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Michel Chossudovsky
The Army Times reports that the 3rd Infantry’s 1st Brigade Combat Team is returning from Iraq to defend the Homeland, as
"an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks." The
BCT unit ...
Gordon Campbell
Luckily for Sarah Palin, the focus on the presidential debates and the $700 million bailout plan helped to bury a
horrific series of news events for her last week. First, Palin kept stonewalling her way through the investigation into
her role in the attempted ...
International Solidarity Movement
Former Iraq Hostage, Assaulted, Unlawfully Deported by Israel for Human Rights Work, Files Official Complaint
Jason Leopold
A long-awaited Justice Department report probing the firings of nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006 is expected to be released
Monday morning, according to David Iglesias, the former New Mexico federal prosecutor who was one of those caught up in
the purge.
TV3
Opinion Poll Results (survey date) September 18th – 24th, 2008
Rosalea Barker
The bank I wrote about last week was the victim of a takeover robbery on Thursday night. Not by masked gunmen demanding
the money out of customers’ wallets, but by barefaced Feds demanding customers’ deposits: Washington Mutual was taken
over ...
Toni Solo
China and Venezuela have agreed plans for Venezuela to increase its oil exports to China to one million barrels a day.
They will build at least one refinery to increase China's refining capacity and also one in Venezuela. Together the two
countries will ...
Xbox
Xbox Australia and Universal Music Australia today announced an exclusive live event with The Pussycat Dolls on the
northern broadwalk of the Sydney Opera House. The event is the first in a series entitled Xbox Sounds, which will see
music artists ...
The Maori Party
The Maori Party congratulates TV3 on its principled decision to cancel the planned Political Party Leaders’ Debate,
following the refusal of Labour’s Helen Clark and National’s John Key to participate.
Vincent Murwira
How bad is the American financial crisis and stock market turbulence going to affect the rest of the world? Vincent
Murwira focuses on Tuvalu - a tiny Pacific nation – as a symbol of how the world markets impact on small and developing
nations.
The Maori Party
The Maori Party is astounded at TV3’s apparent cave-in to the demands of Labour’s Helen Clark and National’s John Key
over the organisation of the political parties’ leaders debates.
New Zealand National Party
Realising Maori aspiration is the aim of National's Maori Affairs and Treaty Negotiations policies released today by
National Party Leader John Key.
New Zealand Government
Building and Construction Minister Shane Jones has responded to the criticisms of the Building Act and removed its "gold
plated building standards".
J P Morgan
The highlight of the Antipodean economic calendar last week was New Zealand's gloomy 2Q GDP data.
Alastair Thompson
The fourth and final part of a series chronicling the pilgrimage of Scoop's Wendy Cooper and Alastair Thompson across
Northern Spain to Santiago Compostella.
New Zealand Government
New resources going out to GPs and medical practices will provide better information to help men decide if they want to
be tested for prostate cancer, said Associate Minister of Health Damien O'Connor.
New Zealand Police
At 1.45pm this afternoon a male Caucasian entered the ANZ bank on Cathedral Square/ Hereford Street and gave a note to a
teller demanding money. A sum of money was handed over.
Green Party
The Green Party is challenging the New Zealand Super Fund's statement today that they no longer invest in ethically
compromised companies such as those engaged in nuclear weapons manufacture.
Scoop Audio
95bFM Audio : Joe Nunweek interviews Harmet Sooden - the infamous student who was held hostage in Iraq for four months
is back in the headlines. He's filed an official complaint to the governments of Canada and New Zealand and the United
Nations for ...
Julie Webb-Pullman
The body of United States citizen Marcella "Sali" Grace was found on September 24 in a deserted cabin 20 minutes from
the village of San José del Pacífico, in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. She had been raped, brutally beaten, and killed. A
villager ...
Television New Zealand
Despite Prime Minister Helen Clark and Opposition Leader John Key refusing to appear in an ELECTION '08 All Leaders
Debate, TVNZ is committed to allowing New Zealanders to hear campaign details from the leaders of the other parties.
Anglican Church in Aotearoa
An Anglican Bishop believes the global financial crisis has thrown up principles that ought to guide New Zealand voters
at the November election.
Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford has responded strongly to a statement by pro-violence lobby Family First saying Bob
McCoskrie appears confused about what the amendment of Section 59 is actually about.
ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said that he was shocked to learn that TV3 had cancelled the all-Leaders' debate following
National Leader John Key agreeing with Prime Minister Helen Clark to boycott the debate.
New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Candidate for Wellington Central, Grant Robertson, officially launched his campaign at The San Francisco
Bathhouse in Cuba St yesterday afternoon together with around 100 volunteers and supporters.
Fly Buys
New Zealand’s iconic loyalty programme, Fly Buys, is extending its offer to businesses. After 12 years and more than
half a billion dollars in rewards, Fly Buys is launching Fly Buys for Business, a programme designed for the often
overlooked small to medium ...
Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed that TV3 has allowed itself to be bullied by Helen Clark and John Key, and effectively
gagged the MMP parties.
Green Party
In the wake of the European Union's ban on imports of all Chinese milk-related products for children over the weekend,
the New Zealand Government must put consumers before trade deals in its handling of the melamine scandal, Green Party MP
Sue Kedgley says.
US State Department
Thank you. It is great to be back at the NAM, one of the premier organizations in Washington. I am delighted to be with
you again to discuss our efforts to expand free and fair trade during this Administration and to look to the future as
we continue ...
Action On Smoking And Health
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) welcomes the recommendation to ban tobacco retail displays published today by the
health select committee. The committee recommended “Government introduce legislation to require tobacco and cigarette
displays in ...