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Undernews
Now that the canonization of Barack Obama, aided by his media acolytes, has slowed a bit, it may be considered less
than blasphemy to examine what this circus hath wrought. After all, at some point, even in a mythological age, reality
raises its ...
J. Sri Raman
A 12-hour encounter between a group of militants and security forces left eight persons dead in the Samba sector of the
India-administered State of Jammu and Kashmir on May 11. Earlier, heavy firing across the India-Pakistan Line of Control
had been ...
Evelyn Pringle
Three days after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Aiham Alsammarae, the former electricity minister convicted of
corruption in Iraq, put up $2.7 million in property to help raise $8.5 million to free Tony Rezko from jail in Chicago,
the Times reported ...
Harvey Wasserman
Sixty-one years ago, a truly great athlete broke the color line in America’s "National Pastime," which still resides
near the core of our culture.
New Zealand National Party
Day after day over the past week, New Zealanders have been forcibly reminded of the appalling destruction wreaked by
Cyclone Nargis at the top of each media bulletin, and on the front pages of most newspapers. And we have also been
reminded of the ...
Project Humanbeingsfirst
The following is an update to Project Humanbeingsfirst's original warning of March 29, 2008: Heads-up warning to the
American Peoples – Nuclear attack on Iran appears imminent!
Franklin P Lamb
This week Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Major General Amos Yadlin complained to the Israeli daily Haaretz that
"Hezbollah proved that it was the strongest power in Lebanon… stronger than the Lebanese and it had wanted to take the
government ...
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand is to establish an aviation academy to develop and nurture home-grown pilots, cabin crew, engineers and
specialist airline management staff.
ASB Bank
When Wellingtonian, Jan Compton received a call from her bank regarding her home loan she didn’t expect it to be from
ASB’s Managing Director to tell her she had won her a $675,000 home.
Green Party
To Launch their new campaign “Some things are bigger than politics” the Green Party of New Zealand have released a
humorous viral video through Youtube and their Green Party website.
The Family Party
PRESS STATEMENT FOR RELEASE Family Party stakes claim to South Auckland Saturday 17th May, Mangere
Jon Stephenson
Foreign correspondent Jon Stephenson is in Dujiangyan, China, which is about 100 kilometres from Wenchuan, the
epicentre of Monday's 7.9-magnitude quake. He filed the following images taken at the Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan
Township where 900 ...
New Zealand Police
Police have flown into the Routeburn Track area this morning after the discovery of items belonging to missing Israeli
tourist, Liat Okin, in dense bush near the track.
Public Health Association
The Public Health Association (PHA) is delighted that the budget will include $53 million dollars to ensure every state
housing tenant will be living in a warm, dry home within five years.
New Zealand Government
A statement from National’s Agriculture Spokesman that the Government has done a u-turn to support a meat industry
'mega-merger' shows how little work National has done in Opposition, agriculture minister Jim Anderton says.
The Family Party
PRESS STATEMENT FOR RELEASE The gamble: A new benchmark for political advertising Saturday 17th May, Mangere 17 May
2008. The Family Party will be releasing a new DVD advertisement at its conference in Mangere today that is sure to set
a ...
Electoral Commission
Duly completed donation returns and accompanying auditors reports were received today from ACT New Zealand (One anon
donation of $16,000) and New Zealand First (Nil).
City Vision
Media Release City Vision-Labour Councillors - Auckland City Council For Immediate Release Friday 16 May 2008
BNZ Weekly
It has been another good week for exporters with the NZD falling to 77.6 cents following weaker than expected retailing
numbers this morning. All the evidence shows that after four and a half years of raising then maintaining high interest
rates the Reserve ...
Sheila Samples
The fate of millions was sealed the moment Dick Cheney selected himself as The Destroyer whose charge to keep for the
next eight years would be -- as Capitol Hill Blue's Doug Thompson so succinctly described George W. Bush -- a
"criminally insane, pill-popping ...
ITUC
Brussels, 16 May 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Pressure is high for trade unionists in Zimbabwe. Raymond Majongwe, the General
Secretary of the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and a member of the General Council of the ZCTU, has
been arrested while ZCTU ...
Residents Action Movement
"Labour finance minister Michael Cullen's announcement that he won't remove GST from food reveals a fixed mindset
totally out of touch with most New Zealanders," said Grant Morgan, chair of RAM (Residents Action Movement).
Web One
The team at @web one are pleased to announce that this year we are operating and driving on a carbon neutral basis. We
have undertaken a three step process in order to achieve this status; measurement of our emissions, strategies for the
reduction ...
Maya Schenwar
Democratic leadership had a fail-safe plan to dole out all of Bush's funding requests for Iraq and Afghanistan,
postponing any debate on the occupation until after Bush leaves office. At the last minute, it was thwarted - by
Republicans.
United Nations
More than 50,000 people may have died as a result of the quake, according to reports in Chinese state media, which
measured about 7.9 on the Richter scale when it struck Sichuan province in the southwest of the country on Monday
afternoon.
Friends of Tibet
The Tibetan Government-in exile has requested that in light of the recent earthquake in China, all protests by Tibetans
and Tibet supporters against the Chinese government be suspended until the end of May.
Greenhouse Policy Coalition
Catherine Beard, executive director of the Greenhouse Policy Coalition, says the introduction of the emissions trading
Bill could have far reaching economic consequences and the public deserve some clarity around the predicted costs of the
scheme.
Evelyn Pringle
The solution to the problems arising from the unsuccessful attempts to shut down Operation Board Games would be for
Barack Obama to become president and issue a bipartisan pardon to all members of the “Combine” who funded his seat in
the US Senate. ...
New Zealand Government
Firstly, let me congratulate the International Business Forum for its initiative in convening this forum, our co-Chairs
Mr Miyauchi and Philip Burdon, for leading discussions, the Japan – New Zealand Business Council, the Japan Chamber of
Commerce, ...
Bill Berkowitz
OAKLAND, California, May 16 (IPS) - Still not fully embraced by the religious right, Sen. John McCain, the Republican
Party's presumptive presidential nominee, has been handed an opportunity to prove his loyalty to the party's most
influential and powerful ...