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1:
United
Future to oppose two Govt
Bills
United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, today announced that the Parliamentary caucus has decided to oppose the Tertiary Education Reform Bill and the Television New Zealand Bill, currently being considered by Parliament.
2:
UQ
Wire: Secret Bush Iraq Regime Change Blueprint
A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.
3:
UQ
Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On
Purpose!
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
NewsFlash:
Iraq Accepts UN Weapons
Inspectors
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has just announced that Iraq has written to him saying it is willing to accept the return of weapons inspectors unconditionally.
5:
Questions
For Oral Answer - 17 September
2002
1. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Defence: Does he intend to continue to refuse comment on the activities of the New Zealand Special Air Service in Afghanistan following editorial comments in The Dominion Post today that "On such a vital subject ...
6:
Is
A War Against Iraq A Real
Possibility?
Unfortunately the US is on a determined course towards war that can only be stopped by a massive international movement of opposition.
7:
What's
next - sheep from Australia?
Green 'Buy Local' Spokesperson Mike Ward today said he was surprised to learn that large chunks of Lambton Quay were being repaved with bricks imported from Australia.
8:
Could
Iraq be the United Nations’ Finest
Hour?
Over the past decade there have been serious questions raised as to the effectiveness of the United Nations when it comes to dealing with conflict. Situations such as Bosnia, Angola and Somalia have all indicated that the UN was struggling not only ...
Racists in our midst? Without doubt Winston Peters has won first place in the ‘racist we all love to hate,’ category. No right thinking, liberal minded person would embrace his philosophies. Even his deputy, Peter Brown landed in hot water over his comments ...
10:
White
House Statement On Iraq Weapons
Inspections
As the President said, the UN Security Council needs to decide how to enforce its own resolutions, which the Iraqi regime has defied for more than a decade.
11:
UnderNews:
Regime Change Needed In US
Media
As we move towards a broader war against Iraq - remember, the last one never ended - one thing is clear: there is a definite need for a regime change. . . in the American media.
12:
UQ
Wire: US Drillers Eye Huge Iraqi Petroleum
Pool
A U.S.-led ouster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein could open a bonanza for American oil companies long banished from Iraq, scuttling oil deals between Baghdad and Russia, France and other countries, and reshuffling world petroleum markets, according to ...
13:
Iraq's
decision: victory for peaceful int
pressure
Iraq's decision to allow UN weapons inspectors back into the country is a victory for the use of peaceful international pressure, Green Party Defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
14:
William
Rivers Pitt: Murder for
Profit
Some will tell you that the sudden, seemingly inexplicable rush to war with Iraq is nothing more or less than a ruse to get economic scandals off the front pages and out of the nightly news cycles. July was a catastrophically bad month for the ...
15:
One
small step for Cullen and Bollard
Rt Hon Winston Peters has described the new policy target agreement between the Reserve Bank Governor and the Government as a contract in semantics.
16:
New
Policy Targets Agreement - joint
statement
The Finance Minister and the incoming Governor of the Reserve Bank today signed a new Policy Targets Agreement (PTA), which sets out specific targets for achieving and maintaining price stability.
17:
New
Deputy Chief Censor
Appointed
Internal Affairs Minister, George Hawkins, today announced the appointment of Nicola McCully as the new Deputy Chief Censor at the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
18:
Tinkering
will not boost economic growth -
Brash
The biggest danger in changing what was a perfectly satisfactory agreement on inflation control is that people may be fooled into thinking it will boost economic growth – and it will not, says National’s Finance spokesman, Don Brash.
19:
ACT
condemns new reserve bank
target
Deliberately planning extra inflation is the government condoning a loss of income for savers and wage and salary earners, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today.
20:
US
Stance Vindicated by Iraqi
Backdown
The unconditional acceptance by Iraq of United Nations weapons inspectors is a vindication of President Bush's strong and determined stance, ACT Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs and Defence spokesman Ken Shirley said today.
21:
Richard
Prebble's Letter From
Wellington
Helen Clark is now among the world’s leading critics of President Bush’s call for action against Iraq. She even questions the legality of UN resolutions on Iraq, saying Saddam has been in defiance so long, the resolutions have lapsed. NZ is one of the ...
22:
Bailey
Junior was Hidden by Education
Minister
ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today reiterated her call for the Government to allow the development of high-quality alternative education providers.
23:
A
Teachable Moment in Debate Over American
Values
Americans gathered together in small towns and large cities across the nation on Sept. 11 to remember and mourn the enormous loss of life and destruction wrought by last year's terrorist assaults on New York City and Washington, D.C. But while ...
24:
Stateside
with Rosalea: The TV Duel
Midweek, a Yugoslavian work colleague went out of his way to tell me what a great team the Tall Blacks are, thus saving me from the conspiracy theory that had been forming in my mind since the previous weekend. Who can blame me for thinking that ...
25:
Web
Site Data Undermines NZ’s Secret War
Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has criticised the government for denying the public information about our SAS troops in Afghanistan that is readily available on the internet.
26:
SRA
Commentary: The War on Terror in Latin
America
These days the attention of the world is on the Middle East and the imminent invasion of Iraq. This is understandable if only because it is such good theatre. President Bush’s speech to United Nations was a symbolic event redolent with meaning. Bush, ...
27:
High
Court action: Minister and Vacant
Censor
High Court proceedings have been brought against the Hon. George Hawkins, Minister of Internal Affairs, regarding a three-year vacancy in a statutory appointment in the Censor’s Office that he is responsible for. The case, which was scheduled for ...
28:
Alexander
disturbed at young killer sentences
United Future New Zealand’s law and order spokesman, Marc Alexander, said today he was deeply disturbed at the light sentences handed down to the teenage killers of pizza delivery man, Michael Choy.
29:
New
Minister jumps to conclusions
New Conservation Minister, Chris Carter, should have done some fact-finding on the West Coast before bluntly dismissing plans to build a new Arnold River hydroelectric power scheme, says National’s Conservation spokesperson Shane Ardern. “Chris Carter ...
30:
Scoop
Feedback: 911 And All That
In This Edition: A reply to Keith Rankin's "A Brief Reflection" - Getting Right Up Their Noses - The Real Y2k Bug - 911 And All That - Link: The Ballad of John O'Neill
Binoy Kampmark: AUKUS - Flawed And Sinking
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Darkest Hour Before Dawn Or The Sum Of All Dark Ages?
Gordon Campbell: On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context
Ramzy Baroud: Israel Destroyed Gaza ‘For Generations To Come’ And The World Stayed Silent
Binoy Kampmark: Detained Without Charge - Eleven Yemenis Leave Guantánamo
Ramzy Baroud: The War Criminal 'Victim' - Netanyahu’s Inevitable Fate