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...this well-known Waipara winery, tel: (64-3) 314 6869, is owned and run by the Donaldson family. "Seven family members still talking to each other," jokes younger son Ed Donaldson, who looks after sales and presides over the tasting room. Pegasus Bay's Pinot Noir 2002 won a maximum five stars from Australia's Winestate magazine, and a "highly recommended" rating from the U.K.'s Decanter. Read more at pegasusbay.com...
Initially, the amount would be limited to $1,000 annually, but according to Bush's plan, it would rise by $100 a year, to a maximum of 4% of your income...
Directly affected by the ruling will be the 11 North African Muslims detained by Britain, some for up to three years, mostly at a maximum security facility in south London. The government now must either charge the prisoners—which will require sensitive information to be aired in open court—or release them. The importance of the ruling, however, goes well beyond the fates of these 11 suspects: It constitutes a substantial piece of international legal precedent on the question of indefinite detainment for suspected terrorist links, one that ought to have extraordinary consequences...
...Under existing laws, authorities cannot get a warrant to search the property of a person suspected of having child pornography. Such search warrants were used to great effect during the Australian authorities' investigations. Even if New Zealand authorities succeed in charging a person with possession of child pornography, the maximum penalty the suspect faces is a $NZ2,000 fine with no jail time...
...Iraq at all. In tents outside official polling stations, a movement demanding a referendum on Kurdish independence collected signatures with permission of the main Kurdish political parties, whose voters proclaim their desire for independence even as party leaders look to arrange the next best thing in the form of maximum autonomy from Baghdad. The flashpoint, of course, comes in cities where Kurds and Arabs (and in some cases Turkmen) compete for control, none more so than Kirkuk - the mainstream Kurdish parties are claiming as their own a city forcibly "Arabized" by Saddam Hussein, setting up a clash not only with...