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 High TidesIs Antarctica really melting? A new book savages the global warming claims 

 Forest ChumpsMore flak flies over Treelords deal  

The God DebateAgnostic writer Simon Gemmill’s latest

World Leader Helen Clark’s real mission:Briefing documents call for UN to become world government – global taxes – UN military – ‘wealth transfer’

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26  Mission IncredibleIt’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 Devel-opment 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

34 Snow & MirrorsThe shrill cries of “global warming” have been get-ting 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 BritainIn 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 ChumpsOur March story on the Treelords deal continues to cause shockwaves, as MIKE BUTLER explains

54 The Gemmill HypothesisAgnostic writer SIMON  GEMMILL questions the existence of God, and the problems with religion

Volume 9, issue 100, ISSN 1175-1290

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Art Direction Heidi WishartDesign & Layout Bozidar Jokanovic

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Editorial and opinion06   Focal Point Editorial

08   Vox-Populi The roar of the crowd

16   Simply Devine Miranda Devine on sex diaries

18   Mark Steyn The problem with pirates

20   Eyes Right Richard Prosser praises Virender Singh

22   Line 1 Chris Carter enjoys Fox News

24   Soapbox Farmer Steve discovers carbon credits

Lifestyle14 Poetry Amy Brooke’s poem of the month

64 MoneyPeter Hensley on borrowing

66 EducationAmy Brooke on changing focus

70 ScienceDNA – a double helix sword

72 TechnologySmart phones the new frontier

74 SportChris Forster on NRL vs Super 14

76 HealthClaire Morrow on smoking

78 Alt.HealthThe biological clock

80 TravelA secret Laos

84 FoodWine and eggs: unusual

86 ToyboxThe latest and greatest

88 PagesMichael Morrissey’s autumn reads

92 MusicChris Philpott’s CD reviews

94 MoviesState of Play ‘brilliant’

96 DVDsFrost/Nixon

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