Top 30 Items On Scoop For Thursday Date: 15/Dec/2005
Two young Kiwis have put New Zealand on the world map by gaining a Guinness World Record for the world's largest tape
ball.
After his shock resignation - which included a number of press releases attempting to justify why he was bailing out of
the TVNZ Chief Executive's role - Ian Fraser this morning had the chance to explain himself to a parliamentary inquiry
into TVNZ's ...
How much damage will men like George Bush, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Sam Brownback, Ralph Reed, and Rick Santorum
inflict before reason prevails and they are unmasked as the twisted, malevolent charlatans that they are? Fundamentalist
Christians, adherents ...
Security contractors of the so-called "Victory" Group of the British mercenary Firm Aegis Defense Services have
committed the ultimate war crime: the indiscriminate killing of civilians as part of a "game", not a video game but a
real game of shooting ...
1. Dr DON BRASH (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in all her Ministers; if not,
why not?
Wellington turned on a blissful sunny evening for the New Zealand premiere of King Kong tonight, as the stars came
downtown to mingle with we gleeful-but-sweaty masses. The Embassy, renamed 'The Alhambra' for the night, gleamed in the
sunshine as Courtenay ...
The Rt Hon Winston Peters has said that he is disappointed with the Judges' findings in relation to the electoral
petition for the seat of Tauranga, as there now appear to be no rules to limit candidate expenditure.
A master plan for the development of Devonport village is now up for public debate after getting the thumbs up from
North Shore City Council.
Canada's National Post newspaper has followed up on a Scoop Media exclusive that links the group Swords of the
Righteousness Brigades to the feared Islam Army in Iraq (IAI). On Tuesday December 13, the National Post's Stewart Bell
wrote from Toronto: ...
National Party Leader Don Brash has attacked a poster campaign inciting racial violence as “anti-Kiwi”.
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca Limited will withdraw its prostate and breast cancer drug Zoladex from the local
market, following a funding cut by the Pharmaceutical Management Agency of New Zealand (PHARMAC).
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,
JINGHONG, China -- Punk fashions, shopping malls and Mandarin-language rap are helping China create a sanitized,
communist-controlled, parallel universe which mimics the outside world.
Confident, but cautious, and one hundred percent attentive, she looks at him adoringly like any proud and doting mother.
The mother-baby bond is breathtakingly human-like from this great ape, whose genetic make-up is 97 per cent similar to
humans.
The opening day of ‘MC6’ (the sixth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation) followed a now-standard
format: mass protests on the outside, disruption of the opening ceremony by non-government organizations accredited to
attend the fringes of the ...
Satellite images of Southern England taken over the last two days showing smoke plumes from the burning Buncefield oil
depot northwest of London. The fires began with explosions on Sunday morning and are still being fought.
At long last the penultimate (Mt Roskill) leg of Auckland's southwestern motorway is underway. And the planning for the
final (Avondale/Rosebank or Waterview) leg has intensified, with a view to completion well before the 2020 date that
looked ...
Today, Microsoft issued information on two new security bulletins. Of these two bulletins, Symantec Security Response
identified the Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS05-054) Cumulative Internet Explorer update to be critical. Within the
cumulative (MS05-054) ...
The High Court has found favour of Bob Clarkson did not overspend in his Tauranga election campaign. Clarkson will
continue as the MP for Tauranga. This was announced to Parliament by the speaker today.
TVNZ Director, Mr John Goulter, has unequivocally rejected allegations that he had been undermining former CEO Ian
Fraser since his appointment to the Board.
In just a few years, unsolicited commercial e-mail - generally known as “Spam” -has gone from being a minor nuisance to
becoming a significant social and economic issue. It is also a drain on the business and personal productivity of New
Zealanders.
While majorities of citizens generally support the continued use of existing nuclear reactors, most people do not favour
building new nuclear power plants, according to a new 18-country opinion survey sponsored by the United Nations
International ...
As some readers will doubtless be aware, I have a status amongst many members of the local right-wing blogosphere as
the very symbol of Left Wing Liberal Evil. Given that I'm a director of two small companies and have an interest in
another, I write ...
Removing eight former members from and adding 20 new faces to his Council of Ministers, the King reshuffled it on
Wednesday, October 07, 2005 just two weeks after the seven-party alliance signed a letter of understanding with the
communist rebels to step up their ...
The National Party MP for Tauranga Bob Clarkson says he is pleased the High Court has found in his favour in the
Tauranga election case.
How globalisation links UK’s Tesco supermarket chain to colonial-style farming in South Africa that exploits
farm-workers especially women and perpetrates poverty. Samantha Burcher
The Ministry of Health is to develop new guidance for men and their doctors to assist their decision about having PSA
testing for prostate cancer. The move follows discussions between the Ministry of Health and the Prostate Cancer
Foundation of New Zealand.
Spot the stars... Images of several of the stars of King Kong thronged by the crowds on the Red Carpet at the premiere
for the film in Wellington today.
We've got a PVR | Dec 15, 2005 10:33 Russell Brown's Hard News Our My Sky PVR was installed yesterday. And, no, yours
wasn't, and if you haven't signed up for one already (or possibly even if you have) you won't be seeing it until March
next year... ...
Amnesty International yesterday wrote to all members of the United Nations Security Council, welcoming their unanimous
decision to schedule a discussion of the human rights situation in Myanmar.