will take place in a whitewashed chapel rather than the sports centre, with ambient rave music and lasers favoured by Mr Brain, who resigned as a priest after a Church investigation.
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UK: Woman to lead Nine O’Clock rave church – April 1996 Woman to lead rave church
By the daily telegraph - Monday April 29 1996
Copyright: the daily telegraph
A WOMAN is expected to be chosen as chaplain to the Nine O'clock Service, the Sheffield rave church which collapsed last summer amid allegations of sex abuse. A female priest is understood to have been asked to minister to the depleted congregation. But she has not yet formally accepted.
The selection of a woman will be welcomed by the 30 members who are still hurt and angry about their priest's abuse of power. Chris Brain, 38, resigned from the priesthood after admitting to sexual misconduct with more than 30 young female worshippers.
"After all the shennanigans, a woman is the obvious choice to avoid any possibility of future problems," said one member yesterday. Mr Brain attracted up to 600 youngsters to services where he used rave music, laser lights and dry ice in the liturgy.
The Church of England, criticised for not adequately supervising Mr Brain, is now imposing more traditional structures. The Archdeacon of Sheffield, the Ven Stephen Lowe, said the new priest will be named next week. He added: "We are looking for someone who will not be a guru."
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UK: MP correct to slam silly Sting – January 1996 MP correct to slam silly Sting
By thisislancashire - Friday 19 January 1996
Copyright: thisislancashire
WHAT'S the message that come across to the kids when a multi-millionaire pop star admits taking the "rave" drug Ecstasy and calls for it to be legalised?
The wrong one, we are afraid - that it's OK to do "E."
How stupid and irresponsible of superstar Sting, then, to demand for this drug to be made legal.
And we say that even though to legalise the drug might take the trade out of the hands of criminals who have no qualms about selling adulterated stuff. For, wherever it comes from, Ecstasy is deadly dangerous, as the needless deaths of some 50 youngsters have shown.
Anyone who invites more of that is a reckless fool.
We join Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who is already waging war on so-called designer drugs, in slamming this silly singer.
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A Free Party Documentary Any1 interested in making a documentary ?
Any1 have any spare tech equipment to lend ??
Any1 want to give interviews , opinions on scene blah blah or collect footage from their parties for me to mix in to a documentary ??
I've been thinking about doing this for a while (it's on the to do list ) , and am just looking for feedback for the idea at present .
I was thinking about calling it two thousand and free , and presenting a balanced documentary on the various issues affecting freeparties , interviewing landowners partygoers and party organisers and collecting some of the more bizzare footage from free parties .
The ultimate aim would be a screening on Channel 4 at some point toward the end of the year and could be a real awareness raiser for general joe public , which could in turn change their attitude toward free party culture , or at least let them see it from our side anyway.
It's just an idea in it's infancy at present , but if i get the right feedback and enough folk are interested or willing to help out , then i'd like to do it .
link 2 discussion
mp3 and the law Despite popular misconsception mp3s aren't illegal!
MP3 is simply a medium in which to store music. It can be used to store or distribute music in a legal (eg: mp3.com), or an illegal way. Compare it to any other medium: a blank piece of paper can be used to take some notes, as can it be used to make illegal copies of a copyrighted work.
mp3s for consumers:
You are allowed to make a copy of any original piece of music which you have bought in order to store to it in any form. It's perfectly legal for you to buy an album, encode it in mp3, write this mp3 to a cd and listen to it on your computer mp3 player. Allowing others access to the music you bought the rights to listen to is not allowed, nor is lending or trading your mp3s.
mp3s and artists:
You are allowed to record your a piece of original music, encode it into mp3 files and put it on a website for the download. When your music clips are available for free, you do not have to pay any royalties to Thomson*. If you charge for mp3s, you are obliged the Thomson mp3 royalties. (1%, $15k minimum)
mp3s and music broadcasting (eg. Internet Radio):
You are allowed to broadcast mp3 streams and so long as you don't charge for them you wont have to pay any royalties to Thomson. If you charge an the mp3 stream, you will have to comply to the Thomson mp3 broadcasting royalties (2%, $2k minimum, since 2001).
War on Iraq begins War on Iraq begins
Thursday, 20 March, 2003, 03:13 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2866109.stm
Several explosions rocked Baghdad at dawn on Thursday, signalling the start of the US-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
Anti-aircraft artillery peppered the sky as deep, heavy thuds were heard in the outskirts of the city.
Minutes after the first blasts occurred at 0530 local time (0230 GMT), President Bush's spokesman Ari Fleischer said: "The opening stages of the disarmament of the Iraqi regime have begun."
President Bush is due to make an address at 2215 Washington time (0315 GMT).
After the first strike, a large pall of black smoke was seen in the south of Baghdad and the city fell silent.
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The attack began about 90 minutes after President Bush's deadline for Saddam Hussein to go into exile or face war expired.
As the deadline approached, US-led combat troops in the Gulf - numbering about 150,000 - took up battle positions for an imminent invasion of Iraq.
Earlier, US aircraft attacked Iraqi surface-to-surface missile and artillery installations in the western and southern Iraq, but the Pentagon insisted this was still in support of the no-fly zones and was not the start of the war proper.
An air force colonel briefing reporters at the Pentagon said that the opening hours of the war would be devastating and that he did not believe the potential adversary had any idea what was coming.
With battle looming the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said his thoughts were with the ordinary people of Iraq as they faced the "disaster of war".
He warned the US and UK that "under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents".
The BBC's Paul Wood in the Iraqi capital says that Baghdad residents are hiding in fortified rooms in their houses or in public shelters beneath large buildings.
The majority of the city's five million residents remain, unable to afford the $1,000 being charged on Wednesday for a seat in a taxi to flee to safer areas.
With their stockpiles of food around them they sit and wait with their families, our correspondent says.
In other developments:
Mr Bush sends formal notification of his justification for military action to the US Congress
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair holds a 20-minute phone call with Mr Bush
The people of Baghdad are preparing to defend their city
Germany expels four Iraqi diplomats for activities considered "incompatible with their diplomatic status"
Seventeen Iraqi soldiers surrender to American forces on the Kuwaiti border
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz appears on state television to refute rumours that he has fled the country or been killed
The Turkish Government is asking parliament to allow US planes to use its air space, with a vote expected on Thursday
Aircraft drop nearly two million leaflets on south-eastern Iraq, urging Iraqi troops to lay down their arms.
Shock tactics
The BBC's Jonathan Marcus in Qatar says General Tommy Franks, the overall US commander, could determine that the shock of the initial onslaught will be sufficient to allow his forces to advance even in daylight.
US aims for swift war
The city of Basra and the oilfields of southern Iraq will be among the first objectives.
The Pentagon has denied a report from Kuwaiti security sources that US troops had passed into the demilitarised zone that straddles the Kuwait-Iraq border.
The White House has said it hopes the war with Iraq will be swift, but has warned the American public to "be prepared for loss of life".
"Americans ought to be prepared for the importance of disarming Saddam Hussein to protect the peace," President Bush's spokesman Ari Fleischer said.
Earlier, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf said Washington was lying to US troops about the number of casualties they could expect.
"To say that invading Iraq will be like a picnic is a stupid idea... they are [sending them to] definite death," he warned.
Labour targets ‘violent minority’ to cut crime Labour targets 'violent minority' to cut crime
By Andrew Grice, Political Editor
07 March 2003
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=384575
Although crime has fallen overall since Labour came to power, there are "deep-seated public perceptions that crime is increasing", the Government admits in its White Paper on antisocial behaviour to be published next week.
The document, leaked to The Independent, attributes this fear to a small number of high-profile, violent crimes and antisocial behaviour, such as harassment and intimidation; creating alarm or fear; noisy neighbours; drunken and abusive behaviour; people begging at cash machines; vandalism and graffiti; damage to property; and dumping rubbish.
The White Paper, Winning Back Our Communities, which will be followed swiftly by an Anti-Social Behaviour Bill, proposes new measures to tackle these problems, many of which will prove controversial.
The document says: "The behaviour of a persistent minority can sometimes ruin whole communities. No one should have to put up with behaviour that causes misery and distress. It is time to support the majority against this minority."
It says the Government wants to "shift the culture away from protecting the rights of the perpetrator to protecting the rights of decent people to a decent way of life".
Reflecting Tony Blair's "rights and responsibilities" agenda, the report says antisocial behaviour "shows a failure to understand that one person's rights are based on the responsibilities we have towards others and towards our families and our communities. And the rights we have as members of society are based, in turn, on the responsibilities to that wider society''.
But the document concedes: "No amount of measures, new powers, new schemes, new ideas can solve these problems alone. A cultural shift is needed and one that is in the hands of the public."
As well as proposing a big extension of the fixed penalty fines of £40 or £80, the White Paper says that the Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme, the most rigorous non-custodial sentence for persistent offenders, will be made "simpler and tougher" to improve its effectiveness.
Youth offending teams will be able to intervene at an earlier stage and draw up "parenting contracts" to cover antisocial behaviour and other offences, under which the mothers and fathers of offenders will often have to agree to attend parenting classes.
The teams will be able to ask the courts to impose compulsory parenting orders when parents do not take active steps to change the child's behaviour. Parents could be required to attend residential courses to improve their parenting skills, a breach of which would be a criminal offence.
The White Paper proposes that those making excessive noise at night be given a warning and 10 minutes to stop. If they do not, local authorities can issue a £100 fixed penalty notice. If that is not paid or does not work, the TV, video recorder or equipment making the noise can be removed or the offenders will be made the subject of antisocial behaviour orders.
Environmental health officers will be given new powers immediately to shut pubs and clubs that persistently make excessive noise.
Police and councils will be able to apply for fast-track injunctions to stop "low-level antisocial behaviour'' on the same day a complaint is made, to put an immediate stop to the problem. It will be an offence to sell spray paints to people aged under 18. Police will get the right to search for items intended to cause criminal damage, such as spray paints. Legislation will allow councils to clear land and force businesses to clean up graffiti and damage. The probation service will be urged to make offenders clean up graffiti.
Council and housing associations should publish "antisocial behaviour" policies. They will have greater powers to take out injunctions, including a power of arrest to exclude people behaving badly "from a specified area and if necessary from their home".
The White Paper says: "Anti-social tenants will lose their secured or assessed tenancies and be demoted to probationary tenancies until their behaviour is addressed. They will lose their right to buy and eviction will be faster if their behaviour does not improve."
Police and councils will be given powers to close "crack houses" within 24 hours and seal properties for up to three months to stop other drug dealers moving in. Laws that cover outdoor raves trespassing on private property will be extended to allow police to tackle smaller, indoor events. It will be an offence to attend a rave within 24 hours of being directed to leave another one.
The courts will be given powers to take away the licences of motorcyclists who drive off the roads in rural areas. Police will be given more powers to crack down on travellers, including evicting them from unauthorised camp sites when a council provides other places for them. Courts will be allowed to issue driving bans to those convicted of kerb crawling. To reward victims or witnesses who give evidence, the Government will bring in a Community Awards Scheme
Only 60 per cent of fines are collected, the White Paper admits, saying: "This must be improved." There will be a discount for prompt payment or increases if the defendant fails to pay on time.
A new scheme will allow offenders to convert fines into community work, by, for example, repairing the damage caused by the antisocial behaviour, if they cannot pay.
The White Paper confirms plans already floated by the Government to crack down on airguns and replica weapons. There will be new offence of "having an imitation firearm in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse".
There will be a ban on the sale, manufacture and importation of air weapons that can be converted to take conventional ammunition, which have been used in seven murders. People who already hold them will have to obtain a licence. The age at which people can own an air weapon will be raised to 17.
'The kids have no respect for authority'
Claire Newbon
The Egghill estate in Northfield, on the outskirts of Birmingham, was once a rundown eyesore, housing hundreds of families within its graffiti-covered concrete walls. The estate was a dumping ground for old tyres, needles and rubble; bricks were used by teenage tenants to smash windows on the lower floors.
Jo Brooke, a 27-year-old single mother, moved to the estate of five eight-storey towers in 1997, when she was pregnant. It was meant to be only a short-term tenancy – before she moved in, she was well aware of the estate's notoriety. But only recently was she allocated new accommodation, and for five years she had to endure a daily barrage of verbal abuse, excessive noise, litter and graffiti.
She says local authorities were slow to respond to her pleas for help and says an understaffed police force contributed to the council's failure to crack down on troublemakers. But she does not believe a fixed penalty system would have been effective. And rather than attempting to target individual troublemakers, to ease the lives of residents the council chose to demolish the entire site.
"I lived through five years of hell and came to realise too much bureaucracy and red tape always gets in the way," she said. "The teenagers that vandalised my house had no respect for authority – I used to overhear them bragging about how they had just broken a window and that the police would never catch them.
"These kids know it takes time for fines to be processed and, like the rest of the litter on the estate, will just end up as bits of rubbish, thrown on to the floor."
Before the blocks were pulled down, most of Ms Brooke's troublesome neighbours were evicted, but such antisocial behaviour orders as had been implemented did not deter vandals from returning.
"Even though we've moved to a new area, it saddens me to see my son has become a nervous child and feels scared even in his new home," she said.
Human Cloning Cloning creates a body with a life force (soul) but without a
spirit given by God. The spirit gives power and animation to the
person and people are different from sheep in that they have a unique
spiritual being within them made "in the image of God". A clone would
not possess this and would be open to being demonised - possessed by
the alternate spirit world, and empty spiritual shell, a spiritual
vacuum easily filled by the negative spirits that Scripture says
exist. Thus cloning a person sets them up to be spiritually
deficient, and possibly even demonised.
I don't believe in God or spirits, and no one knows if humans really have a soul.
I thought a life force could not be created, just as matter can't be created. It can only be transformed.
I'm sure when something is cloned, they use already living tissue.
If a chicken was constructed atom by atom in less that 1 second using nano-technology, would it then become animate?
If it doesn't, then I will be inclined to believe it IS missing something, probably a "spirit".
If it does "live", then I'll be pleased to say that spirits don't exist.
Actually, in a smaller scale, why not create a cell out of atoms?
Would it instantly animate? Cells would need a spirit too I suppose.
Lots to think about there.
If War Breaks Out WE WANT TO STOP THIS WAR
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/article.asp?id=150203&a=0&b=0
But if Bush and Blair push ahead with an attack on Iraq, there will be a wave of mass protest and civil disobedience across the land.
On the day war breaks out, the Stop the War Coalition is calling on
everyone to make your protest felt immediately - occupy your city or town centre, organise mass meetings or walkouts at work, sit in at your college or university.
* If you are at school organise a walkout or an occupation if you can, or call for a debate in your class or assembly to spread the word.
* In the evening of an attack we are calling for mass occupations of city and town centres at 6pm. In London this means assembling at Trafalgar Square at 6pm to bring the whole centre of government to a halt. The following Saturday there will be a national demonstration in London.
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
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