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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
Top
NZ Photographer Gets The Ultimate
Billing
Acclaimed New Zealand landscape photographer Andris Apse has achieved the ultimate exhibition space - on the side of an Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400.
2:
New
gene test could aid cancer treatment
Researchers have discovered a new test for a cancer gene, which may soon form an essential part of diagnosis and change methods of treatment.Following studies on children with leukaemia, it is now... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5323
3:
Annan
says time not yet ripe for UN return to
Iraq
Annan welcomes latest US plan but says time not yet ripe for UN return to Iraq
4:
Questions
for Oral Answer - Tuesday, 18 November
1. Dr DON BRASH to the Minister of Finance: What initiatives does he intend to take to improve relations with the business community, in light of yesterday's New Zealand Herald poll which ranked both him and Labour fifth in understanding the needs of ...
5:
Public
Address 18/11/03 - Situation
Normal
Breaking!I guess something had to give at TVNZ - and it's the not-so-quiet American, Marty Behrens. Behrens has just announced his resignation as head of business development on account of "differences of opinion and approach" with the CEO, Ian Fraser. ...
6:
UN
grounds road missions in
Afghanistan
The United Nations refugee agency today grounded road missions throughout Afghanistan, suspended activities in the eastern province of Ghazni and launched a review of its operations after the weekend murder of a staff member.
7:
Cullen
Speech: to Bell Gully Perspectives
Function
I have been asked to talk to about the changing role of government, and I thought I would start this address by outlining three propositions.
8:
Greece:
Human rights abuses against
Albanians
Amnesty International is concerned by a persisting pattern of ill-treatment of Albanians suspected of being undocumented immigrants by Greek police officers and soldiers.
9:
Diebold
Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting
Fraud
Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie.
10:
Chuckman
Cartoon: Don't Forget To Flush
Cartoon by John Chuckman….
11:
The
State Of Welfare In New Zealand
Speech to the Annual General Meeting of the Northern Division of the Presbyterian Support Services, Whangarei
12:
Raelians
imprisoned because of their
religion
George Abou Fayçal, Guide Priest, Raelian in charge for Lebanon, and his assistant, Marwan Hindawi, were arrested and imprisoned under the pretext of having had a contact with an Israeli soldier during a meeting between Raelians in Jordan, last month.
13:
National
Party Candidate College to be launched
The National Party is tomorrow launching a Candidate College, designed to identify and prepare potential National Party MPs.
14:
St
Molesworth: Top 10 Items On Brash's To Do
List
Top 10 items on Don Brash's to do list
15:
Work
& Income sex worker policy
unequivocal
Work and Income has an unequivocal policy not to list or refer job seekers to positions in the sex industry, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.
16:
Goff
welcomes plan for EU office in NZ
Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff today warmly welcomed the European Commission's announcement that it will open a delegation office in Wellington.
17:
Scoop
Images: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
(OFFENSIVE)
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18:
NZ
impotent in face of Big
Brother
The body that regulates what goes into New Zealander's food can be commandeered by the Australian Federal Health Minister, while New Zealand's input into this process is limited to 'consultation', according to documents obtained by Green MP Sue Kedgley.
19:
UN
Radio: A Chaotic Iraq not in Anyone's Interest
The United Nations has always indicated that it's prepared to play its role in Iraq. But Secretary-general Kofi Annan says the security situation has to be appropriate. Annan told reporters Monday that if the situation improves the UN is ready to go ...
20:
Repatriation
for 100-plus Rwanda rebels from
Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the voluntary repatriation of more than 100 high-level members of the rebel Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) and called on other armed Rwandans in the Democratic Republic of the ...
21:
Bernard
Weiner: Current Events for
Dummies
Overwhelmed by one crisis after another, one scandal after another, one politician's lies after another, I turn to the franchised book empire that tells it like it is, in plain English, so that even confused citizens like myself can understand current ...
22:
US
Soldiers to America: Bring Us Home
Now
I had the unique opportunity to interview five US military servicemen who just got back from Iraq, or in the case of two men, corresponded with their wives so that I could ask questions of these soldiers by mail.
23:
USA:
Deporting for torture?
Amnesty International has today (14 November 2003) written to the US Attorney General urging a full investigation into the treatment of Maher Arar. The Canadian citizen was deported last year from the USA to Syria where he was allegedly tortured and ...
24:
Ahmed
Zaoui: Well Known Supporters Publicly
Caged
Celebrities are amongst concerned New Zealanders who will publicly 'imprison" themselves to highlight disquiet at Ahmed Zaoui's 11 months of detention without charge or trial.
25:
In
a Police State, Fascists Will Rise to the
Top
In a nation where a police state atmosphere is permitted, the fascists will rise to the top. This may sound like a crazy, radical statement, but it is going on in America right now with the current Ashcroft led Justice Department.
26:
Human
Rights Commission - On the Bright
Side
Human Rights Commission Te Kähui Tika Tangata On the Bright Side November/Whiringa-ä-rangi 2003
27:
Nick
Smith Resigns With Regret
National Party Deputy Leader Dr Nick Smith today announced he had tendered his resignation to National Party Leader Dr Don Brash this afternoon.
28:
Chuckman
Cartoon: Bush's Black Eye
Cartoon by John Chuckman….
29:
Gerry Brownlee becomes National Deputy
Leader
Ilam MP Gerry Brownlee has been voted unopposed into the job of Deputy Leader at a National Party Caucus meeting today.
30:
UQ
Wire: The Other Memo Scandal
The wires were buzzing last week over a memo leaked to Sean Hannity at the Fox News Network. The memo came from the offices of Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller, who is serving as the ranking minority member on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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