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Upon his resignation as BBC chairman Gavyn Davies commented on the irreconcilable contradictions between Hutton's ''bald
conclusions'' and the balance of evidence presented to the actual Inquiry.
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.
In 2004 the US election will dominate world politics and its outcome will have a significant impact on New Zealand. I
visited America in November. Then Howard Dean had such a lead in the opinion polls he looked unstoppable to be the
Democrat party’s ...
Free operating system upgrades and additional Apple Macintosh software will be available to all state and
state-integrated schools using Macintosh systems in mid- February, the Ministry of Education announced today.
OK, it's an odd little place. Ka Tiritiriotemoana - also known as the Southern Alps - are the eastward backdrop: there
are swathes of bush in a thousand shades of green & bronze sweeping down to the settlement, and wide stoney ironsand beaches and ...
First to Solve Green House Gases from Combustion of Fossil Fuels; Global Economic Impact Projected
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 ...
Need for clarity around historical allegations and their handling Commissioner Rob Robinson said that following a number
of media inquiries during the day he was issuing a clarifying statement around matters relating to stories which ran in
the Dominion ...
From the beginning of Howard Dean's insurgent rise to the top of the Dem pack in the summer the lurking question was:
was the media going to destroy Howard Dean like they destroyed Al Gore.
The Green Party is calling for the inquiry into rape allegations against former Rotorua police officers to also consider
the failure of police hierarchy and the Police Minister to fully investigate the complaints when they were originally
made aware of them.
Over the Christmas holidays I managed to find two US soldiers who were back from Iraq. They were both somewhat willing
to be interviewed and describe their time in Iraq in their own words.
While global warming is being officially ignored by the political arm of the Bush administration, and Al Gore's recent
conference on the topic during one of the coldest days of recent years provided joke fodder for conservative talk show
hosts, the citizens ...
Auckland -- A Greenpeace report exposing the corrupt and destructive activities of the global Malaysian logging company,
Rimbunan Hijau, has been published in the lead up to the summit for life on earth--the UN meeting of the Convention for
Biological ...
The Holidays Bill that gives four weeks annual leave to all New Zealanders was passed in Parliament today.
Prince Edward will present the New Zealander of the Year in the UK award at the annual New Zealand Society’s Waitangi
Day Dinner in London on Friday (UKtime).
Don Brash's decision to surrender to 'the politics of division' suggests National now aims to cannabilize ACT's vote in
next year's election, Progressive MP Matt Robson says.
Dear Mrs Te Heuheu, As you stare out at me from my copies of this week's newspapers, I wonder for whom you are looking
so haunted? For whom so distressed? I wonder.
Student leaders today re-affirmed their commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi and expressed their anger that Don Brash is
using Treaty-bashing to try and attract support for his party.
The Hutton report gave an immediate political victory to the Blair government. But the all-embracing nature of the
whitewash means that a spectre is haunting the Blair government.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decision by Venezuela's National Electoral Council to
involve international observers in the search by government and opposition for a constitutional solution to the
country's political stalemate.
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know why rape allegations against three police
officers were not independently investigated when Police Minister George Hawkins first became aware of them - before one
of these officers ...
Apparently, you need a higher standard of proof to make a radio broadcast than to take a nation to war. I'm not being
flippant. That is the clear implication of the findings of the Hutton Inquiry...
John Kerry Cartoon by John Chuckman
The Black Budget Report: An Investigation into the CIA’s ‘Black Budget’ and the Second Manhattan Project - © Michael E.
Salla, PhD Center for Global Peace/School of International Service American University Washington DC
He did not say, ''hello,'' or even his name, just left a one-word message: ''Whitewash.''
E & OE SUBJECTS: Enhancing the Trans-Tasman Business Environment; framework for enhancing competition; advisory group on
accounting standards; prudential regulation; tax information exchange; common currency; Latham’s speech gaffe TREASURER:
The Friends of Refugees Trust was formed in 2001 by a group of volunteer support workers trained by the Refugee and
Migrant Service to work with a group of UN quota refugees from Burma on the North Shore of Auckland. We formed the trust
to raise ...
From 1 February 2004, customers of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways will be able to enjoy seamless
travel between Singapore and Orlando, thanks to a new codeshare agreement between the two airlines.
A senior official of the United Nations refugee agency is in Ecuador today continuing the second part of a weeklong
mission that began in Colombia, which has sent large numbers of asylum seekers to its South American neighbour.