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Published: Thu 14 Mar 2002 01:03 PM
The top 30 rating items on Scoop over the last 36 hours were...
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1: Transcript: “Earth Shattering” World Bank Scoop
Transcript of Interview of Greg Palast, Journalist for BBC and Observer, London, by Alex Jones
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00044.htm
2: Police Raid Michael Moore Booksigning In San Diego
It's a few minutes before midnight, on Friday night on 3/8/2002. I'm in San Diego, and I have just escaped being arrested by the San Diego police. This book tour keeps getting more surreal, but the last hour has been unlike anything I have yet seen.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00073.htm
3: Sludge Report #132 – Where’s Rodney?
In This Edition. Where’s Rodney? - Top Ten Reasons Why Rodney Hide Is Unable To Comment This Morning
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00082.htm
4: Howard's End: Secret Visitors May Be Kidnappers
The U.S. Government is using US-registered Gulfstream V jets to secretly transport dozens of people suspected of links to terrorists to countries other than the United States, bypassing extradition procedures and legal formalities. The same type of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00077.htm
5: Flight 77 Mystery A Disinformation Campaign
"Then, when the government hands out photos of the actual impact taken by a security camera, the same media will work hard to dismiss all critics of the government, indeed the internet community as a whole, as not worthy of serious note. Intelligence ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00051.htm
6: INVESTIGATION: Sept 11th - Unanswered Questions
Within a few months, the events of Sept. 11th, 2001 became but an echo of the events that followed. War in Afghanistan, anthrax, unprecedented powers of detention: the public mind moves from one shock to another, appearing to accept the government’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0202/S00079.htm
7: Pasifika Festival Funding Auckland City Response
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following correspondence was received today from Auckland City Council’s Manager, Leisure Services. It follows up on questions raised in Anne Else’s Letter From Elsewhere on the subject of funding for the Pasifika festival.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00080.htm
8: Sludge Report #127 - The Hunt For Flight 77
In This Edition: The Hunt For Flight 77 - A Truly Remarkable French Website - Disinformation Warning! - Not Everyone Is Convinced - Eyewitness Reports Of The Crash….
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00030.htm
9: Sludge Report #131 – Sludge Scoop Haunts Hide
In This Edition: Sludge Scoop Haunts Hide - The Free Money For The Greedy Mystery (Episode II) - What’s This All About? (Links From The Scoop Archives)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00074.htm
10: Scoop Links: Scoop Is In The News…
Two recent mentions on IDG publications for Scoop, here are the links...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00081.htm
11: SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 13 March
Today's questions of the day concerned: Zimbabwe Elections – Ross Armstrong – Economy – Parole Reform – Vote Health And The Treaty – NCEA – Pacific Island Health – NZ Post – Turia Speech – G-Men In Queenstown – Maori Business Facilitation – Armstrong ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00083.htm
12: Photo Sequence: Suicide Bomber Apparently Executed
The following sequence of photographs circulating on the Internet, taken by an amateur photographer, appear to show the execution of a Palestinian man, apparently on a suicide bombing mission, by Israeli police.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00086.htm
13: Enron: The Anatomy of a Cover-Up
Fitts believes that the most damning evidence in the Enron case was allowed to slip away so that political damage to the current administration could be minimized and money stolen protected from recapture.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00066.htm
14: Peace On Earth, And Space Please Prime Minister!
I am writing to formally request that you support and sign the Space Preservation Treaty. There are only a few months remaining before the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty will be abrogated by the U.S. Administration on June 13, 2002. At that time, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0203/S00062.htm
15: An Open Letter To Helen Clark
Congratulations on scoring an invitation to meet George Dubya Bush in the near future. It must be exciting, looking forward to games of hangman and computer golf with the global village’s village idiot. (Will you get a signed baseball, like the lucky leader ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0203/S00061.htm
16: Sludge Report #130 – Flt 77, Searching For Answers
In This Edition. Flight 77: The Search For An Answer - Link: CNN Is Looking for More Pentagon Impact Pictures.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00056.htm
17: Questions For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 13 March
1. GRAHAM KELLY to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade: What reports has he received from the observers in Zimbabwe regarding whether the election there was sufficiently free and fair to be regarded as reflecting the majority will of the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0203/S00215.htm
18: SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 12 March
Today's questions of the day concerned: Aquaculture Moratorium – Zimbabwe – Parole Reform – Mental Health Patients In Jail Cells – Confidence In Ministers – Rodney Hide, Scams and Fiji Speeches – Palmerston North Home Care – MS Drugs – NZ Vs Australia ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00072.htm
19: Two Suns In The Sunset
In less than two years, G W Bush has transformed the United States from leading peace-maker to world totalitarian nuclear aggressor.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00064.htm
20: Scoop Images: Hokitika Wildfoods Fun
Photographer Ian Gill was at the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival, capturing the smiles and grimaces of punters as they sampled the wide-ranging menu of acquired tastes. Click through to view his gallery.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00070.htm
21: Still Images: "The Bank" Movie
Four still images from "The Bank", a new movie thriller set in the world of high finance, a modern day story of alchemy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0203/S00026.htm
22: Scoop Feature: The Background To 911 Is Oil
The myth of perpetual American prosperity is destroyed by this layman-friendly analysis of the global oil picture and the hard choices facing the planet. Enron employees are only adding to a list of innocent American victims that is going to increase ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00058.htm
23: Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Scoop Is In The House: Today’s Q - Howard's End: Mysterious Visitors Could Be CIA Kidnappers - Disarmament Minister Condemns New Nukes - Sludge Report: Where's He Hiding? - What’s The Buzz On The Net? Scoop Is
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00084.htm
24: Sludge Report #129 – Great Pics, But No Flight 77
“Moment of impact at Pentagon” screams the headline. And startling new pictures all right (Why haven’t we seen these before!). But hold it a second. There is still no plane!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00047.htm
25: DPB Recipients In Higher Income Bracket
"Statistics just released from the 2001 Census show that the median income for females is $14,500, " says Lindsay Mitchell, campaigner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. "This means that 50 percent of females have an income lower ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0203/S00059.htm
26: Kedgley's Comments "Ignorant And Misleading"
"Sue Kedgley's comments about the alleged gender pay gap are ignorant and misleading," Families Apart Require Equality (FARE) spokesperson Darryl Ward said today. He was referring to Green MP Kedgley's call for the EEO Commissioner to immediately conduct ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0203/S00060.htm
27: Sludge Report #14 – Rodney’s Speech In Fiji (1)
Sludge is delighted to provide the following transcript of the speech delivered by ACT MP Rodney Hide at the Investors International conference in Fiji in January last year.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0006/S00072.htm
28: Sludge Report #10 - Free Money For Greedy Mystery
Today's Sludge Report relates a strange tale involving the visit of a NZ MP to Fiji on a speaking trip, free money for the secretive and greedy, and a so called "financial freedom" movement which promotes tax avoidance, offshore trusts and VERY high yield ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0006/S00034.htm
29: Scoop Images: Helms Deep Press Conference (1)
The following pictures show film director Peter Jackson with members of the cast and crew of the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, the filming of which is now drawing to a close in the Wellington region.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0011/S00121.htm
30: Benefits And Super To Increase From April 1
Payments for beneficiaries and superannuitants will increase by between about $2 and $7 a week from 1 April, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0203/S00210.htm
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