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The past week in DC found me in many offices of our elected officials: Senators, Congresspersons, pro-war, "anti-war,"
Democrat, Republican. With a few notable exceptions, all of our employees toed party lines.
Satire: Emerging from a traditional smoke-filled meeting this afternoon, representatives of the New Zealand
Conspirators Association praised the administration of Victoria University of Wellington for actions furthering the
suppression of information.
The Green Party has deferred its Special General Meeting, which had been scheduled for tomorrow.
The top United Nations envoy to Sudan today called on the parties to the conflict in the Darfur region to discuss the
distribution of power, wealth-sharing and security arrangements at peace talks aimed at reaching a settlement to their
long-running ...
Elle Macpherson Intimates is turning heads with 14-storey high billboards in Queens, New York city. The two giant
billboards, featuring stunning images from the latest Elle Macpherson Intimates campaign, were unveiled this month as
part of the North ...
Leaked documents reveal that Vic students are in for a massive increase in fees in 2006, with the University
considering 5-10% across-the-board fee rises.
7: News Worthy
Robert Ripley left his legacy with 27 Ripleys' "Believe it or not" museums worldwide and a syndicated daily cartoon. At
the peak of its popularity the cartoon was being read by about 80 million readers.
What do we make of the Saturday, October 1 Washington Post headline “Poison Found in Air During Anti-War Protest”?
Washington D.C. Public Health Director Greg A. Pane posed the right question in the Post article, “Why that day? That’s
what is not explained.” ...
You’ve seen them on TV, in movies, on their website and gracing the pages of many magazines. Now you can read the
ultimate guide to Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, uninterrupted, from cover to cover.
Mr. Chairman and ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for the privilege of speaking to you today. I am not an
economist with a degree, but for the last 25 years I have published and edited a financial newsletter, and I hope that
qualifies me to speak ...
Bush has nominated his Texas crony as a stealth appointment to the Supreme Court. Although the Senate will be
hard-pressed to discover Harriet Miers's positions on the critical issues, she does have a long record of loyalty to
Bush, whom she calls ...
Days 2 & 3: The Ghost You’ll Never See in the Machine (“electronic voting”); Outsourcing Elections to Corporate America; Methods
of Monitoring Elections; plus State and Community Level Action.
Scoop is pleased to provide Video On Demand re-screening of Prime TV’s Holmes/Don Brash interview that was broadcast on
Thursday Oct 6. Scoop thanks Prime TV for making this video stream possible.
Anton Oliver claims in his new book that a drinking culture is prevalent among the All Blacks. That should concern all
New Zealanders. Rugby is central to the lives of a greater proportion of young men in New Zealand than probably any
other country ...
An exciting mix of new and seasoned Kiwi music talent has taken home the 21 Tui Awards at the 2005 Vodafone New Zealand
Music Awards announced tonight (Wednesday October 5) at the Aotea Centre-THE EDGE® in Auckland.
The State Services Commissioner, Mark Prebble, said it is with reluctance that he has accepted the resignation of the
Chief Executive of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Paula Tyler.
In this report: - Activist Attorney Paul Lehto Makes a Strong Case - VotersUnite.Org's Theisen Explains How Citizens
have "Outsourced" the Voting and Tabulation Process to Corporations - A Huge Opportunity in New Mexico and Three Weeks
to Raise the Money ...
Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone today said trials of two new systems at Sydney airport could help dramatically
strengthen Australia’s border security.
New Zealand child sponsors will be relieved that their sponsored children are not suffering from the severe food crisis
in Niger, says World Vision Niger's child sponsorship coordinator, Hannatou Hassane. Ms Hassane has just visited the
most severely affected ...
Washington -- A top U.S. arms control and nonproliferation official has called on all governments to prohibit new
nuclear transfers to Iran and to freeze activity on all ongoing nuclear projects with that country.
Despite a well intentioned and highly publicized meeting, big business still finds the Green Party scary. By the way the
media has portrayed this it seems like we are all supposed to be worried that the ‘anti-business Greens’ may well form
part of ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters has expressed his sadness over the passing of former New Zealand politician Hon John Falloon.
For most tropical South Pacific countries the chances of tropical cyclone activity are near normal for the coming
season, according to NIWA climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger.
An exciting mix of new and seasoned Kiwi music talent has taken home the 21 Tui Awards at the 2005 Vodafone New Zealand
Music Awards announced tonight (Wednesday October 5) at the Aotea Centre-THE EDGE® in Auckland.
Last night I spoke to the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. I expressed my condolences to him on the
loss of Indonesian lives, he in turn expressed his sadness at the loss of Australian lives and the injuries that had
been done. He assured me ...
Alastair Thompson and Simon Pound discuss the latest from Wellington and the New Zealand political scene.
Child, Youth and Family’s Chief Executive Paula Tyler has tendered her resignation from the position for family reasons
and will be returning to Canada. Her resignation has been accepted by the State Services Commissioner.
Average weekly gross income for all people from all sources was $586 in the June 2005 quarter, up 5.8 percent from the
June 2004 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Average weekly income from all sources was $738 for males and $442
for females.
Last week the class photos came home. In one photo there were only three names I would identify as traditional Kiwi
names, and they belonged to the only three obviously European faces.
It is with great sadness that we must report that David Wakim, a much-loved Auckland activist and a tireless champion of
the rights of the Palestinian people, has died suddenly whilst traveling in Namibia at age 60. David was an
inspirational man who ...
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