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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 ...
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 difficulty when investigating the possible criminal actions of powerful officials is that they can use their power
to cover up involvement in criminal conspiracies. One of the ways around this problem is to examine a politician's
behavior at the ...
The following images were sent to Scoop today by a Scoop reader. They are reported to show lights over Manhattan last
night.
A freak hailstorm this morning left up to 30mm of hail on the ground in parts of Miramar and on the Wellington airport
runway. The hailstorm led to the closure of the Wellington Airport till around 10am. The following images were taken by
Wellington ...
Once again I have happened upon a website espousing anti-American ideals. Let me say right off, the world depends on US,
so the world BELONGS to us, therefor, it ain't "stealing", as you so pejoratively label it.
Now that it's the first anniversary of the attacks by (presumably) Al Qaeda on New York and Washington, two things in
particular worry me. The American political leaders seem to have learned nothing about how to avoid terror, and they
make statements ...
Welcoming the world's central bankers to their annual summer conclave at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 30 2002, Fed
chairman Alan Greenspan delivered a remarkable speech. In unusually clear language, he acknowledged the existence of a
bubble in ...
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 ...
6 September – The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today said he was looking forward to a speech by
President George Bush of the United States to the UN General Assembly when its annual high-level debate opens on 12
September.
Never before has the family received such media and political coverage. We have the beginnings of Commission for the
Family and a debate on what constitutes a family unit. We also have a Social Services Minister who says the two-parent
family is history, ...
Images published by GlobalSecurity.org taken by DigitalGlobe.com on June 13 2002 – and used here with permission of
DigitalGlobe - reveal that preparations are well advanced for air strikes against Iraq.
If we had a moment of silence marking the time of every atrocity ever committed in the name of nationalism, religion ...
every atrocity committed in the name of the artificial borders that try to make us forget that we're all human, all in
this together, ...
On June 20, Bush Administration officials quietly informed a New York judge of their intention to commence legal actions
likely to be far-reaching in their constitutional, political, and individual rights implications pertaining to current
lawsuits and ...
1. JILL PETTIS (NZ Labour--Whanganui) to the Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education): How will the
recently announced Polytechnic Regional Development Fund assist skill development
Is Iraq a Diversion from the Real Invasion or Will Bush Try to Occupy Both Countries at Once? - by Michael C. Ruppert of
From The Wilderness
New Zealand First MP and Deputy Leader, Peter Brown, has labelled the actions of Minister of Internal Affairs George
Hawkins, for attempting to mislead the Parliament as “lamentable, reprehensible, and most regrettable”. The incident
giving rise to ...
RAROTONGA (Pacnews/Cook Islands News): The Prime Minister's chief adviser Piho Rua says Cook Islands Government should
use the Zimbabwe media law as a model to control newspapers, Pacnews reports.
Farmers are angry that once again ACC's proposes to increase their levies, says Charlie Pedersen, Federated Farmers
National Vice President.
In This Edition: Letter to the Editor - Get Your Own Act Together - Fiscal Irresponsibility - The 'Anti-Whaling
Fanatic' Responds
On September 11 2001, the world was rocked by a terrorist attack in New York killing up to 2500 innocent people. On the
same day millions of innocent people died all over the world as a result of American Foreign Policy. The same thing
happened the ...
Petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB, Lindsay Mitchell, reports,"Whilst debating the newly named Social
Security (Personal Development and Employment) Amendment Bill in Parliament yesterday, United Future MP, Judy Turner,
said, 'The work ethic, ...
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. ...
Agreement is emerging from political parties, major users and from the public for the Government to regain control of
the nation's rail track, Greens Co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons said today.
In This Edition: Senate Hearing On Iraq “Blitzkrieg” Now On - Richard Butler Is A U.S. Spy – A CIA Asset
Business NZ says it is an outrage that the Local Government Bill is continuing to proceed in the new Parliament despite
the fact that a virtually new select committee is now considering the Bill.
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. ...
2.7 million Americans served in Vietnam. 304,000 of them were wounded in action, and over 75,000 of those were disabled
by their injuries. As of Memorial Day 1996, there were 58,202 names listing the dead on the long, black monument in
Washington, ...
“United Future must justify its decision to do a u-turn by supporting the Social Security (Working Towards Employment)
Amendment Bill. At face value the Bill is anti-family and an insult to widows,” said Party Leader Graham Capill.
The Case Against G.W. Bush: a Preliminary "Hearing" in the Court of Common Sense