Public Address 8/10/07 - Recrimination Not Needed

I was on my bike, literally, by the time the post-match interviews were underway. It was a lovely morning, and the streets were quiet between home and Coyle Park, the green area at the point of Point Chevalier. Just the odd glum driver trundling ...

Paul Smith: All Blacks And Underdogs

Paul Smith writes: Losing is never easy, especially when it comes with a suspicion we lost much earlier to an off-field factor - Marketing. Was there ever a sporting journey marked by such hype and followed by such failure? Yes, the America's Cup ...

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 7 October 2007

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Christchurch Shows Solidarity With Burma

Under a glaring Christchurch sun, a quiet but dedicated crowd gathered on Saturday in a show of solidarity for the Burmese people. As part of Global Action Day for Burma, a demonstration was held in Victoria Square at 12 noon.

Peters Will Consider National As A Partner

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he will consider the National Party as a coalition partner after next years election. Speaking on TV One's "Agenda" Mr Peters said the National Party could be a potential political partner, nine years ...

Activists Face Six Months for Anti-War Posters

Washington, D.C.-- Three activists who were arrested at a press conference near Lafayette Park appeared in Washington D.C. Superior Court yesterday where they were given a trial date of January 3, 2008, and face a six-month prison sentence.

Censored again - and proud of it

The bad news is, the Palast team has won its tenth-in-a-row “Project Censored” prize. For another story that Big Media won’t dare touch.

Daily Voting News For October 6, 2007

Ohio Co. West Virginia and Belmont Co. Ohio both use ES&S iVotronic voting machines. Belmont Co was recently presented with a contract from ES&S for programming, licensing, and maintenance. That contract was for $50,000 annually. The county turned down the ...

Uri Avnery: Two Knights and a Dragon

THERE ARE books that change people's consciousness and change history. Some tell a story, like Harriet Beech Stowe's 1851 "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which gave a huge impetus to the campaign for the abolition of slavery. Others take the form ...

India ranks 72 in Corruption Index

The 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report in 180 countries merits India at rank 72. CPI Report looks at perceptions of public sector corruption, scoring countries on a scale from zero to ten, with zero indicating high levels of perceived ...

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 6 October 2007

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Stateside With Rosalea: Doco-diplomacy

Back in 2005, public television broadcasters from around the world came together for a conference in San Francisco at which they showed their work to their peers and met both formally and informally to discuss the role of public broadcasting in ...

Haider Abdul-Shafi: Passing Undefeated

The recent death of Haider Abdul-Shafi could not have come at a worse time. Bearing in mind the grim shortcomings of the Palestinian leadership and the lack of any serious attempt to rectify the situation, the loss of this unique and iconic leader feels ...

Martin LeFevre: Why I’m Not a Buddhist, Part Two

Many Buddhists make the same argument for why they belong to their religion that followers of theistic religions make. They maintain that humans need tradition and ritual because human nature has a tendency to drift (or plunge) off in any number ...

Nepal’s CA Polls Postponed

Nepal’s six political parties have decided to postpone the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections scheduled for 22 November 2007. This information came from political sources affiliated to parties. As to the postponement, the Nepali Congress and the ...

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