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1: Mary Pitt: Talking to Bush Republicans While sitting in the waiting room of our doctor's clinic, an old friend arrived, accompanied by her daughter, and we
began to chat since we had not seen each other for a while. The daughter inquired as to whether we had "signed up" for
the new prescription ...
2: NSC, Cheney Aides Conspired to Out CIA Operative The investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson is heating up. Evidence is mounting that
senior officials in the office of Vice President Dick Cheney and the National Security Council conspired to unmask Plame
Wilson's identity ...
3: Satire: President Bush's Next Speech Ladies and gentleone's. Glad ya could make it. Want ta talk to you about healthcare. It's important. Everyone needs your
health. Without it, what can you do. And with it, there are only limitations, which means you can do anything. The sky's
the limit, ...
4: Haiti: President-elect René Préval congratulated Applauding the Haitian people for their patience and continuing commitment to democracy, the United Nations Security
Council today congratulated René Préval on his victory in the Caribbean country's recent presidential election.
5: Flashback: Beginning of the Final World War The optimists, who await an end to the post September 11 crisis, would end up as much disappointed tomorrow as the
pacifists are today. Those who exaggerate the fear of "fundamentalist" Islam but underestimate the resistance in the
Muslim world would ...
6: Questions And Answers - 21 February 2006 1. SUE BRADFORD (Green) to the Minister of Finance: Does he believe that, as 82 percent shareholder of Air New Zealand,
he should have been more proactive in finding a solution that would keep Air New Zealand’s engineering work in New
Zealand?
7: Questions for Oral Answer - 21 February 2006 1. SUE BRADFORD to the Minister of Finance: Does he believe that, as 82 percent shareholder of Air New Zealand, he
should have been more proactive in finding a solution that would keep Air New Zealand's engineering work in New Zealand?
8: Liberia: UN now encourages refugees to return home With the return of stability to Liberia, the United Nations refugee agency announced today it is now actively
encouraging the return of about 160,000 refugees spread through Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone
and elsewhere.
9: Scoop Fringe Images: Excess, Loonesco The blurb for Excess encourages us to "Enjoy the visual symphony of suitcases as an installation and as a movement of
energy through the streets of Wellington". Scoop caught Excess in installation mode above Civic Square on the 18th.
10: Recent Developments In Nepal's Maoist Insurgency Kathmandu, 19 Feb: This paper focuses on recent developments, vis-à-vis Nepal's Maoist insurgency, especially the past
one year, while providing an overview of its genesis, social and political roots and locale.
11: Peters: "Foreign Policy: The Next Five Years" An address to the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Tuesday 21st February 2006 at 10.00am, Rutherford
House, Victoria University, Wellington
12: William Rivers Pitt: The Enemy They called it "Cyber Storm," and it was a war-game exercise run last week by the Department of Homeland Security. The
war game had nothing to do with testing the security of our shipping ports, borders, infrastructure or airports. "Cyber
Storm" ...
13: Labour Government PM blames workers for job losses Prime Minister Helen Clark has blamed the workers for refusing to accept the wage cuts and loss of conditions involved
in the union-management deal that was negotiated to try and save half the 600 threatened Air New Zealand engineering
jobs.
14: Bill Berkowitz: Christian Right Eyes Canada Paul Weyrich, widely considered one of the founding fathers of the modern conservative movement, is looking North these
days with hopes that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's newly elected conservative government will transform the social and
political landscape ...
15: Air NZ To Outsource Wide Body Heavy Maintenance Air New Zealand today announced it will proceed with its plan to outsource wide body aircraft heavy maintenance after
union members failed to ratify their own counterproposal.
16: Arts Fest Preview: Les Arts Sauts' Sara Sandqvist There has been some consternation on the streets of Wellington over the appearance of a gigantic white dome on Waitangi
Park.
17: W.D. Jenkins: Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Bush” Admit it. You laughed and you stood up and clapped or you thrust your fist in the air saying “yes!” while you watched
that funeral. One by one, they came to the front of the church and unleashed upon the Boy King a most brutal verbal
beating. People ...
18: Supreme Court Judge appointed Honourable Noel Crossley Anderson has been appointed a Supreme Court Judge, Attorney-General David Parker today
announced.
19: Bonus Joules: Heated Ups and Downs I did find it a strange experience becoming a cartoon; even if it is a cartoon I drew myself some years ago. However
there I was, living, being the cartoon. It felt a bit spooky and rather hilarious. The occasion: The NZ Association for
Environmental ...
20: 2006 Olympic Gold Medallists on the Big Screen The Openair Cinema at the Viaduct Harbour shows the newest Snowboard documentary 'First Descent' as a New Zealand
Premiere on Friday, 24 February. Starring in this film with other snowboard legends are Shaun White and Hannah Teter.
Both Americans ...
21: Cartoon Issue: Is It A Freedom Of Expression? These days, more than twenty countries, where Muslim population is in Majority, are facing demonstrations organized by
the Muslim community. There are some countries where violent demonstrations have become a part of daily routine.
22: Why are Police hosting pro-gun lobbyists? The New Zealand Police need to explain why they are hosting this country's largest ever gathering of international
pro-gun lobbyists, according to Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke.
23: ICFTU: Cartoons Depicting the Prophet Mohammed Brussels, 20 February 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, initially in a
Danish newspaper, has caused deep offence to many Muslim people around the world. Freedom of the press is a principle of
fundamental ...
24: UN ozone experts to meet in Central Otago A high-powered scientific panel will be meeting in Alexandra later this week to consider the environmental effects of
ozone depletion. The National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) is hosting the meeting of the United Nations Environment Programme ...
25: Petrodollars and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Iran has been in the gun-sights of George W. Bush and his entourage from the moment that he was parachuted into the
presidency in November 2000 by his father’s Supreme Court.
26: Liberia: UN troops work to prevent border violence UN troops in Liberia work to prevent cross-border violence from Côte d'Ivoire
27: Don’t be rash, unions tell Air NZ Air New Zealand’s apparent determination to go ahead with contracting out engineering work is rash and uncalled for, say
the workers’ unions.
28: Dr Jim Sprott On US Cot Death Research His advice follows news yesterday that in the wake of a US study claiming that use of a dummy reduces cot death risk by
more than 90%, New Zealand health officials are considering whether to add dummies to their cot death prevention advice.
29: McCully: NZ Institute of International Affairs I appreciate the opportunity, at this very early stage of the current parliamentary term, to share with you some
thoughts regarding the future direction of New Zealand foreign policy.
30: Investigate Editor Responds To DBP Investigate magazine editor Ian Wishart has welcomed David Benson-Pope's tacit admission that the schoolgirl nightie
allegations are true. The magazine has today published fresh information that had been buried inside a 1,000 page
electronic police file ...