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1: Drug Companies Still Peddling Risperdal & Zyprexa According to Kelly O'Meara, author of the newly released book, Psyched Out, America has a drug problem. "It's not as
covert as those illicit and illegal "Just Say No" drugs," she says, "but, rather, Americans have become drug users by
way of being ...
2: Japan wins majority at IWC Japan has won a simple majority on a significant vote at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) for the first time,
Conservation Minister Chris Carter said today.
3: Scoop Launches Audio and Video Podcast Feed Scoop has launched its audio/video podcast providing Scoopers with the best way to stay ahead of other media. The great
thing about the podcast is it allows you to listen and view the media at a time that's convenient to you.
4: DWS: A Last Load Of Loader It's nearly the end of the second series of Dancing with the Stars and the field has been whittled down to the final two
couples. Both couples have no real nedd of their second second names – the competition is now between Beatrice and Brian
and ...
5: Scoop Image: Southern Snow From Outer Space An image of the snowbound South Island taken from NASA's Modis Satellite yesterday. Click for big version (very big 1.7
megs)
6: Aucklanders - Be Very Afraid Aucklanders should "be very afraid" of the Auckland Regional Council's decision today to signal its intention to acquire
control over the region's water and wastewater distributor, says Epsom MP, Rodney Hide.
7: Eric Clapton for 2007 Mission Estate Concert Mission Estate Winery's iconic concert has attracted a legend for 2007. Eric Clapton will be the headline performer at
the 27 January 2007 Mission Estate Winery Concert. It will be the only concert that Clapton performs in New Zealand on
his 2006/07 World ...
8: Condoleezza Rice With Italian Deputy PM and FM Remarks After Meeting With Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Massimo D'Alema Secretary
Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC June 16, 2006
9: UN: No Business as Usual at New Rights Council (Geneva) – U.N. member states must work vigorously to make the new Human Rights Council a strong and effective protector
of human rights worldwide, Human Rights Watch said today. The Human Rights Council replaces the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights ...
10: The price of freedom “Helen Clark’s reported comments that she did not intend to raise human rights issues with Singapore’s Prime Minister
Lee during his visit are quite shocking,” Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says.
11: Will Major Media Finally Cover Election Fraud? That the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 were stolen has become an article of faith for millions of mainstream
Americans. But there has been barely a whiff of coverage in the major media about any problems with the electronic
voting machines ...
12: State Dept. Daily Press Briefing June 16, 2006 SOMALI Inaugural International Somalia Contact Group Meeting held June 15, 2006 Transitional Federal Institution & Chairman of the Islamic Court Union U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia Somali Dialogue with Others, not the U.S.,
is what Matters Counterterrorism ...
13: Cases Against Merck For Fosamax Jaw Damage Growing Medical professionals need to recognize that Fosamax has only been on the market for a little over a decade and other
bisphosphonates for even less time. The injuries showing up now are often the result the massive marketing of this class
of drugs ...
14: Public Address 19/06/06 - Special Announcements It's been a while between drinks, but we have a new Karajoz Great Blend for you all - well, those of you in Auckland and
Wellington anyway. Our star guest this time is danah boyd of Berkeley University...
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15: Mark Crispin Miller: Some Might Call It Treason Two weeks ago, Rolling Stone came out with "Did Bush Steal the 2004 Election?" -- a masterful investigative piece by
Robert Kennedy, Jr., arguing that Bush & Co. stole their "re-election" in Ohio, and pointing out exactly how they did it. Primarily ...
16: Audio: Sharples On Not Supporting Mapp's Bill Scoop very recently popped into Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples superbly decorated office and had a short korero
with Dr Sharples on a number of topics including Dr Wayne Mapp's controversial Bill that would allow employers three
months grace in ...
17: Older driver tests to be abolished Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that new transport rules abolishing the mandatory on-road driving test for
those aged 80 and over will come into effect on December 4 this year.
18: Kelpie Wilson: Monkey Business 2008 Is this what the 2008 presidential contest is going to look like? Last week, two media stories made me wonder. On
Wednesday we were treated to a jaw-dropping Bill Frist puff piece by Washington Post writer Laura Blumenfield, who
followed the politician ...
19: Kamala Sarup: Politics Of Education We need to wage war for good educational system to improve a peaceful political system. Also, how can we protect a
detailed social system so we can work exactly for educational reforms system?. Radical reforms on education needed
because that means educational ...
20: Air NZ: Times for first Shanghai flight Air New Zealand today announced it will commence non-stop flights to Shanghai on 6 November 2006, with tickets now on
sale.
21: AGENDA Transcript: Lisa Owen IVs Trevor Mallard LISA: Well the government has just unveiled another plank to its economic transformation programme, this would
encourage state owned enterprises to invest in new areas of business that are linked to what they're already doing.
National Finance spokesman ...
22: Take extra care out there! I commend the Police and Western Springs College for their efforts to prevent further kidnappings and encourage parents
and students to take extra care.
23: Gabriele Zamparini: Darkness and Light There was a time when the arbitrary act of the powerful was the unquestioned rule and the abuse of the prince was called
the ‘art of government’. The word ‘justice’ was used to describe the prince’s magnanimity or the reward for the
suffering of ...
24: Japan loses key vote at Whaling Commission Conservation minded countries won an important victory at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Saint
Kitts and Nevis today with the voting down of a proposal to resume whaling in coastal areas of Japan, Conservation
Minister Chris ...
25: Video: Soccer World Cup, Hooligans, Yahoo Coverage Selwyn Manning presents the first of Scoop's daily podcast, today reporting on the Soccer World Cup, hooligans causing
concern, and how Yahoo has connected the globe to the best and latest from World Cup host country, Germany.
26: Should NZ Follow Singapore's Example? “The visit of Singapore’s Prime Minister is a good opportunity for us to reassess our lax foreign ownership laws, which
are driving up house prices,” Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says.
27: Airport Proposal Under Fire Last week the Whenuapai Airbase Action Group Inc. held the first of a series of public meetings to inform residents
about the proposal by Waitakere City Council to change the District Plan to create a Whenuapai Airport Special Area that
would permit Whenuapai ...
28: Thailand & Nepal: Const. Monarchies In Turmoil It is quite possible that a few years hence, we will look back to the present political events as a period of not only
constitutional waywardness, but that of misadventure. A lack of visionary leadership has nolens volens thrown us
regressively on the path ...
29: Whalers Win Vote Towards Commercial Whaling St Kitts/Auckland, Monday 19 June 2006: Japan and the whaling lobby have finally gained a simple majority vote at the
IWC. The IWC passed by one vote (1) a declaration (2) that the "IWC has failed to meet its obligations…" its commitments
to "normalizing ...
30: Japan wins by one vote on pro-whaling resolution The fifth major vote was a moral victory for Japan but it was non-binding because it required a two-thirds majority.