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Here we outline our reply to two questions addressing the Americans: Q1) Why are we waging Jihad against you? Q2) What
advice do we have for you and what do we want from you?
National MP Richard Worth was selected to represent the opposition to mark the commemoration of the Battle of El
Alamein. But during a commemorative service, Worth decided to go sightseeing!
Much has been made of ACC’s “stock” comments when referring to claimants, and Scoop revealed last week that ACC –
related complaints to the Ombudsman doubled in two years.
The battle between ACC and its claimants continues unabated with many now writing to Parliament wanting a right to be
heard about their concerns following a select-committee meeting last week where ACC Minister Ruth Dyson, ACC Chair,
David Caygill and CEO ...
Michael Cullen’s office leaked the Armstrong letter. His staff even explained the significance of “first mover
advantage” in case the media missed it. Why?
We cover issues profane and profound: the divertissements that Paris’s Mayor Bertrand Delanoe has been organising for
his ratepayers and the deep foreign policy confessions of one of Australia’s leading strategic thinkers, Hugh White.
Also, the response ...
Ongoing concerns about the administration of the Christian Heritage Party’s finances have caused the resignations of
two National Executive Members in the past week.
Today's Auckland protest against war in Iraq. Photos courtesy of Indymedia Aotearoa . Good turn-out, good vibe, great
messages...
There is considerable disagreement on the numbers who attended a Washington D.C. rally against the war today. Radio New
Zealand says 10,000, organisers say 100,000. See... Washington D.C. Indymedia for extensive coverage.
Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife, and his two daughters were killed today in a plane crash in northern Minnesota. The
plane was a two-engine turboprop; five other people were on board and also killed.
Questions surrounding the financial administration of the Christian Heritage Party continue, with journalists and Party
Members wondering why Graham Capill has tried so hard to stop their inquiries.
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There is growing evidence that the FBI and other government intelligence entities are more closely linked to the
documented accumulation of pre-9/11 insider trading profits than was originally thought.
The Government is covering up how many credit cards government departments use and what the cost of them is, says
National MP Simon Power.
Te Atatu MP Chris Carter is to seek an urgent meeting with Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton to discuss the spraying of
thousands of school children during the painted apple moth eradication programme.
[From the ' Political Graveyard ,' which also has links to details on each of the cases as well as others going back to
World War I]
"Today’s announcement of negotiations on a trilateral trade agreement between Chile, Singapore and New Zealand to be
completed by 2004 shows our government’s reckless determination to continue down the free trade path," says Auckland
Professor ...
Wellington-based United Future New Zealand MP, Gordon Copeland, has come up with a plan for a temporary solution to the
problem of morning traffic congestion between the capital’s airport and downtown Wellington.
[Yanoun, Nablus] Militant Israeli settlers attacked a group of international volunteers working with Palestinians to
harvest olives in the olive groves near the Palestinian village of Yanoun.
New president is certain to adopt his own road, veering Brazil from its traditional dependence and deference to the U.S.
TV1’s Colmar Brunton Poll and TV3’s NFO Poll have recorded remarkably similar results on the night before the final day
of the election campaign. Today will not be recorded among National Party Leader Bill English's finest moments.
The hunt for the Washington Sniper may be over after two men have been held on firearms charges. Further charges
expected. Here, Scoop links to breaking stories...
ACT`s nine MPs together with the Party President and Manager are holding a three-day retreat (29 October to 31 October
2002) in the Hawkes Bay at Wallingford Station, the home of ACT supporter John Ormond.
There are times when history seems to drift idly from one year to the next with no profound milestone to mark its
passage. The decade of the 1990s was such a time; after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world seemed to pause for
breath.
Uri Avnery reflects on the harvest struggle - including his own experiences; after that an alarming report about settler
violence against international volunteer olive pickers which we forward.
The Democrats really are too tragic. To hear them begging voters not to desert them for third party or independent
candidates this election is like hearing an abusive partner in a relationship begging to be forgiven for past
misdemeanours - just so ...
New Zealand protests in Auckland Wellington and Christchurch today kicked off 24 hours of action around the world
against the designs for war on Iraq. In Wellington around 80-100 protestors set out from the waterfront at noon and
headed for Parliament ...
That’s how it is, kind leaders: IT HAPPENED. An hour ago the official results showed an irreversible tendency: Come
February, Lula will be the new president of Brazil. In the streets of every city of this great country the people
celebrate, sing and ...
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said that giving civil servants credit cards to pay for expenses is a sensible idea.