Aug 22nd, 2005
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A BBC programme “How to start your own country” presented by Danny Wallace follows a inspired and determined man to…. Well start his own country. You may think well where he is going to start his very own country, surely he needs land, surely he needs money, not to mention the people. Well he has declared he flat as country, and he has declared all of his citizens, ambassadors and the jobs for ambassadors are to declare your flats, houses, gardens, sheds, tents, cars or any space that belongs to you, as an Embassy for this yet unnamed country. But I advise you to still pay your...
Aug 7th, 2005
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"I am utterly against the punishing of innocent people for the crimes of the guilty, whether it is done on the underground of London or the streets of Falluja by George Bush’s air force". George Galloway MP
Lets face it, there aren’t many likeable politicians in the western (and of course everywhere else) governments today, so it feels good to say that I’ve always had respect for George Galloway and his views towards the current situations. I’ve attended seminars and talks with George Galloway as a guest and I’ve always been delighted with his...
Okay so i’m reading through my daily collection of mailinglist emails and yet again I come across an interesting article from the Information Clearing house. Yep I don’t fully agree with it – and the ideologies that the author has portrayed about Islam are, like usual, strangely foreign to anyone who actually has any idea about the faith -
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Aug 1st, 2005
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Living Islam? Yep, that’s the name of the Bi-Annual Camp organised by the Islamic Society of Britain for Muslims not only from the UK but also across the world. Living Islam 2005 is the successor of the initial Living Islam 2003 camp which hosted over 3000 Muslims in the Lincolnshire Showground. This extremely successful event promised the return of many of the visitors for the next event two years later. After being there a day it felt as though the last camp had just been the day before. Please click show more to read the rest of my report which includes nice pictures and emoticions –...
By BBC 07/23/05 "BBC" – - A man shot dead by police hunting the bombers behind Thursday’s London attacks was unconnected to the incidents, police have confirmed.
The man was killed in Stockwell Tube station in an incident described by Scotland Yard as a "tragedy".
Two other men have been arrested and are being questioned after bombers targeted three Tube trains and a bus.
Police have also raided a house in Streatham Hill, south London, in connection with the...
A number of Tube stations have been evacuated and lines closed after three blasts in what Met Police chief Sir Ian Blair says is a "serious incident".
Sir Ian appealed to Londoners to stay where they were and said the transport system was effectively shut down.
The minor explosions used detonators only, a BBC reporter said.
In addition, a Number 26 bus in Hackney Road in Bethnal Green had its windows blown out by a blast. There were no injuries.
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Jul 7th, 2005
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50 dead and 1000 injured after explosions on the Underground network and a double-decker bus in London.
A police spokesman said there were "quite a large number of casualties" at Aldgate Tube Station.
And Scotland Yard confirmed one of several reports of explosions on buses in the city – in Tavistock Place – but said the cause was not yet known.
One caller to BBC Five said his friend had seen "the bus ripped open like a can of sardines and bodies everywhere".
Update 15.50:-
Police say 40 have been killed and apparently Al-Qaeda has claimed the attacks (they...
Well I am happy to say that London has won the bid to host the Olympics in the year 2012! This will be the first time the Olympics have been held in this country since 1948!
London won the two way fight with Paris by a remarkable 54 votes to 50 at the International Olympic Committee meeting in Singapore after bids from Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated.
The IOC President Jacques Rogge made the dramatic announcement at 1249 BST.
You can find out more about how the process was made on BBC News!