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Undernews
Watching Barack Obama's bait and switch left me with an indefinable sense of deja vu until the parallel finally dawned.
The personalities were so different that they obscured a common technique.
ACT New Zealand
Speech to ACT Supporters; ACT Asian Chapter BBQ, Cornwall Park, Auckland; Sunday, December 7 2008
Trans Tasman
While Helen Clark has had a virtual mortgage on top spot over the past few years, John Key picks up the mantle of
politician of the year. His brilliant election campaign, coupled with a strong year in which his "new look" National
Party dominated the polls ...
Air New Zealand
The family and friends of the New Zealanders lost in the A320 accident in France have started the process of travelling
home to be reunited with loved ones.
ASOC
On December 4, 2008 the tourism cruise vessel MV Ushuaia1 grounded at position 64º35.5’S 062 º25`W, at the entrance of
Wilhelmina Bay near Cape Anna in the NW Antarctic Peninsula. This is one of several maritime accidents by ships
operating in Antarctica ...
Content.net
Dec. 8 – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading
yesterday.
United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his growing frustration today that the United Nations’ long-standing efforts to
promote national reconciliation and democratization in Myanmar have yet to achieve the desired results and he urged the
Government to ...
Dog And Lemon guide
New Zealanders could get their cars for up to 50% less if they did their homework first, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide.
Scoop Audio
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key takes questions from the press gallery and gives his take on what the new government
is up to.
Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority today released a decision on a complaint that an episode of Shortland Street was in
breach of the good taste and decency and children’s interests standards in the Free to Air Television Code of
Broadcasting Practice. ...
Green Party
The new Minister of Economic Development shows a remarkable lack of economic understanding in his decision to suspend
the Buy Kiwi Made campaign, the Green Party says.
Akanimo Sampson
OIL communities in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, are currently bracing to launch a multidimensional anti-gas flaring
war with all the oil companies carrying out the environmentally harmful practice in the region.
Ministry of Health
Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan is warning the public about the potential health dangers associated with six
products sold from an Auckland supermarket selling Chinese goods.
Akanimo Sampson
THE relative peace in Port Harcourt, the capital city of one of Nigeria's oil-producing states, Rivers State , was
shattered on Thursday night ahead the state's Arts and Cultural Festival which took off on Friday, thus throwing the
unsuspecting residents ...
Content.net
Dec. 5 – The average New Zealand house price fell 6.8% in November from a year earlier, the second monthly slide of
that magnitude, as the weakened economy sapped people’s appetite to take on mortgage debt.
United Nations
On the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the United Nations has voiced its hope for peace.
US Department of State - Background Notes
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Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell talks to Britain’s foremost legal authority about human rights in the post 9/11 world, and the war in
Iraq.
Commerce Commission
CCA is a company incorporated in New Zealand and is 100 percent owned by Coca-Cola Amatil Limited which is a publicly
listed Australian company. CCA has the exclusive licence to bottle the 'Coca-Cola brand' beverages in New Zealand, and
has five bottling ...
Science Media Centre
Author Dr Neal Barnard visits New Zealand this week (8th and 9th December) to promote his book The Reverse Diabetes Diet
amidst criticism from New Zealand diabetes experts.
Jason Leopold
When it comes to protecting George W. Bush and his administration, Attorney General Michael Mukasey is stretching legal
arguments as far as his predecessor Alberto Gonzales ever did – now even invoking the “Nixon Defense” for justifying
presidential ...
Wind Power Works
Poznan, 4 December 2008. Wind energy is on track to saving 10 billion tons of CO2 by 2020, according to a coalition of
wind energy companies, associations and NGOs launching a global campaign at the COP14 climate summit in the Polish city
of Poznan ...
United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his growing frustration today that the United Nations’ long-standing efforts to
promote national reconciliation and democratization in Myanmar have yet to achieve the desired results and he urged the
Government to ...
United Nations
The United Nations envoy tasked with helping to resolve the conflict behind the recent fighting that has engulfed the
east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will launch a dialogue next week in Nairobi between the DRC’s Government
and the rebel ...
New Zealand Government
Post-election Briefing for the Minister from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Jennian Homes
Jennian Homes, one of New Zealand’s leading new home builders, is disappointed that the actions of a couple of Auckland
frame and truss manufacturers may have let the building industry and consumers down with their unscrupulous practices.
F William Engdahl
Ukraine and Georgia: Entry into NATO Put Off Indefinitely by F. William Engdahl GlobalResearch.ca NATO ministers in
Brussels have decided to ignore US wishes and to delay the admission of Ukraine and of Georgia in effect indefinitely in
what the ...
Martha Rosenberg
When Dr. Paul Ridker of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA presented the results of the AstraZeneca-funded
JUPITER study at the American Heart Association conference in November--JUPITER standing for The Justification for the
Use of Statins ...
Michael Collins
(Wash. DC) The CEO's of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler were in the Capitol Thursday asking for $34 billion dollars
to stay in business for the next few months. The three companies are now at the top of the corporate "dead pool," with a
bankruptcy for ...
Rosalea Barker
The topic of this week’s Stateside was going to be the weird conversations that perfect strangers strike up with me.
What is it about me, I wonder, that someone in the post office will ask me as we leave if I believe in UFOs and then
walk with ...