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Published: Mon 30 Aug 2004 10:00 AM
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The Weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Why Not Just Genetically Engineer Women For Milk? MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0310/S00003.htm
2: Calling For Breast-Cancer Volunteer Collectors Volunteer Collectors are urgently needed between 11.00am & 1.30pm on Saturday 4th September to help raise money for breast cancer awareness at the 'Great Race' Gallagher Boathouse 8s.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0408/S00077.htm
3: Norma Sherry: Girls Of The Olympics Playboy Magazine arrived in our mailbox yesterday. On the cover was a striking Olympiad in a rather demure bathing suit, but the promised story was far different.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00202.htm
4: 9/11 Commission Report Recommendations E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Testimony before the House International Relations Committee Washington, DC August 19, 2004
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0408/S00268.htm
5: Images: Departing LOTR Stars Meet Their Planes The Lord of the Ring's stars come face to face with themselves on the side of Air NZ planes as they bid New Zealand goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters Aragorn and Arwen.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0312/S00024.htm
6: Flushing away cancer research Christchurch Animal Action will be out on the streets during Daffodil Day, encouraging members of the public to not flush half their donation down the toilet.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0408/S00257.htm
7: UQ Wire: Presser & Opening for 9/11 Truth events Press Conference & Film Showings WHEN? Fri. Aug. 27 - 11AM - 3PM Kicking off Summer of Truth 2004 in New York City http://summeroftruth.org Presentation of "The 9/11 Omissions Dossier" http://www.911Truth.org
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0408/S00265.htm
8: La Paz Paralyzed - Blockades Return to Bolivia Claudia Espinoza reports from La Paz, Bolivia, an important news story that, surprisingly, has not been reported by any English-language wire or news media: The capital city was paralyzed, beginning yesterday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00289.htm
9: Destiny's Dealings With The Party Of Common Sense Noticeably absent from the 'Enough is Enough' rally on Monday were any of Peter Dunne's flock of United Future MP's, particularly the more evangelically inclined. Kevin List investigates.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00291.htm
10: Sanders/Austin Fitts: The Negative Return Economy The United States government has operated a secret budgeting and spending program for decades outside the framework of the American Constitution. The institutional and political roots of this system of clandestine finance reach back to at least ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00277.htm
11: Olympic Sailing Results – 26 August, 2004 Barbara Kendall has finished the Athens Olympics in 5th, while fellow kiwi, 21 year-old Thomas Ashley came in with a top ten result. Racing came to an end overnight in Athens for both of New Zealand’s Mistral board sailors concluding the New Zealand sailing ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0408/S00185.htm
12: Peak Oil 101. For the benefit of Dr Cullen. The fact that our Minister of Finance is completely and utterly unaware of the “peak oil” issue is absolutely astounding. By inference one can only conclude that this ignorance clearly demonstrates the current Government’s Energy politics are in total ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0408/S00084.htm
13: Steve Weissman: Neo-Cons Rethink Iraqi Fiasco One of America's friskiest neo-conservatives, young Michael Rubin leads a heady life. While still in his twenties, he did his Ph.D. on Iran, Iraq, and the Middle East, sat in on meetings of the Bush transition team, and worked in the Pentagon's Office ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00287.htm
14: Images: Lord Of The Rings Exhibition At Te Papa In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces a world exclusive and a bold ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0210/S00234.htm
15: State Dept. Daily Press Briefing for August 25 RUSSIA - Plane Crashes - Official Condolences - Secretary Powell s Call to Foreign Minister Lavrov THAILAND - Resettlement of Hmong Refugees in the United States COLOMBIA - U.S. Support for Counterterrorist Efforts / Political
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0408/S00264.htm
16: Freemasons throw open the doors New Zealand Freemasons are opening the doors of their lodge rooms during September in an unprecedented move to dispel once and for all the incorrect public perception of secrecy that surrounds the organisation. There are just over 300 Masonic Lodges ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0408/S00263.htm
17: Chuckman Cartoon: Global Pollution Cartoon by John Chuckman
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00295.htm
18: Damian Clarke: Update From Palestine 4 photos/text Yesterday I met a young man in a village who had just been released from a detention centre. For his sake I won't name him or his village or the detention centre he was held in. For the purposes of this article I'll call him Walid...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00293.htm
19: Free Iraq, Free Palestine, Free NYC, Free Speech In the Great Struggle : For the Great Lawn : In Central Park : Free speech : Once again : Takes a back seat : To corporate : And political interests : In a world devoid : Of dissent only : Consent of the governed : By mass decree
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00288.htm
20: Permitted Not In Our Name Rally To Kick Of f March Permitted Not In Our Name rally to kick of massive march on this Sunday. Sunday, August 29
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0408/S00266.htm
21: Peru: Human Rights Key To Ending Conflict Peru: A National Human Rights Plan is key to ending the consequences of internal conflict
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0408/S00259.htm
22: Fracture - Kiwi Move To Open Soon A bungled burglary causes the lives of two families to spiral out of control
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0408/S00198.htm
23: Bush & Rummy's Crime in Torture's Chain of Command How much torture will it take before someone in power asks the right question: Who gave the orders that put the torturers to work?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00286.htm
24: Simon Pound: ACC And Response, Or Lack There-Of Sooooooo. It has now been over 11 weeks since I sliced my hand whilst at work in a small yet brilliantly disabling accident.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0408/S00279.htm
25: Questions & Answers for Oral Answer 26 August 2004 1. Roading—Transport Congestion 2. Refugees—Immigration, Minister 3. National Certificate of Educational Achievement—Cambridge High School 4. International Reputation—Criticism in Australia 5. National Certificate of Educational Achievement—Cambridge High School ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0408/S00492.htm
26: Rod Stewart – One Night Only at the Mission Estate Rod Stewart – One Night Only at the Mission Estate Winery Concert – It’s All Rod and It’s All Night!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0408/S00111.htm
27: 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
28: Peters: “Look out 2005, here we come!” An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to a public meeting, James Cumming Wing (Gore Town Hall), Ardwick Street, Gore, 12.30pm Friday 27 August 2004
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0408/S00503.htm
29: Images: Final Photocall - LOTR Stars Depart NZ A final photocall for The Lord of the Ring's stars as they bid New Zealand goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters Aragorn and Arwen.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0312/S00025.htm
30: UNICEF Reviews Liberia's War-Traumatized Children United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF head Carol Bellamy is on a three-day visit to Liberia to assess progress in reintegrating thousands of youngsters who were abducted, recruited as soldiers or sex slaves and otherwise exploited in the 15-war civil war ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0408/S00241.htm
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