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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
Senator Harry Reid, the minority leader of the upper chamber of the U.S. Government, infuriated the Bush administration
and its Republican cronies on Tuesday by forcing the body into closed session. The move is allowed under a little used
rule that permits ...
The great thing about a blog site is that you get to make predictions which if you are correct, give you the ability to
point everyone to the archived blog saying "told you so".
We bring to the attention of Global Research readers this important commentary by Dr.Joseph Mercola. The fundamental
issue is who owns the intellectual property rights over Tamiflu. The media reports suggest that the Swiss pharmaceutical
company Roche ...
We need to rethink the distinction between open sources and secrets. Too many policymakers and intelligence officers
mistake secrecy for intelligence and assume that information covertly acquired is superior to that obtained openly.
Whangarei Tuesday 1st November -- Greenpeace today launched New Zealand's first 'Clean Energy Guide' that ranks
electricity companies according to their current and future impact on the climate, on a simple thermometer-shaped fridge
magnet.
Photo Essay: NOT one person died in Cuba in the 10 days that Wilma was in the vicinity of the island, informed the
Headquarters for Cases of Disaster attached to the National Defense Council. A preliminary count estimates that 607,542
persons were evacuated ...
GPJA is deeply disappointed that the New Zealand government is rushing to re-open diplomatic relations with Israel and
allowing it to again establish an Embassy in Wellington while the Palestinian people continue to be brutally oppressed
under Israeli ...
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Statement Before the Subcommittee on the Middle
East and Central Asia of the House International Relations Committee Washington, DC October 27, 2005
Mr. Libby is in deep dung. Fitzgerald absolutely nailed his hide to the shed, detailing lie after lie after lie. From
what I am given to understand, Libby intends to offer a "faulty memory" defense when he gets dropped into the skillet.
Given the incredibly ...
Minister for Sport and Recreation Trevor Mallard today congratulated Kiwis for winning the ‘Bledisloe Cup of physical
activity’ in recent research that compares New Zealand and Australian physical activity levels.
NEW YORK (Fortune) - The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to
be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences,
the California ...
When the UN received the recent Mehlis report on the murder of former Lebanese President Rafik Hariri, one suggested
tribunal for a possible prosecution was the International Criminal Court. Rejecting such a proposal, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rica remarked ...
No sooner are indictments being handed down to Scooter Libby, the Chief of Staff of the Vice President of the United
States for lies and coverup of information used deliberately to suppress the fact the Bush Administration had no
‘smoking gun’ to ...
"Welcome home,” the Beirut airport official said to me as he stamped the passport that betrays my birthplace. It has
been quarter of a century since I was last in Lebanon. Driving into the capital on the smart new highway, my mind finds
it difficult ...
National Party Broadcasting spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu says if Ian Fraser isn't working as Chief Executive, he
should not be paid the Chief Executive's salary. Mr Fraser is to remain on the TVNZ payroll for six months, for which he
will be paid ...
Leader of the House Michael Cullen announced today that the government would support Margaret Wilson to be returned as
Speaker and National list MP Clem Simich as Deputy Speaker.
We’re most disturbed to hear about the recent spate of senseless youth gang violence in Auckland.
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor must urgently sort out the mess in his
department.
Less than a week after fireworks went on sale, firefighters have seen a six-fold increase in vegetation fires and a
two-fold increase in minor call-outs.
With Central African Republic (CAR) "gradually returning to a path of peace, economic recovery, reconstruction and
sustainable development," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling for comprehensive joint assistance from
the country's development ...
Media Spins 'Success' of Iraqi Troops in Bush War Plan - Interview with John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's
magazine, conducted by Scott Harris
"Why take the children to Lebanon?" I was asked before our recent family holiday in the miniature-sized republic which
only ever seems to get news coverage when there is some turn for the worse in Middle Eastern politics.
This blog nearly wasn’t. I just about lost hope, cashed up, bought a passport, jumped on a plane and spent the rest of
my days lazing on some (raised, sheltered) Pacific atoll that you see in the travel ads. The flame of hope did flicker
low in me for ...
For the last two years, Federal Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has investigated a potential crime, namely the revealing to
the general public that Valerie Wilson nee Plame worked for the CIA in counter-proliferation, and was an undercover
agent.
Showtime -- Finally, the endgame is near. After a grueling two-year elimination process, three senior Bush
administration officials have advanced to the "Indictment Round" of Patrick Fitzgerald's wildly popular judicial version
of the hit game show "Jeopardy."
TVNZ would like to announce that this year's season will be the final for the long running and successful Hyundai
Sportscafe programme.
The Wellington Office of integrated advertising, direct marketing and relationship management firm Robbins Brandt
Richter has just launched a major new advertising campaign for client Victoria University.
New Education Minister Steve Maharey leads the pack of Labour Ministers dodging the Official Information Act, says
National's Education spokesman, Bill English.
Folks, it's Great Blend Time again. Public Address stages the fourth Karajoz Great Blend on Sunday November 13 at the
Hopetoun Alpha in Auckland. And boy, do we have something for you. Our star guest is Ashley Highfield, the BBC's
Director of New ...
This morning Scoop dropped by Bowen House to have a cup of coffee and a quick chat to Clayton Cosgrove, one of the new
crop of Cabinet Minister's in the third term Clark labour Government. Mr Cosgrove entered Parliament in 1999 and was
widely touted ...
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