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1: The
interview with Mr. Balasingham
follows
Tamil Guardian: What is your assessment of the current crisis? Do you think that Karuna's mutiny will seriously undermine the Tamil national struggle? How far will it affect the peace process?
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.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
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 ...
4:
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 ...
5:
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 ...
6:
John
Tamihere: Want my
job?
Applications are now being sought for young people wanting to take part in the 2004 Youth Parliament
7:
The
Real Deal: 9-11 Profiteering
A Framework for Building the ''Cui Bono?'' UnAnswered Questions - Much has transpired since September 11, 2001. Something does not add up. Someone has something to hide.
8:
Public
Address 14/04/04 - Unions And
Idols
Gordon Campbell has a perceptive story on where Iraq is likely to head in the next year or two in this week's Listener, quoting Juan Cole and Riverbend. I suspect he's right to argue that doom-mongers like Tariq Ali, and optimists like George Bush, ...
9:
The
Marines’ ''How To'' Handbook for
Empire
The Wall Street Journal, the official cheerleader publication for the neo-conservative effort to rejuvenate the U.S. Empire’s interventionist agenda around the world, carried a page one article April 7, 2004, entitled ''For Guidance in Iraq, Marines Rediscover ...
10:
Sunnis
and Shiites Rise up to Oppose US
Occupation
Iraq Explodes in Violence as Sunnis and Shiites Rise up to Oppose U.S. Occupation - Interview with Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, conducted by Scott Harris
11:
Satire:
Bush A Uniter, Not A Divider.. .In
Iraq
United Iraq-- Within just a year of invading and occupying Iraq, President Bush has succeeded in a task most experts thought impossible, uniting the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam, bringing an end to 1,400 years of sectarian war.
12:
Chuckman:
The Children Of Fallujah
Cartoon By John Chuckman
13:
Refinery
Fires - Cause Unknown Or
Untold?
February 20th 2004 - Friday " Fire reported at Tesoro California refinery " Tesoro Petroleum Corporation Martinez CA ( click here )
14:
Real
Deal: An Open Letter To Condoleezza
Rice
Dear Ms. Rice: I am writing to communicate four points regarding your testimony yesterday under oath before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
15:
Repubs.
Walk Out Of Hearing On Voting
Machines
As the battle over voting machines rages across the country, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights met on Friday, April 9th, to examine the ''Integrity, Security and Accessibility in the Nation's Readiness to Vote''. Two scientists and four representatives ...
16:
New
Zealand and China to work towards
FTA
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton announced today that New Zealand and China have agreed on a formal Trade and Economic Cooperation Framework.
17:
President
Bush Prime Time Press Conference Apr.
13
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Before I take your questions, let me speak with the American people about the situation in Iraq.
18:
UQ
Wire: The Silver Bullet
During her testimony to the 9-11 Commission, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said three times that there was no silver bullet that could have prevented the attacks of September 11.
19:
Haiti:
Armed Groups Still Active - AI
Delegation
At the end of a 15-day mission to Haiti, Amnesty International is deeply concerned for the security of the civilian population. Despite the presence of the Multinational Interim Force (MIF), a large number of armed groups continue to be active throughout ...
20:
End
human rights scandal in
Guantanamo
"I'm in a cage like an animal No one asked me am I human or not" Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay
21:
UQ
Wire: Failure to Provide Answers Fuels
Stories
A Letter to the Wall Street Journal. ''I fear you buried your lead. The reason citizens develop theories is because those with the responsibility, authority and resources to provide answers fail to do their job. ''
22:
Manuel
Valenzuela: Fallujah Crusade, Iraq
Escapade
Bodies that have ceased to breathe lie motionless on the streets of Fallujah, becoming stiff now that energy no longer flows through them. Everywhere they lay, dropping where they were killed by American forces.
23:
Movement
Against the Occupation of the Timor
Sea
On 19-22 April, the next round of Australia-East Timor Maritime Boundary talks will take place in Dili. East Timor's civil society is strongly opposed to the actions of Australia on this issue up to now, and is organizing a series of demonstrations ...
24:
Don’t
make Prince Edward our
Governor-General!
“Richard Worth’s promotion of Prince Edward as our next Governor-General is simply surreal, replacing a long-term tradition of appointing New Zealanders as Governor-General. I am surprised that he hasn’t started to scratch around the English countryside for ...
25:
Foreshore
law shuts non-Maori out of the
court
The Labour Government's double standards are alive and well in the seabed and foreshore policy unveiled last week, says National's Deputy Leader, Gerry Brownlee.
26:
NZ-China
FTA: Questions And Answers For
Media
Securing preferential access to China's economy has the potential to deliver significant gains to our exporters. It is the fastest growing major economy, currently growing at around 9.1% per annum. China is our fourth largest trading partner taking $1.38 ...
27:
Scoop
Feedback: Death and Casualty From
Iraq
The following feedback has been received from Scoop readers in response to our decision to publish graphic pictures from Al Jazeera showing the true horror of war.
28:
Israel's
1982 Attack On Lebanon Remembered
"On the fourth day of the 1982 Israeli attack on Lebanon, I crossed the border at a lonely spot near Metulla and looked for the front, which had already reached the outskirts of Sidon. I was driving my private car, accompanied by a woman photographer. ...
29:
Herald
Stoops To Lowest Ebb With French Spook
Spin
The Herald has abandoned acceptable checks and balances, printing a course of sensational unsubstantiated claim by an unknown former agent - of the same organization that bombed the Rainbow Warrior while docked at Auckland City’s Marsden Wharf in 1985.
30:
Upcoming
U.S Presidential Race and the Latino
Vote
How to win over Latino votes without offending those opposed to rewarding violators of the law who illegally enter the country.
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Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
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