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Published: Wed 4 Jul 2001 08:37 AM
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Yesterday's top 29 rating items on Scoop were…
1: SearchNOW becomes the largest NZ Search Engine
New Zealand search site SearchNOW.co.nz has indexed over 3.2 million local web pages - making it easily New Zealand's largest search engine.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00009.htm
2: Powell And Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Joint Press Availability By Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Following Their Meeting at the Prime Minister's Residence
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00002.htm
3: Scoop Images: Ice Dog With Heart Of A Lion
Images from the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay , including a picture and tale about a small dog with the heart of a lion.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00012.htm
5: Upton-on-line - Something To Celebrate
…which is mercifully short, upton-on-line reflects on France’s glossiest new toy, the recently inaugurated TGV service to Marseilles, some broader mobility issues and fresh torments for Premier Lionel Jospin.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00005.htm
6: Sludge Report #92 – A Winter Of Discontent
Of course in the Northern hemisphere it is not winter at all (but it is where Sludge is, hence the use of the quote). And there can be little doubt that the dogs of war are currently out and about, baying to be allowed back to their games of destruction ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00013.htm
7: Get Stuck In Maharey – No Tears For Rankin
“Many thousands of Students won’t spare a tear as nightly the imminent departure of WINZ CEO Christine Rankin is beamed into their homes,” Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association President Keith Clark commented today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0107/S00001.htm
8: National Radio Midday Report
Post Board – Christine Rankin – Shooting – Cervical Smears – Maori Fisheries – Fraud Trial – Fiji Murders – Milosevic Trial – Crane Collapse – Long Stay – Probation Workers – PI Health – Health Complaints
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/NM0107/S00013.htm
9: HARD NEWS 29/7/01 - The Ultimate Fashion Victim
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... Most of the court cases we televise just aren't that interesting as news television. Seriously, when was the last time you saw an Employment Court case on TV? But this one, with spin doctors shadowing both sides and the plaintiff ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0106/S00156.htm
10: Population Based Funding - A Two Faced Beast
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00014.htm
11: Scoop Images: Steve Maharey's Hit Record
Subversive Art #3 Eliminate Her , coming to an inbox near you.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0106/S00157.htm
12: Papua New Guinea: People rebel against World Bank
What started as a peaceful student sit-in against privatisation may yet erupt into a nationwide uprising ... News summary including elsewhere unpublished, primary source eyewitness account and analysis/commentary from PNG movement leader. From Australia's ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00010.htm
13: Women A Formidable Force On The Web
AUCKLAND – July 2, 2001 – E-marketers cannot afford to deny the increasing presence of women on the Web. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, female web surfers have now overtaken men in numbers in the US, and are surging onto the Net in the Asia-Pacific ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00007.htm
14: Yahoo!/ACNielsen Internet Confidence Index
-- Study Reveals Breadth of Information, Ability to Compare Prices, and Selection As Main Motivators Driving Consumer E-commerce
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00010.htm
15: Freeze And Seize Lilybank
The revelation that Lilybank Station and luxury resort has not been sold, despite December 2000 reports that it had been, gives the New Zealand government another opportunity to take decisive action on this best known New Zealand asset of the Suharto ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00006.htm
16: Dangly Earring Craze Snowballing
The following email, urging women to get their Christine Rankin styled glad rags on in support of women workers, is doing the rounds across the country. Meanwhile, broadcasters Robert Rakete and James Coleman both donned Rankinesque dangly earings ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0106/S00154.htm
17: Measuring The Nation's Social Health
“The Social Report 2001 is the first step in what may become a regular reporting programme on how we are doing as a country across a series of social indicators,” Minister of Social Services and Employment Steve Maharey said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00031.htm
18: Update on NZ Post Board
The Minister for State Owned Enterprises Mark Burton said he is seeking a satisfactory and swift outcome to the current issues involving the Board of New Zealand Post.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00028.htm
19: Red Cross Director Was Threatened By Terrorists
The Director of Red Cross, John Scott was threatened and warned not to give evidence against the terrorists.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00008.htm
20: Scoop Images: Yo Can’t Touch This
A photo sequence showing All Black Jonah Lomu scoring his second half try during the ABs 37 to 19 point victory over France – images from reepete@wise.net.nz - Pete Nikolaison .
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00002.htm
21: David Miller: Extraditing Slobodan Milosevic
Apart from a hand full of protesters in Belgrade and Moscow, few people have shed a tear over the extradition of Slobodan Milosevic. After all, this was the man who after the break up of Yugoslavia, presided over a series of bloody civil wars and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00011.htm
22: Privy Council Victory For Treaty Tribes Coalition
Yesterday’s Privy Council judgement is the strongest possible endorsement for the Treaty Tribes Coalition case that Maori fishing assets should be allocated to iwi immediately, chairman Harry Mikaere said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00005.htm
23: Auckland Economy Shrinks by More Than $600 Million
The Auckland economy has shrunk by more than $600 million in the past year, ACT MP Rodney Hide revealed today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00024.htm
24: Howard's End: Tools And Vassals For Rich Men
When control of the media is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands there is even greater meaning to the title of the George Seldes book written in the 1930's, Lords of the Press. Mainstream media today is often accused of taking in someone else's ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00004.htm
25: Scoop Images: The Battle of Salzburg
Anti-Capitalist protestors have been busy on the Streets of Salzburg today battling the World Economic Forum, the organisation whose meeting of super-capitalists, politicians, industrialists and the media in Melbourne last year caused such a stir.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00008.htm
26: Defence Minister welcomes new joint approach
The new joint operational headquarters is one of the most important defence initiatives taken under this government, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00029.htm
27: Flying Underwater To Reveal Deep Sea Terrain
The mysteries of underwater terrain are no longer hidden, thanks to revolutionary technology developed by an enterprising Nelson company.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00008.htm
28: Government Paralysed By Politics
Statements by Mark Burton today show that the Government remains paralysed by its internal politics, National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00039.htm
29: Red Cross Boss Hacked To Death
The Director of Red Cross in Fiji, John Scott was hacked to death yesterday morning.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00001.htm
30: Probation Service Failing
Late today the PSA forwarded to the Minister of Justice Matt Robson, a number of serious concerns the union has about the breakdown of service delivered in CPS.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00004.htm
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