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The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
All New Zealanders will now have an enormous range of electronic resources at their fingertips, thanks to the innovative
thinking of libraries around the country. In a move that is the first of its kind in New Zealand, public, education,
research ...
People throughout the world have thronged to anti-war demonstrations on February 14-16 in numbers that even protest
organisers thought unimaginable. As Green Left Weekly went to press, it appears, based on conservative estimates, that
more than ...
O'Neill to enter witness protection program Cheney reportedly contemplating post-emptive strike on former Treasury
secretary. Satire from… freepressed.com
The Bush administration, like the Clinton administration before it, continues to pursue a ruinously counterproductive
policy towards the democratically-elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti.
Numerous Haitian non-governmental organizations will be mobilizing today to draw attention to the Haitian people's
struggle for respect of their fundamental human rights. The organizations will be also calling on the international
community to ...
The following pictures show film director Peter Jackson with members of the cast and crew of the Lord of the Rings
trilogy of films, the filming of which is now drawing to a close in the Wellington region.
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 ...
In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in
writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces
a world exclusive and a bold ...
Cartoon by kiddmillennium.com…
Cartoon by John Chuckman
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''.
Cartoon by kiddmillennium.com…
I stand before you today less as a candidate and more as a messenger and the message I bear is simple and stark. We have
all been lied to about 9/11, the country is in mortal danger and only you can make it right.
Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won
Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie.
Columbus, GA – On Monday January 26th the federal trial for the 28 human rights activists from across the United States,
facing federal charges for civil disobedience, begins in Columbus, Georgia.
[Rafah, GAZA] On Friday January 16, the ISM Rafah, together with the Children's Parliament and the people of Rafah will
demonstrate in response to the death of our colleague and friend, Thomas Hurndall. Tom succumbed to his injuries on
Tuesday, January 13 ...
In This Edition: Bigger Than Watergate! - How To Rig An Election In The United States - Fantasy vs Reality - How We
Discovered The Backdoor - Evidence Of Motive - Evidence Of Opportunity - Evidence Of Method - Evidence Of Prior Conduct
- Consistent Unexplained ...
Anyone who doubts former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill’s recent claims that President Bush mislead the public and
secretly planned the Iraq war eight months before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 needs to read the two letters sent
to then President ...
UK Peace Activist Tom Hurndall Dies - 'P' Concern Tops New Year Agenda In Parliament - EDITORIAL: Pro-Nuke Pro
‘Preventative War’ Cost Of U.S./NZ Free Trade Deal - Stateside: Where Rosalea Gets Metaphysical About The Moon - Hard
News & More Is There! - Meditations: ...
The Society for the Promotion of Community Standards (SPCS) lodged a Notice of Appeal (see Appendix II below) with the
Court of Appeal late Monday afternoon, 8 December 2003, against the decision of the High Court of New Zealand dated 11
November 2003 ...
I stand before you today less as a candidate and more as a messenger and the message I bear is simple and stark. We have
all been lied to about 9/11, the country is in mortal danger and only you can make it right.
A couple of weeks ago I was in New York, walking up a snowbound Fifth Avenue and watching the holiday season in the USA
in full bloom - the neck-twistingly tall tree in Rockefeller Center adorned with enough lights to replace the stars;
One of the results of al-Qaeda's unprecedented terrorist attack on the United States in September of 2001 was to thrust
the United Kingdom into a new and conspicuous geopolitical role.
Thinking people aren't surprised to be told that failed-oilman George Bush qualifies as a moral and intellectual dry
hole.
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 ...
There's something strange going on in the Democratic Party. While George Bush's buddies dominate the vote counting
business with no apologies to anyone about this rather incredible conflict-of-interest, Democrats are sending mixed
signals on this continuing ...
The Ministry of Health says New Zealanders travelling in Asia should be alert to World Health Organisation advice of a
bird flu outbreak in parts of Asia.
The Two Towers Karl Urban (Eomer of Rohan ) and Bruce Hopkins (Gamling of Gondor ) and Ed Sims, Senior Vice President
of Marketing at Air New Zealand.
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the
scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road
in Otara and ...
The appeal case against Film and Literature Board of Review’s classification of the French sex violence film
“Baise-Moi” (transl. “F**k Me”), that came before the High Court for the second time on 8 July 2003, was dismissed in a
decision issued ...