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Published: Tue 23 Sep 2003 08:51 AM
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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Return Of The King Trailer Is Here!
TheOneRing.net brings you this exclusive first look at THE RETURN OF THE KING! This file was sent to us by person or persons unknown, it shows 1:35 minutes in GLORIOUS quicktime a TON of shots from ROTK. Sam and Frodo in Moria, Pippin and Merry, Gandalf ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0307/S00126.htm
2: Rumsfeld Admits Downside To Shooting Iraqi Police
Rumsfeld admits it will be harder to recruit Iraqi policemen if the Army keeps killing them - US military opens investigation to determine what Iraqi policemen did to get themselves shot.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00194.htm
3: N. Carolina Eyewitness Reports Of Hurricane Isabel
It is raining sideways. The wind is gusting up to 50 mph. Most businesses and schools are closed today. All of this and we are in Raleigh, North Carolina about 200 miles west of the coast.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00174.htm
4: Super Computer Weather: Hurricane Isabel
A deepening hurricane presently in the Carribean appears headed for the US mainland and could eventually make landfall anywhere from North Florida up to Massachusetts. The current NOAA medium range super computer forecast (see images below) however ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00109.htm
5: UN Reports Warn of Humanitarian Catastrophe
Meanwhile, a UN human rights expert is preparing to submit a report to the UN General Assembly that charges Israel of triggering a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the occupied Palestinian territory, newspaper reports said on Wednesday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0309/S00251.htm
6: Air New Zealand's First Airbus Touches Down
Air New Zealand's first Airbus A320 aircraft touched down on New Zealand soil at noon Sunday, heralding a new era of aviation history in this country.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0309/S00216.htm
7: Cancer Society Applauds Progress
The Cancer Society is delighted with the progress of the Smokefree Environments Amendment Bill as it goes through its committee stages in Parliament.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0309/S00070.htm
8: Dunne underwhelmed by Green abuse
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has received a communication from a senior Green Party official that he feels compelled to share with the rest of the world.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0309/S00468.htm
9: Blogwatch: Election Theft 2000! A New Bombshell!
A remarkable exchange concerning Diebold's voting machines in Volusia County, Florida. On January 17, 2001, Lana Hines, a county elections official sends out an inquiry as to how Al Gore ended up with a vote-count of -16,022.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00187.htm
10: Microsoft Security Bulletin Alert - MS03-039
We are contacting you today to ensure you are aware that we have released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-039 over night.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0309/S00041.htm
11: Eritrea: detention of prisoners of conscience
Eritrea: Continued detention of prisoners of conscience and new arrests of members of religious groups
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0309/S00233.htm
12: Inside A U.S. Election Vote Counting Program
Publication of this story marks a watershed in American political history. It is offered freely for publication in full or part on any and all internet forums, blogs and noticeboards. All other media are also encouraged to utilise material. Readers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00065.htm
13: Hard News 22/09/03 - Gadgets
So Adam, who's a dustie, had had the intuition to cut open a bag he'd lifted and save the Sportronic 4 from oblivion. The rotten old batteries were replaced, Simon knocked up an RF lead and - yes! - we had a working model of New Zealand's own games ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00195.htm
14: Al-Sahaf: Americans Urged Us to Recognize Israel
Former Iraqi Minister of Information, Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf, told Abu Dhabi TV that US Senators maintained communication with Iraqi officials between 1991 and 1997, and delivered a set of ‘requirements’ that the Clinton administration hoped would ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00190.htm
15: Maharey Exploits Tragedy For Labour Ends
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused Labour of exploiting the Coral Burrows tragedy to re-attempt to impose its child-raising theories on parents, after Social Services Minister Steve Maharey revealed an anti-smacking law change ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0309/S00467.htm
16: Chuckman Cartoons: Condi, Bush, Iraq And Palestine
Four cartoons by John Chuckman…
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00183.htm
17: ACT's The Letter - Monday, 22 September 2003
The government has produced a “Making Tax Easier for Small Businesses” discussion document - yet more talk. Proposed is a tax concession to use PAYE agents. As there are good, cheap software programs, paying PAYE is not a problem. There is a risky ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0309/S00478.htm
18: Four Kiwis In World Top 10
New Zealand has four entries in the top 10 at the close of day 9 of the ISAF World Sailing Championships in Spain. The regatta is now in full swing with racing being held at all three venues and in 11 classes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0309/S00092.htm
19: Scoop Images: Dom's Stale Hobbit Photos Are Fake!
More than three weeks after Scoop first published a picture of, allegedly, the home of a Hobbit from the Lord of the Rings, and the day after we published aerial photos of the Waikato set the Dominion News Paper have run two highly dubious – and probably ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL9911/S00081.htm
20: Shell first to reduce fuel price
Shell New Zealand today announced a reduction in the price of petrol and diesel, effective immediately. Pump prices will fall by 2 cents per litre at most Shell service stations throughout the country.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0309/S00215.htm
21: Dimona Reactor… a Mystery Threatening Middle East
“The Israeli nuclear reactor of Dimona is vulnerable to meltdown, like the Russian reactor of Chernobyl two decades ago, which caused a humanitarian and ecological catastrophe. If Dimona melts down, it would affect an area 500 aerial kilometers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0309/S00228.htm
22: Damage Done By Employment Contracts Act
CTU President, Ross Wilson, says a new report released this month provides stark proof of the damage done by the Employment Contracts Act and the failed economic experiment of the 1980s and 1990s.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0309/S00141.htm
23: Arrest for murder of Coral Burrows
Wairarapa Police have early this morning arrested a man and charged him with the murder of six year old Featherston girl Coral Burrows.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0309/S00135.htm
24: Hodgson Says 'We Got It Wrong'
Climate Control Convenor Pete Hodgson's admission that the amount he would demand from farmers, to fund methane gas emissions research could be lower than expected, reflects badly on Labour and its officials, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0309/S00481.htm
25: Might Bush's Blank Check for War Bounce?
On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, George W. Bush said what virtually every other senior member of his administration had been going out of their way to refute.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00186.htm
26: Stateside: Ah, Mccain - Are You Doing It Again?
First, the weather. A couple of weeks ago, the source for the Bay Area's winds became the North American continent instead of the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00191.htm
27: Scoop Image & Links: Hurricane Isabel's Landfall
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/0309/98867b7f2ffd731a3217.jpeg NASA MODIS IMAGE – CLICK IMAGE FOR BIG VERSION
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00176.htm
28: Desperately Seeking The ROTK Trailer? Click Here
Go to Google , type "ROTK Trailer" into the box and click the "I am feeling lucky" button.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0308/S00004.htm
29: Feedback: Reply To Peter Dunne PR On Hostile Email
I am astonished that Peter Dunne has made public a humourous email sent in a personal capacity by a member of the public.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00196.htm
30: Guatemala: Legitimacy on the line:
In an open letter sent today, Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, urged all presidential and vice-presidential candidates to place human rights at the core of their political agendas and to publicly condemn any acts of violence ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0309/S00246.htm
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