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Having watched New Zealand rail begin its journey towards privatisation, former Labour MP Dr Clive Matthewson has found himself in charge of a renationalised rail track network.
Dr Matthewson has been named as one of three new directors on the New Zealand Railways Corporation following the Government’s purchase of the nation’s rail infrastructure from Toll Holdings for $1 at the end of last month.
The other two new directors are former Dairy Workers Union secretary Ray Potroz and Transit (…)

2004, Friday July 23 [March to Jerusalem Holy Sites] This morning we gathered at around 11 AM. The plan was to meet hundreds of Palestinians from Jenin, Tulkarem and Nablus at the Qalundia checkpoint and march toward Jerusalem in order to demand freedom of worship and access to the holy sites in Jerusalem. But many of these people never arrived. They were held up at various checkpoints within the West Bank. After nearly two hours of negotiating, about ten buses returned to Tulkarem and (…)

by Robert Thompson Mr Sharon has now got just what he wanted. His double triumph is horrendous. He is reported to have expressed sadness - what are commonly called "crocodile tears" no doubt!!! First of all, he got apparently unconditional support from Mr George W. Bush for his plan to annex still more Palestinian land, while giving up the least important of the illegally occupied lands in the Gaza Strip. He also offered to give up a few outposts in the West Bank, while annexing (…)

The 9-11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Official Government Edition
The Commission’s Final Report provides a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. It also includes recommendations designed to guard against future attacks. Below you will find the official Government (…)

There has been much talk of the draft, especially with the ’stop loss’ orders that already have 50,000 plus troops serving. Kerry has long claimed he would ’add 40,000 troops’ to the army- but when Kucinich asked him about where the troops were coming from, Kerry avoided the question.
Now, just before the convention, Kerry finally tells us (indirectly) where he’ll get those 40,000 troops when nobody is signing up to die for oil anymore.
Kerry tells black voters, piss off. I’m not going (…)

By Aljazeera
An Egyptian diplomat has been seized in Baghdad by a group calling itself "Lions of God Battalions in Iraq".
The capture was in response to comments by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif that Egypt is ready to offer its security experience to the interim Iraqi government, a videotape aired on Aljazeera channel said
The captive has been identified as Muhammad Mamduh Hilmi Qutb, the television said based on the videotape sent to it by the group on Friday.
Egypt reaction (…)

Nine Iraqi civilians have been killed after a US tank crashed into their bus, amid a conflicting version of the incident from the American military.
A passenger on the bus told Associated Press Television News (APTN) that the tank crashed into a bus in Tarmiyah, 50km north of Baghdad, late on Thursday, as they returned from a wedding.
"An American armoured vehicle hit them and left," he said, adding 12 people from the same family had been in the bus.
Iraqi police Captain Adnan Salih (…)

WASHINGTON. Thirty-nine prisoners have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since the fall of 2001 and there have been 94 cases of proven or suspected abuse, according to a new report by the Army. The report released yesterday by the Army’s inspector general gives a more precise and higher estimate of the scale of the abuse.
The report also gives new details about the alleged abuses, including evidence that troops conspired to make Iraqi prisoners jump off a bridge, that one (…)

A roadside bomb in the northern city of Samarra has detonated, killing two US troops and wounding another, the U.S. military said Friday.
Meanwhile, American forces launched a "precision strike" Friday on elements linked to Jordanian activist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the western city of Fallujah, the U.S. military said.
The military said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that the attack was conducted "in coordination with the Iraqi government."
It reported no casualties, but (…)

585 pages- it’s too much to read, so don’t even bother folks. They produced this monstrosity to convice you that they’ve REALLY researched, and you don’t have time to look into this like we did, so just trust us: The gov’t did their best, but they just weren’t prepared for such an attack.
The official 911 Report (7mb pdf) is so full of holes, all you need is common sense to see through their lies- and it doesn’t take 585 pages to prove that this a cover-up... using their own document- and (…)