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Report by Cuba on Resolution 59/11 of the United Nations General Assembly “The necessity of ending the economic,
commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” - The economic, commercial and
financial blockade impose ...
The Dorak mystery flower has opened at last. Earlier this week in phone conversations I had with David Stronach,
Professor of Near East Archaeology at the University of California - Berkeley, Stronach disclosed that Jimmie Mellaart
invented Dorak. He ...
Leonard Cohen, a couple of decades back, sang an odd tune about 'taking Berlin' and then somehow 'occupying Manhattan'.
Mr Cohen's words could prove prophetic for New Zealand politics in the early 21st century should National prove
successful in occupying ...
I don't think this is what the Maori Party wanted before its first group of MPs are even seated. Its third-ranked list
candidate Atareta Poananga has blasted its consultative hui process, describing it and co-leader Tariana Turia's
glad-eye approach to National ...
Invercargill MP Eric Roy will introduce a Members’ Bill to protect Fiordland’s moose population if the Department of
Conservation or Conservation Authority tries to have them culled.
While U.S. and British military personnel continue using uranium munitions- America's and England's own "dirty bombs"
U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Defense officials continue to deny that there are any
adverse health and environmental ...
New Zealand house prices are being pushed beyond the reach of many ordinary Kiwis thanks to an out of control buy up by
foreign investors - but lack of monitoring means the true picture is hidden, Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald says.
One of the less studied aspects of al-Qaeda’s global strategy of irregular warfare is the environmental element of the
campaign. As it turns out, the jihadi project meshes neatly with the concerns of Western environmental groups,
especially those ...
Josette Shiner, , Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary
for European and Eurasian Affairs; and Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs
Over a year ago, the comfort of my world severely diminished as I took my journey through the looking glass and
discerned the ugly truths about the nation of my birth, the United States of America. “Logic and proportion” certainly
seemed to have “fallen ...
Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton today welcomed news overnight of a United States offer to make deep cuts in trade
distorting farm subsidies.
The first confirmed case of genetically engineered (GE) contamination in a field of commercial canola has struck a
Victorian farmer. The incident opens up a legal mine-field for farmers and threatens Australian export markets.
Aid and relief organisation TEAR Fund New Zealand is appealing for donations to assist victims of the earthquake that
struck Pakistan on Saturday morning, and has caused damage stretching into India and Afghanistan.
As Moore prepares a new film on America's ailing health care industry, will it continue being open season on the
'scruffy guy in a baseball cap'?
My grandfather, U.S. Army Col. Edwin Joseph McAllister, was born in Battle Creek in 1895. He does not know that his
first grandchild is an international expert on depleted uranium. I have worked in two U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories,
and in ...
Liberia’s George Weah was crowned as FIFA’s World Footballer of the Year in 1995, the most prestigious individual award
that a soccer player can achieve. Ten years later, Weah is running for President of the small West African nation of
Liberia, ...
The charges against Tom DeLay are simple. He has been indicted for conspiring with political allies to use corporate
money on Texas campaigns and for laundering corporate funds for that purpose. The indictments charge that DeLay used the
Republican National ...
Commission to provide €1.7 million in humanitarian aid for victims of tropical storm Stan in El Salvador and Guatemala
The Maori Party has wound up a series of thirty hui around the country. The four Members of Parliament have been on a
whirlwind trip to visit as many members as possible within the space of five days.
The National Party caucus has voted Lindsay Tisch to be its senior whip. Tische, was in the previous parliamentary
term, National's junior whip, spokesperson for racing, small business, and internal affairs and was on the Government
Administration ...
While recently watching George Bush's carefully orchestrated performance from New Orleans' French Quarter a week late
and a billion dollars short, I was struck by the confused desperation in his eyes, and I was overcome with sympathy. Not
at the ...
Massey University's James Watson was presented with the 2005 Agricultural History Ig Nobel prize at the 15th First
Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Harvard's Sanders Theatre on Thursday night.
THE SALVATION ARMY has launched a national appeal for urgent public donations to assist with its emergency response to
the earthquake that has devastated Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 9 (APP) -- Acting swiftly, Pakistan's U.N. Mission in New York has been working with relevant U.N.
officials to coordinate the world body's response to the calamitous situation brought about by Saturday's huge
earthquake which struck ...
Earthquake Info Centre: Pakistan Quake Map
Video: Pacific Solution - From Afghanistan to Aotearoa is a documentary that follows the plight of the Tampa refugees.
The Tampa refugees are 438 Afghanis who on the day the World Trade Center crumbled were awash in a small boat off the
coast of Australia, ...
Central America has been devastated by Hurricane Stan, which has caused massive mudslides and extensive damage in
Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador. El Salvador has also faced volcanic eruption.
Bucharest - Massive illegal cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops threatens farmers and the economy in
Romania. At a Greenpeace press conference today in Bucharest, Monsanto's former general manager in Romania warned that
Romanian authorities have ...
DNC Headquarters -- The cluelessness of the Democratic Party has hit a new high in recent weeks as it continues to
demonsrate an astonishing inability to capitalize on the implosion of the Republican Party.
30: The Letter
The Bribe of Office; the Greens Dilemma; the Last Cab; U Turns; Queen Maker; Calling the Kettle Black; Don't Bank on It;
Labour's Cabinet; New Ministers; Interesting Electoral Facts; the Economy
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