March 2008
Russian Intelligence Sees U.S. Military Buildup on Iran Border
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday. “The latest military intelligence data point to heightened U.S. military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran,” the official [...]
Helping hand for NZ car buyers looking for savings
Car buyers wanting to save money on their fuel bills will find it easier to choose a vehicle that goes further on a full tank, as a result of new fuel efficiency labels. David Parker, Minister for Energy and Climate Change Issues, and Jeanette Fitzsimons, Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and Conservation, today officially unveiled [...]
Putting the poor and vulnerable on the agenda
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) today launched an information programme for raising public awareness of social justice and compassion issues, under the theme Let Us Look After Each Other Aroha t?tahi ki t?tahi. We chose this theme because it expresses a love of the people, for the people it [...]
APRIL 6 SNEAK ATTACK BY US FORCES AGAINST IRAN PLANNED, RUSSIAN MILITARY SOURCES WARN
The long awaited US military attack on Iran is now on track for the first week of April, specifically for 4 AM on April 6, the Good Friday opening of Easter weekend, writes the well-known Russian journalist Andrei Uglanov in the Moscow weekly “Argumenty Nedeli.” Uglanov cites Russian military experts close to the Russian General [...]
Death of the Bees: GMO Crops and the Decline of Bee Colonies in North America
This essay will discuss the arguments and seriousness pertaining to the massive deaths and the decline of Bee colonies in North America. As well, it will shed light on a worldwide hunger issue that will have an economical and ecological impact in the very near future. There are many reasons given to the decline in Bees, but [...]
GM Brassica High Court case two day hearing on 31st March
GE Free NZ (in food and environment) GM Brassica hearing is set down for the High Court in Wellington on March 31st. T he case will be heard over two days. GE Free NZ (in food and environment) filed High Court Papers on 25 June 2007 in relation to errors in law relating to approvals [...]
Excerpt from ‘Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products’
The following is an excerpt from investigative reporter Mark Schapiro’s book, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products
and What’s at Stake for American Power. Schapiro’s book reveals how the European Union is demanding that multinationals manufacture
safer products, while products developed and sold in the United States are increasingly equated with serious health hazards, and are [...]
Transgenic Cotton Offers No Advantage
The use of transgenic cotton does not provide increased returns to the farmer. This is the conclusion of a 4-year study reported in Agronomy Journal by researchers at the University of Georgia and the US Department of Agriculture [...]
Kosovo: Criminal Justice System Fails Victims
Kosovos government should fully cooperate with the European Unions newly deployed rule-of-law mission in reforming Kosovos criminal justice system that remains extremely weak, despite efforts to strengthen it over the past two years, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The EU mission (known as EULEX) is expected to lead justice reform [...]
Local Control Saves Forests - Report
NEW YORK, Mar 27 (OneWorld) - There will likely be fewer wildfires and more trees for future generations if loggers abide by a set of international rules on forest management, says a new study by independent environmentalists.
The Peten’s forests. © nasa.gov
In releasing the 18-page study, the New [...]
The April Fools at the US EPA
The US Environmental Protection Agency has come under relentless pressure to do something — anything — about global warming, particularly after the Supreme Court ordered it to do so. And the Agency has indeed been busy, at least when it comes to finding new and interesting ways to stonewall Congress and block action on global [...]
Global Food Prices Rise And Famine Increases
The United Nations body World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the rise in global food prices will reduce its ability to feed hungry [...]
Bush Oil Policy Hit By Conservative Magazine
Just in case you think all conservatives are cheering on President Bush for persisting in his war against Iraq, I call to your attention the March 10th cover story of The American Conservative magazine, titled, Oil For War. Accompanying the drawing of a fuel hose pumping gasoline into the desert sands, which is what the [...]
Food Safety Review Lacks True Independence
Soil & Health is concerned that the review of some New Zealand Food Safety Authoritys (NZFSA) decisions including A1-A2 milk, artificial sweetener aspartame and campylobacter, lacks the independence required. In a fox in charge of the henhouse scenario, the NZFSA who was being criticised for its decisions, decided on a [...]
Is an International Financial Conspiracy Driving World Events?
Was Alan Greenspan really as dumb as he looks in creating the late housing bubble that threatens to bring the entire Western debt-based economy crashing down? Was something as easy to foresee as this really the trigger for a meltdown that could destroy the world’s financial system? Or was it done, perhaps, “accidentally on purpose”? [...]
Loss of Endangered Species Protection Leaves US Wolves at Risk
Recently, the Northern Rockies Gray Wolf was officially removed from protection under the Endangered Species Act. The premature delisting leaves wolves at the mercy of aggressive, non-scientific state management plans. “Right now, the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming lack balanced wolf management plans,” said Sierra Club representative Melanie Stein. “The state plans are based [...]
Oils Fuzzy Math: Prices Skyrocket Despite Modest Growth in Demand
Washington, D.C.Oil prices have skyrocketed despite the fact that world oil demand grew just 1 percent in 2007, according to the latest Vital Sign Update from the Worldwatch Institute. Contrary to published reports, the new era of $100-plus oil is not caused by soaring demand for the energy source, but by inadequate global supply.
Oil prices [...]
The Tibet Card
During the Vietnam era, the United States eagerly supported the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem, a man who brutally oppressed the Buddhists; yet today our government has risen in defense of the Dalai Lama and Tibet. Has our sordid history finally led to compassion for the people of Tibet? [...]
Greenpeace ship highlights Government hyprocrisy - Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition applauds yesterdays coal ship blockade by crew of the Greenpeace vessel the Rainbow Warrior. Its time that the New Zealand Government owned up to the hypocrisy of banning future coal-fired power stations here while sending millions of tonnes of coal overseas every year, says spokesperson Alan Liefting.
Greenpeaces actions have helped [...]
Lyttelton Coal blockade benefits biodiversity
The West Coast Branch of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society has welcomed the blockade of a coal carrier in Lyttleton Harbour by the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior. Climate change is the biggest threat to biodiversity and ecosystems in the 21st century, with around one-quarter of species predicted to become extinct. The continued burning [...]
Day of Infamy: The March 20, 2008 US Declaration of War on Iran
March 20, 2008, destined to be another day of infamy. On this date the US officially declared war on Iran. But it’s not going to be the kind of war many have been expecting. No, there was no dramatic televised announcement by President George W. Bush from the White House oval office. In fact on [...]
EU Commission Expert Groups Dominated by Industry
Brussels - Industry lobbyists are dominating parts of the European law-making process, campaigners warned today on the back of a new report analysing the membership of a number of Commission Expert Groups. Researchers also warn that the European Commission is impeding public accountability, by failing to reveal details of who sits on the Groups. ALTER-EU [...]
Greenpeace occupies coal ship
Lyttelton, NZ Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior has blocked a shipment of export coal from leaving the Port of Lyttelton. This is the first time the Rainbow Warrior has been used to block another ship in New Zealand. It has anchored in front of 225-metre bulker the Hellenic Sea, which carries up to 60 [...]
Porn Free Pastor Tours Australia and NZ
Craig Gross, founder and pastor of the United Stated based XXXchurch.com is currently touring Australia. A former you pastor turned self proclaimed Porn Pastor, Gross started XXXchurch.com in 2002. The website has been featured around the world and is the largest website on the Internet tackling the issue of pornography addiction which Gross says is [...]
The FDA Still Ignores the Lethal Risks of Talcum
CHICAGO, IL - Up to 20 percent of U.S. pre-menopausal women regularly dust their genital area, sanitary pads or contraceptive diaphragms with cosmetic grade talcum powder. Manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, and widely distributed by Osco and Walgreens, besides other drug stores, women have been persuaded by advertisements to dust themselves to mask alleged genital [...]
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