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SCOOP EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a transcript of another document leaked to the media concerning the build up to
the Iraq war. It concerns a discussion in early 2002 between the UK Ambassador to the US and then Deputy Defence
Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.
1. Health Services—Waiting Times 2. Chinese Spy Network—New Zealand 3. Te Wânanga o Aotearoa—Treaty of Waitangi
Settlement Question No. 1 to Minister Question No. 3 to Minister 4. Economy—Reserve Bank Announcement 5. Labour Party
President—Auckland ...
In the wake of the unrest following disputed elections in Ethiopia, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has
condemned the violence in Addis Ababa that resulted in the shooting and reported killing of a number of demonstrators by
security forces.
Beware. This could be your tax dollars at work. The federal government may guarantee hundreds of millions of dollars in
loans to help a former energy executive who publicly admitted he had no idea that the division he once ran cooked its
books and who is ...
KEY - Electorate - Ranking on Average Personal Income of Poorest 10 electorates (from Poorest to Wealthiest) - Guilty MP
- Political Party
“Greenpeace’s assault on a New Zealand fishing vessel this week in the Tasman was dangerous and disgraceful. It is
entirely appropriate that the Government considers what action it can take to protect New Zealanders legally going about
their business ...
UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: I am here for a G8 meeting of political directors, and that's under British chairmanship, and we
are talking about all of the foreign policy issues, including Iraq and Iran and Afghanistan and the Middle East peace
negotiations, the ...
David Swanson: Breakthrough - Washington Post & NYT On Bush & Blair's Comments - The corporate media today began its coverage of the Downing Street Minutes, moved to do so by a
visit to Washington by Prime Minister Tony Blair, and by the pressure ...
Bolivia is once again in the international news and with good reason. For three weeks the capital city of La Paz has
been largely shut down by protests. The President has announced his resignation. The Congress is poised Thursday to hand
the Presidency ...
Finally Parliament will have an opportunity to reverse the foolish clause 11 of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone
Disarmament and Arms Control Act of 1987, ACT MP Ken Shirley said in response to his private members bill being drawn
from the ballot ...
A sitting MP gives an explanation to the House which is at perpendicular variance with accounts of his potentially
improper conduct provided to journalists by three members of the public. He seems destined to appear before the
privileges committee ...
The corporate media today began its coverage of the Downing Street Minutes, moved to do so by a visit to Washington by
Prime Minister Tony Blair, and by the pressure all of us have applied.
Policy launch: Greens offer brighter thinking on energy . So reads the media release this week. Strange. Why does the
world suddenly dim down and lose its sparkle? Have we suddenly blown a galactic fuse or something? Time to get the
Energy Gobbledygook ...
A campaign to increase safety for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and teachers in schools will be
launched at a national conference in Wellington, June 11 and 12, 2005.
(Chicago) - The Director General of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Dr. Donny George, spoke about the April 2003 looting, the
recovery of antiquities and the museum’s restoration initiatives at a lecture hosted by the Field Museum.
LEAD STORY: Wealth Spread Around More Evenly Since 2001 - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Dunne Looks For Reds Under NZ Beds -
Terence Arnold Could Be In Hot Seat Regarding Benson Pope - Bollard Keeps Close Eye On Inflation - Mobile Phone
Termination Regulation ...
“Most health support workers are earning less than the Government’s poverty line of $27,600 or 60% of household median
income,” said Nadine Marshall, Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) today. She was commenting on
figures ...
Trevor Mallard tied himself in knots today trying to justify $15 million of Treaty of Waitangi settlement payments made
to Te Wananga o Aotearoa in error, says National Party Education spokesman Bill English.
Satan rules, at least according to many of my fellow Americans. In recent surveys, over two-thirds of those polled said
they believed the devil to be real, whether with or without horns and a tail.
"The Ministry of Health press release this afternoon is riddled with faith and false information," say risk & policy analyst Ron Law and writer/researcher Barbara Sumner Burstyn
Jim Shultz On Bolivia's Revolution & Repercussions At OAS - Bolivia is once again in the international news and with good reason. For three weeks the
capital city of La Paz has been largely shut down by protests. The President has announced ...
Dolphins on the West Coast of Australia have been found to use tools for foraging, report scientists from the
Universities of Zurich and New South Wales in Sydney. It is the first time documented evidence has been gathered to
examine how dolphin ...
The latest findings on poverty levels in New Zealand are evidence of a steady improvement in social wellbeing under the
Labour-led government, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said.
Social Development & Employment Minister Steve Maharey is using dubious statistics and weasel-words to defend his government’s failure to
address poverty or reduce inequality, claims ACT Welfare Spokeswoman Dr Muriel Newman.
Since the last Fundy Post was published, the phones have not stopped ringing. The Watchdog story has appeared in Russell
Brown's Hard News, the New Zealand Herald, the Dominion Post, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age, as well
as being ...
Sue Bradford’s bill now before parliament on banning smacking is a backward step, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks
said today.
The Social Tonics Association of New Zealand (STANZ) today welcomed the second reading of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment
Bill in Parliament, saying the Bill was a good example of evidence-based policy development.
New Zealand First spokesperson for family affairs Barbara Stewart is warning the public not to fall for Labour's
attempt to conceal the true picture of poverty in New Zealand
( Uncorrected transcript—subject to correction and further editing. For corrected transcripts, please visit:
http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/hansard )
National Party Forestry spokesman Brian Connell says its time for Labour to come clean on the cost of implementing the
Kyoto Protocol.
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