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1 &
3: Judgement
In The People Vs George Walker
Bush
The Defendant is a convicted war criminal consequently unfit to hold public office ; citizens ,soldiers and all civil personnel of the United States would be constitutionally and otherwise , justified in withdrawing all co-operation from the Defendant and ...
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.
4:
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
5:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer - 16 Mar.
2004
1 Treaty of Waitangi—Commission of Inquiry 1 2 Medical Misadventure—Accident Compensation 2 3 Mâori Allowance—Specialist Education Services 2 4 Tourism Strategy 2010—Reports 3 5 Foreshore and Seabed—Mâori Land Court Ruling 3 6 Child, Youth and Family Services, ...
6:
New
Zealander First To Explain UFOs
For centuries unexplained lights have appeared in the night sky with no suitable theory though many have been advanced. A New Zealander is claiming he was the first to successfully explain the mystery lights commonly called "UFOs" with ...
7:
Syria:
Mass arrests of Syrian Kurds
Amnesty International today expressed serious concerns about reports that at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds of Syrian Kurds arrested by security forces in Syria since 12 March 2004.
8:
Al-Qa'ida
Claims Responsibility for Madrid
Bombing
The Alleged Al-Qa'ida Statement of Responsibility for the Madrid Bombings: Translation and Commentary By: Yigal Carmon*
Mehr News Agency reports U.S. forces have unloaded a large cargo of parts for constructing long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the southern ports of Iraq.
10:
Questions
for Oral Answer - Wednesday, 17
March
1. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS to the Minister for Food Safety: Is she satisfied that there is adequate information available to New Zealanders who wish to make an informed scientific submission on Monsanto's application to Food Standards Australia New Zealand ...
11:
Diebold
Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting
Fraud
Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie.
12:
UN
& Myanmar Strike Deal Possible Refugee
Returns
The United Nations refugee agency has reached an agreement with Myanmar's Government to begin measures to create the necessary conditions in the country's east to allow the large-scale return of refugees from neighbouring Thailand.
13:
Eritrean
Road Remains Closed To UN
Peacekeepers
Eritrea has retained restrictions on the movements of United Nations peacekeepers north of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) in the border area with Ethiopia, but Ethiopia lifted its interdictions in the south of the zone, the UN mission to the ...
14:
Don
Brash outlines National's tax priorities
National Party Leader Don Brash has moved to clarify his party's position on tax in a speech to the Institute of Directors in Auckland this morning.
15:
Ethiopia:
UN Appeals For Up To $100m For
Famine
Ethiopia: UN Appeals For Up To $100 Million To Buy Local Surplus To Feed Hungry
16:
Speech
Don Brash Institute of Directors breakfast
I want this morning to clarify where the National Party stands on tax policy, as our position has been mis-represented by an increasingly desperate Labour-led Government.
17:
NZ
Trade Speech: Brash - Currency and
intervention
It is a pleasure to be here this evening to take part in this celebration and exhibition of New Zealand export products and services. I intend to speak on the international outlook and the currency, before touching briefly on some of the policy areas that ...
18:
Noam
Chomsky: US-Haiti, An Analysis
Those who have any concern for Haiti will naturally want to understand how its most recent tragedy has been unfolding.
19:
Gibson's
seedy version of Orientalism
The Passion of the Christ Written and directed by Mel Gibson With James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern and Monica Bellucci Showing at major cinemas
20:
The
Real Deal: HUD Sec. Mel Martinez' Hotseat
(II)
In October of 2000, Kelly O'Meara published the first of her Pulitzer Prize deserving four year missing money series in Washington's Insight Magazine, ''Why is $59 billion Missing from HUD?''
21:
Public
Address 17/03/04 - Sin 'n'
Things
Is anyone concerned about our political leaders apparent inability to engage in a sustained debate without getting personal? We've already surrendered each day's parliamentary Question Time to name calling, mindless goading and point scoring. This doesn't seem ...
22:
Ex-Liberia
Leader Charles Taylor's Assets
Frozen
The United Nations Security Council today ordered all governments to freeze the assets of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor and his immediate family and barred them from using "misappropriated funds and property" to obstruct the restoration ...
23:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 17 March
2004
1. Genetically Modified Wheat—Monsanto 2. Civil Defence and Conservation, Ministers—Confidence 3. Social Development, Ministry—Legal Action 4. Community Education Courses—Members of Parliament 5. Taxation—Corporate Tax 6. Terrorism—Residency and Citizenship 7. ...
24:
Sexual
violence depiction causes audience
collapse
Chief Censor Bill Hastings and his censors from the Office of Film and Literature Classification Office have granted so many general R18 classifications to films containing gratuitous sexual violence combined with explicit sex, that one wonders what’s next ...
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said ACT welcomed the National party leader's commitment to lower taxes but are disappointed that National's proposals are driven by politics and not sound economics. "National's proposals are also unfair," said Mr ...
26:
The
bFM WIRE Today - Hosted By Russell
Brown
Roger Kerr from the Business Roundtable on The Wire to talk about his organisation's view on the foreshore debate, and why it takes that view.
27:
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 ...
28:
Brash
indulging in Kiwi bashing
Foreign Minister Phil Goff today accused National Party leader Don Brash of bad-mouthing New Zealand to advance his own political ambitions.
29:
Questions
& Answer For Oral Answer Tues 16
March
1. GERRY BROWNLEE (Deputy Leader—National) to the Prime Minister: Why is she now reported as saying there will be no announcements this week regarding a commission of inquiry into Treaty of Waitangi matters, when on Thursday she was reported to ...
30:
Lecture
on New Zealand's Constitution
An address that deals with the evolution of New Zealand's constitutional arrangements
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