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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.
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) today released a new report on business with Burma. The
28-page document, entitled “Doing Business with Burma”, concentrates on investment in and trade with Burma and shows how
foreign ...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Many Thais believe ghosts are wandering tsunami-hit beaches, spooking taxi drivers, making the
Andaman Sea hungry for more victims, and jinxing an economic recovery for devastated resorts.
TVNZ's Sofia Wenborn was in touch yesterday regarding my comments on Close Up and its poll. She notes that the
programmes won its timeslot with a "significantly higher" share than the equivalent Holmes show last year...
Dozens of people have been killed or injured during a series of attacks by rebels or armed tribesmen against villages in
Sudan's war-scarred Darfur region, the United Nations Advance Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) reported today.
Saying that people care deeply about youngsters caught in the emergencies that are highlighted by the news, the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today appealed for more than $760 million to help children struggling to survive
conflicts and other ...
Rising Ocean Levels Tied to Global Warming May Have Exacerbated Tidal Waves' Destructive Power - Interview with Ross
Gelbspan, journalist and author, conducted by Scott Harris
India being a big neighbour, it is nothing wrong having co-operation in terms of military supplies and sharing of
defence intelligence information. Although India, the U.S. and Britain have given the Royal Nepal Army weapons and
training, the army ...
Despite Bush's endless hypocritical assertions about how we have brought freedom to Iraq, the truth is that almost all
of the people in that country who have managed to survive the military attacks, have lost loved ones and had their lives
ruined.
The new Medicare Prescription Drug Bill was supposed to make drugs more affordable for seniors citizens, but numerous
studies reveal that it has done just the opposite.
The New Zealand Wind Energy Association (NZWEA) has welcomed the rejection of a complaint to the Advertising Standards
Complaint Board (ASCB) that an advertisement for wind energy was misleading.
As most of you know, I came into politics after a career in business and central banking. I did so because it is clear
that this country will not provide future generations the opportunities which my generation has enjoyed unless we
confront some fundamental ...
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.
"Families Commission boss Rajen Prasad is clearly protecting his own job with his misguided outburst today attacking Don
Brash," says National Party Families spokeswoman Judith Collins.
The government is to boost transport spending in the Wellington region by $225 million (excluding GST), Finance Minister
Michael Cullen and Transport Minister Pete Hodgson announced today.
The public launch this week of the newest entrant into the political arena was announced today by Party founder Adele
Hughes, who outlined that the party has been preparing policy over the past year in preparation for the 2005 elections.
With air pollution contributing to some 12,000 deaths each year in Mexico City, the United Nations atomic watchdog
agency, better known for its efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, is using nuclear technology to
help the citizens ...
The Capital should be delighted at today's announcement of an extra $225 million in new money for transport in the
Wellington region, Wellington Central MP Marian Hobbs said today.
Team Bush and Big Pharma's plan for the nation's mental health includes heavy emphasis on new and expensive drugs.
VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA Query on What the U.S. is Doing to Enlist the Help of Other Hemispheric Partners to Resolve Dispute
Issue of No Support for Terrorism Query on Whether Colombia Should Have Tried to Extradite FARC Members Captured in
Venezuela
So now we have the speech, and the media coverage, and it is as it was expected to be - a speech about the welfare
system.
As part of sweeping ''economic restructuring'' implemented by the Bush Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no
longer be permitted to save their seeds, which include seeds the Iraqis themselves have developed over hundreds of
years.
New Zealanders must be wondering what has happened to National's normally vocal welfare spokesperson Katherine Rich,
Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.
Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold at the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be
Attorney General of the United States.
One of the first products to be sold in New Zealand and identified as containing Genetically Engineered corn from the
United States has arrived on supermarket shelves.
An electric boat will soon be providing Karori Wildlife Sanctuary visitors with a unique experience of the Sanctuary
from their lower lake.
Mr Brash’s proposals for welfare reform would see greater responsibility for the needy and vulnerable in our society
passed from the State to church and community agencies, as was the case in the 1990s, says Catholic social justice
agency Caritas.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Low-budget, international backpackers will prop up Thailand's crippled travel industry, after
tsunamis killed more than 5,300 people, destroyed beach resorts and made wealthier tourists fearful, the author of
Lonely Planet's ...
For most countries the national flag is but one of a number of national symbols. Every country has a national flag. Most
also have one or more state, naval, merchant or official flag. In addition to flags, government or dynastic coats of
arms are ...
The Secretary-General seat of the Organization of American States (OAS) is still up for grabs, but three candidates have
appeared as the most likely to succeed former and now disgraced Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodríguez as OAS
Secretary-General: ...
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