Top 30 Items On Scoop For Wednesday - Dates: 07/Dec/2005
Speech delivered by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Commemoration of the 60th
Anniversary of his admission to University of Havana, in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana,
An eye-catching glamorous billboard featuring four well-known scantily-clad Kiwi 'chicks' is being auctioned to help New
Zealand's 2.8 million battery hens.
The Baghdad by Swords of Righteousness Brigade released a second video of hostages Auckland University student, Canadian
and New Zealand resident, Harmeet Sooden (32); Canadian James Loney (41); American Tom Fox (54); and Briton Norman
Kember (74). ...
In Growing Numbers, Public Opposes Iraq War, While Most Congressional Democrats Play It "Safe" - Interview with David
MacMichael, former CIA analyst, conducted by Scott Harris
The Final of the Miss World 2005 pageant will premiere on the E! Entertainment Network (SKY Digital Channel 7), 7.30pm
on Friday, December 16. The two-hour show from the Sheraton Sanya Resort on the shores of the South China Sea is set to
be the most ...
1. Dr DON BRASH (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Why has she referred the actions of the Hon David
Benson-Pope’s press secretary to Ministerial Services yet taken no action against the Hon David Benson-Pope himself in
relation to the ...
San Diego businessman Brent Wilkes, a key figure in the Randy “Duke” Cunningham bribery scandal—as well as the Justice
Department investigation of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff—worked in Honduras during the 198’s for a company accused
by federal prosecutors ...
In a national first, one of New Zealand’s newest and most misunderstood communities is the focus of a social photography
project due to open at the Waikato Museum on December 3.
Leaders throughout the Middle East have urged those who hold four men hostage in Iraq to set them free. One of the men,
New Zealand resident Harmeet Sooden, is well known for speaking out for the oppressed in Palestine and for those who
suffer in ...
Interview with Spc. Douglas Barber - OIF Vet suffering from PTSD Interview conducted by Jay Shaft, Editor and Lead
Investigative Reporter for Coalition For Free Thought In Media 12/03/05
Palestine groups held a vigil in Aotea Square in central Auckland on Monday to show the world that Harmeet Sooden and
his fellow captors are peaceful men. Harmeet Sooden was a member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and a friend
to many in the ...
Chris Black, since 2000, has been a lead counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda. From that
perspective he has seen that Rwanda was not a situation in which the United States and its allies failed to act. On the
contrary, it was an ...
On Monday, December 5, the 9-11 Public Discourse Project—a private group formed by 9-11 Commission members after their
official mandate lapsed in 2004—held a wrap-up press briefing in Washington, signaling the last gasp of official
inquiries into ...
Jordan’s parliament should reject an agreement that would shield U.S. citizens and personnel under Jordan jurisdiction
from ICC prosecution for war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International
said today.
Nelson MP Nick Smith says Labour's assurances that no one would be charged with trespassing for going onto the foreshore
because of Maori claims has proven to be false.
Auckland University student, Canadian and New Zealand resident, Harmeet Sooden (32), Canadian James Loney (41), American
Tom Fox (54), and Briton Norman Kember (74) were seized in Baghdad by Swords of Righteousness Brigade on November 26
2005. This video ...
He says "victory." But the bromide-heavy speech that President George W. Bush gave yesterday at the Naval Academy
presents a clear strategy for quagmire and eventual disaster. Despite the gathering storm of opposition to his approach
to the war in ...
Twenty-five Christians in the nonviolent tradition of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker arrived in Cuba last evening
and plan to set out from Santiago today on a solemn fifty-mile march to the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They
seek to ...
EUROPE Query on Secretary Rice's Comments Concerning Terrorism and Europe Allegations of Secret CIA Prisons
MISCELLANEOUS Reports that Abu Hamza Rabia has been Killed U.S. Guidelines on Rendition
The attorney representing Karl Rove in the federal investigation into the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson
has made a desperate attempt to ensure President Bush's deputy chief of staff does not become the subject of a criminal
indictment.
MR. VENEDIKTOV: Good evening. Tonight Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, a deputy of Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice, is our guest. You may send your questions for him to our pager, number 725-6633. We'll also have
a telephone ...
1. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS (Co-Leader—Green) to the Minister for Trade Negotiations: Has he told China, Korea, and Argentina
that New Zealand rejects their claim that energy-efficiency standards and labels should be treated as non-tariff trade
barriers; ...
Using Maori culture and branding to sell New Zealand’s uniqueness in crowded global markets is on the increase, an
article in the latest Bright magazine reports, but New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is urging businesses and tourism
operators to be ...
More than 500 leading international wine commentators, producers, trade, media and lovers of great wine are being
invited to Wellington for Pinot Noir 2007, being held between 31 January and 3 February 2007.
Rice defends illegal “renditions,” threatens to reveal European complicity. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has
responded to Europe’s appeals for information regarding Washington’s illegal practice of rendition by making clear that
the practice will ...
To the Editor of Al-Jazeera News: As groups concerned with the plight of Palestinians and Iraqis, we owe it to our
friend and supporter Harmeet Sooden, held hostage with three other peace activists, to ask their abductors not to commit
an unforgivable ...
This morning TVNZ's media competitors turned up in full force at Parliament to observe the finance and fxpenditure
committee members give TVNZ its yearly once over. Sadly, for many of the watchful media TVNZ's news boss Bill Ralston
was not able to answer ...
The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the first ever lawsuit against former CIA director George Tenet
challenging the CIA’s abduction of a foreign national for detention and interrogation in a secret overseas prison. The
lawsuit was filed ...
CHANCELLOR MERKEL: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to be able to welcome here to the
Federal Chancellor's Office the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. This is a continuation of the dialogue between
both our ...
With summer raising her head to reveal fine skies and high temperatures, it’s time to lift the lid on the third and
final round of additions to the BIG DAY OUT 2006 guest list. It’s going to be some party!