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Hurricane Rita, presently a Category 5 Hurricane and the third most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Gulf of
Mexico, is headed directly to the low-lying island city of Galveston and then Texas's biggest city Houston.
Dissenting Views to Accompany H.Res. 420, Resolution of Inquiry to the Attorney General - We strongly dissent from the
Majority’s decision to report unfavorably H. Res. 420, a resolution of inquiry directed to the Attorney General
regarding the ...
With more than 6 million Ethiopians, most of them children, threatened by a potential nationwide malaria epidemic, and
polio continuing to spread, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that it urgently needs nearly $22
million to ward off the ...
Marc My Words. By Marc Alexander MP Wednesday 21 September 2005 What was the result?
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has reiterated his call for the NZ Herald to cease its long running
exercise in deception. Mr Peters was responding to a front page article in today’s Herald, which states that he ‘had
still not returned ...
“I have seen the face of God!” No, this is not George W. Bush’s daily affirmation upon looking in the mirror each
morning after coming to/transmogrifying/getting up (though it could be, I guess), but rather the rapturous exclamation
from Howard Beale ...
A recently discarded Member of Parliament will begin his personal recycling process this week with an entry in The
Wonderful World of Wearable Arts (WOW) in its first Wellington season.
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SKY Television today unveiled “MY SKY”, the personal video recorder (PVR), to be launched on 5 December 2005, which
will forever change the way New Zealanders watch television.
China increasingly is engaged economically and politically in Latin America, and this engagement should enhance -- not
impair -- U.S. ties to the region, says Charles Shapiro, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Western
Hemisphere affairs.
As the General Assembly continued the General Debate of its 60th anniversary session this afternoon, government
ministers stressed that international agreements and State activities should have concrete, positive impact on the
security, rights and peaceful ...
Around 150 Range Rovers have been driving around New Zealand for the last couple of years with factory fitted navigation
systems from industry leader Siemens VDO, that couldn’t take them anywhere. Unfortunately when they were purchased, maps
had ...
Over the weekend, two of the core industrialized nations voted in national elections, and they were joined by New
Zealand, which, if it is not a major economic player, is still among the world's most advanced economies. The lens of
left and right does ...
Labour's disquiet about the nature of National's election campaign was confirmed today by rumblings in the National
party caucus, Steve Maharey said.
Robert B. Zoellick, Deputy Secretary of State Remarks to National Committee on U.S.-China Relations New York City
September 21, 2005
I could not help but feel touched the first time a New Zealand friend said salaam aleikum to me. The familiarity of the
greeting, and the warmth with which it was said, made me feel a little closer to home, my native country Algeria.
Reflecting ...
The two leaders confirmed their understanding of Mr Peters’ Rotorua speech on 7th September 2005, in which he set out
the position New Zealand First would take to ensure stable government for the next term of Parliament.
“How do you find a lion that has swallowed you?” asked Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, commenting on the moral dilemma
posed by the “shadow,” his insightful term for the dark, hidden side of the human psyche. The answer to Jung’s questions
is “you can’t ...
QUESTION: Many of my colleagues, I know, are going to ask questions about North Korea and Iraq and things like that,
but I thought I'd start off a little differently and talking a little bit about the President and race. Obviously, the
hurricane -- ...
The Herald has gone premium and the people are not happy. Several grumpy readers have contacted me about the New Zealand
Herald's introduction yesterday of its new content policies. Opinion pieces are now "premium content" and to read them
online ...
“We also thank politicians for further reducing the public’s trust in them. This was the most scurrilous, muck-raking
and unprincipled election campaign New Zealand’s ever had – and we think that’s just great!” says Sam Buchanan,
spokesperson for the ...
Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at Wenderholm Regional Park, north of Auckland.
Last evening United Future leader Peter Dunne took a leaf out of his good friend National leader Don Brash's campaigning
book and explained on TVNZ's Close Up at Seven that the Green Party's worldview was not that of the 'mainstream'.
The price of oil is likely to spike next week because of the impact of Hurricane Rita but oil companies should absorb
the rise themselves before passing it on to Kiwi motorists, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
Greg Hallett and the Spymaster have co-authored a book titled Hitler Was British Agent. The authors have been
researching for the past two years gathering information from all around the world including Europe. Interview subjects
included: James Bond ...
“If some people are foolish enough to live below sea level, or in flood plains, or in earthquake zones, why should the
rest of us bail them out when an expected disaster strikes?”
Hon. Tony Ryall National Party MP 22 September 2005 Visa-gate inquiry - once over lightly? National MP Tony Ryall says
the QC investigation into Labour’s Associate Pacific Island Affairs Minister Taito Philip Field is completely inadequate
and may ...
Election green light for tripartite process While the final result of the General Election will not be known for more
than another week, the most likely outcome is the re-election of the Labour-led Government. Implicit in that is the
continuing ...
The UK's Sunday Times recently published an article headed "Mental problems soar among children using cannabis" which
had claimed "THE number of children treated for mental disorders caused by smoking cannabis has quadrupled since the
government ...
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