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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 ...
Expressing deep concern about reports of military movements by Ethiopia and Eritrea, United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan today urged the two Horn of Africa countries to show maximum restraint and called on the Security Council, as
well as individual ...
Amnesty International expressed serious concern at escalating violence in Ethiopia today, after learning that police
reportedly shot dead six people and wounded at least 25.
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 ...
We [Australians] know our nice Department of Immigration a little better since Cornelia Rau, and what's also becoming
clear is that we kick folks out of Australia who have been in jail for a year or longer, no matter how long they have
lived in Australia. ...
This week, concerns over youth gangs and violence have hit the headlines. It is a problem that can be found to a greater
or lesser degree in many towns and cities throughout the country.
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 ...
New Zealand’s next Ambassador to France will be career diplomat Sarah Dennis, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced
today. “New Zealand’s relations with France are excellent. This year marked 60 years of diplomatic relations.
Gómez: The Reappearance of the Nazis in Bolivia November 2, 2005 Please Distribute Widely
New Mexico rarely generates much national news. When it does, as in the Wen Ho Lee nuclear espionage investigation, it
can be explosive. Now a little-known lawsuit before New Mexico District Court Judge Eugenio S. Mathis has the potential
to alter ...
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker announced today the introduction of a new “e-passport”, which contains an
electronic chip for holding information about the passport holder.
Gamers and film fans battle it out tonight (2 November) when a Peter Jackson-autographed Xbox and Halo 2 game go up for
grabs at the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre auction in Auckland.
Taking his hands off the tiller of the ship of state (briefly) the State Service Commissioner Mark Prebble answered
Scoop's written questions regarding the topical subject of higher salaries for Public Service chief executives.
My fellow Australians: Today the Government will introduce an urgent amendment to Australia’s counter-wolf legislation.
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".
Last July 27, the US State Department very thoughtfully posted a resource tool for journalists and media consumers
entitled "How to Identify Misinformation." Though "there are no exact rules" to tell whether a story is true or false,
the State Department ...
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.
Be transported into the realms of the extraordinary with the New Zealand International Arts Festival. From Spain to
Guinea, France to India and Italy to New Zealand, the 2006 Festival programme features more than 100 events handpicked
from the best the ...
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 ...
Several leftish bloggers have published their doubts that the alleged avian flu menace is anything more than another
Bushevik distraction. – and just in time to draw our attention away from Plamegate and the "Scooter" Libby indictments.
(See, ...
The Los Angeles Times column by Lawrence Wilkerson, headed The White House cabal somehow escaped my attention over the
past week, but I think it's still worth drawing attention to, because it's extraordinary...
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker's claim that the new 'e-passport' is mainly being introduced to enhance the
security of the document is being disputed by Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke.
Publisher, Matt Taylor, reports that the response to the launch of the board game Breakscore® and it's web site
www.breakscore.com has been extremely positive with recent orders from Tahiti, Finland, the UK and the USA. Taylor
attributes the increase ...
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 ...
Kiwi Star, Crew Enhance American Horror Movie Cassava Films - Although the independent horror/thriller "Serial Slayer,"
released today, November 3, on DVD in New Zealand, was shot entirely in California, the film boasts a healthy amount of
...
The latest revelations regarding TVNZ now flowing from Susan Wood’s employment case are deeply worrying, says National
Party Broadcasting spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu.
The Maxim Institute Board of Trustees, at their last meeting on Wednesday 2 November, accepted Director Bruce Logan’s
decision to retire.
m. International recording artist Alanis Morissette hosts and narrates this cautionary and empowering look at the forces
of climate change, a co-production of South Carolina ETV and Stonehaven Productions.
The Government had a “cheek” in thinking it could take a capital charge out of donations given by Southlanders to fund
Southland Hospital’s new MRI scanner.
New research, published this week in the Journal of the New Zealand Dietetic Association, shows that the majority of
fast food outlets are still frying in unsuitable fats and oils and are contributing to the risk of heart disease in New
Zealand.
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