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United States President George Bush considers Afghanistan a prize in his "war on terror" – and many western regimes continue backing Afghan president Hamid Karzai as the best choice for the Central Asian country. Others expect Afghanistan to eventually resolve its internal insecurity, as it heads towards a long awaited transition to representative government, with presidential elections planned for October. Read more >>

-- The most powerful warlords in the country call her a communist, and in Afghanistan that could be enough to seal a death warrant.
But Malalai Joya, a 25-year-old Afghan woman who runs an orphanage and health clinic, refuses to give up her crusade to rid the country of what she calls "warlords and criminals" involved in drug trafficking, land seizures and attacks on civilians.
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ISAF have been on red alert this week. In one morning in Jalalabad Road they were tipped off and found one motorbike bomb, one car bomb, a man with 18 kg of explosives and an apple cart with rockets hidden in it. Also a few rockets have been fired into the centre of Kabul. Prior to the elections this is predictable. See the security reports attached. It may not be as straight forward as it seems. In some cases local security forces may have planted explosives and then take credit for finding them and justify their positions. If rewards are offered there is even more incentive to do this. The international community is getting a bit nervous and travel restrictions have become very strict. Read more >>

Kabul - Forces loyal to the commander of Army Corps No 7, Gen Atta Mohammad, attacked the police headquarters of the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif last week and took control of it. Read more >>

So the elections are now on 9^th October 2004. These are the presidential ones.
The parliamentary, district etc elections will be next April or maybe May or
perhaps June or even never (see related articles). Massaoda Jalal, the only
female candidate for president was in UK this week (see articles). From Bush’s
point of view if the elections are going to be relatively peaceful they can be
spun as bringing democracy to Afghanistan but if it looks like they will be a
violent mess then they are likely to be post phoned again until next year and he
can spin how the process of democracy is firmly n place n Afghanistan. Read more >>

Review of UNN 11 Read more >>

Mark has been a local sweetie and a well none “climate criminal" amongst the East Oxford activist seen... now his book is out do we all stop taking the mickey out of his globe trotting research? (:

Some one should write a book review for Indymedia Read more >>

'DUST OR MAGIC' is a conference about how people do 'good stuff' with computers: games, hypertexts, web sites, interfaces, software tools. It's for everyone who's seriously concerned about the fate of creative work and creative workers in the 'new-media' workplace. We talk about software and hardware, design, industry economics, workplace politics, psychology, each others' work, and the practicalities of making things that delight, as well as making a living.
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Report from Afghanistan. Read more >>

Sometimes when faced with an apparently insoluble problem, I have found that the best approach was to try to prove that it was insoluble. The flaws in my proof might then give clues how the problem actually could be solved.
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Dear all,

i write from India, where, as some of you might know, i spent the last few months (from October last year) working in the WSF office in the organisation of the WSF 2004.

It has been an incredible experience! I thought i would be back in London soon to take active part in the organisation of the next ESF, but my plans have changed. My only chance to be with you is therefore virtual. The first few reflections are attached below. They will be in the Newsletter of The Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique. They are rather long notes (around 4 pages), but the most interesting paragraphs (for this list) are the last ones.

Hope this considerations could be of interest, I look forward to read your comments

See you soon
Giuseppe Read more >>

Take a look at the terms of the interim court order given to Bayer (if you dare)... Read more >>

Humanity since its existence has struggled to answer some of the most difficult questions known. Such As Is Their Life Beyond Earth? Is Their Life After Death? Where Do Babies Come From? Such difficult questions have plagued mankind for centuries, but the one that has failed to be attempted to be answered by anyone due to its controversy – Which Is The Best Pie? (Cheers) Read more >>

A few photos and report from the North of Afghanistan, where a citizen of Oxford is now a UN volunteer. Read more >>

"Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election" which tells the story of how the election was stolen by Bush, has been in 60 film festivals and is currently airing on the Sundance Channel in the U.S., will be screened on 17 January in Oxford. Read more >>

Job going at independent radical research co-operative in Oxford. Read more >>

Oxford Council is trying to prevent one of its employees from attending TUC conference. Read more >>

Local Council leader Keith Mitchell has displayed an almost superhuman amount of ignorance in an email to people organizing against the forthcoming WTO meetings in Cancun, Mexico. Read more >>

New Corporate Watch newsletter out now - nuclear waste, Shell, Nike, DSEI, Iraq, Zimbabwe, health privatisation and more. Read more >>

There was an unprecedented walkout of opposition Green, Liberal Democrat and Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) Councillors at a full meeting of Oxford City Council today (21st July). Read more >>