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A Letter to the Wall Street Journal. ''I fear you buried your lead. The reason citizens develop theories is because
those with the responsibility, authority and resources to provide answers fail to do their job. ''
1. Not declaring its spending on TV1 News as a donation to the Labour Party in its annual financial statements. 2. Three
words: Kim Hill Sung.
Green MP Keith Locke is accusing the Government of being responsible for the mental torture of Algerian asylum seeker
Ahmed Zaoui and is demanding that he be immediately moved out of Paremoremo Prison.
A new study based on a series of seven nationwide polls conducted from January through September of this year reveals
that before and after the Iraq war, a majority of Americans have had significant misperceptions and these are highly
related to support ...
One year after the Coroner's Court verdict on the police killing of seven young men in Braeton -- on 14 March 2001-- the
office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has yet to announce a decision on whether the officers involved are to be
charged ...
Responding to a spate of attacks on relief personnel in Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee agency today condemned
the trend while vowing to continue its work on behalf of the country's beleaguered people.
New Zealand mainstream media coverage of Pacific issues is often little better than travel writing, says Agence
France-Presse correspondent Michael Field.
Ohariu-Belmont MP and United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says the weekend’s weather disaster on the Kapiti coast has
exposed the faulty thinking behind the continued delays in getting the Transmission Gully route out of Wellington
started.
Viewed from Michigan, my home state where I’m visiting family, the California recall election looks both silly and
significant. ''Crazy Californians'' will indicate on Tuesday whether America has hit bottom, or the world will have to
suffer through ...
UNITED KINGDOM/London - The debate on Genetically Modified (GM) crops is often a polarised one with environmentalists
and the majority of sceptical consumers against the crops and powerful corporate interests attempting to steamroller all
opposition. ...
The IDF carried out an air attack in Syrian territory last night, against a training base used by terrorist
organizations, including the Islamic Jihad. Yesterday, Oct. 4, a vicious terroist attack took place at Maxim Caf? in
Haifa, in which 19 Israelis ...
Publication of this story marks a watershed in American political history. It is offered freely for publication in full
or part on any and all internet forums, blogs and noticeboards. All other media are also encouraged to utilise material.
Readers ...
One is tempted to ask if that is a horse's arse one sees entering the gates of Sacramento, doing its business and then
skipping gaily off across the horizon. Yes folks, hilarious Arianna Huffington withdrew from the California recall
election this week, citing ...
Philippine and international law are clear: child offenders cannot be sentenced to death or executed, Amnesty
International said today, launching its latest report "Philippines: Something hanging over me: child offenders under
sentence of death".
The communiqué of the G7 meeting concluded over the weekend of September 20 and 21 was a masterpiece of the obvious.
''Exchange rates should reflect market fundamentals'' was the tired and hackneyed phrase used, followed by the
implicitly contradictory ...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly deplored the Israeli air strike on Syrian territory, warning
that it could inflame violence in the troubled region.
A United Nations report released this weekend highlights substantial and wide-ranging concerns about New Zealand
children and young people.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) interim report provides "further conclusive and
incontrovertible evidence" that the Iraqi regime was in breach of United Nations Resolution 1441.
ACT New Zealand Wellington-based MP Heather Roy today called on the Government to prioritise approval of the
Transmission Gully route, after the weekend's atrocious weather highlighted just how vulnerable State Highway One is to
natural disaster.
TheOneRing.net brings you this exclusive first look at THE RETURN OF THE KING! This file was sent to us by person or
persons unknown, it shows 1:35 minutes in GLORIOUS quicktime a TON of shots from ROTK. Sam and Frodo in Moria, Pippin
and Merry, Gandalf ...
Young New Zealanders between the ages of 18 and 34 are increasingly society’s biggest worriers, particularly about
money, but also about time, family and work. The September TOWER/NFO Survey on ‘What Worries New Zealanders’ reveals
more than half are particularly ...
The reaction to the drug problem - and drug felonies - recently alleged against Rush Limbaugh highlight sharply the
differences between conservative morality and liberal/progressive morality.
Waihi Gold Mining Ltd has laid a complaint with the Commerce Commission regarding excessive electricity lines charges by
Powerco. David Ingle, General Manager of the Waihi mine said that Powerco and its predecessor companies PowerNZ and
United Networks ...
The 15th Annual National Gathering of Pakeha and Tauiwi (non-Maori) Treaty Workers urges the Government not to
introduce legislation based on its current proposals for the foreshore and seabed.
Kalafi Moala won the Media Freedom Award for the second year in a row at the Pacific Media Awards last night. The Taimi
‘o Tonga publisher and the rest of the newspaper’s staff were awarded the prize in Auckland for their struggle for media
freedom in ...
The Greens are designing a bill that will stop parents physically punishing their children, in line with United Nations
demands.
The Bush Administration and their media hacks are being hoisted on their own petard this week over a revenge leak. But
the award for ballsy duplicity goes to Thomas L. Friedman, the influential columnist for the New York Times and chief
apologist ...
On Saturday, ACT dismantled the intellectual and moral basis of Labour’s foreshore proposals. ACT held a dialogue with
all NZ and some of the leading authorities to produce a positive solution.
New Zealand First is seeking a Select Committee inquiry into New Zealand working women’s experiences.
Earlier this week NZPundit's Gordon King bashed out an angry lament for New Zealand , wondering why we can't be more
like Australia. If we don't go and beg to be a state of Australia, we will, apparently, wind up "tribal, corrupt and
poor, just like all ...