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A police officer has been found guilty of assault at Mansfield Magistrates Court, and warned he could face prison.

Police who were present when reggae singer Smiley Culture died are not likely to face criminal charges, disciplinary action or official questioning.

Francis Fernie was arrested on the 26 March TUC demonstration and sentenced to a year in prison.

Dozens of students who were arrested on the anti-fees protests last year are due to appear in court.

Residents and activists are campaigning against threats by two south London councils to evict families of people convicted over the riots.

Sadie lives on the riot-hit Pembury estate. She told the Hackney meeting:

The "war on terror" has meant the worst abuses of civil liberties and human rights in generations.

Defence campaigns are starting to take shape for the thousands of young people who face jail over the recent riots.

The push for coordinated action against the government attacks will dominate the Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference next week.

The attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on 11 September 2001 shook the world. But many knew it would be used as an excuse to send US troops charging around the world.

More than eight years into the occupation of Iraq, the US is still using the pretext of fighting Al Qaida terrorists to prolong its military presence.

US hit by its former ally