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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant
buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of
Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation today expressed exasperation that it was being blocked from erecting billboards that
feature (non-erect) men’s penises to mark National Penis Day this coming Thursday 5th September. Foundation Executive
Director, Kevin ...
Saudi Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz, an Osama bin Laden benefactor, has laundered money into tax-exempt U.S. entities for
years as a foreign financier of terrorism. But a new 9/11 lawsuit is thrusting Mahfouz’s latent past business links to
George W. ...
This timeline dispels the notion that theorists on 9/11 are working on the basis of supposition and prejudice, it shows
clearly that unanswered questions relating to 911 are probably the most vital issue currently facing the people of this
planet.
like so many others, as I got to understand more of the world my views changed. As Winston Churchill once said "If a man
is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by the time he is 40, he has no
brain." ...
1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister of Immigration: How does New Zealand’s health screening of refugees, asylum
seekers, and immigrants for HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases compare with other migrant receiving countries?
"ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks called for criminologist Dr John Pratt to publicly debate his "tougher sentences
don't work" theories. The Victoria University of Wellington academic issued a release today deploring the fact that ...
It is unfortunate, but not surprising, that a dark cloud is hanging over the World Summit on Sustainable Development
taking place in Johannesburg, even as the World’s leaders arrive there.
HEADER NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I have compiled a list of relevant questions on 9/11 taken from a recent post asking DUers
to list their favourites. In addition, some DUers provided lists of questions posted on other sites which I have
included here. ...
The Mild Greens say Parliament's conservative anti-cannabis MPs, such as NZ First's Craig McNair, are demonstrating
pig-ignorance about criminalisation-related harm, and the legitimate case for cannabis law reform.
Politicians who bid for votes by promising tougher sentences are contributing to a growing intolerance that could
spiral out of control, says Victoria University criminologist Dr John Pratt.
The matter of the classification of a film described as setting a “new benchmark in terms of sadistic sexual violence”
comes again before the nine-member Film and Literature Board of Review.
RoadSafe Auckland is a region wide road safety group made up of representatives from Auckland’s seven Territorial
Authorities, Regional Council, Land Transport Safety Authority (LTSA), NZ Police, Transit New Zealand, ACC, Auckland
District Health Board, ...
The New Zealand delegation has come to this summit to lend its voice to the cause of sustainability.
Ethnic communities are tired of being the targets of racist attacks and political opportunism, said National MP Pansy
Wong today, speaking at the March against Racism in Wellington.
While many New Zealanders are concerned about the role that welfare plays in the escalating social problems we face, few
question the need to provide support for children. This is understandable and how it should be. They assume that the
domestic ...
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In This Edition: Yes, THAT Dail Jones – Green Left? - Time Machine - Open Letter to Hon. Bill English - ILO Rules/Rulz?
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The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) has declared September 5th National Penis Day as a fun way to promote a serious
issue, men’s health particularly men’s sexual health AIDS Foundation Executive Director Kevin Hague said.
With only two days to go before their first $250,000 draw, the organisers of the new rewards programme Kachingo! are
reminding shoppers to check their Kachingo! tickets.
On August 18, the New York Times carried a front-page story headlined, ``Officers say U.S. aided Iraq despite the use of
gas''. Quoting anonymous US ``senior military officers'', the NYT ``revealed'' that in the 1980s, the administration of
US President ...
21: Minke Sushi
Some issues are so black and white they are never examined, let alone criticized. Like whaling. It’s obvious that every
pro whaler is bad and all anti whalers are good. That’s why, when a guy like Paul Watson, the icon of anti-whalers
weighs anchor ...
Latest figures from the IRD show a marked increase in student loan debt written off due to bankruptcy.
I don't want to talk here about whether a full-scale attack on Iraq is right or wrong -- or whether, with all the
scandals surrounding Bush, the Administration is using its daily leaks and the whole Iraq debate as giant distractions.
1. Rt Hon. WINSTON PETERS (Leader--NZ First) to the Minister of Immigration: How does New Zealand's health screening of
refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants for HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases compare with other migrant receiving
countries?
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation would like to know what’s up
The top 30 rating items on Scoop for the month of August were...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) today announced
that they had completed their joint assessments of sites at Pukekohe and Gisborne where suspected unauthorised GM maize
had been ...
No other nation on the face of the earth uses the words "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" as the premise for
their foundation in government.
Green MP Sue Kedgley today called on the Minister of Health to introduce regulations requiring drug companies to
disclose all gifts and cash payments to doctors, hospitals and health providers.
In Parliament today, Green MP Sue Bradford asked the Minister of Social Services and Employment,' What is the Government
doing to end regional and ethnic disparities in the delivery of the Special Benefit?'