Over the last few weeks I have been automatically posting new entries from a few other newsfeeds and blogs to these pages. I've done this by utilising Jabber and RSS technology via some Wordpress utilities.
After trialling it here, I've decided to discontinue the feed as I think it was starting to detract from the main role of this blog, ie, to put my opinions forward, and not everyone elses :-) You'll still see most of these feeds on the various pages of this site, especially the "news" pages in the "now/more" section - see the new menu in the left column.
October 15, 6:07 pm.
http://www.empirenotes.org/#15oct041
October 15, 6:07 pm. Apparently, an Army Reserve platoon, part of the 343rd Quartermaster Company from Rock Hill, South Carolina, is under arrest for refusing to obey orders to go on what they considered a suicide mission. Stationed at Tallil Air Base south of Nasiriyah, they were ordered to do a fuel resupply run up to Taji, north of Baghdad. Fuel convoys in the "Sunni Triangle" nearly always co ...
Iran: Journalist Detained in Internet Crackdown
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/14/iran9506.htm
The arrest of journalist and internet writer Omid Memarian continues a disturbing crackdown on journalists and internet writers in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. Memarian, a well-known figure in Iran?s nongovernmental organization community, has been detained without charge since his arrest on Sunday, Oct. 10.
Greenpeace film wins environmental "Oscar®"
http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/news/details?item_id=615987
The Panda Awards are the wildlife and environmental equivalent of the Oscars®, and in 2002 nearly 400 films from 35 different countries competed for these prestigious awards. This year, Greenpeace UK has won the Panda Award for best film in the Campaign category with a film narrated by Sir David Attenborough and Scottish screen star Ewan McGregor.
October 14, 4:57 pm.
http://www.empirenotes.org/#14oct041
October 14, 4:57 pm. Today's attack inside the Green Zone represents, at least symbolically, a qualitative development in the Iraq war. People with bombs infiltrated the compound and then detonated them, killing 10 people, including 4 Americans. Initial reports said they were suicide bombers, but a later written statement indicated they had simply placed the explosives there. Tawhid wal Jihad cla ...
With the intensity of the Australian election and other committments I have only fleetingly watched parts of Friday night's presidential Mass Debate II and Wednesday night's Mass Debate III, which ended about ninety minutes ago. Bush had clearly improved on his horrendous performance in MD1, even make a joke about scowling during MD2.
