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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 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 ...
For centuries unexplained lights have appeared in the night sky with no suitable theory though many have been advanced.
A New Zealander is claiming he was the first to successfully explain the mystery lights commonly called "UFOs" with ...
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 ...
The Defendant is a convicted war criminal consequently unfit to hold public office ; citizens ,soldiers and all civil
personnel of the United States would be constitutionally and otherwise , justified in withdrawing all co-operation from
the Defendant and ...
The article below in the Tehran Times (13 March) leaves me wondering whether any of the Australian media organisations
has 1) spotted it, 2) reported this and/or 3) conducted further investigations into this matter. Tehran Times claims
that shipments ...
The subject line on yesterday’s email read: ''Another mysterious accident solves a Bush problem. Athan Gibbs dead,
Diebold lives.'' The attached news story briefly described the untimely Friday, March 12th death of perhaps America’s
most influential ...
The Council of Trade Unions has written to political and military leaders in Burma to protest against the death sentence
being passed on nine workers on trumped-up charges of treason, CTU president Ross Wilson said today.
Around 300 people took to Auckland’s Queen St Saturday as part of a global march for world peace. Calls were made for
New Zealand to withdraw military support for the ongoing U.S-led occupation of Iraq. Others cried for peace in the
Middle East
Cartoon by John Chuckman
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 ...
Amnesty International welcomes the historic decision by the Special Court for Sierra Leone dated 13 March 2004 to
refuse to recognize the applicability of a national amnesty for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Motocross insanity took over Auckland's Viaduct Harbour today when American FMX Crusty Demon legend "Mad" Mike Jones
jumped on to his bike and thrilled the crowds with high-flying antics.
Australia's $7 billion (current prices) investment in the 17-year ANZAC class frigate project will reach a significant
milestone tomorrow with the launch of the 10th and final ship, Defence Minister Robert Hill said today.
Two High Court judges today expressed concerns that the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security had agreed to
media interviews and had answered questions involving Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui.
Thirty-five percent of lung cancer patients with advanced disease and a poor prognosis who were treated in a trial with
a new drug showed an improvement in symptoms and were still alive one year after starting treatment, says Australian
lung cancer specialist ...
Open or covert illegal aggression has always been a principal tool of US foreign policy. The energy needs of the US and
its allies will dictate the next likely savage intervention - in Venezuela.
The United Nations Security Council today ordered all governments to freeze the assets of former Liberian leader Charles
Taylor and his immediate family and barred them from using "misappropriated funds and property" to obstruct the
restoration ...
Chief Censor Bill Hastings and his censors from the Office of Film and Literature Classification Office have granted so
many general R18 classifications to films containing gratuitous sexual violence combined with explicit sex, that one
wonders what’s next ...
NOTE: The following is a translation of the Polish Newsweek article linked to by Scoop last week. A big thankyou to
Scoop reader Luke for providing the translation. – The Scoop Editor
"Where's the backbone of France?" No, that's not the name of the new Toby Keith CD. It's not some ill-timed remark from
President Bush or even the title of a new book from Ann Coulter. That is but one of the provocative questions asked by
Sen. ...
One year on from the disastrous US-led invasion of Iraq, the Green Party is calling on the New Zealand Government to
withdraw its soldiers from the occupation force.
The National Invasive Ant Surveillance Programme has once again proved to be successful when a Crazy ant (Paratrechina
longicornis) nest was found during a routine inspection at the Port of Wellington.
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 ...
Thailand's biggest and most notorious massage parlor tycoon said he employed 20,000 women during the past decade and
compiled a blacklist naming police who allegedly accepted his pay-offs.
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 ...
There are a few special moments now and then in world affairs that lift your spirit.
There are many ironies to the Auckland City Council's mad-headed bid to stage the V8 Supercar Championship Series around
Victoria Park: not the least of them that a council that has aggressively pursued any kind of noise made in pursuit of
culture ...
Somebody doesn't like hearing the truth. Okay, for a second, lets scratch that and choose a slightly less politically
charged term. Someone doesn't like to be disputed with alternative views, counterclaims, research and fact. Someone
wants you, the ...