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1: Behind
The Veil: Who Really Attacked The
WTC?
Many people here in the Middle East believe that behind the acts of hijacking and building destructions and the murdering of innocents were non-Muslim encouragement or assistance.
2:
NZ
Remains In Top 3 Clean In Corruption
Countries
NZ has been ranked as 3rd cleanest country in terms of corruption again by Transparency International.
3:
Scoop
Feedback: "Get Off Internet And Find A
Cave"
In This Edition: Get A Conscience! - NZ's Best Response To Afghanistan Crisis - New Zealand's Stand On Terrorism - Who Are The Real Terrorists? - Part II
4:
Stateside
with Rosalea: Pass The Envelope
Please
"Math Instructor. 2 month assignment on US Navy ship at sea. Immediate openings. Masters Degree in Math required. Central Texas College, San Diego." Try telling me THAT's not scary! It's an ad currently on the San Francisco Chronicle's website ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Lecturer
should be dismissed
The Christian Heritage Party Leader, Graham Capill, calls for the immediate dismissal of Canterbury University lecturer Dr. Anwar from her position at the university.
6:
Scoop
Link: You Too Can Read Arabic On The
Web!
News junkies surfing the web for new perspectives on the War Against Terror may find a whole new world opened to them through the following link to an Arabic/English translation engine.
7:
GE
Free NZers Face Attacks From PM
Public Majority Supporting A GE Free New Zealand Face Attacks From Prime Minister Shameful comments by our prime minister, describing majority public opinion as extremism and according to National radio comparing the public to the Taleban, show the lengths ...
8:
Howard's
End: Show Us The Money!
When Government paid the West Coast $120 million of taxpayer's money to halt native timber harvesting, optimism for new jobs was high. But a year on, the publicly-elected economic development trust who is charged with managing the money, has not held a ...
9:
HARD
NEWS 02/11/01 - Clean Up After Yourself
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... Taliban with an "i" or an "e"? GM or GE? It might be taken as a sign of the confusion of the present times that we don't seem to even agree on how to spell or what to call what we're all worried about.
10:
Links:
Le Figaro Reports CIA, bin Laden
Contacts
The Front-Page lead story in French Newspaper Le Figaro on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 is that Osama bin Laden was in an American Hospital in Dubai, in July, and had contacts with the CIA. The story, also featured on Radio France Internationale and ...
11:
ACT
Appoints Experienced Political
Operator
President of ACT New Zealand, Catherine Judd, today announced the appointment of Graham Watson as ACT Party Manager. This is a new position based in Auckland but reporting to me, with key responsibilities being to run the Party's day-to-day membership ...
12:
New
Zealand’s Top Ten Volunteers Honoured By
Lions
Hundreds of New Zealanders selflessly give time to their communities every year. These efforts often go unrecognised – but not this year.
13:
Images:
Japanese Whalers At It Again
Auckland: Giant eyeballs are protesting today at the Japanese consulate in Auckland imploring the Japanese Prime Minister not to send his whaling fleet to Antarctica to kill minke whales.
14:
Check
Your Till Receipts! -
Kachingo!
With only two days to go before their first $250,000 draw, the organisers of the new rewards programme Kachingo! are reminding shoppers to check their Kachingo! tickets.
15:
An
Open Letter From NYC – From Mitchel
Cohen
The bones of September have barely been exhumed, and new crises are already punching through the once hum-drum droppings of everyday life. Flying in an airplane; attending antiwar protests; wearing darker skin; praying to an unsanctioned God facing the ...
The 2000/01 Household Economic Survey results from Statistics New Zealand showed that since 1997/98 average household spending has risen 2.5 percent to $758 per week.
17:
Eyewitness
Report: Nights of Death in
Kandahar
It was deafening. The walls shook and I heard glass shatter. Jolted out of bed, I held my breadth. The first thought was whether our building was hit. There was a hiss as if of a low flying plane and then the second explosion shook the walls.
18:
Open
Letter From Robert Redford On Oil
Crisis
It is understandable that we Americans feel an almost reflexive need for unanimity in trying times like these. As a nation, we are rightly consumed with responding to the terrorist attacks on September 11th.
19:
Anderton
welcomes Kiwibank
“The Kiwibank with its new board is a solid foundation for the new nationwide bank owned for and by New Zealanders,” Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton said today.
20:
Good
Progress on Holidays Act
Review
Labour Minister Margaret Wilson says a report on the Holidays Act from a joint union-employer advisory group will allow good progress to be made on a "complex and difficult" area of employment relationships.
21:
NZ
defence links with Australia in
trouble
The Australian Labour Party's decision to list New Zealand at the bottom of its regional defence priorities confirms again that New Zealand's defence policy has widened the Tasman between the two countries, National's Defence spokesperson Max Bradford said ...
22:
Images:
Sandra Lee Opens
Tussocklands
Photos from Friday's opening ceremony of the new Korowai Torlesse Tussocklands Park in Canterbury, which the Minister of Conservation presided over. See also… Korowai Torlesse Tussocklands - Lee Speech
23:
Libz
Declare War On Activists
"In the wake of the Clark Compromise on GE, the eco-terrorists and sandalled vandals have crawled out of their caves and begun boasting about the violent direct actions they will be taking," notes Libertarianz leader and environment deregulation ...
24:
1
black widow, 2 black widow, 3 black widow,
4...
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street today said imports of Californian grapes must be banned immediately, following the fourth black widow spider found in New Zealand last week.
25:
Six
Questions Posed To Professor Noam Chomsky
(1) There has been an immense movement of troops and extreme use of military rhetoric, up to comments about terminating governments, etc. Yet, to many people there appears to be considerable restraint...what happened?
26:
Political
Deal Over Parental Leave Scheme?
"What has made the Prime Minister shift her stance on a paid parental leave deal expected to be announced next week?" National's Women's Affairs spokesperson Anne Tolley asked today.
27:
Scoop
Images: Wellington Peace March - Nov.
1
A windy Thursday afternoon, threatening and occasionally spitting rain, was the backdrop to a procession of around 250 Wellington peace lovers from the Cenotaph to the US Embassy at the top of Mulgrave Street.
28:
Government
must address Kyoto threat
With the world staring down the barrel of a recession the government has to pull back its timetable for ratification of the Kyoto Protocol Carter Holt Harvey’s Chief Operating Officer Jay Goodenbour said today.
29:
Mobile
V8 International At Pukekohe
Motor racing fans are guaranteed three days of petrol head heaven when the V8 SUPERCARS cross the Tasman in November this year.
Jim’s Bank Gets A Name - Four Weeks Annual Leave (If Labour Is Relected) – Paid Parental Leave Now - Carter Holt Harvey Seeks Kyoto Slowdown - ACT New Party Manager - Sandra Lee Images: Tussock Mountain High - Labour Party Election Snub Indicates ...
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