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Government to miss poverty targets
icWales THE UK Government is set to miss its target of halving the number of children living in poverty by around one million, MPs warn today. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said that
Read More »NO STRAIN NO GAIN
SchNEWS looks at how corporations and governments are limiting and controlling the varieties of crops grown… Last week, in France, the independent seed-saving and selling Association Kokopelli were fined €35,000 after being taken to
Read More »Lib Dem leader defends civil liberties
Nicol Stephen told the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference at the weekend that they must hold hard to the defining liberal issue of civil liberties. Labour threatened to erode these through detention without trial, DNA
Read More »‘POLICE SHOULD TAKE DNA OF ALL BABIES’
BY SHAUN JEPSON A Former Derbyshire Deputy Chief Constable, who established the national DNA police database, believes genetic samples should be taken from everyone at birth. Don Dovaston, pictured, also said that immigrants should
Read More »UN rights chief urges probe into Gaza killings
APP The top UN human rights official, reacting to the recent violence between Israel and the Palestinians,has called for an investigation into the reported killing of dozens of civilians, including children, in Gaza by
Read More »VIDEO: Ben Griffin Speaks Before Being Gagged
Ben Griffin speaks to World Against War rally before being gagged by UK Government Stop the War “As of 1940hrs 29/02/08 I have been placed under an injunction preventing me from speaking publicly and
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