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1:
Scoop
Images: The Nazgul Swoop Into
Wellington
Two giant Nazgul riding winged Fell Beasts swooped into Courtenay Place on Sunday in preparation for the festivities surrounding the World premiere of Peter Jackson's Return Of The King, the third part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy next weekend.
2:
911
Victim’s Wife Files RICO Case Against GW
Bush
Philip J. Berg, Esquire, announced today that he, attorney for Ellen Mariani, wife of Louis Neil Mariani, who died when United Air Lines flight 175 was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center on 9-11 at a news conference regarding the ...
3:
Breast
cancer screening buses lie
idle
The six mobile breast-screening buses are lying idle when they could be saving more lives, says National's Health spokeswoman Dr Lynda Scott.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Sludge
Report #161 – A $64Bn Gorilla At The
Fed
A $64Bn Dollar Gorilla At The Fed - What The Pointy Heads Are Saying About The Gorilla
5:
Oversized
Fish Cause Concern
Recent media reports of oversized fish being caught by anglers demand investigation by the authorities, raising concern about a possible contamination by GE experimentation.
6:
Palestinians
on Verge of Humanitarian Catastrophe
Over 9% of children under-5 suffer irreversible brain damage Due to Israeli policies, UN Right to Food Report reveals
7:
Top
NZ Photographer Gets The Ultimate
Billing
Acclaimed New Zealand landscape photographer Andris Apse has achieved the ultimate exhibition space - on the side of an Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400.
8:
Public
Address 27/11/03 - Pastoral
Masters
So we have another media blog. Excellent. Welcome aboard, MediaCow, although I note that the author has taken the rather burdensome path of adopting a third-party persona, and worse, a non-gendered one. I can never quite understand why people do that...
9:
Mitchel
Cohen: Why I Hate Thanksgiving
The year was 1492. The Taino-Arawak people of the Bahamas discovered Christopher Columbus on their beach.
10:
An
Open Letter To Michael Cullen Re: The
IMF
There is a rumour circulating that the Labour Caucus has invited economists from the International Monetary Fund, to New Zealand.
11:
Three
Drafts for an Israeli-Palestinian
Peace
[1] Three Drafts for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement [2] Reminder Geneva discussion Thursday 19.30 in Beit Sofer [3] Sign the petition in support of the refusniks
12:
Government
Accused Of Illegal Child
Discrimination
Top government officials have been invited by the Human Rights Commission at the request of the Child Poverty Action Group to a meeting to discuss why approximately 300,000 of New Zealand's poorest children are missing out on financial support because ...
13:
NZ
signs trade deal with Russia
New Zealand has signed a trade agreement with Russia that should help the Russian Federation's accession to the World Trade Organisation, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.
14:
Te
Papa Display 8 Metre LOTRs Tower Of
Barad-Dur
To mark the premiere of the third and final film in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, Te Papa will display the eight-metre-high, 6-metre-wide model of Sauron's Barad-Dur tower from Monday 1 December through to Wednesday 28 January 2004. Complete with ...
15:
Green
Left Weekly: US Terrorises Iraqi Civilians
A November 19 press release from the US military's Central Command was headlined, ''Operations Make Iraq Safer, Improve Quality of Life''. It was referring to the renewed offensive by US occupation forces against Iraqi resistance fighters.
16:
Commitments
By New Zealand Forces Since 1945
Note: Service in any of the operations listed is eligible service for the New Zealand Operational Service Medal
17:
911
Victim Ellen Mariani Open Letter To The
POTUS
This ''open letter'' is coming from my heart. I want you to know that I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat and that this is not an attempt to ''bash the Government''.
18:
Arab
TV Stations Filmed Attacks in Iraq, Rumsfeld
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Richard Myers said November 25 during a Pentagon news briefing that there is evidence two Arab cable news television stations have cooperated with terrorists in Iraq by filming ...
19:
AUT
Professor Wins International
Award
AUT's Dr Kate Kearins has won an international award for a case study on cellular communications company Vodafone and its standing in the New Zealand market place.
20:
Dunne:
Nandor sinks to new pro-cannabis
low
Nandor Tanczos's call yesterday for police to ease up on cannabis law enforcement and concentrate on the drug P was a new height in hypocrisy and a new low in unprincipled opportunism, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today.
21:
Kidd
Millennium Cartoon: Michael
Jackson
Cartoon by kiddmillennium.com…
22:
Generating
Crises and Pretending to Solve
Them
President Bush’s first political ad for the 2004 campaign indicates that he will play on post-September 11 public fear to attempt to convince voters not to change presidents in the middle of a national security ''crisis.''
23:
Mayor
Bob at Lord of the Rings
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey will join special guests at the world premier of the third instalment of Lord of the Rings. The premier is being held on Monday (1st December) in Wellington, where much of the filming and post production took place.
24:
Public
Address 26/11/03 - Games, Cars And
Girls
I expected to have a few run-ins with Englishmen the day after the World Cup Final. However I was surprised when it happened at one of the homes of English culture - the Royal Albert Hall in the snooty Kensington suburb of London...
25:
Scientific
Data goes Up in Smoke
New Zealand authorities are allowing vital scientific information about the impact of genetic engineering on animals to go up in smoke. Despite government claims to be pursuing important research into GM as part of the "knowledge wave" ...
26:
GM
policy must be aimed at consumer choice –
AEBC
Government policy on the co-existence of GM and other crops must be aimed at consumer choice, according to a report published today. The Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission, w... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5406
27:
NZ
welcomes WTO appeal ruling on
fireblight
The World Trade Organisation appellate body's ruling that Japan's restrictions on apple imports are unjustified was welcome news, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.
28:
Thank
You, Al Qaeda, For Revealing
Yourself
Finally, in the holy month of Ramadan, the barbarous cult of murdering hooligans known as Al Qaeda has discarded its mask of presumed piety and resistance and shown the Arab and Muslim World its merciless, treacherous zeal for killing.
29:
Pepperel
Attends Oil And Gas Depletion
Conference
The imminent decline of the world's oil and gas supplies was discussed at the National Convention of the RunningOnEmptyNZ research group last Sunday, 23 November in Miramar. Wellington City Councillor Brian Pepperell attended to consider the implications ...
30:
Selling
Shark Jaw As Trophy, Sick!
These are supposed to be enlightened times of protection of native flora and fauna. There is a ban in the trade in endangered species and many conservationists work hard daily to restore animals on the brink of extinction.
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Ian Powell: When Politics Gets In The Pocket Of The Gun Lobby
Binoy Kampmark: AUKUS - Flawed And Sinking
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Darkest Hour Before Dawn Or The Sum Of All Dark Ages?
Gordon Campbell: On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context
Ramzy Baroud: Israel Destroyed Gaza ‘For Generations To Come’ And The World Stayed Silent
Binoy Kampmark: Detained Without Charge - Eleven Yemenis Leave Guantánamo