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Why is it that some Big Men are exempt from punishment no matter what their crime? They live charmed lives--rising
higher and higher in national political life--no matter how serious the offense.
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today welcomed the endorsement of the government's economic work programme in the latest
IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. The Yearbook lists five challenges to assist New Zealand in improving its
competitiveness.
Greenpeace has been accused of "underhanded tactics" in attempting to divert internet users away from a new website
established recently to challenge current assumptions about climate change.
Consumers nominated all three SKYCITY hotels for awards at the recent inaugural HotelClub Australia and New Zealand
Awards, with SKYCITY Auckland and SKYCITY Darwin scooping top award wins. SKYCITY Auckland’s 4+-star hotel received the
‘Top 3 Hotels in New ...
The United Nations Security Council today congratulated Haiti’s newly inaugurated President, his Government and the new
parliamentarians and called on them to build a better future for the Caribbean country and to finish the cycle of
municipal, local ...
This day has been long coming. The graphs have shown it would soon be upon us: Now, here we are . With this new Harris
poll, available through the Wall Street Journal , President Bush claims the titlelong held by Richard Nixon: Least Liked
President ...
As expected the Reserve Bank didn’t increase the Official Cash Rate on the 27th of April. It remains at 7.25%. They say
they can’t see any more rises - but don’t expect any drop this year.
A voice Message from FBI in Idaho to me several weeks after contacting them regarding my front page piece just published
in the Weekend Financial Times (10/28/2000), "Seven brides for one brother: Plural marriage is rife in the western
United States" , an ...
Condemning a recent terrorist attack in Afghanistan against a vehicle of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
the Security Council today urged the country’s authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm
representing Karl Rove. During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys for former Deputy White House
Chief of Staff Karl Rove ...
Our attention has been drawn to some press statements issued by various groups alleging that sheep have died after
consuming Bt cotton leaves.
"The colossal blunder of involving Australia in Iraq is highlighted by neighbourhood tensions in East Timor, West Papua,
Bougainville, the Solomon Islands and Fiji and the strain on Australia's military capacity, Greens leader Bob Brown said
today as ...
AUCKLAND – May 16, 2006 –Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), today announced Symantec pcAnywhereTM 12.0, the world’s leading
remote control solution1 and the new Symantec pcAnywhere Access Server. Available at the end of this month, the latest
version ...
When Warren Jeffs surprisingly made the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list it galvanized a frenzy of national media
attention about a man who is the leader of Utah's largest mind control cult. From Warren's point of view, he is merely
doing what Mormon polygamist ...
More than four months after it was elected on 15 December 2005, the Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament) was
finally able to nominate a new prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, along with a State President, Jalal al-Talabani (the
incumbent), ...
Paying tribute to three decades of work by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), agency Goodwill
Ambassador and internationally renowned actress Nicole Kidman has hosted a gala in New York honouring Liberian President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ...
I know you're shocked -- SHOCKED! -- that George Bush is listening in on all your phone calls. Without a warrant.
That's nothing. And it's not news. This is: the snooping into your phone bill is just the snout of the pig of a strange,
lucrative link-up ...
Engineering, planning and project management consultancy Beca has announced further promotions in Auckland and
Christchurch, recognising that the quality of Beca’s work is dependent on its people. The following Beca people span the
company’s water, project ...
The State Services Commissioner, Mark Prebble today released the findings of the State Services Commission investigation
into the leak of a Cabinet paper to Telecom.
Marlborough Company Produces World’s First Sample Of Bio-Diesel From Algae Extracted From Region’s Sewerage Ponds
Anticipating a positive outcome from the next meeting of the commission demarcating the disputed boundary between
Eritrea and Ethiopia later this week, the UN Security Council
"Another marijuana myth has been busted," said NORML NZ president Chris Fowlie
Last week the Prime Minister pointed out that she didn't have time in her busy schedule to sit down and Watch TVNZ's
Dancing With the Stars – after Scoop paid a visit to the magical Avalon studios we consider the PM should make the time.
At today's Bil'in demonstration, Israeli soldiers shot one Australian and one Danish demonstrator in the head with
rubber-coated steel bullets at close range. Phil Reess from Australia was shot as he was running away - he had been
filming the demonstration. ...
The Immigration Minister's released a discussion paper Immigration law reform. The changes affect global migration, who
wants to come to NZ, how NZ desires to respond to potential immigrants. But is it a repressive shift compared to the
current law?
Ethiopia is holding opposition figures under laws that may violate its constitution, Somalia urgently needs
international attention, and despite assertions by Sudan’s Government, displaced women in that country’s Darfur region
are still being raped ...
In January 2006, the FDA announced the Bush administration's latest gift to Big Pharma in a statement that said people
who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state
courts.
Sydney, Tuesday 16 May, 2006: The Pacific will become a nuclear highway and Australia the world's nuclear waste dump if
John Howard's nuclear fuel leasing plan is taken seriously in North America this week, Greenpeace said today.
How many more get-out-of-jail free cards does Karl Rove get? Eat your heart out Martha Stewart. You should have tried
playing Monopoly with the G-Men. On October 28 2005, the office of the Special Prosecutor released a press statement
which stated in part:
AUCKLAND: (PJR/Pacific Media Watch): A media academic has called for an electoral change in Fiji to enable fairer
participation for women in political life in an article published in the latest Pacific Journalism Review.
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