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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, ...
The following highly unusual item appeared in the Polish media this week in the wake of coverage of President Bush's
tearful visit to Auschwitz.
NOTE: The following is a translation of the Polish Newsweek article linked to by Scoop last week. A big thankyou to
Scoop reader Luke for providing the translation. – The Scoop Editor
The National Commission for UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in New Zealand is
urging Governments in the Pacific to follow the lead from the New Zealand Government and speak out strongly against the
Tongan Government’s ...
Secretary of StaSecretary of State Colin Powell’s recent use of the B-word (''bullshit'') during a practice session at
the CIA for his February 5 presentation at the United Nations has lifted the veil, if ever so slightly, on a question
that every administration ...
In This Edition: Tindall Foundation Strings Attached - On Bush's Nazi Ties... - Are We So Blind?
Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Testimony Before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee Washington, DC June 4, 2003
In this issue: Some antipodean reflections on France's springtime orgy of strikes; more on the vexed issue of
treatyology and New Zealand history; and what (two) Frogs think of Auckland.
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced decisions on further New Zealand contributions to support humanitarian and
reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Helen Clark also announced the government would continue to make a significant
contribution to the fight against ...
10: A tragic loss
Acting Minister of Research, Science and Technology Michael Cullen said today that the deaths of seven senior managers
of the Crop and Food Research Institute was a huge loss not just to the families and friends of the dead but to the
country as ...
New Zealand First finds it extraordinary that Helen Clark today has the temerity to be surprised and disappointed by the
latest challenge to the Maori fisheries allocation issue.
Let's be blunt. The real agenda of the new conservatives is nothing less than the destruction of democracy in the United
States of America. And feudalism is one of their weapons.
The Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee slammed the Israeli position during the Sharm
el-Sheikh and Aqaba summits, saying it proved that Israel is still not completely committed to the implementation of the
“roadmap”.
As the country debates severing links with the Privy Council the hunt is on to find 1500 people whose appeals were
wrongly dismissed during years of improper conduct by our NZ Court of Appeal from where judges will be drawn for any new
Supreme Court. ...
June 7,2003 Today Australia's Opposition Leader, Simon Crean left a simple message on a tiny internet memorial. For
millions of Australians deeply concerned by the Howard Government's harsh treatment of asylum seekers the appearance of
Simon Crean's ...
"I'm from the South, so I've had people like that in my home. They're one step up from trailer trash." People like the
Clintons, that is. Thus spake a well-heeled matron in a San Francisco bookstore vox pop last week, when asked if she was
likely ...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Drug gangs and "dark influences" may be plotting to assassinate Thailand's prime minister while he
prepares to visit Washington, but he insists the risk won't stop his war on crime in which more than 2,200 people
mysteriously perished.
As stories emerge of apparent radiation sickness in Iraq, together with reports of the looting of radioactive material
from nuclear sites guarded by US soldiers, a nuclear scientist says this could indicate an American cover-up over
radioactive ...
Last week the Reserve Bank cut interest rates again. Is the bank just feeding a property price boom? The editor of
influential The Economist (31 May) says the stockmarket bubble has been replaced by a property price bubble that will
burst. Property is ...
On May 21 and 22, 2003, the 9/11 Independent Commission held its second set of public hearings, focusing on the issue of
air defense. It's not surprising if you haven't heard about this, because the hearings were poorly covered by the media,
with major papers such as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times failing to write any articles on them.
Singapore Airlines has today announced its largest global campaign ever – Singapore Airlines’ Fabulous Offer – with deep
discounts on holidays to Singapore. The Offer is for sales from MONDAY 9 JUNE to Sunday 22 June.
Michael Hill International Violin Competition finalists are: from left, Kristian Winther (Australia), Korbinian
Altenberger (Germany) and the winner Natalia Lomeiko (Russia/New Zealand).
Sourced from hawkesbay.com - Parody based on original cartoon by Cox & Forkum .
1. Introduction: The Nuclear Future 2. One Link 3. No More Hawks and Doves 4. Reviewing the Nuclear Posture 5. The
Direction Since Sept. 11 6. The Bush-Putin Treaty
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), today, led 30 Members of Congress in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry in the
House of Representatives to force the Administration to turn over the intelligence to back its yet unproven claims that
Iraq has weapons ...
The Vice-President of the Association of Crown Research Institutes, Mr Bryce Heard (chief executive of Forest Research)
said today:
The time has come for four weeks leave says Hon Matt Robson MP, Progressive Deputy Leader as submissions on four weeks
annual leave have been pouring in to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee today, the deadline for
receiving submissions. ...
I write to lay a formal complaint with you against the Principal Family Court Judge, Patrick Mahony for his public
statements on National Radio on Tuesday 29 April 2003 about a specific case before the Family Court in respect of which
he commented on ...
The Amazon River, a surfer's paradise: 37 minutes of surfing on a single wave
Business Update: A select committee is now examining submissions on two ‘Holidays’ Bills. Regional business
organisations report strong member reaction against both Bills. The private member’s amendment Bill that would give
everyone four weeks’ holiday ...