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1: 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.
2:
Scoop
Images: Multicultural Aotearoa In
Wellington
The front of the 2000 strong march against racism reaches Lambton Quay. ''Diversity Yes, Racism No – Multicultural Aotearoa'' – the banner at the front of the march reads.
3:
Images:
Fairies Against Fascism Vs National
Front
Click for big version At Parliament during the low key National Front rally around 12.30pm the fairies were to the left, fascists to the right.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Images:
Departing LOTR Stars Meet Their
Planes
The Lord of the Ring's stars come face to face with themselves on the side of Air NZ planes as they bid New Zealand goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters Aragorn and Arwen.
5:
A Backgrounder On Today's Anti-Racism
March
When first-generation Chinese New Zealander Tze Ming Mok talked to a National Front member outside the Chinese Embassy in June, she was called a "peasant" and to return to her "third-world country". When she asked why he refused ...
6:
Baumgartner
jumps from world's highest
bridge
Austrian Felix Baumgartner, known for his Channel crossing in 2003, jumped from the highest bridge in the world (maximum height at the top of the pillars: 343 metres), which was recently completed near Millau in southern France. In order to avoid bridge ...
7:
Ahmed
Zaoui: Clash Of Civilisations
The end of the cold war and the events of September 11th have engendered an intense and ever-increasing focus from academics and observers about the heterogenic and conflictual relations between the West and Islam.
8:
Video:
The Scary Fairies And The National
Front
Scoop video taken by Alastair Thompson. For background see photo essays: Multicultural Aotearoa In Wellington and Fairies Against Fascism Vs National Front
9:
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.
10:
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 ...
11:
What
Did Aeschylus Write In "Daughters Of
Danaus"?
The US and its allies are teaching a new generation of courageous, creative, generous people to harden their hearts against them throughout the Middle East.
12:
14
Year Old Iranian Girl Sentenced To
Stoning
Stoning sentence of a 14 year old girl in Iran and three others in Nigeria; illegality of the war on Iraq; the Palestinian question; and socialism
13:
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 ...
14:
UQ
Wire: Erasing 9/11 History
An effort to expurgate ‘inconvenient knowledge’ about the 9.11 attack and the American response which followed gathered steam this week with two developments seemingly designed to remove from public view several crucial aspects of recent history.
The Crown Forestry Rental Trust (CFRT) is transforming itself into a streamlined organisation focused on achieving results quickly and efficiently. A number of positions are in the process of being advertised and an announcement regarding the appointment ...
16:
Scoop
Archive: UQ Wire: Erasing 9/11
History
An effort to expurgate `inconvenient knowledge' about the 9.11 attack and the American response which followed gathered steam this week with two developments seemingly designed to remove from public view several crucial aspects of recent history.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/96/fd/200410221346.c8bdd962.html
17:
Turning
Waste Wood Into Profit
Tokoroa Company Central Wood Recyclers (CWR) has developed a waste wood recovery business that reduces the impact of commercial forestry on the environment and provides an alternative fuel for industrial use.
18:
Carter
Holt Harvey completes Tissue
sale
On 12 May 2004 Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) advised the market that the agreement to sell its Tissue business and 50 per cent interest in Sancella to Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) had become unconditional.
19:
Meeting
Aligns Industry and Education
Provider
Waiariki Institute of Technology's skill, course structure and approach to education in wood processing and forestry were highly praised during a visit to the institute's Waipa campus and wood-processing mill by the Forest Industries Council CEO Stephen ...
20:
New
Book: Senator Wellstone Was
Murdered
Senator Paul Wellstone was, ''the first 1960s radical elected to the U.S. Senate.'' In Senate Race 2002, the White House made defeating Wellstone priority #1. Karl Rove hand-picked arch Republican Norm Coleman to run against him. Despite massive funding, ...
21:
American
Coup: Mid-Term Election Polls vs
Actuals
Scoop’s analysis found shows that - according to the polls - the Republican Party experienced a pronounced last minute swing in its favour of between 4 and 16 points. Remarkably this last minute swing appears to have been concentrated in its effects ...
22:
Scoop
Cartoon: The Lunatics Take Over The
Asylum
Cartoon from Paul McDonald of http://www.political-cartoons.co.nz/ George W. Bush And Planet Earth POLITICAL-CARTOONS.CO.NZ
23:
World
records and endangered squid
An attempt to break the world record for keeping squid alive will highlight the plight of the endangered animals to thousands across the world, says world-renowned squid expert, Dr Steve O’Shea.
24:
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 ...
25:
Sam
Smith: Battle Of The Bulge
SAM SMITH - The failure of the archaic media to evince more than a passing interest in the matter of the bulge in George Bush's back is an excellent example of a preeminent characteristic of the contemporary press: cowardice.
26:
Chuckman
Cartoon: John Kerry In New
Hampshire
John Kerry Cartoon by John Chuckman
27:
Civil
Unions “Anathema” to Marilyn
Waring
“Queer Nation”, TV2’s (Adults Only) programme, the one that “sizzles with sex appeal” according to its promo as it “explores the issues in New Zealand's gay and lesbian community”, featured a punishing attack last night on the concept of civil unions. ...
28:
UQ
Wire: Connecting The Dots Bush..Bath..Bin
Laden
Saudi Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz, an Osama bin Laden benefactor, has laundered money into tax-exempt U.S. entities for years as a foreign financier of terrorism. But a new 9/11 lawsuit is thrusting Mahfouz’s latent past business links to George W. ...
29:
Commonwealth
judo at the Trusts’
Stadium
Waitakere’s world-class sports stadium will host its first international event this month – the 2004 Commonwealth Judo Championship Tournament.
I have made a series of speeches about the policies of the Bush-Cheney administration - with regard to Iraq, the war on terror, civil liberties, the environment and other issues - beginning more than two years ago with a speech at the Commonwealth Club ...
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