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1:
UQ
Wire: Chossudovsky - Who Is Osama Bin
Laden?
www.UnansweredQuestions.orgAt eleven o’clock, on the morning of September 11, the Bush administration had already announced that Al Qaeda was responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) and the Pentagon. This assertion was made prior to the conduct of an ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00315.htm
2:
Chavez'
Comments: Strategy Or Ravings Of
Madman?
Greg PalastYou'd think George Bush would get down on his knees and kiss Hugo Chavez's behind. Not only has Chavez delivered cheap oil to the Bronx and other poor communities in the United States. And not only did he offer to bring aid to the victims of Katrina. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00326.htm
3:
Robert
Parry: The Bushes and the Truth About
Iran
Robert ParryThe Bushes and the Truth About Iran By Robert Parry Consortium News & Truthout.org Thursday 21 September 2006
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00323.htm
4:
Rising
workforce exodus threatens health
systems
World Health OrganisationA meeting here of senior health officials from the Western Pacific region was told that public health services in some countries risked being brought to their knees by the continuing exodus of health workers to wealthier nations.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0609/S00085.htm
5:
Thomas
A. Shannon - Why The Americas Matter
US State DepartmentWhy The Americas Matter Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs 4th Annual Killam Public Lecture Ottawa, Canada September 14, 2006
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00413.htm
6:
D.
Miller: The Impact of Iraq on the War on
Terror
David MillerIt is unlikely that history will be kind to George W. Bush. His election through a partisan vote in the Supreme Court polarised public opinion even as his first term in office begun and it quickly became fashionable for many people around the world ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00329.htm
7:
Ancient
Art Italy Wants Back From Boston's
MFA
Suzan MazurWith Boston's Museum of Fine Arts nearing an accord with Italy over its collection of classical art acquired primarily from Italy both before and after the1983 UNESCO curb on antiquities trafficking - I thought it might be interesting to revisit a ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00210.htm
8:
R
F Kennedy Jr.: Will the Next Election Be
Hacked?
Scoop LinkThe debacle of the 2000 presidential election made it all too apparent to most Americans that our electoral system is broken. And private-sector entrepreneurs were quick to offer a fix: Touch-screen voting machines, promised the industry and its lobbyists, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00333.htm
9:
ANZ
to appoint Feltex receiver
Craig and Graeme TurnerWe understand the ANZ Bank has advised Feltex Carpets that it intends to appoint a receiver to Feltex Carpets and its Australian subsidiaries.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0609/S00365.htm
10:
John
R. Bolton On Hugo Chavez Speech To
UNGA
US State DepartmentAmbassador Bolton: I just have a minute. I understand that President Chavez of Venezuela had some interesting things to say in the General Assembly this morning. You know it's a phenomenon of the United States that not only can he say those things in the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00415.htm
11:
National
caucus in disarray with Key’s
comments
New Zealand Labour PartyAttempts to quieten public division within the National Party caucus have been dealt a serious blow with comments from John Key and 32 other National MPs that they have lost confidence in Don Brash, Labour Strategist Pete Hodgson said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00491.htm
12:
Tiger
smells Bonfire at Ryder Cup
Crop and Food ResearchThe flaming orange flower of Begonia Bonfire, developed by Crop & Food Research in New Zealand, is perfectly positioned in front of Kildare's K Club as the heat builds between Teams USA and Europe at the Ryder Cup.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0609/S00043.htm
13:
Josette
Sheeran - Doing Business in the World
2007
US State DepartmentJosette Sheeran, Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Remarks at the U.S. Department of State Washington, DC September 8, 2006
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00411.htm
14:
Europe
Must Offer Financial Recompense For
Slaves
United NationsTwo centuries after the end of the British trade in African slaves to the Caribbean and the Americas, Europe has failed to apologize or offer any reparations “for this crime against humanity and genocide,” the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00419.htm
15:
Hugo
Chavez Address to the United Nations New
York
CommonDreams.OrgRepresentatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00412.htm
16:
Child
Obesity
Green MonkeyNutritionally-inferior, refined foods contribute to many of today's health problems, including obesity. So why train your baby to want it?
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0609/S00090.htm
17:
Higher
Risk of Cyclones Near, East of Date
Line
NIWAWeak to moderate El Niño conditions are likely to increase the chances of tropical cyclone activity for several tropical South Pacific countries over coming months. “For the coming tropical cyclone season, from November 2006 – May 2007, we are ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0609/S00039.htm
18:
Lyndon
Hood: Next Week In Politics
Lyndon HoodBrash to Clark: "I Know You Are, But What Am I?": Personal attacks have no place in politics according to National Party Leader Don Brash, and only a poo-brain like Helen Clark would resort to them; Clark Clarifies Brash Comments: I think it's quite ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00313.htm
19:
Thai
Coup Leaders Pursue Shinawatra
Collaborators
Richard S. EhrlichBANGKOK, Thailand -- Military coup leaders on Thursday (September 21) hunted for politicians, officials and other collaborators of the toppled elected government and hauled some in for questioning, after the billionaire prime minister, his family, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00312.htm
20:
Dr.
Paul Craig Roberts: War Criminal At
Bay
Guest OpinionPresident George Bush, betrayed by the neoconservatives whom he elevated to power and by his Attorney General, Torture Gonzales who gave him wrong legal advice, is locked in a desperate struggle with the Republican Congress to save himself from ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00301.htm
21:
'New
Eyes to See the Infinite
Possibilities'
The Maori PartyIt is an honour to be preceding Gilli (Sinclair) in speaking to you this morning. I have watched with interest the mahi Gilli is doing with Counties Manukau Counties DHB and the New Zealand Association for Adolescent Health and Development.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00500.htm
22:
Exodus
to Aust continues unabated
New Zealand National PartyNational’s Immigration Spokesman, Lockwood Smith, says the latest immigration statistics show that the exodus of Kiwis to Australia is continuing unabated. In the 12 months ending August 2006 we had inflows of migrants from the United Kingdom, Fiji, India, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00504.htm
23:
State
Dept. Daily Press Briefing September 21,
200
John GideonTHAILAND Reported Ban on Political Activities by the Coup Leaders US Calls for Swift Return to Democratic Rule Timetable for Elections Whereabouts of Thai Prime Minister Review of US Assistance Programs US Contacts with Thai Government and Coup Leaders
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00418.htm
24:
Feature:
Miranda Brown At Air NZ Fashion Week
fashionz.co.nzA body painted model wearing nothing but red corduroy shorts opened Miranda Brown’s show named Marama. Rather than the less wearable, “artistic” show some may have expected, the designer offered a pleasing array of frocks, coats, skirts and more ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0609/S00207.htm
25:
Copeland
supports ban on cell phone use
United Future NZ PartyUnited Future’s transport spokesperson Gordon Copeland today gave his backing to a call to ban hand held phones whilst driving a car or other vehicle.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00502.htm
26:
Teachers
turned food police
New Zealand National PartyTeachers will have to be trained experts on diet to comply with new Government rules on food in schools, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00501.htm
27:
Feature:
Huffer At Air NZ Fashion Week
fashionz.co.nzDistinctly New Zealand label Huffer made their debut at this year’s ANZFW, with one of the most anticipated shows on the schedule. Held off-site at the Huffer headquarters on Queen Street, royal antique chairs surrounded the catwalk which was formed from ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0609/S00222.htm
28:
Emma
Moore: China - Just A Pile Of Stats?
Emma MooreThere is no shortage of inches devoted to China in the New Zealand media. China’s economy, top companies, financial institutions, trade surpluses, trading relationships, savings and spending rates… Are you detecting a theme? Yes, all of these stories ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00330.htm
29:
Reclaiming
The Issues: "Keep George Out Of Jail"
Thom HartmannThe Republicans are trying to keep George W. Bush out of jail. So far, the media and the Democrats haven't done much to stop them.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00327.htm
30:
Telecom
Sells 90% Shareholding In Telecom
Samoa
Telecom New ZealandTelecom today confirmed the sale of its 90% shareholding in Telecom Samoa Cellular Limited to Digicel (Samoa) Limited (a subsidiary of the Digicel Group).
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0609/S00396.htm
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