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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 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.
Iraq Electoral Fact Sheet Table of Contents Who is responsible for organizing the elections?.2 What is the role of the
UN?.2 What is the election date? .2 How will voters be registered?.2 What is the out come of the Registration Process?.3
has been ...
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.
the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to vote today on the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General, we
hear a speech by Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh on torture from Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib to
Vietnam.
In a pre-planned, live sketch last night at The 2004 JUNO Awards, Canada's music awards, host Alanis Morissette made
light of the recent Super Bowl controversy in the United States when she ''exposed'' herself on Canadian television.
The Indian Ocean tsunami was truly horrific, and we are still uncovering, over a month later, the full human cost of
this disaster.
Kevin Spidel was National Field Director for the Kucinich for President campaign, served as a field organizer for
Amnesty International, and currently serves as Deputy National Director for Progressive Democrats of America , which he
co-founded in the ...
The final screening of FORD TRANSIT at the third annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival showed on Friday.
“I lost the will to live when I lost my friend,” the boy said. “But Kiftah will always be in my heart…I will never
forget him.” A STONE’S THROW AWAY is a documentary about life under military occupation and the Palestinian youth who
suffer from it.
The film ARNA’S CHILDREN, opened the third annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center on
Friday.
SALT OF THE EARTH is an exploration into the lives of Palestinian Christians. Martame and Elizabeth Sanders directed the
saltfilms.net production. It had its final showing on Sunday at the third annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival.
People climb the stairs along the rocky landscape. Once they reach the top, they walk a dirt road. Everyone is dressed
up for a special occasion. A few men carry flowers arrangements and they move quickly.
The Palestinian people of Qaqiliya enter and exit the city through a gate. Israeli soldiers lock it with a key. The
gate is part of the concrete wall.
The Chicago Palestine Film Festival hosted the world premiere of JIHAD! at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Saturday.
Directed by Muhammed Rum, the Topiary Productions film is an individual and global exploration of the word and its
meaning.
ELIAS CHACOUR: PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRY is a film about a Melkite priest who brings the seeds of peace to the
Israel-Palestine conflict. The third annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival hosted the screening at the Southwest Youth
Collaborative on Saturday.
Israeli soldiers left their mark. In the Ministry of Culture’s office, they draped the windows with barbed wire. On the
floor, crates filled with bottles of urine. Feces on the rug. The inside of a Xerox machine smeared brown.
The bulldozer rolled over the metal-frame homes. Israeli soldiers grabbed the Bedouin men. Women yelled into the air.
Horses, camels and sheep ran everywhere. Within 24-hours, the land became a military zone.
KEYS is a documentary film about several Palestinian families who crossover the green partition line; and they revisit
the remains of their homes and villages. During the third annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival, KEYS (in Arabic,
MAFATEEH,) had ...
RACHEL’S WAR is a documentary short about peace activist, Rachel Corrie. Firas Abdelrahman directed the film (2003). The
third annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival showed it on Friday.
On stage, they dance the movement of life. When they speak, their voices reveal the meaning behind the burning heart.
Meditations (Politics) - From Martin LeFevre in California A New Theory of Human Nature, Pt. 2
ROUTE 181 is a cinematic journey through Palestine-Israel. Directors Michel Khleifi and Eyal Sivan trace a route based
on the theoretical line presented in Resolution 181 (United Nations, 1947).
Pacific Blue celebrates 12 months since its first flight took off from Christchurch to Brisbane on 29 January 2004.
Americans appear to have an attention span that is relevant to the flicker on MTV. Remember ENRON? I grew up in a slower
time when focus and concentration was the rule and multi-tasking, which research has shown to be counterproductive, was
unheard ...
LEAD STORY: Iraqi Elections About To Make NZ Local Govt Elections Look Like A Spectacular Success - The Iraq Election –
Scoop Commentary - Is Rich About To Join Te Heu Heu As Another Sidelined Spokesperson? - Ivan Eland & Others On The Coming War In Iran ...
Are gender equality and social justice ultimately achievable within capitalism as it is practised today? What does the
women's movement need to do to challenge the global trend of economic and political conservatism?
In a recent article in The New Yorker , investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports that the Bush administration has
conducted missions using military special forces on Iranian territory in an attempt to find Iran’s nuclear facilities
for possible ...
If George W. Bush was really interested in having China drop its peg to the US dollar he could force the issue. If
George Bush actually wanted to see China's Yuan appreciate toward its true value he could simply institute a tariff
against Chinese goods.
A bill in the government's programme of proposed legislation has already won widespread public support despite drawing
fire from civil liberties groups. The Urban Protocols (And Safety Standards) Bill is intended to make for better living
environments and ...
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