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J. Sri Raman
On June 19, 2005, a Washington report in USA Today said: "More than 26 years after a near-meltdown at the Three Mile
Island nuclear power plant, the Senate is considering an energy bill that includes financial incentives for construction
of nuclear plants. ...
New Zealand National Party
A plan by the Government to build its own locomotives for the railways is daft, says National's SOE spokesman, Gerry
Brownlee.
New Zealand National Party
An attempt by Labour to fudge figures around their out-of-control bureaucracy has fallen over at the first analysis,
says National's Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley.
Ron Callari
Spending on online advertising sees strong growth, according to a new report from market analysis firm JupiterResearch
-- expanding by almost 20 percent in 2008 to reach $23.8 billion.
Green Party
Reports from around New Zealand of overcrowding on buses and trains is evidence of a creaking and groaning public
transport system that desperately needs to pick up the pace, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says.
Noam Chomsky
U.S. war planners want an obedient client state that will house major U.S. military bases, right at the heart of the
world's major energy reserves.
F William Engdahl
Georgia, Washington and Moscow: a Nuclear Geopolitical Poker Game by F. William Engdahl GlobalResearch.ca
New Zealand National Party
Further proof that the Government's much vaunted Cancer Control Strategy is failing was presented at a prostate cancer
forum in Wellington yesterday, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue.
The Kiwi Party
The Kiwi Party released its Law and Order policies this weekend at the Party’s Hawkes Bay Regional Conference.
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Some see neoliberal failures as responsible for the leftist wave that has spread across the region. Peru, however, has
not been tempted recently by solutions calling for abandonment of the neoliberal development model.
World Youth Day
The nine Catholic bishops of New Zealand who are attending WYD08 are inviting our 4000 Kiwi pilgrims to join them for a
National Gathering on Wednesday 16 July. The National Gathering, to be held at the Hordern Pavilion in central Sydney
from 3.00 ...
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Scoop Review of Books
SRB Picks of the Week 12 July 2008 By Jeremy Rose for the Scoop Review of Books My childhood bedroom was about 10
metres from the Johnsonville Railway line - halfway between Simla Crescent and Boxhill Stations - and the passing trains
rattled the ...
Candor Trust
The Candor Trust is pleased the Police Association has finally put its support behind it's long campaign for changes to
the Police chase culture prevalent in New Zealand. But the focus on harsher penalties only addresses quarter of the
problems leading ...
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
While the EU's sanctions only froze development aid and visits to Cuba by high-level European officials, the move to
lift them signals a commitment to increased dialogue and openness between the EU and Havana. It will surely have
positive effects.
Ramzy Baroud
Most people would not have even realised that the 23rd congress of the Socialist International was being held near
Athens were it not for the moment when Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak shook the hand of Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani.
J. Sri Raman
Terror strikes anywhere and everywhere have larger targets than lives and limbs. This is even more so in the case of
bomb blasts carrying the terror tag in the South Asian triangle of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Every blast here
does not stop ...
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As ethanol increasingly becomes a fixture in the global energy debate, new steps mark significant progress fighting the
global food crisis, drawing scrutiny to irresponsible, self-interested subsidy initiatives exhibited by the U.S., EU,
Japan.
Norman Solomon
A reasonably evenhanded biography of Barack Obama, published last year, describes him as "an exceptionally gifted
politician who, throughout his life, has been able to make people of wildly divergent vantage points see in him exactly
what they want ...
World Cyber Games
AUCKLAND 13 July 2008 - Nearly 800 competitors battled around the clock this weekend for a place on the New Zealand team
for the 2008 World Cyber Games.
United Nations Security Council
A Security Council measure intended to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe failed today when two
of the 15-member body's permanent members –- China and the Russian Federation –- voted against a draft resolution.
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Banmujer, joins a long trend of micro-credit institutions intended to alleviate poverty by supporting small-scale
entrepreneurs. What makes Banmujer unique is that it loans only to women - the only state-sponsored women's micro-credit
bank in the world.
John Gideon
Yesterday members of Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) filed papers in US District Court in Ohio asking a judge to
begin criminal contempt proceedings for the destruction of ballots, against his orders, from the Nov. 2004 election. In
King Lincoln, et ...
Natasha Burling - AUT Journalism Student
Auckland’s exquisite Civic Theatre had a steady buzz of excitement as the 40th Auckland International Film Festival
opened last night.
Amnesty International
The defendants are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, 'Ali 'Abd al-'Aziz 'Ali ('Ammar al
Baluchi) and Mustafa al Hawsawi. The US government intends to try the men in a joint trial and to seek the death penalty
against them.
New Zealand Government
The government is going to amend the Employment Relations Act to ensure employers meet their obligations to pay
contributions to their employee's KiwiSaver accounts, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
Impact PR
Over 1000 tonnes of earth was trucked into Vector Arena this week for the first ever Supercross, Motorcross and BMX
indoor event to be held in Auckland.
American Forces Press Service
Army Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, and Pfc. Byron W. Fouty, 19, were listed as "missing/captured" during operations in
Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. The two men were soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division's 4th Battalion, 31st
Infantry Regiment.
America.gov
Contrary to some fictional portrayals, gorillas are gentle creatures now under serious threat of extinction at the hands
of human killers. A ministerial meeting in Gisenyi, Rwanda, will address how to save them and their habitat.
Health Freedom
Health Freedom New Zealand (HFNZ) calls on Labour to do the right thing by the New Zealand voting public and get rid of
the Anti-Vitamin Bill (Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill) from the legislative agenda, thereby removing the threat
of untold ...