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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Local Polls See Heavy Turnout for 2004 Election |
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by NWFIMC Staff |
02 Nov 2004
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Record numbers are voting in the 2004 election with polling stations around Pensacola appear to have steady traffic. While all eyes are on Florida, several national and local groups have set up monitors to ensure that this election goes off without a hitch. Still, reports of some intimidation tactics have already surfaced. |
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News :: Peace |
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Iraqi civilian deaths put at 100,000 |
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by Indy Media |
30 Oct 2004
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in violence since the US-led invasion last year, according to public health experts who estimate there were 100,000 "excess deaths" in 18 months. The US-based researchers found that the risk of death from violence in the period after the invasion was 58 times higher than before the war.... [ Mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: cluster sample survey ]
[ The LANCET REPORT ] The rise in the death rate was mainly due to violence and much of it was caused by US air strikes on towns and cities: "Making conservative assumptions, we think that about 100,000 excess deaths or more have happened since the 2003 invasion of Iraq," said Les Roberts of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in a report published online by The Lancet medical journal.
"The use of air power in areas with lots of civilians appears to be killing a lot of women and children," Mr Roberts said. Mortality was already high in Iraq before the war because of United Nations sanctions blocking food and medical imports. But the researchers described their findings after the war as shocking. The new figures are based on surveys done by the researchers in Iraq in September 2004.
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News :: Crime & Police |
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Local civil rights organization, national groups to protest police brutality |
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by Movement for Change |
14 Oct 2004
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The civil rights organization Movement for Change will observe the national day of action against police brutality by holding a march and rally Saturday, Oct. 23. The rally will feature speeches by victims and family members of victims of violence at the hands of law enforcement. |
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News :: Media |
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FBI Seizes IMC Servers in the UK, US |
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by Indy Media |
08 Oct 2004
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The FBI issued an order to Rackspace in the US (Indymedia's provider with offices in the US and London) to remove physically one of our servers. The order was so short term that Rackspace had to give away our hard drives in the UK.
The servers hosted numerous local IMCs. If you find a site is down: that might be the reason
The reason why the hard drives were taken are unknown.
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Pensacola in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ivan |
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by NWFIMC Staff |
27 Sep 2004
Modified: 30 Sep 2004 |
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To those who didn't know it, most of Northwest Florida, especially Pensacola, was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Ivan. Slowly, however, we are picking up the pieces and learning new ways to get on with our lives. |
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News :: Peace |
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Iraq War Deaths Reach 1,000 American and over 10,000 Iraqi Dead; Local Vigil Planned to Mark Milestone |
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by NWFIMC Staff |
08 Sep 2004
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A tragic milestone in the Iraq War has finally been reached.
The Pentagon announced today that the US death toll in Iraq has now surpassed 1,000, over 800 of which have been killed since President Bush declared an end to major combat operations on May 1st, 2003. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Campaign targets Mayoki krewe, Geronimo's liquor store |
by Lauren Anzaldo
Email: compassiontothecore (nospam) hotmail.com |
05 Sep 2004
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A community forum Aug. 25 was the starting point for establishing a local campaign to challenge racist portrayals of Native Americans. A second meeting will be held Tues., Sept. 21, to solidify the goals of the campaign. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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A Week of Protests at the Republican National Convention in NYC |
by Scott Mylxine
Email: mylxine (nospam) hotmail.com |
28 Aug 2004
Modified: 02 Sep 2004 |
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Many Pensacola residents were in New York City right now for the protests against the Bush agenda and the Republican Party. These are the notes from those protests. |
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