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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 12 February 2007

Published: Tue 13 Feb 2007 08:44 AM
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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Robert Parry: Bush Is Hiding the Ball on Iran
Robert Parry
George W. Bush is again guiding the nation toward a preemptive war - this time with Iran - without allowing anything like a full debate of the underlying facts, probable consequences of the conflict or peaceful alternatives.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00078.htm
2: Strike on Iran Would Signify Epoch of Nuclear War
Global Research
In my paper entitled “2007: Opening a New Page in the World’s History”, published in September, 2006, I examined the possibility that a US strike on Iran using small-scale nuclear munitions [mini-nukes] would be launched, and that the strike would become ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00167.htm
3: Abbas Bakhtiar: Iran vs. Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar
Today as we witness the carnage in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Somalia, the troubles in Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, everyone’s attention is focused on the gathering of the American Armada in the Persian Gulf and the possibility of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00089.htm
4: Is Iran’s “Oil Weapon” A Doubled-Edged Sword?
INSS Insight
If the United States organizes effective economic sanctions against Iran or especially if the Bush Administration decides on military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran may try to strike back with its “oil weapon,” to suspend oil exports and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00093.htm
5: UQ Wire: Brzezinski On The Path To War With Iran
www.UnansweredQuestions.org
The National Security Advisor to former President Carter testified before the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on 1 Feb 2007. Dr.Zbigniew Brzezinski delivered a scathing assessment of the core mistakes made by the Bush administration in the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00079.htm
6: Libby & Destruction of CIA Counter-Proliferation
Mark Levey
In the course of listening to testimony in the Libby case, it has become clear that Vice President Cheney initiated and directed a criminal conspiracy. But, that's not the only bombshell in this case.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00072.htm
7: After Saddam’s Lynching are Bush & Cheney Next?
Genevieve Cora Fraser
Though the newly anointed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi declared that hearings for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney are off the table, following the State of the Union Address where Bush called for an increase of over ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00092.htm
8: New book exposes NZ role over East Timor
Pacific Media Watch
An inquest in Sydney is throwing new light on the death of Kiwi television cameraman Gary Cunningham during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor 31 years ago. ANTHONY HUBBARD reports.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00129.htm
9: Bush Can't Spin Way Out Of Hellish Iraq
Sherwood Ross
President Bush blaming the press for exaggerating conditions in Iraq is like the Devil accusing Dante of defamation for writing "The Inferno."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00081.htm
10: “Education Ministry heading for bankruptcy”
The Maori Party
Te Ururoa Flavell, Education Spokesperson for the Maori Party, today spoke out about yet another instalment of dispiriting statistics, describing the under-performance of the education system with respect to Maori.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00172.htm
11: Step change in UK-Indonesia military ties
TAPOL - The Indonesian Human Rights Campaign
9 February 2007 - The revelation this week by Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono that Indonesia is considering the procurement of BAE Systems Hawk aircraft from the UK [1] confirms that the two countries are intent on securing a substantial upgrade ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00166.htm
12: Poultry Trade Responsible for spreqad of Avian Flu
United Nations
Avian influenza, last season transmitted by migrating wild birds, is now being spread through the poultry trade, the top United Nations expert on the issue said today, warning that despite some successful efforts of States to contain the virus, no one ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00176.htm
13: The GE Information Bulletin
GE Information Bulletin
An independent digest of widely-sourced information relevant to the GE debate
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00139.htm
14: KiwiFM Audio: Manning & Wallace – USA v Iran
Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: The United States has intensified its military presence in the Persian Gulf amidst expectation of regional conflict with Iran. Will the USA strike first against the Atomic Ayatollahs?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00096.htm
15: Ban Ki-Moon Names New Top UN Officials
United Nations
Acting on his pledge to achieve continuity with change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who took office on 1 January, today named four new senior officials to his cabinet while retaining a dozen others.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00182.htm
16: U.S. Economy Risks and Strategies for 2007-2017
Guest Opinion
On Jan 31st, 2007, the president of the United States gave his speech on “State of the Economy” citing strong economic growth, record Dow Jones performance and low unemployment rate. This report finds a different picture than the one announced.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00064.htm
17: Swanson and Schwarz: Beyond Oral Sex
David Swanson
The last time Congress was controlled by the party in opposition to the White House, we all learned more than we cared to know about the uses of cigars. This time the need for investigations is much more serious. The Democrats are talking fast and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00066.htm
18: 90pc of skilled migrants enjoying life in NZ
New Zealand Government
New research shows that most skilled migrants are enjoying life in New Zealand by a year after arriving here, Immigration Minister David Cunliffe says. The research found 90 per cent of skilled migrants were "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with living ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00170.htm
19: Fringe Festival Review: Hot Pink Bits
Scoop Review
We all have ‘em , and people spend an awful lot of time thinking about ‘em - Hot Pink Bits! Penny Ashton’s lively show is an energetic hurtle through 7,5000 years of sex-obsessed human social evolution, from Palaeolithic stone idolatry through ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00101.htm
20: Sheep Farmers Closing Chequebooks
Federated Farmers
New Zealand sheep farmers are closing their chequebooks due to lower farm gate returns for their produce, said Keith Kelly of Federated Farmers of New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0702/S00128.htm
21: Truthout: Watada Court-Martial Ends in Mistrial
truthout.org
Fort Lewis, Washington - The court-martial of First Lt. Ehren Watada, a commissioned US Army officer who refused deployment to Iraq on the basis that he believed the war was illegal, has ended in a mistrial, a military court judge ruled Wednesday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00100.htm
22: Open Letter to the Republican Party
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The GOP has become entirely too liberal for real conservatives. If things do not change, we will have no choice but to vote third party, perhaps Constitution Party.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00174.htm
23: Libby Testimony Points Directly to Bush, Cheney
Jason Leopold
According to trial transcripts obtained by Truthout, former White House staffer I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby testified before a grand jury in 2004 that Vice President Dick Cheney instructed him to divulge portions of a then-classified report to New ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00098.htm
24: Action, not warnings, needed on carbon emissions
Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed Climate Change Minister David Parker's letter to all power generators, which signalled that the Government is planning to impose charges on carbon dioxide emissions - but Greens' Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons also urged ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00179.htm
25: Education Minister must name schools
New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Steve Maharey must name the five schools under investigation for breaching NCEA regulations, says National Party Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00169.htm
26: Gay churchgoers abandon mainstream religions
Massey University
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00146.htm
27: Gov responds to "simplistic & misleading comments"
New Zealand Government
Climate Change Minister David Parker has criticised Kyoto Forestry Association head Roger Dickie for making simplistic and misleading comments about climate change proposals.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00185.htm
28: Seeing red – a new tomato product
Lincoln University
Are you disappointed by the dark and unattractive colour of so many dried tomatoes sold in New Zealand? Scientists from the food group at Lincoln University believe they have found a way to produce bright red semi-dried tomatoes that have an acceptable ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0702/S00019.htm
29: New Zealand Planning Institutes – Demographia
Pavletich Properties Ltd
The New Zealand Planning Institute is to be commended for the above Media Advisory. Whilst of course I disagree with some of the comments, the most important points are that the Institute has come out strongly supporting Demographia and stating clearly ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00135.htm
30: Super Fund nukes’ investments unethical & Illegal?
Green Party
The revelation in The Listener yesterday that the Super Fund’s investment of our taxes in nuclear weapons may be illegal, as well as unethical, requires a rapid response from the Government. The Government must clarify the legal situation and ensure that ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00167.htm
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