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The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Audio:
Robert Fisk Speaks On Middle
East
Audio courtesy of L.A. Sound Posse - Robert Fisk: Report From The Middle East, U.C.L.A. ....in association with an introduction of his latest book "The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East".
2:
Bush
Gang Swore Saddam Was Behind 9/11 In Lawsuit
Much to the dismay of President Bush, Americans can remember all on their own, without any coaching from Democrats, that in the run up to war in Iraq, it was top official from the administration who were making the claim that Saddam was in cahoots with ...
3:
UN
struggles to monitor Ethiopia-Eritrea
frontier
The ability of the United Nations to monitor the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) separating Ethiopia and Eritrea is shrinking while posturing by the formerly-warring Horn of Africa countries is raising the stakes, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
New
Wind Energy Investment Proving
Popular
Interest in the NZ Windfarms' share offer has excited the company’s CEO Chris Freear.
5:
Amman
Bombings: More Holes in the Official
Story
The "Al Qaeda in Iraq" website which allegedly claimed responsibility for the Amman bombings, states that the attacks were directed against Israelis, members of Western intelligence agencies and their Shiite accomplices:
6:
Marc
My Words: TVNZ Makes Astrology Look
Good
Consultation is what happens when you talk through your problems with your employer. Gossip, recrimination and endless public finger-pointing is what happens when your employment is funded by the taxpayer and your employer is TVNZ.
7:
Mark
P. Lagon: The United Nations and Democracy
Dr. Mark P. Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Lecture for the Institute of International Law and Politics, Georgetown University Washington, DC November 15, 2005
8:
VIDEO:
Ranucci Doco - Fallujah The Hidden
Massacre
A video doco by Sigfrido Ranucci entitled "Fallujah: the Hidden Massacre," provides evidence that White Phosphorous - a new form of napalm - was used against Fallujah. WARNING: This video contains graphic and possibly disturbing footage.
9:
Molesworth
& Featherston (Weekend) – 18 Nov.
2005
The outlook for a successful Doha round in December looks more bleak than ever as Apec leaders gather this weekend. Crucial talks last week were hyped in advance as the ‘do-ordie’ opportunity for the Doha talks. They flopped. Now negotiators are ...
10:
Sheila
Samples: Bobcats In A Brave, New
World
Goodness gracious! Henny Penny! Since defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and vice president Dick Cheney teamed up to lead the charge to create a New World Order, the whole universe has become untidy. Very untidy. My friend Bernie says Dick and Rummy's ...
11:
Court
stabs another GOP knife into US
democracy
With nary a peep from the mainstream media, the US Supreme Court has stabbed yet another partisan knife into the American electoral system.
12:
EU
should implement democratic safeguards
now
EU should implement democratic safeguards in stalled Constitution now without waiting for ratification, says CoR President
13:
Explosive
Action On Te Kaha
Onboard HMNZS TE KAHA it’s just another day in the office as POWT Greg Bishell and LWT Darren Lyall load a torpedo, and observe it successfully fire during a fortnight of operational warfare exercises conducted with the Royal Australian Navy off the ...
14:
Report
shows police desperately short of
staff
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says it is clear from the police briefing to the incoming minister that the department is desperately short of staff in most areas.
15:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 17 Nov.
2005
1. Schools—Performance 2. Treasury Briefing—Economic Growth 3. Mâoridom—Speech from the Throne 4. Treasury Briefing—Taxation Rates 5. Pathology Services—Coroners and Police 6. China—Trade 7. Taxation—Income Splitting 8. Electricity Transmission—Capacity
16:
Jim
Peron, Kiddie Porn & Immigration
Snub
Newstalk ZB reported yesterday that: "The Department of Labour has cancelled the business visa of Auckland bookshop owner Jim Peron. The American was barred from re-entering New Zealand in July [2005] after he went to Germany [in March 2005] to ...
17:
The
U.S. Strategy for Nuclear Proliferation
Andrew K. Semmel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Address to the National Strategy Forum Chicago, Illinois November 14, 2005
18:
Brian
Carter's The Night Sky
December is the month of the shortest nights for looking at the stars, but gives more time for daytime activities. Planets - December is a good month for viewing the planets. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible for the whole of the ...
19:
Public
Address 17-18/11/05 - Rugby Will Be
Winner
I've been a little surprised that no one today appears to have noted that when we host Rugby World Cup 2011, it will (failing some sort of coalition collapse) also be an election year. And that if the tournament dates are similar to those in Australia ...
20:
Invasive
Marketing Of food Must Be
Regulated
“We won’t get children to change their behaviour when it comes to junk food unless we regulate the invasive marketing methods used by food manufacturers”, says Professor of Marketing Janet Hoek of Massey University. Professor Hoek was speaking at a seminar ...
21:
Reserve
Bank issues Financial Stability
Report
The Reserve Bank today released its Financial Stability Report (http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/finstab/fsreport/index.html), a twice-yearly report that assesses the robustness of the New Zealand financial system.
22:
Photo:
Quick Reaction Force in
Afghanistan
Private William Sims of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan secures a Bamyan airfield as a C-130 Hercules comes in to land.
23:
Energy
Experts Ponder End of Oil
Energy Experts Ponder ‘Once Oil’s Gone, Then What’? - Otago University hosts international conference on sustainable energy options-
24:
Ecuador
Mobilizes Against Free Trade Agreement
For the last two days, in various points across Ecuador, the social movements and organizations have been, once again, on the warpath. The enemy, always the same at heart, today bears the name Free Trade Agreement.
25:
Myanmar:
Stop forced labour, penalizing
protesters
As the International Labour Organization (ILO) meets to discuss the practice of forced labour in Myanmar, Amnesty International expresses concern at the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.
26:
Mary
Pitt: The Economy Gap
Having wakened a bit early and turned to my usual morning fodder of whatever is on C-Span, I was treated (?) to a re-broadcast of an appearance of Alan Greenspan before Congress Now, requiring a barely functional brain to decypher this man's message ...
27:
New
Non-Fiction: "Lawless World" By Philippe
Sands
Lawless World - America and the making and breaking of Global Rules from FDR's Atlantic Charter to George Bush's Illegal war -A New Book By Philippe Sands
28:
NZ
Wins Bid To Host 2011 Rugby World
Cup
New Zealand has successfully won the bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup in 2011. New Zealand's chance came when South Africa, tipped to be a strong second runner to Japan, was voted out in the first round.
29:
Chilling
Impact of Ukraine Election Law on Media
The International Federation of Journalists joined protests led today by the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU) against the current law governing the forthcoming parliamentary election campaign.
30:
Housing
Minister Can Do Better
National Party Housing spokesman, Phil Heatley, says the Housing Minister needs to answer a few more questions about the alleged large-scale immigration scam being run out of a state house in Hastings.
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