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Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Tokyo Tokyo, Japan June 10, 2003
UN Radio: Liberia, Seeking Arrest of Liberian President, situation deteriorates in Congo, Annan condemns suicide attack
in Jerusalem, Israel Prevents UN relief team from Attending Meeting, food aid for Palestine…
A wee jem of a photo taken at Turoa today. The cold weather that has battered the lower North Island the last couple of
days has been dumping snow on Mt Ruapehu, down to the base area at Turoa as you can see.
1. RODNEY HIDE to the Minister of Maori Affairs: On what date and how did he learn that his reply to Question for
Written Answer No 257 lodged on 13 February 2003 that “I am advised by my officials that there have been no payments of
cash by Maori Sports ...
Six months before the United States was dead-set on invading Iraq to rid the country of its alleged weapons of mass
destruction, experts in the field of nuclear science warned officials in the Bush administration that intelligence
reports showing Iraq ...
We need your immediate support as we go to trial in a case that is critical to the future of marine mammals on this
planet. Three weeks from now, NRDC litigators will face off against the Bush administration in federal court with the
safety of entire ...
Two powerful forces are at work in Iraq. How they are handled will determine whether they blend harmoniously or collide
in conflict.
ANNOUNCEMENTS 1 Welcome to Students from Miami University of Ohio 1 Secretary Powell to Announce Release of the
Department s Trafficking in Person s Report 1 Secretary Powell to Deliver Keynote Address at Annual Dinner of the Global
Business Coalition ...
1. Immigration—Qualifications 2. Te Mângai Pâho—Mâori Sportscasting International 3. Family Law—Confidence in Associate
Minister 4. Prisoners—Deportation 5. Early Childhood Education—Participation 6. Capital and Coast District Health
Board—Cardiac ...
SECRETARY POWELL: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure for me to be back in Santiago, Chile. It is
my first visit in almost twelve years. Last time here I was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and I am privileged to
be back ...
A letter below in response to yesterday's post. No, I don't think Americans are "the worst people in the world" - and I
had misgivings about using the quote for fear of that misunderstanding. But it was a compelling illustration of the
trouble ...
Washington -- A key Republican lawmaker says he believes Congress will act quickly to pass legislation implementing U.S.
free trade agreements (FTAs) with Chile and Singapore.
Recent comments made by U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz further articulate the Bush administration's less
prominent reasons for removing from power the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq.
The trade liberalization achieved in the World Trade Organisation's Uruguay Round was worth about $9 billion to New
Zealand, and had resulted in about 17,600 extra jobs, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.
On May 30, US President George Bush told Polish television that the US military had found Iraq's “weapons of mass
destruction” (WMD). Well, sort of. Remember the three (some media outlets have inaccurately reported two) trailers the
US found.
A Belgian court ruled on Tuesday that a case against an Israeli general, who was involved in carrying out war crimes at
Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in 1982, can go ahead.
Sources within the New York Times say Howell Raines would still be executive editor if only he had refrained from
pressuring publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. to sign off on a major investigative story that, it turned out, simply was
not fit to print.
Three New Zealand women are listed among FHM magazine’s annual 100 Sexiest Women in the World list, announced today.
Cartoon By John Chuckman
Scientists from the United States, Ethiopia and several other countries have uncovered fossils of the earliest modern
human, Homo sapiens -- filling a major gap in the human fossil record.
I read something recently about America's Middle East initiative, the "road map," offering Bush the chance for
greatness. Verbal excess like that demands a realistic discussion of the prospects.
Associate Justice Lianne Dalziel today accused Bill English of mischief-making over the intent of the Care of Children
Bill.
Green MP Metiria Turei today urged the Government to "hold firm" in the line of homophobic fire, following criticism of
the Care of Children Bill.
Trade statistics showing New Zealanders benefited to the tune of over $9 billion and thousands of new jobs made a
mockery of those voices calling for trade barriers and the abolition of the World Trade Organisation said Trade
Liberalisation Network, ...
Where there is demand a supplier, whenever possible, will provide; this is the first law of economics. It is also the
first law of the street - and in the streets of a once-proud capital, there is a demand being met by means illegal that
has police ...
Tuesday Night Israel Time: IDF forces along the Israel-Egypt border, near the city of Rafah, came under heavy fire.
Terrorists directed small arms fire at IDF forces, fired 8 anti-tank missiles, and hurled 28 grenades. No injuries to
IDF forces were ...
Wolfowitz - ''The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy we settled on the
one issue that everyone could agree on which was weapons of mass destruction as the core reason, but -- Hold on one
second.''
ACT New Zealand ACC Spokesman Heather Roy today called for ACC Minister Ruth Dyson to launch an inquiry into the case
of 27-year tetraplegic John Jury, who is currently being cared for by his 11-year-old grandson.
Ministers of Defence from NATO and partner countries will meet at NATO Headquarters, 12-13 June, to review progress made
in transforming NATO's military structure and capabilities.
Three Palestinians from the same family were killed Tuesday afternoon when Israeli Apache gunships fired several
missiles at a car and a civilian building in the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalya, a few hours after a failed
assassination attempt on a ...