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1:
UQ
Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On
Purpose!
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
2:
Scoop
Link: Newsweek Notes Bush Family's Nazi Tie
The following highly unusual item appeared in the Polish media this week in the wake of coverage of President Bush's tearful visit to Auschwitz.
3:
Translation
Of Newsweek Article On Bush Nazi
Ties
NOTE: The following is a translation of the Polish Newsweek article linked to by Scoop last week. A big thankyou to Scoop reader Luke for providing the translation. – The Scoop EditorAdvertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Call
To Speak Out against Law Changes in
Tonga
The National Commission for UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in New Zealand is urging Governments in the Pacific to follow the lead from the New Zealand Government and speak out strongly against the Tongan Government’s ...
5:
Bull
Poop: How Much Is Too Much When Selling
War?
Secretary of StaSecretary of State Colin Powell’s recent use of the B-word (''bullshit'') during a practice session at the CIA for his February 5 presentation at the United Nations has lifted the veil, if ever so slightly, on a question that every administration ...
6:
Scoop
Feedback: Red Sheds, Nazis & Bras For
Kids
In This Edition: Tindall Foundation Strings Attached - On Bush's Nazi Ties... - Are We So Blind?
7:
Future
of Iraq - State Dept. Testimony To
Senate
Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC June 4, 2003
8:
Upton-on-line
Diaspora Edition
In this issue: Some antipodean reflections on France's springtime orgy of strikes; more on the vexed issue of treatyology and New Zealand history; and what (two) Frogs think of Auckland.
9:
Govt
Assistance to Op Enduring Freedom and
Iraq
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced decisions on further New Zealand contributions to support humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Helen Clark also announced the government would continue to make a significant contribution to the fight against ...
10:
A
tragic loss
Acting Minister of Research, Science and Technology Michael Cullen said today that the deaths of seven senior managers of the Crop and Food Research Institute was a huge loss not just to the families and friends of the dead but to the country as ...
New Zealand First finds it extraordinary that Helen Clark today has the temerity to be surprised and disappointed by the latest challenge to the Maori fisheries allocation issue.
12:
Thom
Hartmann: Midnight Ride of the
Rabble
Let's be blunt. The real agenda of the new conservatives is nothing less than the destruction of democracy in the United States of America. And feudalism is one of their weapons.
13:
PLO:
Israel Still Not Committed to ‘Roadmap’
The Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee slammed the Israeli position during the Sharm el-Sheikh and Aqaba summits, saying it proved that Israel is still not completely committed to the implementation of the “roadmap”.
14:
Howard's
End: Seeking 1500 Wrongly
Dismissed
As the country debates severing links with the Privy Council the hunt is on to find 1500 people whose appeals were wrongly dismissed during years of improper conduct by our NZ Court of Appeal from where judges will be drawn for any new Supreme Court. ...
15:
Australian
PM John Howard Alone On Siev X
June 7,2003 Today Australia's Opposition Leader, Simon Crean left a simple message on a tiny internet memorial. For millions of Australians deeply concerned by the Howard Government's harsh treatment of asylum seekers the appearance of Simon Crean's ...
16:
Stateside
With Rosalea: Blonde v.
Blonde
"I'm from the South, so I've had people like that in my home. They're one step up from trailer trash." People like the Clintons, that is. Thus spake a well-heeled matron in a San Francisco bookstore vox pop last week, when asked if she was likely ...
17:
Thailand's
PM Wary Of Assasination
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Drug gangs and "dark influences" may be plotting to assassinate Thailand's prime minister while he prepares to visit Washington, but he insists the risk won't stop his war on crime in which more than 2,200 people mysteriously perished.
18:
US
Lets Looters In, Keeps Inspectors
Out
As stories emerge of apparent radiation sickness in Iraq, together with reports of the looting of radioactive material from nuclear sites guarded by US soldiers, a nuclear scientist says this could indicate an American cover-up over radioactive ...
19:
Richard
Prebble’s The Letter
Last week the Reserve Bank cut interest rates again. Is the bank just feeding a property price boom? The editor of influential The Economist (31 May) says the stockmarket bubble has been replaced by a property price bubble that will burst. Property is ...
20:
UQ
Wire: The Failure to Defend the Skies on
9/11
On May 21 and 22, 2003, the 9/11 Independent Commission held its second set of public hearings, focusing on the issue of air defense. It's not surprising if you haven't heard about this, because the hearings were poorly covered by the media, with major papers such as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times failing to write any articles on them.
21:
Fabulous
Offer - Cheapest Holidays To
Singapore
Singapore Airlines has today announced its largest global campaign ever – Singapore Airlines’ Fabulous Offer – with deep discounts on holidays to Singapore. The Offer is for sales from MONDAY 9 JUNE to Sunday 22 June.
22:
Russia
Born NZ-Citizen Wins Violin
Competition
Michael Hill International Violin Competition finalists are: from left, Kristian Winther (Australia), Korbinian Altenberger (Germany) and the winner Natalia Lomeiko (Russia/New Zealand).
23:
Parody:
The World according to
Scoop.co.nz...
Sourced from hawkesbay.com - Parody based on original cartoon by Cox & Forkum .
24:
MoveOn
Bulletin: The New U.S. Nuclear
Posture
1. Introduction: The Nuclear Future 2. One Link 3. No More Hawks and Doves 4. Reviewing the Nuclear Posture 5. The Direction Since Sept. 11 6. The Bush-Putin Treaty
25:
Kucinich:
Show Us The Evidence, Mr.
President
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), today, led 30 Members of Congress in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry in the House of Representatives to force the Administration to turn over the intelligence to back its yet unproven claims that Iraq has weapons ...
26:
Assisting
Crop & Food Research
The Vice-President of the Association of Crown Research Institutes, Mr Bryce Heard (chief executive of Forest Research) said today:
27:
It's
time for four weeks leave
The time has come for four weeks leave says Hon Matt Robson MP, Progressive Deputy Leader as submissions on four weeks annual leave have been pouring in to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee today, the deadline for receiving submissions. ...
28:
McCully
Writes To Solicitor General
I write to lay a formal complaint with you against the Principal Family Court Judge, Patrick Mahony for his public statements on National Radio on Tuesday 29 April 2003 about a specific case before the Family Court in respect of which he commented on ...
29:
The
Amazon River, a surfer's paradise
The Amazon River, a surfer's paradise: 37 minutes of surfing on a single wave
30:
Businesses
Disagree With Holidays Bills
Business Update: A select committee is now examining submissions on two ‘Holidays’ Bills. Regional business organisations report strong member reaction against both Bills. The private member’s amendment Bill that would give everyone four weeks’ holiday ...
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Gordon Campbell: On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee
Binoy Kampmark: Israel’s Anti-UNRWA Campaign Falls Flat
Peter Dunne: Luxon Gets Out His Butcher's Knife - Briefly
Binoy Kampmark: Warring Against Encryption, Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
Gordon Campbell: On Fast Track Powers, Media Woes And The Tiktok Ban
Binoy Kampmark: Censorship Wars, Elon Musk, Safety Commissioners And Violent Content