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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.
Two years ago the Central Intelligence Agency released reams of intelligence documents on the former Soviet Union that
had been classified for nearly 30 years. The findings were damning: the CIA for more than 10 years greatly exaggerated
the nuclear threat ...
1. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS to the Minister of Transport: What will yesterday’s announcements regarding land transport
funding do to help implement the New Zealand Transport Strategy?
According to ACT Leader Richard Prebble speaking under a point of order in Parliament a major government announcement
has been this afternoon to media, "turning the immigration system on its head".
What happens when individuals or whole societies damage -- or even temporarily lose -- their soul, their spiritual
anchor, their sense of themselves as moral entities?
The National Party is congratulating broadcaster Bill Ralston on his appointment at TVNZ and urging him to put an end
to the culture of cronyism that's come to light in the wake of Labour's charter.
Senator Thurmond Declared Dead 27 Years After The Fact - Cartoon By John Chuckman
(New York, June 30, 2003) - A deadline set out in the "American Servicemembers Protection Act" (ASPA) that threatens
U.S. military assistance to countries supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) will pass tomorrow, the NGO
Coalition ...
They just don't get it. Honestly, can there be a more culturally insensitive and brazen lot than the U.S. and U.K.
forces in Iraq? The recent massacre of six British troops and subsequent wounding of eight more (three in critical
condition) in a small ...
Cartoon by Kidd Millennium...
In the wake of last week's successful passage of the Prostitution Reform Bill by one vote, United Future MP Paul Adams
today called for the nation's brothels to be located only in the areas of those MPs who voted for the legislation.
The "Fix It or Nix It", and "Shrink or Sink" sign-on statements about the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been
circulating around the world for over three years now. In that time, there have been no signs that the WTO is going to
"shrink" or can be ...
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Sure, it's the break you have when you're not having a break, but I'm glad nonetheless that the government's solution to
the film investment problem has, officially, steered clear of the tax system. Film and TV producers spending more than
$50 million within ...
Kucinich may be the only guy who can win this election. Sounds far-fetched, right? What the Brits would call Loony Left
delusional thinking. The U.S. press would just ignore the whole thing, naturally, until it's no longer possible.
· A Bogotá court has ruled to end the harmful U.S. sponsored aerial fumigation occurring in Colombia until a study of
the herbicide has been conducted.
Maori Activists last night delivered an unwavering statement of intent to Maori Labour Party MPs on the proposed
legislation and crown ownership of Maori seabeds and foreshore.
Vodafone New Zealand Limited confirmed it has taken a 12 year lease on a building to be developed on the corner of
Fanshawe and Halsey Streets, Auckland City.
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.
Labour claims it'll give individuals 'more opportunity to have their say', but in reality local councils are about to
be paralysed by new consultation rules, says National Party Local Government spokesman Gerry Brownlee "It's a sad day
for ...
Photo Caption: From left to right: Guy (14), Renee (5), Estee (8) and Donna--Marie (10) test out their new park bench
at the Ronald McDonald House Mid--winter Christmas Dinner in Auckland.
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today congratulated Joanna Beresford for her stellar rise from
union flunky to better-paid union flunky.
Federal Court Upholds Secret Detentions; Another Victory for White House Measures Eroding Civil Liberties - Interview
with Arthur Spitzer, legal director of the ACLU's Washington, D.C. office conducted by Scott Harris
'Gag' order contradicts U.S. value Iraqis like Judge Gilbert S. Merritt By GILBERT S. MERRITT For The Tennessean
Yesterday, a helpful bookshop assistant led me to the philosophy section in search of a book about butterflies. When I'd
asked to be directed to the nature section, she'd thought I said Nietzsche.
Wellington Members of Parliament have welcomed the government's decision to offer production expenditure grants to
large-budget film and television productions.
Changes to skilled immigration policy were announced by the government today, following a comprehensive review of the
General Skills component of the Skilled/Business stream of the New Zealand Immigration Programme.
Stop the presses!!!! "The most promising find, yet, in the hunt for WMDs has been located", according to Meg Alexander
of NBC's Oklahoma City affiliate, KFOR.
The Labour Government is again sadly under-estimating the state of our roading infrastructure and now under-funding
accordingly, says National Party Transport spokesman Roger Sowry.
The NZ Immigration Programme 2003/04 remains unchanged from the 2002/03 Programme, with 45,000 places (with scope for a
further 5000 places) allocated as follows: