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1: Scoop
Images: Latest Image Of Hurricane
Frances
The following image was taken at 15.30 UTC on September 1 (approx. 3.30am this morning NZT). It shows Hurricane Frances bearing down on the Bahamas. The latest hurricane advisory and commentary follows the images . At present the forecast path for the ...
2:
Chossudovsky:
Schwarzenegger's Blunder At The
RNC
GLOBAL RESEARCH (FEATURE ARTICLE) Arnold Schwarzenegger's Blunder at the Republican Convention: The Nixon-Humphrey Presidential Debate Never Took Place
3:
President
Bush Speaks To AIPAC In
Washington
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Finally, AIPAC elected a President I can kiss. (Laughter and applause.)
4:
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.
5:
Guest
Opinion: A Clear Message From George
Bush
You have to give credit to the Bush administration. Their message is clear. People not only understand it they, believe it. The only problem is it is completely untrue.
6:
Supercomputer
Weather: Frances Heads For
Florida
In This Edition: - Images Of Hurricane Frances - The Latest Forecast Advisory - A Supercomputer Forecast Of Wind And Rainfall On Landfall
7:
GE
corn that caused rat abnormalities
approved
The Greens today revealed that a genetically engineered corn variety approved for human food in New Zealand was refused approval by a French scientific committee because of a study showing rats fed with it developed several abnormalities (see attached ...
8:
Calling
For Breast-Cancer Volunteer
Collectors
Volunteer Collectors are urgently needed between 11.00am & 1.30pm on Saturday 4th September to help raise money for breast cancer awareness at the 'Great Race' Gallagher Boathouse 8s.
9:
Flushing
away cancer research
Christchurch Animal Action will be out on the streets during Daffodil Day, encouraging members of the public to not flush half their donation down the toilet.
10:
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.
11:
Scoop
Images: Hurricane Frances Brushes
Florida
Florida is braced for Hurricane Frances to come ashore some time in the next 24 hours. The image below comes from NASA's Modis satellite.
12:
Scoop
Images: Two Hurricanes & A
Typhoon
Frances is not the only large Hurricane/Typhoon presently threatening mayhem around the globe. All three pictures that follow were taken today in a single pass by NASA Modis's Terra Satellite.
13:
Unjustified
Trans-Atlantic Plutonium Shipment
London, September 1, 2004 - The departure of the two armed British nuclear freighters, due to cross the Atlantic to collect a cargo of weapons-grade plutonium from the U.S. military port at Charleston, South Carolina, is imminent, Greenpeace has been ...
14:
How
Soon Will The U.S. Or Israel Bomb
Iran?
I can just hear the Presidential conversation. ''Did I say Iraq backed al-Qaeda?'' he asks with a boyish grin. ''Oh, heck, I meant Iran. I always get those two mixed up.''
15:
Sludge
Report #127 - The Hunt For Flight
77
In This Edition: The Hunt For Flight 77 - A Truly Remarkable French Website - Disinformation Warning! - Not Everyone Is Convinced - Eyewitness Reports Of The Crash….
16:
President
George Bush's speech at the 2004
RNC
Mr. Chairman, delegates, fellow citizens: I am honored by your support, and I accept your nomination for President of the United States.
17:
Travellers
To NZ Demand Authentic
Experiences
New Zealand tourism operators need to be reacting more decisively to the needs of the growing 'Interactive Traveller' category of international tourist says tourism leader Andrew Te Whaiti.
18:
Global
Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter
#68
FROM BOMBER: Hello all, this is FYI - my new TV show, Dissident TV is screening on C4 September the 9th (that's a Thursday night) - it's a September 11th special - check it out cause I don't think they will let me do another TV show ever! Cheers, ...
19:
Afghanistan:
Millionth Refugee Returns Home
The United Nations refugee agency today marked a symbolic milestone with the return home of the one millionth Afghan from Iran since the start of voluntary repatriation to their war-ravaged country in April 2002, reducing by half the overall Afghan refugee ...
20:
NYC
Indymedia: Prisons, Protests & Sonic
Weapons
The following is a selection of items from the New York City Indymedia news feed of protests underway this evening in New York to coincide with President Bush's nomination acceptance speech.
21:
Stray
voltage a negative for dairy
cows
Meridian Energy has increased milk quality and reduced the milking time at a dairy-shed in Kurow, North Otago, by eliminating stray voltage in the shed.
22:
Maori
Party Demands Resignation of General
Manager
Maori Party Co-leader, Tariana Turia, today demanded the Department of Corrections take accountability for their appalling track record responding to brutality in prisons.
23:
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 ...
24:
Supercomputer
Weather: Frances's Florida
Landfall
The following are the latest GFS supercomputer model forecasts for Hurricane Frances's landfall and path across the State of Florida. Each image shows rain over a six hour period in coloured lines at 5mm intervals.
25:
Norma
Sherry: Girls Of The
Olympics
Playboy Magazine arrived in our mailbox yesterday. On the cover was a striking Olympiad in a rather demure bathing suit, but the promised story was far different.
26:
Guatemala:
Investigation Into Squatter
Violence
The United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) has called on the country's authorities to launch a thorough investigation into Tuesday's deadly violence surrounding the eviction of squatters from a farm in the southern province of Retalhuleu.
27:
Colombia:
Indigenous hostages must be
released
Amnesty International has condemned the kidnapping of several indigenous leaders by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) and called for their immediate release.
28:
SouthCom
Struggles to Justify its War On
Terror
U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) Struggles to Justify its Role in the War on Terror
29:
Business
Update For 3 Sept 2004
The Holidays Amendment Bill does not fix the problem of relevant daily pay - the new concept that appeared for the first time in the ill-considered Holidays Act that came into force on 1 April this year.
30:
Not
In Our Name Delivers "NO!" On Last Day of
RNC
As George Bush finally shows his face at the Republican National Convention in New York City, tens of thousands of protesters at Madison Square Garden and around the city will be showing their defiance to all he stands for by displaying the word "NO!" ...
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