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1: Americas
Cup - RR3 Raises Outstanding Match
Races
The Louis Vuitton Cup continues to provide thrilling match race action as Round Robin Three kicks into gear. The results are critical now, wins are worth nine points.
2:
Clark
Announces Cabinet And Rethink On
F-16s
Labour Leader Helen Clark today brought forward the announcement of her cabinet team after an election was held at caucus today. (See earlier story for details of who is in.)
3:
Labour
elects Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister-elect Helen Clark today announced Labour’s Cabinet ministers, following an election held at a meeting of the Labour caucus.
4:
Americas
Cup - Italy's Prada Team Tested In
RR3
Italy's Prada team shows its 3 year sailing experience on the Hauraki Gulf is placing it ahead of the Americas Cup challenger pack. It has a slick boat and a shrued team. But Sunday's race against Dennis Conner's Stars and Stripes will be revealing.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Clark
Announces Labour Cabinet
Positions
Labour Leader Helen Clark has announced the Labour members of the cabinet after a ballot was held today by the Labour caucus. It is a predictable announcement with no surprises.
The Labour and Alliance parties will form a coalition government with the following objectives: 1. to implement a policy platform which reduces inequality, is environmentally sustainable, and improves the social and economic wellbeing of all New Zealanders,
7:
HARD
NEWS: This Week is Another
Country
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... it is a new dawn, is it not? Well, it was a hell of a night anyway, and perhaps we ought to leave the Tony Blair stuff well alone. The news is this: the mood has lifted. Auckland has been fine and mild all week and, without ...
8:
Clark:
speech notes and Coalition
Agreement
Over the past sixteen months Labour and the Alliance have worked to develop understandings on how a coalition government formed between us would work.
9:
Cabinet
line-up means ACC rethink?
The Labour caucus' decision not to elect to cabinet their ACC spokesman and former president is a strong sign that the caucus believes renationalising ACC is a silly policy, according to ACT Leader Richard Prebble
10:
Americas
Cup - Prada Narrowly Beats Young
America
Leading Americas Cup challenger, Luna Rossa - ITA 48, marked her debut today by beating New York Yacht Club's Young America team. PLUS: the points, the weather, the forecast, who races who tomorrow and more...
11:
Americas
Cup - Hoist The Mainsail RR3 Kicks
Off
The Americas Cup Louis Vuitton challenger series is now getting serious with international teams competing for nine points a win. Only the top six teams will advance to the semi-finals so performance is critical in this round.
A communique from one section of the black bloc of N30 in Seattle
13:
Apology
over mistake not good enough
An apology by the chief statistician over the mistake made with the September quarter CPI was not good enough, Treasurer Bill English said today.
14:
Upton
On Collective Responsibility
Today in the old Legislative Council chamber Helen Clark and Jim Anderton signed their Coalition agreement. It was the same room where three years ago Jim Bolger and Winston Peters did the same thing. The same jokes were made about pens not working.
15:
Third
World Says No To “Green Room” WTO Bullying
The Seattle WTO talks have ended in failure with developing countries blaming the US, the European Union, Canada and Japan for shuffling them aside. John Howard reports.
16:
Americas
Cup - Prada Leads Table As RR2
Ends
Round Robin two of the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Selection Series ended after three previously cancelled matches were re-sailed from Race 6 of 14 November. Team Prada's yacht Luna Rossa completed the Round Robin yesterday with a total of 46 points, ...
17:
Jim
Anderton's coalition agreement signing speech
It is nine days since the election, at which the people of New Zealand voted clearly for change.
18:
Mars
Polar lander Appears Lost in
Space
The $165 million Mars Polar Lander appears to be doomed as an ominous silence greets all efforts to communicate with it.
19:
Greens
Reject Beeman’s Interference Over F-16
Deal
The Green Party says the United States should keep out of the domestic debate over the purchase of 28 F-16 fighters.
20:
Scoop
Column: People Of The World Let Down By
WTO
If there is one thing that came out of the failed WTO trade talks in Seattle, it is this; - the citizens of the world expected, after spending millions of their tax dollars, that world leaders would be capable of getting it right. John Howard writes.
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