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Techno Babble 3 - Warning 'This Product Contains ACID' by Tim Samsara

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Ecstasy in comeback as new generation discovers dance drug | Society | The Guardian

Ecstasy in comeback as new generation discovers dance drug | Society | The Guardian

 Zeitgeisty logos such as Superman and UPS have helped market ecstasy to a new generation of young Europeans. Photograph: Alamy

Alan Travis in Lisbon

Tuesday 31 May 2016 10.00 BSTLast modified on Tuesday 31 May 2016 11.54 BST

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Ecstasy is making a comeback as the drug of choice for young people in the UK and across Europe – and it is much stronger than before, the EU’s drug agency has warned.

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The 2016 European Drug Report says there are clear indications that ecstasy – the common name of MDMA – is returning to popularity with both established drug users and a new generation, but this time powders and tablets are likely to contain much higher doses than in previous years.

The rapidly expanding electronic dance music industry is now worth £4.5bn a year, promoting events such as the Belgian festival Tomorrowland, which in 2014 attracted almost 360,000 people over two weekends. This growth has introduced MDMA to a new generation of young people who were not even born in the drug’s heyday during the 1990s house, rave and techno scenes.

New expenses scandal emerges as Tories fight police in court - Channel 4 News

New expenses scandal emerges as Tories fight police in court - Channel 4 News

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New expenses scandal emerges as Tories fight police in court

 

 

As the Conservatives go to court to prevent police investigating its South Thanet election expenses, Channel 4 News reveals fresh evidence of undeclared expenses there, and the scale of the operation.

Detailed new evidence from inside a Conservative campaign office in the key South Thanet constituency reveals the huge resources provided to this campaign.

Other documents and social media postings further reveal how staff from Conservative party headquarters were parachuted in to the constituency to help their candidate beat Farage, with many related costs not declared locally.

Channel 4 News understands that there are 18 police forces up and down the country that have been given or are seeking an extension to the time limit relating to election expenses.

UK weapons sales to oppressive regimes top £3bn a year | World news | The Guardian

UK weapons sales to oppressive regimes top £3bn a year | World news | The Guardian

 A Eurofighter Typhoon, of the type sold to Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Jamie Doward

Saturday 28 May 2016 21.00 BSTLast modified on Saturday 28 May 2016 23.03 BST

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The UK is selling record quantities of arms – including missiles, bombs and grenades – to countries listed by the Foreign Office as having dubious human rights records. Several have been accused of war crimes or suppressing popular protest.

More than £3bn of British-made weaponry was licensed for export last year to 21 of the Foreign Office’s 30 “human rights priority countries” – those identified by the government as being where “the worst, or greatest number of, human rights violations take place”, or “where we judge that the UK can make a real difference”. Listed countries that last year bought British arms and military equipment include:

■ Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of perpetrating war crimes in Yemen.

■ Bahrain, which used troops to quell protests following the Arab spring.

■ Burundi, which is being investigated by the UN for human rights violations.

■ The Maldives, which in 2015 jailed its former president, Mohamed Nasheed, for 13 years following what critics said was a politically motivated show trial.

Tippa Irie & Sweetie Irie - Junglist Call [Cross Club 2015]

Deekline & Tippa Irie - Good To Have The Feeling (Official HD Video)

TIPPA IRIE AND DADDY COLONEL early days '84 at peckings record shop

It was deep pleasure to have Tippa Irie at the Hive last night ,performing with Benny B sides for the end of Africa week in Dalston.He played after an amazing band from Senegal and one from Congo
(Kasa Massai think they were called )
Thanks to all who helped create the week of culture and music and big up Mark from Hackney roots who organised.....

Judge throws out CPS challenge to innocence of protesters who blockaded London arms fair | UK Politics | News | The Independent #olsx

Judge throws out CPS challenge to innocence of protesters who blockaded London arms fair | UK Politics | News | The Independent

Protesters are removed by police after taking part in a road block outside the DSEI arms fair in 2015 Getty

A judge has thrown out an appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service against a decision to acquit protesters who tried to blockade the world’s biggest arms fair.

In April Stratford Magistrates Court ruled that there was “compelling” evidence to suggest unlawful activity was occurring at the bi-annual DSEI gathering in London’s docklands.

He acquitted eight protesters who had blocked a highway with the aim of shutting down the event on the basis that they were potentially preventing a greater crime from occurring.

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Fracking tests in North Yorkshire move step closer in face of protests The Guardian #olsx #occupy #water #pollution #planning #democracy #people #resistance #frackoff Dig in for Victory

Fracking tests in North Yorkshire move step closer in face of protests | Environment | The Guardian

Council report recommends granting permission to explore for shale gas under government’s fast-track scheme

 Anti-fracking campaigners in North Yorkshire. Council planning officers have been accused of dismissing ‘serious risks’ associated with fracking in the area. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

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Friday 13 May 2016 07.38 BSTLast modified on Friday 13 May 2016 14.24 BST

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Fracking tests on fields near the North York Moors national park have moved a step closer despite fierce opposition. 

A UK firm has applied for permission under the government’s new fast-tracking scheme to explore for shale gas around the village of Kirby Misperton, provoking angry protests from environmental campaigners and local residents.

Gweagal warrior's descendants to travel to British Museum to demand return of Aboriginal artefacts | Liverpool City Champion

Gweagal warrior's descendants to travel to British Museum to demand return of Aboriginal artefacts | Liverpool City Champion

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May 22, 2016, 11:30 p.m.

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Indigenous activist Rodney Kelly hopes to travel to Britain to negotiate the return of Gweagal tribe artefacts which were taken during Captain Cook's first encounter. Photo: Rohan Thomson

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The descendants of a Gweagal warrior shot by Captain Cook's marines as they landed in Botany Bay 246 years ago hope to travel to London's British Museum to demand the return of Aboriginal artefacts.