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Sherwood Ross
The Pentagon has denied President Bush issued a directive for it to resume open-air testing of chemical and biological
warfare(CBW) agents that were halted by President Richard Nixon in 1969. Yet, the Pentagon's stated preparations make it
appear it ...
Wikinews.org
The man, only being identified as 24-year-old Lu, is from the Jiangsu Province of eastern China and was admitted to the
hospital after having severe flu-like symptoms. Lu was originally diagnosed with pneumonia.
Michael Collins
Mike Huckabee is the "surging" candidate to watch in the Republican presidential primaries, at least for the moment. The
former Arkansas governor is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and a believer in the " inerrancy " doctrine of
Biblical scripture. ...
Terry Evans
The leader of the All-Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA) has been arrested and charged with treason for his role in the
September pro-democracy demonstrations. Treason is a capital crime in Burma. If convicted and executed, 27 year-old U
Gambira would be ...
Green Party
A member of the Business Roundtable is behind the marches against campaign finance reform says the Green Party. The man
paying an organiser to run the marches against the Electoral Finance Bill, John Boscawen, is a member of the Business
Roundtable, ...
Syed Akbar Kamal
A scheduled gathering of the media in Auckland this afternoon to meet National Party leader John Key to view his DVD
‘Ambitious for New Zealand’ has been cancelled reportedly owing to copyright concerns.
European Union
Following recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Poland and Romania, the Standing Committee on the
Food Chain and Animal Health today voted in favour of a Decision setting out the eradication and control measures for
both Member States.
Lyndon Hood
Having been away for a while, Scoop's satirist felt it appropriate to clear out his email. Why don't we join him?
US State Department
We need an organization that represents the values of Europe and North America, that stands up for democracy, for human
rights, for free elections, for the monitoring of free elections on an objective, fair, and truthful basis, that would
stand for ...
PC Authority
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA, 4th December, 2007 - Haymarket Media’s PC Authority magazine is set to publish the results of the
biggest ever tech survey undertaken in Australia.
Anne Else
So Don Brash has repeated himself, and another married mother has turned into a sole parent - though I doubt that Je Lan
will be off to Work and Income any time soon. I’ve been thinking about sole parents because, in a roundabout way, they
featured ...
US Information Service
Two days before the December 4-6 New Delhi International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza convened
in India's northern capital, journalists from India and Afghanistan gathered at a two-day workshop to learn how to cover
the highly ...
New Zealand Government
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Independent Music New Zealand
IMNZ Independent Album Chart Rank Artist Title Label/Distributor 1 Kora Kora Border 2 Tiki Past, Present, Future
Rhythmethod 3 Shapeshifter Shapeshifter Live Truetone/Rhythmethod 4 Hollie Smith Long Player Soundsmith 5 Die! Die! Die!
Promises Promises Tardus 6 ...
Office of the Clerk
1. R DOUG WOOLERTON to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by the statement made on his behalf, with respect to
the future capital structure of Fonterra, that the Government’s primary concern includes ensuring that New Zealand
retains majority ...
CAFCA
An almost $1 billion approval has been given whose details were initially almost completely suppressed. After CAFCA
appealed to the OIO, it was fully released (on 1 December 2007). Barclays Bank PLC of the UK, has approval to
“indirectly acquire” ...
ACT New Zealand
The death of a newborn baby girl just hours after she and her mother were discharged early from Wellington Hospital is a
terrible calamity - one which highlights the very real dangers that have arisen from the crisis currently faced by
maternity services ...
Scoop Video
Video on Demand of the Prime Minister, Helen Clark's post Cabinet press conference for Parliamentary press gallery
journalists held this afternoon in the Beehive. The cabinet readout was followed by numerous questions about stolen
Victoria Cross medals, ...
New Zealand Government
The National Party’s vote against legislation today to enable KiwiSaver makes it clear they intend to go into the next
election with a promise to make it harder for New Zealanders to save for their retirement, Finance Minister Michael
Cullen said.
ARTA
On Thursday 6 December, rock fans heading to the My Chemical Romance concert can hop on a MAXX bus, train or ferry to
Vector Arena, which is approximately 10 minutes’ walk from Britomart Transport Centre and the Downtown Ferry Terminal.
PPTA
The latest international survey results show New Zealand students are getting excellent value out of their secondary
science teachers, PPTA president Robin Duff says.
Capt. Paul Watson
Meet Luis Pastene, the Dr. Mengele of the Cetacean world. This Chilean-born biostitute for hire is employed by the
Japanese Cetacean Research Institute (CRI) and his job is to mutilate whales to finger, probe and gawk at their blubber,
livers, ear-plugs, ...
Google
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 4 December 2007 – With the end of the year in sight, it's time to reflect on what made 2007
special. Today we're releasing our first ever annual Zeitgeist for New Zealand - the fastest rising and highest volume
search terms ...
New Zealand Government
News that the World Bank has ranked New Zealand ninth out of 178 nations in a new report on the easiest places for
businesses to pay taxes has been welcomed by Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today.
BuzzFlash.Com
White House Obstructs Justice on Outing of CIA Operative Plame By Not Allowing Fitzgerald to Provide Evidence to
Congress
IFAW
Indian wildlife authorities today torched a huge pile of banned wildlife furs and skins in Kashmir as part of the
government's effort to stop an illegal trade that threatens to wipe out many of India's most endangered species.
Office of the Speaker
Members of the House of Representatives today stood and observed a period of silence as a market of respect for the
Chief Ombudsman, John Belgrave DCNZM, who died last night.
GM Watch
We hope you enjoy our latest global roundup of news on the GM front. Please forward it to all your friends and
colleagues who may be interested, and tell all your non-English speaking friends that many of our past Monthly Reviews
are available in Portuguese, ...
Tanveer Jafri
T aslima Nasreen, a 45 years old Muslim lady writer, who is originally from Bangladesh, has become a common talk in
India, these days. Political parties, literates, writers & journalists, all are facing Taslima Nasreen in their own different ways & ...
New Zealand Government
The Select Committee and the Government have listened to concerns about the Electoral Finance Bill and have made a
number of changes, Justice Minister Annette King said when tabling a Supplementary Order Paper to the Bill today
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