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FEATURES
26 Mission Incredible
It’s one of the biggest geopolitical stories to cross the desks of NZ media, and they missed it. Helen Clark’s appointment to the United Nations Development Programme just happens to dovetail with plans to turn the UN into a world government. But to do that they need to push massive reform, and guess who’s been given that job? IAN WISHART has the briefing papers, and the full story
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34 Snow & Mirrors
The shrill cries of “global warming” have been getting louder in recent weeks, with claims of a one to two metre sea level rise making many coastal towns uninhabitable. But is it true? IAN WISHART details the real facts in an extract from his newly-released book, Air Con
40 Dumbing Down Britain
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In part two of his biting analysis of what’s going wrong in the UK, HAL G. P. COLEBATCH lays out the evidence of a country with only decades left to avoid collapse
48 Forest Chumps
Our March story on the Treelords deal continues to cause shockwaves, as MIKE BUTLER explains
54 The Gemmill Hypothesis
Agnostic writer SIMON GEMMILL questions the existence of God, and the problems with religion
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Editorial and opinion 06 Focal Point
Volume 9, issue 100, ISSN 1175-1290
Editorial
08 Vox-Populi
The roar of the crowd
16 Simply Devine
Miranda Devine on sex diaries
18 Mark Steyn
The problem with pirates
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20 Eyes Right
ichard Prosser praises Virender R Singh
22 Line 1
Chris Carter enjoys Fox News
24 Soapbox
Farmer Steve discovers carbon credits
Lifestyle 14 Poetry
Amy Brooke’s poem of the month
64 Money
Peter Hensley on borrowing
66 Education
Amy Brooke on changing focus
70 Science
DNA – a double helix sword
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72 Technology
Smart phones the new frontier
74 Sport
Chris Forster on NRL vs Super 14
76 Health
Claire Morrow on smoking
78 Alt.Health
The biological clock
80 Travel A secret Laos
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84 Food
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94 Movies
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86 Toybox
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88 Pages
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