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3News: SAS Controversy Grows While Govt/Labour Remain Silent

Int. Law: Has Gov-General Designate Jerry Mateparae Misled The Nation?

Analysis - By Selwyn Manning: A major Metro Magazine investigation by award winning investigative journalist Jon Stephenson argues that the incoming Governor-General, Jerry Mateparae, has been implicated in a controversy involving New Zealand’s SAS troops and their role in handing innocent prisoners to American and Afghan forces, knowing they might be tortured.

If this had occurred it is, as Metro claims, a breach of several international covenants, including the Geneva Conventions, which New Zealand has signed. It is also a breach of the NZ Defence Force’s own rules.

Questions remain: Has the PM and Defence Minister been misled over this issue? Is there a satisfactory explanation for the information irregularities? Or is this situation a matter of incompetence or corruption? (Image by Jon Stephenson) More>>

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Gordon Campbell: On The Oil Lobby’s Claims About The Petrobras Protests

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Some of the law changes related to UN obligations but for the most part our state agencies, the police and SIS in particular, have used the so-called “war on terror” as a cover. The focus of their attention has been New Zealand political activists. More>>

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TVNZ's flagship political programme Q+A has learned New Zealand SAS troops carried out an attack in Afghanistan on the Taliban group believed to be responsible for the death of kiwi soldier, Tim O'Donnell. More>>

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Infrastructure: "Halt Broadband Decisions Pending Review"

Labour says the Government must halt decisions on the broadband rollout following revelations that the man responsible for designing it is at the centre of anti-competitive findings against Telecom which saw the company fined $12 million in the High Court. More>>

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Cannabis: 'Medical Cannabis User' Remanded On Bail

Greencross Auckland said that Peter Davy – a medical cannabis user – deserves compassion and should be given a fair go; not sent to prison as the Judge has threatened. More>>

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