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Michael Collins
TALLAHASSEE, FL ( AP ) -- Governor Charlie Crist says he will continue working to change the rules so that felons will
have their voting rights automatically restored once they have paid their debt to society. This is one of the most
revolutionary ...
US State Department
Good evening, and thank you, Frank Burd, for your kind introduction. I am glad to have this opportunity to meet with the
Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs and discuss the topic you suggested to me for tonight: Somalia.
Roadshow Film Distributors
Warner Bros epic blockbuster movie “300” has wowed cinema-goers in the United States with the movie grossing a
staggering US $70 million dollars (NZ $95 million) on its opening weekend making it the highest March box office opening
in US cinema ...
Scoop Transcript
This weekend when asked by TVNZ's Agenda presenter Lisa Owen where National stood on Iraq current National Leader John
Key replied:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
At a time when his popularity has hit rock bottom at home, President Bush is slipping out of Washington today to visit
five Latin American nations in the course of an six-day trip. Bush’s itinerary will take him first to Brazil, then south
to Uruguay ...
Intel
Further expanding its quad-core processor family line-up, Intel Corporation today announced two energy-efficient 50-watt
server processors that represent a 35- to nearly 60-percent decrease in power from Intel’s existing 80- and 120-watt
quad-core ...
Agenda
Lisa Owen: Almost from day one John Key was seen as the National leader in waiting but when he got the job last November
his party's own polling showed that many voters didn’t know what John Key stood for, a perception even he's
acknowledged, so in ...
Alexandra Bremner
My train journey tells a tale of Southern Thailand. It is a story of the growing conflict between the Buddhist and Malay
Muslim communities which habituate Yala, Pattani, Songkhla and Narathiwat which make up the southern region of Thailand.
Michael Collins
North Florida. Retired Navy aviator and veteran, Bill Faulkner, MBA, may have done the impossible. He devised a plan to
return believable elections to Florida by turning optical scan forms into the ballot of record , to be counted by
citizens in public ...
Woosh
Woosh Wireless has this week ensured that its wireless broadband service is now compatible with Windows Vista. Drivers
are available to be downloaded from today for both the Woosh modems and the Laptop PC Cards.
Genevieve Cora Fraser
After visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem recently, a group of German bishops crossed over
into Occupied Palestine and compared Israeli treatment of Palestinians to Nazis treatment of the Jews during the
Holocaust.
New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Phil Goff today announced that the New Zealand contribution to the
reconstruction of Afghanistan is being extended for a further year to September 2008.
Cancer Research Centre
Two New Studies on Aspartame and Diet Drinks Confirm Source of Obesity, Cancer/Malignant Brain Tumor Epidemics
Carolyn Baker
This week the Senate Banking Committee has begun an investigation of credit card companies and that industry’s lending
practices of which Chairman, Carl Levin of Michigan said , “Millions of families…are kept in debt and are in over their
...
HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
One of the things the TVNZ Charter is meant to do is to guarantee the production and screening of programming for and
about minority communities. The relevant part is a fairly ugly piece of written English, but it gets the point across.
It undertakes ...
Family First
On the Young Labour website (www.younglabour.org.nz) the question has been posed “Should Section 59 (of the Crimes Act)
be repealed.” In a result consistent with every other poll done over the past 2 years, the result has been a resounding
no!
Emirates Airlines
Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, has opened dedicated lounge facilities for its premium passengers at
both Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia and Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand.
US State Department
Readout on North Korea Six-Party Talks U.S.-DPRK Working Group Meetings in New York
afterdowningstreet.org
Washington, DC: Today, Tina Richards, mother of a Marine facing a third Iraq deployment, who made national news last
week when she had a chance encounter in the hallway with Rep. David Obey, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, will
return to Obey’s office.
New Zealand Government
Book reminds us that during World War Two there was a major home front backing the war effort, and preparing in the
event that the war reached our shores.
Commerce Commission
Think that phone call or text message sounds like a scam? "Hang up or delete" is the advice today from the Ministry of
Consumer Affairs and the Commerce Commission, as part of Fraud Awareness Month.
Xcerion
Software should be free – Xcerion wants to challenge the software industry. Northzone Ventures has invested 10 million
US dollars in Xcerion AB first-round VC funding to launch its collaborative XML Internet OS. Xcerion aims to distribute
the OS and ...
LESANZ
As the global business environment becomes increasingly competitive and corporate governance requirements more
stringent, the management, protection and commercialization of intellectual property has become a crucial issue for
business managers and an ...
Dick Quax
The revelation in the Herald on Sunday that a Manukau City Council hall was being used the headquarters of a violent
youth gang in Otara leaves the chairman of a government funded Otara youth action group and mayoral aspirant, Len Brown
facing some embarrassing ...
United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner announced today she was seeking support from all parties to include an amendment
at the committee stage of the Sue Bradford-sponsored anti-smacking Bill
Center for Constitutional Rights
Washington , March 9, 2007–The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) today urged President Bush to
make justice and accountability for human rights abuses a priority during his upcoming visit to Guatemala, particularly
by ...
Uri Avnery
IF GOD wills, even a broomstick will shoot. That is an old Yiddish adage. One could add now: If God wills, even Olmert
can sometimes tell the truth.
Guest Opinion
THE responsibilities of donor agencies do not end with approving of loans or funds for a country or an organization, but
rather a duty is added as well, to monitor how those loans or grants are spent. It is duty and responsibility of donor
agencies ...
Packaging Council
The Packaging Council believes that whilst we can always learn from overseas, we should not keep beating ourselves up
with legislation envy. Visiting Canadian Tom Galimberti may have dismissed the independent report by independent New
Zealand economists ...
Kelpie Wilson
Polar bears, those cute, cuddly, white furry animals of the north, are actually one of the world's most formidable
predators. They are the only bear species known to stalk and kill human beings for food.