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In the past few days one of the most bizarre stories in US political media imaginable emerged via the blogosphere, and
has since spilled out into the mainstream.
1. National Certificate of Educational Achievement—Results 2. National Certificate of Educational
Achievement—Scholarship Examination 3. Te Wânanga o Aotearoa—Funding 4. Labour Market—Reports 5. Police
Priorities—Policy 6. Hearing and Vision—Testing ...
More than 50 people were killed and thousands displaced in the latest clashes between Lendu and Hema groups in the
eastern district of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the United Nations peacekeeping
mission there.
1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: What are the details, if any, she first received, including the date and
from whom, regarding the problems with NCEA, and what directions did she give at that time?
Nepal's internal affairs have been threatened by the international community since the King of Nepal imposes a temporary
state of emergency to control a communist insurgency and massive corruption by the government.
The Bush administration has officially identified Iran and Syria as the next stage of ''the road map to war''. Targeting
Iran is a bipartisan project, which broadly serves the interests of the Anglo-American oil conglomerates, the Wall
Street financial ...
Marsden Point, Wednesday, 16 February, 2004: As the sun rose on the historic day that the Kyoto Protocol comes into
force, Greenpeace activists scaled the proposed coal-fired Marsden B power station just south of Whangarei.
This attack took place in the Sri Lankan government-controlled area between Punana and Valaichcenai. NESOHR strongly
condemns the killings of NESOHR’s Chandra Nehru, former member of parliament, Amparai District and LTTE personnel,
including the political ...
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today revealed that the average household debt is now $75,000 - an increase of 55 percent since
Labour came to power.
Stonehenge Aotearoa, an open-sky observatory, inspired by and built on a similar scale to the famous Stonehenge on
England’s Salisbury Plains has been built in the Wairarapa countryside (1.5 hours from Wellington). Unique in New
Zealand and internationally ...
The Greenhouse Policy Coalition (GPC), which represents New Zealand’s largest employers and energy users on matters
relating to greenhouse gas issues, acknowledges the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on 16th of February.
This first article, which seems to have been delivered as a speech to a small group of Rightist movers and shakers, was
discovered in a 2063 dig in the ruins of what was once the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. On the top of this copy
were the ...
The growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nepal is a national security issue. If the rate of infection increases, HIV/AIDS could
possibly threaten the stability of Nepal.
1. National Certificate of Educational Achievement—Problem Notification 2. Student Allowances—Parental Income 3.
National Certificate of Educational Achievement—Scholarship Examination 4. Kyoto Protocol—Australia’s Non-ratification
5. Economy—Government ...
Welcome to the first instalment of Petroleum Update for 2005. This year promises to be even busier than 2004 with a
number of blocks offers and a significant increase in exploration activity.
DEPARTMENT On-Line Registration for the Foreign Service Written Exam Stephen Krasner Selected as New Director of Policy
Planning Reappointment of Mitchell B. Reiss as Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Selection of Elizabeth Cheney as
Principal Deputy ...
A reader inquires as to why Bill Clinton and Bush the Elder are so chummy these days. This is another case where just
considering the political aspect of the news lets you down.
Claims by the National Party that education groups participating in a review of the New Zealand Scholarship exams have
been gagged have been rejected as "complete fantasy" by Associate Education Minister David Benson-Pope.
I had been hoping to regale you with tales of a wonderful weekend spent diving and driving. My dive-buddy cousin has
finally recovered from a serious bout of pneumonia – which has left both of us grounded – so we were planning to head to
Goat Island ...
Once upon a time, working the White House Press Briefing Room was the crown jewel of mainstream political journalism
beats. That was it; short of reporting live from under the President's desk or nailing down an interview with the ghost
of Abraham ...
SYRIA Recall of U.S. Ambassador Margaret Scobey following Murder of Prime Minister Hariri / Syrian Response Syrian
Presence in Lebanon / Concerns on Lack of Progress in Syrian Behavior on Border with Iraq and Support for Insurgents /
A reference to the New Zealand Scholarship exam in a Secondary Principals Leaders Forum was not the dire warning it was
being claimed to be by the National Party, says Associate Education spokesman David Benson-Pope.
"The timing of the Police Union Organiser's tired old claim of organised crime gaining foothold in NZ via drugs is
transparently political," says Libertarianz spokesman on Law and Order Robert Palmer. "And the IRD hardly need
encouraging to be thuggishly ...
The youth of the nation tumbled into my inbox like a great, anguished wave yesterday. Disturbed, confused and alienated
by the brief gay snog in a public health cartoon condom ad, they were also spilling over with gratitude to National's
Murray McCully ...
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority ("NZQA") is a Crown entity established under Part XX of the Education Act 1989
"to establish a consistent approach to the recognition of qualifications in academic and vocational areas"(s247).
The Greens are strongly supporting Kiwi veterans of the Vietnam War in their call for the Government to offer a formal
and unreserved apology for its inadequate recognition of their exposure to Agent Orange.
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says David Benson-Pope has resorted to Trevor Mallard's and the NZQA's
tactics of labelling any critic of the NCEA as a liar or an idiot.
1) SHARON NOW - Gush ad, Ha'aretz, February 11 2) Land grab during the conference 3) “Sharm-al-Sheikh, We Have Come
Back Again…” - by Uri Avnery
The real heroes of the Kyoto Protocol are the tens of thousands of New Zealanders who have invested over the years in
commercial planted forests and who work in the forestry and wood processing industries, say industry leaders.
British health authorities have warned that the number of cases of a rare sexually transmitted disease (STD) that began
showing up among homosexual men last year is growing in London's homosexual and bisexual community.
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