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King of Pop Michael Jo Jackson has been found not guilty on all charges of sexual assault against a minor in a Santa
Barbara county California.
The scheme concocted by the pharmaceutical industry and pushed forward by the Bush administration to screen the entire
nation's public school population for mental illness and treat them with controversial drugs was already setting off
alarms among ...
Colonel Sam Gardiner (USAF, Ret.) has identified 50 false news stories created and leaked by a secretive White House
propaganda apparatus. Bush administration officials are probably having second thoughts about their decision to play
hardball with former ...
Inside: Prime Minister Defends David Benson-Pope - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan To Visit This Week
The Hell Pizza management team has been told by a guy who chooses to remain nameless, that the Australian Government
would like Hell to apologise to Australia for the "win a trip that could last a lifetime campaign". Citing that is in
extremely ...
Earlier today, in a California courtroom, the jury in Michael Jackson's child abuse trial returned verdicts of not
guilty on all charges. This has reinforced my belief that celebrity cases involving the mistreatment of children are
best tried by the ...
We are on the verge of a welfare disaster in this country (USA). Eighty percent of autistic children are under the age
of 17. In a few short years, the states are going to be forced to provide support for an overwhelming number of disabled
autistic adults. ...
Let's all give a robust "WTF?" to this WaPo article from Saturday: The Pentagon awarded three contracts this week,
potentially worth up to $300 million over five years, to companies it hopes will inject more creativity into its
psychological operations ...
The Maori Party is deeply concerned that another High Commissioner appointed by the Labour Government is unable to
comprehend the importance of their role and status as a representative of this country.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An American, Ed Szendrey, said a former CIA-backed Lao general helped finance his trip into
communist Laos, which ended in expulsion last week because Szendrey bought illegal satellite telephones for Hmong
rebels, set up a "communications ...
1. GEORGINA BEYER to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What reports has he received on child poverty
in New Zealand?
Last week IMAC called for more science and less opinion in the MeNZB(tm) vaccination debate: We agree, and now call on
IMAC to explain the increased risk of meningococcal disease in pre-schoolers apparent in its evidence used to support
the MeNZB(tm) campaign.
The fallout from the revelation of a secret meeting between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his senior national
security team appears to be growing. We take a look at the so-called "Downing Street Memo" which reveals how the former
director ...
On Thursday June 16, 2005, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and other Congress
Members will hold a hearing on the Downing Street Minutes and related evidence of efforts to cook the books on pre-war
intelligence. (Time ...
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.
The Pentagon awarded three contracts this past week, worth up to $300 million, to companies it hopes will inject more
creativity into US psychological operations efforts to improve foreign public opinion about the United States,
particularly their opinion ...
Finance Minister Michael Cullen has “mixed feelings” about the departure from Air New Zealand and from New Zealand of
Ralph Norris.
In the days since Ethiopia's disputed elections sparked a wave of violent street protests in the capital, Addis Ababa,
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has spoken several times to both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and
opposition ...
If the leadership qualities of those in charge of the national Democratic Party could be squeezed into a shampoo
bottle, the directions on the back of the bottle might read something like this: “Make tentative statement. Offer
equivocation to ...
Last night the Congress accepted the resignation of pro-US president Mesa, and also accepted the refusal of both the
presidents of the Senate and Congress to take over as president.
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Opotiki Grey Power on Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens Hall, King
Street, Opotiki
Auckland - Vegetarianism has officially gone mainstream, and the world of celebrities is no exception. In a star-studded
poll that was launched earlier this month, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is asking people to vote
for the "Sexiest ...
QUESTION: Madame Secretary, there's a lot of concern in this country, as you know, about the strength and the violence
of the insurgency. We just got these two memos in the last couple of weeks that they're called the "Downing Street
Memos" ...
In the course of explaining New Zealand’s fisheries management system I made some remarks which have clearly caused
offence. I acknowledged they were inappropriate and apologised when the Secretary of Foreign Affairs raised the matter
with me shortly ...
By Marietta Gross – Scoop Media Auckland. Scientists have found the reason why some women have difficulty reaching an
orgasm is due to genetics. That’s the result of a study by the Twin Research Unit of the St. Thomas’ Hospital
www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk ...
Sunday, 12 June 2005: Last week Amaltal director Andrew Talley called Greenpeace assertions "unsubstantiated claptrap".
Today, photos and footage taken by the Rainbow Warrior crew prove him and others supporting bottom trawling wrong.
Low power users are now saving between $25 and $96 a year on their electricity bills because of regulations introduced
by the government that require companies to offer low fixed charge tariffs, Energy Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
In case you blinked – because it all happened so fast – I’ve prepared this summary of the action-packed series of
breaking news reports from Luis Gómez and our entire team in Bolivia, and the considerable helping hand lent them from
diverse points ...
Auckland, 13 June 2005 – Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the world’s first industry-standard
notebook computer, the New Zealand office of Toshiba (Australia) Pty.
“New York Times” has reported Philip Cooney, former lobbyist of the oil industry, had played down warnings of what
global warming will do to the planet.
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