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Symantec Security Response discovered a new malicious threat today - W32.Novarg.A@mm. W32.Novarg.A@mm is a mass-mailing
worm that is being upgraded from a Level 3 threat to a Level 4 threat. This worm appears to be spreading at a rapid
rate. This threat ...
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 ...
MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard
campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering
in New Zealand.
Renowned New Zealand author Janet Frame has dies aged 79 in Dunedin Hospital. Frame's life story was portrayed in the
award winning Jane Campion film An Angel at My Table. The film was based in turn on her autobiography of the same name.
New Mass-Mailing Worm Attempts to Launch a Denial-of-Service Attack Beginning February 1
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much, Professor Schwab. I'm honored to join all of you this morning, and to be
in such distinguished company.
Two cracking posts today: from the fresh-faced David Slack and the ageing Damian Christie. A post from me would be too
much, methinks, so I'll be back tomorrow with musings on Hutton and why Don Brash feels compelled to insult people who
have served ...
Online sales for Freedom Air's new flights to Fiji are available today, with one of the smallest airfares ever seen in
New Zealand on offer.
A new and enhanced immigration health and disability screening programme will be phased in this year, Immigration
Minister Lianne Dalziel announced today.
George Orwell would envy Helen Clark and Dr Michael Cullen's gall in calling Dr Brash's honesty `racial divisiveness',
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today.
Obstacles to Action: A Study of New Zealanders’ Physical Activity and Nutrition, identifies six distinct types of
inactive people with particular behavioural needs, motivations and trigger points.
We are living in frightening times. We're in a war without an end. We're in Iraq on a lie. We have a runaway deficit
that promises to get worse if we don't alter our course. We have more Americans out of work than in anytime in previous
history. ...
"Janet Frame was a New Zealand literary icon who helped break down the misconceptions about mental illness," says
National Party Leader Don Brash. "She overcame enormous odds to become one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers -
her death ...
A little-known fact unites Democratic frontrunner John Kerry and President Bush: they are both members of Yale's secret
society Skull and Bones. We speak with the author of "Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the
Hidden Paths ...
The invasion is the deadliest IOF raid into the Gaza Strip in more than one month, witnesses told Reuters.
Pacific Blue's first flight will take off from Christchurch today at 11.00am, offering the same unique service style
that has been so popular in Australia and will now be available on the trans-Tasman markets.
Shane Ardern, National's Biosecurity spokesman, is incorrect when he says the government claimed last November that it
had eliminated the Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito from the Kaipara.
I have today delivered to Lord Falconer of Thoroton, the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, my report into
the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly CMG. The purpose of my statement today is to seek to state, in
brief summary, the ...
2004 State of the Union cartoon from John Chuckman
Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today paid tribute to writer Janet Frame, who
died this morning, saying her contribution to literature in New Zealand and internationally was immense.
It is said that evolution is an unstoppable force, be it biological or societal. Progress seems to be the hallmark of
human civilization since the dawn of mankind’s birth in the forests of Africa to our eventual Diaspora throughout the
globe.
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The Reserve Bank today increased the Official Cash Rate from 5 per cent to 5.25 per cent. Governor Alan Bollard said "An
increase in the OCR appears warranted to ensure that inflation remains comfortably within the target range over the
medium term.
Gerry Eckhoff ACT party Fisheries Portfolio holder has joined the National Deputy leader, Gerry Brownlee, in expressing
his disgust of the standard of TVNZ journalism. Their comments have risen over the way TVNZ have handled the Peters'
Kermadec Restaurant ...
ACT New Zealand Acting Leader Ken Shirley today paid tribute to New Zealand literary giant Janet Frame, who sadly
passed away after a long battle with leukaemia.
The Bioethics Council has not conducted any surveys on use of human genes in other organisms, Council Chair Sir Paul
Reeves said today.
A year ago at this time Commentary was writing about the departure of Paul O’Neill and Larry Lindsay from the Bush
administration. Twelve months on and Mr. O’Neill is back in the news, this time because he has finally broken silence
and given us ...
Treatment to control the southern saltmarsh mosquito began today near Whangaparaoa Peninsula following the discovery of
larvae there yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced today.
New Israeli Massacre in Gaza Claims 8 Palestinian Lives Abed Rabbo: Sharon Diverting World Attention by Military
Escalation
The ZM radio network in association with the mary-kateandashley brand is searching for New Zealand's biggest Mary-Kate
and Ashley fan! The winner and two companions will get to meet the most famous teenagers on the planet in their home
city, Los ...