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The U.S. and British warplanes violated Iraq’s airspace in a desperate bid to impair solid will of Iraqis and undermine
their sovereignty and territorial integrity.
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES … this is the last Hard News in its current form. Most Friday mornings for the past 11 years, day
job or not, I have got up early on Friday mornings, bashed out a script - on a good week, I would have made some notes -
driven to 95bFM ...
What’s THAT in your coffee? “It is a great danger for us… our children do not have clothes to go to school. We don’t
even have food to eat. We appeal to the world for food, support and assistance.” Hajib Mohamed Amin - Coffee farmer,
Kafa province, ...
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: Bullying Is The Domain Of Cowards - The Green Party: Thou Shalt Buy Local - Teen Killer Sentences -
Honorary Truck Drivers License
Robert Fisk has the right take on the Bush administration. With Saddam Hussein having unconditionally agreed to allow in
the weapons inspectors, the US is all dressed up with no war to go to. This is highly embarrassing, at least if you are
in the ...
Last Monday night on C-SPAN I was greatly heartened and encouraged by the words of former weapons inspector and
ex-Marine, Scott Ritter who said that the "politics of fear must be defeated by the forces of truth." He was of course
speaking ...
Orthodox neoclassical economics is incremental in its nature. Economic analysis is done by considering small changes at
the 'margin' to such things as cost, utility (ie happiness), revenue or whatever. And neoclassical economists prefer to
interpret ...
One of the strangest parts of trans-hemispheric migration is doing the season slip. Having moved to New Zealand (NZ)
last December, the last time I experienced Springtime was back in March/April 2001, distant memories of a year and a
half ago. Springtime ...
1. PITA PARAONE (NZ First) to the Minister of Health: Since she became Minister of Health, how many individuals have
been financially assisted to obtain treatment or operations overseas and what has been the total cost?
The PSA has lodged with the Employment Relations Authority a personal grievance claim against Television New Zealand on
behalf of television reporter Kim Webby, PSA spokesperson Jo Quatermass said today.
President Discusses Iraq, Domestic Agenda with Congressional Leaders Remarks by the President in Meeting with
Congressional Leaders The Oval Office
On the evening of August 20, 1998, the Clinton administration conducted simultaneous missile strikes against two
suspected terrorist facilities supposedly connected with the heralded, Saudi terrorist "mastermind" Osama bin Laden.
- 25 million coffee producers are facing a crisis in Central And South America, Africa and Asia – in total, 100 million
poor people dependent on the coffee chain are affected. - The price of coffee has almost halved in the past three years
to a 30-year low. ...
This week Khidhir Hamza, a former Iraqi nuclear scientist who defected to the U.S. in 1994, testified before a U.S.
Senate panel investigating Iraq's nuclear armaments. Hamza told U.S. Senators that Iraq was three years away from
creating up to three ...
Animal rights activists to target Wellington insurance company as part of an international campaign against animal
testing.
In This Edition: Senate Hearing On Iraq “Blitzkrieg” Now On - Richard Butler Is A U.S. Spy – A CIA Asset
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 ...
Cannabis sativa seed imported into New Zealand for industrial hemp trials was not tested for the presence of genetic
modification, says National’s Agriculture spokesman David Carter.
A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated
attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.
The Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Bill was referred to the Law and Order Committee, with a
reporting date of 17 March 2003.
The government, with support from an unconvinced and unconvincing United Future, has just passed legislation scrapping
work testing of the DPB . "This action is reprehensible," says Lindsay Mitchell, spokesperson for a growing group of New
Zealanders who want ...
The Labour Government is trying to have it both ways on Iraq, says National Party Leader Bill English.
The Progressive leader and Minister for Economic Development opened a new branch of the publicly-owned bank in Nelson
today and was presented a waistcoat made from the Nelson flag.
Jim Anderton should front up with answers on Kiwibank instead of attacking those seeking accountability for the waste
of taxpayers' money on a bank that's not needed, ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide says.
A lack of environmental-impact planning with hemp trials could have some interesting consequences for the illegal
cannabis industry, ACT Agriculture spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says.
Libertarianz spokesman Peter Cresswell today congratulated Jeanette Fitzsimons for her stunning performance in the
internationally coveted ‘Bonehead Awards'.
Green co-leader Rod Donald today made a submission to the Standing Orders Committee arguing that the position of 'Leader
of the Opposition' be abolished.
One year after the tragic event one of the leading and most famous postmodern artists, Damien Hirst, of dissected cow
fame, has said 9/11 was art:
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today flatly rejected comments by National MP Phil Heatley that hemp growing was a cover for
cannabis law reform.