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...hysterical reaction to the threat of terrorism," the Labour-led government is moving to toughen passport, citizenship and immigration rules. But while Kiwis "cannot afford to be complacent," says Foreign Minister Phil Goff, "our border protection is probably as tough as anywhere. New Zealand is far from a soft touch...
...News, “Guards Say Union Sold Them Out”) a number of statements and charges were made concerning the impact bargaining the union carried out to negotiate severance packages for our seven union members facing layoffs on June 30, 2004. Some of those charges and complaints touch on my conduct in leading the talks on behalf of the union. I feel the record should be set straight...
...Thaksin's critics view this assertion as evidence that he is dangerously out of touch with the increasingly restive mood of the south. Since the start of the year, the region has been wracked by bombings, stabbings, shootings and school burnings. Yet Thaksin has so far rejected the notion that the Islamic insurgency involves more than a handful of rebels. Likewise, he seems unwilling to acknowledge that the heavy-handed tactics of his own government and its security forces have fueled Muslim grievances...
...under fire. We run across a field divided by an irrigation ditch. "Get in that f______ ditch!" an NCO shouts. We sink to our waist in the water, scrabbling for grip in the slippery mud. "Get out of that f______ ditch!" the same NCO yells, just as our feet touch bottom...
Liss went back inside to talk to an election official. And another, and another. He was told he must have overlooked the Senate race on the electronic touch-screen voting machine. But Liss, a lawyer, finally persuaded a technician to check the apparatus. Sure enough, it wasn't displaying the whole ballot...