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Published: Mon 23 Jun 2003 10:04 AM
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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: German Documentary On Unansweredquestions.Org
A German TV documentary: "Aktenzeichen 11.9. ungelöst" (File 9/11 unsolved) will be broadcast on Friday, June 20th, 2003, 23.00 h MEST Middle European Summertime in the WDR (Westdeutsche Rundfunk, see website below).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00307.htm
2: UQ Wire: The Propaganda Preparation for 9/11
In the immediate aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center, the finger of guilt was directed toward the only plausible author for such a sophisticated and ruthless act of terror - Osama bin Laden.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00152.htm
3: Did TV3 Suggest Bush is a Professional Fascist?
A Scoop reader has asked if anyone has a screen-shot of TV3 news where a photograph of U.S. President George Bush was thought to be captioned: “Professional Fascist”. All responses to editor@scoop.co.nz
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00146.htm
4: An Emerging EU Superpower & the U.S Cold-War Clash
A power confrontation between the EU and USA looms. Is the stoush just Washington demanding compliance from a former subservient diplo-partner? Or is this the emergence of a new world superpower, the inauguration of a 21st Century Cold War Clash?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00144.htm
5: Top 10 Signs Your 'Father' Might Be A Lesbian
1. He watches the BBC news with Anita McNaught on the off chance that "her marriage is a sham and she might yet become available".
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00151.htm
6: Security Response: W32.Bugbear.B@mm - SEVERE
W32.Bugbear.B@mm is a variant of W32.Bugbear@mm (originally discovered and named in the Sydney Symantec Security Response Centre in October 2002) and appears to be spreading quickly.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0306/S00021.htm
7: Indonesia Atrocities in Aceh Journalist in Danger
June 19, 2003 ‹ The U.S.-based Indonesia Human Rights Network (IHRN) today called upon the Indonesian government to respect freedom of the press, ensure the safety of journalists and human rights workers working in Aceh, and to end harassment and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00308.htm
8: Rep. Henry Waxman: Forged Evidence
Dear Dr. Rice: Since March 17, 2003, I have been trying without success to get a direct answer to one simple question: Why did President Bush cite forged evidence about Iraq's nuclear capabilities in his State of the Union address?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00270.htm
9: Scoop Archive: German Documentary On Unansweredquestions.Org
A German TV documentary: "Aktenzeichen 11.9. ungelöst" (File 9/11 unsolved) will be broadcast on Friday, June 20th, 2003, 23.00 h MEST Middle European Summertime in the WDR (Westdeutsche Rundfunk, see website below).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/45/a6/200306201540.b87958b9.html
10: Sludge Report #152: George W's Revisionist History
In This Edition: Just Whose Revisionist History Is That George? - Revisionist History Is Code For Holocaust Denial - And Does George Really Want To Remind Us About The Holocaust? - Why Then Would Bush Risk Such An Association?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00129.htm
11: Employers at risk of copyright breaches
Following a highly successful New Zealand Music Month, the local recording industry is reminding employers of their obligations to ensure staff do not use work computers to infringe copyright.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0306/S00232.htm
12: Adapting Central American Security Structures
Daniel W. Fisk, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Remarks to the Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC June 18, 2003
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00306.htm
13: English backflips puzzle Dunne
United Future leader Peter Dunne, who chairs Parliament's foreign affairs, defence and trade select committee, said today he was bewildered at National leader Bill English's latest comments on trade and foreign policy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00391.htm
14: Bush Fronts on Medicare, Iraq Iran and Middle East
Mr. President, Tony Blair is in a bit of trouble at home. He's got a couple of ex-cabinet officials contending he may have exaggerated information on weapons of mass destruction. He stood by you. Do you plan on saying anything to back him up at home?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00301.htm
15: UN: 'fragile' situation in Guinea-Bissau
The United Nations Security Council today expressed concern over the fragile political situation in Guinea-Bissau and urged the country's leaders and the international community to work more purposefully together to ensure humanitarian and peace-building ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00298.htm
16: Symposium On African's Displaced Persons Opens
Un Refugee Agency Chief Opens Symposium On African's Displaced Persons The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ruud Lubbers, today opened an international symposium in Tokyo on the refugee crisis in Africa, where nearly 4.6 million people ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00293.htm
17: Firas Al-Atraqchi: Gospel Versus Garbage
North American media have recently embarked on another search for the holy journalistic grail in their questioning of the gathered intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - or lack thereof. Very strange.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00137.htm
18: UQ Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On Purpose!
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0208/S00068.htm
19: Foreshore access birthright of all NZers
The Appeal Court decision delivered yesterday regarding the Maori claim to the foreshore and seabed is a very narrow decision, Associate Maori Affairs Minister John Tamihere says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00390.htm
20: Opposition hypocritical over customary rights
“The hypocrisy of the opposition, over the customary rights of tangata whenua, is quite alarming,” said Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00392.htm
21: Colin L. Powell Press Briefing Dhaka, Bangladesh
FOREIGN MINISTER MORSHED KHAN: Thank you very much. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and the media. It is my great pleasure to welcome my very good friend, Secretary of State Colin Powell, in our midst this afternoon. His visit to Bangladesh is more ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00305.htm
22: Scoop Images: The Road To Heaven
The photos below were taken at 5.15pm just as the sun was sinking behind the Ohau mountain range. The cloud formation and the setting sun created this wonderful assortment of colours that would be near on impossible to reproduce.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00138.htm
23: Scoop Link: Galloway Not In Clear Yet, Telegraph
"What's happening with George Galloway, then?" people ask me, and I find that many of them think that The Daily Telegraph has long since received a libel writ from the Labour MP. This is not surprising, for in the two months since we published official ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00156.htm
24: Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Disturbance Abounds In Lead-Up To EU/US Summit - UQ Wire: The mystery surrounding the death of John O'Neill - St Molesworth - Bryce Edwards: Did Circumstances Push ACT Into Bending The Rules - Naked In Nuhaka: Matariki In Wairoa - Howard's End: ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00153.htm
25: An Open Letter to President George W. Bush
We are pleased to know that you support the right of students to obtain a university education free from government constraints, and we applaud your support for students' freedom of expression. We hope that the comments you made this week about Iranian ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00297.htm
26: Is This A Property Bubble And Will It Burst?
Is This A Property Bubble And Will It Burst? Nz$31 Billion Man To Give Answers
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0306/S00223.htm
27: Peace Movement Aotearoa What’s On Where Listings
~ International Days of Action Against War - there are currently no international days of action as such scheduled until September; national events on soon in the US and Britain are: * 21 June - Stop the War Coalition Activists Conference in London, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0306/S00124.htm
28: Scoop Link: CSM - Galloway Papers Deemed Forgeries
Galloway papers deemed forgeries Iraq experts, ink-aging tests discredit documents behind earlier Monitor story. By staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor from the Friday June 20, 2003 edition For Full Story see… http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0620/p01s03-woiq.html
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00154.htm
29: Statement By Japan Whaling Commission
The International Whaling Commission’s 55th annual meeting in Berlin will be remembered for further strengthening the polarization within the IWC and provoking nations seeking to resume harvesting of abundant whales for food to explore other means to achieve ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00302.htm
30: An American And Two Europeans Arrested In Laos
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Two European journalists said they were arrested in Laos with an American pastor after Lao troops killed an ethnic Hmong guerrilla in a jungle ambush, according to a Canadian teacher who met them near the scene.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00125.htm
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