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<title>Climate Reality, issue one</title>
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<title>Global Governance on climate agenda</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MISSION INCREDIBLE &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clark tasked to pave the way for World Government&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Media commentators missed the big story in Helen Clark’s appointment to the United Nations Development Programme. As bestselling “Air Con” author IAN WISHART explains, she takes the helm in the UN’s number three position just as the UN pitches to become an overarching world government, with real executive powers and effective control of the armies of all UN members. Clark didn’t join the UNDP to concentrate on third world charity work, but with a much bigger brief:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“What is at stake is to launch a reform process of the general UN system in view of fostering a new global agenda and building a New World Order.”&lt;br /&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:47:22 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Free preview of Ian Wishart&apos;s new book AIR CON</title>
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&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s being released on April 27, 300 pages, more than 400 footnoted references to the latest scientific data on climate change...this will be the most controversial book of the year in this country.&lt;br /&gt;
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As one scientist has already said after reading the book:&lt;br /&gt;
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“I started reading this book with an intensely critical eye, expecting that a mere journalist could not possibly cope with the complexities of climate science … [But] He gives chapter and verse for almost everything he says and he has been far more far-ranging in searching the web than anyone else  I know. The book is brilliant. The best I have seen which deals with the news item side of it as well as the science. He has done a very thorough job and I have no hesitation in unreserved commendation. It has come along at the time we most need it and I hope it is published and publicized  widely.”&lt;br /&gt;
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Read a preview below, pre-order here for guaranteed delivery: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tgifedition.com&quot;&gt;http://www.tgifedition.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:53:31 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Investigate magazine preview, April 09</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:06:20 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>In the latest Investigate magazine</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:36:31 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Massive story breaking in TGIF Edition tonight</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;What do Osama bin Laden, the world&apos;s biggest cargo ship, a motherload of quartz (yeah, I meant &apos;load&apos;), the world&apos;s fourth most-wanted criminal (some call him the deadliest), the CIA, MI6, a shipload of onions (seriously, onions), drug running, gold smuggling, a magnate&apos;s visceral gut wrenching fear as his global empire hung on a thread, the Cook Islands, Dubai, last November&apos;s Mumbai terror attacks, a current National Government minister, a brazen $278 million dollar fraud against the Government of Indonesia, money laundering in Australia and India, run out of an Auckland office, the NZSX, and a former Cabinet Minister in the Helen Clark government…all have in common?
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find out tonight…a special 4,000 word investigation, political and corporate dynamite, other media will be rushing to match it, but only TGIF will have the complete coverage, only for subscribers, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tgifedition.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tgifedition.com&lt;/a&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:14:43 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>The One seizes control in messianic style</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;Inaugural images designed to emphasize Obama&apos;s theme of populist social renewal
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&lt;p&gt;	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By Mike Dorning&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chicago Tribune&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(MCT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    WASHINGTON - From lines of flag-waving Americans along the railroad tracks to a statue of Abraham Lincoln gazing down on a huge outdoor concert and hundreds of thousands filling the Mall for the inauguration, Barack Obama is projecting images designed to reinforce themes of his candidacy - and build his political strength in the Oval Office.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    Along with a sense of historic moment and the possibility of renewed national unity, Obama&apos;s aides have sought to convey above all one idea: His presidency is not the triumph of an individual politician but the embodiment of a huge, bottom-up social movement.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    Whether or not the choreography achieves its goal and Obama succeeds with his ambitious policy agenda remain to be seen. But throughout the inauguration, his aides have tried to build his political strength by shaping the pictures that will linger in the minds of millions of Americans.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    In effect, they have seen the occasion as an opportunity to encourage viewers&apos; sense of identification with the new president and his goals, and at the same time subtly warn potential opponents: Opposing Obama is to oppose a vast popular movement.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:07:11 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Breaking Story: full details in tonight’s TGIF Edition</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;In tonight&apos;s TGIF Edition … caught on videotape…the story police never wanted you to hear…see or read about…
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s the first TGIF of 2009, and this is one story you really don&apos;t want to miss…
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TGIF is New Zealand&apos;s first fully digital newspaper, 20 pages of news from here and around the world delivered direct to your email inbox, but first you have to register on our website.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Caught on videotape. Police tried to keep it hidden, but we found out, and tonight so will you…but only if you subscribe.
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:19:08 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Breaking Story: full details in tonight’s TGIF Edition</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;In tonight&apos;s TGIF Edition … caught on videotape…the story police never wanted you to hear…see or read about…
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s the first TGIF of 2009, and this is one story you really don&apos;t want to miss…
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TGIF is New Zealand&apos;s first fully digital newspaper, 20 pages of news from here and around the world delivered direct to your email inbox, but first you have to register on our website.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Caught on videotape. Police tried to keep it hidden, but we found out, and tonight so will you…but only if you subscribe.
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:17:00 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Unholy War: May 02 issue</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;The roots of today’s Middle East conflict may have more to do with Hitler’s Nazi holocaust than many in the west realise. As Israeli forces pound Palestinian and Hezbollah positions on a sporadic basis, and suicide bombers wreak havoc in Jerusalem, it is difficult to reconstruct history’s divergent strands and work out where the conflict has its origins. Difficult, perhaps. But not impossible. IAN WISHART traces the background &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<category>Islamofascism</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:42:52 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Investigate Magazine, Dec 08</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;December&apos;s Investigate magazine can be viewed here as a Flash document - the first time the entire magazine has ever appeared online. To obtain a hard copy or a downloadable PDF, visit our website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tgifedition.com&quot;&gt;http://www.tgifedition.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:53:17 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois ‘mafia’ associations drag Obama down</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;Blagojevich scandal threatens to be a distraction for Obama&apos;s transition team
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By Marisa Taylor and Steven Thomma
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McClatchy Newspapers
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PHOTO: Chicago Tribune
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    WASHINGTON -  President-elect Barack Obama was untainted but not untouched Tuesday by the stunning scandal surrounding charges that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell Obama&apos;s vacant Senate seat in exchange for cash or a lucrative job in the future Obama administration.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    The charges against Blagojevich suggested that Obama rebuffed the governor, punctuated by Blagojevich&apos;s string of curse words to describe Obama. Patrick Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney in Chicago, said his office was not alleging that Obama was involved in the scheme, or even aware of it.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    However, the scandal, which Fitzgerald described as a &quot;political corruption crime spree,&quot; threatened to be a distraction as the Obama team assembles a new administration. Some Chicagoans planning to move to Washington with Obama could find themselves facing continuing questions about what they knew about Blagojevich&apos;s alleged attempted shakedown.
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:02:16 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Roses of Remembrance</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Relatives of the New Zealanders killed in the Airbus crash off Perpignan have visited the scene overnight where the jet plunged into the Mediterranean.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Accompanied by Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe, the families carried flowers for the dead.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A third body has now been recovered, and authorities are waiting to see whether the flight recorders will yield further information, despite extensive damage&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<link>http://WWW.thebriefingroom.com/archives/2008/12/roses_of_rememb.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:30:27 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Air New Zealand A320 Crash</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Wellington, Nov 28 NZPA - Five New Zealanders are given no hope of surviving the crash of an Airbus A320 operated by XL Airways of Germany in the Mediterranean today. &lt;br /&gt;
One Air New Zealand pilot, three engineers and a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) inspector were among the seven people on the aircraft, which crashed off Perpignan, in southeast France. &lt;br /&gt;
The Airbus was being flown by two XL Airways pilots. &lt;br /&gt;
At least three people have been confirmed dead while the four others are missing. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
<link>http://WWW.thebriefingroom.com/archives/2008/11/air_new_zealand_1.html</link>
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<category>Aviation</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:20:30 +1300</pubDate>
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<title>Air New Zealand jet crash: latest</title>
<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;table style=&quot;border-collapse:collapse&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col style=&quot;width:633px&quot;/&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;tr style=&quot;height: 68px&quot;&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; border-top:  none; border-left:  none; border-bottom:  none; border-right:  none&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:18pt&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Government &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:blue; font-size:10pt&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:18pt&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black&quot;&gt;concerned for &lt;/span&gt;Air NZ &amp;amp; CAA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:blue; font-size:10pt&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black; font-size:18pt&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;staff on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:blue; font-size:10pt&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black; font-size:18pt&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;crashed Airbus&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:blue; font-size:10pt&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=&quot;height: 68px&quot;&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; border-top:  none; border-left:  none; border-bottom:  none; border-right:  none&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the Government is getting regular updates, and seeking briefings from officials, in the wake of the A320 Airbus crash in France, near the border with Spain.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&quot;The Government is getting briefings from Air New Zealand and the Civil Aviation Authority.  
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&quot;Obviously the New Zealand Government has grave concerns and is being updated on developments.&quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;Mr Joyce says it is premature at this stage to comment on what shape any investigation might take, although he fully expects New Zealand agencies to play a part.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&quot;But our thoughts right now are with the families, friends, and colleagues of those who were on board.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
<link>http://WWW.thebriefingroom.com/archives/2008/11/air_new_zealand.html</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:37:50 +1300</pubDate>
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