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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After surviving an alleged car bomb assassination plot, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra now faces
about 10 military counter-insurgency officials charged with attempting to murder him, including a sergeant who confessed
to planning ...
Fisher-Price
If you thought Tickle Me Elmo was huge, then prepare yourself! On 20 September 2006, around the globe, Elmo returns and
he is more hysterical, gorgeous and collectable than ever before!
Al Gore
A few days ago, scientists announced alarming new evidence of the rapid melting of the perennial ice of the north polar
cap, continuing a trend of the past several years that now confronts us with the prospect that human activities, if
unchecked ...
Sherwood Ross
When Adolph Hitler's Luftwaffe destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica on April 26, 1937, the slaughter of civilians was
broadly condemned in Great Britain and the United States. Winston Churchill, England's wartime Prime Minister, wrote in
"The Gathering ...
NZ Vegetarian Society
Christchurch vegan Ella Soryl (11) has challenged Professor Robert Pickard to prove his claims that her diet is
lacking.
US State Department
Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs The New York Foreign Press Center
Briefing New York City September 18, 2006
US State Department
QUESTION: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be inside the chamber when the President makes his speech at the UN
this morning. Madame Secretary, it's always good to have you here in our studio.
Scoop Video
Video: NZ's PM Helen Clark said this week: "There's been enormous division in Tonga and I think there's an opportunity
to move ahead… There's a new prime minister. There's a will for change, I believe, and we will support that however we
can."
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Troops from Thailand's U.S.-trained military, backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers,
seized the prime minister's office on Tuesday (September 19) night and filled TV screens with propaganda, in a bloodless
coup led by a "revolutionary ...
Suzan Mazur
With Boston's Museum of Fine Arts nearing an accord with Italy over its collection of classical art acquired primarily
from Italy both before and after the1983 UNESCO curb on antiquities trafficking - I thought it might be interesting to
revisit a ...
Victoria University of Wellington
The visit to New Zealand in 1992 by Dutch Queen Beatrix inspired a relationship between Victoria University of
Wellington and the University of Groningen that is still going strong. Having encouraged a number of Victoria University
students to spend a semester ...
IFEX
1. Civil Society Urges More Transparency for IMF, World Bank 2. Turkmenistan: International Outcry Over Journalist's
Death 3. Iraq: Three Journalists Killed in a Week; Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Detained 4. Turkey: International PEN
Supports Writers Facing Trials ...
Karl Ferguson
The girl at the drive through window was about 16. I hadn't paid her a great deal of attention to be honest, most likely
trying to decide between a Big Mac or a Chicken Royale, when just as I was about to order she gushed, 'Your car is
really cool. I ...
Alastair Thompson
Some new pictures (taken on Scoop's new S7000 Fuji Finepix camera) from Mt Ruapehu which is presently experiencing one
of its best ski-seasons for several years. Both Turoa and Whakapapa skifields are operating from top to bottom with huge
snow bases ...
Association of University Staff
Jobs to be axed from tertiary-education sector Following recent revelations that a number of polytechnics are facing
their worst-ever year financially, a number of tertiary-education institutions, including universities, are set to axe
staff numbers ...
16: Public Address 20/09/06 - Thai Coup Update
HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Yeah yeah, I know, like we haven't already thrown several thosuands words at you today ... But Tze Ming has just posted
some good stuff on what's up with the Thai coup and what it means - which isn't necessarily what you'd think:
Ernst and Young
Survey shows tax authorities converging on principles, diverging on implementation
New Zealand Government
Judith Collins has once again misled the New Zealand public with her recent comments on the serious issue of stress
related illness, Social Development Minister David Benson-Pope said today.
Karl Ferguson
There are plenty of reasons why punters are attracted to French vehicles, and in particular, the offerings of Peugeot.
Flair, original design, plush interiors and an almost guaranteed comfortable ride are some. Now there’s a couple more.
Scoop Blogwatch
The President of the United States owes this country an apology. It will not be offered, of course. He does not realize
its necessity. There are now none around him who would tell him or could. The last of them, it appears, was the very man
whose letter provoked ...
GE Free NZ
The UK Independent newspaper's report of an official cover-up of contamination of rice by an illegal GE variant has
serious implications for maintaining the integrity of the food supply in New Zealand and overseas.
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Dragged by the U.S. into the United Nations Security Council for critical examination, Burma
responded on Tuesday (September 19) by boasting that China, Russia and other "friendly nations" will protect Burma's
military ...
Ron Law
Documents received under the Official Information Act and from the World Health Organization reveal that the Ministry of
Health fabricated a WHO meningococcal vaccine strategy workshop.
US State Department
QUESTION: Earlier I talked to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and asked her about ongoing negotiations with Iran
concerning its nuclear activities.
Scoop Audio
Scoop has obtained a mashed up audio of currently embattled National leader Dr Don Brash offering love advice to the
population of Christchurch. Currently Dr Brash has faced caucus dissension regarding allegations of an affair with the
vice chair ...
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