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New Zealand Labour Party
Eight talented New Zealanders will strengthen Labour's team of MPs in a few months time according to Labour President
Mike Williams.
Supercomputer Weather
Super hurricane Gustav is just 40 hours short of making landfall on the South Coast of the United States and is
currently forecast to make landfall over the Mississippi Delta and the city of New Orleans.
Roland Michel Tremblay
One of the main reasons for wars right now in this world is energy related, natural resources, oil, natural gas and
pipelines. There are two critical reasons why we have to solve the energy crisis, and both reasons lead to the absolute
annihilation ...
Gordon Campbell
Well, it didn’t take long for detail to surface on one of the problems Sarah Palin brings to her new role as vice
presidential candidate for the Republican Party.
Xbox
Microsoft today announced it has lowered the recommended retail price of a number of Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system accessories in New Zealand. The recommended retail prices (RRP) of the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing
Wheel, Wireless Networking ...
New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark should answer the real questions about why she kept the public in the dark for six months about the Owen
Glenn donation to her Foreign Affairs Minister, says National Party Leader John Key.
AccuWeather.com
State College, Pa. -- August 31, 2008 -- The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center reported that Hurricane Gustav is expected
to make landfall on Monday as at least a Category 3 storm, the same strength of Hurricane Katrina when it devastated the
region three ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key today launched the first of a series of billboards highlighting the issues the party
believes matter to New Zealanders.
Alastair Thompson
The cabinet readout was followed by Q concerning the leaking of information by the SFO, Police or Crown Law concerning the imminent announcement of an SFO
investigation into Winston Peters to the National Party, misuse of the Privileges Committee by ...
European Commission
Somalia: Commission welcomes signing of agreement between the Transitional Federal Government and the Alliance for the
Re-liberation of Somalia
New Zealand Government
John Key has inadvertently admitted that National would not deliver more rounds of tax cuts than Labour, but will
instead just change the ordering of the government’s three-staged $10.6 billion tax cut programme, Finance Minister
Michael Cullen said.
The White House
THE PRESIDENT: I'm here at the FEMA Headquarters where I just received a briefing, and I've also come to thank the
people behind me for working the long hours that they're doing to make sure that we've got the preparations in place for
Hurricane ...
Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo talks to the Prime Minister Helen Clark about the allegations surrounding Winston Peters and her
‘until you ask, I don’t tell’ approach.
New Zealand Government
Key’s rush to judgement a worrying sign John Key’s move to ‘toughen’ his stance against Winston Peters ahead of rulings
by the Privileges Committee and the Serious Fraud Office shows he has no respect for fair legal process, Deputy Prime
...
New Zealand Government
John Key’s claim in a British newspaper to be New Zealand’s Barack Obama is clearly a statement he didn’t expect to see
reported in this country, Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen said today.
New Zealand Labour Party
Jordan Carter, Labour's Hunua Candidate, today welcomed an announcement that Kahui Iti Nei (Te Kopu Incorporated) in
Waiuku is one of 27 Early Childhood Education centres nationwide to receive a financial grant from the Labour-led
government.
University of Auckland
Reality television programmes which focus on extreme weight loss and drastic changes to a person’s appearance may be
behind a dramatic increase in cosmetic and weight reduction surgery, according to University of Auckland researchers.
Problem Gambling Foundation
Lotto’s neighbours over the road, The Problem Gambler Foundation, have a sign noting Gamble Free Day on 1st September,
in their window which appears in a reflective photo to be on the Lotto building. The sign appears to be prophetic in
that Lotto ...
GE Free NZ
A report on the future of “biopharming” in New Zealand is a warning that Fonterra's future as a dairy-food exporter is
in jeopardy because of AgResearch’s plans to manufacture pharmaceuticals and ‘medical foods’.
New Zealand Government
National is continuing to tell different stories on its ACC policy plans, with another MP today contradicting
statements by John Key about how much of the scheme would be privatised, says ACC Minister Maryan Street.
Jason Leopold
The political career of Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential pick, has been marked by conflicts,
score-settling and her own claim that she faces “enemies – powerful enemies.”
DHL
DHL, the world's leading express and logistics company, is seeking emerging fashion exporters to enter the inaugural DHL
Express Fashion Export Scholarship.
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
On August 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the greatest speeches ever - what has now
become known as the "I Have a Dream" speech. Forty-five years later to the very day, Senator Barack Hussein Obama became
the first African-American ...
New Zealand National Party
Hamilton Police are crediting the actions of a bus driver following a collision in the city late this morning.
Scoop Audio
Audio: Wallace Chapman and Selwyn Manning analyse what must be one of the worst weeks in politics PM Helen Clark has
experienced. They discuss whether Clark has suffered a dent to her cred, and guesstimate the likely day for the 2008
General Election.
Bhumika Ghimire
Just months after Nepal was declared a secular republic, the country is abandoning centuries old cultural practices and
in some cases saying no to the modern Western influence. Women in the country, who face discrimination everyday-many
based on religious ...
Undernews
The confluence of Barack Obama's stadium acceptance extravaganza and John McCain's pick for vice president offers
superfluous but final proof that Americans have been consigned to spend their lives as part of a crowd scene in an HBO
special. Both Obama ...
Indian Government
With the water of river Kosi engulfing fresh areas in Bihar's North Eastern 16 districts, the flood situation in the
state worsened on Sunday affecting more than 30 lakh people.
New Zealand Government
“Today’s cut off date for the lodging of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims is the first step towards reaching our
goal of settling all historical claims by 2020.” Minister of Maori Affairs, Parekura Horomia said today.
Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Bay of Plenty orchard manager Glenn Roberts started out in the Kiwifruit industry as a horticultural cadet 21 years ago
and remains as passionate about Kiwifruit as he was back then.