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Anticipation of December’s world premier of the final The Lord of the Rings film is building with New Zealand Post today unveiling a series of stamps to celebrate the third movie.
2:
Opinion:
The 2004 Election Has Already Been
Rigged
The Neocons have determined that elections can be manipulated easily with the new touch screen voting systems and when accompanied by a media pounding of lies, the public will accept the rigged election results as fact.
3:
Return
Of The King Trailer Is
Here!
TheOneRing.net brings you this exclusive first look at THE RETURN OF THE KING! This file was sent to us by person or persons unknown, it shows 1:35 minutes in GLORIOUS quicktime a TON of shots from ROTK. Sam and Frodo in Moria, Pippin and Merry, Gandalf ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Bush
Says Burma, Haiti Have Failed in Drug
War
Burma and Haiti have "failed demonstrably" to comply with international agreements on fighting the drug wars, according to findings released by the White House September 15. In an annual process required by law, the president has found ...
5:
U.S.
Concerned by Syria's WMD
Capabilities
The United States views with "serious concern" Syria's expanding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) capabilities and its continued state sponsorship of terrorism, the State Department's top arms control official says.
6:
Diebold
Confirms U.S. Vote Count
Vulnerabilities
Scoop has obtained internal mail messages from Diebold Election Systems which clearly and explicitly confirm security problems in the GEMS vote counting software that were highlighted in reports published on Scoop.co.nz and widely elsewhere in July.
7:
Super
Computer Weather: Isabel Nears US East
Coast
Cloud formations on the edges of Hurricane Isabel are now over the US mainland. The eye of Isabel is following roughly 30 hours behind these fringes – with landfall expected 2pm Thursday EST (Friday Morning NZT). A massive evacuation is presently ...
8:
Inside
A U.S. Election Vote Counting
Program
Publication of this story marks a watershed in American political history. It is offered freely for publication in full or part on any and all internet forums, blogs and noticeboards. All other media are also encouraged to utilise material. Readers ...
9:
Super
Computer Weather: Isabel Targets DC &
NYC
Two new forecast paths for Hurricane Isabel show the storm crossing directly over either Washington DC or New York City on Thursday.
10:
Security
Cl personnel and funds needed for
Liberia
Seeking 15,000 United Nations peacekeepers and 900 police to bring war-shattered Liberia back from “hellish limbo,” the top UN envoy for the West African country appealed to the international committee today to commit the resources and personnel ...
11:
Reflections
On Cancun: Where To From
Here?
This week, cocooned in the luxury resort of Cancun, Mexico for the fifth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Caribbean, African and other ‘least developed’ countries told the European Union, United States and Japan that ‘no means ...
12:
Wednesday's
Questions & Answers for Oral
Answer
1. MARK PECK (NZ Labour¡ªInvercargill) to the Minister of Finance: Has he received any reports on his powers in relation to the potential sale of the National Bank?
13:
Sludge
Report #154 – Bigger Than
Watergate!
In This Edition: Bigger Than Watergate! - How To Rig An Election In The United States - Fantasy vs Reality - How We Discovered The Backdoor - Evidence Of Motive - Evidence Of Opportunity - Evidence Of Method - Evidence Of Prior Conduct - Consistent Unexplained ...
14:
White
House Calls Syria's Behavior
"Unacceptable"
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan told reporters September 16 that Syria "has a history and continues to harbor and assist terrorists and terrorist organizations, including Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and others."
15:
Liberia:
UN sends food to tens of thousands
The United Nations has sent food to tens of thousands of people in the rebel-held Liberian city of Buchanan for the first time since heavy fighting erupted between the government and rebels earlier this year, but hundreds of thousands more in the ...
16:
Mother
Jones article + response
Thank you to everyone who has already written in to Mother Jones Magazine (ISM Action Alert of Tuesday, September 16). Some, however, have indicated trouble accessing the original article and response via the links that we sent out. For those that ...
17:
Questions
for Oral Answer - Thursday, 18
September
Questions to Ministers 1. Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister of Conservation: Will he be proceeding with the High Court judicial review against the Maori Land Court decision in respect of Maori ownership of the Wakapuaka Estuary north of Nelson; ...
18:
Diebold
Election Systems Election Manual For
Staff
Do not to offer damaging opinions of our systems, even when their failings become obvious.... Ideally, a recount yields exactly the same results as the initial count. However... – Diebold Election Systems' "Election Support Guide "
19:
Cancer
Society Applauds Progress
The Cancer Society is delighted with the progress of the Smokefree Environments Amendment Bill as it goes through its committee stages in Parliament.
20:
UQ
Wire: New York, You’ve Been Used
The following remarks were delivered by William Rivers Pitt to a September 11 symposium hosted by WBAI at the Riverside Church on Friday, September 12.
21:
UN
Radio Klein Calls for Bold Solutions to
Liberia
The UN's top envoy in Liberia says the country's massive humanitarian and political crisis calls for immediate intervention. Special Representative Jacques Klein says thousands of Liberians do not have access to life's basic necessities of shelter, ...
22:
SuperComputer
Weather: Hurricane Isabel's
Landfall
As Hurricane Isabel approaches the Eastern Seaboard computer models are converging on a Cape Hatteras landfall in just under 70 hours time. Massive rainfall in the first six hours can be expected to cause widespread flooding in North Carolina and ...
23:
Super
Computer Weather: Hurricane
Isabel
A deepening hurricane presently in the Carribean appears headed for the US mainland and could eventually make landfall anywhere from North Florida up to Massachusetts. The current NOAA medium range super computer forecast (see images below) however ...
24:
S.
Korea Urged to Reject U.S. Demand
Pyongyang, (KCNA) -- The U.S. deputy assistant defense secretary "requested" the south Korean authorities to dispatch additional troops to Iraq at the 4th meeting of "allies' policy consultative council" of south Korea and the U.S. Commenting ...
25:
Chuckman
Cartoon: Ariel's Orders
Cartoon by John Chuckman….
26:
PNA
Holds US Responsible for Consequences of
Veto
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) said Tuesday that the United States has lost credibility as an honest broker in the Middle East peace process and slammed the US veto, which aborted a draft resolution condemning Israeli government’s decision ...
27:
France
Govt Daily Press Briefing
One mustn’t think that it will suffice to remove one or another person to solve everything. At this point, crystallizing everything around the person of Arafat is not the answer, we see clearly that he is the elected and legitimate Palestinian authority.
28:
Hard
News 18/09/03 - Magic And
Eternity
A couple of nice posts from the lads, below.
29:
Immigrant
Holidays At Taxpayers’ Expense
New Zealand First has asked the Government to explain why a Thai couple are getting a holiday to Thailand and free adult education as beneficiaries of New Zealand taxpayers.
30:
NZTE
Client Services Team Directors
Appointed
17 September 2003 - New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Client Services Group Manager Lance Wickman has appointed nine team directors at the New Zealand Government's new trade and economic development agency, formed on 1 July from the merger of Trade ...
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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