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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:
Are
our spooks looking the wrong
way?
Green MP Keith Locke is concerned that the New Zealand and Australian security agencies might be overlooking the threat from supposedly 'friendly' countries like Israel.
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:
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 ...
5:
Scoop
Archive: 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.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/a4/6e/200310011051.a758ad73.html
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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.
7:
Israelis
Sentenced To Six-Months In NZ
Prison
Two Israeli men suspected of being involved in an Israeli intelligence passport acquiring scam have been sentenced to six months imprisonment respectively in the Auckland High Court this afternoon.
8:
Scoop
911 Preview Gets Better + AFTERMATH +
Cash!
Scoop 911 Preview Gets MULCHO Better: See AFTERMATH & Get Deception Cash NOTE NEW START TIME... 5.45pm Friday, July 23rd, Reading Cinemas
9:
Sheila
Samples - It's The Questions,
Stupid!
On July 4th, Bush told a meticulously selected right-wing crowd in Charleston, W.Va. that war brings security at home. He said it's his duty as our Leader to keep seizing opportunities to make us safer and safer.
10:
PA
Consulting Group Announces Financial
Results
PA Consulting Group, the leading management, systems and technology consulting firm, today announced strong financial results in a difficult consulting climate, with group revenues increased to $1.4billion (from $1.1billion in 2000) and the group ...
11:
Public
Address 16/07/04 - Take That!
No, it won't have done Helen Clark any political harm domestically to have been able to lay down the law to the Israeli government on live TV last night. The sentencing just before 6pm of the two Israeli agents on charges of fraudulently attempting to ...
12:
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.
13:
Scoop
Archive: UQ Wire:Feds Knew About 911 Bribery Before
Attacks
Homeland Security whistleblower Mary Schneider is naming names, revealing that former FBI Director Louis Freeh, Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and numerous U.S. senators and congressmen knew before the September 11 attacks that ...http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/c3/b6/200407151548.9c9cf701.html
14:
Te
Mana Races To The Aid Of A Merchant
Ship
Click for big version Photo Caption: HMNZS Te Mana in the Gulf of Oman during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Crown Copyright
15:
The
Real Estate Market Has
Peaked
Studies of real estate cycles show property prices go up in the first four stages of the cycle, go flat in step #5, then go down for four stages, says investment consultant Charles Drace, author of “How to Survive the New Zealand Residential Property Crash”.
16:
Darfur
Horror: What are Muslims Waiting
For?
It seems that while the rest of the world is indulging in semantic and diplomatic tussles, the Muslim World is waiting for somebody from the rest of the world to once again come and solve Muslim problems. Then they will get into action to scream "foreign ...
17:
Oracle
and Macromedia announce
partnership
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - July 16, 2004 - Oracle Corp. and Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) announced a partnership to improve integration between Macromedia products and Oracle's learning management system. The partnership will help make it significantly easier ...
18:
Call
to suspend Israel from United
Nations
The Palestine Human Rights Campaign applauds the strong statements made by the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, on behalf of the New Zealand Government concerning the convicted Israeli spies.
19:
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 ...
20:
Aids
Wreaks Devastating Toll On Human
Development
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is having a catastrophic impact on human development in sub-Saharan Africa, reducing life expectancy and living standards in many countries and reversing the effects of any gains made in other fields, the United Nations Development Programme ...
21:
Facts you won't hear from Nandor
Tanczos
In the past decade, the number of cannabis-users before the courts who were not facing other criminal charges has fallen by half, United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander said today.
22:
UQ
Wire:Feds Knew About 911 Bribery Before
Attacks
Homeland Security whistleblower Mary Schneider is naming names, revealing that former FBI Director Louis Freeh, Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and numerous U.S. senators and congressmen knew before the September 11 attacks that ...
23:
Full
Coverage: Nicolas Berg Beheading
Firas Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be Damned - Nicholas Berg screamed. He screamed when he saw the sword brandished in the hands of one of his captors. He screamed when he was pushed down on the ground and his held pulled back, ready for the slaughter. ...
24:
Pacific
Arts Festival - 2004
About the Festival The Festival of Pacific Arts has been held every four years since 1972. It is well-established and recognised as a premier event and instrument for regional relations and the preservation of the Pacific’s cultural heritage.
25:
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 ...
26:
Robson
Invoices Hon David Benson Pope
For services: Use of original material, unattributed and almost word for word
27:
Donna
Awatere Huata V Richard William
Prebble
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NEW ZEALAND CA34/04 BETWEEN DONNA AWATERE HUATA Appellant AND RICHARD WILLIAM PREBBLE First Respondent AND KEN SHIRLEY Second Respondent
28:
Chief
Censor and Anal Rape film “Twentynine
Palms”
The classification decision for the film “Twentynine Palms” was entered into the Register by the Office of Film and Literature Classification on 28 April 2004 (see Appendix below for full copy of decision). The film’s “nightmare-inducing” representation ...
29:
Scoop
Oddity: US Lap Top Bag Laundry
Instructions
In the photo you will see a label from a lap top bag, which is made by a small American company. The label is in French. The translation is below:
30:
Karl
Rove's Diary: Time for Those
''Surprises''
Dear Diary: On with the cape, the Boy-Genius needs to ride again! I've got to do SOMETHING to pull us out of the tailspin we're in. It isn't gonna be easy, given the gross mistakes a lot of us made -- and, yep, I'm thinking primarily of Rummy, ...
ENDS
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