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On January 3, 2006, Global Exchange, the international advocacy group for human rights, released a report naming the top
fourteen "Worst Corporate Evildoers" in the world for the year 2005. Pfizer, one of the most profitable drug companies
on earth, with ...
Kevin Phillips, former Republican strategist and bestselling author of American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy ,
provides a critical and extensively researched analysis of the current political condition as shaped by the “Republican
Majority” and the ...
03/15/06 "The Independent" -- -- Ahmed Zaoui, Algerian cleric and university professor, member of the Algerian Front
Islamique du Salut (FIS), sits back opposite a cluster of statues of the Virgin, a painting of Christ's crucifixion and
three Catholic priests. ...
• New alliance of regional giants slowly gains strength • India, Brazil, and South Africa (IBSA) spearheads south-south
co-operation • IBSA presses issues of poor nations’ development in WTO and UN debates • Economic cooperation remains the
largest challenge ...
America has lost the war in Iraq. The chance for victory vanished long ago with the hearts, minds, arms, legs and lives
of the Iraqi people. The insurgence hasn’t won; rather the American government never obtained the formula to win.
America, led by ...
Auckland's artwork plan and New Plymouth foreshore win supreme honours at the NZ landscape architect awards
Faik Bakir, the director of the Baghdad morgue, has fled Iraq in fear of his life after reporting that more than 7000
people have been killed by Iraqi interior ministry death squads in recent months, John Pace, the outgoing head of the UN
human rights ...
Nothing more symbolizes the decline of American leadership into a succession of failed, power mad, GOP incompetents than
a recent comment by Al Haig at a conference to reassess the Vietnam War: "Former Nixon adviser Alexander Haig said
Saturday military leaders ...
1. Whangamata Marina—Minister’s Intervention 2. KiwiSaver Scheme—Alternatives 3. Payroll Tax—Employment 4.
Pharmac—Subsidies 5. Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology—COOL IT Programme
A number of writings have recently appeared with the thesis that the announced plans of the Teheran government to
institute a Teheran Oil Bourse, perhaps as early as this month, is the real hidden reason behind the evident march to
war on Iran from ...
Against a backdrop of rising terrorism and insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the top United Nations envoy to the country
today said that the Kabul Government must, with international help, extend its reach to local communities.
This House has heard before, how the world of Maori has a special work ethic, a proud history of industry, a genealogy
of Hard Work.
1. PETER BROWN to the Minister of Immigration: What are the general requirements for those seeking political asylum and
refugee status in New Zealand?
In the last 48 hours all the major players in the Bush administration have issued statements warning of the impending
danger of Iran. Cheney blasted the Islamic regime saying there would be "meaningful consequences" if it refuses to
comply with international ...
1. Refugee and Asylum Seekers—General Requirements 2. Te Wânanga o Aotearoa—Audit Reports 3. Early Childhood
Education—Quality 4. Small Business Advisory Group—Probationary Employment 5. Special Benefit—Abolition
Thousands of pictures of the Islamic regime's leaders were set on fire, by maverick Iranians, at the occasion of the
banned "Tchahar-Shanbe Soori" (Fire Fiest). In places, the constitution of the Islamic regime was also thrown in fire
bushes ...
Black GST Elder Robbie Thorpe today announced Charges will be laid against the Sovereign Head of Australia, Queen
Elizabeth II for Crimes against humanity, including Genocide, against the Indigenous peoples of Australia under the
International Convention on ...
Three months ago, the Maori Party joined with our indigenous brothers and sisters right around the world to celebrate
the resounding victory of Bolivia's new, indigenous president, Evo Morales.
Poll Finds U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Overwhelmingly Favor Withdrawal Within a Year - Interview with Kelly Dougherty,
cofounder of Iraq Veterans Against the War, conducted by Scott Harris
And indeed, just like the waxing and waning moon, Maori electors will continue to believe in the right to full and
effective Maori political participation, whatever permutations of electoral reform come before the House, just like the
latest, the ...
Countries with a more balanced approach to human rights at the international level, such as New Zealand, should be used
in peace-maker roles on the new United Nations Human Rights Council.
South Dakota Anti-Abortion Forces Working to Overturn Roe vs. Wade - Interview with Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL
Pro-Choice America, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
The war criminals’ freedom, the jesters’ democracy, the fat banquet and those mountains of corpses that nobody cares.
But the Emperor is naked.
Improving access to fresh water for the people of Tonga would continue to be a priority for New Zealand’s assistance to
the island nation, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
Sex worker rights group participating in national bus trip to stop violence against women and children
The annual French Salon de l’Agriculture takes place amidst self-doubt and virally induced gloom; James Lovelock
preaches climate apocalypse and nuclear salvation; and Simon Upton opines on a recently published report, Closing the
Net, which brings ...
Saying that South Africa shows that a nation “need not be imprisoned by its history,” United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan today praised the country for its internal policies and development, and said its success in relating to the
wider world may ...
Senator John Warner (R-Va.) has the unexpected problem of a foreign state-owned company taking over operations at U.S.
ports all figured out. The dour, self-righteous chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee announced from the
Senate floor on March 9 ...
New Zealand First MP Barbara Stewart says the passing of the Electoral (Reduction in Number of Members of Parliament)
Amendment Bill to select committee is a victory for democracy and honours the intent of the 1999 referendum to reduce
the number ...
SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. Thank you very much, Dr. Siregar, for that wonderful introduction. It's an introduction
I'll never quite forget, so thank you very much for that. (Applause.) I want to thank you also for this opportunity to
address the ...
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