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1: Al
Gore Address on Iraq Policy - May 26,
2004
George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world.
2:
Why
Not Just Genetically Engineer Women For
Milk?
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.
3:
Images:
Lord Of The Rings Exhibition At Te
Papa
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 ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Full
Coverage: Nicolas Berg Beheading
Firas Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be Damned - Nicholas Berg screamed. He screamed when he saw the sword brandished in the hands of one of his captors. He screamed when he was pushed down on the ground and his held pulled back, ready for the slaughter. ...
5:
A
Chance To Meet Mary-Kate And Ashley In
LA
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 ...
6:
Time
Travel Is Source Of World
Religions
News Advice Public Release due June 1st 2004 Time Travel Is Source Of World Religions: Major implications
7:
America's
Black Budget & Manipulation Of
Markets
Investors benefit from understanding the federal budget, credit policies and covert intervention that drive markets -- often overriding fundamental economics. How has the US governmental apparatus become so powerful in the marketplace and what does ...
8:
Hon
Dr Michael Cullen: Budget 2004
Speech
Budget 2004 is the fifth budget I have had the honour of presenting to Parliament for its consideration. This continuity of fiscal management has allowed a consistency of approach which today’s budget reinforces.
9:
UQ
Wire: The Iranian Spy in the House of Bush
George W. Bush is running for a second term on the basis of his performance in the defense of our national security. Vice President Cheney has flatly stated that if Bush loses in 2004, the terrorists win.
10:
Global
Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter
#60
With the continuing reports of abuse of prisoners and deaths of civilians in Iraq GPJA has decided to support an international protest on June 30 to demand all foreign troops OUT NOW. June 30 is the date when the fake Iraqi authority is being created ...
11:
Amnesty
Intl Report 2004: Asia and the
Pacific
The war on Iraq and issues of national security dominated much of the political debate in the Asia- Pacific region during 2003, and several governments used the "war on terror" to curtail human rights. Poverty and discrimination continued to ...
12:
Ivan
Eland: Mr. President, What Planet Are You
On?
In ''Spin City,'' the nation’s capital, presidential administrations often believe their own propaganda. The Bush administration, however, has been especially self-delusional—particularly when it comes to the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
13:
Amnesty
Intl. Report 2004: Americas
Despite the commitments made by governments at the Organization of American States (OAS) Special Conference on Hemispheric Security in October and other forums, human rights in the region continued to be sacrificed in the name of "security". Most governments ...
14:
The
Day After Tomorrow - Rod Donald
Speech
On behalf of the Green Party I would like to congratulate Dr Cullen and the Labour / Progressive Government for its 'Working for Families' package.
15:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 26 May
2004
1 Orthopaedic Services—Access 2 Foreshore and Seabed—Private Ownership 3 Pharmac—Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Products Agency 4 Growth and Innovation Framework—Budget 2004 Question No. 3 to Minister 5 Land Information, Minister—Confidence
16:
Chuckman
Cartoon: Bush Response To 9/11
Cartoon on President Bush's action on September 11th 2001 by John Chuckman
17:
Public
Address 27/05/04 - Epiphanies
Good to see Steve Maharey giving more or less an assurance that he won't be fiddling with NZ On Air in this week's Listener. I did a similar story a while back about the row that was brewing between the independent television producers and TVNZ over...
18:
Images:
U.S.Troops In Iraq Sexual Abuse
Photos
*** WARNING: This page contains graphic images of sexual abuse seemingly being committed by US Troops against Iraqi civilians and POWs. While images have been edited to remove sexually explicit details, many of the images remain highly offensive. Please view ...
19:
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 ...
20:
Iraq:
Beheading Of Civilian Condemned
Amnesty International condemns in the strongest terms the abduction and beheading of an American civilian by an armed group, Muntada al-Ansar, in Iraq - a video of which was released yesterday. The organization is appalled by the public display ...
In a similar way to the economic upside that is now being attached to divorce – that it doubles the market – researchers are now redefining the economic and social consequences of abortion. Abortion used to be a purely moral issue with the debate surrounding ...
22:
Who
do NZ'ers trust? - the winners and
losers
What do the Waitangi Tribunal and McDonald's have in common? What is the link between the country's Ambulance services and a company famed for its chocolate products?
23:
Firas
Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be
Damned
Nicholas Berg screamed. He screamed when he saw the sword brandished in the hands of one of his captors. He screamed when he was pushed down on the ground and his held pulled back, ready for the slaughter.
24:
Scoop
Images: The Budget 2004
Lockup
Finance Minister Dr Cullen addresses the media in today's Budget lockup… Images by Alastair Thompson
25:
GLW:
Iraq War Causes Cracks In The US Empire
The failure of US troops' bloody attempts to crush the Iraqi people's armed rebellions in Fallujah and Najaf — and the public outrage across the world sparked by the revelations of the systematic torture of Iraqi prisoners by US guards at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib ...
26:
Top
Scoops: BUDGET 2004 SPECIAL
A Budget For Kiwi Familes - Hon. Michael Cullen's 5th Budget Speech - Parliamentary Political Reaction: - National - NZ First - ACT - Greens - United Future - Non Parliamentary Political Reaction: - Health Sector Reaction: - Education Sector Reaction: - Union ...
27:
Pentagon's
Legacy of Training Soldiers in
Torture
Pentagon's Legacy of Training Latin American Soldiers in Torture Techniques Haunts Probe Into Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Scandal - Interview with Eric LeCompte, organizing coordinator, School of the Americas Watch, conducted by Scott Harris
28:
Australia
Tortures Children in Camps
The "Three Musketeers" of the ongoing war in Iraq are the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. Australia's role is less conspicuous, but its navy and its highly-regarded Special Air Services (SAS) have played crucial roles in the ...
29:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 25 May
2004
1 & 3 Crimes Amendment Bill (No 2)—Age-related Sexual Conduct 2 Government Spending—Pressures 4 Quota Management System—Confidence 5 Community Education—Inquiry into Spending 6 Telecommunications—Unbundling of Local Loop 7 Auckland Transport Package—Proposals ...
30:
FBI
Abducts Artist, Seizes Art - Help
Needed
FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART - Feds Unable to Distinguish Art from Bioterrorism - Grieving Artist Denied Access to Deceased Wife's Body
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Ian Powell: Physician Associates - A ‘Solution’ Desperately Searching For A Problem
Binoy Kampmark: Natural Resources And Palestinian Sovereignty - Israel’s Further Isolation
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: What Being “Inward Looking” Really Means
Binoy Kampmark: Blinken Atrocious In A Dangerous World
Jim Mikoz: Look Out Rocks … Oops Too Late
Peter Dunne: Dunne’s Weekly - National And Labour Combine To Shut Out Greens