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Thomas D. Williams
"The DoD, the nation's biggest polluter, is now cleaning up 29,500 currently or formerly contaminated sites in every
state and territory. California alone has 3,912 contaminated sites on 441 current and former DoD installations. Many of
DoD's facilities ...
STRATFOR.COM
The Russian invasion of Georgia has not changed the balance of power in Eurasia. It simply announced that the balance of
power had already shifted. The United States has been absorbed in its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as potential
conflict ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says a Government he leads will focus on security of electricity supply, while upholding
New Zealand's environmental responsibilities.
Undernews
Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times - Utility shut-offs for customers behind on their energy bills are increasing around
the country. . . as the effects of rising prices and a sagging economy are beginning to drag down more vulnerable
consumers. . .
Hapu Party
A new Maori-based political party – established to challenge the Maori Party – has been launched this week, and intends
to have candidates in all Maori seats within the next eight weeks.
Visa
Australian, New Zealand, Korean and Japanese Visa cardholders are among the first of an expected 6000 Visa guests at the
Games
Anne Else
No wonder John Key could honestly say, announcing his party’s welfare policy, that the widow’s benefit “gave my mother
enough security to keep us together and keep us focused on a time when things would improve. By having our most basic
needs covered ...
Scoop Link
Moscow - With the fragile truce in Georgia on the brink of collapse Wednesday, President Bush announced that the United
States had begun a humanitarian aid mission there and said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would go to the region to
work for a ...
Steve Weissman
During the hottest days of the Cold War, Gen. Thomas Power headed the Strategic Air Command, whose nuclear-armed B-52s
were meant to deter the Soviet Union. General Power, like many of the Air Force brass at the time, believed that nuclear
war with ...
Green Party
The National Party's new energy policy is a tribute to cronyism and makes no economic sense, Green Party Co-Leader
Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
Ernest Partridge
Better get used to the idea: John McCain will probably be the next President of the United States.
Serenity Clinic
head of New Zealand’s newest rehabilitation clinic for drug, alcohol, eating and gambling addictions knows exactly how
to treat people crying out for help.
New Zealand National Party
Plans to employ an advertising agency to rebrand the Department of Conservation show how out of touch the Government is
over spending taxpayers' money, says National's Conservation spokesman Nick Smith.
New Zealand National Party
Let me start by acknowledging the important work done by the New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development Your
advocacy, research, and collective voice play an important role in promoting world-class infrastructure development in
New Zealand.
Scoop Audio
Radio Active Audio: Scoop's Kevin List delivers his week of politics round up on Radio Active and gives National a
thumbs up (kind of) for its arts policy.
HOTmilk
A stockist of New Zealand maternity and nursing lingerie company HOTmilk in the United Kingdom was forced to remove a
pregnant mannequin wearing a set of their lingerie from a store window after negative feedback from shoppers and
passers-by.
ASB Queenstown Jazzfest
Celebrate with ASB Queenstown JazzFest as it reaches its milestone 30th anniversary! It’s Queenstown’s major springtime
event, a 10-day programme of live music from October 18 to 27 showcasing a breadth of jazz styles from around New
Zealand and ...
New Zealand Government
The outer protective coating on three of the 17 Royal New Zealand Air Force Skyhawks kept at Woodburn Air Base was torn
during the recent storm, but there was no damage to the aircraft, Defence Minister Phil Goff said today.
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Hugo Chávez’s presidency has prompted a growing concern over a country to which little attention was previously paid.
Nevertheless, as Chairman Eliot L. Engel of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere described
it, “There ...
New Zealand Government
John Key has once again shown his lack of commitment to take action against climate change by unveiling an energy policy
that would see greenhouse gas emissions rise further and increase costs to consumers.
US State Department
The extent to which the Internet itself mirrors the economy as a whole conjures an image that will not diminish but will
become richer as the future unfolds. At the core of the U.S. vision of Internet governance is stability, competition,
dialogue.
Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 14 August 2008 – Greenpeace is accusing the National Party of living in an alternate reality in which there's
no such thing as climate change.
John Gideon
In a letter to the editor of the New York Times, Sen. Diane Feinstein tries to defend her “Bipartisan Electronic Voting
Reform Act” against the editorial accusation that her bill is just “A Bad Electronic Voting Bill”. The Senator tries to
make ...
New Zealand Government
New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Brian Donnelly, has resigned due to ill health, Foreign Minister
Winston Peters announced today
Shell New Zealand
Petrol is back under $2 per litre after Shell decreased Ultra 91 by 3 cents per litre (cpl) at 5pm tonight. Shell has
also decreased diesel by 8 cpl making it 171.9 cpl.
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On Thursday, July 31, Brazilian authorities gave the final go ahead to the civilian nuclear power company,
Electronuclear, to continue construction of the country’s third nuclear power plant. Though the decision to revitalize
the 22-year-old nuclear ...
Wellington Drive Technologies
14 August 2008 – Wellington Drive Technologies (NZX: WDT), the world’s leading supplier of energy-saving EC motors and
fans, has opened its first major international facility, with a manufacturing and logistics plant in Singapore.
New Zealand First Party
“The site has been set up so we can speak directly to New Zealanders about the big issues facing this country and what
we can do about them,” said Mr Peters.
United Nations
Prenatal son selection is likely to have severe social consequences in coming years. "No country for young girls"
explores issues such as illegal sex determination and consequent elimination, and its consequences in the years to come.
Yachting New Nealand
Light winds meant delays, some cancelled racing and tough conditions for the kiwis in action at the Olympic sailing
regatta today. Men’s 470 sailed two races, while the lack of breeze dictated that the Finns, Radials and Lasers only
managed one race ...