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1: Stateside:
Pass The Perspective
Please
Saturday evening, New Zealand was a laughing stock Stateside. When movie buff Joel Siegel asked Elijah Wood what he missed most about his native LA in the 18 months he spent away from it filming the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, Wood replied: "I ...
2:
Scoop
Images: More Anti-War Images From
Indymedia
All images below come from http://www.indymedia.org … A Succinct Rumsfeld Foreign Policy Statement On World Domination
3:
PeopleSoft
8 CRM Sets New Industry
Standard
Auckland, Friday 7th December 2001 – At launch events in Auckland and Wellington, PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: PSFT) has demonstrated the industry’s first pure internet Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, PeopleSoft 8 CRM.
4:
Scoop
Link: Robert Fisk On His Beating By
Refugees
They started by shaking hands. We said "Salaam aleikum" – peace be upon you – then the first pebbles flew past my face. A small boy tried to grab my bag. Then another. Then someone punched me in the back. Then young men broke my glasses, began smashing ...
5:
Scoop
Satire: Karori Expansionist
Aims
The annexation of Wilton is only the first step in a plan to establish a ‘Thousand Year Karori’ according to Northland JP Watford Crustfall.
6:
Secrets
Of The Bumbling Bear - CIA/NAZI
Marriage
Below is an article from the 'San Francisco Bay Guardian', entitled, 'The CIA's Worst-Kept Secret.' It discusses some recently unclassified CIA files. These documents, 18,000 pages in all, confirm that U.S. intelligence recruited and protected Nazis starting ...
7:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 11
December
Today's questions of the day concerned: BERL Developments Ltd. & Innovation And Systems Ltd. – Low Skilled Workers – Aquaculture Moratorium – Clean Slate Bill – End Of Skyhawks – Clean Slate Bill – Budget Spending Cap – Te Reo Maori – Auckland ...
8:
Defence
Appointments Send Timely
Message
The significant feature of the new appointment to Chief of Defence Force is that the Labour Alliance government has passed over the existing chiefs.
9:
Howard's
End: Witnesses Refute Flight 587
Fallacy
Thirteen witnesses are now prepared to say that when Flight 587 out of JFK in New York crashed on November 12 killing all 265 on board, the tail did not mysteriously fall off. Truth will out! Maree Howard writes.
10:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 11 December
1. RODNEY HIDE to the Minister for Economic Development: What contracts have BERL Developments Ltd and Innovation and Systems Ltd received through the Regional Partnerships Programme and what is their total value?
11:
TKI
Editorial: Campaign To Discredit M.G.
Dodson
Major General Maurice Dodson has been the target of an 18 month campaign of misinformation designed to discredit him personally, to prevent his becoming Chief of Defence Force.
12:
Farewell,
But Not For Long
The stark reality of a nation without an Air Force will be driven home to New Zealanders today as our Air Combat Wing makes its final pass over the country, ACT Defence Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today.
13:
Dr
Joel Hayward on the new Chief of Defence
Force
Dr Joel Hayward, Massey University defence analyst, comments positively on the appointment of Air Commodore Bruce Ferguson as the new Chief of Defence Force
14:
Behind
the Veil: Ramadan, Blessed Month
Revealed
Ramadan is a special month to between seven to ten million Muslims in the United States, and millions more Muslims worldwide. It is known as the month of worship, and indeed Muslims increase their worship greatly during this month. To fast in Ramadan, ...
15:
Alliance
Minister Passed Over For UNHCR Meeting
Sport Minister Trevor Mallard will replace Associate Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Matt Robson at a United Nations High Commission for Refugees meeting in Geneva this week, in a move that appears to be yet another snub to the junior coalition partner.
16:
AI
Opposes Bush Plan to Revive FBI
Surveillance
* Fears grow that the U.S. government will re-institute the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO), which targeted activists in the 1960s and 70s.
17:
ACT
Responds to Defence Appointment
ACT Defence Spokesman Owen Jennings hopes the appointment of Air Commodore Bruce Ferguson to the position of Chief of Defence Force will reduce the level of controversy surrounding our country's defence forces.
18:
Military
Jets Bow Out - What We Are Giving
Away
In a few days time, New Zealand will have the air combat arm amputated from its air force.
19:
Armstrong
Rivals PM's Pay Packet
TVNZ and NZ Post Chairman Ross Armstrong is being paid SOE directors fees totalling over $200,000 - almost as much as the Prime Ministers salary, according to National spokesperson for State Owned Enterprises Murray McCully.
20:
Maharey
Channels Loan Money To Student
Politicians
Despite Steve Maharey's so-called clampdown, student loans are still being used to provide millions of dollars to fund non-academic political student associations and pay the wages of activists and fulltime student politicians, Student Choice spokesman ...
21:
Howard's
End: Still No Real Plan For
Health
New Zealanders are not stupid. After years of being told that cancer can be beaten with prompt diagnosis and treatment, they don't want to be told that having to wait a few more weeks should not have an effect on their long-term prognosis. Maree Howard ...
22:
Skyhawk
Decision To Be Appealed
The Save Our Squadrons Campaign has decided to appeal Justice Heron's decision striking out their legal challenge to the scrapping of the Air Combat Force. The Campaign's convener, Auckland lawyer Clive Bradbury, said today they would be seeking a hearing ...
23:
David
Miller: The Perils Of Christmas
It was not until I was at my parent’s place at the weekend that I realised that Christmas was closer than I thought. Every year my mother decorates all the windows of the conservatory with Santa Claus stickers, however this year she has gone a step better ...
24:
Policy
in Disarray -- Richard Prebble
The government's Closing the Gaps policy is in total disarray, ACT leader Richard Prebble says.
25:
Goff
Waters Down Clean Slate Bill
Green MP Nandor Tanczos has welcomed the long-awaited introduction of Phil Goff's Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Bill last night, saying it would allow progress to finally be made on his original Clean Slate Bill.
26:
Motornet:
Stylish, Sporty And Stacked
Multi Purpose Vehicles, or MPVs are usually seen as worthy, but a little dull - certainly not the drivers' choice. But apparently, dull is not a word in VW's vocabulary...
27:
Goff
Introduces Clean Slate Bill
Justice Minister Phil Goff has introduced to Parliament a bill designed to allow people with minor convictions who have not reoffended to put their past behind them.
This week is a black week for the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the defence forces in general, National Defence spokesperson Max Bradford said today.
29:
Richard
Prebble's Letter From Wellington
When Michael Cullen updates the state of the Crown's finances next week, he's likely to announce several hundred million dollars of new borrowing. Analysts predict the government could be forced to add more than $500m to its domestic bond borrowing ...
30:
Firas
Al-Atraqchi: Palestine’s Untenable
Situation
The killing of Hamas activist Mohammad (Ahmad) Selmi during clashes with Palestinian security forces and the attempted house arrest of Hamas’ spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin have brought the situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories to ...