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1:
Skull
& Bones & John Kerry & President Bush
A little-known fact unites Democratic frontrunner John Kerry and President Bush: they are both members of Yale's secret society Skull and Bones. We speak with the author of "Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths ...
2:
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.
3:
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 ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Oil
Spill Reinforces Need For Ban On Big
Ships
Sunday's oil spill in Milford Sound is proof that a recent decision to ban large ships from Doubtful Sound was necessary according to conservationists.
5:
Questions
for Oral Answer - Wednesday, 11
February
1. STEVE CHADWICK to the Minister of Health: Has she received any reports comparing New Zealand's health system internationally?
6:
Sam
Smith: Why Skull & Bones Matters
As we learn more of the strange little society called Skull & Bones, it is useful to remember that what we know already is enough:
7:
Public
Address 11/02/04 - Flushed
Oh great. The first day back in Parliament and the National Party's new Maori Affairs spokesperson asks if he can call a Maori MP a "bl*ck fella". Ever get the feeling your country is being flushed down the t*ilet?
8:
PM's
Statement to Parliament 10 February
2004
Under Parliament’s Standing Orders, I have the opportunity through this formal Prime Minister’s statement to review public affairs and set out the government’s key policy and legislative intentions for the year. I welcome this because there is a very positive ...
9:
Molesworth
& Featherston - Back in the game
Parliament is back in business this week, with the Prime Minister’s statement opening the action for the year. With political and economic news beginning to pick up again, Molesworth & Featherston is back in business, with exclusive and informed analysis.
10:
Nigeria:
The death penalty and women
The death penalty as applied in Nigeria violates fundamental human rights and is sometimes used in a discriminatory way against women, Amnesty International said today in a new and its first report on women and the death penalty entitled: "Nigeria: ...
11:
Clampdown
On Illegal Street Racing
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road in Otara and ...
12:
Haiti:
Rule of law must be protected
The precarious rule of law in Haiti and the Haitian institutions meant to be responsible for protecting human rights were further weakened this weekend, said Amnesty International after armed gangs attacked police stations, prisons and court houses in a number ...
13:
The
secret (not glamorous) life of garment
workers
Big brand companies and retailers in the fashion industry are driving down employment conditions for millions of women workers around the world, according to a new study by international agency Oxfam.
14:
President
Bush Appears On NBC's Meet The
Press
TIM RUSSERT: And we are in the Oval Office this morning with the President of the United States. Mr. President, welcome back to Meet The Press.
16:
Scoop
Feedback: Headscarves, The Treaty &
Jesus
In this edition of Scoop Feedback: French Ban on headscarves - Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" Set in 1st Century Palestine - Grenades or WMD's? - Biting The Hand That Feeds- Maori Version Of The Treaty
17:
Ivan
Eland: U.S. Iraq Policy
Uncovered
Only in the U.S. can the halftime show at the Super Bowl cause more public outrage than a president’s floundering attempts to justify getting more than 500 American soldiers killed and more than 3,000 wounded in an unnecessary invasion and occupation ...
18:
Intelligence
Crisis And Bush Admin’s
Immorality
I watched President Bush’s hour-long interview with Tim Russet on NBC (02.07.04), with great patience. You have to be patient while the President processes questions and occasionally tries to answer one, after the interviewer has asked the same question ...
19:
Clark
Insults High Country
Prime Minister Helen Clark has delivered a low blow to high country farmers in her opening statement to Parliament, said Tom Lambie, President of Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc).
20:
'Heinous'
Assassination Of Colombian
Journalist
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the "heinous" assassination of an outspoken Colombian journalist and called for the punishment of those responsible.
21:
Attempt
To Cover Up NZ's Failure In Trade
Talks
"Michael Cullen's either lost the plot or he's starting to believe his own spin as he attempts to cover up the Labour Government's failure to initiate free trade negotiations with the US," according to National Party Foreign Affairs and Trade ...
22:
Address
In Reply Speech - Jeanette Fitzsimons
10 February, 2004 Speech by Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons in reply to the PM's statement to Parliament
23:
A
Chance To Meet Mary-Kate And Ashley In
LA
The ZM radio network in association with the mary-kateandashley brand is searching for New Zealand's biggest Mary-Kate and Ashley fan! The winner and two companions will get to meet the most famous teenagers on the planet in their home city, Los ...
24:
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 ...
25:
Climate:
New Pictures Of Disappearing
Glaciers
Buenos Aires, 10 February 2004: New visual evidence of the impacts of climate change was released by Greenpeace in Patagonia today. Dramatic new photos of Patagonian glaciers taken by the research team on board the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise ...
26:
Australian
Fed Cocaine Bust - NZer (19)
Arrested
Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents in Melbourne recently arrested three men in connection with the detection by Customs of just under 800 grams of cocaine imported into Australia inside children's books.
27:
Shallow
Throat to Dems: One Chance, Don't Blow
It
I'd been trying to reach ''Shallow Throat'' for several months, but had never received a response. ''I apologize, Bernie, for not answering your coded messages,'' said ST, as we sat opposite each other in a dimly-lit Virginia tavern, ''because you wouldn't ...
28:
Venezuela
Grants Colombians Refugee
Status
The United Nations refugee agency today hailed Venezuela's granting of refugee status to the first group of Colombian asylum seekers to pass through its new application process.
29:
Education Minister loses closest
ally
Trevor Mallard today lost the support of his closest ally in his battle to close hundreds of schools across New Zealand, said National education spokesman Bill English.
30:
Are
Beneficiaries Above The Law?
New information on Labour's benefit debt write-offs highlights the Government's soft-on-welfare approach, and willingness to allow benefit fraudsters to break the law with impunity, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said ...
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