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SECRETARY RICE: Well, Chancellor Santow, thank you for that extraordinary and wonderful introduction and for the warmth
that you've exhibited. I want to thank the Vice-Chancellor for being here and I know that Ambassador Richardson is here,
and also to the director ...
Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) leader, Madhav Kumar Nepal and his associates have been
engaged in dialogue with the Maoists in the country and out of the country already for some time. Mr. Nepal has visited
Lucknow and New ...
Analysis of the Long, Repulsive History of the United States Inflicting Torture on Its "Suspected Enemies" (in
Conjunction with a Review of A Question of Torture by Alfred W. McCoy)
The life of the chairperson of Parliament's Finance and expenditure committee isn't all flashing cameras and TVNZ
inquiries according to new Labour MP Shane Jones. A Week of It caught up with Mr Jones, a potentially rising star of the
2005 intake ...
Interview on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC March 26, 2006
A stylish new uniform, distinctly New Zealand greenstone colour palette, a beautiful extension of the koru, and a more
relaxed and friendly way of greeting customers were key changes unveiled today, in the first stage of Air New Zealand's
progressive ...
Experts in Peak US Science Body Confirm Health Benefits of Seafood: Advice to “Eat Seafood 4 to 7 Times a Week”
According to Rodney Hide's weblog "Tariana [Turia] was a big hit at the conference." In a surprise move Tariana Turia
was the surprise guest at ACT's Party conference held in Wellington over the weekend. Ms Turia's appearance would at
ACT's conference ...
"The Board of Outdoor Recreation New Zealand has terminated its agreement of affiliation with United Future", said
Acting Chairman Phil Hoare.
Air New Zealand's new uniform may have the stated aim of 'creating a more uniquely New Zealand brand that celebrates
pride in our own country', but it will fall short of achieving this aim while it is manufactured offshore, according to
Green MP Sue ...
Earlier this year using the Official Information Act Scoop obtained a copy of the notes provided to MFAT boss Simon
Murdoch before he phoned Dominion Post Editor Tim Pankhurst in his unsuccessful attempt to persuade the newspaper not to
publish the ...
QUESTION: Let's talk about Afghanistan for a moment. Abdul Rahman, this Muslim man. He converted years ago to
Christianity. He's now potentially facing the death sentence in Afghanistan because of that. Is that why the U.S. went
to war in Afghanistan, ...
I want to begin by welcoming attendees and contributors to this ICANN meeting in Wellington. It is an honour for New
Zealand to host this international gathering. I would like to acknowledge the presence of delegates here for the Pacific
Islands ...
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called a joint statement by the head of the Cambodian Supreme Court
and the Minister of Justice instructing all courts and judges to consider defamation a crime, a setback for the
decriminalising defamation ...
The New Zealand Bill of Rights can be a dangerous subject. As constitutional lawyer (and former Prime Minister) Geoffrey
Palmer has observed: "Extremely eccentric people seem to gravitate to constitutional issues and lavish their attention
upon them." ...
Labour loses another minister. The economy is in recession. The dollar is in a nosedive. The PM is in another car
incident.
In a conscientious effort to comply with the “Truth and Transparency in Government Act” passed by the courageous 109th
Congress in 2006, Vice-president Richard “Buckshot” Cheney recently agreed to declassify and make public some 16,000
top-secret Pentagon ...
Eminent geophysicist Professor Lord Ron Oxburgh, a passionate advocate on the dangers of global warming and former oil
company head, will give a free public lecture at The University of Auckland next Friday (March 31).
United Future leader Peter Dunne says Outdoor Recreation New Zealand's announcement that its affiliation agreement with
United Future is over is hardly a surprise.
An aggressive pest turtle, a new native spider, a parasitic wasp, a perfumed mushroom and a wandering vegie are among
the finds from BioBlitz in Waitakere this weekend.
Curitiba, Brazil, March 24, 2006--A broad coalition of peasant farmers, indigenous peoples and civil society today
celebrated the firm rejection of efforts to undermine the global moratorium on Terminator technologies - genetically
engineered sterile ...
San Francisco: The community of Mehdiganj in northern India has launched an indefinite vigil against a Coca-Cola
bottling plant today, demanding that the plant be permanently shut down.
A forecast from the NOAA Global weather computer model ( see below ) shows the cyclone grazing the northern tip of
Northland early this coming Monday. The tightly bunched isobars indicate gale force winds from Northland to the Waikato
initially spreading ...
Restaurant Brands today announced a pay increase for all store hourly paid staff across it business including KFC, Pizza
Hut and Starbucks. The pay rise will be effective for the first two years from the 27th of March and employees will
receive the increase ...
Continually breaking new boundaries, Intrepid Travel's are now off to Iran! With a rich and varied culture, incredible
Islamic architecture, fascinating ethnic groups, beautiful mountain and desert scenery and remarkable history, Iran
would have to ...
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people across the USA are victims of a system that fuels
discrimination and facilitates torture, ill-treatment and impunity, said Amnesty International today as it launched a
report on police abuses ...
BELARUS Statement on Detentions and Violence Against Peaceful Demonstrators US Support for Uniform Application of
Universally Accepted Standards
QUESTION: Thank you. Let's start with Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who was being prosecuted for converting to Christianity,
as we say. His case apparently was dropped this morning. What do you know?
This week Newman Weekly questions whether we can have confidence in a scandal-ridden Government, and for those readers
keen to follow up on previous columns on prison reform, Sweden, and property rights, a new NZ Centre for Political
Debate resource ...
Being on the road constantly and being in the trenches for peace leaves me little time (and, if truth be told, little
inclination) to keep up with George's dishonest and often incoherent ramblings; nonetheless, this week, two of his more
calculated ...
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