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HCD Research
Flemington, NJ, March 27, 2008 – A national study among 440 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and independents
revealed that among all respondents, the emotions most felt while watching the new Obama Girl were “irritated” (48%) and
“embarrassed” ...
Evelyn Pringle
The most trusted leaders of the Democratic party, such as John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, ought to be ashamed of themselves
for supporting Barack Obama. With use of the internet, a fifth grader could connect the dots to show a picture of a guy
who was picked up ...
HCD Research
A national study among 440 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and independents revealed that among all respondents,
the emotions most felt while watching the new Obama Girl were "irritated" (48%) and "embarrassed" (35%).
New Zealand Defence Force
Six New Zealand Defence Force personnel from the NZ Provincial Reconstruction Team (NZ PRT) contingent in Afghanistan
have returned to New Zealand on remand for trial by court martial for alleged drug use.
The Maori Party
An advertising billboard that invites people to ‘Rent a car ... so you can visit any whaka’ is not just an inappropriate
use of Maori language, it is an abuse of a people, our history and our culture,” said Dr Pita Sharples of the Maori
Party.
SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists
Whom I have called"thesesqualid savages, these bigoted barbarians, these hysterical humanity-haters, these tawdry
terrorists, these god-ridden grotesqueries, these ignoble ignoramuses, these genocidal jihadists" who make up the ranks
of Islamofascism ...
The Maori Party
Maori Party Co-leaders, Dr Pita Sharples and Hon Tariana Turia, commend the ‘committed courage’ of church leaders who
have called for action to restore benefit rates to a level necessary for a “just and compassionate society”.
Syed Akbar Kamal
The Metrowater controversy continues to rage unabated. After City Vision last year, it has now engulfed the Citizen’s & Ratepayers dominated council much to the embarrassment of the mayor John Banks and his deputy David Hay acting contrary
to ...
New Zealand Post
28 March 2008 New Parcel Service Meets Online Demand Significant growth in parcels due to online trading has sparked
new parcel services says New Zealand Post. Parcels marketing manager Mike Stewart says New Zealand Post’s research found
that online ...
New Zealand Government
The Government has announced a range of measures to reduce the high number of motorcycle casualties on New Zealand
roads. Transport Safety Minister, Harry Duynhoven, says far too many novice motorcyclists, particularly in the over-30
age group, are involved ...
Malcolm Aitken
Split Enz at the TSB Arena in Wellington on Tuesday night was huge fun and a remarkable nostalgia trip. As the band got
more and more into it and the crowd limbered up, a great sense of the fondness a lot of Kiwis feel for the Enz became
more and more ...
Tortilla con Sal
"Lebanon, a small country, perhaps destined to play a great part in the future, not just of the Middle East but of the
whole Arab world." With that remark some friends bade me farewell over a year ago in Beirut's airport. The capital was
beginning to ...
Indonesia Human Rights Committee
Indonesia Human Rights Committee and supporters will carry out a demonstration close to the Harvey Norman furniture
store in the Supa Centre, Manukau, Ronwood Ave: 12 Noon Saturday 29 March. At the conclusion of the demonstration the
letter below ...
Jason Leopold
A top Navy chaplain who wrote a book several years ago attacking Islam, calling the religion “evil,” and urging the
United States to launch a “jihad” against the faith, has been fired from a prestigious theological institute after
officials ...
Sandip Dasverma and Sanat Mohanty
While the Government of Orissa (India) ostensibly fights opposition to the POSCO project from human rights activists and
environmentalists, is there a gargantuan economic scam playing out?
NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) today launched an information programme for raising public
awareness of social justice and compassion issues, under the theme ‘Let Us Look After Each Other – Aroha tētahi ki
tētahi’.
Bill Berkowitz
President's brother flaks for Moon organization in Latin America while his curriculum on wheels is being investigated
by the Education Department's inspector general
New Zealand Government
Building and Construction Minister Shane Jones today announced a review of the swimming pool laws, the first since they
came into effect 20 years ago.
New Zealand Police
At the same time as the fatal crash on Marshlands Road Christchurch, the Police were notified of another crash on
Marshlands Road within a km. distance. The driver of the second crash was intoxicated and now under going the EBA
procedure.
Titirangi Festival
Titirangi comes alive with culture for the upcoming Titirangi Festival of Music, held between March 29 and April 5.
The Kiwi Party
Kiwi Party Leader Larry Baldock welcomed the news this morning from the Herald Digi Poll that the Kiwi Party had
registered in the poll.
Green Guide UK
A new travel guide series is changing the way travellers see the world. ecoescape is defining a new way to travel
proving that we can enjoy the environment but leave no hint that we'd ever been there. And we don't have to go far to do
this.
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Most of the major political parties agreed on that Nepal shall be a federal democratic republican state, but they differ
in the number of states they opt for. The Maoists have proposed 11 states; the NWPP has proposed to rename the existing
14 zones as ...
Solar Industries Association
The Solar Industries Association welcomes the possibility of increased support for solar water heating as announced by
the Hon Dr Nick Smith MP, National Party Climate Change Spokesman today.
Ramzy Baroud
Five years after the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, mainstream media is once more making the topic an object of
intense scrutiny. The costs and implications of the war are endlessly covered from all possible angles, with one notable
exception ...
CTU
“Workers campaigninginunions to lift low wages is paying off,” CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said, ahead of the $12 an
hour minimum wage coming into effect next week.
CTU
“The work of thousands of low paid cleaners is being valued and recognised today through a landmark agreement signed by
the cleaners’ union, members of the property services industry and government,”CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said today.
Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today declined to give clearance for DFS Group Limited (DFS Galleria) to acquire 100 % of
the shares in, or assets of, the New Zealand operations of The Nuance Group (Nuance). Commerce Commission Chair Paula
Rebstock said the Commission ...
New Zealand Police
At about 5.15pm on Friday 28th March two persons fishing off the South Brighton Spit in Christchurch were swept out to
sea by the tide.
Jason Leopold
A classified memo written by a top military official stationed in Western Iraq reveals that a prison in downtown
Fallujah is so overcrowded and dirty that it does not even meet basic “minimal levels of hygiene for human beings.”