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The days of the Prime Minister having good friends in high places appears to be coming to an end, says National Party
Leader Bill English.
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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, ...
In This Edition: Thou Shalt Not Steal - This Is Not About Persuasion, It Is About PR For A Decision Already Taken - The
Countdown To War Has Begun - Poppy’s Friends Run Interference For Junior - The Prize – Cui Bono – Commanders In Thief -
There ...
1. IAN EWEN-STREET to the Minister for Biosecurity: On what specific grounds did the Government choose an approach
different from the plan (so-called Option 5) developed by the Painted Apple Moth Community Advisory Group, and supported
by the Waitakere ...
Within a few months, the events of Sept. 11th, 2001 became but an echo of the events that followed. War in Afghanistan,
anthrax, unprecedented powers of detention: the public mind moves from one shock to another, appearing to accept the
government’s ...
This is the first edition of Naked in Nuhaka, launching a weekly/fortnightly column exploring issues of identity and
culture in Aotearoa NZ in the 21st Century.
There's something pathetic -- and dangerous -- about the crush of liberal commentators now pinning their hopes on Colin
Powell.
New Zealand must urge General Assembly and Security Council members and all Heads of State to denounce US unilateral
action of planning and preparation for warfare against Iraq as contrary to its Charter and Customary International Law.
As the judgment ...
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the world leader in Internet security, today announced Norton SystemWorks 2003 and Norton
SystemWorks Professional Edition, the new best-of-breed problem-solving suites that offer comprehensive, integrated
solutions to help keep ...
Last week journalist Michael Albert asked a dozen timely questions in writing of Professor Noam Chomsky. The full
responses appear in the upcoming issue of Z Magazine . Here are the first three questions and answers.
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. ...
New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has called on the Immigration Minister to explain the electronic system
she is considering introducing for processing overseas students, visitors and workers.
The untreatable killer virus that wiped out two-thirds of the UK’s common seals in 1988 has returned to Britain’s shores
says the RSPCA. Forty-nine seals have died since mid July. Although some laboratory tests are pending, experts believe
the Phocine ...
“Danish unions will today premiere a film which warns Danish people against a repeat of the New Zealand neo-liberal
policies by its recently elected Liberal Government,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today.
16: Of Mice and Men
Sometimes a scientific breakthrough is so remarkable it stops you in your tracks. The announcement recently that Dr Ina
Dobrinski, a researcher at The University of Pennsylvania has created mice with fleshy lumps on their backs is one of
those.
The global diplomatic flurry to gain U.N. support for an offensive against Iraq is a smokescreen and post-dates the
start of the U.S. offensive which took place three months ago - not with a bang, but with little-publicised steps. Maree
Howard ...
National is calling for the urgent introduction of new laws making it an offence for children to be “groomed” for sexual
abuse.
The Government is preparing for a major land grab that will take property from rural land owners using the excuse that
the public needs greater access to streams and lakes, ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff warned today.
It is hard to believe that it is a year since the terrorist attacks on the United States. When one watches the images of
those hijacked planes hitting the World Trade Centre it feels like it happened just yesterday.
The question of polling conflicts has thus far quietly escaped media scrutiny in the highly-contested New Hampshire
Primary. However, Senator Robert Smith’s September 10 opponent, Rep. John E. Sununu, has been paying well-known national
television ...
Imagine you have a good job and you've planned the lives of your family and your financial commitments around your
success, but then your boss approaches you and says that from this afternoon, the law now requires that - through no
fault of your ...
1. IAN EWEN-STREET (Green) to the Minister for Biosecurity: On what specific grounds did the Government choose an
approach different from the plan (so-called Option 5) developed by the Painted Apple Moth Community Advisory Group, and
supported by the ...
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today renewed her call for an independent investigation into what
involvement Child, Youth and Family had with convicted murderer Bailey Kurariki.
We, concerned global citizens, have called a protest to express our outrage at U.S. foreign policy and the blatant
hypocrisy of the Bush Administration.
The Socialist Party of Aotearoa National Executive recorded its most serious concern at the US President's expressed
intention to escalate the on-going US/UK attacks on Iraq into a full-scale war of invasion.
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson today launched the first, free public online access to up-to-date electronic versions
of Acts and Statutory Regulations.
"I can't slip you the tomahawk 20 minutes of the day, but I can give you a wonderful life the other 23:40," says Sy to
the woman he loves but has just told he is "two-spirited" (gay). They are both students at a university in Seattle, ...
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.
September 11 should be a time to mourn and remember those killed in the devastating terrorist attacks. But given that
the military response to the terrorist attacks have in turn killed thousands more innocents and violate international
law, it should ...