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	Bloc Québécois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because the opposition vote in the rest of Canada was split between the Reform Party, the PC Party and the New Democratic Party, the Bloc narrowly won the second largest number of seats in the Canadian House of Commons, and therefore became the official opposition.
		The 1997-2000 term was marked by the Bloc's fight against the passing of Bill C-20, engineered by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Stéphane Dion, a Quebec minister in Chretien's cabinet.
		The current Bloc leader, Gilles Duceppe, is also the son of Jean Duceppe, a famous Quebec actor who helped found the PQ and the Quebec NDP.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bloc_Quebecois (2273 words)

	Continental trading bloc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In east Asia, there have been a number of abortive attempts to create a free trade zone, and the People's Republic of China is currently interested in promoting free trade between itself and the ASEAN nations.
		Some political commentators have argued that continental trading blocs are natural political units and these views were popular in the early and mid-20th century.
		His blocs were Eastasia, roughly the Chinese sphere of influence, Eurasia, and Oceania, the Nearctic and Neotropic zone plus most large islands (British Isles, Australia, New Zealand).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Continental_trading_bloc (234 words)

	Eastern bloc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Another organization encompassing the countries of the Eastern bloc was the Comecon.
		Nations within the Eastern Bloc were sometimes held in the Soviet sphere of influence through military force.
		The Eastern bloc came to an end with the collapse of the pro-Soviet regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_bloc (290 words)

	Bloc Politics
		The move to blocs is therefore a natural one, since nations seeking to pass resolutions want to bring as many other nations, regardless of demographics, into their camp.
		The necessity of blocs in the UN was formally established in 1957, when four regional groups were endorsed by the General Assembly: the Latin American bloc, the Asian and Africa bloc, the Eastern European bloc, and the Western European and Others bloc.
		Blocs are relevant to HAMUN politics in that they provide starting points on which to build a consensus, given that many countries in the same bloc have similar agendas, aspirations, and economic and political climates.
	www.ghg.net /bog/handbook/bloc_politics.html (1064 words)

	BLOC POSITIONS
		Blocs are important because it creates cohesion between particular states on issues and facilitates the negotiation process.
		Because of this new voting power due to blocs, the US would be forced to keep negotiating with the African bloc in order to get a resolution on the floor that appeases the Western bloc (United States) and the African bloc (Djibouti).
		The most important thing a country should remember when determining which bloc they should caucus with is to keep in mind what that individual country's national policy is. Find the positions of other countries that have similar opinions and listen to their bloc positions.
	www.usm.maine.edu /~kuzma/mun/blocpositions.htm (598 words)

	Trade bloc - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A trade bloc is a large free trade zone or near-free trade zone formed by one or more tax, tariff and trade agreements.
		Particularly since the demise of most of the world's empires, a number of international—generally regionally based—economic blocs have been developed to promote trade between member states.
		One of the first economic blocs was the German Customs Union (Zollverein) initiated in 1834, which formed the basis of the German Confederation and subsequently empire that came in 1871.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /trade_bloc.htm (323 words)

	Communist Bloc Expansion in the Early Cold War: Challenging Realism, Refuting Revisionism
		In their new role as bloc leader in the region, the Chinese began a large-scale effort in Indochina to support the Viet Minh under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh, as well as to help the Vietnamese reorganize the Cambodian and Laotian communists who had been members of the Indochinese Communist Party in the 1930s.
		This constituted a significant bloc effort to expand its influence.(88) The new evidence coming from China demonstrates that the Vietnamese were clients of the Chinese during this period.
		The effects of bloc members' local successes on the willingness of the Soviet Union as bloc leader to interpret capitalism as in general crisis and to take risks elsewhere are also either ignored or poorly understood.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/macdon.htm (13334 words)

	Eastern bloc -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Eastern Bloc is also often equated with the (additional info and facts about Warsaw Pact) Warsaw Pact.
		Nations within the Eastern Bloc were often held in the Soviet (The geographical area in which one nation is very influential) sphere of influence through military force.
		Today, the term former Eastern Bloc may be perceived as a (additional info and facts about politically-correct) politically-correct reference, instead of using Eastern Europe, to refer to the countries formerly dominated by the Soviet Union.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/eastern_bloc.htm (375 words)

	AlterNet: Letter from Inside the Black Bloc
		People associated with a Black Bloc may just march with the rest of the group, showing our solidarity with each other and bringing visibility to anarchists, or we may step up the mood of the protest, escalating the atmosphere and encouraging others to ask for more than just reforms to a corrupt system.
		The Black Bloc is a fairly recent phenomenon, probably first seen in the U.S. in the early '90s and evolving out of protest tactics in Germany in the '80s.
		The Black Bloc may be in part a response to the large-scale repression of activist groups by the FBI during the '60s, '70s and '80s.
	www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=11230 (2848 words)

	Bloc Party: Bloc Party EP: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I'll say this for Bloc Party: They know who Bertrand Russell is. He's quoted in their online bio: "Collective fear stimulates the herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd." The text proper unfolds in the utilitarian language of a socialist pamphlet.
		Bloc Party thinks that the trees are beautiful and society is screwed, but it's a bit unclear what they actually mean.
		Bloc Party's politics may be a bit inchoate, but in this sort of music, shouting about a "new world order" is a familiar trope that's ultimately more palatable than the millionth pledge of apathy in an indie-rock song.
	pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/b/bloc-party/bloc-party.shtml (615 words)

	The Etzion Bloc
		The Etzion Bloc ("Gush Etzion" in Hebrew), which today consists of 18 communities and nearly 40,000 residents, is located between Jerusalem and Hebron.
		Because of its strategic location, the Bloc was heavily contested during Israel's War of Independence in 1947 and 1948.
		Although the area was not granted to Israel under the 1947 partition plan, the commanders of the Haganah considered it an essential buffer against a southern attack on Jerusalem.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/Etzion.html (337 words)

	CBC News: Bloc takes two-thirds of Quebec seats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For a time during the campaign, it was considered possible, even likely, that the Bloc could hold the balance of power in a minority government.
		The Bloc's previous record high was also 54 seats, which they achieved in the 1993 election, under former leader Lucien Bouchard.
		But with nearly 50 per cent of the vote going to the Bloc, and just a third of the vote going to the Liberals, the party may have to rethink its strategy in Quebec.
	www.cbc.ca /story/election/national/2004/06/29/elxnQuebec040629.html (767 words)

	Bloc Party: Pitchfork Artist Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 2004, Bloc Party crammed their debut EP and singles "Banquet" and "Little Thoughts" into an already overcrowded post-punk revival pack.
		Bloc Party formed in the early 00s as an antidote to then-ubiquitous "patronizing" UK rock acts such as Travis and Starsailor, balancing self-conscious homage with fierce, refreshingly original touches of indie rock.
		The Bloc Party EP was sequenced in reverse chronological order, suggesting an evolution of the band's sound that culminates in the upcoming full-length.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /features/artistprofiles/b/bloc-party (413 words)

	Bloc Party: Silent Alarm - PopMatters Music Review
		Since late 2003 when it was hand-picked to support Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party has been another cog in the indomitable hype machine, gathering acclaims in its native UK, branded as a savior of this and reviver of that.
		As a musical force, Bloc Party is electrifying throughout the record, railing through the whiplash drum scuttles and nimble guitar twinkles in "Luno", burrowing into the emphatic single-note revelry in "Little Thoughts", and stomping out the boot-march tempo of "Price of Gas".
		If miracles are fantasies of the optimists and tamers are one whip-crack away from having their head taken off, then Okereke and Bloc Party are the realists crashing the world's gala of delusion.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/b/blocparty-silent.shtml (865 words)

	N30 Black Bloc Communique by ACME Collective
		The fl bloc was a loosely organized cluster of affinity groups and individuals who roamed around downtown, pulled this way by a vulnerable and significant storefront and that way by the sight of a police formation.
		Indeed, such self-described "peace-keepers" posed a much greater threat to individuals in the fl bloc than the notoriously violent uniformed "peace-keepers" sanctioned by the state (undercover officers have even used the cover of the activist peace- keepers to ambush those who engage in corporate property destruction).
		Of all the groups engaging in direct action, the fl bloc was perhaps the least interested in engaging the authorities and we certainly had no interest in fighting with other anti-WTO activists (despite some rather strong disagreements over tactics).
	www.zmag.org /acme.htm (1775 words)

	NPR : The Passionate Post-Punk of Bloc Party
		Bloc Party's passionate, often manic, post-punk sound draws as much inspiration from Joy Division and The Smiths as from Dizzie Rascal and DJ Shadow, making them one of the most exciting new bands to come out of England in recent years.
		Bloc Party's debut CD Silent Alarm is earning wide critical praise, with some saying it's only a matter of time before the band "takes the U.S. by storm."
		The group was officially formed in the fall of 2003 with guitarist Kele Okereke fronting the band on vocals, Gordon Moakes on bass, Russell Lissack on guitar and Matt Tong on drums.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4698503 (312 words)

	Interactivist Info Exchange \| Black Bloc - The Ultimate Logo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Black Bloc: according to mainstream press, the term was conceived by the German Police in order to indicate groups of anarchists or punks who targetted banks and business during or at the end of public demonstrations in the Eighties.
		The Black Bloc cannot be romantically defined as the casual gathering of homogeneus identities: it is both intentional and diverse in its internal components, which are today object of discussion.
		The fact is the 'fl bloc' were thousands of dedicated individual, not all anarchsts or foreigners, concentrating on certain targets and practicing self defense not 'sensless violence' (...) The truth is both force and peaceful demonstration is needed.
	slash.autonomedia.org /article.pl?sid=02/07/31/120221 (6677 words)

	Bloc Party: Silent Alarm: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		That's part of what Bloc Party frontman Kele Okerere seems to have in mind when he describes this album as "Technicolor." He means it has big sound, big hooks, energetic performances, ambition-- all the things that make rock bands sound skilled and confident.
		Bloc Party can be pretty, even sappy, but they're never looking to be atmospheric; they can rock, but they're never looking to whip up dark drama.
		And they'll be absolutely right; at worst, Bloc Party are like one of those people who are so well-groomed that it's hard to remember exactly what they look like.
	pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/b/bloc-party/silent-alarm.shtml (749 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Silent Alarm: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Styled more along the lines of a revolutionary cell than a band, Bloc Party approach the medium of rock'n'roll with the sort of high seriousness usually reserved for philosophy lectures.
		Bloc Party have only just arrived in the mainstream and were hyped up to be big, also the releasing of songs before their album was out helped to build hype and the long wait for Silent Alarm has ended.
		Bloc Party are unlike any band i have heard before and their music is fresh and different from other genres as they border many different ones.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006ZIDJO (964 words)

	Amazon.com: Silent Alarm [EXPLICIT LYRICS]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bloc Party is an autonomous unit of un-extraordinary kids reared on pop culture between the years 1976 and the present day.
		The debut by Bloc Party, Silent Alarm, is a very enjoyable post-punk/rock album that seemed to have come out of the middle of nowhere.
		I saw Bloc Party at ACL Festival in Sep. 2005 and they were incredible - one of the highlights of the festival.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007NFMDK?v=glance (1886 words)

	Eastern Bloc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, the former USSR, and the former Czechoslovakia.
		Although it was a Marxist state, its leader, Marshall Tito, came to power through his efforts as a partisan resistance leader during World War II, and thus he was not installed by the Soviet Red Army, and he owed the USSR no allegiance.
		Hungary was invaded by the USSR in 1956 after it had thrown off its pro-Soviet government; Czechoslovakia was similarly invaded in 1968 after a period of liberalization known as the Prague Spring.
	www.wikiverse.org /eastern-bloc (399 words)

	Bloc Jove
		Des del BLOC JOVE fem una crida a la participació dels nostres socis i simpatitzants en l'aplec nacionaista que enguany arriba a la seua XVIII edició.
		El BLOC JOVE ha eixit hui en defensa de la llibertat d’expressió dels artistes plàstics després que la secretària autonòmica de Cultura, Concha Gómez, obligara als organitzadors del festival Observatori 2005 a rectificar el seu cartell anunciador per considerar que podia contindre elements “ofensius”..
		El BLOC JOVE participarà divendres 4 de novembre a les 19,30 a la Massa Crítica, que com cada primer divendres de cada mes partix des de la plaça de la Mare de Déu de la Ciutat de València.
	www.blocjove.org (621 words)

	bloc party
		The hotly tipped Bloc Party make their debut for the Wichita label with another limited release (their last 7" is fetching tidy sums up on ebay).
		Part of the reaction to the influx of Strokes induced skinny-ties and Converse bands over the past two years, Brighton based Bloc Party are, along with The Futureheads and Franz Ferdinand, at the vanguard of a new British wave of intellectual guitar music.
		Marginally more inventive than the usual pallid crap NME increasingly pedal these days, Bloc Party are nonetheless a band with guitars who have fell back on the trusty remix album to keep their profile up.
	www.boomkat.com /artist.cfm?a=579 (1123 words)

	writers bloc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Writers' Bloc is a spoken word performance collective based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
		Its members come from a variety of backgrounds and histories of publication.
		Writers' Bloc does not seek power for its own sake.
	www.writers-bloc.org.uk (83 words)

	ALCA CMI::FTAA IMC
		That being said, it's not possible for a bloc to be infiltrated, in the traditional sense that most people conceive of it.
		Cops infiltrating the fl bloc is not a measure of the tactics failure, but rather its success.
		Cops might infiltrate a fl bloc to gain intelligence on the way blocs operate and to attempt to identify certain individuals they deem to be "agitational".
	www.ftaaimc.org /en/2003/11/1647.shtml (6143 words)

	BLOC CELLIER : rangement et aménagement caves à vin, casiers à bouteilles modulaires en pierre reconstituée
		Esthétiques et d'un assemblage très simple ces éléments "Bloc Cellier" peuvent être installés quelque soit la forme de votre cave et même sous un escalier.
		Enable you to make up your ideal cellar so that your wine may be laid down to mature in total calm.
		These elements are both aesthetic and easy to assemble and can be installed whatever the shape of your cellar.
	www.bloc-cellier.com (98 words)

	Amazon.com: Bloc Party [EP]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Throughout the spring and summer of 2004, Bloc Party was being proclaimed as "the" new band to watch in the U.K. (thanks to the overeager--but justifiable--promotion of Radio 1 D.J. Zane Lowe).
		The video for their first single, "Banquet", is finally getting airplay in the U.S. as 2004 draws to a close (it has been on video rotation in the U.K. since the spring of 2004).
		Bloc Party's Debut will be released on march 22nd of 2005 and promises to be the best thing britain has ever heard.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002VENPA?v=glance (1160 words)

	ALCA CMI::FTAA IMC\| CALL TO ACTION: Eco Bloc in Miami Nov. 19-21st
		The Eco Bloc is a street level convergence to confront the corporate takeover of water, biodiversity, land, and life with creative nonviolent direct action.
		The Eco Bloc is about moving beyond single-issue environmentalism towards a true global ecology movement, and joining the world rejecting neoliberalism, a genetically engineered society, corporate control and US Empire.
		Eco Bloc will march in April to decry the greed and injustice of the World Bank and IMF on their 60th anniversary.
	www.ftaaimc.org /or/2003/10/79.shtml (1166 words)

	Alliance bloc to nominate member for House speaker in coming ordinary session (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		AMMAN (Petra) — The Parliamentary Alliance Bloc announced on Saturday that it will nominate one of its members to run for the position of House speaker in the coming ordinary session expected to start in November.
		Bloc spokesman Abdul Razzak Tubeishat said the group has 17 members after being joined by deputies Ahmad Khattab, Sami Khasawneh and Adnan Aqrabawi.
		He added that the bloc members met on Friday evening and reviewed the economic, social and political situation in Jordan in addition to discussing the coming elections for the House's standing bureau and the House speaker.
	www.jordanembassyus.org /091299004.htm (179 words)

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