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The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
When Richard Prebble arrived in Parliament as a Labour Party MP thirty years ago he pointed out the gaps that existed
between the wealthy and the poor in New Zealand to his parliamentary colleagues. Yesterday when Mr Prebble gave his
valedictory speech ...
Poll trends tipping National to lead the next govt have been reversed with the Herald reporting the Labour Party is now
6.4 points ahead of its traditional rival. Winston Peters appears the biggest loser dropping eight points as preferred
Prime Minister ...
MODERATOR: Thank you very much for that very warm welcome. And I actually should be extending to you, ladies and
gentlemen, our friends and colleagues a welcome here to the State Department to the Harry S. Truman Room -- Building in
the Treaty Room. ...
Harper's Magazine: None dare call it stolen - Ohio, the election, and America's servile press - by Mark Crispin Miller,
summarized by Mary Anne Saucier, Columbus, Ohio - July 24, 2005
On Monday, Prime Minister Helen Clark told the public that a General Election would be held on September 17. In the wake
of that announcement, an estimated 580* people (as of Thursday afternoon) have left the country permanently or for the
long term. ...
Michael Campbell was honoured with a tickertape parade through central Wellington at 1pm today. The lunchtime crowds
came to a standstill to recognise his recent achievement in winning the US Open. Campbell was joined by family and his
US Open trophy in the ...
Labour has revealed a campaign strategy that has an uncanny likeness to that which saved John Howard from defeat. Here
Scoop examines this move and considers how Labour's tertiary policy is part of a plan to relegate National onto the
back-foot.
Can we just say we told you so? Thanks - Not a ripple of surprise among our readers, we trust, at the news this week
the election will be held on September 17. We’ll update our exclusive rolling average poll of polls early next week with
fresh data ...
This year’s New World Wine Awards has seen a record number of gold medals, with New Zealand sauvignon blancs among the
judges’ top picks. The awards are restricted to wines retailing at under $20.
Planned changes for Samoa’s air services have prompted a strategic rethink by airlines and governments in the South
Pacific. The pending demise of Polynesian Airlines’ international jet operations in favour of Polynesian Blue has
created concerns...
Speech given by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the official function commemorating the
52nd anniversary of the assault on the “Moncada” and “Carlos Manuel de Cespedes” garrisons in the Karl Marx Theatre,
July 26, 2005.
Ambassador Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Testimony Before the House International
Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats Washington, DC July 27, 2005
Hon Trevor Mallard Minister of Education 29 July 2005 Media Statement Westpac should give students and parents some
credit
More than 20 of New Zealand's Internet service providers (ISPs) have banded together to address the growing concern that
New Zealand is lagging behind the developed world in broadband uptake, to the detriment of economic growth, especially
given New Zealand's ...
The documentary “Fallujah 2004,” chronicles the death and destruction within Fallujah caused by U.S. Forces in April
2003 and April 2004. Director Toshikuni DOI exposes the side of the U.S. war in Iraq that Americans do not see or hear
in mainstream ...
London and Egypt now endure the horrific impact of terrorism, as Spain, Bali and New York did on that shocking day which
is permanently imprinted on our consciousness – September 11, 2001.
Dear Diary: Oh shit! It's been one badddddddd week. But I think Scooter and I and the others probably can finesse our
way out of indictments for the Plame leak. However, Fitzgerald -- one of our guys! -- must have forgotten who butters
his U.S. Attorney's ...
Mr Morrison, a multi-millionaire, had funded a public relations campaign to obtain signatures on a petition calling for
a referendum. The petition has failed to achieve more than 100,000 signatures, scarcely one-third of the three hundred
thousand required ...
If the Labour Government does not seek compensation from the patent owner of the GE maize that has contaminated 13,550
tonnes of the crop there is no incentive for those companies to be more careful in future, Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons
says.
As democracy spurs, the monarchs in Nepal get up in arms, which is evidenced by two royal coups in past 50 years. The
first royal coup of 1960 orchestrated by the king Mahendra father of present king not only lasted for thirty years but
also resulted ...
If anything merits drawing the filibuster sword out of its sheath, it is the energy bill that came out of a
House/Senate conference this week.
Despite many differences, there are striking parallels between Bush's invasion of Iraq and Hitler's invasion of Russia,
and understanding these parallels serves to warn of the coming storm Bush is calling down upon all of us.
Staff at Radio New Zealand are stopping work this afternoon to consider their response to a breakdown in their pay
talks.
As a visiting Muslim to New Zealand , I was appalled by the Islamaphobic outburst from the Rt Hon Winston Peters on
Thursday before a small gathering of his supporters in Kaitaia.
Planning to build up a share portfolio, or maybe buy some residential or even commercial property, but found the
interest costs just kill the deal? Fear not. Help is on the way, courtesy of the new high risk, low return player in the
financial market, Duck ...
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said to day the “brutal and barbaric” murder of two Algerian diplomats in Iraq once again
made it all the more urgent for the United Nations to complete a convention against all forms of terrorism by the end of
this ...
The United Nations-backed special counter-narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF), created to fast-track major drug
cases within Afghanistan, officially began operations today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
My old friends Children's Hour are back together and playing a gig at the King's Arms tonight, to celebrate the release
of Looking for the Sun, a collection of live recordings retrieved and fixed up by Rob Mayes of Failsafe Records...
Senior Minister Steve Maharey said today he was stunned to hear a comment from Don Brash that National would 'campaign
on its policies' when National's leader admitted just yesterday that he wasn't involved in the detail of policy making
and hadn't ...
This week: 1. Running the Rule over the Nats 2. No Power 3. Election Bribes for Students
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