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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
In normal times the media draw a politician to them like iron filings towards a highly powered magnet. However when
there's coalition shenanigans to be had many MP' would prefer weave a little to the left of the limelight.
The Dorak mystery flower has opened at last. Earlier this week in phone conversations I had with David Stronach,
Professor of Near East Archaeology at the University of California - Berkeley, Stronach disclosed that Jimmie Mellaart
invented Dorak. He ...
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that she and Michael Cullen had met with Winston Peters and his deputy Peter
Brown this morning and that the meeting was very constructive.
Report by Cuba on Resolution 59/11 of the United Nations General Assembly “The necessity of ending the economic,
commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” - The economic, commercial and
financial blockade impose ...
President Bush expressed optimism that the Iraqi people will vote in the October 15 referendum on the country’s proposed
constitution in spite of the violence he anticipates will accompany the election.
Looks like we might have a government, and pretty much on schedule: even if it does turn out to be at the cost of a
superannuation windfall that might just be affordable now but certainly won't when the baby-boomers start clocking
off...
Former Vice-President Al Gore gave a speech recently that ranged from cultural commentary to political philosophy to a
prescription for saving American democracy . He covered everything except the real reason he lost to George W. Bush in
2000, and how it relates ...
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that talks between New Zealand First and Labour had continued this afternoon and
agreed that NZ First has a vital contribution to make to the stability of the incoming government.
Vice President Cheney in a recent speech to US military personnel has acknowledged that the war could go on for several
decades. This statement, which reveals the Bush Administration's commitment to global warfare, was barely mentioned by
the mainstream ...
New Zealand First says that despite all the hype, rhetoric and money directed at ‘closing the gaps’ between Maori and
non-Maori, the depressing reality is that Maori are still languishing at the bottom of the heap, as shown in a new
report.
Angelina Jolie, the acclaimed actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), has been honoured for her devotion to the cause by the UN Association of the United States (UNA-USA).
Leonard Cohen, a couple of decades back, sang an odd tune about 'taking Berlin' and then somehow 'occupying Manhattan'.
Mr Cohen's words could prove prophetic for New Zealand politics in the early 21st century should National prove
successful in occupying ...
An exchange at the meeting between representatives of the Green Party and the business community in Wellington a
fortnight ago stimulated the reflections in this talk. One of the Greens present described support for free trade as an
‘ideological’ position.
By a margin of 50% to 44%, Americans say that President Bush should be impeached if he lied about the war in Iraq,
according to a new poll commissioned by AfterDowningStreet.org , a grassroots coalition that supports a Congressional
investigation of President ...
The votes are in and counted. The NZ Labour Party led by Helen Clark has the priority right to attempt to form a new
government. The political options are being scoped. Around the world, oil continues to be pumped from the ground and
rumours are it is ...
Nelson MP Nick Smith wants the Ministry of Justice prosecuted for publishing on its website sensitive Family Court
information in which a family and children could easily be identified.
President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have appealed to the nation to offer special prayers
on Friday next for speedy relief, recovery and rehabilitation of their earthquake-stricken countrymen. They made this
appeal ...
A political and media onslaught is about to be unleashed with the indictments of a whole host of key White House
officials (including you-know-who) caught up in the Plamegate coverup. The unraveling of this potentially treasonous
scandal -- which ...
My grandfather, U.S. Army Col. Edwin Joseph McAllister, was born in Battle Creek in 1895. He does not know that his
first grandchild is an international expert on depleted uranium. I have worked in two U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories,
and in ...
Thousands of children in northern Kenya are malnourished, or at risk of malnutrition, and face the threat of polio and
rising regional violence over scarce water, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said, as it appealed for $4
million.
Federated Farmers has cautiously welcomed the appointment of Sue Bradford as the Greens' agriculture and rural affairs
spokesperson.
The intensity of coalition politics gripped Wellington this week ... Clark is tantalisingly close to a third term …
Peters relishes the chance to dance in the limelight again … Will Tariana Turia be splitting another Party in the near
future? …Meanwhile Civil ...
The Green Party Caucus has today reallocated its policy portfolios amongst its six MPs for the coming parliamentary
term.
Speech to the NZ Police Association Annual Conference James Cook Hotel, Wellington Delivered at 9.30am
Messages from Hebron are a dime a dozen. I get quite a few from both sides of the political divide. Generally speaking
they tend to be monotonous. Often they get deleted before they can be read. But when the word was put out for a
volunteer to translate ...
The following is a selction of feedback and other unsolicited email received by Scoop recently. They do not appear in
any precise order.
With a significant number of voters and with candidates representing a broad range of political opinion gearing up for
upcoming elections in Haiti, a credible vote is possible but the Transitional Government must take further measures to
ensure ...
The United States has congratulated the Nicaraguan government for passing the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic
Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA-DR.
As helicopters of the United Nations peacekeeping mission remained grounded in Eritrea for the eighth straight day, the
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General today said a meeting with a senior Eritrean official had shed no
light on why the ...
Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for
their efforts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The award was a slap at George W. Bush, who had pressed for
ElBaradei's ...
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