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Saturday, June 10, 2006 |
BBC: "More than 100 cyclists have ridden around London naked in a mass protest against dependency on the oil industry.
Protesters on The World Naked Bike Ride cycled past Piccadilly Circus, Big Ben, Covent Garden, Oxford Street and the US Embassy on the 10km route.
Riders in 54 cities were protesting at the destructive effects of car culture."
6:02:57 PM 
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Guardian: "The new Italian administration today confirmed all Italian troops would withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year."
Malaya: "With Filipinos serving as laborers, nurses and caregivers in all corners of the world, deploying them as mercenaries is probably an idea whose time has come. A US outfit, Blackwater, has set up shop at the Subic Freeport and is now recruiting active and retired soldiers, preferably combat veterans, to help fight America's war against Iraq."
Harper's cartoon: "And we're confident that with the killing of Luciano Pavarotti the world will be forever safe from the threat of any more opera/pop crossover recordings featuring Sting."
11:24:58 AM
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AlterNet: "This year's World Cup allows countries - and their citizens - a chance to wage war by other means, settling scores from political or economic battlefields."
If you think you are one of the few who don't like football (soccer), know that there are millions who are also annoyed by the hysteria and the commercial overdrive.
11:05:11 AM
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