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In September 2000, as the Palestinian Intifadha raged, a blueprint for U.S. foreign policy and strategy was drawn up by
a prominent U.S. think-tank. The blueprint, titled Rebuilding America's Defences: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A
New Century, ...
The Internet has made it possible to disseminate untruths more widely and more quickly than ever before. This is not
necessarily a problem. Most of us have a portfolio of beliefs which include some items that are verifiably untrue.
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, ...
General acceptance by a society of the Rule of Law is probably the principle ingredient in defining what a civilised
society is. Unfortunately however many law makers in the United States appear not to understand this. Either that or
they have forgotten ...
New Zealand’s leading interactive sports entertainment company, Virtual Spectator has today launched its premium 3D
service for the Louis Vuitton Cup and America’s Cup.
As California Uber Alles by the Dead Kennedy's is to the USA, There is No Depression in NZ by Blam Blam Blam is to the
music fans of Aotearoa. Both songs are angry and aggressive ravings against the machinations of a state keen to
meme-drug (1) the ...
UQ WIRE EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the full text of the “secret report” referred to in an earlier UQ wire item
today, “UQ Wire: Secret Bush Iraq Regime Change Blueprint” . The original in .pdf format is located at
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf ...
Rush-hour traffic was treated to a striptease in Auckland today as the second of two new Elle Mapcherson Intimates
billboards were unveiled by a pair of Kiwifire dancers.
Today Symantec Security Response has upgraded W32.Bugbear@mm from a 3 to a level 4 virus on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being
the most serious. The upgrade is due to the increase of customer submissions to Security Response from customers. As of
yesterday ...
The Swiss syndicate racer Alinghi was beated by OneWorld this afternoon in the second day of Louis Vuitton races on
Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf.
I stood in a visitation receiving line for four hours tonight in front of Mildred Mitchell's open casket with my cousins
Jane and George, Mildred's son and daughter, and their spouses Billy and Glenda.
The Prime Minister, holding his latest press conference to journalists in Blackpool, has repeated his calls for new UN
resolutions to deal with Iraq and weapons of mass destruction.
On the last Sunday of September each year, Berkeley holds a street parade called "How Berkeley Can You Be?". It's a
great opportunity for the locals to poke fun at their own reputation for outrageous ideas, and in election years it
comes at just ...
1. DEBORAH CODDINGTON (ACT NZ) to the Minister for Economic Development: What has been his response to the views of
Harvard business strategy guru Professor Michael Porter who spoke at last year's Knowledge Wave conference about the
creation of business ...
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 ...
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has called on the Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright to resign one of her
two incompatible positions.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a text of the U.S. U.K. draft resolution calling for the U.N. Security Council to
authorize force against Iraq. It has been leaked to the media.
On Thursday this week, the trial resumes in Tel-Aviv of Marwan Barghouti, head of the Fatah Movement on the West Bank.
At the earlier session, a month ago, members of the extreme right showed up and used the occasion for rampaging and wild
racist ...
The sudden departure of Robert "The Torch" Torricelli from the New Jersey Senate race evokes no end of sports metaphors.
He fumbled. He choked. He dropped the baton. He hit the wall. The Torch is passed. It looks bad for the Dem team.
Replying to a Maxim Institute attack on his party for supporting the decriminalisation of prostitution unrepentant
Libertarianz leader Russell Watkins says that "the Very Reverend Paul McMahon is right: my calling Maxim 'Marxist' was a
misrepresentation. ...
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), the world’s leading provider of e-business software solutions has entered into a sponsorship
agreement with interactive sports entertainment company Virtual Spectator. SAP is a co-branding partner of Virtual
Spectator, which is providing ...
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 ...
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the
scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road
in Otara and ...
So the kids have wised up and following the US trend, have started dealing their Ritalin in the schoolyard. In New
Zealand Ritalin retails for around $5 a tablet while in the States the street value is considerably higher – the
equivalent of nearly ...
The Ngati Ruanui Claims Settlement Bill was referred to the Maori Affairs Committee, with a reporting date of 19
December 2002.
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. ...
I am trying to imagine what in the world I am doing here. I have never been to Blackpool before, I had never been to
the McDonalds in Blackpool before. I like the city, I like the weather, and I understand I may have brought it; if so I
will take credit ...
Xtra is catching thousands of emails infected with the new Bugbear virus, which has quickly become the most prevalent
email-borne virus worming its way through computer networks worldwide.
The $64 Question: What's Up With the Black Budget? The Real Deal with Catherine Austin Fitts
Radical changes to the Australian Family Court announced today to increase fairness and justice in family law must be
urgently replicated in New Zealand, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said.