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1: 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.
2:
First
power from Hemisphere's largest wind
farm
Electricity from the first turbines to be commissioned at Meridian's Te Apiti site near Palmerston North will today be connected to the national grid by Energy Minister, Pete Hodgson. With a total planned capacity of 90 MW, the site is set to be the largest ...
3:
UQ
Wire: Sibel Edmonds Letter To Thomas
Kean
It has been almost three years since the terrorist attacks on September 11; during which time we, the people, have been placed under a constant threat of terror and asked to exercise vigilance in our daily lives.
4:
Images:
Departing LOTR Stars Meet Their
Planes
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.
5:
UQ
Wire: Timeline of Terror
Alerts
Note how the terror alerts relate to the news headlines of the days immediately prior to that very alert. I think it's very easy to see a pattern recurring.
6:
A
Simple Action That Can Bring World Peace
Now
In recent times many of us have been in despair at the state of International relations, almost at the point of giving up hope. We feel this way because we see no action that is simple and effective enough to offer real hope of ending the madness all ...
7:
Indiscriminate
use of animal antibiotics
A Food Safety Authority audit has found that no effective controls exist to rein in the widespread and indiscriminate feeding of antibiotics in the pork and poultry industries, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today.
8:
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 ...
9:
Carter
to seek anti-semitism
declaration
Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter is to seek a statement from New Zealand’s Parliament condemning anti-Semitism following a second attack on a Jewish cemetery in Wellington last night.
10:
Images:
You Can't Beat Wellington On A Good
Day
Images of Wellington taken from Wrights Hill on a recent stunning day in the capital. The images are taken with Scoop's new Fuji S7000 camera. Click on images for big versions.
11:
States
UrgedTo Cooperate With War Crimes
Tribunals
With United Nations war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia processing cases amid severe budget shortfalls, the Security Council today urged States support this effort and called on the courts to complete their work by 2010.
12:
You've
got it - we'll confiscate it
This Government is determined to stop P at the border and to tackle the social problems caused by methamphetamine use and manufacture.
13:
Diebold
Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting
Fraud
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.
14:
Scoop
Archive: UQ Wire: Timeline of Terror
Alerts
Note how the terror alerts relate to the news headlines of the days immediately prior to that very alert. I think it's very easy to see a pattern recurring.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/90/95/200408050050.f8538940.html
15:
Torture,
Lies, and the Little Bush Who Cried Wolf
While the world watches to see when, where, or even if Osama bin Laden will cast his vote in America's presidential elections, his odds-on-favorite Mr. Bush has already given him a priceless gift - and not just in Iraq. The untold damage Team Bush has ...
16:
Anal
Rape Crisis Orchestrated By Chief
Censor
Chief Censor Mr Bill Hastings has granted a general R18 cinema release to a French sex-violence film called ''Irreversible'' depicting a nine minute brutal anal rape of a young pregnant woman by a drug-crazed homosexual who fantasises during the rape ...
17:
Chuckman
Cartoons: JFK, Kerry, Bush &
Edwards
Two cartoons by John Chuckman…
18:
Image:
Tail Docking Is To Avoid Injuries Like
This
The New Zealand Kennel Club continues to strongly support Freedom of Choice for dog owners over the issue of Tail Docking.
19:
Pacific
Islands Forum Opening Address Hans
Keil
Opening Address by Hon. Hans J. Keil, Minister of Commerce, Labour and Tourism Forum Officials Committee Meeting 3-10 August 2004 Apia, Samoa
20:
David
Stratman: Inventing the Enemy
It used to be said during the Cold War that, ''If the Communist threat did not exist, the US would have to invent it.'' The threat of nuclear war and the notion of a Communist (or capitalist) under every bed provided American and Soviet ruling elites excellent ...
21:
Democrats:
What Distribution Of Wealth?
In response to the newly formed New Zealand Institute’s stated intention to seek input from a variety of sources, the New Zealand Democratic Party offers the following contribution by a member of the Party Executive, Mr. Lowell Manning.
22:
Greens
condemn racist outrage
The Green Party has condemned the desecration of over 90 graves and the torching of the Jewish chapel at Wellington's Makara cemetery as an outrage and unacceptable in a country that prides itself on tolerance and respect for all communities.
23:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 5 August
2004
1. Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology—Community Education 2. Floods—Financial Assistance, Eastern Bay of Plenty 3. Immigration—Fraud 4. Energy—Renewable Energy Question No. 5 to Minister 5. Mâori Language Commission—Confidence 6. Taitokerau ...
24:
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. ...
25:
The
Ultimate Answer To ''Security''
Problems
According to recent news reports, the Chief of Police in Washington D.C. has been upset by the traffic changes, street closures, and stop-and-search orders that have been issued by the White House in the name of ''Homeland Security'' without prior ...
26:
National
And Labour Get It Wrong On Climate
Change
The forest and wood processing industries have expressed disappointment that National has followed Labour’s lead in advocating the nationalisation of forest carbon sink credits.
27:
Pressure
On Sudan Until The Commitments Are
Met
The United Nations will keep up the pressure on the Sudanese Government until its meets its commitments to disarm the militias responsible for deadly attacks in the troubled Darfur region and to restore security so that the estimated 1.2 million ...
28:
Pacific
Smaller Island States Joint
Statement
Recognising Nauru’s economic crisis and the threats this posed to its security and national stability, and recognizing also Nauru’s commitment to reforms, SIS Leaders strongly supported Nauru’s request for Forum assistance under the Biketawa ...
29:
Modern
Ballot Box Stuffing: Can We Trust Team
Bush
Democracy requires consent of the governed. Consent is measured by the results of fair and free elections. The midwives of our democracy were the founders who made the Revolution, and the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement that gave birth to The ...
30:
Images:
Final Photocall - LOTR Stars Depart NZ
A final photocall for The Lord of the Ring's stars 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.
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