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CND in the News
CND in the News: 25 December-2 January 2006
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1 Civil disobedience
Western Mail, Dec 31 2005
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/newspolitics/tm_objectid=16534589&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=civil-disobedience---name_page.html
Anti-nuclear group CND Cymru yesterday agreed there would be a campaign
of civil disobedience if plans for a new nuclear power station in Wales
went ahead. Hugh Richards, of the Welsh Anti-Nuclear Alliance, predicted
there would be such a campaign in yesterday's Western Mail.
Jill Stannard, the National Secretary of CND Cymru, said,
"Hugh is right about civil disobedience. Someone told me the other
day that 'the mother, father, grandmother and grandfather of all direct
actions' could be expected. "Let's hope so, but best of all, wouldn't
it be great if common sense could prevail and the Government would stop
listening to nuclear lobbyists? It would save a lot of money and time
and we could put our expertise and energy into developing real solutions
to global warming "
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2 Iraq Hostages’ Families in Renewed Calls for their Safe
Return
December 31, 2005
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/society/iraq.hostages.families.in.renewed.calls.for.their.safe.return/647.htm
The families of the four Christian humanitarian workers abducted in Iraq
last month have re-emphasised their appeals for the release of the hostages.
The families of the four Christian humanitarian workers abducted in Iraq
last month have re-emphasised their appeals for the release of the hostages.
The four Christians included British worker Norman Kember, as well as
American Tom Fox, and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Sooden. All of
whom were working for the Christian Peacemakers Team when they were kidnapped
on Nov. 26th.
A statement posted on Friday on the British Foreign Office website said,
“A month has passed since our loved ones -- Norman, James, Harmeet
and Tom -- were kidnapped in Iraq.
“Many clerics and religious figures from the Arab and Muslim world
have spoken over the past weeks of the good work they were doing in Iraq
and what their organization has done in Palestine, and they have called
for their release. “We appeal to you to help us ensure the safe
return of our relatives.”
Meanwhile, in London an interfaith religious gathering has continued
its regular prayer vigil in Trafalgar Square in London this week. A friend
of Dr Kember, Bruce Kent – a former Catholic priest and former general
secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, spoke
at the event, which was called by Pax Christi and the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
The prayer vigil lasted for one hour and operated as a silent prayer for
the four missing hostages
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