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Audio courtesy of L.A. Sound Posse - Robert Fisk: Report From The Middle East, U.C.L.A. ....in association with an
introduction of his latest book "The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East".
Much to the dismay of President Bush, Americans can remember all on their own, without any coaching from Democrats, that
in the run up to war in Iraq, it was top official from the administration who were making the claim that Saddam was in
cahoots with ...
The ability of the United Nations to monitor the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) separating Ethiopia and Eritrea is
shrinking while posturing by the formerly-warring Horn of Africa countries is raising the stakes, the
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping ...
Interest in the NZ Windfarms' share offer has excited the company’s CEO Chris Freear.
The "Al Qaeda in Iraq" website which allegedly claimed responsibility for the Amman bombings, states that the attacks
were directed against Israelis, members of Western intelligence agencies and their Shiite accomplices:
Consultation is what happens when you talk through your problems with your employer. Gossip, recrimination and endless
public finger-pointing is what happens when your employment is funded by the taxpayer and your employer is TVNZ.
Dr. Mark P. Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Lecture for the Institute of
International Law and Politics, Georgetown University Washington, DC November 15, 2005
A video doco by Sigfrido Ranucci entitled "Fallujah: the Hidden Massacre," provides evidence that White Phosphorous - a
new form of napalm - was used against Fallujah. WARNING: This video contains graphic and possibly disturbing footage.
The outlook for a successful Doha round in December looks more bleak than ever as Apec leaders gather this weekend.
Crucial talks last week were hyped in advance as the ‘do-ordie’ opportunity for the Doha talks. They flopped. Now
negotiators are ...
Goodness gracious! Henny Penny! Since defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and vice president Dick Cheney teamed up to lead
the charge to create a New World Order, the whole universe has become untidy. Very untidy. My friend Bernie says Dick
and Rummy's ...
With nary a peep from the mainstream media, the US Supreme Court has stabbed yet another partisan knife into the
American electoral system.
EU should implement democratic safeguards in stalled Constitution now without waiting for ratification, says CoR
President
Onboard HMNZS TE KAHA it’s just another day in the office as POWT Greg Bishell and LWT Darren Lyall load a torpedo, and
observe it successfully fire during a fortnight of operational warfare exercises conducted with the Royal Australian
Navy off the ...
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says it is clear from the police briefing to the incoming minister that the department is
desperately short of staff in most areas.
1. Schools—Performance 2. Treasury Briefing—Economic Growth 3. Mâoridom—Speech from the Throne 4. Treasury
Briefing—Taxation Rates 5. Pathology Services—Coroners and Police 6. China—Trade 7. Taxation—Income Splitting 8.
Electricity Transmission—Capacity
Newstalk ZB reported yesterday that: "The Department of Labour has cancelled the business visa of Auckland bookshop
owner Jim Peron. The American was barred from re-entering New Zealand in July [2005] after he went to Germany [in March
2005] to ...
Andrew K. Semmel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Address to the National Strategy Forum
Chicago, Illinois November 14, 2005
December is the month of the shortest nights for looking at the stars, but gives more time for daytime activities.
Planets - December is a good month for viewing the planets. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible for the
whole of the ...
I've been a little surprised that no one today appears to have noted that when we host Rugby World Cup 2011, it will
(failing some sort of coalition collapse) also be an election year. And that if the tournament dates are similar to
those in Australia ...
“We won’t get children to change their behaviour when it comes to junk food unless we regulate the invasive marketing
methods used by food manufacturers”, says Professor of Marketing Janet Hoek of Massey University. Professor Hoek was
speaking at a seminar ...
The Reserve Bank today released its Financial Stability Report (http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/finstab/fsreport/index.html), a
twice-yearly report that assesses the robustness of the New Zealand financial system.
Private William Sims of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan secures a Bamyan airfield as a C-130
Hercules comes in to land.
Energy Experts Ponder ‘Once Oil’s Gone, Then What’? - Otago University hosts international conference on sustainable
energy options-
For the last two days, in various points across Ecuador, the social movements and organizations have been, once again,
on the warpath. The enemy, always the same at heart, today bears the name Free Trade Agreement.
As the International Labour Organization (ILO) meets to discuss the practice of forced labour in Myanmar, Amnesty
International expresses concern at the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.
Having wakened a bit early and turned to my usual morning fodder of whatever is on C-Span, I was treated (?) to a
re-broadcast of an appearance of Alan Greenspan before Congress Now, requiring a barely functional brain to decypher
this man's message ...
Lawless World - America and the making and breaking of Global Rules from FDR's Atlantic Charter to George Bush's
Illegal war -A New Book By Philippe Sands
New Zealand has successfully won the bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup in 2011. New Zealand's chance came when South
Africa, tipped to be a strong second runner to Japan, was voted out in the first round.
The International Federation of Journalists joined protests led today by the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine
(IMTUU) against the current law governing the forthcoming parliamentary election campaign.
National Party Housing spokesman, Phil Heatley, says the Housing Minister needs to answer a few more questions about
the alleged large-scale immigration scam being run out of a state house in Hastings.
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