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UN Watch
Geneva, November 24, 2008 — By a vote of 85 to 50, with 42 abstaining, the UN General Assembly today adopted a draft
resolution calling on all countries to alter their legal and constitutional systems to prevent "defamation of
religions," asserting ...
Electoral Commission
A very different government may have been sworn in this week had the election been decided by the votes of over 13,000
school students who took part in Kids Voting 2008, a simulated election held alongside the 2008 general election.
PHARMAC
People can be confident a generic version of a widely-used gastrointestinal drug will work just as well as the medicine
it is replacing, says PHARMAC.
The David Awards
New Zealand’s best little business has not only been named, but has earned itself a brand new HP notebook mini, a new
set of office furniture from Warehouse Stationery, and the honour of being crowned Supreme Award winner in the inaugural
year of The ...
US State Department
Geography Area: 125,000 sq. km. (48,000 sq. mi.); about the size of Pennsylvania. Cities: Capital --Asmara (est. pop.
435,000). Other cities --Keren (57,000); Assab (28,000); Massawa (25,000); Afabet (25,000); Tessenie (25,000); Mendefera
(25,000); ...
Suzan Mazur
A fter reviewing Robert M. Hazen’s 28-page C.V. of his work as an experimental mineralogist (listing grant $$$ too), as
an educator, author of a dozen books and a symphonic trumpeter – I was most charmed to read that a new mineral
“precipitated” ...
New Zealand Government
New regulations imposed by the former Labour Government for the early childhood sector will not be introduced on
December 1, says Education Minister, Anne Tolley.
Thomson Reuters
All Eight Universities Continue With Web of Science for Education And Research Needs
Air New Zealand
The world's first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel is ready to go next
Wednesday 3 December 2008.
William Engdahl
On Friday November 21, the world came within a hair’s breadth of the most colossal financial collapse in history
according to bankers on the inside of events with whom we have contact. The trigger was the bank which only two years
ago was America’s ...
Unisys
Survey Shows New Zealanders Want to Use Fingerprint, Eye Scans and Other New Technology to Protect Their Personal
Information and Finances
Martin LeFevre - Meditations
As the US and global economy continue to melt down, and a clean break with the past is urgently required, Barack Obama
is looking backward, inveigling the Clintons to be his Secretary of State duo.
Binoy Kampmark
Former University of Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar, Binoy Kampmark, writes that the US National Intelligence Council
report, ‘Global Trends 2025: A World Transformed’ makes noted observations - including the rise of China as a military
superpower.
Undernews
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a
reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and
publicly and privately, ...
US State Department
Geography Area: 1.2 million sq. km. (470,462 sq. mi.). Cities: Capitals --administrative, Pretoria; legislative, Cape
Town; judicial, Bloemfontein. Other cities --Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth. Terrain: Plateau, savanna, desert,
mountains, coastal plains. ...
US State Department
Geography Area: 390,580 sq. km. (150,760 sq. mi.), slightly larger than Montana. Cities: Capital --Harare (pronounced
Ha-RAR-e), pop. 1.5 million. Other towns --Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe, Masvingo, Marondera. Terrain:
Desert and savanna. ...
Lyttelton Port Company
Lyttelton Port Company Ltd and Port Otago Ltd wish to advise that Antipodes has been appointed as Independent Advisor
to the Joint Steering Group.
Content.net
Nov. 24 – Babcock & Brown Ltd., the Australian investment group that’s lost 99% of its market value in the past 12 months, had its stock
halted from trading pending talks with its banks.
New Zealand Government
Justice Minister Simon Power today announced that the Governor-General has appointed six new Community Magistrates for
the Waikato/Bay of Plenty region.
ACC
An ability to see past workers' disabilities to their superior abilities has put three New Zealand businesses in line
for the inaugural Attitude Awards, sponsored by ACC.
Back Benches
On Back Benches tonight is Grant Robertson Labour, Simon Bridges National, John Boscawen ACT and Metiria Turei from the
Greens
New Zealand Law Society
“The independence of the legal profession is a fundamental aspect of the rule of law, and the imprisonment of lawyers in
Myanmar because they are representing people who oppose government policies is of great concern to the New Zealand Law
Society,” ...
Fonterra
Returning Officer Warwick Lampp, of electionz.com Ltd, has announced the 2008 election results for the Fonterra Board of
Directors, Directors’ Remuneration Committee and Shareholders’ Council.
Urgent Couriers
Locally owned courier company, Urgent Couriers, has announced the launch of New Zealand’s first business-to-consumer
‘after hours’ delivery service, aptly named Urgent Tonight.
Save The Children
In a first-ever joint statement, more than thirty winners of the Nobel Peace Prize today, the anniversary of the UN
Convention of the Rights of the Child signed in 1989 and Universal Children’s Day, called for urgent action.
US State Department
Geography Area: 28,748 sq. km. (slightly larger than Maryland). Major cities: Capital --Tirana (600,000, 2005 est.).
Others --Durres (200,000, 2005 est.), Shkoder (81,000, 2005 est.), Vlore (72,000, 2005 est.). Terrain: Situated in the
southwestern region ...
Spectator
Photo-Essay: Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design recently held its annual fashion show on the catwalk at the Viaduct
Harbour, Auckland. Here is a photo essay including entries from Whitecliffe's Bachelor of Fine Arts students.
Kikki.k
68 per cent growth in year-on-year turnover • Local expansion creates 300 new jobs • 25 new stores for Middle East over
next three years • Fourth NZ store opens in Wellington
Business Council for Sustainable Development
The UK Government's move to reform air passenger duty from two to four distance bands, increasing the cost of flying to
New Zealand, is just the start of actions New Zealanders will see from throughout the world in a bid to lower emissions.
University of Otago
Some of Australia and New Zealand’s leading experts on the legal and ethical implications of human genome research will
gather in Melbourne this Friday (28 November) to debate current issues in this often-contentious research field.