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Q1. [116549] Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 4 June.
GRAPHIC IMAGES MAY DISTURB: The purpose of information sharing is to empower individuals to make informed choices. If
publishing these images causes those, who would support more killing to consider their decisions, then publishing is
justified.
A real resistance movement seems to be starting up in Iraq. Although the Pentagon and Donald Rumsfeld are blaming
attacks against US troops on Saddam supporters and Baath Party members, it looks like a countrywide uprising is
starting.
After several years teaching high school, I've heard all the excuses. I didn't get my homework done because my computer
crashed, because my project partner didn't do their part, because I feel sick, because I left it on the bus, because I
had a dance ...
United Nations Special Envoy Razali Ismail has just visited Burma and was able to bring us news that Aung San Suu Kyi, a
Nobel Peace Prize winner and the leader of a peaceful democratic party known as the National League for Democracy, is
well and ...
Mass media’s obligation is to fulfill the critical role of fourth estate, the defenders of public interest. The term is
frequently attributed to the nineteenth century historian Thomas Carlyle who ranked the press above and apart from the
three Estates of Parliament. ...
Dear Diary: The war went well. We licked those Iraqi towelheads real quick. We didn't get Saddam, though, which is more
than a little embarassing, since we also didn't get Osama in Afghanistan. Makes me look bad. Also makes me look like I'd
rather have ...
National Party Leader Bill English has decided to join a team of his MPs heading to Washington today to discuss foreign
affairs, trade and defence matters with Congressmen, Senators and officials in Washington.
QUESTION: The trip to Jordan, the stop in Jordan, any chance you’ll go on to Israel and talk to the Palestinians?
The cabinet is in general agreement that Minister of Maori Affairs, Parekura Horomia, should go but is divided over
whether his firing will cause more or less political damage.
Expanding the liberalization agenda through bilateral agreements is a stealthy step-by-step approach which could prepare
a multiple launchpad for more comprehensive multilateral agreements. Aziz Choudry details moves afoot to challenge this
neo-liberal tactic.
My advice to Bill English is: don't leave home without McCully, said Progressive MP Matt Robson today.
Australian Labour Party Leader Simon Crean has been re-elected leader of the Labour Party in a meeting of the party's 92
strong parliamentary caucus this morning.
This week I went to the House of Commons for Prime Minister's question time and I was appalled to realise how far the
New Zealand Parliament has strayed from the Westminster system. For a start, New Zealand - unlike Britain - doesn't have
a session whereby ...
In This Edition: Right To Self-Representation - NZ Involvement In Iraq - Mother Or Father - To Be Or Not To Be!
Two well-known political commentators, Associate Professor Nigel Roberts and Dr Tim Bale of the School of History,
Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University, have been given a Wallace Award by the
Electoral Commission ...
As the scandal that's raging around Maori Broadcaster Te Mangai Paho deepens, the National and ACT Parties are accusing
the Government of employing two standards of accountability, one for Maori and one for everyone else.
United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to remove Ministerial input from the appointment of judges to the
proposed top court in the UK -this removes one of the odd arguments pushed those supporting the dumping our right of
appeal to the ...
That George is such a dag, isn't he, pretending to fall off the Pratmobile! I'm sure he was just taking its inventor's
advice - given at a recent college commencement ceremony - to make it your choice in life to do something really, really
difficult. ...
If the civilian and military leaders of member states cannot come to Belgium without fear of harassment by Belgium
courts entertaining spurious charges by politicized prosecutors, then it calls into question Belgium's attitude about
its responsibilities ...
The period between 1981 and 2001 has been one of considerable political change as well as change in the social and
economic spheres. It has seen several changes of government and shifts in ideology, which resulted in the deregulatory
and market-driven ...
Stunning examples of human innovation have been rewarded today with the announcement of the first round of the Social
Entrepreneur Fund in Wellington.
The decision by the New Zealand government to join the occupation of Iraq has been condemned by GPJA and others but
warmly welcomed by the United States. The government claim that this is separate from the US/UK occupation is belied by
the fact that ...
New Zealand First has urged the Government to not stop with the suspension of Te Mangai Paho CEO Trevor Moeke but to
deal with its own separatist agenda and the gravy train that accompanies it.
Remarks at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's National Convention Banquet. Washington, DC June 14, 2003
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that American officials may stop attending NATO
meetings in Belgium because of a law that allows "spurious" suits accusing American leaders of war crimes.
The government is working on a package of proposals to protect landlords from problem tenants, Housing Minister Steve
Maharey said today.
Cartoon by John Chuckman
The following speech by Sen. Jim Jeffords was delivered at the National Press Club on June 5, 2003 to commemorate the
second anniversary of his decision to leave the Republican Party and become the Senate's only Independent.
The Justice and Electoral select committee considering the proposal to replace the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council with a Supreme Court will now have more time to hear submissions. Chairman Tim Barnett has obtained an extension
of the date for ...