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Whenever I get asked to speak about the media and its role in our world, I always remember something that happened to me
in the fall of 2002. My book on Iraq had been out for a few weeks, I was writing for truthout, and I was also carrying a
full teaching ...
Question No. 1 to Minister 1. Police, Minister—Confidence Question No. 2 to Minister 2. Health, Ministry—Physiotherapy
Industry 3. Police, Minister—Piha Incident 4. Early Childhood Education—Quality 5. Police—Former Commissioner 6. Health
and Disability ...
Have you ever suddenly seen through a massive con? If you are like me, you don’t know whether to rage against the
perpetrator, to be depressed by your ignorance or to laugh at your own gullibility.
This lecture was delivered at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on April 18, 2005. - I will begin by unpacking the
key terms in the title of my talk: “9/11,” “American empire,” and “religious people,” beginning with the last one.
The top-level government memo marked "SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL," dated eight months before Bush sent us into Iraq,
following a closed meeting with the President, reads, "Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove
Saddam ...
In an exchange during question time today Associate Minister of Education David Benson-Pope denied opposition
allegations that he used tennis balls to discipline students during his time teaching at Bayfield High School.
A hoax 111 call yesterday had police, emergency services, the Westpac helicopter and army units mobilised and rushed to
an area of native bush 30 kilometre west of Dargaville. The anonymous caller -- who identified himself as Stephen
Bainbridge, ...
When I was in college, I wrote a research paper that changed my life forever. I had grown up in a fundamentalist
Christian family living in the buckle of the Bible Belt where I was fed a steady diet of racism and Cold War
anti-communism.
This morning Wellington commuters were treated to free coffee in Manners street brewed by a phalanx of Mark Blumsky
supporters. The reason for this caffeine largesse was the opening of Mr Blumsky's campaign headquarters.
Labour approved a discussion paper that proposed legalising brother-sister sex for over-20-year-olds, according to
official documents released today by National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall.
This last weekend the National Council of the Maori Party was discussing key slogans as part of our build-up to
Elections 2005.
1. Benefits—Trends 2. Taxation—Australian Tax Cuts 3. Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods Agency—Standards 4. Police—Former
Commissioner 5. Biosecurity—Hoax Threats 6. Immigration, Minister—Confidence Question No 5 to Minister 7. Police—Former
Commissioner 8. Student ...
Mixed results in survey on 18, 19 year old drinking The Ministry of Justice's latest survey on youth drinking shows
mixed results on the impact of lowering the drinking age in 1999, says Justice Minister Phil Goff.
On Monday US Secretary of State for S. Asia Christina Rocca arrived in the capital of Kathmandu. She met with various
leaders of the major parties, held a press conference, and dinned with the King.
Brussels 9 May 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): The ICFTU, together with the Global Union Federations IUF and ITGLWF, today
condemned the arrest and continued detention of three Eritrean trade union leaders by security police. Two of the three,
Tewelde Ghebremedhin and ...
The growing privatization of property and increased land speculation were among the driving forces behind the 1.6
billion inadequately housed people across the world, including an estimated 100 million who are completely homeless, a
United Nations ...
Progressive Democrats of America Make National Call of Support for Congressional Letter Demanding Investigation of
British Intelligence Leak on Iraq Invasion Strategy
In 1999 Parliament, narrowly, voted to lower the minimum purchasing age of alcohol to 18. The New Zealand Drug
Foundation, the Ministry of Health, the Alcohol Advisory Committee (ALAC) and other public health organisations at the
time opposed the lowering ...
Journalists typically condemn attempts to force their colleagues to disclose anonymous sources, saying that subpoenaing
reporters will discourage efforts to expose government wrongdoing. But such warnings seem like mere self-congratulation
when clear evidence ...
Through the systematic re-writing of our history, most Americans have come, somewhat irrationally, to view the Bush
Administration and his Neoconservative cabal as the root of all evil, solely responsible for the misguided Empire which
we now wield ...
NEW ZEALAND CINEMA INDUSTRY HEATS UP WITH PREMIERE OF STAR WARS EPISODE 3: Revenge of the Sith
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa Media STATEMENT Thursday 12 May 2005
Since the U.S. invaded Iraq on 3/20/03 at least 50,000-100,000 civilians have been killed. A great majority of those
casualties have been women and children. One of the purposes of the invasion was to “free and liberate” the Iraqi
people. The evil ...
New Zealand Consumers are being denied information and protection by Food Safety officials at the same time as European
officials are taking action to prevent illegal BT10 corn imports. Germany's Consumer Protection Minister has blamed the
US for "unbelievable ...
New Zealand has improved its international rating two places to 16th on the just released world competitiveness
scoreboard. And the gap between New Zealand and Australia has shortened dramatically, with Australia slipping from 4th
to 9th place on the ...
New Zealand Biotechnology Company, Immune Biologica(TM), have launched a revolutionary anti-aging skin care product and
is poised to take a share of the global $9.9 billion anti-aging skin care market.
Police pleased with public response to threat letter Police investigating the biosecurity threat letter say they're
pleased with the response from the public with suggestions on who might be the author.
Weathering scathing global condemnation and strident threats of isolation, Nepal’s royal government completed 100 days
in office this week. Actually, it seems to have made headway in making its case. Coinciding with the milestone, the
Indian government ...
Industrialised countries like New Zealand must look beyond their own backyards and work to help solve the work-related
health problems of developing nations – or run the risk of economic stagnation, warns a Finnish expert.
An additional 200 TeachNZ scholarships for prospective early childhood education teachers are now available for July
2005 enrolments in teacher education, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
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