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Kiwi vodka Stil has won GOLD at the prestigious San Francisco Spirits Awards, the first international accolade for the
new vodka on the block.
On-The-Record Briefing : Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Assistant
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry F. Lowenkron on the Release of the Annual Report,
"Supporting Human ...
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Ohio is reeling with a mixture of outrage and hilarity as Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell has revealed that he
has owned stock in the Diebold voting machine company, to which Blackwell tried to award unbid contracts worth millions
while allowing its ...
Aside from HBO's Big Love series generating big laughs at the expense of tens of thousand of women and children who
languish in polygamy cults up and down the Rocky Mountains as American Justice looks the other way[ Philadelphia
Inquirer | 04/02/2006 ...
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Remarks at the Confederation of Indian
Industries New Delhi, India April 7, 2006
My name is Tony Milne. For those of you who don’t know me, I stumbled into politics from a background of a working class
family in Invercargill who demonstrated little interest in politics. In fact, like most kiwis, avoided it like the
plague!
"I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information," said George W. Bush on September 30,
2003. "If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action."
Joe Scarborough, political hack and host of Scarborough Country on MSNBC, went on yet another odious rant on April 3.
This time his scurrilous remarks were aimed at six-term Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. The Congresswoman is accused of
punching ...
A chemical engineer at The University of Auckland has used environmentally-friendly vegetable oils to replace toxic
chemical solvents like kerosene in the extraction of a range of biomolecules, such as antibiotics and organic acids.
Experts say the stimulant drugs prescribed for the treatment of ADHD are not only dangerous, they are highly addictive.
And although no drug has been approved for the treatment of autism, drugs are routinely prescribed off-label to treat
autistic ...
Scottsdale, Mesa, & Tempe, Arizona---Riding the tide of a meteoric and ever-increasing Internet popularity, the three young creators of
the 9/11 indie documentary Loose Change 2 will appear at Valley screenings from Tuesday, April 11, through Friday, ...
When I first read the March 31 Capitol Hill Blue headline, "9/11 conspiracy theories don't pass the smell test," I
thought editor Doug Thompson was pulling an April Fool's joke on us a day early.
There is a consensus among CEOs and business school professors that there are just short of a dozen indispensable
characteristics that are essential for an effective chief executive. Since the current chief executive of America Inc.
is the first to ...
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald stated in a court filing late Wednesday in the CIA leak case that his
investigators have obtained evidence during the course of the two-year-old probe that proves "multiple" White House
officials conspired ...
In a recent interview with Colin Peacock on Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch program Listener magazine editor Pamela
Stirling pointed out that in the past people had thought of the Listener as the "house journal of the Alliance Party".
As U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and her team continue to face increasingly harsh criticism from Muslim
communities, Amnesty International has issued a new report on one of the practices they criticize most: rendition.
The government has agreed a significant new strategy to protect and improve New Zealand's freshwater resources.
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Testimony before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC April 5, 2006
The number of babies being *exclusively breastfed, for the first 6 weeks of their lives has increased by 6% since the
year 2000, there’s been an 8% increase in the number being exclusively breastfed from 10 weeks to 16 weeks of age and a
4% increase ...
Where does the New Zealand government really stand on Guantanamo? It's a question I've been trying to get to the bottom
of since noting their shame ful silence in the public arena and weasely non-answers to recent Parliamentary questions.
The Haps - The Chinese Premier comes to visit. Cullen is on the way out. The falling dollar is impacting on the
economy. Parliament is in recess for 3 weeks.
Many prophets spoke about me: they prophesied that it was necessary for me to suffer to become worthy of being the
Mother of God. On earth they anticipated knowledge of me but it had to be in a very guarded way.
New Zealand First MP Pita Paraone also known as Peter Brown has been embroiled in a complaint against TVNZ over cultural
insensitivity. TVNZ were advised on the 4th April that they were not permitted to film certain items once owned by
Ngapuhi chief ...
As of Friday 7 April, anyone with a residence in the European Union may apply to register a name under the .eu Top Level
Domain, on a first-come, first-served basis. Nationality of an EU Member State is not a prerequisite.
Housing Minister Chris Carter is calling in the chairman of the Board of Housing New Zealand Corporation (HNZC) for a
full explanation of the allegations raised in the Herald on Sunday about the Corporation’s accounting practices.
Thank you, Chairman Wolf, Ranking Member Mollohan, and Members of the Subcommittee, for inviting me here to discuss the
President's Fiscal Year 2007 budget for international organizations and peacekeeping. I am grateful to have with me
today my colleague ...
Tom C. Korologos, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Testimony before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC April 5, 2006
Southern Cross is advocating more co-operation between public and private health care sectors to combat rising pressures
on the funding and delivery of health care services in New Zealand.
We won a People's Choice NetGuide Web Award last night: Best Blog. I'm really pleased. Thanks everyone, and big ups to
the other finalists, Kiwiblog and IdolBlog...
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