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Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) condemned an Israeli missile strike against the political leader of
the Islamic Hamas movement Abdul-Aziz Al-Rantisi Tuesday as a “terrorist” attack, as the US, UN, UK and Arab foreign
ministers warned ...
Remarks by U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd June 24, 2003 "The Road to Coverup Is the Road to Ruin" Mr. President, last fall,
the White House released a national security strategy that called for an end to the doctrines of deterrence and
containment ...
The Hamas leadership has made a strategic decision to undermine the "Road Map," and ruin any chance of dialogue which
may lead to a cease-fire and political negotations.
In the lead up to the Rugby World Cup ‘The Captains Dinner’, will see three former Captains and rugby greats - Mark Ella
of Australia, Tiaan Strauss of South Africa and Sean Fitzpatrick of New Zealand – take to the stage with their personal
World ...
Parliament last night passed law changes after MP’s used their conscience to vote 60-59 in favour of decriminalising
prostitution.
Before we begin our discussions I do want to say something on the Middle East. I am troubled by the recent Israeli
helicopter gunship attacks. I regret the loss of innocent life. I'm concerned that the attacks will make it more
difficult for the ...
Greenpeace Image: U.S. Military Checks Nuke Cake-Mixer - June 2003 Al Tuwaitha, Iraq US military checks a yellow cake
mixer returned by Greenpeace to the Tuwaitha nuclear facility. The device was found in an open public place in front of
a bus stop. The ...
Here’s the problem with all the euphemisms mainstream commentators use in their strenuous efforts not to brand President
George W. Bush a liar: He’s not entitled to a single one.
National Party MP Judith Collins says there's mounting speculation over the involvement of Helen Clark in last night's
narrow vote on prostitution law reform.
1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Did she say “Ownership of the foreshore and seabed has long been
considered to lie with the Crown”; if so, does that remain her position today?
United Future MP, Gordon Copeland, says the passage last night of the Prostitution Reform Bill will lead to an explosion
in the exploitation of young Asian women.
Listener Political Editor Jane Clifton this afternoon on 95BFm essentially confirmed observations made by Judith Collins
MP concerning Prime Ministerial pressure and influence over Ashraf Choudry MP – NZ's first Muslim MP – and Winnie Laban
MP , a ...
As the debate rages across the country over Maori customary use of the sea-bed and foreshore it is well to remember that
the basis our land laws is a fiction which started over nine hundred years ago when William the Conqueror stood on a
hill in ...
I have just greeted you in only a few of the scores of languages that are spoken daily in New Zealand in 2003.
New Zealand First has called on the Government to provide more economic leadership and to focus less on its politically
correct social engineering agenda.
Dead Sea, Jordan -- President Bush's vision for a prosperous, peaceful and democratic Middle East is optimistic and
forward-looking and has the full commitment of his administration, Secretary of State Colin Powell says.
1. Myanmar—Aung San Suu Kyi 2. Seabed and Foreshore—Crown Ownership 3. Immigration—Cost to Taxpayers 4. Justice,
Associate Minister—Confidence 5. Hazardous Substances—Regulation 6. Genetic Modification—Sheep, PPL Therapeutics,
Waikato 7. Seabed and Foreshore—Crown ...
Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense, was so eager to see the United States launch a preemptive strike
against Iraq in early 2002, that he ordered the CIA to investigate the past work of Hans Blix, the chief United Nations
weapons inspector, ...
On May 31, 2003, Symantec Security Response upgraded the mass-mailing worm W32.Sobig.C@mm from a Category 2 to a
Category 3 rating based on an increased number of submissions.
MP Tim Barnett’s Prostitution Reform Bill has passed by the thinnest possible margin, decriminalising soliciting,
pimping and brothel keeping in New Zealand.
The 60-59 vote (with 1 abstention) for the Third Reading of the Prostitution Reform Bill finishes unfinished business.
"User pays in education has unfortunately encouraged more students into sex work to support themselves through their
studies," said Camilla Belich, National Women's Rights Officer for the New Zealand University Students' Association
(NZUSA).
This letter outlines for you, in your capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chair of the Parliamentary
Service Commission (PSC), my decisions regarding recent requests that I conduct an inquiry into certain electorate and
out-of-Parliament ...
Somewhere in America, someone is itching to say "told you so". Elsewhere in the world, millions of people laugh, scoff,
mock, and launch vitriol and hyperbole when discussing America's role in the world. All of a sudden, the so-called
victory in Iraq, which ...
Green MP Sue Bradford said today that New Zealand has made huge social progress with the passing of the Prostitution Law
Reform Bill last night.
The Real Clash Of Civilizations: Liberals Versus The Crypto-Nazis By John Chuckman June 24, 2003
The United Nations refugee agency is stepping up its relief efforts in Iraq on several fronts, ranging from finding
housing for hundreds of evicted Palestinians and registering undocumented Syrian refugees to providing aid for returning
Iraqi Kurds forced from ...
Kim R. Holmes, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Remarks at the XXI German American Conference
Berlin, Germany June 13, 2003
W32.Bugbear.B@mm is a variant of W32.Bugbear@mm (originally discovered and named in the Sydney Symantec Security
Response Centre in October 2002) and appears to be spreading quickly.
Q: Mr. Secretary, General Myers spoke of aggressive operations to put down opposition in Iraq, and he spoke of the raid
last week upon the convoy. Has the United States authorized U.S. forces to move into Syria in hot pursuit of suspected
former officials? ...