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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.
AUCKLAND (Lali Media/Pacific Media Watch): There¹s no denying 2004 is the year of Pasifika in Aotearoa --- and we still
have three months to go.
SCOOP EDITOR'S NOTE: The following message was forwarded to Scoop by a member of the Wellington activist community. It
contains an eyewitness report of the battle for Samarra. It appears to come from a CNN correspondent providing a
completely different ...
An anti-Euro campaign film featuring a mock Adolf Hitler declaring his support for a Europe united under one currency
has caused outrage in Britain, particularly angering Jewish and war veterans leaders.
New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to Tonga will be career diplomat Michael McBryde, Foreign Minister Phil Goff
announced today.
1. MARC ALEXANDER to the Minister of Justice: Can he confirm that it is the Government's policy not to change the legal
status of cannabis; if so, is he confident that other policies implemented by his ministerial colleagues are consistent
with this commitment?
*** KEY FINDINGS *** 1. U.S. Military Casualties Have Been Highest During the "Transition": U.S. military casualties
(wounded and killed) stand at a monthly average of 747 since the so-called "transition" to Iraqi rule on June 28, 2004.
This contrasts with a ...
1. Powerco—Sale 2. Algerian Refugee—Security Risk Certificate 3. Tainui—Government Consultation 4. Economy—Skill Needs
5. Community Employment Group—Disestablishment 6. Prisoners—Compensation 7. Prisoners—Compensation 8. Early Childhood
Education—Policy
The real point is not so much the exact date of peak but the statement that the First Half of the Oil Age, which was
characterised by growing production, is about to be followed by the Second Half when oil production is set to decline
along with all ...
Lauded as the prime source of the New Zealand Army's future Senior NCOs and Officers, for 50 years the Regular Force
Cadet School has kept secret a far more sinister aspect to its existence.
A former cadet at the New Zealand Army Waiouru Cadet School is working to raise awareness of what he says was widespread
physical, psychological and sexual abuse of cadets as young as 15 at the school in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. He hopes to
get Government ...
Donald Rumsfeld says he has not seen "any strong, hard evidence" linking the old Iraqi regime and al Qaeda. Hardly
surprising: no one has. Then he has to rush out a damage-control statement in which he claims to have been "regrettably
misunderstood." ...
The prevalent and continued decline of the Empire’s mind can be attributed to the evolving degeneration of American
capitalism, through the inherent evils it espouses, its subjugation and control of human nature, and its consequences on
a society entangled ...
The Lord of the Ring's stars come face to face with themselves on the side of Air NZ planes as they bid New Zealand
goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters
Aragorn and Arwen.
Around a decade ago two proclamations were made by prominent US scholars: the demise of the Soviet bloc had brought
about ''the end of history'' in which a ''third wave'' of democratization would result in the extension of liberal
democracy, or at least ...
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.
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 ...
STORY OF THE WEEK: Week Ending 8 October - The First Presidential Debates (1)
In an essay of the new October Issue of "Harper's Magazine", editor and professor Benjamin DeMott describes, ''how the
9/11 Commission Report defrauds the nation''.
Driven by prevailing fear, confusion and the politicization of humanitarian concerns, the world has become less friendly
towards refugees - even though the number of people seeking asylum has fallen steeply - the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees ...
The Bush campaign has its game face on in the aftermath of the first debate between Mr. Kerry and Mr. Bush, but there
has to be some low level panic setting in based on Mr. Bush's performance.
September 21, Salih Booker, the director of the Africa Studies Program at the Washington-based Council on Foreign
Relations ruling-class think tank, argued in the International Herald Tribune that the US government has failed to
convince the UN Security Council ...
At the outset, let me extend condolences and express my solidarity to all of those--some of whom are with us today--who
have been affected by the terrible storms that have passed through Florida and the Caribbean in recent weeks. We stand
by our friends ...
Coral Gables, Fla.-- President Bush spent the weekend in a funk, questioning his decision to invade a defanged country
that did not represent an imminent threat to the United States.
"Michael Cullen should be more up-front about interest rates with Kiwi mortgage holders, after being caught out telling
one story to the Americans and another here at home," says National's Finance spokesman John Key.
Green MP Sue Kedgley today called on the Government to offer a full public apology to veterans of the Vietnam War for
the refusal of successive administrations to accept their exposure to Agent Orange and to provide adequate treatment for
the illness ...
At least 80 million children across 23 countries in sub-Saharan Africa will be immunized against polio over the next two
years - the largest single public health campaign in history - in an attempt to protect the continent's children from
the threat of ...
The day after his first debate with John F. Kerry, in a speech before a handpicked and adoring audience, George W. Bush
recalled a moment from the evening before.
Knowledge workers spend on average 15 percent of their time looking for business information or research on the web -
but half of their searches are unsuccessful.
WANTED: Journalistic protégé to acerbic and elegant New Conservatives spokesman. Must enjoy rambling romps along
headlined beaches, support the state of Israel and prefer Soft News. Knowledge of html and blogging admired (and deeply
needed). NSOH. ...
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